Differences Between Film Openings & Trailers

Differences Between A Trailer & Film Openings

Film opening and trailers heavily differ through intent: as they are both created to achieve different criteria's, and due the intentions of the clips differing the styles in which they are created therefore contrast to. 

Film trailers
Trailers to films are created to "Hook" an audience's attention trailers therefore can be distinguished by heavy editing to excite the audience, the clip is usually edited to fit a sequence of music to aid a more intense climax, the editing will usually conclude of the movies most significant scenes in order to satisfy the viewer (Gratifications theory) this is done through a montage . As the trailer is intending to represent the film to the market it will show a basic outline of the plot, simply to allow the viewer to conclude if the film will be their "taste" or not. The most iconic give away of a trailer is the abundant use of "Fade to black's".

 Film openings
On the other hand and Film openings are created to: Give an induction of where the film is set (location), show gratitude to those who contributed to the more significant roles of the films through the use of titles, to introduce the main character, give an indication of the historical period, to give information regarding the films mood a tone , and usually to introduce a theme tune. In doing this their is usually a great use of establishing shots. Due to the opening only having to indicate these themes chronological order can be used but is not necessary, the film opening doesn't even need to be part of the films storyline so long as it achieves the themes listed above. 

BOSS BABY TRAILER:

BATMAN OPENING SEQUENCE:

Preliminary Task Evaluation

The filming of this whole scene was very interesting due to the suspense we left at the end of it, because its a crime/thriller genre which is a mainstream genre I can say we did very well on the camera angles used and how we positioned ourselves as characters. What I think we found difficult about the production of this whole scene was finding a place to film it because it took a while before we found a place to film the whole scene because we wanted a place that looked more like an office instead of a classroom. However, as whole I think we did not too bad. One thing we could improve on for next time is to use a wider range of camera angles and keep the same room throughout the whole of the scene.

We have also used shot-reverse-shot in our short film when the characters are exchanging dialogue. It means that the audience are able to see the character deliver their lines and then almost immediately afterwards can see the opposing actors reaction. I think we demonstrated a well piece of continuity because we made sure that all shots were in order and each one flowed well to the next. All of the shots we used reflect continuity as we included shots like the point of view shot and over the shoulder shots that give the audience an idea of space and how the scene is composed.

We have also used shot-reverse-shot in our short film when the characters are exchanging dialogue. It means that the audience are able to see the character deliver their lines and then almost immediately afterwards can see the opposing actors reaction. we also used various editing techniques such as the 180 degree rule, match on action and shot reverse shot are often used as they help to enhance the narrative of the story and allow the viewer to follow the story line.

I think our group worked really well together due to reason that everyone was active playing their part to bring this whole piece of art together I have not only learnt how technology affects the production of a film but I have also learnt that how the person uses the technology has a great impact on a film as well. Our film planning was satisfactory due to the fact that we didn't analyse where exactly we were going to film it. If we as a group ever had the chance to film this piece again we will improve on using more editing skills instead of the main ones I have discussed above.