The Fear and Desire for the Strange 2013 Film Trailer (HD)

First-Cut

The first-cut is was produced as an alternative in editing our film trailer which did not follow our storyboard and line of narrative. Our group's editor felt that we did not have enough quality footage of both the main characters in our film and focused on the male protagonist and approached it to the style of a film trailer dominated by the music and no voice-overs. The first-cut allows us to work with some potential materials, however, I wanted to give the film trailer a direction so that it makes more sense to the target audience and potential audience.

Initially, the idea was it began slow to medium to fast paced. But I wanted it to become three separate parts to anchor the beginning, middle and the end of the film trailer that will leave the audience wanting to know more about the story. It should follow Todorov's theory of narrative: an equilibrium > disequilibrium > new-equilibrium, which I wanted for both film and trailer. This allows the audience to recognize and construct a brief understanding of what the narrative is about in the film trailer. Additionally, the film trailer should provide information on the main characters and an idea of conflict and story in the film which is lacking in the first cut. Each element in the film trailer should be distinct in a traditional sense which is why I wanted the film trailer constructed in three parts using three different music.

• Beginning - slow paced - introducing main characters and setting. It should also include some titles and credits to grab the audience's interest with the actors' names and film awards.
• Middle - medium paced - revealing the central plot and conflict in the film which is the body/mind switch. The music should create a tense mood and lyrics could be intertwined and timed with the editing of each frames.
• End - fast paced - shouldn't reveal anything about the ending of the film. Briefly covers other subjects in the film such as psychological health and drug abuse. Like in many film trailers it should include end credits like the ones I created below, which is simple and briefly shown.

Implementing new ideas into our film trailer

Second-Cut

After discussing ideas with the group and spending several hours directing and helping Dow with editing we produced the second cut of the film trailer using new ideas and guidance from our audience feedback.