Film Shot Influences

Clare:

In 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' trailer, we see a high angle shot of all the students walking into the school building, with the mise-en-scene clearly demonstrating to us the location. This is the clip that inspired us to create a time lapse, displaying the school setting with the teenagers walking in and out of the building. The time lapse is useful in showing time moving by at a fast pace.

The image isn't clear, but this is a screen grab from the 'Odd Girl Out' trailer. At this point in the trailer, the clips are at a fast pace, and we see a short take shot of Vanessa throwing objects off of her desk in anger. Because her on screen actions are also quite fast and aggressive, it fits in with the pace of the clip. We want to use this idea in our trailer.

A close up shot from the 'Trust' trailer which we believed to be particularly effective showed the psychiatrist and Annie sharing a caring moment. This demonstrated the relationship between these two particular individuals and therefore was important to us because of the height of emotion involved in our teen drama.

In the 'Dustbin Baby' trailer we see a long shot of the protagonist curled up against a wall. We like this effect because the long shot demonstrates the character being alone and isolated, suggesting they are a troubled character.