Influential Trailer

Scary Movie 1 and Shaun of the Dead

The titles used in this trailer are placed over the scenes whilst still in motion, this has influenced me and is very interesting, however as I have shown below when annotating the still images from Shaun of the Dead, it is used in that trailer on a black background edited between the clips. Depending on the amount of clips I have will determine whether I place them over the images or whether I place them on a black background between clips. I am interested in the phrases that each of the movies use throughout their trailer. As my film trailer is focussing on three genres, rom-com, horror and comedy, I won't have a similar font to the text used in Scary Movie, but the font used in Shaun of the Dead interests me, as it is similar to the font I used in my pitch clip.

The presentation of the titles clearly represent the the genre of the film, this has influenced me to take a similar route in how to present the title for my film. The effect used to introduce the titles in each of the films are effective to engage the audience. Scary movie has a wave/ rippling effect getting larger as it zooms closer to a still font to clearly read Scary Movie. Shaun of the Dead give each word its own entrance, flying in from the centre of the camera, similar to the fly in effect I used in my pitch movie, as well as including a slight animation of the hand coming up and completing the 'A', this also related to the genre of the film in an original way.

Another reason Scary Movie appeals to me is due to the casting decisions, the young teenage characters relate to the characters that are going to be in my film. As well as the drug use in the film, the story lines are slightly similar including drugs, deaths and humour to resolve it.