In the lesson as part of our task, our teacher created a pretend rom-com. The film is about a man (Joey) who falls in love with his new neighbour (Rebecca), but unfortunately there's something wrong with this scenario... The neighbour is married to his boss.
We were then divided into groups and we tried a variety of orders that the scenes should take place in the trailer. The order of which we settled for is the one as follows:
1. When Joey first notices Rebecca when she is moving in, this scene will take place outside, during day time.
We were then divided into groups and we tried a variety of orders that the scenes should take place in the trailer. The order of which we settled for is the one as follows:
1. When Joey first notices Rebecca when she is moving in, this scene will take place outside, during day time.
2. Montage of Joey at work carrying out tasks, his boss shouting at him. Most of his tasks are carried out correctly but his boss is just picking on little things and is patronising and rude towards Joey (making audience wonder if he has a personal issue with Joey).
3. A scene of Joey outside in the garden trying to impress Rebecca by working out or doing manly things.
4. A shot of Joey talking about Rebecca to his friend (Rob) in a bar and how he thinks he may have feelings for her and Joeys friend giving him advice of how he can get her.
5. A clip going back to the first time they met, where Rebecca introduces her husband to Joey who ends up being his (Joeys) boss.
6. A clip of Joey and Rob in a bar, Joey looking upset telling him how Rebecca's husband is his boss.
7. A clip of Joey over two separate occasions (one clip of him at night, another of him doing so during the day) knocking at their door, asking for unnecessary things using them as an excuse just so he can see/speak to her.
8. A clip of Joey's boss warning him to stay away from Rebecca.
9. A montage of Joey and Rebecca over various occasions together; Rebecca laughing, Joey dancing funnily, them out for dinner with a song such as 'come back to you' by Saint Raymond being played over the top. Then quickly cuts to Joey getting punched by his boss.
10. The last scene in the trailer could be of a close up of a hand where we see a ring slip off a finger and the camera gradually moves up to Rebecca's face of her crying.
11. Black screen where a question 'How far will you go for love?' comes up
12. Cuts to the titles.
Through this task, I have learned that it is very important when working on a narrative idea to make it as appealing as possible to the audience in order for them to want to go and see the film. As the trailers role is to give insight of the film without giving too much away to the audience members, I also learnt that it is important to give insight in a completely different narrative order to the one that takes place in the actual film. In order to keep them captivated and interested in the storyline they need to also give them glimpses of scenes throughout the film, especially the unique selling elements.
Through this task, I have learned that it is very important when working on a narrative idea to make it as appealing as possible to the audience in order for them to want to go and see the film. As the trailers role is to give insight of the film without giving too much away to the audience members, I also learnt that it is important to give insight in a completely different narrative order to the one that takes place in the actual film. In order to keep them captivated and interested in the storyline they need to also give them glimpses of scenes throughout the film, especially the unique selling elements.
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