As we have been influenced by several other film trailers that we have analysed such as Eagle Eye and 28 Days Later, we tried to pick out the conventions that our film can adhere to from those different thriller trailers. One of which is characters. It is conventional as well as expected by the audience in a thriller film to be a victim or a victim/hero like in our film as well as villains or criminals that in constant chase of the victim/hero throughout the film. Another convention of thriller films is also the lead role being male. This is where we have subverted a convention because we chose for our lead role to be a female. This is because we thought the experience of an immigrant in London would look more effective if shown by a female character as she can show more vulnerability and innocence.
To make our characters look 'real' and portray their roles properly, we had to carefully pick out their costumes so they match the role they take in the film. For example, Nancy the main character is an immigrant and also homeless. So we had to pick out a costume that looks dirty and ragged. Her hair also had to be messy and no make-up on. As for the villains, they were dressed smartly in black because they are high status criminals and the colour black adds mysteriousness to their roles. Rawan, who is another victim was dressed casually with jeans and a jacket. Her hair was down which implies she's innocent.
The props were another convention we had to follow. We used 'typical' props that are expected to be used in a thriller film like blood, a knife and a car. This also helped portray realism and also added elements of horror to the trailer.
The lighting used in the trailer was dark. This is to add a sinister feeling to the film and is also a convention that we had to follow as the genre implies that the colours and the lighting of the film cannot be happy and bright. So even in bright weather and brightly lit locations we had to edit the colours and make them darker which we thought worked very well to help show the gritty side of London. This leads on to the locations we shot our film trailer in. We chose two different varieties of locations to compare and contrast between them. We chose locations that are mainly tourists attractions and places in alleyways and mainly working-class to show the different things that happen in the two and how different people are in different areas of London.
The soundtrack was also another element of the trailer we had to carefully think about. This is because we had to have different paced music throughout the trailer. This worked very well and added something to the trailer as it portrayed the characters feelings and their situations under different circumstances. So when the main character is alone, the music was slow and it speeds up with a chase or fast edited shots. We also had a voice-over at the beginning of the film. This helped establish a bit of the film to the audience as well as give a brief description of what the main characters life is like and what her role in the film is.
We had a variety of camera shots and angles in the trailer which also said something about the main character. We had more than one high-angle shot. This is to show the main characters' vulnerability and weakness at times when she is alone and the final shot when she is caught by the criminals. We also used P.O.V shots which put the audience in the characters shoes and made them feel the pressure. The P.O.V shots we used were of a hand-held camera angle. This also added agitation and tension to the characters situation.
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