Next I added more footage to the trailer, including jumpy footage of the girl talking to her friend. I made the clips jump to continue the disorientating effect. I also added another title.
I began to change the volume of the harp music at the beginning – it now begins quite quiet, before getting a little louder at the beginning of the first title, and louder again when the title cuts back to footage of her in the playground.
I also cut the ‘Noir’ music (used in the Trial Trailer/stairs section), so the first note is missing. This creates a darker atmosphere to the music, while still retaining the childlike creepiness that I want from the music. The music was also slowed to 90% its normal rate, which lowers the pitch and makes the music match the flow of the footage (especially the girl going up the stairs) better.
Also, I have changed the third title from ‘there is always someone there’ to a repeat of the first title, ‘we are never truly alone’. I did this as a link back to the previous two titles. I felt that with the change of music halfway through, the trailer would feel like it was in two distinct parts. By reiterating the first title, it joins the two sections together.
Here is the current version:
After the footage of the girl walking along the hall, there is a low beat in the music. I used this as a cue to cut off the clip, leaving a black screen. This creates the sensation that she has somehow disappeared, and gives very strong omens of death and destrction, partly through her red jacket (as red has connotations of danger and blood), and partly through the black screen it cuts to (which has connotation of death).
The red jacket also alludes to the 1973 horror ‘Don’t Look Now’, but my primary use of it is the connotations of danger and blood. Red also connotes passion, and the two girls’ red jacket and lipstick (in the conversation footage) shows that they are passionate and full of life, also referring to their obvious youth (which is further shown by their school uniforms and ties). The colour theme of red around the two girls is continued in the red bricks (seen through the window behind them) and the red flags by their heads. The white walls in the scene also suggest their purity, another reference to their youth.
Next, I used the change in music (the techno, metallic, pulsing sound) as another cue, this time to change to another title. The music change compliments the sinister content of the title (the emphasis on ‘friend or foe’, the first direct mention of a villain or predator of some sort).
The next cue from the music comes straight after, with a heavy beat (similar to a gong?) – here I used the footage of the girl looking round sharply, again so that the music could compliment the footage. I kept the clip short so that it appears particularly sudden, and surprises the viewer.
Here is the new trailer using these changes:
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