We decided to get some background knowledge of teaser trailers before we started making our own so we looked at trailers on Youtube with similar genre to our idea, which was a thriller. We also took ideas for lighting, pace and camera angles from other trailers we liked so that we could incorporate them and make ours look more professional. These included...
The Descent - This was good because it was very dark which matched the creepy nature of the film and it was also quick paced with fast shots that made it more panicked. Normal paced scenes are also included with dialogue or sometimes silence that builds the tension as well as the music, which is always playing in the background but gradually increases in some areas to add effect.
One Hour Photo - Our main reason for refering to this trailer is because it has a very similar theme to our idea which is there being a stalker. It shows a build up, involving background information of the characters and also setting the groundwork for the rest of the storyline. The angles would be useful to us because there are long distance shots that give the view from the stalkers point of view giving the audience the impression that they are watching the other people when they shouldnt be.
A teaser trailer is a short trailer that is generally released many months before a movie is actually released, to give a brief peek at what the movie will be like. Examples we watched include '2012', 'Toy Story', 'The Dark Knight and 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'. We looked at these so that we could see how teaser trailers were set out. They are normally around one minute long and dont give much of the storyline away but give the audience a general gist of what the films about. All have the production company at the beginning for example..
Because we were doing a thriller we liked the idea that some films had the company logo in greyscale because it made the film 'darker'...
From our research we know that a typical trailer for a thriller includes a company logo at beginning and then a glimpse of what the films about, either a build up/introduction bit or straight into whats going on, followed by a review or one line that acts as a description or message to the audience. Normally in a thriller the shots fade into black and fade back out to another shot to add tension and make it more eerie instead of quick clean edits that you may find in a comedy, for example. Also included is sometimes a voice over/narration, but from our research this wasnt necessarily the case in a teaser trailer, maybe because of how short they are. Finally all trailers have the title at the end and then either a release date or 'coming soon'.