In the first shot here we can see my character of the detective as seen from a high angle view. The setting here is that of an interview room to set the stage for the beginning and also the end of the trailer. From what we can see, there is only one person in the room a t this time, but the character is clearly talking to somebody. We did this to temporarily keep the main protagonists appearance secret to add to aura of mystery and unease. This is a fairly common thing to be used in situations such as this, especially in the quieter moments of action and crime based films. The only prop that was used was in fact in this scene, where there is a phone/ intercom present. This was to give the film a minimalistic approach and for the use of props to not be overboard.
The second image is that of the main protagonist playing around with his hair. The shot is done in the mirror so that whilst direct contact with the camera is not made, there is in fact a persistent mid shot of the character. This is to show the audience the transformation that will be taking place later in the trailer. As you can see, there are only a few different locations, with many taking place within the protagonists house or within the interview room, once again keeping everything fairly minimal as to not distract the audience from the transformation taking place.
Picture 3 and 4 have much of the same effect on the audience, but each are taking in a different way. In picture 3 there is a close up shot once again displaying the pre-event character. This is actually filmed from a laptop and is similar in style to a vlog, which the character actually appears to be doing at this point. In picture 4 you can start to see the change slowly develop as the character peers out the window. Here the character looks very similar to his previous shots, yet you can start to see some small amount of worry and paranoia set in.
Picture 5 is where you see the character change set in. It reuses the previous idea of being filmed in the mirror, but this time rather than show a self confident young man, it shows a depressed and mentally unstable one instead. This is an increasingly common convention in action films, and a similar idea was explored within the movie law abiding citizen. In fact the trailer does display several hark backs at that trailer, except obviously on a lower budget and with different shot types. The mise en scene has changed a lot as well, with the character having his hair stuck down, and the atmosphere seems a lot more depressing. This hopefully shows the audience what the character is going through, and hopefully the audience will feel a sort of empathy with the character from the get go.
In shot 6 you see the detective character again, but he seems more forceful and ignorant this time around. The character of the detective was based on the character portrayed by Keith David in the film Smiley. In the trailer at least, he is also a very ignorant and apathetic character, with the added character trait of ridiculing the person he appears to be interviewing. The aim of this was for the audience to feel as if the police force were in a particularly bad light and that the characters involvement was very unnecessary indeed.
In the final two shots containing the main protagonist there are similarities that were intentional and necessary. Here you can see the character acting stressed out grasping his head in anguish, before donning the hoody as well as other pieces of clothing. The thing to note in this part that we did was that this entire transformation was filmed pretty much from the same angle (mid shot) apart from close ups on the gloves. This type of shot has been used for many years within the action film genre, being seen when a change of clothing takes place. An example of a trailer that has done this in recent years is Kick Ass were a character gets dressed up in his superhero garb/ I think the effect of using this technique is to show the audience an immediate change between the characters appearance.
The title of the film was positioned at the end of the trailer, as was done by many film trailers. The title of the film is Fracture. This is used as the title to demonstrate the fact that the central characters world has been broken, and because of it so has his sense of right and wrong. The title itself is white and bold with a simple black background to make sure that it stands out as much as possible. In total our trailer has shown to follow many conventions of other trailers in this genre, but has shown a few independent moments as well.
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