Monday, 8 September 2014

Influences: Drive



Through the use of fast pacing, this trailer establishes and develops the film's premise, whilst including scenes of action and strong imagery.

The trailer uses shots with fairly natural lighting, relying more heavily on camerawork and imagery for its visual impact. Although dramatic lighting is seen at night, it never appears unrealistic and is relatively subtle. The use of natural lighting for atmosphere is a useful skill for us to employ, allowing us to rely less heavily on lighting equipment and colour editing.

The camerawork in the trailer is extremely effective, low angles on figures make them look impressive and characterize them very quickly, whilst symmetry and eye level shots produce strong images that stick in the mind of the audience. Strong imagery in particular is something that I would like us to have as a strong point of our trailer.

This is fairly understated as a trailer, excluding the fast driving scenes, there is substantial dialogue and the narrative is strong. This is something that is important to include in our trailer as too much focus on bold imagery rather than actual narrative could be our downfall.

The type used in the trailer is extremely simple, and transitions quietly in and out of the shot. Despite this however, it is very bold and catches the eye against the dark cityscapes and backdrops it appears on, making it an effective yet easy to achieve form of titling

CM

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