The level of the music in the video is quite loud at certain parts of the scene to give it that ‘on-edge’ effect, however the music lowers as the voice over speaks. Again when the voice over is sounded, it is loud and deep to create tension.
The camera work we used in our trailer was really effective in my opinion as some of the camera work we used was made to look like CCTV cameras like what is used in the show Big Brother. At the scene where Ashley is laying on the floor, the camera zooms in on him to give the security camera effect. Overall, the camera angles and effects used were done well for the video.
Some transitions that were used went in beat with the background music. A certain transition we used was like a flash as it went between shots of me, Ashley and then Jon. This created a tense, shocking effect.
In a professional video I think the backing music would be similar to create the same feeling that ours did. Also the voice over I reckon would be deep. Obviously for professionals, they have more of an advantage than us as they have more time and money to make the trailer to their complete satisfaction, however for only so many weeks and limited props and locations, I think we did quite well.
throughout the trailer we used an equilibrium and a disruption, we couldn't use a resolution obviously as it would take away the whole point of the trailer. However our trailer did include a villain and a damsel in distress. the characters that me and Jon played could be both, as our characters were annoyed with the housemate that was with us as he was stealing all the food and making things basically harder for them. they then become the villains as one of us are the reason for Ashley's characters death.
I think the editing we did was effective, the transitions we used for certain scenes were imaginative. Also the camera work looks quite effective and actually looks like CCtV cameras as we hoped. On the other hand I am not satisfied with the amount of work we have achieved. I feel that we didn't put much effort into the acting or even filming. We had to add titles and stretch scenes out to make the video longer.
We had some technical issues such as finding a good music bed to go with our film, especially at certain scenes to create the tension. The narrative was easy to do as it is simple and straight forward, original detective story. The investigating murder scenes worked well with the voice over as you get a full explanation and shots of what happened so you know exactly what's going on. Some shots were difficult to find a decent transition to make it effective, however we managed in the end.
Our film fitted most of the Ofcom code standards. However, the second code 'Harm & Offence' could be used against our video as the theme of the film was murder/police investigation show. Their is the murder scene where my characters body is on the floor and a short clip of her being pushed off some stairs. Both these scenes could seem really effective to our audience and could offend younger children, this is why we would put the film on after 9pm.
Our film would be put on digital tv channles based around crime programmes/channels like 'Fiver'. Our film is mainly aimed at younger people/teenagers therefore could be put on E4/T4 to advertise it. Our film could also be viral and be shown on youtube and other video broadcasting websites. It could also be promoted on myspace as that is a big advertising social network.
