Research and Planning - Common Features of Trailers

I have researched into the common features of film trailers and have included the different features below.

Aprooval Screen:

The screen shot above is a features which is included in many film trailers such as the film Something Borrowed. This feature is featured usually within the first few seconds of the trailer, however some film trailers may feature it half way through the trailer. To make our film trailer look authentic and affective, this feature will be used.

 

Credits:

The screen shot above is another common feature which is featured towards the end of the film trailer, showing the producers, main actors etc. This is also featured to draw the audience in, by showing them the main actors etc which will encourage the audience to want to see the movie. Possibly because they have seen another film with the same actors in and thought it was a successful film. This is an affective feature and by including this into my own trailer, it should hopefully ensure a more realistic film teaser trailer.

Production Company:

The screenshot above, is again another common feature of a trailer, which is the production company of the film and is included occasionally at the beginning of the film trailer. My group and I are most likely going to include this feature, as it addresses which audience it will appeal to straight away and also because we want our trailer to look as realistic as possible.

'Coming Soon' 

One of the most common features of trailers is that they include some sort of release date, this may be an actual date or just 'coming soon'. Above I have print screened what this feature looks like in film trailers, this screen shot is taken from Friends With Benefits film trailer. When editing together our film, my group and I will have to keep this convention in mind, and to choose whether we include an actual date or 'coming soon' however, as we are going to produce a teaser, rather than a trailer, 'coming soon' maybe more affective than a date. This is usually because teaser trailers are released further in advance before the actual film is released, as it is just giving you a 'teaser' clip of the film and not giving out too much information i.e the date it is released. By including this into our teaser trailer, it will create a more realistic approach.