Ancillary task two - Radio trailer planning and conventions

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Ancillary task 2 radio trailer
The conventions for a film trailer are
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What is the task

• The second ancillary task I wanted to create for
  my short film was a radio trailer. Before I was
  able to create the trailer similar to the film
  poster I was to research what types of
  conventions were added into a radio trailer in
  order to be effective.

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FACTS

• A radio trailer needs to contain facts and to
  make it informative and provide knowledge for the
  listener. These facts should convince the
  listener to want to watch the the film as it
  should make it sound interesting. If we include
  facts in our radio trailer it will also sound
  more professional and realistic. The use of facts
  will also show a thoroughly researched product.
  And also gives a variety of different opinions.
  Such as Awards won to which we have added that
  our short film has won at the Cannes 2015 film
  festival, in order to sound more appealing to the
  audience.

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VOICEOVER

• A voiceover is important and evident in most
  radio trailers as it guides the listener through
  what is being portrayed. A voiceover is also
  there to explain and inform the audience of what
  the is about, such as my short film being a
  psychological thriller. It gives a professional
  feel as existing radio trailers include a
  voiceover. It is there to inform and entertain
  the listener by setting the mood for the short
  film itself.
• We have Holly providing the voiceover for our
  film trailer, being able to get across the
  important information to our audience.

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MUSIC

• MUSIC The music is used in a radio trailer to
  set the atmosphere for the listener. However,
  from listening to existing radio trailers it is
  vital to ensure that the voiceover/narration can
  still be heard over the top of the background
  music. For our the short film we we want the
  music to be dark and intense as this suits the
  genre of film that we have chosen which is a
  psychological thriller.

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LENGTH

• The radio trailer should last around 30-40
  seconds long. This is the suitable amount of time
  for an advert for a short film. This is so that
  its short enough to engage a listener yet long
  enough to be able to include all the necessary
  information needed to get across. We wanted to be
  able to get enough information about Ouroboros
  across the audience however we wanted to be able
  to fall in the 30-40 second barrier. We will most
  likely have a radio trailer that runs for 36
  seconds.

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OTHER

• The radio trailer should include extracts from
  the short film itself to engage and draw in the
  reader to want to go and watch it. It should be
  formal At the end of the trailer the voiceover
  should state the date that the film is released
  and its rating. The trailer should intrigue its
  target audience and also contain different
  opinions and beliefs.

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SOUND EFFECTS

• Sounds effects can be used to keep the listener
  interested and to create a certain
  effect/atmosphere. Sound effects also indicate to
  the listener what they should expect from the
  short film. Such as muffled scream to create
  enigma for the audience and to be gripped for the
  rest of the trailer.

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VOX POPS/INTERVIEWS

• Vox pops and interviews taken from the
  documentary itself can be cooperated into the
  radio trailer. This gives an insight into what is
  involved in the documentary and also gives a
  variety of different.

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The script for the short film

• is that you terry?!
• Muffled scream
• news reporter talking about the murder of jess
• have you ever wondered whats really on the
  inside of the people closest to you?
• New report  
• a Psychological Thriller will have you on the
  edge of your seat
• can you believe that jess death was posted
  online
• released July 21st 2015 in the UK, coming to a
  cinema near you
• winner of the 2015 live action short award and
  featured at the Cannes film festival 
• Ouroboros, released July 21st 2015 in the UK,
  coming to a cinema near you
• Rated 15

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Using Garage band for radio trailer
Once the script was written we then recorded The
voices needed for the radio trailer onto garage
band then placed in the right order of the script
for the different recordings to flow well into
each other. Once placed we then added an
intensely dark backing track to create an
atmosphere, fitting for our genre witch was a
psychological thriller.