Story-Telling Unit: Practice creating a trailer.

In preparation for the creation of my 2 minute trailer/ opening 2 minutes for my short film, I have been experimenting with the video editing software; Final Cut Pro X. Since I currently do not have any of my own footage to work with, I have been working on creating a trailer for another short film, which I have been watching and analysing extensively in the duration of this course called; "Soft" which was created by Simon Ellis.

As you can see from the trailer, the idea I had in mind with the trailer was to add a sense of danger and tension, without giving too much of the films plot twists away. For example, in the actual film "Soft", the father is revealed to be very submissive, and prefers to stay away from confrontation- and the son is the one who eventually stands up against the antagonists.
In the trailer however, I edited it in such a way that this fact isn't so clear.

I have not yet decided whether or not I want to create a 2 minute trailer or the first 2 minutes of my film, but I feel like the practice I have had creating this trailer will provide valuable experiences which will come in handy when it comes to storyboarding and editing my final project piece for this unit.