Making A Trailer


1. Please fill out the following Google Form: https://goo.gl/forms/m0pHObItb9HvlIRz2

2. Plan your trailer: Group, Basic Description, Script, Storyboard [Due: March 9 Friday]

  • Research trailers of the film genre you want to make (You may use this as a resource to start out: https://www.videodetective.com/movies/genres/#1
  • Research different approach the trailers took on same movie
  • Identify what is effective and what isn't
  • Incorporate the effective aspects into your trailer
  • Title your film and describe in 1 or 2 sentence your trailer idea (i.e. The film is titled "Super Kid" Its trailer shows an ordinary high schooler discovering his superpower and deciding to stand up against a school shooter, leaving the audience to wonder what will happen.)
  • Make a script and Storyboard for your trailer.

3. Film your trailer (March 12-16)

4. Record voice over (March 12-21)

5. Edit your trailer (March 16-23)

Turn in work link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/fqpf7tZibfkakD35Sm8v



Examples

Script:





















Story Board








Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr91Y42MEsA


Example Storyboard of horror film trailer



Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TASsPKk9mJ0



How to use Zoom H4n:







Grading Rubric

30 Points Total
Great
(5)
Passing
(3)
Low Performing
(1)
Promoting
(5)
The trailer sells the movie, making the movie look good. It leaves audience with questions they hope that movie will answer once they see it.
The trailer sells the movie, making the movie look good. However it shows basically the whole story and leaves audience with no questions or desire to see the movie.
The trailer does poor job of selling the movie, it makes the movie look bad.
Directing
(5)
The trailer shows strong directing, every part of the video is of highest quality possible within the limitations of the project, and everything is organized and works well together to make the video informative about the resources.
The trailer shows some direction and has some low quality tolerance.
Most aspects of the trailer contains low quality performance and production. The trailer shows no purpose or direction and did not strive for the best.
Production
(5)
The trailer benefits from all the planning and preparation. Nothing in the trailer seem out of place.
The trailer follows some planning, but are missing some props or has some unprepared aspects.
The trailer looks very unprepared and made on a whim.
Lighting/
Voice Over
(5)
The trailer does not have any distracting lighting, flickering, distracting shadows, etc.
The trailer has some distracting lighting, flickering, distracting shadows, etc, but shows attempts to fix it.
The trailer does not have any attempts to fix any distracting lighting, flickering, distracting shadows, etc.
Editing
(5)
The trailer flows well one shot to the next. None of the shots feel too rushed or too long.
The trailer flows one shot to the next in comprehensible order. Some of the shots feel too rushed or too long.
There are hardly any cuts and editing, some shots may even be out of order. Most shots feel rushed or too long. Just hard to watch.
Text
(5)
The text in the trailer contain no spelling/grammatical error. There is a text that informs the title of the movie and a time when the movie will be out.
The text in the trailer contain some spelling/grammatical error. There is a text that informs the title of the movie and a time when the movie will be out.
The trailer is either missing the title of the movie or some form of date/time the movie will be out.

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