Teaser trailer analysis - Hard Candy

HARD CANDY: This is about a 14 year old girl who is talking to a charming older photographer man on the internet. She suspects he is a pedophile and she ends up going to his home in an attempt to expose him for what he truley is it is a twisted but good story line. This is not a teaser trailer but i have anaylized this trailer because my teaser trailer is based on a young girl who is talking to a much older man on the internet and this man, we will see in flashes of my trailer, becomes dangerous. There is many aspects of this film i like and have decided to base my shots on. I like how the use of the instant messaging has been used and i will use the larger screen view to see my shot . I also like the realism this trailer posesses, the way its filmed and its low budget gives this story line a much more of a look that insinuates the story is real, which is in some way true, as 'pedophilla' is a messed up matter that is with some people in this world we live in. This trailer starts with a green screen insinuating its age restriction credits, then lionsgate appears in the shape of black blinds folded and coming together we hear a wind sound and the sound of a key pad being pressed on a computers key board, we then side a close up shot of a computer screen and an instant messaging conversation. It clicks off as if we hear the computer signing off and the screen goes black, i like this idea and i will include a black screen in my teaser trailer as i feel it makes the audience listen to the important sounds and makes them more wary and paying more attention. the next shot is of an older man looks about in his late 30's early 40's approaching a smaller person as we just see the top part of the back of her head as he is much taller and looking down and the camera is firstly focusing on him. The camera then switches to a lower view and puts the girl 'hayley' in centre frame and as she is turning around and talking the camera is getting closer to her face. there is no actual soundtrack music you would call 'chart music' it is just long held notes and sounds that make the audience feel warey and the shots of him and her are normally close up with some medium shots this is to make us focus on their behaveour because his behavour and hers towards eachother is crucial in this film. We have the slow motion shots of them looking at one another in two different shots this is to create the tension as we are riding in his car. Their is a shot of his house which from how the wind and background scenery is moving you can see it has been fast winded this is to show the passing of how much time has gone on. The blind effect appears again twice to show this film has been at festivals. I get the feeling this filmmaker has used the blind effects as blinds can let people see alot but its so easy to turn then into a solid wall stopping people from seeing as if they have two sides to them, this could be showing the audience theirs two sides to these characters or one or infact there is a hidden secret that looks like it wants to be shut away and not opened. from 1.55 seconds to 2.08 seconds the shots and images are fast and short i like this because it creates tension and makes the overall film look much more interesting and packed with action the fast moving pase makes the audience really have to concertrate and i feel i want to include short fast shots in my teaser trailer to create impact. This trailer has given me many good different ideas to what i would want my film to look like.