- Mobile phone
The Lighting used
- Natural light
- The trailer will be filmed at night for darkness. The darkness can help create more mystery and suspense as action prevails.
- The small fade in shots of Mahfuza on his phone at day time foreshadows the climax of the trailer, where he will be running at the same time as Benjamin during the night.
The trailer does not necessarily contain many props other than the mobile phone. This is because it focuses on the surroundings of the city, the streets, cafe, phone booth and the people to elicit darkness and suspense to the city location.
Clothing theme: Dark Black clothing
Amongst my investigation of action trailers, there is a genre convention of the protagonist wearing black clothing such as a formal black suit for various purposes. They could be part of the F.B.I, coming back from work or are part of a secret gang/group. In the case of the countdown trailer, he is an average guy being seized under threat without expectancy. Therefore he will be wearing normal black clothing as a toned down, dark look so it will suit the theme of the night and darkness and be used as a symbolism of danger.
Sound
The voice over of an antagonist will be used, as the protagonist picks up the phone call. This will establish the plot line of the trailer.
Background music
The soundtrack from the police station scene in the film "The Terminator," which is a well known action thriller will be used through out the trailer. The theme track is appropriate as it suits the conventions of a trailer. It begins slow and mellow and then escalades into high tempo music which can parallel with the action shots during the climax of the trailer.
Below is the video clip of how the soudtrack was originally used in the film. It has helped me see the way they have built tension into action, with the construction of film shots, body language and light effects.
This is the instrumental soundtrack that will be used in the action/mystery genre trailer.
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