Solo Trailer Review 2

Name Of Film: The Quiet Ones                Year Of Release: 2014   

Genre Of Trailer: Psychological Horror                    

Mark Given After Viewing: 9/10               

What happened in the trailer?

This highlights trailer showed a story of a research experiment, where a professor and a small group of students are trying to prove that the paranormal is all in the mind.

Which positive, cleaver or interesting aspects do you think you could include in your own trailer? What generic features are fulfilled well?

The combination of slow and quick montage, and collision cutting between quite and loud, creates dramatic tension in the trailer. I think that the tension in the story line can be seen most clearly as it cuts to the old family-style video footage. I think that this reference to the past could be used effectively in our trailer to add context and story line. Personally, I liked the way that an old-style of filter was used to show the difference between the ‘real life’ footage and the stuff that is being recorded throughout the film, I think that this would be a useful technique to use as it would help the audience differentiate between the perspectives. This trailer used low key lighting particularly well, adding a slightly yellowy glow that reinforces the idea that the film will be set back in time. With the contrapuntal children’s music playing at the beginning making the viewer feel unnerved.

Which aspects of the trailer did you think were unsuccessful, and would put off its target audience? How is it disappointing?

I found this trailer featured a bit too much speech and conversation, this came in contrast to the title and over explained what was going on. I think that if a little more was left to be figured out (rather than featuring this voice-over effect) it could have been slightly more engaging. This is surprising as it has the educational undertones, therefore it may be expected to be slightly more intellectually challenging.