Intertitles

We did some research on trailers and noticed that many of them used intertitles. They use them help tell the story and often it replaces a voice over. An example is in the 'Jessabelle' trailer where they use intertitles to break it up and communicate the story. Intertitles or voice overs are conventional of theatrical trailers and are extremely effective as one of the purposes of a trailer is to tell the basic narrative of the film. This needs to be done in a very short space of time and so titles or voice overs make it easier.

We decided to use this convention in our own production as we felt it would benefit our audience by helping them to understand the story. We chose the words 'what would you do if your childhood nightmare came to life?' and made them appear in three parts. This breaks up the trailer slightly creating a more interesting watch for people, and also hints at the fact that the film is about a nightmare appearing in reality. We used a colour scheme of black and grey which connotes danger and darkness, to keep to conventions of horror trailers. These colours also link to our ancillary task.