Lighting, Editing and Sound - Research

Lighting:

• HIGH KEY - The lighting is bright and may include mixed white colours. I may use this lighting here and there, but I want the audience to feel tense so I may make the lighting more dramatic.
• LOW KEY - This lighting is dark and may include shadows and dark tones. I might be using this lighting because it will create a dark and serious vibe, but I don't want my trailer to come off as a horror so I might opt for something a bit less harsh.
• COLOUR FX - Different colour combinations depending on the atmosphere of the film. Examples are black and white or sepia, as well as blueish effects or warm yellow effects. I might use this lighting as opposed to the low key lighting. This is because I can make the sequence dramatic and tense but not too scary so it can be seen as a an action film.

EDITING:

• CONTINUITY EDITING - Film sequences normally follow this type of editing in order to make them flow and transition in a believable way. Only cuts will be used in order to make scenes more realistic. 'Cross-cutting' may also be included, which is when two different pieces of action are shown at the same time during a sequence, but it still maintains a flow to make it have a 'real life' affect. This is the main common editing style in film, however trailers include a lot of cross-cutting with a combination of different parts of the film that don't follow a continuity structure. I will therefore be using montage editing.
• MONTAGE EDITING - The opposite of continuity editing, whereby the cuts in the sequence are noticeable and don't have a flow of time. This is the perfect editing type for my film trailer, as there will be different scenes from throughout the film being shown, not necessarily in order.
• CUT - An image is instantly replaced by another without a noticeable transition. I will be using this because it is used in montage editing.
• CROSS/DISSOLVE - One image dissolves into another.
• FADE UP - An image fades in from black. I will be using this to transition from one scene to another to make the trailer more suspenseful.
• FADE OUT - An image fading out to black. I will use this after throughout the trailer because some scenes will fade in and out.
• WIPE - One image replaces another and the border between the image will move across the screen.

 SOUND:

• DIEGETIC SOUND - Sound that is involved and is part of the film world e.g. cars or birds. I will be using this for various sound effects.
• NON-DIEGETIC SOUND - Sound that is not part of the film world and is not part of what is happening on screen e.g. a soundtrack. I will be using a soundtrack in my film trailer.
• SOUND BRIDGE - Linking two scenes together through sound. I may use this in my task.
• SOUND EFFECTS - Sound which is added on which is not dialogue or music. Sound is added during post-production e.g. a voicemail on a phone.