We chose these 9 key frames from the 'Tyrannosaur' trailer as we thought these best displayed the conventions of a drama film.
The lighting and colour saturation is consistent throughout the trailer, exemplifying the depressed and melancholic atmosphere of the film. This inspired us to have a similar theme to our piece as we wanted to make it a dramatic tragedy. Our colour palette is similar in the sense that it has a grey undertone to many shots and aspects of our trailer to 'Tyrannosaur' in regards to lighting.
The use of close ups and extreme close ups juxtaposes the establishing and wide shots used in the 'Tyrannosaur' trailer and our own. These are typical aspects of the drama genre as it establishes the characters' emotions and the setting around them. The use of close ups can create a tense atmosphere adding to the action of the film.
Similar shots of the protagonist (played by Olivia Coleman) suffering are used to emphasise her vulnerability and weakness, evoking emotion in the audience, which is a key convention of the drama genre. We mirrored this is our trailer by having our protagonist showing a variety of distressing emotions, prompting similar emotions in the audience.
Only two shots involve the antagonist in the 'Tyrannosaur' trailer, yet he is still seen as an essential character to the trailer. This is used to create intrigue within the audience as to what their backstory is along with how they fit into the narrative of the film. We reflected this in our trailer by only showing our antagonist in a limited number of shots, also placing more importance on our protagonist.
Only one shot in the trailer includes the protagonist laughing in a less detrimental environment. We took inspiration from this by including a variety of emotions in our trailer. However, ours differs as Olivia Coleman's character is surrounded by others where as our protagonist finds happiness in his solitude, as he is never truly alone due to his hallucinations.
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