Director:
Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening scene- deer, car, conversation, crash, money goes everywhere.
Deadfall is 'A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.'
The title itself- Deadfall instantly creates a harsh feel conventional of Thrillers, this is backed up by the cold setting and the action shown in the trailer. Thrillers tend to stick with very short and simple titles so the audience can interpret and make make assumptions on it themselves. I have chosen to call my film 'Bellatrix' this is due to the strong female warrior meaning, so it gives the audience an insight as to what my main female protagonist is going to be.
The opening shot of the deer in the snow was very reminiscent of Hanna. This is because of the icy cold setting and the split second of tranquil feelings with the animals just grazing then having a disturbance of some sort. In the case of Deadfall it's a crash, but before the crash occurs, the woman- played by Olivia Wilde, is counting money. This poses an enigma as to how she got the money? Is it hers? What did they do to come across this money? This is then answered in the trailer but, I think that it might of been more interesting if they chose to just leave it out and let the audience realize for themselves. In my trailer I don't intend to give too much of the story away but in some ways you have to as if you just show action scenes the audience viewing the trailer will think that there probably isn't a very good story to it if none at all is indicated from the trailer, but a the same time you can only show snippets which is going to be very difficult to decide what is chosen to go in. The first shot we see of the character played by Eric Bana, is a close up. This CU allows the audience to gain a connection with the character as you can see their facial expressions and also makes you feel as though you're in the scene. The names of the two siblings who performed the robbery are never said, this adds to the mystery of the film and the characters themselves and for me as an audience member intrigues me into wanting to know them and their reasoning for the robbery more.
The title itself- Deadfall instantly creates a harsh feel conventional of Thrillers, this is backed up by the cold setting and the action shown in the trailer. Thrillers tend to stick with very short and simple titles so the audience can interpret and make make assumptions on it themselves. I have chosen to call my film 'Bellatrix' this is due to the strong female warrior meaning, so it gives the audience an insight as to what my main female protagonist is going to be.
The opening shot of the deer in the snow was very reminiscent of Hanna. This is because of the icy cold setting and the split second of tranquil feelings with the animals just grazing then having a disturbance of some sort. In the case of Deadfall it's a crash, but before the crash occurs, the woman- played by Olivia Wilde, is counting money. This poses an enigma as to how she got the money? Is it hers? What did they do to come across this money? This is then answered in the trailer but, I think that it might of been more interesting if they chose to just leave it out and let the audience realize for themselves. In my trailer I don't intend to give too much of the story away but in some ways you have to as if you just show action scenes the audience viewing the trailer will think that there probably isn't a very good story to it if none at all is indicated from the trailer, but a the same time you can only show snippets which is going to be very difficult to decide what is chosen to go in. The first shot we see of the character played by Eric Bana, is a close up. This CU allows the audience to gain a connection with the character as you can see their facial expressions and also makes you feel as though you're in the scene. The names of the two siblings who performed the robbery are never said, this adds to the mystery of the film and the characters themselves and for me as an audience member intrigues me into wanting to know them and their reasoning for the robbery more.
From this short trailer you already realize the close connections and relationships between characters which in such a short amount of time is very hard to do.
The music used in this trailer creates a really tense atmosphere at the beginning. Music drives the audience emotions almost unknowingly. This particular trailer starts of with diegetic sounds with faint key sounds and then string sounds creating an eery atmosphere with random drum beats symbolizing gun shots or heart beats- This is very typical for thrillers and also horrors as it successfully creates a tense atmosphere.
I really like the way that the director chose to portray fear through a police woman as it ties in with the story as he shot a policeman in the face but she also represents authority and power so if a character like her is scared it makes the audience realize how dangerous Eric Bana's character is.
The music used in this trailer creates a really tense atmosphere at the beginning. Music drives the audience emotions almost unknowingly. This particular trailer starts of with diegetic sounds with faint key sounds and then string sounds creating an eery atmosphere with random drum beats symbolizing gun shots or heart beats- This is very typical for thrillers and also horrors as it successfully creates a tense atmosphere.
I really like the way that the director chose to portray fear through a police woman as it ties in with the story as he shot a policeman in the face but she also represents authority and power so if a character like her is scared it makes the audience realize how dangerous Eric Bana's character is.
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