Wednesday, 8 October 2008

Credits

When planning what credits I would include in my trailer, I watched the four trailers below and I made a note of what credits they had included and where in the trailer they were shown.
I found that the first two trailers, 'Save The Last Dance' and 'You Got Served', which were the oldest trailers, didn't include many credits at all, and if they did, they put the right at the end and all the text was very small and was all on one shot. i didn't think this was a very good way to show the trailers as it didn't really give the viewers much information, nor time to read the credits.
the next two trailers, 'Step Up' and 'Step Up 2', included an average of 5 shots for the credits. I thought this was a good amount because it was enough to fit the information on, without boring the viewers.

The information that 'Step Up' had on its trailers were:
Directed by
Screenplay by
Staring actors/actress
Choregraphed by
Executive producers
Produced by

The information that 'Step Up 2' had on its trailers were:
Directed by
Music by
Staring artists
Produced by
Executive producers
Written by

I decided that I would include a mixture that I thought were most important.
I also decided that I would put roughly 2 sections, depending on the amount of names, per shot so that the viewers wouldn't get bored. Also to avoid this, I decided that instead of putting all the trailers at the end, I decided that from about three quarters of the way through the trailer, i would begin putting the credits and then half way through them I will put the title and as the music fades put the other half of the credits.

This is how I am hoping to have the credits:

Shot 1 - Staring Actors/Actresses
Shot 2 - Choregraphed By and Screenplay By
Shot 3 - Staring Artists
Shot 4 - Written By and Directed By
Shot 5 - Production Company and Executive Producer

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