The next trailer I attempt to make must have the 3 Step Structure. The mistake I made when creating the trailer was that I did not completely follow there structure. I started off with too much unnecessary footage of dialogue, there was not a proper tone set from the beginning. There should only be one main character in the trailer. When coming up to the second Act there should be a disequilibrium where everything goes wrong. Because I filmed a slasher I did not properly take into consideration the stock scenes and as a result not enough where added.The lighting was too high key and as result the footage was not as authentic as it should've been. Next time I should try and find locations that fit the tone of the movie and start shooting at a specific time because in this trailer I mostly shot in the daylight.
My trailer did follow the conventions of the sub-genre it was trying to replicate (Slasher), it had a mask, a phallic object, a final girl, and the killer's i identity remained a mystery, which was a positive. The movie was also far too long. When shooting my next trailer I should aim to make it as a teaser so I do not give away too much of the storyline.
