This blog contains my OCR A2 media coursework, our film trailer, magazine cover and film poster

Shot by shot analysis of the completed teaser trailer



1. Copy "When everything seems safe" this tends to give you prior warning that something is about to happen, build tension and anticipation.
2. A medium shot of the father goes out leaving his wife and child at home.
3.  Cross-fade between two shots keeps the slow, calm pace.
4. Another medium shot father bending down to kiss his child and say goodbye, the typical happy family.
5. Another cross-fade between two shots keeps the slow, calm pace.
6. A side-on, long shot of the mother and daughter in the doorway and the father reversing off the drive.
7. Another cross-fade between two shots keeps the slow, calm pace.
8. Long shot of car driving down the road.
9. Copy: It becomes a parents nightmare.
10. Close up of the childs face, showing emotion, this shot breaks the rule of thirds, with her face in the middle box.
11. Cross-fade, carefully chosen, as the torch beam is on the childs face as it crosses over.
12. Close up, point of view shot of a hand opening a door using a torch, going into a room, hand held camera technique is used here.
13. Another cross-fade is used here and this is also carefully chosen so the hand is on the childs face, this symbolises her being held in place, controlled.
14. Close up of the child getting scared and burying her face in her arms.
15. The editing picks up here and cuts are used mostly so it now cuts to a medium shot of the mother on the floor with her phone in her hand.
16. It then cuts back to a close up of the child.
17. High angle close up of the child, she is now looking at something.
18. Side-on medium shot of the mother running up the stairs.
19. It then cuts to an action match of her running up the stairs, this is a low angle extreme close up.
20. It then is a close up of feet running out the door, another low angle extreme close up.
21. Copy, "But someone else's need, this carries on the story being told by
22. Now it cuts to a close up of the child reaching out and holding hands with the "kidnapper"
23. Medium shot of the kidnapper and child walking away this shot is very short as we keep cutting back to it.
24. Cuts back to a longshot the mother on the floor, with a torch beam looking at her, this also uses the hand help camera technique as it is also a point of view shot.
25. Cut back to 23.
26. Close up of the phone from the mothers hand, it'r ringing.
27. Cut back to 23.
28. Copy, "The hunt begins"
29. Extreme close up
30. Close up pan around the mother in her search for her child.
31. Long shot action match of the mother turning around looking around for her daughter.
32. Another action match extreme close up, of the mothers face to show emotion.
33. Extreme close of the mother crying, slouched against the wall.
34.Further spinning, looking close ups etc
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37. High angle shot of the mother shouting her daughter's name
38. Copy "When they find their child..."
39. High angle close up of child looking upwards.
40. Cross fade..
41. Fading to empty corner, symbolising childs disappearance without a trace.
42. Copy, "MISSING", the film title.
43. Copy, "Coming Soon"
44. Copy, "To cinemas near you"

Our trailer is not necessarily in chronological order but neither are other trailers that I have analysed, this is a convention.