1. Teaser Trailer
Construction
Jordan Baldock

2. Construction equipment
• To capture the footage needed for the clips needed for the
trailer I used the video setting on a Sony Xperia mobile phone
as it had an 8mega-pixel camera which was superior to that of
the traditional Flip camera.
• Once the footage was completed I would use Windows live
film maker to edit the footage.

3. The Footage
• Whilst filming we decided to take numerous amounts of
similar shots, this way we could eliminate any shots with
errors and choose those with the best finish. For
example, several shots had to be deleted as they included the
shadow of the person holding the camera. To collaborate and
organise these videos I decided to organise them into folders
and sub-folders.

4. converting the videos
• The next step I needed to take was importing the videos to
windows live movie maker, however as I had filmed on a
mobile phone, the videos were in the wrong format.
Therefore I had to download software to convert these films
from Mp4 format into Mvw. This software was called MDX.film
and was a free download, however this was a very time
consuming process that I had not accounted for before
filming.

5. Importing the videos
• Finally after converting the videos into an appropriate type I
file I was able to simply import them into movie maker and
this was a very simple process of opening the folder and
dragging the file into the programme.
• Once they were imported it was simply a case of arranging
them in the correct order before they could be edited. Again
this was a very simple process as the program has a
storyboard like design were you just drag and drop files into
the appropriate areas.

6. Editing Audio
• Whilst we were recording visual footage on the mobile phone
we were also recording sound at the same time, however this
diegetic sound was not needed. To do this I isolated the audio
and deleted it from the ‘audio timeline’ this meant the
footage was free of sound and I was able to add my own non-
diegetic atmospheric sound. To source the sound I used a free
sound effects website where I could download sound and
imported as an mp3. I then dragged and dropped these files
onto the time line at the desired moment. I was also able to
add layers of sound, where 2 or more audio files combine.

7. Film cuts/transitions
• The next step I took in the construction phase was adding
transitions between cuts to allow them to flow more fluently.
To do this I simply selected the transition from a effects list on
the programme and dragged to the scene I wanted I to apply
too. In the case of my trailer I frequently used the ‘fade to
black’ & the ‘fade from black’ at the start and end of each cut
as it was most appropriate for the theme of the film.

8. Adding Title screens
• To add the title screens for the production brand names and
the film title, I first created the text in Microsoft publisher and
then imported the text as images, and changed the shot
background colour to fit the image which in this case was
black. Once this was complete it was a case of dragging and
dropping the images into the timeline.

9. Importing the Appropriate
Audiences – “Green screen”
• Following the forms and conventions of nearly all film trailers
– this green screen of “appropriate audiences” is at the
beginning of nearly all trailers. To add this to the timeline I
saved the shot as an image and again dragged it into the
appropriate place at the beginning of the film and selected
how long it needed to play for which was in the region of 3-4
seconds.

10. Uploading to YouTube
• I decided the easiest format for my trailer to be viewed was to
upload it to the Video sharing site YouTube as they have
millions of views a day and most official trailers are released
through this format. As well as this it is an easy way of getting
3rd party feedback, as comments and ‘likes’ can be analysed.