1. Research on editing on trailers
By Leticia Silva

3. Immediate editing technique used
and why?
• The pace of the trailer is normally average because it
emphasises normality and a calm atmosphere until the
tension starts.
• The have dissolve transitions to show a change of time and
between the transitions there’s titles slowly appearing with
creepy sounds affects to slow enhance the fear feeling.
• As the pace picks up there’s lots of fast cutaways for high
intense enigma’s.
• There’s flashbacks to establish why the terrible things are
happening to the characters.
• The pace in the middle is really fast and then it slows down
when it reaches the climax and there’s a final mix oh sounds
affects and editing on the footage to give the viewers the last
scare.
• Sometimes if the trailer is really trying to show originality by
putting the footage together backwards and then fast
forwarding things really fast in one go.

4. How does the pace change and
why?
• Normally sometimes the pace will start
slow and give the trailer a feeling of
normality to emphasises the huge
change in the characters life and as
supernatural horrors they warn the
viewers of the moments.
• However the pace does pick of
and give the viewers a more
jumpy affect making the viewers
feel engaged with whatever is
going on.
• Sometimes when the climax is
really high and intense they
slow down the pace
completely to have that on the
edge of your chair feeling to
scary you one last time.

5. What editing technique is used in
different genres and why?
• Depending on the type of genre it is the editing would be
different to have different types of affects on its viewers.
• For example in dramatic movies they would have more eye-line
match, shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule, the pace is
medium (depending on the plot).
• In horror movies there’s more: cutaways, the pace is fast
mixed with slow to tense up the mood, there’s more special
effects of how the footage appears, there’s lots of cross
cutting, the transitions are either straight cuts or dissolve
and sometimes they have insert shots and flashbacks.
• In action movies there plenty of : eye-line match, shot
reverse shot, cross cutting, the pace is fast, lots of match on
action and sometimes they have montage editing to show
the characters progression.

6. How does the editing connect/
compliment the plot and narrative
structure?
• The fast pace creates the thriller feeling and if
there’s no thriller feeling to it, it does not create
the correct feeling for the trailer to have the right
atmosphere.
• If there’s shot reverse shot it will be really fast so
it will be a little confusing for the viewers to not
catch a lot of what’s going on.
• If the editing does not compliment the genre
then there will be not be a great understanding of
how sad or intense a moment is and it also helps
the viewers understand how the characters feel.

7. What editing skills do you find
inspirational?
• I found that the use of titles placed in the
correct place and timing to not take the
distraction away from the trailer was really
good.
• The use of slow transitions or the dissolve
transitions to fall in line with tense moments
of the trailer of the trailer.