FMP - Rough Cut 1

This is the first rough cut produced from the majority of the footage taken over the two day shoot. There are a lot of blanks still because I have thought of shots I want to re-shoot and include. Chronologically it makes sense and flows naturally with the storyline. From all the people that watched it, they understood what the story was about. However it doesn't look like a trailer, it looks more like a short film. 

It criticised for the lack of excitement throughout the trailer, the first two minutes are gripping. If they aren't dragged in at the beginning there is a very high chance they wont make it to the second half of the trailer, which means the trailer has failed as a salesmen to promote the film. 

After the first song was introduced along with the narrative from the main character, it picked up a more positive response. The editing was praised more and when the serious scene of the two characters coming across the dreaded file that shuts there sight down, people wanted to see more. The second song by One republic was enjoyed and said was a good song to make the trailer to and the final sequence was praised at looking very realistic. 

The main points I took from this preliminary cut was to grab the attention of the audience from the beginning and secondly to finish a fully music/sound edited cut.