For the shortened version I decided to bring back the MGMT song because it is a very upbeat high tempo and enthusiastic song. It is a good song to edit footage to because of its stable and impulsive beat which has fluxes to allow for variations. This mean I could have montage of shots across one of the narrations from the main character. I decided to keep the start scene the same, the one of them discovering the file, because it does exactly what I want it to do and drag the audience in. Therefore I can then hit them with this montage. I wanted to keep it as short as possible so with the end of the narration I just through the title of the trailer in there face. This was before I changed the name of the trailer.
It received mixed reviews. People liked the change of pace and the montage of shots drew them into to wanting to find out what the film is about, so a lot of them did consider watching the extended trailer. However some had no clue what the film is about and said that the ending with it just dumping the title in there face just didn't feel natural. It needed to be more 'trailer' like. Therefore for the next cut I think I would include the final sequence of the trailer to make it seem more like an actual trailer not just a snapshot.
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