The Redemption Teaser Trailer!

Here it is!
The Teaser Trailer is out to whet your appetites!

The Story Board

Magazine Comparisons - Total Film and Motion

Teaser Poster Comparison : Taken 2 vs Redemption

It is obvious that both these film poster are teaser posters as they give little away about the plot, it is purely to whet your appetite. It has a picture of the main character and his name above the main image or film title to try and sell it. Liam Neeson is a selling point of the film because he is a big Hollywood actor, although Jamie Widdison isn't a Hollywood actor we are purely putting his name there as we are replicating a mainstream and successful film poster.

Both films share the same Genre of Thriller and a subgenre in a sense of crime. This apparent from Neeson holding a gun and Widdison clenching his fist, you know that there is going to be some violence in it. With the redemption trailer you can tell its thriller as he isn't just clenching his fists but in fact he is also staring at them, this shows guilt as he cant believe what he's done, it's his fault, he will amend it. In the Taken 2 trailer he is staring meaningfully into the distance as if he's got a deed to do, this gives off a thriller edge as the audience wants to know what he's looking at and why - suspense, tension. 

Clues to the narrative of the film are purely given to us in the Tagline.

'First they took his daughter, now they're coming for him'. This makes it obvious that he's done something wrong or bad and he's going to pay, but as its Hollywood and Neeson's the main character we expect that he will come out on top.

'How far would you go for redemption?'  a direct rhetorical question to the audience. Why does Widdison need redemption? Is he getting redemption for himself? What's happened? These are the sorts of questions that would be floating through the audiences mind after reading this and there is only one way to get the answered and that is to watch it. Therefore it tries to hook the audience.

The images are a big giveaway, Widdison is obviously a teen, maybe a chav because of the hood and most likely going to be working class therefore. He is unarmed unlike Neeson suggesting that he is maybe of a slight higher class as he can afford and gun, unless he's stole it. Widdisons eyes are covered, the director doesn't what you to make direct eye contact in the slightest, this screams GUILT!

The font for Redemption is crumbly, jolty and uneven suggesting a catastrophic occurrence has happened, maybe a mental battle. Taken 2 is more IMPACT compared to Redemption but still shares the same faded and jolty effect. Taken 2 is also red suggesting blood, guts and violence, suggesting an action genre.

Both posters in general are very dark which doesn't quite suggest horror, definitely thriller though as the lighting on both Neeson's and Widdison's face suggest light at the end of the tunnel, if the proceed on their 

journey they will get solitude

Both characters are dead central in both posters which automatically means they are the protagonists. The director wants you to create an emotional bond with them and get on their side.

The USP: for Redemption is feel its the working class nature of the protagonist, why does this boy deserve redemption?

Taken 2 i feel it pre assessor Taken has to be taken into account here as well, the USP for me is the fact that Neeson is getting on a bit, he doesnt look young like Widdison does or other male action stars like James Bond.

Copyright Free Music - ITS FREEEEEE!

This is the website we got our Copyright Free Music off - http://freeplaymusic.com/

As we have to get music without it being copyrighted we searched this website for suitable audio. We stumbled upon 'Breaking Dawn' and 'Dark Night'. We found these by specifically searching genre on the website. We used the 'Feel' search box looked for tension as our film is a Thriller and Teaser Trailers are supposed to build Tension and Suspense.

We used 'Dark Night' for the beggining of our trailer to build tension and 'Breaking Dawn' for the end of our trailer as it has a more action theme to it and our trailer is getting to the 'knitty gritty' part.

The Compulsory Questions

Locations

This is Jake and Stuarts house. We filmed Stuarts suicide here and establishing shot of the whole trailer in which we make it clear that Jake and Stuart are brothers. Its a typical working class families house, nothing special highlighting the fact that its realistic so it applies to our social realism genre. 

This is the railway in which we shot the killing of one of Jake's friends 'Jimmy'. Again this setting is perfect for social realism films espicially as teenagers are known to hang around dangerous places such as railway lines.

This is Attenborough Nature Reserve which another spot for the murder of one of Jake's Friends, in places it can be desolate, lonely and quiet so it is inf act a perfect place for a murder.