Radio/Viral Trailer - Individual Idea

Radio Trailer - Idea

The idea that I had for the radio trailer is quite unconventional. It came from a discussion I had with the actor who plays the Employer. We were talking about ways to do the trailer that would be quite unconventional and ways that presented the character of the Employer in a less obvious typical villain way and more of a 'could be anyone' way.

To achieve this would be particularly effective as the film isn't a huge blockbuster thriller proposing a large over exaggerated situation that would be relatable to an audience. Our plot is something quite close to home and happens everyday, muggings. So because we want our film to be relatable to the audience, we came up with the idea that the Employer would speak to the audience directly. Because it is a radio trailer it would maintain the mystery surrounding his identity, but still create some kind of connection like Kyle has with the Employer.

We decided that a monologue that is close to the one that is used in the final confrontation scene would be effective as it gives a sense of what is to come in the film and in regards to danger and threat which would immediately create a select audience that enjoy those elements in a film.

We brainstormed for ideas that we thought should be involved in the radio trailer. his is what we came up with:
We discussed paralinguistic features of the monologue such as light laughter or scoffs, phrases that we would like to use, religious references or quotes, violent language to allude to the atmosphere of the film itself and direct conversation and questions towards the audience.

The elements suggested on the brainstorm were then discussed and made into this rough draft:

 

 

Studying all the elements to consider in the monologue, this is what we finalised:

 

 

'It's funny, the decisions we make. We choose marriage, job, kids, the perfect life. But isn't it funny, how decisions can change everything? Some make a choice that will ruin someone's life. All for personal gain. All to survive. To survive we have to suffer. And to seek revenge, we have to survive. I made the choice for revenge... You can only survive for so long. A life... for a life [scoffs] if you will.'

We then recorded this and uploaded it ready to edit together. The things that must be involved in the radio trailer are:

• A voice over
• Sounds from our film
• Dialog from our film
• Music from our film

So when editing the radio trailer we must consider how to involve these without losing the connection and closeness between the Employer and the audience.