Our first project is editing a TV drama trailer using clips from our coursework projects. There was some amazing coursework produced across all three classes and editing a montage of the best bits into a Greenford drama trailer will highlight the spectacular quality of the work we've produced.
Brief: Create a 1-2 minute trailer for a new season of TV Drama using the Science Fiction TV drama extracts we created for our coursework.
Research
The first aspect to any media project is researching professional examples so we know the codes and conventions of the media type we are creating.
Watch a range of TV drama season trailers to learn the conventions:
Note the following conventions:
- Use of music
- Length of clips
- Pace of editing
- Close-ups
- Dramatic scenes
- Movement
- Lines of dialogue
- Text on screen
- Build up to dramatic ending
Planning
From screenings in class and anything you saw at the Media Awards, make notes of the coursework projects and specific clips you want to use in your trailer.
Next, plan the music you will use for your trailer. This is a critical decision - many drama season trailers are more like music videos so getting the right song is vital. Look at the songs available on the Media Shared drive or you can bring your own MP3 file in next week. Important: the song must be appropriate for pre-watershed viewing so no explicit lyrics. Remember, you don't need to use the whole song so you can pick the 60-120 seconds that will be most cinematic. You'll find a selection of songs in the following folder:
Media Shared > Resources > GCSE > Summer 2019 - TV Drama trailer > TV Drama trailer audio files
Editing
Open up a new project in Adobe Premiere Pro, save it in your folder on Media Student Shared and then import the video and audio files you want to use in your trailer. You'll find the video files in the following folder:
Media Shared > Resources > GCSE > Summer 2019 - TV Drama trailer > Teacher name folder
Deadline
To be confirmed - we may have some Science revision to do in options subject lesson time next week but we will let you know when we hear more.
Extension
We think that most people will need a few lessons to complete their trailer. However, if you finish and export your TV drama trailer, we have a brilliant extension task to take on. Turn your original coursework production into a 90 second Science Fiction film trailer using trailer conventions such as film institution logo, text on screen, actor names, title and release date. See this year's Year 13 Media coursework for more details!
