When writing our shotlist, we will aim to have around 60 shots for our trailer. Some trailers such as those for horror or action films use a much larger amount of shots (closer to 100), but in most of the romance trailers we have studied, the amount of shots is around 40-60. This is probably for a number of reasons. Firstly, because in romance trailers there is usually a montage or two, but rather than a fast paced action filled montage like there might be in some trailers, it would be slow paced and contain longer but fewer shots.
The trailer for 'Blue Valentine' only has 24 shots, whilst the trailer for 'Revolutionary Road' has 67 shots. This is an example of how the number of shots can range so much. Some of the differences between these trailers is that the one for Blue Valentine does not use a voice over and has a slower montage whereas Revolutionary Road has a voice over and a much faster, action filled montage, as well as being longer. The trailer for 'Dear John' has 100 shots and the trailer for 'Like Crazy' has 48 shots.
We would like our film trailer to be more like the trailers for 'Like Crazy' and 'Blue Valentine' than those for 'Revolutionary Road' and 'Dear John', because we want it to have a softer and more romantic feel rather than being fast and cheesy.
B.M
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