Trailer Draft for 'Joe'

Here is a preliminary draft for the trailer of 'Joe'. In our trailer we want to portray the emotional instability of each of the characters as they try to cope with the loss of their friend or in Anuar's case the guilt that he feels. As it develops I want an audience to see that Lucy is trying to regain a sense of perspective in her life and trying to develop as a teenage girl again where as in contrast Danny is desperately trying to seek justice for the murder of his closest friend. With Anuar the trailer will show his paranoia as he tries to cope with knowing he participated in the murder of an innocent person. It's aim is to make an audience feel interested in the stories leading up to the state they are in within the trailer.

A trailer I feel is good to draw inspiration from is the trailer of Shane Meadow's This is england '86. Being in the style of independent film it follows the conventions that we want to follow. It's especially helpful from the 42nd second when the sinister moments for the characters begin to be drawn in. It shows mid close up shots of the characters argueing, angry and crying. It becomes intimate with their emotions drawing us into a sense of peril that they are experiencing.

• Shot 1 - Danny in tears - Fade to black - 3 seconds
  


• Shot 2 - Lucy in tears - Fade to black - 3 seconds
  


• Shot 3 - Anuar in tears - Fade to black - 3 seconds
  


• Shot 4 - News report voice over 'a another young boy has been stabbed in another random street attack' while black - Piano music begins to play
  


• Shot 5 - Lucy talking to Danny "Danny we loved him both but we got to move on"
  


• Shot 6 - Danny punching the wheel of his car in a fit of rage
  


• Shot 7 - Anuar walking down a street, hood up, checking over shoulder, jumpy at sirens.
  


• Shot 8 - Lucy dressed up for a night out. Laughing with gal pals.