Music Research

The music for the background of a trailer is not always in the films soundtrack, its purpose is to complement, support and integrate the sale messaging of the trailer.
A trailer may also incorporate music from other sources possibly from other successful films or hit songs which could subconsciously entice audiences.

Once we decided on our genre, Social Realism, for our film trailer we have researched into different types of music which we could incorporate into our trailer. After we had looked into the music we have been inspired by many of the Ed Sheeran videos with the music and also the shots he has used.

Ed Sheeran - Give me Love:

Ed Sheeran- A Team:

 

 

The reason we liked these songs in particular is because we feel he captures the emotion and meaning through the lyrics.  Also the range of shots that are included gave us ideas that we could use in our trailer. 

After discussing whether we wanted a score or a soundtrack for our trailer we have decided on a soundtrack. The reason for this is that we want to tell a story through the lyrics. We have researched into many different artists and we have decided on using Louis Nevison (a boy from our school) who has a raspy voice that we think will fit with the genre we are going for. 

Below we have provided you with music he has already written.

The Song That I Sung:

Little Miss Understanding:

Rihanna's Found Love Video:

"It's like you're screaming,

            and no one can hear,

you almost feel ashamed,

        that someone could be that important,

   that without them you feel like nothing.

             No one will ever understand how much it hurts.

You feel hopeless.  Like nothing can save you. 

        Then when it's over and it's gone, you almost wish that you               

   could have all that bad stuff back, so that you could have the   good."

We found the narration within the first 50 seconds of the music video very effective and relevant to one of our themes of drug abuse and addiction.