After shooting all my footage I spent the following day editing a six minute 'prologue' for the film, which simply shows the subject on a journey through Leicester from a quiet and idyllic spot, to his front door. The video has no dialogue, but simply is a combination of romantic camera work and a charming journey. Although there isn't so much to gather from this six minutes, I wanted to create something ambitious, random, and interesting. Something that is thought-provoking and leads onto the feature length film. I felt my short prologue did this, but it certainly wasn't a trailer, but more of an opening.
I encountered a major problem in exporting my video. Even after deleting enough files to make sufficient space, or moving the file through drop box to a university Mac computer to try, the file wouldn't export. I really feel as though the six minute opening has a humble and charming nature to it, even in its simplicity and silence. But I knew I had to create a real trailer, regardless. I began to re-edit on iMovie and made some drastic changes, the main one being in the backing track. In the first six minute film I used a track called Tiderays by a band called Volcano Choir, featuring the dulcet tones of Bon Iver (Justin Vernon). This track created a sullen tone for the flick, identifying the protagonist as thoughtful, lonely and somewhat down in the dumps. I decided I wanted to excite and maybe create an air of freedom and independence in the trailer, rather than encourage a feeling of negativity. I changed the track to Baba O'Reily by the famous and popular british band The Who, which changed the tone of the feature immensely, securing the expression of freedom and thirst for life that I was hoping for.
Here is my teaser trailer:
Those Who Wander Trailer from Alex Georgiades on Vimeo.
