Choice of Music

Songs Used:

Hotel Yorba - White Stripes

Anyone Else But You - The Mouldy Peaches

She Moves in her own Way - The Kooks

Kill the Director - The Wombats

Why I used them:

I chose mainly acoustic, indie-pop songs to use in my trailer as this genre of music matched my protagonists personality. I also used intertextuality by hanging some of the band posters of the artists used in my trailer in the bedroom of my protagonist.

I used songs that were energetic but 'chill' to suit my comedy-drama genre.

I made sure I used songs that matched the message of my trailer. For example, 'She moves in her own way' portrays how my protagonist is her own person, she's different and unique, and she does what she wants.

'Kill the Director' is a song that makes a  statement about generic 'rom-coms' so by using this song it suggests this isn't just a generic film - its something fresh and different - challenging the accepted norm.

The songs all match the music taste of my demographic, who would be into modern, slightly indie, music.

I change the music in the trailer to match the tone of the scenes. For example, when the first credit scene comes down, 'kill the director' starts playing. This loud, in-your-face, upbeat song allows the audience to understand that they're being thrown straight into the climax of the trailer.
'Anyone Else But You' - starts playing when the protagonists waters break and clips of her being supported by the people around her are shown - to portray she couldn't get through this situation with anyone else but them.

I also added sound effects in transitions to give the trailer a slight comic book effect which goes well with my comedy drama genre.