Trailer Inspiration (1) - Broadchurch Series 2 Trailer

After taking a step back from the footage we have now edited, we felt it was necessary to draw from our main inspiration, the television drama Broadchurch.

Both the series one and two trailers we found to be particularly influential and below you can find a selection of shots from the series two trailer that we decided that we'd like to recreate.

Broadchurch 
Series 2 Trailer

Watch the Full Series 2 Trailer here:

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Firstly, we noticed a key motif in the Broadchurch Series 2 Trailer, and also in the Series 1 trailer and the episodes themselves, a lot of establishing shots were used, often with the characters in the shot. They were so beautifully shot and of such stunning scenery, which we felt amplified the tragic storyline by having it in a juxtaposing setting. Since Nick's house is located in the countryside it seemed only logical to use the green landscapes available to us there.

These establishing shots were often used to overlay text so that the trailer flowed and the narrative was clear.

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This next shot we felt was particularly powerful. It used three quick one second clips, the first of policeman Alec with his eyes closed. It quickly cut to a clip of the girl who we know was murdered, and then cut back to Alec opening his eyes. We felt this clip portrayed Alec's constant thoughts of the girl's murder and his inability to stop thinking about the events of her death. Since we wanted more clips that made direct links to our storyline we felt this would be a perfect one to recreate.

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This clip was particularly hard for me to capture as it lasted about second. It was inserted just after another clip of violence and is of a point of view shot of a man punching towards the camera. He is hard to make out as the sun is pointed towards the camera, overexposing the shot. We felt it was such a simple shot to portray some drama and violence within our trailer and could easily be recreated with Nick's character wearing a balaclava. It was a perfect clip to give the audience a feel for our genre without giving too much of the detailed storyline away.

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One final pair of shots we'd like to recreate, is the family being hounded by paparazzi. Since we currently had no police or news/paparazzi shots to imply the outside world was also involved with Esther's disappearance, we thought this would be an easy one to portray this, as police interviews are much harder to recreate and uniforms are much harder to obtain, and to look realistic.

We may not use every single shot we were inspired by, and we may not take it literally. During our filming session we may be inspired to try shooting something in a different way, these shots were simply to inspire us to enrich our story-line as we were lacking that boost of creativity. Once the session is complete I will be writing a follow up of how these shots turned out, and if/how we are going to incorporate them into our trailer.