Dates in the development of the film trailer

Significant dates in the development of the trailer

Trailer
The Pleasure Seekers , opening at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway 1913 - again linked to muscial theatre.
Silent film - rise of the star 'Charlie Chaplin'
National Screen Service (1920s-80s)
1960s - introduction of montage, quick editing - directors influenced by short film
What is the future of trailers?
First instagram trailer has been released of only 15 seconds
Release of 3D Trailer


History of 3D

1844	David Brewster introduces the Stereoscope, a device for taking stereo photographs.
1851	A 3D photo of Queen Victoria is displayed at The Great Exhibition.
1855	The Kinematoscope (Stereo Animation Camera) is invented.
1915	The first anaglyphic movie is produced.
1922	The first anaglyphic movie is shown in theatres (The Power of Love).
1935	The first color 3D movie is produced.
1947	The first Russian 3D movie, Robinson Crusoe, is produced.
1952	Touted as the world's first feature-length 3D movie, Bwana Devil is released in the USA and heralds a short-lived boom in 3D movie production.
1953	Two ground-breaking 3D movies are released: Man in the Dark and House of Wax. The latter is the first 3D movie released with stereo sound, and is directed by André De Toth—who has only one eye.
1953	The 3-D Follies becomes the first 3D film to be cancelled during production, signalling the end of the 3D boom.
1960	September Storm is the first anaglyphic movie released in the Cinemascope format (although technically it's just an expanded non-anamorphic film).
1981	Comin at Ya! is released in anaglyphic format using the "over and under" process (where two views are printted on a single frame, one above the other). This film launches the 3D boom of the 1980s that includes Amityville 3-D, Friday the 13th Part III and Jaws 3-D.
2009	James Cameron's film Avatar, shot with the Fusion Camera System he helped develop, is hailed as the best 3D film to date and helps push 3D towards the mainstream.
2010	The world's first dedicated 3D television channel, South Korea's SKY 3D, launches with side-by-side 1920x1080i resolution.
2010	The Consumer Electronics Show features prototype 3D televisions from most major manufacturers.

Blog One: Explain which brief you have decided on and give clear reasons why. Give some detail on the genre or sub genre you haven chosen too.

I have decided to do a film trailer. The reason why I decided to do a film trailer is because I want to stem my ideas into a psychological horror. Psychological horrors are both thrilling and engaging. They manipulate your mind just from a trailer and this is what we aim to do. The horror genre has been frightening audiences for over 100 years. Most would say the first horror film ever made was "Le Manoir du Diable" or "The House of the Devil" which was filmed by Georges Melies of France in 1896.  Charlie Chaplin made a series of short films in the 1920s with one of the most famous being 'The Immigrant'. My aim is to produce a psychological horror.

A lot of horror films now tend to play on the fact of being 'real' with props such as handheld cameras and locations. Films such as paranormal activity play on this sub genre which attracts a mass audience. This is the aim of our film trailer to attract a mass audience since I think horror as genre attracts a mass audience.

Things to decide on when choosing a genre:
Consider your target audience. Are you going to want to attract a mass or niche audience? If so consider which genres attract different target audiences e.g. Comedy = Mass.
Content of the genre
Deciding an idea which either fits conventions of the genre or goes against them. Some film makers decide they are going to go against stereotypical conventions which makes the film more unique/ weird. It puzzles the audience into going against the stereotypical film.
What genre you like the most
Which genre are you going to decide on could depend on which one interests you the most! horror is one of my favourite  genres because I like to challenge my fears and the experience of going to the cinema in the dark adds to the atmosphere.
Research into my genre 
The first handheld horror film (Using handheld camera)
* Peeping Tom - is about a young man who murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. Peeping tom is one of the first handheld horrors to be made. The film was mainly influenced by the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo, although vertigo was much more commercial because of its lack of gore and distribution.
*Paranormal Activity - This film centres on a young couple Katie and Micah who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of 'found footage' from a camera set up by the couple in attempt to photograph what is haunting them. This then goes on as a sequel with a constant theme running through.