In Alfred Hitchcock's trailer 'Stranger's On a Train' we see that the audience know what is going on in the film whereas the characters have no idea. This is shown by the plans for the murder being openly discussed on the train and although at first it just seems like one big joke, in the end it comes true. The wife of one man is killed by the other man and the audience know exactly who killed her and why she is killed whereas the women herself had no idea this was coming.
In my trailer I want to use this idea of the audience being 'in the know' yet the characters having no idea. I also want for tension to be built and for the audience to get frustrated that they know what is going on but the character to have no idea and to simply think everything is normal. I think this will make the audience want to learn more about the film and to want to find out what happens when she realises she is being stalked.
Also Alfred Hitchcock makes films that are mainly thrillers and again my film fits under this convention. He uses the idea of the camera moving in a way to mimic a person's gaze and I may use some shots like this for my trailer as I think it gives the audience a different perspective of the film and what's really going on. I don't want my entire trailer to be filmed from one person's perspective, instead I would prefer for things to be seen through the eyes of both the girlfriend and ex fiancé.
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