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#OVERVIEW

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#OVERVIEW

TRAILER EDITORS  USE BLACKOUTS IN ORDER TO TRANSITION INTO A DIFFERENT EMOTION / PHASE. 

BLACK OUT

PHASE ONE

THIS PHASE SHOULD START OFF WITH HIGH DRAMA, INTENSITY - THIS PHASE MUST HOOK THE VIEWERS IN.

STORY BOARD DYNAMICS

EMOTION

#HIGH DRAMA

#EXTREME INTENSITY 

#SUSPENSE

#CURIOUSITY 

#SAD / DEPRESSION 

#CAPTURING / HOOKING

EMOTION

#UPRISING 

#SOLUTION 

#INFORMATIVE 

#OVERCOMING 

#HERO 

EMOTION

#RESOLVE

PHASE TWO

THIS PHASE TRANSITIONS INTO A DIFFERENT EMOTION IN THE STORY - DEPENDING ON THE STORY.

PHASE THREE

THIS PHASE TRANSITIONS INTO A DIFFERENT EMOTION IN THE STORY - DEPENDING ON THE STORY.

EXAMPLE OF A POWERFUL STORYBOARD

ANALYSIS

THIS IS OUR OLD EDITING STYLE - SO - ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE STORY BOARDING. 

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AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THREE PHASES OF EMOTION THAT HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO THREE DIFFERENT BITS - SEPARATED BY BY BLACK OUTS.

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PHASE 1 #HIGH DRAMA 

0 - 0:57 

(0:58) - BLACKOUT  

NOTICE HOW THE SCORE MUSIC CHANGES TO MOVE THE VIEWER INTO A DIFFERENT EMOTION? 

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