After watching a couple of trailers on YouTube, I realised I was missing two critical elements to my film trailer; the classification of the film at the beginning and the credits at the end.
Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) was created to classify films into age ratings; U (Universal, meaning it is suitable for all ages), PG (Parental Guidance, suitable for general viewing but some scenes may be unsuitable for children), 12A and 12 (This film may not be viewed by anyone under the age of twelve, unless the film is a 12A and the child is accompanied by an adult), 15 (Unsuitable for anyone under the age of 15) and 18 (Unsuitable for anyone under the age of 18).
At the beginning of my trailer, I have featured the rating card which says "THE FOLLOWING PREVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES". This means, if my film was classified as an 15, it would only be shown before the beginning of a 15 film or a 18 film, nothing below, as they would not be an "appropriate audience", even though my trailer is not graphic, does not feature any blood or bad language. It does however, have scary scenes which some younger viewers may find distressing.
Credits
As I was watching some trailers, I noticed that the trailer credits usually go one of two ways. They are either slap bang in the middle of the screen, with rather small writing which you can barely read OR in the middle of the screen, there will be the text "COMING SOON" or the date that the film will be released, and the credits will be in even smaller print at the very bottom of the screen, so small that you can barely read it. I have decided to go with the "credits in the middle" type credits, because they won't be on the screen for more than two seconds and also, considering as throughout my film trailer, I barely mention any names of people who worked on the trailer, for example actors or directors, for the sole purpose that I want it to be as realistic as possible. But, by putting all of the main information on the people who worked on the trailer at the end, it gives viewers who are interested in seeing who is in the film, the chance to find out!
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