Trailer inspiration

Trailers that inspired The Raptus Trailer:

ALIEN (1979):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjLamj-b0I8

What inspired me was the non chronological montage of short scenes flashing together and building up to one loud crescendos. This however won't be the entirety of the trailer as I don't want this to seem like a rip off of Alien. Instead this is what the final third of my trailer will be like, a non chronological montage of multiple scenes that builds up to crescendos of noise and a haunting final image.

THE EXORCIST (1973):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDGw1MTEe9k

What I decided to take from this trailer was the idea of an eerie opening that has very ambient music with no real flow, then ending in a mini-crescendos before the real part of the trailer starts. I also noticed how they told the story of the film, giving a synopsis of the film without really spoiling the entire film or how it's going to end. An improvement I will make however is to not have a narration as that can lead to too much exposition that ruins the film and the flow of the trailer.

THE SHINING (1980):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEew7zvpAWE

What I found so fascinating about this one was the holding of just one shot alone makes you feel so uncomfortable because you are waiting for something to happen but it never does. It feels so surreal. This is something I wanted to recreate for my trailer though not to that extent, more a segment of the trailer rather than the whole trailer.

For reference, my first draft of the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJImagW_l30&t=2s

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