RESEARCH: First Position Movie Trailer

First Position

• First Position is an award winning dance documentary.
• The movie features some of the most talented young dancers in the world and their journey towards competing for a ballet scholarship. It is about a love of dance and a drive to succeed.
• First Position takes audiences on a yearlong journey around the world.  
• Based in a time when art, music and dance for children are severely under-funded, the film reveals the struggles and success, the pain and extraordinary beauty of an art form.
• With exclusive access to the Youth America Grand Prix, the largest competition that awards full scholarships to top ballet schools.
• First Position had its World Premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
• It was named the audience choice’s 1st runner-up for Best Documentary. 
• It also won the Jury Prize at the San Francisco Doc Festival.
•  It won the audience award for Best Documentary at the Dallas International Film Festival, the audience award for Best Documentary at the Portland International Film Festival and the audience award for Best Documentary at DOC NYC.
• First Position is currently playing in North American movie theaters. 
• In fall 2012 it will be released internationally.

Screenshots 

It starts off showing a boy in his bedroom before introducing that he is a central character in the documentary.

A transition is used in the editing process, which is used when they spin. The clip starts of but showing them practicing spinning before fading into them spinning on stage.

 The trailer shows them practicing as a group in the training room and on stage. These are normally show as long shots.

It also shows clips of the dancers stretching.

The trailer introduces the dancers that are featured in the documentary by showing them individually with their name and age appearing on the screen.

 Their are also clips of the dancers preparing before they take to the stage. These are usually medium shots.

The trailer also shows clips of the theatre along with shots of the audience in order to change the environment. I should consider having a few locations in my trailer.

 There are close ups, medium shots, and long shots of the dancers on stage. This shows what their training has all been for. I should consider the contrast between footage in the training room and dancing on stage.

I also like this close up of the dancers feet. 

The clip contains the title of the documentary at the end of the film along with the awards that it has won and information about its production. This writing is in gold and shines before it can be read clearly. I should consider making the text that I include in the trailer more of a feature.

Like other dancing trailers it includes phrases and words of inspiration. This text is also in the same font and format as the title, as this creates a house style and gives the trailer a sense of continuity.

The trailer also included comments and reviews from magazines and critics.