Radio Trailers research

For our film we will be making a short radio trailer for it also. Not all films have a radio trailer, but as ours is a short film and would be distributed by Film4, a radio trailer would be sufficient for us, instead of an actual film trailer as well.

As most films do not have radio trailers, finding examples of them on the internet was difficult. So instead, we looked at film trailers and just listened to the trailer rather than look at the images/cinematography to go alongside it, as a radio trailer would be similar to an actual trailer in terms of what they tell the audience about the film.

Trailers i found that were interesting are:

"Inception" short trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC4Z6QiSU0k
Although this film is not similar to ours, I thought the trailer to it was very good. Just listening to it and not watching it was like listening to a radio trailer and it sounded interesting and gave some bits away to the audience, however not everything - to keep them intrigued.

We would want ours to be like this as dramatic music is featured throughout the trailer, (linked with the genre of action/mystery), and there was also a voiceover, which gave an insight into the story of Inception for the audience. The trailer also featured some dialogue and sound effects. We would like our radio trailer to be similar to this, and as our film has a voiceover, this was a useful example.

"Salt" trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ40WlshNwU&feature=related
In contrast, this trailer for the film "Salt", does not feature any voiceover and is more on dialogue, so our radio trailer could also feature this aspect. It still featured dramatic music and sound effects, to again, sound interesting and make the audience want to find out more ...

In contrast with these trailers, our radio trailer will also say the names of actors and actresses, and when it is realeased; but as these are visual film trailers, the details appear on the screen and not audibly.