STORYTELLING UNIT: TRAILER OR OPENING 2 MINUTES?

When deciding whether to do a trailer or the opening 2 minutes for my script.  I started by looking at my script and thinking about what would tell my story best. When looking at my script I felt that both could tell my script the best, a trailer could help tell the entire story but my opening 2 minutes also help to set up the entire story, we see the Father and Daughter arguing next to a broken down car and it then cuts to the Father going to pick up the Daughter from a party she clearly isn't allowed to be at. From this they then get in the car and drive off having a conversation which shows their relationship isn't good and is clearly on a thin wire. We also see the Father kiss his wedding ring twice which give an idea that something has happened to his marriage as well.

Deciding on which to do has been difficult but I decided after editing together my trailer for the short film 'Soft' by Simon Ellis, which can be seen below:

This task was given to us to give us some practice. The trailer had to be 1-2 minutes long and needed to sell the film as best as possible. I feel that I did this well, showing parts where things got heated in the film such as the Father and the Son getting hit, the Father walking away in anger, the son and his beaten face. As well giving the idea that the Father goes to protect the Son and then the Son's audio of "Are you scared?" I tried to make a simple but effective trailer with some basic piano music to help give the tone more.

After doing this and seriously thinking about my script I've decided to go for the opening 2 minutes of my script as I feel this will sell my script the best and already tells what the story will be about without having to show bits from the entire script.