My Chosen Music for My Trailers

Now that I've finished filming and I am organising my footage for editing my trailers, I have decided that I want two pieces of non-diegetic music to play - one for my first trailer and the other for my second. One of the changes I made to my filming led to a change in tone, making it a slightly more comically toned crime film, rather than a brutal gangster film (at least initially). 

I have changed my ideas for the music in line with the changes to my storyline in each trailer (previously the music was much harder and edgier because the focus of both of my trailers was going to be on the protagonist committing crime), and I have decided that the music I originally picked is no longer suitable in establishing character, or the tone of my film, the way I want.

As one of my trailers largely consists of my protagonist living a domesticated life, having given up his previous status as a criminal kingpin in London, I wanted something lighter and a bit more pleasant for this trailer, so that the music wouldn't suggest threat or danger to the audience. For this trailer I have chosen 'A Message to You Rudy' by The Specials.

For the second trailer the tone is a bit different, as the audience see the protagonist reaching for a gun in a drawer and turning nervously outside, having been ordered by his boss to carry out a hit on a person he knows. Here, I wanted something a bit more threatening and aggressive, so I have chosen to use 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy.