One scene that a member of our group was eager to implement into the trailer was an interrogation scene. As the main character gradually becomes more and more of an important figure in the criminal underworld, his cousin (and former employer) realises that the main character is making far too much money to just let him go, and resorts to kidnapping him and holding him captive in an unknown location. The main character is tied to a chair, a bag is put over his head, and a member of the cousin's gang guards him as the cousin talks about how the main character is giving him problems.
This scene will require a darkened and plain room, as well as a small selection of props and another actor. The main focus will be on the main character and the cousin, and will involve, at the most, four or five different camera angles, but most likely will only need two or three different angles, as the scene will be relatively short compared to the rest of the trailer, making up around 5 / 10% of the trailer, perhaps less. The camera angles will not have to show the main character actually being tied to the chair, and will therefore only have to pretend to be captive.
Altogether, this scene will perhaps take around fifteen to twenty minutes to shoot, with the dialogue already written and the scene planned out in its entirety. The scene will be at the end of the trailer, before the teaser credits, and will end with a shot of the cousin pointing a gun at the main character's head, ending on a cliffhanger without the sound of a gunshot or anything to indicate what might happen in the actual film.
Of course, there is no actual film and therefore the cliffhanger will never actually be resolved, but that's not the point.*
The scene was originally supposed to be directed by another member of our group, but we realised that the different styles might be evident in the direction and therefore decided to have the same person directing it that had directed the rest of the trailer, in case the scene felt out of place with the other scenes.
Thinking along the lines of symbolism, the scene taking place in a cramped, unknown area will symbolize the feeling of being suffocated by the darkness and the unknown, and also the lost feeling the character will be feeling as well. The scene starting out dark but then brightening as the cover over the main character's face is lifted will be a reference to what the character sees as the veil is lifted, both literally and metaphorically, as he sees where he is and simultaneously realises that the person he trusted before has become his enemy. Essentially, the main character "sees the light" both metaphorically and physically, the veil is lifted, it all becomes clear... That sort of thing.
*In the story, the main character does actually survive, as it turns out that one of the cousin's collegues was actually working with the police the whole time. Spoiler alert. To maintain an air of mystery, however, I won't actually say who it was. Except that it was someone in the first half of the trailer.
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