I began by scrubbing through the full film of Bad Travelling to find any lines and/or visuals that gave key information; a setup, who wants what, hints at what's to come, etc. With those moments in mind, I laid the baseline with the song Fear by FreshmanSound. As I didn't have clean dialogue, I used the audio from the film itself and threw a few effects on it. 

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The first half of the trailer is intended to setup the plot and characters of the film. There is a big ol' crab who decimates people on a ship and wants to go to Phaiden Island. Our protagonist negotiates with him and his crew. By using the lines, "We find ourselves faced again with a grim and terrible decision ... unless ... it has already been made", I aimed to plant the seed of a mutiny/betrayal with the crew and captain. The key was to not give away the ending of this conflict.  

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The second half of the trailer aims to intensify the curiosity setup by the first half. With shots of the crew is more violent scenarios, the crab seemingly growing stronger all while muttering, "Me eat meat", the viewer should get a sense of the stakes and overall conflict. In terms of shot choice, if the shot was quick enough that it does not give away where in the timeline of the film it takes place, I would use it. Though, for something like the ending where the crab gets burned alive and our protagonist flees the ship, even quick shots would be identified as towards the ending.

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The Bad Travelling logo over the final screen was done last, as you can probably tell. I was quickly running out of time and with no official logo, needed to make something from scratch. 20 minutes later, I had whatever that is!

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For something thrown together in less than 12 hours, I'm quite pleased on how it came out. The sound could have used more work and the ending credits are too long and weird. I like the overall editing and shot choice as I think it shows enough to get someone interested without spoiling the film.