Research and planning: sound tutorial

This was our first sound tutorial preparing us for when we insert sound in to our teaser trailer, it was especially improtant that i payed close attention as it is my main focus. First we used some termanology in class to analyse a trailer (The A team) then we wrote down what we found. After that we worked in two's and were each given a genre (ours was sci-fi) and we has to create music that went with that genre, ours (mine and jess's) turned out really good and sounded good too.

From this tutorial I have now learned more about sound termanology and also how to use music garage on the apple mac's which will help me when putting together my teaser trailer and add to the tension, mood and will also help the audiance identify what genre my film is better.

Research and Planning: Treatment

The Idea
Girl and boy split, girl gets another boyfriend. Her ex gets jealous. He spy's on the couple whilst they're together and plans his revenge not being bothered about who he hurts along the way until he gets to grips with her new boyfriend.

The trailer
The scene starts off with a high angle shot looking down on the girl sending her boyfriend a text saying its over. When he receives the text he seems upset but he doesn't seem angry (close up of his phone/face). The scene then cuts to the new couple having a romantic dinner together, much to her old boyfriends surprise, he then begins to get angry ( long shot of couple, medium close up of him).

Research and Planning: Audience research

1. Male/female?


2. Age?


3. How long should a teaser trailer be?
4. Other general data

My questionaire

Research and Planning: My Preferred Audience

I conducted this questionnaire to gather information about who is going to be my target audience, from this I have found out what audience I need to aim my teaser trailer at. From my research I have found out that I have to aim my trailer at both males and females between the ages of 17-25 (approx). The trailer is going to be of a horror genre and is going to be 60 seconds long approximate, which is enough time to grab the audiences attention without giving too much of the plot away. I conducted my questionnaire and found out that people don't like to much of the plot to be included and they like to see lots of fast cutting and editing to be used and suspense and tension to build up the fear factor of the trailer. I also found that they would like to see a new idea of a horror film to be included and not just your average horror film, and also include mystery and be gripping (leave a lasting effect). From my results I also found that people don't want to see the ending because it will spoil the whole film.

The psychographics of my audience are students in college who are doing there a-levels and vocational courses who are interested in horror films. Theese people probably go watching horror films outside of college to socialize taking trips to the cinemas so I have to consider this whilst selecting my audience for my horror teaser trailer. My social economic groups that will be viewing my trailer will be groups D and E as they are students (may have part time jobs) who are in education still and the other social groups probably wont be interested in watching my trailer.

Research and Planning: Convensions Research task

A teaser trailer is a short snippet of a film not showing much of the plot or story but providing enough to get the audience interested in the film. (60 seconds approximate)



I choose this teaser trailer because it doesn't give too much of the film away, whilst at the same time making the audience want to watch the film from what they have already seen. There is lots of fast cutting used which helps build up tension alongside sound effects which add to the scare factor, and you can also see the masks the killers are wearing (mise-en-scene)



I choose this trailer as one I didn't like because in my opinion it gives too much of the plot and setting away, and the trailer is too lengthy and is more like an actual trailer than a teaser trailer. There is also not much fast cutting used to build tensions however there is theme music included. The trailer also gives away too much of the mise-en-scene and the killers are seen to much so there is no mystery included.

Conventions of a teaser trailer: 

Subtitles, actress and actors names, music (mood), costumes, locations, different shot types, dialogue from actors, 

Conventions of my teaser trailer (horror):
Cinematography- fast cutting, panning e.c.t to grab the audiences attention, make them want to watch the film
Sound- theme music to build tension (films individual music) e.g saw, scream, the exorcist
Editing- when cutting to diffrent shots (wipe, fade) add different events
Mise-en-scene- masks, blood, knifes, e.c.t

Research and Planning: The Pitch

Theese are my initial ideas for my teaser trailer.

Research and Planning: September Blog

This is my September blog where I discussed what I have been doing so far.

Research and Planning: Anaylasis of teaser trailer 2

Media language
The film saw has its own theme tune which is played throughout the clip, it builds up to create tension and fear. There is a lot of fast cutting included to make the clip seem more intense, there is also lots of pan and crab shots so the audience can see whats happening from all angles. There is also lots of close ups and long shots so we can see the shots from afar and also close up. The editing in the clip is very fast paced and jumpy to make the audience scared and therefore want to watch it more. There are lots of props and costumes used such as the machines (traps in saw) and the scary locations and costumes used. Throughout the clip there is also a voice over of jigsaw speaking.

Audience
The film saw is rated as an 18 so the teaser trailer is therefore aimed at adults, both males and females because both genders enjoy the horror genre. People who will want to watch the film will of probably of seen the previous saw films, and be interested in many more other horror films and watch them on a regular basis when watching films.

Representation
The film saw represents cereal killers and represents men as being stronger and more powerful than women because the killer is male. And the age of the killer is quite old so its ironic in showing that old people can still kill.

Narrative
The story is about a man who gets cancer and puts people who don't appreciate life in death traps that they must try to escape, many don't. The trailer shows some of the death traps and the victims and for the first time its in 3D, it also shows him the killer. It is structured with fast cutting from him to the death traps and the victims throughout. The story relates to the trailer and aspects of the plot are included in the trailer to represent the film.

Genre
The genre is horror. You can tell this because of the death traps and screaming victims and the sound of the killers voice included in the trailer. Mise en scene used in the trailer highlight this and give the genre away straight off. The cinematography used also gives the genre away because of the camera angles and special effects used.

Research and Planning: The Test

This is a test we did to see how we worked in groups and to get practice on editing software. I am pleased with the end result as it was the first time I had attempted to edit.

Research and Planning: Photoshop poster

We also did a photoshop poster workshop where we created our own mock film poster where we played around on photoshop and created a film poster preparing us properly for when we do our film poster for our teaser trailer.

Research and Planning: Audiance theories

Hypodermic syringe model
Theory of media effect on audience, the term is used to describe interaction between the media and public belief offering the concept of people becoming affected by the information injected in to them.

Cultivation theory
George gerbner argues that the media cultivate attitudes and values which are already preset in a culture. He argued that television tends to cultivate middle of the rod political perspectives.

Desensitization theory
A link between violence in the media and violence in real life. It has been a subject of debate on the radio especially in the U.S, that on screen violence and real life violence has a strong relationship.

Copy cat theory
Mass media plays a crucial role in forming and reflecting public opinion, connecting the world to individuals and reproducing the self image of society.

Uses and gratification theory
That we take from the media what we want to absorb and we reject what we don't want when watching certain dramas/films and using this knowledge.