Research and planning: group meeting storyboard

This is the first draft of my storyboard, we have the initial idea of our teaser trailer now and can start planning when we are going to film and gather the props and cast we need!

Research and Planning: Publication plan for film magazine

Publication Plan on Prezi

Research and planning: First draft of film magazine

This is the first draft of my film magazine, I thought of this idea whilst analyzing two other film magazines from Empire and Total film, I used some of their forms and conventions and included them in my magazine (such as location of masthead and picture, tag line).

I have located my masthead at the top of the page and my film title at the bottom, and my picture in the center of the page with the sub stories at the right hand side of he page. The tag line is under the film name with the barcode located next to it and the date and price next to the picture.

Research and planning: analysis of film magazine

. The genre of this film is horror, the audience can tell this straight away.
. The picture used is a long shot and this time the headline overlaps the picture and it looks like someones graffiti over the sub heading, and over the picture to make the magazine look more effective and appealing.
. There are also the main features of a magazine such as date, price and stories st=ituated at the bottom to show what else is included.
. This magazine is generally aimed at a wide range of audiances because of the genre and nature of the magazine.
. There are sub-stories included such as 'sex and spandex' to hook different audiences. And also to add to the effect of the magazine and how it attracts the audiances

Research and planning: analysis of film magazine

We can clearly tell the magazine above is of a Horror genre from the forms and conventions used. We can also tell due to the colors used and the lighting, this tells the audience straight away what the film advertised is. The joker is in the magazine as a medium long shot of him sat down, his head overlaps the main headline and the sub headings used are color coordinated to the joker and low key lighting is used. The joker has clothes on (typical outfit) and has lots of makeup and pain used on his face.

The people this film will attract will generally be older audiences as it is of a horror nature and it represents the joker as being an evil character and we can immediatley tell he is going to be the villan in the film.

Planning and Research: group meeting

In our meeting, we have changed our idea a little, we are going to have mini scenes of about four couples splitting up then a subtitle saying whats happened such as 'is it really over' then at the end we are going to have a scene where she is at the train station and she see's him then a train passes and hes gone. Then the scene will fash to the film title then back to the scene and she turns round and hes there.

We are currently still working on the middle part of our teaser trailer.

Research and Planning: Micro element

In my group I am in charge of sound, editing and mise-en-scene, these are some of the ideas I have at the moment.

Sound
I am going to use some Non Diegetic sound such as mood music build up to add to the effect of my trailer and I am also going to use some Diegetic sound such as a thunder bolt and footsteps building up getting louder, and the sound of a train passing, and the ringtone of Mobile phone and also maybe some breathing. We also may need music (Non Diegitic) such as creepy background noises and sudden sounds to make the audience jump whilst creating the selected mood for our trailer.

Editing
We are going to use;
jump cuts
fast cuts
shot reverse shot
cuts
fade

Mise-en-scene
In our teaser trailer we are going to have a hoody, mobile phone and camera as our props. We also need low key lighting to set the mood of when she is being followed through the bridge. We are also going to use lots of pale makeup to make the stalker look ill, and gradually turn him in to a freak. The couple can wear casual clothing. We also need pictures of the girl and a digital camera. The girl will also wear makeup as normal, and the boyfriend will wear no makeup.

Reseach and planning: Props and costumes

These are some of the props and costumes I am going to use in my teaser trailer, I may add to this list through the progression of my work. This is just to highlight more about my trailer and what it will include.

Research and planning: Equipment and software list

. Video camera
. I mac
. Lighting
. Microphones
. Digital Camera

Research and planning: plan for the end of the week

By the end of the week I am going to have completed;

Film name ideas
Props and costumes
Equipment list
Storyboard

Research and Planning: convensons of a horror film poster

The conversions used in a film poster are;

Main heading- What the films called, eye catching, suit the genre
Tag line- Summing the film up without giving too much away
Main picture- Showing the main character, or something to represent the film
Colors- To suit the genre, add effect
Actors\Actresses names- To show the stars

Research and Planning: Film poster anaylasis

The genre of this film poster is horror, we can tell this from the image used and the colors used and the style of the 'm' (knife looking). From looking at the film poster, we can tell that the girl on the front cover is a victim and there's a killer involved who is maybe out to get her and there will probably be other victims. The title 'Scream' also hints to what the film is going to be about.

On this film poster, their is an image of a girl covering her mouth with the title located at the bottom of the poster, with the actor/actresses names under each of the letters. There is also a tag line at the top of the poster to tell the audience more about the film. The colors are mainly dark and creepy to build tension and there are no real props used as it is a close up on someones face.
We can tell from the genre and title/tag line f the poster that the film is aimed at adults ages 18+, they have used pictures, catchy tag lines to catch the audiences attention. This film poster represents a terrified victim who is probably a main character who looses their life, the fact that the poster has a victim on the front makes it look more scary.

Research and Planning: Location Recces number 1

This is location one for our teaser trailer, we took pictures of the train station and under the bridge near the train station, we are going to film on the opposite side of the train station to avoid the manual workers and under the bridge to give a feeling of being followed. I think this will work well with the main idea of our teaser trailer. I also took some videos of the location to give more of a view of where we can film.

Research and planning: production scheduele

This is my production schedule which I plan to follow, I created this with Jessica my team member. This will help me plan what I need to do throughout the duration of the creation of my film teaser trailer. It will also help with my time keeping so I dont fall behind and I will stay to date when creating my trailer.

Research and planning: Cinema trip

On the 21st of October our media group took part in a college trip to the cinemas to watch a horror film called Buried. We went to watch and analyze the film to use the ideas in our own teaser trailers. We looked at the media conventions used, I also noticed the saw trailer came up twice, once the full trailer and once the teaser trailer. This gve me an idea on what to put in my trailer and how long. I also noticed other teaser trailers and what they included which helped me select and decide what to put in my trailer with my partner jessica.