Research and Planning - Animatic Storyboard

Research and Planning - (Group Meeting) Draft Storyboard

Here we have drawn up a rough sketch of the scenes we want to be in our teaser trailer. We will be developing upon our ideas further and going into much more detail than we have here but this is simply showing a couple of the scenes that will be included in the trailer. We also have some scenes that will be added and maybe taken away.

Research and planning - Publication plan for film magazine

Publication Plan on Prezi

Research and Planning - Film magazine draft

This is a draft of the 'film magazine' I am going to construct

Research and Planning - Analysis of film magazine 2

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• The film advertised on the front of this magazine, you can clearly tell is a horror/thriller.
  
• This is because of its dark lighting and colours, also the use of the colour red indicates the devil and blood.
  
• The background of the magazine shows half of the page as a view from above and half of the image and a view of what looks like new york city form the eyes of someone. This is most probably where the film is set and gives the readers a look at what the films setting is going to look like.
• Also the view from above gives the impression that there is always someone watching and gives the magazine quite a creepy feel.
  
• The Main image is a long shot of a man in a dark suit who is quite professional looking.
  
• The long shot allows us to see a full view of his body showing his suit.
• The lighting is in darkness with only one shadow of light across his face indicating to the readers that he is most probably the main character and is maybe someone who isn't often seen.
  

Research and Planning - Analysis of film magazine

• The genre of this film magazine is horror, you can tell this by the colours used, for example the gray/black background. The red used for the indicates blood and also the font used is freehand which looks like graffiti as if it has been vandalised.
  
• The lighting is low key, which goes well with the idea of horrors being dark and scary.
  
• The target audience of this film is people who like the film or are interested in the film featured on the cover but also people who are interested in films in general as their are other stories in this magazine.
• The main image of the man is dark he is wearing an all-in-one dark suit with his face covered which shows mystery and keeps the audience in suspense as to who is behind the mask.
  
• The main image is a long shot which allows us to see his whole body, therefore we see the full outfit and see he is all in black.
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Research and Planning - Micro Elements.

In my group I am in charge of the Cinematography, Mise-En-Scene and editing. These are some of my initial ideas.
Mise-En-Scene - We know at this stage that the girls clothes and going to be normal clothes. Winter coats as it will be cold and possibly we will be filming at night.
We will be needing a mobile phone, some photographs to be taken at various locations of the girl.
A hooded jumper to be worn by the stalker.
A video camera and normal camera.
Editing - At the beginning of the trailer we are going to have three jump cuts of three different shots. One of the shots is going to be a remake of the one i found during some research on my previous blog.

Research and Planning - Mise-en-scene research

This is a still from the dido music video for 'white flag', it relates to the what we are doing as the story in the video is about a man who is obsessed with a woman. He follows her and has a wall full of photos of her from various locations. When i spotted this scene I thought it looked exactly like what I had envisaged I wanted in our teaser trailer. The images and the postick notes make the wall look exactly like a stalkers bedroom wall.
This shot is something that we would possibly feature in our trailer, to get across the 'stalker' idea to the audience.

Research and Planning - My Plan for the week

Come up with a title for our teaser trailer.
Complete my storyboard of the teaser trailer.

Research and Planning - Conventions of a film poster

The conventions of a film poster,
Title - The title of the film is very important as, it is a way getting the audience to remember the film. A catchy title means it will stick in the minds of the audience, therefore more people will come to see the film.
Tag Line - Used to summarise the film for the audience in one sentence.
Image - The front image on the poster is important as it usually introduces the characters/actors to the audience, it also introduces the genre of the film it is important this comes across in the poster, as this is a way of the film attracting their target audience.
Colours - The colours used in the film poster are another way of reflecting its genre. For example, If you see a dark film poster with lots of uses of the colours black, brown, grays etc then we usually know as the audience that its a horror film. This is the same with romances for the colour red. Different colours have different connotations with them.

Research and Planning - Analysis of film poster

• This film poster, I have chosen to put on my blog because it is similar to the one I will be creating to advertise the teaser trailer I am also in the process of making.
  
• The Genre of this poster is horror as is the teaser trailer I am making. You can tell this posters genre from its use of dark colours and by the images used.
• It has a typical layout of the image being central in the page. The catchy slogan and title down at the bottom, whilst also having the adding bonus of a review at the top. This is something I would consider having on my film poster as it shows what other peoples opinions of the film were and hopefully encourages them to go and watch the film.
• The reason I chose this poster on here is because i liked the idea of the eye in the background watching over the person down below. Its similar to the theme I will be doing in my teaser trailer. The idea of being watched wherever you go, and this poster really reflected this idea.
  

Research and Planning - Location Recces Number 1

 
These images Show the locations that we are planning to film some of the scenes for our teaser trailer. We are using the train station and the bridge to show a 'stalking scene'in our teaser trailer. We are going to film on the opposite side of the tracks to where we took our pictures, this is so we make sure that we have avoided filming the construction site that is located next to the train station. The bridge and the train station are all in the same location which is one of the reasons why we chose this particular place. Because it allows us to show the girl walking from the bridge and to be followed with the camera all the way up to the train station without the audience noticing any slight change of set. It will also allow us to shoot it all in one go. Which then means we have more chance of the weather being exactly the sam eon all shot which may have proven difficult had we have been having to shoot on seperate days. We chose this location because it looked a safe place to film but we will alo sbe carrying out a risk assesment on the area before any filming takes place to make sure the place is suitable.

Research and Planning: Group Meeting 2

We had a group meeting and discussed our teaser trailer idea. By the end of the meeting we had decided on our storyline. At the beginning of the trailer it is going to start with two couples breaking up in separate scenes and then the third couple breaking up is going to be the one that will be the main characters in our teaser trailer.

Research and Planning - Film Poster

Whilst doing some research into my Props and costumes on the internet I came across this film poster.
I liked this poster because it is similar to the one that we will be creating to go along side our teaser trailer. Although it is similar i think that many improvements could be made to this poster to make it more eye-catching. However i really liked the tag line along the bottom as it was pretty much along the lines on the story line we will be following in the making of our teaser trailer.

Research and Planning - Prop List

Research and Planning - Equipment and Software

This is a list of all the equipment and software that I am going to need to make my teaser trailer.

• Video Camera
  
• IMac - Photoshop, Garageband, I movie, Final cut express.
• Lighting
  
• Microphones
• Digital Camera
  

Research and Planning- Production Schedule

This is my production schedule, that I plan to follow during the production of my teaser trailer.
I created this with Naomi, who I am working with, to make sure we were both clear about the stages of production and when they will be taking place.

Research and Planning - Cinema Trip

This picture here shows me taking a trip to my local cinema to see a newly released film.
While I was there I particularly analysed the different film trailers that were shown before the film. There were about four or five film trailers shown all appropriate for the age rating of the film i was watching. The film trailers were different lengths depending on their purpose. If the film was about to come out fairly soon then the full length trailer would be shown which would last about 3 minutes long, whereas if the film was just being introduced to the audience, it would only be about a minute long and would be purely there to make the audience aware of the film leaving them wanting more.

Research and Planning - Regulation

These are the selection of film ratings that the bbfc use when grading new films.
It begins at with U which is colour coded green. U for universal.This indicates to parents that the film is suitable for all audiences and wont contain anything that is likey to upsey small children.
Then Its PG which stands for 'Parental Guidance' - Similar to U it shouldnt upset a child over 8 years old but parents are adviced to consider whether the film may upset sensitive children.
The next band is 12a and 12. 12 alone means that the film is only suitable for children of 12 years and over whereas 12a is slightly different and exists only for cinema fims. It indicates to the audience that it is suitable for children over 12 years old but if children under 12 years old would wish to see the film then they would have to go with a parent or guardian.
15 is the next age rating and simply means that the film is only suitable for people over the age of 15 and noone younger should be allowed to see the film as it would be unsuitable for them. This is the same with the age rating 18. Simply meaning the same as 15, nobody under that age group is permitted to watch the film.
Finally R18 the highest film rating, is completely restricted for adults only and is to be sold only in certain shops.