Research and planning: film poster draft 2

This is my second poster draft, this is an image of them holding hands from behind and the image will be the background, the title will be big and the actors names underneath them.

Research and planning: film poster draft 1

This is my first poster draft, the image is the boy and the girl stood close together holding each other and smiling which is a medium shot and the image will also be the background.

Research and planning: Christmas holidays plan

Over the Christmas holidays I will be completing the following:

• BBFC film certificate as I am expanding on this
• Make up test for the girl actor
• Collage for romance
• Audience poll junkie
• Facebook trailer analysis ideas

Research and planning: equipment and software list for poster

• Imac
• Photoshop
• Indesign
• SLR camera
• Image capture
• Dafont

Research and planning: equipment and software list for magazine

• SLR camera
• Photoshop
• Photo Booth
• Mac computer
• Indesign
• Dafont.com
• Image capture

Research and planning: Costume and props list for poster

• The girl actor will be wearing a long woolly jumper with ugg boots with her hair down and wavy, she also maybe wearing a coat depending on the weather once again.
• If we decide to shoot the poster picture in a local park then the props will be leaves, bandstand and also the playground. 
• The boy actor will be wearing casual shoes and black jeans with a sweater  or a jumper, his hair will be as he wakes up with no gel which will look natural. 

Research and planning: Costume and prop list for magazine

•  clothing of the actors will be casual, they will be wearing t-shirt and jeans for both of the characters and maybe a jacket or a coat depending on the weather forecast.
• Or an image from within the trailer like the christmas markets as this is a perfect setting and will attract the audience, the clothing for this shoot would be black jeans and a jacket for the boy and a beige suede jacket with fur around the hood area.
• The girl will be wearing a necklace as always as this is the main part of the story.

Research and planning: Weather forecast for filming

Me and my partner are going starting filming for our trailer today, are first location that we are visiting is Manchester as this is the furtherest away, here is the weather forecast for today, it shows that later on around 6 it is heavy rain and will be dark so we are avoiding that time slot. as us and the actors finish college around dinner we are going to go to Manchester straight after and this is where it isn't raining.

Research and planning: magazine draft 2

This is my second magazine draft, it includes all the same elements but on different parts of the page.

Research and planning: magazine draft 1

This is my first magazine draft I have created I want the image to be the main focus and not have to much text on this so it attracts my audience, it includes all the basic elements of a magazine e.g.

• Masthead
• Coverlines
• Main image
• Barcode
• Whats inside
• Issue date
• Main story details

Research and planning: Location research 3

These are some of the buildings in Manchester that we could film to show that the girls dad has a high class job and works in one of these posh buildings, so then we can film the rest of the trailer in a college room rather than in an office in one of these which we would not get access to.

Research and planning: Location research 2

This is another location that we will be using to film our trailer, Hyde Clarendon college, as we are supposed to be filming in a fancy building we do not have access to this so we are going to make a room in our college to look like it is within the building shown in the film.

Research and planning: Location research

My film trailer includes going to a coffee shop, Hyde Mall has a couple of coffee shops that we could use to film our trailer, this image above is an example of one, it is local for both us the directors and the actors also, it is also quite a popular and open coffee house so this could be the perfect location.

Research and planning: Publication plan

research and planning: Meeting post film name ideas

• Me and my partner have finally come up with the name of what the film trailer is going to be called, the names we came up with were:
• Right here
• Yours, always
• Always yours
• Kind regards
• Love conquers  
• It is going to be called yours, always. This suits the storyline of the trailer as they want to be together but things get in the way so this becomes difficult.
• We got this idea from the film p.s I love you as this is to do with a letter and thats the kind of idea we wanted to use, something sort and sweet.

Research and planning: Plan of the week

Over the weekend I am going to create my draft poster and magazine draft so then I get get on with all the other elements to do with these e.g. costume and props list and equipment and software lists

Research and planning: production schedule

Research and planning: Film name ideas on solvr

I have used the program solvr to discuss the problems and ideas I have to do with the film trailer I am creating and these are the problems and ideas I have come up with, so hopefully this will help me come up with the film trailer name.

Research and planning: animatic storyboard

This is an animatic storyboard which I have created scene by scene and all the different shot types and information is included on how we are going to film our trailer and what we are hoping the end result to be.

Research and planning: podcast november

Research and planning: animatic story board scenes

This is an image of the scenes that will be included in my trailer, following this will be an animatic story board video. 

Research and planning: Location Reece

These are the location recce for the places we will be filming our trailer and how we will solve any of the problems that occur.

Research and planning: Mise en scene thoughts

As mise en scene is my topic area that I am focusing on I have decided to search some romantic scenery that would be possible to use and what would be ideal to use...

This type of scenery would be perfect for a romantic trailer as it is by the beach and looks like somewhere where a romance can happen, it looks like the ideal place to film a love story, but unfortunately this would be nearly impossible as in the city where I live there is no places that look at 'pretty' as this does by the beach so I would have to travel far to get to a place which looks like this.

 On the other hand, this is a place where I would be able to go to film some scenes as this is in my local city 'Manchester' as it is around christmas time they put on the 'Christmas Markets' on so we would be able to go there and film some scenes which I think would look really effective and well thought out. 

Research and planning: magazine prices

I have done some magazine price research to help me with producing my publication plan to see how much I would be able to sell my magazine for, I searched for these magazines in local supermarkets and the prices are around £3-£4, I think this would be an acceptable price to sell my magazine.

Research and planning: Plan for next lesson

Next lesson I am going to research my focused areas for my magazine task which are Mise en Scence and editing, I will look further into romance trailers and see how they have used the different locations to their advantage and get ideas for editing techniques as I think this is quite a difficult area.

Research and planning: Magazine analysis 2

Again you can clearly tell that this is a magazine and not a poster by the features included which are a masthead, coverlines, sub heading, barcode, main image etc.

• You can tell this is a fanstasy film by the first look at the magazine as straight away you noice the centred image of a male actor holding is hat and looking straight into the camera this is done through a medium shot. He is engaging you to read the magazine and shows that he has something to hide or something that he doesn't want you to know by the positioning of his arm on his head in leather gloves and a top hat which is not a typical outfit you would normally see which shows that the film is going to be fun.
• The colour scheme of this magazine is very bright and creative as it is a fansty film so it compliments the genre, the main colours used in this magazine are red, green and white which is a lot to do with nature and when I think of a fantasy film I think of the outdoors so this magazine is very well thought out.
• The masthead of the magazine stands out as it has been brought to the front of the magazine so the main image is placed behind this, this shows what the magazine is about and it clearly states that is it a 'film magazine' so this was they will be able to attract the right kind of audience for the film.

• The target audience for this film is both males and females as there is a variety of colours so doesn't attract a cetrain kind of audience, I would say the age range for this magazine would be 16+

Research and planning: Magazine analysis 1

• This magazine is marketing and promoting a fantasty/romance /drama film, you can tell this by the layout and postioning of the actors.
• A film magazine would usually consist of a 3 colour scheme rule, and for this magazine it is true as the colours used are red,white and yellow, this is sterotypical for the genre of the magazine/film as these colours represent a mysterious feeling towards the audience which makes the magazine stand out as the colours used together are not very common.
• The masthead of the magazine is hidden behind the central image but it still stands out to the audience as it is all in capital font with white text which contrasts with the colour lining of black around this, as the background of the magazine is dull this brightens the effect of the magazine and gives it an edgy feel.
• The image which is placed centrally in the magazine is the main aspect as this is the most noticable feature as it is a long shot, there are 3 of the main actors inculded in the main, both males looking away and the girl looking straight ahead into the camera, again this makes the magazine look mysterious as you wonder why the male actors are looking away from the camera, maybe they are hiding something? and the girl doesn't know whats going on, this will keep the audience guessing which makes it effective.

• You can tell that this is a magazine and not a poster from the main features which include

A masthead
Storylines
A barcode
A main image
The price of the magazine
A main film

• The main audience for this film would be for people who watch films all the time as this is clearly a 'film magazine', as the colour scheme is unusual this shows it is not for a set gender as these colours attract both males and females, the age range that would most likely buy this magazine is 20+

Research and planning: Practical and impractical trailers

Impractical trailers


This type of trailer wouldn't be suitable due to the location shots of the film, as we do not live in an area where it has stunning views e.g. lakes so if we tried to create these locations it wouldn't be effective, also they are at a carnival which are specific events which may not happen around the time we are filming. There is also large country houses which look very expensive and we not not be able to shoot inside of these as the actors and myself and my group do not have these type of houses.

Practical trailers


This kind of trailer would be suitable to the trailer that I could make as the location in this film are very stereotypical for a romance trailer, the scenes are in a park which are easy accessible to me and also in large built up areas, this would also be easy to get to as we could use the location on Manchester to film these type of scenes which is just a train journey away. It looks like a typical trailer in the real world rather than a made up world with fancy locations and this would be good as this is what our trailer will be like as we haven't got the facilities to get to stunning areas.

Research and planning: Trailer Conventions

What to expect in a trailer...

• Lots of different shot types
• Different locations to film the scenes
• Summary of storyline but not giving away what actually happens
• Distribution company
• Production company
• Name of film 
• Logo
• Editing techniques, if something bad is happening do jump cuts etc.
• Actors
• Text in between scenes to explain story
• A narrator
• Sound effects/music (score)

research and planning: group meeting

Research and planning: Production and distribution Companies

I am going to look at some production companies as there is usually an image of them placed somewhere inbetween the trailer, at the start or at the end.

Dreamworks is a company that produces quite a few animated films which usually have a cerficiate of a U or a PG. Some examples of the animated films this company has produced is Shrek 1 and 2 and also Chicken Run.

Fox searchlight pictures is an American Film distribution company within the Fox studios. This company has produced films such as Black Swan.

Now I have looked at some companies that have produced and distributed films I will now have to think about the image what I want the company logo to look like and the name of the company, I am going to try to relate this to the romance genre as this logo will be shown within my teaser trailer, I am also going to create my own as this will look more effective. I think I am going to make the logo quite simple looking but so that the audience can still tell that it is to do with the genre I have chosen.

Research and planning: Plan for the week

My plan for the week is upload my audience interview videos onto my blog and put my questionnaire results onto a powerpoint and upload it onto blogger through slideshare.

Research and planning: Film poster analysis 2

Genre

• You can tell again that this poster is advertising a romance film.
• The colours of the poster are your stereotypical love colours, red and white which symbolise  what kind of genre this film is going to be.
• The expression on the womans face looks very joyful and happy with shows that the story is going to be fun and entertaining.

Representation

• The actor is a middle age, attractive woman.
• Her facial expression could mean two things from the poster and her positioning, she could either be in a very happy situation where she is loved up or she could be causing trouble within the film as she is looking down on photographs smiling so this will attract the audience.
• Her body language looks like she is incontrol of the film and she is a main actor and all the other actors are just placed in a photograph.

Media Language

• The close up of the womans face in the image allows us to recognise that she is the main character and is incontrol of the film and from her facial expression you cant tell what her character is going to be like.
• The colours are plain and like any romance film usually, a white background with red font which makes the poster look bright.
• The lighting is very high key and the poster is very clear and looks professional, this shows that this could be a good romance story in the end as these colours resemble happiness.
• The font is also very stereotypical as it is a smooth curvy font like the font you would use in a love letter.
• The layout of the poster is very effective and unsual, as the girl looks like she has all the power and usually this is the male character so it shows that the story of the film could be very interesting.

Audience

• As it is a romance film I would say that the ages of the audience could be teenagers to middle aged woman and the primary audience would usually be females.
• Because it shows that the woman has the power this would get woman interested as they would not expect the story line to be like this and would want to see how the girl gets what she wants as then they could try and do the same as women always want power.

Narrative

• As you can see from the poster the woman is incontrol as the male actors and some of the female actors are placed in photographs with a close up image of the womans face smiling and looking at them, this could be seen as bad or good.

Research and planning: Film poster analysis 1

Genre

• You can tell straight away that this film poster is a romance genre.
• The colours used within this poster are very suttle and nice colours to look at, they are not harsh, the colours yellow and white could be classed as peaceful and romantic
• You can see the connection between the two actors on the poster as they are positioned very close to each other and both are facing in the same direction with the same facial expression which is romantic.

Representation

• The two actors are young and attractive.
• Their body language makes them look cosy and have a very good relationship as they are cuddling in a romantic location.
• There is no eye contact between them both but you can still notice that romantic connection as they are both looking down at the same thing which shows they have interest in each other.

Media Language

• The long shot of the two actors allows the audience to see that they have a close relationship which makes the audience involved in  the film and feel happy emotion towards them.
• The colours are light and calm which gives a sterotypical view on this poster as this is what the colours should be as it is a romance poster.
• The lightening of this poster is high key as it looks like a sunny day on the beach to resemble happiness and show that they are proud of each other and want the world to see the connection they have.
• The font used is very basic and simple and goes with the colour scheme of the poster as they have used contrasting colours with the background.
• The layout of the poster is very simple but very effective as it has all the stereotypical features that a romance poster should have for example the name of the film, the names of the actors, the cast and crew etc.

Audience

• As the film is a romance this could be to an audience of a large age range because everyone loves a romance film to watch now and again, so the age range could be between 16-30+.
• As the picture shows the boy and a girl on the location of a beach every girl fantasies about sharing this moment with a boy so they could relate to this film.
• Most people watching this film will be in college/university or have a part or full time job.

Narrative

• From this poster you can see that the two characters have a connection and their is going to be a love story involved in this film, by their facical expression is shows the audience that they may have to go through some tough experiences to get to this stage.

Research and planning: prop and costume list

Boy Actor

• Suit when the location is at the fathers workplace
• Casual wear in most of the scenes for example at the bus scene and the coffee house, e.g. jeans and a t-shirt with a casual jacket depending on the weather
• He will have casual hair so it is not proper styled and no earrings.

Girl Actor

• The girl will be wearing trendy but really girly pyjamas in the scenes of her house and when she is looking out of the window
• Casual clothes when running for the bus, this outfit will most likely be a beige fur coat and a large handbag and have gold accessories, which will make her look attractive and smart.
• Natural makeup on the girls face with black eyeliner to define her features and the hair style will be in a pony tail, down and in a bun at the top of her head for the majority looking natural.

Props

• Large handbag
• Necklace
• Coffee cup
• Stationary in fathers office as well as a desk and chair to make it look professional, a computer and files so the scene is like a proper office
• Popcorn box
• Lollipops
• Sunglasses
• Umbrella
• Blanket
• Swings
• Mcdonalds
• Christmas Market stall
• Item from Market
• Hot chocolate
• Chocolate covered fruit
• White fur coat

Research and planning: equipment and software list

• Blogger
• Imovie
• Photoshop
• Garageband
• SLR camera
• DV camcorders
• Tripods
• H2 sound recorders

Research and planning: sound test

I am now going to research some romantic scores to get ideas for the sounds that I am going to be using in my trailer that I am creating.

This is one of the romantic scores that stood out to me whilst I was watching this, this is a very moving piece of music as it makes you feel emotional listening to this track. This would be a perfect non-digetic soundtrack to have as my background music as the sound changes throughout the track which results in the different emotions being brought across throughout. 

Research and planning: Target audience prezi

This is a target audience prezi that I made which I think would best suit my genre.

Research and planning: The notebook

Yesterday I watched The Notebook, this is a romance film that is very popular from 2004, its about a boy and girl you can tell love each other but are seperated by their social differences. You can see the emotion in this film very clearly and they are very passionate about each other, I will try to interpret this into the trailer I will be creating as this is kind of the storyline I want to get across to the audience, they want to be together but they can't because of certain issues and lifestyles.

Research and planning: IMDB research

These are IMDB's top 8 romance films that they have chosen from 2012/2013, I will view some of these trailers to get ideas of the top ones that have been picked to see what story lines they have used in order to make my trailer as interesting and exciting as possible as with this information I know that a wide audience has enjoyed these films.

Research and planning: audience research

This is all the different theories we have learn't about so far.

Research and planning: change of plan

I know I created a photoshop poster on the genre horror but since then I have spoken to my partner Liv, and we have decided that it would be better for us and would suit our personalities better to create a romance trailer as we would work better and have more ideas to think of with this genre.

Research and planning: Group meeting

Me and my partner created this video to show you that we have discussed the roles we are going to be taking on throughout our trailer.

Research and planning: Trailer analysis 2

This is the second teaster trailer that I will be analysing for my romance genre, this is a film called The Lucky One (2012). The certificate for this film is a 12A which is the certificate I want to put on the trailer I will be making, the director of this film was called Scott Hicks.

Genre and audience
This film is a romance/drama genre as there is some heartbreak scenes but also scenes that are the complete opposite. This will attract a primary audience of ages 12-30 as this trailer has a very moving story behind it, it makes the audience feel emotionally connected to all of the characters as they all have very different storys but they all come together to make a romance. It will attract the kind of audience which are down to earth and can connect with these kind of storys as the main story line is 'Logan' being in the army and finding this picture which saved his life. The romance grows throughout the film as at first the girl is confused by this boy and why he wont leave her workplace, as she doesnt know he has a story behind this and as he trys to tell her the romance grows and grows until they start to look they they are becoming into a close couple and then the nasty dad of her child wrecks it and cause heartbreak shown through the scenes.

Narrative
There is again a paralell narrative in this trailer, there is two different storys shown throughout, the girls life and the boys life and there lives a similar in a way and he knows that he needs her but she discovers this near the end of the trailer rather than at the start like he does, there a moments in their life that they help each othewr without knowing it, like the girl saved the boys life just by him finding a picture, and then boy helps the girl through protecting her from the sons dad as he is shown to be not a very nice character, she doesnt know that she needs this much care that he is giving her but in the end they both benefit from this as they become happy together.

Representation
The boy at the beginning on the trailer is the one with all the feelings, as he works in the army you can tell he is troubled and is intouch with his emotions. When he finds this picture it brings him a spark and 'saves his life' so then he goes to find the girl who has saved him, this is not stereotypical as its usually the girl who the emoional one is, maybe this is reflected by the job he does.
The girl is the stubborn one in this trailer and she doesnt show any feelings at all at first which is very unlike the representaion of a girls feelings as they are always emotional and over think everything.
The boy is usually very laid back and doesnt really care about much whereas in this trailer 'Logan' is very determined as he is going on the lookout for this girl and doesnt give up until he gets what he wants, in this scenes the boy is chasing the girl and usually it is the other way round.
The dads son is a typical nasty piece of work, he is very aggressive and jealous of Logan as he is nopt used to his face and doesnt want him to be a part of his sons life or hers, this is stereotypical as his job is a police officer so you would expect him to be jealous and he is big built so this relates to his aggressive side.

Research and planning: Trailer analysis 1

This is the first teaser trailer that I will be analysing for the genre romance, this film is called Love and Other Drugs and was released in 2010. The certificate of this film is 15 and was directed by Edward Zwick. Looking at this trailer will give me a larger insight into how romance can develop throughout the film and will give me ideas into the trailer that I will be creating.

Genre and Audience

This film is a mixture of romance and comedy genres. This will attract to the primary audience of females aged 18-40 as the trailer has an aspirational lifestyle that women at this age would desire to have. In terms of the male character who's appearance comes across as the typical male model which will attract this type of audience and his career and the city in which they live in. Throughout this film you see the relationship of a typical romance film grow and develop and you see the characters change. As at the start of the film Jamie is represented as a 'player' who focuses on girls through his career, however he meets the girl who inspires him to change into someone that is more considerate and caring. In which case, the female character has succeeded in changing him for the better which lends itself to the idea girls want to make a bad boy a good boy. It is this idea which makes this film appeal to its intended audience.

Narrative

From the Love and Other Drugs trailer you can clearly see that there is a parallel narrative for the male character, this is shown through two key themes which are his work career and his love life. Theme 1 which is his work career straight away shows us that his dad disproves of him being a pharmaceutical rep but then we are shown in the next shots of the trailer that he has found a new drug that he thinks will be successful as you can see the excitement on Jamie's face in the scene in the car. Throughout the trailer we see his decision was correct and the drug is becoming successful and he is becoming more popular with the females. Theme 2 focuses on his love life and how it changes and is influenced by a women which is something he did not expect from his previous 'player' status. In a scene of the trailer it states he has 'met his match' and they become closer and Jamie releases he is developing feelings for this woman which is something he is not used to and shows he is becoming more vulnerable to her which is something they didn't agree on. As Jamie realises that the woman, Maggie has an illness his feelings for her become stronger and shows him 'chasing her' and trying to be in her life as much as possible which will grip the audience as it shows how the romance has grew throughout the film. With the two themes combined this is how he meets the girl of his dreams through his work career of selling drugs and becomes the man he is therefore this is a parallel narrative trailer.

Representation

At the beginning of the trailer the boy is perceived to be a typical male, looking at girls and taking about them in a sexual manner as he is planning how to get them attracted to him, he is a typical good looking male model character, this is stereotypical as these are normally the ones who gets all the girls. The male character is always talking about his personal love life and always making immature mistakes as this is the way a male model character should be perceived as they will not think about reality and just care for himself. He is shown through a lot of the scenes in this trailer using his charm to get the girl he wants 'you have beautiful eyes' and straight away they become linked in the trailer so he has got what he wants which again is stereotypical.
The girl is not the stereotypical type as she wants exactly the same as the male character and usually they are always the heartbroken ones who love the male characters rather than the opposite way round. As you can see on the males face when she says this to him he looks very shocked, this shows that he is not used to this kind of response as she knows exactly what he wants and him being the typical male character and not thinking, he just presumes that she wont find out, Jamie is being played at his own game.
The girl has the power throughout this clip which is not stereotypical as usually it is the male character, she decides what happens throughout the trailer as when she tells him to leave he goes and she rejected him and the male character isn't happy about this as he is used to getting every girl he wants.
At the beginning of the trailer the male model character was shown to be a 'player' as this is the typical view of males from a girls perspective, but throughout as the girl has the most power in the trailer she has changed him to be in touch with his emotions as near the end of the trailer he says to her ' I love you' and he evens states after he says this 'I've never said this before' which shows the girl has changed him and this is what every girl wants to see.
Suddenly the girl becomes the vulnerable one as we find out that she has Parkinson's the disease. But the male character still wants to be around her and to look after her.

Sound

At the beginning of the clip there is non-digetic sound to represent the male characters emotions as he is talking about girls, this music is very happy and upbeat which shows he is getting his own way.
There is a lot of voice overs from the male character as it is showing what he is doing but talking over the trailer rather than on screen.
The non-digetic sound changes as it gets to the scene where the female character becomes ill, the music becomes slow and calm to represent her emotions.

Mise en scene

Straight away we see the two men sat there all dressed up in suits which shows they have authority and have a good working life as they have to go to their jobs in suits, they must be quiet high up in their jobs as they are just sitting around drinking coffee talking about girls.
It goes to them saying 'why don't you be a pharmaceutical rep' and shows him lay in bed with a girl, this shows he is having a good life and getting things thrown at him left right and centre.
Everyone looks up to this male character as in his office he is always centre of  attention and it shows him having sexual intercourse with a girl in work so this shows he has power of his job and at work.
The girl is very natural looking and is first shown with a hat on and not much make-up so she is represented to be down to earth.
Then the next scene is shown in the location of her house, and they are both talking and playing around with each other, her house is not 'posh' its just a typical house with most objects out of place and straight away you see his house which is all modern and everything is tidy.
There is lots of different scenes showing their relationship developing and outside when they are driving the car there is lots of trees and leaves blowing in front of the car, this sets the romantic scene as she becomes ill.

Cinematography

There is a two shot of the two male characters together talking about girls.
Then a close-up of the male characters face in sunglasses as he is in the passenger seat in the car being told what to do, this shows he doesn't really care what anyones says and he does what he wants.
There is a long shot of him in his office with all his work colleagues around him to show his importance in the business.
There is a close-up of the phone when the male character is having sexual intercourse to show that he has made a mistake and is on the phone so whoever on the end of that line can hear everything.
There are many shot reverse shots within the scene when they are at her house talking about their lives and trying to figure each other out.
There is a long shot of them both on the floor together and then a close-up of the females face saying he needs to leave.

Editing

There is black screen positioned outside of the narrative explaining parts of the story.
There are many jump cut scenes in this trailer when they are in the girls house.

Research and planning: film certificate

These are all the certificates that are used on films and film trailers so the audience will know what is suitable to watch for which age range. For the film trailer I will be making I will use the certificate 12 as it is a romance film trailer so there will not be horrific scenes in the trailer I will produce so it is suitable for over 12 years olds to watch it without being accompanied by an adult.

Research and planning: Questionnaire results

I have had a few problems with this powerpoint as when I uploaded it to slide share the first two slides just went purple but all the rest are fine, the main age range of my questionnaire results were aged 11-17 and the gender was 8 females to 2 males. 

Research and planning: questionnaire questions

These are my questionnaire questions that I asked 10 people that gave me feedback and what I wanted to know about their opinions on the genre of film I have chosen which is romance.

Research and planning: audience interview questions

Audience interview questions

1)What is your age?

2)What is your favourite type of romantic film?

3)What would you expect the actors/actresses personalities to be like?

4)What is the type of setting you would want to see in a romance film?

5)Is there any particular costumes you would expect the actors/actresses to wear?

6)What music would you expect to hear in this type of film?

7)What type of ending would you like to see? for example, sad/happy/cliff hanger

Research and planning: The Pitch

This is the Pitch that me and my partner created to explain clearly what we wanted to get out of our trailer, this included the plot, the sound, location, typical direction and how will we link it to magazine and poster.

Research and planning:poll junkie

I have created a poll junkie and the link is above so I can get feedback from audience to see what type of film they would enjoy.

Research and planning photoshop challenge

This is a photoshop challenge as this is my first time back to use this term from our summer break. I had to create a film poster of a genre my choice to test the skills I remember from my AS year. I chose horror and used a scary image as a background to attract viewers and made it larger to fit the background. I got another image of a moon which was originally black so I changed the colour to fit with the background and changed the opacity to what was needed, the moon image was a square so I had to fade both images together with the eraser tool and changed the opacity to make it look like one image.

Research and planning: chase sequence

This is a chase sequence that me and members of my media group created as part of a task for my blog, we came up with the idea of a person being chased as the name give it away. We used many different shot types to try and make the clip as entertaining as possible and also so it shows that we can use a variety of cinematography, we filmed this is different parts of the building, inside and outside to get a lot of different locations throughout the clip, we also tried to add a bit of humour into this sequence.

Research and planning: Genre Research

Horror.

The horror genre is negative emotion which will make the viewers frightened of the film they are seeing on the screen. If I was to create a film trailer about a horror film it would need to include, low key lighting, dark clothing and props, a scene in somewhere spooky for example a haunted house or a forest. The story lines would need to terrify the viewers for example actors getting killed in certain scenes and showing emotions with close ups of their faces, or actors getting chased, it could up face paced if the story line was in a forest and slow paced if they was in a haunted house looking around for something to happen.

Comedy.

The comedy genre is made for people to have fun and laugh at whilst watching the film and the actors keeping a straight face and to have the right emotions when filming these funny scenes to make viewers more interested, it is supposed to put viewers in a good mood. If I was to use this genre it would be in high key lighting which happy and jolly music playing, the props and colours will be bright and the actors will have to be chosen carefully to make sure they can play a funny character well.

Romantic.

A romantic film is viewed through different types of love and the viewer is meant to feel emotional towards the characters on screen whether they feel happy or sad for the characters and whether it is good or a bad kind of connection, they should see this clearly through the way the characters play the parts. It is supposed to come across as a strong and deep kind of emotion. If I was to use this genre stereotypically it is between 2 characters that fall in love and then have some kind of difficulties in between and then either make up or break up at the end, this would be the kind of story line I would go for. You would use quite romantic settings like the beach and parks to show they love each other and soft music in the background.

Social realist.

A social realist film is about real everyday life, it usually involves crime like drugs, alcohol etc. If I was to do this genre it would be quite simple to do as the story line could just be about gangs committing crimes that could happen in everyday life, it is quite a negative emotion that the viewers would feel towards this film as it would be story's lines which would probably happen in the area they live in. You would use quite crowded scenes and upbeat fast hard music to represent what the actors are doing with there lives.