Last time we had updated this blog we posted the trailer however after realising and having received feedback on certain aspects such as the music, we upgraded the quality and editing of the trailer. We had also added in some new shots to make the trailer more tense as we added in new music to go with it. By adding this new piece of music, I have managed to get the right emotion more effectivly and have created more room for different types of emotion. I had used happy music with a rape scene which either seemed a bit creepy and wrong or it just did not fit and so i changed the music to that and also added in new shots so that the tralier had more content in it.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Editing the trailer and working on the poster (Mori)
Recently in class we have working towards handing in the first draft of the trailer, this meant that we have been working in lessons and attending clinics to make sure that we got enough to ensure that it would makes sense. While Aaron did some of the editing, i worked on the captions on a seperate computer. I created these on photoshop as they look more professional and they can be changed easily without changing the film in the editing programme. There is also a wider range of fonts on photoshop, therefore we can choose one which goes well with our genre. Also on Photoshop i created the main title for the trailer and our production company logo (A&M Productions). We wanted the main title to be simple as we could not create our won style of font so we decided to have a glow outer glow on it and keep the letters capitals creating a greater imapct. I am very pleased witht the production logo and i think that the time i put into it has been worthwhile as it looks very professional. To make it i created the shape by making a frame and then had to add in the writing, to make the lines come across the words i then had to add an effect onto it giving it the rich purple colour and the scopres through it. I then removed the bottom sectiojn of the frame and added in the words 'production' in an italic font, different to the 'A&M' making it stand out as i production company.
After this we decided to start on the voiceover, we had to move some of the clips around at the beginning in order for the voiceover to fit correctly and not run over the scenes we wanted it to be on otherwise it would clash with sound bridges and therefore sound from another scene. We used a voiceover using a voice recorder and Aaron spoke into it what we had written when we were planning the film.
We have now started work on the poster which is much harder than anticipated, we decided between us after looking at a poster of the recently made film 'Star Trek' that we would have the two main characters at the top of the poster, Lucy and Jack facing each other which we have successfully managed to do. These pictures were taken on the previous Sunday when we set up a black screen and strong lighting to make the pictures look professional, to add to this affect we also borrowed our teachers good camera and therefore managed to take high quality pictures worthy of a poster and a magazine cover. The plan for the rest of the poster is to have their pictures merge down into a wide shot of lucy standing on the cliff edge like the scene in the trailer, with the sea in the background. We than want to have the title of the film 'Divine Intervention'. To develop the name for the film was again something which we had not aticipated to be so difficult, our original idea was to call it 'Fate' but we quickly decided that although it was easy to remember it was also too obvious and doesn't creat much impact on people when they see it. We then started to think of similar words and phrases and eventually came up with 'Divine Intervention', i think that it is a really interesting name as it is challenging the audience to put some thought into what it mauy be about and the meaning of it, i think that it will stick in audiences minds and it sounds classy and realistic.
This is what the poster looks like so far:
After this we decided to start on the voiceover, we had to move some of the clips around at the beginning in order for the voiceover to fit correctly and not run over the scenes we wanted it to be on otherwise it would clash with sound bridges and therefore sound from another scene. We used a voiceover using a voice recorder and Aaron spoke into it what we had written when we were planning the film.
We have now started work on the poster which is much harder than anticipated, we decided between us after looking at a poster of the recently made film 'Star Trek' that we would have the two main characters at the top of the poster, Lucy and Jack facing each other which we have successfully managed to do. These pictures were taken on the previous Sunday when we set up a black screen and strong lighting to make the pictures look professional, to add to this affect we also borrowed our teachers good camera and therefore managed to take high quality pictures worthy of a poster and a magazine cover. The plan for the rest of the poster is to have their pictures merge down into a wide shot of lucy standing on the cliff edge like the scene in the trailer, with the sea in the background. We than want to have the title of the film 'Divine Intervention'. To develop the name for the film was again something which we had not aticipated to be so difficult, our original idea was to call it 'Fate' but we quickly decided that although it was easy to remember it was also too obvious and doesn't creat much impact on people when they see it. We then started to think of similar words and phrases and eventually came up with 'Divine Intervention', i think that it is a really interesting name as it is challenging the audience to put some thought into what it mauy be about and the meaning of it, i think that it will stick in audiences minds and it sounds classy and realistic.
This is what the poster looks like so far:
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Update (Aaron)
Since my last post there has been a lot of progress as Mori and I have managed to hand in our first draft of the trailer so that we may make any modifications. I must say out of all the scenes that we have shot there are two shots in which I am very proud of; the openning shot of lucy with the sea in front of us and the rape scene as we have managed to portray a very gory image of rape without having to cross any boundries such as showing any part of the body.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Update (Mori)
Today in class I have been spending time on the computer editing the film we have so far, i feel as though it is going well and the trailer should be very professional when it is finished. We have a few more shots to get which we mean that we have much more material to edit.
I spoke to our teacher today and asked her to give her opinions on where we are with our trailer and what she thinks we need to improve it. She gave positive feedback as well as constructive critacism, she really liked the music which Aaron and i were pleased about as we have done lots of research on the music and we choose music which went against the genre and challenges the codes and conventions of film, the music is relaxed and slightly classical even when we are showing a girl getting raped, this is very effective because the music makes it seem normal but viewers know it is far from normal which makes it scarier and more strange.
Mrs Downes also said that at the moment she could not work out the genre of the film which is a fair comment, we are still to add in the voiceover which will be explaining what the shots are showing and their relevance, i think this will also add a scary and almost ominous effect to the trailer. In conjunction with this she said that it was slightly difficult to understand, but i am confident that with the rest of the filming in place and the voiceover added in the trailer will be easier to understand and will leave veiwers wanting to watch the whole film.
Other feedback from another girl in our class said similar things to Mrs. Downes, "Really like the music and the opening shots of the girl, but not so sure about the story yet."
The feedback has been very usful and shows me what me and Aaron need to work towards and where we need to tighten up the trailer. I think after another two or three weeks we should show it to the same people as well as a few others and see what they say then, and we can compare it to what has been said this time and therefore, setting the target for ourselves to improve veiwers understanding of the trailer as well as getting it as close to finished as possible.
I spoke to our teacher today and asked her to give her opinions on where we are with our trailer and what she thinks we need to improve it. She gave positive feedback as well as constructive critacism, she really liked the music which Aaron and i were pleased about as we have done lots of research on the music and we choose music which went against the genre and challenges the codes and conventions of film, the music is relaxed and slightly classical even when we are showing a girl getting raped, this is very effective because the music makes it seem normal but viewers know it is far from normal which makes it scarier and more strange.
Mrs Downes also said that at the moment she could not work out the genre of the film which is a fair comment, we are still to add in the voiceover which will be explaining what the shots are showing and their relevance, i think this will also add a scary and almost ominous effect to the trailer. In conjunction with this she said that it was slightly difficult to understand, but i am confident that with the rest of the filming in place and the voiceover added in the trailer will be easier to understand and will leave veiwers wanting to watch the whole film.
Other feedback from another girl in our class said similar things to Mrs. Downes, "Really like the music and the opening shots of the girl, but not so sure about the story yet."
The feedback has been very usful and shows me what me and Aaron need to work towards and where we need to tighten up the trailer. I think after another two or three weeks we should show it to the same people as well as a few others and see what they say then, and we can compare it to what has been said this time and therefore, setting the target for ourselves to improve veiwers understanding of the trailer as well as getting it as close to finished as possible.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Filiming and What We Have Done So Far (Aaron)
Mori and I have managed to gather up information on the exact format and the codes and conventions of our trailer in order to give the feeling of suspense and romance at the same time. The music has been decided to be created first hand so that we can alter what kind of music we need so that that we may enhance the approach of the emotions that run through smoothly and give a more sophisticated look to the trailer.
Recently, Mori and I filmed the rape scene as we are doing the shots on location rather than in sequence. This done in such an order as it is easier for us to organise the filming schedule amoungst the asctors and ourselves. This enabled us to use the actors at our dispense more efficiently as they too have similar projects to complete so we needed to work around there own schedule.
The shoot was a success and we have edited the scene and it is as exactly as we planned for.
Recently, Mori and I filmed the rape scene as we are doing the shots on location rather than in sequence. This done in such an order as it is easier for us to organise the filming schedule amoungst the asctors and ourselves. This enabled us to use the actors at our dispense more efficiently as they too have similar projects to complete so we needed to work around there own schedule.
The shoot was a success and we have edited the scene and it is as exactly as we planned for.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Credits (Mori)
Today i am looking at different credits of films and how effective they are, this is useful research and will therefore help us analyse the best credit style and size and animation for our particular type of genre.
Once again i used The Final Destination to look at as it is the film which is closest to the genre of our film and therefore will give us the best idea of what is effective.
I find this title very effective, it has the blue smokey effect aound it giving it a sinister feel, but apart from that it is very simple giving audiences little to focus on other than the name of the film, this in turn would mean they will remember the name of the film and therefore go and see it is if they liked the trailer. Also having the first word 'The' on the top line, above 'Final Desination' adds extra emphasis on the second two words implying importance.
The effect added to this title is also very simple but effective, it is the tirle coming slowly towards the front of the picture gradually getting bigger.
This is a screen shot from the same trailer but it is another very well done caption, the title has been made and put onto this little world, the animation connected to this title is brilliant, it has a fair grounf fide swinging round ith this ball on the end of a craine sort of thing and then when the titlt comes into shot it all slows down to show the animation on the ball and the words in the title. I think this if possible to make a graphic aninimated title would be very effective but it may prove too epensive.
Once again i used The Final Destination to look at as it is the film which is closest to the genre of our film and therefore will give us the best idea of what is effective.
I find this title very effective, it has the blue smokey effect aound it giving it a sinister feel, but apart from that it is very simple giving audiences little to focus on other than the name of the film, this in turn would mean they will remember the name of the film and therefore go and see it is if they liked the trailer. Also having the first word 'The' on the top line, above 'Final Desination' adds extra emphasis on the second two words implying importance.
The effect added to this title is also very simple but effective, it is the tirle coming slowly towards the front of the picture gradually getting bigger.
This is the second film trailer i have been looking at, it is for the film 'Zombieland' which is a 
favourite of mine, i love the captions in this trailer, they have effects on them such as swinging down as if it was a sign or one letter falling off as if the sign was old and falling apart. In the screen shot to the right you can see that the caption 'This October' is made to look as though it is actually in the film judging from the shadow on the writing, i think this is very effective and looks very high budget. I thgink the only problem we may face in putting captions in like this is the fact that they are expensive and this film is actually although fairly scary a caomedy and therefore these effects may take away the tension and horror/mystery feel from out trailer.
favourite of mine, i love the captions in this trailer, they have effects on them such as swinging down as if it was a sign or one letter falling off as if the sign was old and falling apart. In the screen shot to the right you can see that the caption 'This October' is made to look as though it is actually in the film judging from the shadow on the writing, i think this is very effective and looks very high budget. I thgink the only problem we may face in putting captions in like this is the fact that they are expensive and this film is actually although fairly scary a caomedy and therefore these effects may take away the tension and horror/mystery feel from out trailer.
This is a screen shot from the same trailer but it is another very well done caption, the title has been made and put onto this little world, the animation connected to this title is brilliant, it has a fair grounf fide swinging round ith this ball on the end of a craine sort of thing and then when the titlt comes into shot it all slows down to show the animation on the ball and the words in the title. I think this if possible to make a graphic aninimated title would be very effective but it may prove too epensive.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Filming (mori)
Last weekend Aaron and I started to film our trailer, we chose to do our most complicated scene, in terms of location, the scene at the beach is the hardest so we decided to get it done. It is the furthest away meaing that in order to do it correctly we needed to do it when we had a lot of time on our hands, therefore we did it on a sunday. This gave us plenty of time to get there to the exact location we yhad previously chosen. There are some difficult shots in this scene because she is on the edge of the cliff so we had to be very careful in making sure she didn't get too close to the edge and risk her safety, this meant we had to trick the camera. To do this we took shots from low angles so that you could see her body and only the ground she is standing on and then the sea in the rest of the shot making it appear as if Lucy our actor is closer to the edge
and therefore the sea than she actually is. We also used close ups on the back of her head again witht he sea in the background to get the same effect. Also we used the syncronous sound well in this shot because we were very close to the sea we can hear the sound of the sea below, this is very effective as it makes the audience believe where she is more than she might and it also puts ideas in their head which the images may have already inspired, for instance her jumping off the cliff, this therefore adds a great deal of emotion and suspense tension which slowly builds through the trailer as this scene will be at both the beginning and the end of the trailer. We also used the sun to our advantage on this day, it was shining down fairly brightly but it was quite a clod day this meant lucy's face was lit up and the wind was blowing her hair back away from her face and the sea, all three of these factors helped us to get several great shots and i am confident that they will look effective and moving in the trailer.
and therefore the sea than she actually is. We also used close ups on the back of her head again witht he sea in the background to get the same effect. Also we used the syncronous sound well in this shot because we were very close to the sea we can hear the sound of the sea below, this is very effective as it makes the audience believe where she is more than she might and it also puts ideas in their head which the images may have already inspired, for instance her jumping off the cliff, this therefore adds a great deal of emotion and suspense tension which slowly builds through the trailer as this scene will be at both the beginning and the end of the trailer. We also used the sun to our advantage on this day, it was shining down fairly brightly but it was quite a clod day this meant lucy's face was lit up and the wind was blowing her hair back away from her face and the sea, all three of these factors helped us to get several great shots and i am confident that they will look effective and moving in the trailer.
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