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.
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
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.Friday, 16 October 2009
Music (Aaron)
Through previous research and past experience, Mori and I have taken a keen interest and have become ever so obsessed with the music that we choose because the main reason why we feel the emotions that is intended in a movie is because of the music. We have used websites such as http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ to search the right copyright free music so that we can also aim to market this on you tube.
In the beginning we want the music to be sad, something that is calm and slow with the instruments including the violins or the piano or even both. As we progress into the middle, the music gets intense as so do the shots (attend to the Storyboard).
By doing so, we allow our emotions that we mean to portray in the movie be a success amongst the audience. The Music that we have been inspired by and wish to search a similar effect is Clint Mansell, Requim for a dream. This music allows us to create the emotional tension amoungst the audience that we want, this is mostly a tense and sad emotion with a mixture of excitement.
In the beginning we want the music to be sad, something that is calm and slow with the instruments including the violins or the piano or even both. As we progress into the middle, the music gets intense as so do the shots (attend to the Storyboard).
By doing so, we allow our emotions that we mean to portray in the movie be a success amongst the audience. The Music that we have been inspired by and wish to search a similar effect is Clint Mansell, Requim for a dream. This music allows us to create the emotional tension amoungst the audience that we want, this is mostly a tense and sad emotion with a mixture of excitement.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Company Research (Mori)
During the last lesson I have been researching different companies whihc we might want to use as our production company. This is very important because different companies do different types of films and have brand loyalties. For instance working title in the UK is know well for very British films which have many famous actors and actresses in them, thus attracting a large audience. 
The companies I have been looking at are Universal Studios/Working Title and New Line Cinema. To help me decide what company would be the best for our genre of film and therefore type of audience i looked at the different types of movies they have made and how successful they have been. A group of films similar to our genre are the Final Destination Quadrology. They are 4 very successful films made about death and how peopl
e managed to defy it only for a while, and this is right down our street. The company which produced this was Working Title which is an off shoot of the huge Universal Studios which i think would be a good comapny t0 have to produce our film as it has a great brand name which people will regonise and therefore increase the size of the audience because the thought process would be, "If Universal Studio's produced this film then it is of a high budget and therefore has good scope to be good". Another good film which Universal Studios directed was The Skelton Key, this again is of a similar genre to ours, it is a thriller which is encouraging for us as people will associate good thrillers with Unviersal Studios.
e managed to defy it only for a while, and this is right down our street. The company which produced this was Working Title which is an off shoot of the huge Universal Studios which i think would be a good comapny t0 have to produce our film as it has a great brand name which people will regonise and therefore increase the size of the audience because the thought process would be, "If Universal Studio's produced this film then it is of a high budget and therefore has good scope to be good". Another good film which Universal Studios directed was The Skelton Key, this again is of a similar genre to ours, it is a thriller which is encouraging for us as people will associate good thrillers with Unviersal Studios.The reason don't want to use Working Title Films is because it is a smaller off shoot of Universal and can therefore be interperated by audiences as a lower budget film. Also after looking at New Line Cinema I have noticed that especially recently the genres that they have been sticking to are fanasty and comedy which are two genres which we are not trying to represent in our film even though our film has a slight element of fantasy but we want to try and keep the films image away from this as we want it to try and seem as realistic as possible.
Monday, 5 October 2009
Actors (Aaron)
For our Characters, we thought it essential to pick up on the right face for the trailer and we needed tot make sure they fit the profile perfectly.
- For our main Actress: Lucy Toomey - we thought that she would be perfect for the role as she has the facial expressions and her body language will describe the Character in the trailer.
- For our Main Actress's best friend: Stef Nicole - we suddenly thought of Stef being the best friend simply because of her profound persona of her being very caring but also has very feisty looking expressions that will give someone support in order to put someone straight and this is what we are looking for in a best friend role.
- For our Main Actress's Boyfriend: Jack Patterson - we needed someone who had a bit of a baby face but also could have the body language of someone who is strong and will do anything to protect a loved one.
- For our Villains who commit a crime against Stef: Youseff Ahmed and Tom Holland - we realised that in order to make the perfect villain would be to have someone who would look the part but the paradox of someone who is not built but manages to rape a victim proves more shocking as the surprise of such an occurrence will gloom in front of the audience.
Music (Aaron)
As Mori had previously written that we had been doing some location shots, we have also been concerned about the music as previous research shows that the music is possibly one of the main reasons that alters the mood of the viewer's. I have proof of this as I recently attempted watching a scary film on mute. Hence we decided that the music has to be perfect, of course straight away we had ideas like "Breathe Me by Sia", we were going to use this in the beginning as we want to give a slow build in the trailer and as we gradually meet the middle everything goes a bit fast pace, suddenly in the last scene everything comes to a halt and slow music is played again. However, just like every production, a big "BUT" is put in front of you and you realise that you can only have copyright music being played.
Today's technology and the reliable internet came to our rescue when we found a site called freeplaymusic.com. We stretched our minds in search for the track only to realise that it is not ONE track but atleast THREE tracks we need. The perfect sounttrack is crutial to our finishing touches as the music will define the mood of the trailer and the whole concept of it .As we approach the first day of filming, the hunt for the perfect sountrack is on.
Today's technology and the reliable internet came to our rescue when we found a site called freeplaymusic.com. We stretched our minds in search for the track only to realise that it is not ONE track but atleast THREE tracks we need. The perfect sounttrack is crutial to our finishing touches as the music will define the mood of the trailer and the whole concept of it .As we approach the first day of filming, the hunt for the perfect sountrack is on.
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