MEDIA
Programme used : YOUTUBE
Role : Youtube played a massive part in the reasearch, planning and production. Was very useful for researching teaser trailer examples related to our films and for the conventions used.
Programme used : CANNON DIGITAL CAMERA/RECORDER
Role : We used the redcorder to film our teaser trailer. Was very easy to use - simple as well as having several factors to produce advanced techniques.
Programme used : IMOVIE
Role : We used imovie to edit our teaser trailer. A variety of styles techniques and affets were available to produce our trailer. Easy enough to use however problems did occur but overall good.
Programme used : PHOTOSHOP
Role : Photoshop was used to produce our film poster and magazine cover. Had a huge amount of diverse affects to apply to our image ensuring optimum quality. Quite tricky to master but once educated its very helpful.
Programme use : MOZILLA FIREFOX
Role : Allowed to search for all internet related sites such a blogger and youtube.
Programme used : BLOGGER
Role : Allowed us to display our progression from start to finish to be marked.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
EVALUATION Question 2
- All products (film, magazine, poster) interlink. Poster image taken from film, same font used throughout although fiml magazine cover ( as no characters were given away in the teaser trailer ) was intended to be distributed after release of the film - interview with the cast of 'Judas Kiss' so didnt have much aesthetic relation to the film or poster however continued with style and colour of font. However the composition of the photograph on the magazine cover correlated witht he film by being shot in black and white with bright writing - much like the film poster and trailer.
EVALUATION Question 3
FEEDBACK - asked 10 female - 10 male
WHAT THEY LIKED
- POINT OF VIEW SHOTS
- MUSIC AND IMAGE WENT VERY WELL TOGETHER
- BLACK AND WHITE = DRAMATIC
- TEMPO OF SHOTS - QUICK PACE INCREASING DRAMATIC EFFECT
- CURIOSITY DUE TO LACK OF INFO = WORRIED FOR CHARACTER
- TITLES INVOKED INTRIGUE
WHAT COULD BE BETTER
- TOO LITTLE INFORMATION
-POSSIBLY CHARACTERS REFLECTION IN TRAIN WINDOW
- REWIND SEEMED TO HAPPEN WITH NO DUE CAUSE
-SOME SORT OF DIALOGUE
WHAT THEY LIKED
- POINT OF VIEW SHOTS
- MUSIC AND IMAGE WENT VERY WELL TOGETHER
- BLACK AND WHITE = DRAMATIC
- TEMPO OF SHOTS - QUICK PACE INCREASING DRAMATIC EFFECT
- CURIOSITY DUE TO LACK OF INFO = WORRIED FOR CHARACTER
- TITLES INVOKED INTRIGUE
WHAT COULD BE BETTER
- TOO LITTLE INFORMATION
-POSSIBLY CHARACTERS REFLECTION IN TRAIN WINDOW
- REWIND SEEMED TO HAPPEN WITH NO DUE CAUSE
-SOME SORT OF DIALOGUE
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
EVALUATION Question 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-fF0fi61fc
IN WHAT WAYS..
Our task for A2 media studies was to research and plan then create a teaser trailer using imovie - and related media such as a film poster (photoshop), blog (internet), and a magazine cover (photoshop).
As our film is a crime comedy we needed to interpret both of their conventions into our teaser trailer. Main conventions of a crime teaser trailer are;track,pan and tilt camera movements - weapons, sex, drugs and money mise en scene - continuity editing, short cut edits along with point of view shots ad medium close up shots. The main comedy conventions consist of background sound (for example light hearted music), dialogue (usually comedic attracting audience), clips from the film, film studios at the start, information on the film, (e.g release date), voice over although not always used, etc.... An example of a combined convention teaser trailer would be Brothers Bloom a film i researched prior to making the film which contained features from both genres. Our media piece uses some typical conventions of these genres.
At the beginning of every trailer or film no matter what its status is, there is always a film or production logo. 'One way films' was the chosen name, having some relation to the film meaning, well, no return. The image used is a street sign - we thought it was most appropriate when making a film about typically English characters, also based in London, town streets would play a major part in our mise en scene.
The whole trailer was shot in black and white suggesting a dark and ominous undertone of the film in contrast with the titles following a traditionally British color scheme ( red , white and blue )possibly representing a brighter more humorous side. For our teaser trailer we made sure that our shots were quick and choppy keeping the audience intrigued and curious. We mainly used medium close up shots, long shots and establishing shots - to let the viewer know its set in England and not much else.
It challenges teaser conventions by not introducing a character at all as most of the shots are point of view shots - this was possibly one weakness of the trailer.
This created what is known as an enigma effect:
-A PUZZLING OR INEXPLICABLE OCCURRENCE OR SITUATION: his disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.
-A PERSON OF PUZZLING OR CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER: to me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears.
We chose to shoot familiar scenes that people would see everyday so in some way they can relate, using iconic images such as a train and skyscrapers.
For example the low budget film 'Love on the heath' was very unknown was raved about within the surrounding areas of hampstead heath itself. Apart from a select few most teaser trailers have some sort of dialogue, however in our teaser trailer we chose not to include any dialogue as we thought that this might further exaggerate the mystery. Instead we decided to use writing to briefly inform the audience of a basic story line. The whole trailer was shot in black and white suggesting a dark undertone to the film or a sad reality, we counteracted this information with the bright color of the writing (colors associated with britain to indicate England = English film) this could imply that as well as sadness is comedy there to balance it out or even cover it up. The teaser trailer follows the story board exactly - this was not our initial idea but the shots are somewhat confusing further alienating the view as well as pulling them in. In our film we challenged most conventions of a crime comedy movie. However developed those conventions within a teaser trailer.
The music used in the trailer was somewhat quite unconventional for teaser trailers. Big budget films tend to use Big name tracks and example of this would be the films when in rome. Using 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry - Starstrukk and Fox on the run by the academy is however there aren't even lyrics in our song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxURFMWRxg
The narrative of our film/teaser trailer however develops the convention of crime comedy. Every film has a build up to something and an issue the charcters need to overcome and most of the time there will be a romance. We have included all of these convemtions into our film and developed gthem by interlinking them together through just one character - Alice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWw0ov-cAUg - dark knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXa82AuwHU - 2012
IN WHAT WAYS..
Our task for A2 media studies was to research and plan then create a teaser trailer using imovie - and related media such as a film poster (photoshop), blog (internet), and a magazine cover (photoshop).
As our film is a crime comedy we needed to interpret both of their conventions into our teaser trailer. Main conventions of a crime teaser trailer are;track,pan and tilt camera movements - weapons, sex, drugs and money mise en scene - continuity editing, short cut edits along with point of view shots ad medium close up shots. The main comedy conventions consist of background sound (for example light hearted music), dialogue (usually comedic attracting audience), clips from the film, film studios at the start, information on the film, (e.g release date), voice over although not always used, etc.... An example of a combined convention teaser trailer would be Brothers Bloom a film i researched prior to making the film which contained features from both genres. Our media piece uses some typical conventions of these genres.
At the beginning of every trailer or film no matter what its status is, there is always a film or production logo. 'One way films' was the chosen name, having some relation to the film meaning, well, no return. The image used is a street sign - we thought it was most appropriate when making a film about typically English characters, also based in London, town streets would play a major part in our mise en scene.
The whole trailer was shot in black and white suggesting a dark and ominous undertone of the film in contrast with the titles following a traditionally British color scheme ( red , white and blue )possibly representing a brighter more humorous side. For our teaser trailer we made sure that our shots were quick and choppy keeping the audience intrigued and curious. We mainly used medium close up shots, long shots and establishing shots - to let the viewer know its set in England and not much else.
It challenges teaser conventions by not introducing a character at all as most of the shots are point of view shots - this was possibly one weakness of the trailer.
This created what is known as an enigma effect:
-A PUZZLING OR INEXPLICABLE OCCURRENCE OR SITUATION: his disappearance is an enigma that has given rise to much speculation.
-A PERSON OF PUZZLING OR CONTRADICTORY CHARACTER: to me he has always been an enigma, one minute completely insensitive, the next moved to tears.
We chose to shoot familiar scenes that people would see everyday so in some way they can relate, using iconic images such as a train and skyscrapers.
For example the low budget film 'Love on the heath' was very unknown was raved about within the surrounding areas of hampstead heath itself. Apart from a select few most teaser trailers have some sort of dialogue, however in our teaser trailer we chose not to include any dialogue as we thought that this might further exaggerate the mystery. Instead we decided to use writing to briefly inform the audience of a basic story line. The whole trailer was shot in black and white suggesting a dark undertone to the film or a sad reality, we counteracted this information with the bright color of the writing (colors associated with britain to indicate England = English film) this could imply that as well as sadness is comedy there to balance it out or even cover it up. The teaser trailer follows the story board exactly - this was not our initial idea but the shots are somewhat confusing further alienating the view as well as pulling them in. In our film we challenged most conventions of a crime comedy movie. However developed those conventions within a teaser trailer.
The music used in the trailer was somewhat quite unconventional for teaser trailers. Big budget films tend to use Big name tracks and example of this would be the films when in rome. Using 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry - Starstrukk and Fox on the run by the academy is however there aren't even lyrics in our song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTxURFMWRxg
The narrative of our film/teaser trailer however develops the convention of crime comedy. Every film has a build up to something and an issue the charcters need to overcome and most of the time there will be a romance. We have included all of these convemtions into our film and developed gthem by interlinking them together through just one character - Alice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWw0ov-cAUg - dark knight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXa82AuwHU - 2012
FILM POSTER
TEASER POSTER
The film poster is very simplistic much like the teaser trailer itself. It is very similar to the teaser trailer in the way that the image is black and white, possibly suggesting that the film has a dark undertone combined with the brightly colored title showing that there is some fun.
An example of a film poster like ours would be 'Harry Potter and the half blood prince' pictured above. The film doesnt even state the name of the film just - 'once again i must ask too much of your harry' and below HP6. They are able to do this as it is a worldwide sensation and everyone who saw the poster would know and although our film is unknown this convention of teaser posters is effective so was used.
'One way films' is a production company that was made up to give the film more credibility along with the 'In association with warner brothers' - a very well known name in the film industry lulling people into a sense of familiarness as they have already proven they produce good/great/amazing films. The lack of information adds to the feeling of enigma felt by the consumers along with their curiosity and need to know. The date however is kind of like the reassurance of when in fact you will find out instead of just not knowing.
there is a formal connection between film poster and traile uses still image from trailer as background image and the font is similar and one way productions in the corner.
The films poster was released early on in the advertisement campaign this is why there are still no characters connected or represented with the film. However by the time the film magazine interview has arrived the characters are well known due to film release.
FILM MAGAZINE COVER
Our magazine cover follows the conventions of a typical empire magazine cover. Using photoshop i was able to use the actual logo from the magazine to maintain its authenticity. On the magazine cover i believe we used a set color palette that complimented each other and that weren't clashing. The color scheme was intended to be Britannia colors - red, white, blue, - with an exception of the lord of the rings Blu-ray advertisement as our film is British. As the girls character in the film isn't introduced - intended as a mystery - we thought an interview would entice readers to want to know more and finally see the face of Alice. The composition of the picture is great. The stereotype dog for 'it' girls is combined with her unconventional rock chick style, cigarette in hand and messy bed covers with a Staten hat. The mise en scene is so varied it creates the character profile that we tried to portray in our film. Also following a format that most magazines regardless of their target audience would have is the writing, eye-catching, bold, variable fonts and different colors which i believe was done well.
The date is bigger that on usual magazines for no particular reason again we used it from another magazine to keep it authentic. The lord of the rings advertisement stands out from the whole cover. This was added to also follow the conventions of numerous advertisements within empire magazine.
An example of an Empire magazine cover to illustrate the conventions is pictured above. The variety of text fonts and sizes, the exclusive offer below, interview with a character from a film etc.
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