List of Shots

There are certain shots that we will need for our film, below there are some examples of the type of shots that we will use;


To create suspense and mystery in the audience i will have some close ups of the weapons used by our antagonist. They will not necessarily be bloodied and will probably be concealed by some sort of shadow or darkness.



We want to have some quick fast paced shots of our antagonist as a silhouette. This will allow us to keep him hidden and keep the audience 'on their toes'.

Trading Cards

These are trading cards based on media regulators.
David Buckingham

David Gauntlett

Dafna Lemish
Sonia livingstone
Martin Barker

Risk assessment

In terms of permission etc, there is no risk factors at all. The music that have used and the images are all original and copyright free.
There is some risk though with certain items such as props. Obviously we want our film trailer to be as realistic as possible and it is therefor a possibility that we use a real weapon. There are some precautions that we will take to avoid any injuries for example we will not have shots of a weapon being used or swung, but merely carried by our antagonist.
Another risk would be the use of vehicles, although i am certified to drive legally there is always a danger when vehicles are involved. To again avoid any injuries to ourselves or others we want to have as minimal use of the vehicles as possible and also keep an adult/parent available at all times.

Casting

We only wish to have the one character in our Teaser Trailer, the Antagonist.
He will be played by Harry Baker, the co-director/creator of our work. He is the best choice as it means we do not have to rely on any other people for scheduling etc. He will be wearing a largish coat to cover up his figure and the audience will also never see his face. We came to this decision because of the amount of suspense that it will leave in the audience. Creating suspense is vital in a teaser trailer because it subconsciously pushes the audience to go out and see the film.


Above you can see a screen shot after filming of how Harry looks in his longest on screen shot. We can see the coat, the axe and the light coming from behind him. This causes him to become a silhouette and adds to the mystery.

Reaction to animatic/storyboard

One of the biggest bits of feedback we could use was that we didn't manage to meet our aim. We set out in the beginning with the aim of creating something that would give a realistic initial idea. This was not met for a number of reasons. There was no titles, sound, slogans etc. So it looked just looked like some images on a power point, which is what it basically was. What we have now decided to do is to film some actual and original footage and make an initial mock up to then get a better idea of how it works.

Animatic Storyboard

We decided to do our story board in the form of Clipart style. We find that this gives us a much more realistic and better idea of how the film is going to look. Although it can be helpfull to have a drawn story board, i find that they cannot give a full sense of what it will look like.

Animatic type thing

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Proposed Film Concept

The original idea we had for our teaser trailer came in a series of events showing the inevitable disaster of a cal and loving relationship.
Here is the basic plot lay out of our idea;
1) A calm smooth opening showing a couple picnicking with a beautiful country side view.
2) A kidnapper arrives and takes the wife after attacking and knocking the man unconscious.
3) The husband's inevitable realisation occurs with no help being offered from the local constabulary.
4) Against all his better wishes he decides to take revenge and find his girlfriend
5) The husband rescues his girlfriend and the they let the happy times role on.

This is somewhat similar to Todorov's Theory of Narrative;Todorov's theory is a basic structure for all narratives. In this theory he states that films and programmes all begin with an equilibrium, a calm period. Then agents of disruption cause disequilibrium (something bad happens, in my case the man's girlfriend gets kidnapped), a period of un-settlement and disquiet (His realisation of this and his struggle to cope). This is then followed by a renewed state of peace and harmony for the protagonists and a new equilibrium brings the chaos to an end.(Our Antagonist taking revenge for his girlfriend's kidnapping)

Teaser Trailer research

All of the teaser trailers that we researched are shown below. (using YouTube)
They all share similar conventions such as the quick fades in and out of black, dialogue over the black cut scenes and also some text, i.e. production companies, slogans etc. The only issue that occurs is with the teaser trailer for 'Shutter Island'; the time length is too long and it also gives too much away about the plot of the film. This is more like trailer than a teaser trailer.
One of the most common conventions and key ideas of the heading "Teaser Trailer" is the word 'Teaser'. The whole point of a teaser trailer is that it teases you without giving too much, if any, of the plot away. This means that clips will be arranged out of chronological order mixed in with fades, titles, dramatic music and dialogue all with the aim of building suspense in the audience to make them want to find out what they just saw was all about.

Shutter Island:

Scream 4:

Saw 3D:

Film Classification

The film we are making for our coursework, to give it a sense of authenticity, will be given a age classification by us. For example, in the film there may be scenes of extreme violence, which will automatically notch it up to an 18, yet there is no sexual activity or deviance in the film what so ever which, depending on the amount of violence and whether it is considered sadistic, could possibly be see as a 15.
Other characteristics of our film would be that there may be some swearing involved, more to give it a dramatic effect rather than for our own amusement.
Quoted from the BBFC website, "Horror; Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised." This means that the film itself will have to be an 18 because of the amount of violence that would be in a full length feature film. The fact that we are only making a trailer means that there well be a lot less violence seen, it will more allude to violent acts, would mean that the trailer would in fact be a 15.

Brief from A2 Specification

New Magazine cover

Taking my focus group comments into account, i have edited the first draft of my magazine cover, and created my final copy.

Focus Groups

I held a focus group meeting to gain opinions on my magazine cover. i did this in the hope that i could make my magazine cover a lot better. Here is a list of the elements that they recommended i change:

1)Include other stories down the side on the left showing what else inside the magazine.
2)Edit the main headline using certain effects like embossing, giving it more shadow etc. This will make it stand out and more noticeable to the reader.
3)Include a competition prize etc. Once again this makes the magazine seem more realistic.
4)Include a price. This is because without a price, the reader cannot buy the magazine. One of the most important factors in creating an authentic magazine cover.

The focus group seemed to have the same opinion that the magazine cover was good as a starting point but they seemed to see it more as a work in progress.

First Draft Magazine

The image to the left is a test magazine cover for the Masthead. The point of this was to try and discover how a masthead should look on a magazine cover, for example the head of Batman slightly covering some of the words, the fact that is has a slight shadow and is embossed a bit. These are all typical aspects of a magazine masthead to make it look more authentic.


The image below is my first attempt at creating a full magazine cover. It involves the main headline, an edited picture and a masthead, a bar code and a magazine slogan.

Magazine Research

This is taking a look into the typical aspects of a magazine cover. One thing i noticed is that the masthead is always on the top of the magazine and is in bold bright lettering contrasting with the background it is on.
As you can see in this picture, Jason Statham's head is printed over the masthead. This could be due to the fact that Men's Health is such a popular magazine that they can get away with people not being able to see the whole magazine cover.
Now this is different in this magazine cover, possibly because the title of the magazine is a lot smaller than that of others and Brad Pitt's head is such a size for the cover that it would have no need to cover the title, as he is such a cult icon and is widely recognised. Another noticeable trait of magazine covers is the main headline is much larger and centered to show that it is the main feature of this issue. As you can see with both of the magazine covers there are other headlines printed down the side of the magazine. These are a lot smaller and not as bold as the main headline as, obviously, they are not as important. Below you can see a diagram which showsthe typical aspects of a magazine cover. Looking at this you can also see the main features and where they are placed.


Also below you can see a diagram showing the typical "Z" layout of a magazine cover. As in the western world we read from right to left, it is only natural that we follow this pattern when designing a magazine cover.