Tuesday 26 November 2013
Synopsis change
Over the past couple of weeks Claire and I have had many problems, most of these have been based around lack of time to do planning and finding actors that are free when we are. We have decided to change the plot as we feel that it wasn't strong enough for us to make a fast paced thriller trailer.
We have decided to keep key elements the same but change some to the thread of the story. I have attached a presentation of our new synopsis.
We have decided to keep key elements the same but change some to the thread of the story. I have attached a presentation of our new synopsis.
Thursday 21 November 2013
Setting photos
This is the path we are going to use for some the assassin shots. We thought it looked quite long and spooky and especially when its a little bit darker. Where all the tree's slope over it looks quite menacing and intimidating.
The stairs will be used for the scenes when the assassin is going to find Amelia. It uses leading lines to draw the eye up the stairs to the top. If we shot it more of a low angle it will make the stairs look longer and the top of them seem much more distant and high.
The front window can be used for when the assassin comes to the house, it can show him from both sides of this window and when your in the living room it feels very open to whoever is outside.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Casting characters
We have decided on a cast for our main characters. We have chosen them on how well they fit the character profiles and their acting ability as we feel these are the two most important things.
We have cast Jenny Stokell as Amelia as she fits the physical description and we know she will be able to act out this role well as she has been in our previous trailers (GCSE and practice trailer). She has an innocent appearance, she is also very intelligent which can relate to Amelia's intelligence. We know she will be reliable and be willing to come back if we have to re-film.
Although she doesn't quite fit the physical description we have decided to cast Emily Smith as Davina. She is a good actor as she is a performing arts student and is also reliable and will always perform to her best. She was in our practice trailer and even though she was a background character she performed well. She also has red hair so this could connote the danger, evil and blood from Davina.
We have cast our teacher, Ms Travers, as the news reporter. Again, she has been in one of our previous trailers and took the role seriously. As she is a teacher she dresses smart in business wear which is the type of outfit you would expect and news reporter to wear. As she is our media teacher we know she will take the role seriously as she wants to help us, we also know she will be dependable.
We are currently casting the assassin as we haven't found anyone who fit the character profile or is available for filming.
We have cast Jenny Stokell as Amelia as she fits the physical description and we know she will be able to act out this role well as she has been in our previous trailers (GCSE and practice trailer). She has an innocent appearance, she is also very intelligent which can relate to Amelia's intelligence. We know she will be reliable and be willing to come back if we have to re-film.
Although she doesn't quite fit the physical description we have decided to cast Emily Smith as Davina. She is a good actor as she is a performing arts student and is also reliable and will always perform to her best. She was in our practice trailer and even though she was a background character she performed well. She also has red hair so this could connote the danger, evil and blood from Davina.
We have cast our teacher, Ms Travers, as the news reporter. Again, she has been in one of our previous trailers and took the role seriously. As she is a teacher she dresses smart in business wear which is the type of outfit you would expect and news reporter to wear. As she is our media teacher we know she will take the role seriously as she wants to help us, we also know she will be dependable.
We are currently casting the assassin as we haven't found anyone who fit the character profile or is available for filming.
Tuesday 19 November 2013
News report
Claire has produced two news stories about Davina's background, this lets the audience know what happened without actually having to explain it in the trailer.
These pictures will only be shown very quickly and briefly though just so that the audience has time to look at the headline of the article. These will be shown at the start of the trialer.
These pictures will only be shown very quickly and briefly though just so that the audience has time to look at the headline of the article. These will be shown at the start of the trialer.
Text ideas for the trailer
As neither me or Claire are particularly confident with the text and fonts in iMovie we thought we'd experiment with a few ways of having the text.
We found that we would definitely have to cut down the length that the fonts are on the screen as 4 seconds seemed far to long especially for a fast paced teaser trailer.
I also think that we would need to experiment with different backgrounds and refer back to the deconstructions and the backgrounds they use. We also found that the text that filled the page look more effective than the text at the bottom of the page.
However I didn't think that any of the effects were particularly what we want so we need to change them a bit or find different ways of doing the effects.
We found that we would definitely have to cut down the length that the fonts are on the screen as 4 seconds seemed far to long especially for a fast paced teaser trailer.
I also think that we would need to experiment with different backgrounds and refer back to the deconstructions and the backgrounds they use. We also found that the text that filled the page look more effective than the text at the bottom of the page.
However I didn't think that any of the effects were particularly what we want so we need to change them a bit or find different ways of doing the effects.
Monday 18 November 2013
Character profiles
Me and Claire have developed 5 main characters which have vital parts in the trailer. On top of this we are also going to need some actors for smaller roles however these roles are only very brief and short roles therefore these characters don't have profile.
We are currently organising actors to play these roles as we realise the importance of getting together good actors as this makes a lot of difference to the trailer.
We are currently organising actors to play these roles as we realise the importance of getting together good actors as this makes a lot of difference to the trailer.
Tuesday 12 November 2013
GCSE Trailer analysis
Me and my partner Claire made a trailer in 2011 for a Horror film called the 'Ghost walk'
Looking back at this trailer now I see so many faults and things we could of changed and I also know the importance of a strong planning and research to produce a good trailer.
When making this trailer we had very little planning before we went and filmed, we had a very weak script and storyboard so a lot was improvised and I think this showed in the trailer. I know know that all this needs to be strong when going to film. We also used our friends as actors, not all of them were comfortable in front of camera and this came across. We also gave very little thought to costume of all the characters.
The range of shots we used were also all very similar and were mainly extreme long shots which was not conventional to horror movies at all. Our filming was also very unsteady and and the pans and tilts were wobbly and didn't flow very well.
However, from doing this trailer as well it has given us more experience and better knowledge of how to film a good trailer. I would rather have made mistakes then and be able to learn from them so we know how to make it better now.
Looking back at this trailer now I see so many faults and things we could of changed and I also know the importance of a strong planning and research to produce a good trailer.
When making this trailer we had very little planning before we went and filmed, we had a very weak script and storyboard so a lot was improvised and I think this showed in the trailer. I know know that all this needs to be strong when going to film. We also used our friends as actors, not all of them were comfortable in front of camera and this came across. We also gave very little thought to costume of all the characters.
The range of shots we used were also all very similar and were mainly extreme long shots which was not conventional to horror movies at all. Our filming was also very unsteady and and the pans and tilts were wobbly and didn't flow very well.
However, from doing this trailer as well it has given us more experience and better knowledge of how to film a good trailer. I would rather have made mistakes then and be able to learn from them so we know how to make it better now.
Synopsis
Me and Claire have written our synopsis for our film; we are going to pick out main parts of the synopsis to use in the trialer. However we don't want to tell the whole story as it needs the have an enigma but needs to tell enough for the story to make sense.
Thursday 7 November 2013
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