Saturday, 8 November 2014

Trailer Ideas

Idea 1:

Flatmate
- A new flatmate moves in
- Flatmate explains what happened to them
- Next day, rest of flatmates are awake setting up for party
- Flatmate gets up and sits on sofa, while rest of flatmates get ready and go about their day
- After several hours flatmate sits at table and collapses into cake, helped by other house mate but tried to bite them causing rest of house to run away and hide in another room
- One flatmate receives a text about news on twitter, realise whats happened to flatmate
- Prepare by making shields and weapons from flatmates room
- Escape out of bedroom to find flatmate/zombie has barricaded door
- Raid house for weapons and food while zombie is out of sight
- Zombie attacks one of them and fight begins
- Hide in bathroom
- Flashes of them trying to escape all night and fighting zombie without killing her, and some friends trying to come in for party but no success

Idea 2:

 Veggie
-  A girl’s coming from somewhere whilst eating fruit/veg
-  A zombie attacks and bites her , she fights and enters the house in panic and drops to sleep from being bitten
-Next morning, the bitten person’s friend is watching news about the zombie virus and zombie friend walks out to living room(they live together)
- Friend realises zombie friend has the virus and runs to get a knife from the kitchen
-Instead, zombie is vegetarian and instead targets the fruit/veg and indulges in them
-The friend and zombie friend live “normal lives,” (throw parties, take selfie’s etc)
- Zombie friend meets another zombie who is a flesh eater and is eating meat
-Shows them smiling at each and close ups of them running fast to meet each other (right in front of each other)
-But establishing shot shows how slow they are running because they’re zombies!
- Zombie insists  her she eats meat/flesh but bitten zombie gets sick a few times from trying in
-  Eventually bitten zombie gets a high from eating meat and pursues in trying to bite their friend

Idea 3:

 Veggie
-Girl watching TV about the virus on the news (home alone)
-Become immensely fearful when she hears the door trying to open
- She runs with fear to get a weapon (bat)
-Turns out to be her roommate
- They both watch the news about the virus but order food
- Thinking the food has arrived, girl number one opens the door  but it’s actually their other friend who is now a zombie
-Zombie chases her into the kitchen where girl number one grabs a knife
- Turns out the zombie is vegetarian and indulges herself with fruit/veg instead on biting her
- They go on as usual (parties, sleepover’s etc)
- Zombie friend experiments and tries meat when home alone
- When friends return, not concerned, they see she’s eaten meat and are alarmed
-Zombie friend aims toward girl number two faints and zombie bites her
-Girl number one runs and tries to escape zombie to save her life

Sunday, 5 October 2014

Assignment 7: BBFC & Ratings


SELF ASSESSMENT






PEER ASSESSMENT







TEACHER ASSESSMENT







GRADE

The grade I received for this task was     ____.     

This is    below   /   on   /   above    my target grade of a             .


MRI/
TARGETS
My response is that I need to do the following to improve: 

·         Reason 1
·         Reason 2
·         Reason 3


Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Assignment 6: Trailer Exhibition Research

1. What's  the purpose of trailers?
  • The purpose of trailers are to tease the audience by showing the most important parts of the film but without revealing to much information so that the audience want to go watch the film.

2. How do audiences watch trailers? Give examples – it’s a big range!





  • On YouTube
  • On the Tv
  • On Most Social Media Sites
3. Where do audiences go and what type of platforms do audiences use to watch trailers?
How do audiences engage with trailers?
  • Audiences go onto the internet and they will interact with many different trailers whether it be on a social media site or on youtube.
  • The engagement that audiences have with trailers is positive because they can share it via facebook or re-tweet it on twitter.

4. What is the relationship between exhibition platforms for trailers and audiences; are certain platforms for certain types of audiences?) 
  • Most audiences will be able to watch every trailer as all trailers will be rated U this is due to the fact that children could easily go online and have access to all trailers meaning that if the trailer was rated 18 they could have access to it.
  • A film that is targeted for children may be shown on social media sites in order for parents or family members to be able to see them but most likely they'll be shown on tv where the children have more access to them.

5. How do institutions encourage audiences to ‘investigate’ a film’s details.
  • Usually at the end of each trailer they will promote the release date and the film site which will have competitions games qnd more background information about the making if the film, and they also have a section where people will be able to rate the film

6. Explain the role of social media for trailers  (advantages/disadvantages) 
  • Advantages:
  • A lot of people interact with social media sites (theres a bigger chance to watch the trailer)
  • Audiences can access the trailer easier they can share it between their friends and share their own personal opinion
  • Disadvantages:
  • Everyone has access meaning that children have an easier way of watching a trailer which they may like but then the film will be rated 15 or 18 which is above their age rate
  • Some people may share negative comments about the trailer which other people will see and may begin to have the same opinion (this could have a big impact at the box office if bad reviews are being shared)

7. Imagine trailers could not be exhibited via social media, what impact would this have on audiences and institutions? 
  • The impact that this would have on audiences would be that it wouldn't be as easy for them to watch the trailers and for the institution would not have as much audience because they would have to research it themselves.
  • The audiences would not be able to interact with the film by going on the film site and playing games and competitions through having seen the trailer.   
8. How has the exhibition of trailers changed over time?
  •  Before trailers used to be quite straight forward and just show the important parts in the film, but nowadays they go to a different extent for example they prank real life people and have actors playing along just to have better reactions.
  • Also nowadays trailers give the audiences bigger enigmas which will make them watch the film.
9. How are trailers rated and regulated?  What institution is responsible for rating trailers?  How is this different from the whole film?
  • Trailers don't have a rating because of easy access from children. meaning that if they were rated it would restrict the audience amount and also children would be able to watch a trailer that is not adequate to their age.
10. How does the rating of film trailers affect a range of audiences? 
  •  Films are rated differently in each country depending on the language used, violence, sex scenes



11. Identify or explain any other issues you think are important about exhibition of film trailers.
 
  • The producers are so keen to make the audience watch the film so they reveal to much enigmas and show to much information which makes me not want to watch the whole film as it has been ruined.


Friday, 5 September 2014

Assignment 1: A2 Student Trailer Research/Analysis

Disturbed
WWW: Good use of transitions at the beginning (showing time pass by). The setting was appropriate and well thought for the trailer.
EBI: There was some non-diegetic music in the middle as it becomes boring. Some issues with sound being echoey.
INSPIRATIONAL:I really liked the camera effect which made it seem like it was cctv watching them. I really liked the mirror scene and how they portrayed by fading to back then to the girl.
GRADE:C2

Vendetta
WWW: The beginning was good as it allowed the audience to understand hat was going on from the start.
The use of black and white during the flashbacks was effective as it shows the audience that it is in the past
EBI: There was dialogue
INSPIRATIONAL: The voiceover was very effective throughout as it explained the whole story
GRADE:3c


The 11th Day
WWW: The use of camera angle and movement were very effective especially when he jumps over the fence
I thought that the CGI's used were very effective as they made all the explosions seem very realistic 
EBI: Some of the dialogue was more clear
INSPIRATIONAL: I found that the news report on the TV made the trailer seem very realistic
GRADE:3b

The Marksman
WWW: The beginning was good as the voiceover was playing before any image, therefore the audience knew what was happening before even seeing anything.
EBI: The use of camera was still (some bits are to shaky)
INSPIRATIONAL: The use of point of view when the boy shoots the other one
GRADE:2a/3c


The Comedown
WWW:I found the voiceover at the beginning of the trailer very effective as it allowed the audience to understand what the boy was going through.
I found that the titles at the end were very well put in as it fit the trailer perfectly.
EBI: The fighting scene was more natural (made the punching sound more realistic)
INSPIRATIONAL: The shot of the zoom in of the boy taking the tablet was really effective because its a big part of the whole trailer and its much more effective rather than it being a whole body shot
GRADE:2a/3c


The Paralysis
WWW:I found the storyline very effective a child is the main character showing that the child is more vulnerable.
I found that the use of volume control of the non diegetic sound effect  when the image appears was really well used as it makes the audience jump.
EBI: The ending could have been more effective and improved.
INSPIRATIONAL: I really like the good use of volume control
GRADE:3c


Thursday, 4 September 2014

Filming Techniques




This video taught me all the different camera angles and different techniques i can use to make my filming better.




This video taught me how to film a driving in a car scene without actually driving a car.

Trailers

Another Cinderella Story (2008)

This is a comedy/romance/musical
I find this trailer very effective because it’s a modern re-make of Cinderella.

Monster-In-Law (2005)

This is a comedy.
i find this trailer effective because there is a reinforced stereotype of mothers in laws being evil and that is clearly portrayed in this trailer. 
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

This is action/comedy/crime.
I found this trailer effective because the hybrid of subgenres all fit in very well and are well presented in the trailer.
Action and comedy is used as the main character is an FBI.
Comedy is used because she goes undercover and she is a pageant queen and a FBI which don't usually mix.

4 Weddings And A Funeral (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JMuyzm3JRU

This is comedy/drama/romance
The voiceover is very effective as it explains each character and is also very comic
The titles are very brief but they explain each scene

Hamburger Hill (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8JsqTcZoc

This is a drama/war/action
the non-diegetic sound effects of the machine guns were very realistic

America Sweethearts (2001)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMwLLQsCzPo

This is a comedy/romance

The storyline is very interesting
The non-diegetic score music fits in perfectly

My Chosen Subgenre Is Drama

The purpose of a drama film is usually to move the audience emotionally, this happens when the story is intense and the audience can relate to it by relating to the characters and situations being put in place.

1)City Of Angels (1998)

This is a drama/fantasy/romance.
What I found interesting about this trailer was the whole story line, because the "angels" are there but they are only visible by the audience, therefore the shots and different camera angels used were very specific in order to make it obvious that only we could see them.


2)17 Again (2009)


This is a drama/comedy/fantasy.
This has a really different story line to other films, as he goes back in time as a person but still lives in the same year, making him a new person to everyone around him.

3)Circle Of Lies (2012)


This is a drama.
I liked the fact that its a high school setting, meaning that its easier to relate with.
The meaning behind this trailer is to not trust your friends.

4)Preacher's Kid (2010)



This is a drama.
This trailer is very effective as it has a deep meaning behind it which is the fact that at the end of the day whatever happens family will never give up on you even when everyone else does.


Thursday, 10 July 2014

Model With Tattoos

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Bride And Groom On Dark Beach


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Bride And Groom On The Beach

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Half Tanned Model

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Half Orange Dress

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Light Pink Dress

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Half Pink Roses


Blue Eye To Green Eye

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Fixed Red Eye

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Crisp Wedding Balloons

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Black And White Model Face

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Cropped Bride And Groom

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Monday, 30 June 2014

Trailer, Poster And Magazine Ideas




Exam Poster

Mischief Night Poster

Paranormal Activity 3 Poster


Thriller/Horror Fim Magazines:
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3




Saturday, 28 June 2014

Research For Bridging Task

SAW 1: I find this trailer is effective because its in no particular order


EXAM:I find this trailer effective due to its story line being very different and unique

 

THE PURGE:I find it effective because it puts people in real life situations

 

EXORCIST:I find it effective as it plays with night and day (light and dark)

 

MISCHIEF NIGHT: I find this trailer effective due to the story line and the characters situations making it more tense

 

THE AMITYVILLE HORROR:I find this trailer effective because its based on true events

 

HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET:I find this trailer extremely effective because the tension rises throughout the trailer causing tension

 

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3:I find this trailer effective at it is mostly handheld camera (home footage) making the filming more intense and realistic

 

 NOW YOU SEE ME:I find this trailer effective because many different events are happening to cause one big issue

 

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS: I find this trailer effective because they play with life and death

Thursday, 19 June 2014

Remake Of Film Poster And Magazine

Remake Of Poster 
Original Poster

Original Film Magazine Cover 
Remake Of Film Magazine Cover 



Thursday, 12 June 2014

Film Posters And Film Magazines

Film Posters

Finding Nemo- this poster is effective because it shows that merlin and dory (small fish) are vulnerable and it shows that the shark is stronger than them but then in the film everyone becomes friends.
Enchanted- i find this poster effective because it shows both the good and the evil at the same time 
Snow White- i find the fact that it has 2 images in 1 very effective 
127 hours- this poster shows a great part of the story through a simple picture
Film Magazines



Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer media and edited by Mark Dinning. Its first issue was launched in 1989.Empire is populist in both approach and coverage. It reviews both mainstream films and art films, but feature articles concentrate on the former.
Premiere was an American and New York City-based film magazine published by Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., between 1987 and 2007. The original version of the magazine, Première, was established in France in 1976 and is still being published there

Total Film-  is a UK-based film magazine published 13 times a year (every four weeks) by future publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features.