Tuesday 27th September

Today me and Jo filmed the our last shots of our trailer. We managed to film some pretty gory shots, using blood and knifes etc. It took alot of shots to get the final shot perfect. Finally we have finshed filming our trailer and now the hard part begins! editing it!

Tuesday 20th September 2011

Today we started filming our trailer. We started the the beginning of the trailer, where the front door is shaking. Then it swicthes ot he letter box flapping.  All these seperate sohts make it look very effective and interesting. We also filmed the man in the mask at the front of the door, which suddenly slams his hand and on the door. Also we filmed the shot in the mirror where the actor seems 'boo' written the mirror. She acts scared and screams.

Me and my partner have written down a list of shots and edits that we have to do for the coming tuesday. We have a couple of shots to do on tuesday. We are hoping to get our last main shot filmed on tuesday. Our last main shot is when the victim is tide up in the cupboard and she is screaming. Apart from that the other shots, are quick shots which wont take to long to do. So far I think our trailer is going very well and we hope to have it finshed very soon!

CREATING/FILMING MY TRAILER

My Questionnaire- My Primary research

I am have created and produced a questionnaire which I have given out t a number of my peers. From this I gathered evidence which is defiantly going to help me make my trailor.

Researching Horror Music

For my media trailer I would like to use certain horror music e.g scary noises/ screams etc. I have looked on youtube and have found a couple of really good sound clips of scray music. I am hoping to use these in my trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNAwkulMF0&feature=related - Example 1- This music is very scary eery. It is constant scary sounds throughout. This is one of my favourtie peices.

Other Examples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLi6RrZodRU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiWxMYSaVRQ&feature=related

Working with a partner

I have decided to create my teaser trailer with one of my close friends. We have a very good realationship and will work very well together. We have started to make mind maps and mood boards of our ideas for our trailer, which I will be scanning into my blog. I am also now beginning to put together a qestionnaire.

My target audience

I want to target my teaser trailer at ages between 16-19. I am going to make my teaser trailer quite scary and real life, this way any age younger it may scare them. To help understand what my target audience like, understand and want to see in a teaser trailer, I am going to be creating a questionnaire! I will being asking questions all about teaser trailer's and asking various questions that have outcomes which will help me to make my trailer interesting.

What is a teaser trailer?

A teaser campaign is an advertising campaign which typically consists of a series of small, cryptic, challenging advertisements that anticipate a larger, full-blown campaign for a product launch or otherwise important event. These advertisements are called "teasers" or "teaser ads". A teaser trailer is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming film, television program, video game or similar, usually released long in advance of the product, so as to "tease" the audience.
Movie teasers, unlike typical theatrical trailers, are usually very short in length (between 30–60 seconds) and usually contain little, if any, actual footage from the film. Sometimes, it is merely a truncated version of a theatrical trailer. Tester trailers are usually only made for big-budget and popularly themed movies. Their purpose is less to tell the audience about a movie's content than simply to let them know that the movie is coming up in the near future, and to add to the hype of the upcoming release. Teaser trailers are often made while the film is still in production or being edited and as a result they may feature scenes or alternate versions of scenes that are not in the finished film. Other ones (notably Pixar films) have scenes made for use in the trailer only. Teaser trailers today are increasingly focused on internet downloading and the convention circuit


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaser_campaign

My decided task

As I have decided to choose the teaser trailer task, I now have to start thinking of my teaser trailer. I need to think about location, actors, makeup and props.


BRAINSTORM
Location- House, street, road
Actors- Joanne
Editing- slow motion, cut in shots, rewinding, eye zoom, black and white to colour etc!
Props: fake blood, wooden chair, horror makeup

Research- Horror teaser trailer 2

This  teaser trailer is promoting the film ‘ The Exorcism Of Emily Rose’. This trailer is showing  the audience the background story. It is about a girl who is being possessed by the ‘devil’ which then they have to perform an exorcism.  The first shot is of an white house in the snow, the music is very scary which already creates a dramatic effect. The screen shot that says ‘based on a true story’ this is a very big effect on the audience as it makes them feel more scared because they are being told its true! The choice of the characters name is very good clever, as I think  the name ‘Emily Rose’ is very mysterious. The quick shot that shows Emily looking very scary is a good shot, as before the screen is black so your not expecting it. The music that builds up  in-between each shot it very good also as it builds up a great effect of tension. The one bit which I really think is great it the heart beat effect, this really gets the audiences heart beating! And gets them scared! There are lots of little bits in this trailer which make it effective from  fast shots, to sound effects! Overall I believe the teaser trailer is one of  the best I have seen so far.

Research- Horror teaser trailer 1

As I have decided to make a film trailer based on a Horror genre, I now have to research some Horror trailers off of YouTube.

This  teaser trailer is promoting the film ‘The strangers’. This trailer is very good and leaves me sitting on the end of my seat. The things I like about this trailer is the way at the beginning  it creates a sense of security, showing the man and the women at the beginning all happy and relaxed. You don’t expect anything to go wrong.  I also like the way the shots speed up, this creates tension! Also In this trailer I like the way  the lights are always dark, there’s never a bright scene. Leaving  the lights always dark during the trailer creates an effect of tension  and defiantly leaves me feeling scared! The background song which is a diagetic sound is very clever. As the actors in the film are being watched/tortured by people in mask’s its as if they are being chased. The music played it called ‘Run Rabbit’ which emphasises this, as if the victims are being chased and trying to escape. I like the heading of this film as it again emphasises  the strange people trying to break in and kill the married couple. I will be hoping to use some ideas from this teaser trailer in my own one!

Research- Film magzine poster 3

This magazine is called ‘Movie’ and is promoting the film called ‘The Truman Show’. Personally I don’t like this magazine very much. Its very dull and not eye catching. The colour are bright but it doesn’t catch my eye. I don’t like the font of the heading and I don’t like the way the its lines through the writing. I don’t like that picture of Jim Carrey on the front is its not very exciting. Its very old fashioned. I don’t like the way there is another colour round the pink text, I think it looks a bit tacky, I also don’t like the green colour of the heading  I would not choose to use any ideas for magazine cover  from this magazine.

Research- Film magazine poster 2

This magazine is called ‘Total Film’ and it is promoting ‘Alice in Wonderland’. The colours on this are very good. The purple and orange are very bright! Again the poster is very busy which makes it very eye catching and readable! I also like the way the picture of Johnny Depp  is in front of the title! It makes it look very real life and interesting.  I like the way it was other headings and titles of other films! I like this film poster very much and hope to use some ideas from this magazine! The only thing I dislike about this magazine is how the bar code is on the edge of the magazine, it makes it like really squashed. I think when I make my magazine it needs to be very busy and full of information and colour!

Research- Film magazine cover 1

This magazine is called ‘Empire’. It is promoting  Harry Potter. The magazine front cover itself is very bold and eye catching. Its very busy and looks like there is a lot going on, which makes it look exceptionally good. The bold heading in red really stand out as the other text is in grey white and yellow. The picture at the bottom of the magazine looks really effective as the characters are popping out of the picture. This magazine defiantly  makes me want to buy it and read inside it.  The only thing I don’t like about this magazine if the writing on the ‘V’ of the M. Also I don’t like the way stars (*)  are used. I think it looks a bit tacky.    

My Research- Film poster 3

This film poster advertises the Exorcism of Emily Rose. The colours in this poster are very eerie. The colours consist ot white, which could be linked to a ghost figure, dark red which can symbolise blood. All the colours in which can be realated to this theme of a horror genre. The misty effect is very effective as it makes the audience uncertain of what’s behind  the tree.  It makes the audience want to no more about the film/ Also where the character  is not facing the front makes the audience a bit uneasy as what the character looks like. It denotes again the horror genre of not knowing what the character looks like! TThe word 'Exorcism' is written in capital letters, which again stands out to the audiences eyes. The word Exorcism itself is linked to horror, devil and spritual beilefs which is scary enough. You can tell from one look that the Film Poster that it is horror genre and this is cruital for a film poster. I hope when I create my film poster that people can tell that my genre is horror. I like this poster very much and hope to use ideas from this poster in my own film poster.  Overall this is one of my favourite posters as I have no negative comments about it.

My Research- Film Poster 2

This film poster advertises the famous 'Texas Chain Massacre'. The poster itself is very dark which created tenions and horror.  The picture of the person is very faint which makes the audience a feel a bit uneasy about what the character is. The background being dark also makes the picture more apparant. Again as the bakgroundc is ompletely black this makes the  picture of the man is very blurred, which created an atmosphere that the man himself doesnt want to me seen. This makes the audience un easy and confused. The white writing stands out  and this catches the audiences attention and makes the audience read the writing. The I like this very as the writing stands out very well and the background is simple but bold. The picture of just the man is very simple but is very effective. The dark area around his eyes denote a sense of horror. Not being able to see the mans eyes adds to the effect of not knowing his identity. The only thing that I dislike about this poster is that there is hardly any colour involved, in which is comes across a bit dull and boring. It may not be eye catching for the audience and people may not stop to look at it. Although I do like the idea of the dark background and the light coloured picture it does go across a bit full. Although They contrast against one another and it does work well, the colours are slightly boring but it does work. I will hope to use idea of dark background and light coloured writing and picture for my Film Poster 

  

My Research- Film Poster 1

For my  task I will be creating my trailer, but also I Will be needing to create a film poster. I will be doing my research on various film poster magazines which I will find on goggle. I Will be focusing on colour, titles, text and the picture itself to help me create my own Film Poster.

This poster is the poster the advertises the film, 'Nightmare on Elm Street'. The colours on this poster are very defined and dark. The colour consists of reds, browns, oranges and whites all to enhance the character himself and also the 'horror' genre. The writing is is red and white. The red writing can symbolise blood and also can symbolise attention and the action to 'stop'. The effect of the film title being bigger than the over text defiantly draws the audiences eyes to it. The picture itself is very effect. Freddie himself who is the evil character in the film, his eye site is facing down and the hat is covering his face. The denotes a sense of hidden secrecy, of hidden overall. It makes the audience want to see whats underneath the hat, and to see whats being hidden. Also he gesture with his hands are effect, his hands and cross and he knife finger on his right hands is his weapon. His hands being crossed creates a 'job done' effect. It makes him seen harmless and not afraid of anything. There is a light behind his head makes the audience want to also see whats behind him. It denotes a sense of him in the dark, and him being an evil character, and behind him is light and life like. Overall I think that this poster is very scary and advertises the film very good. As I have seen this film it fits with the genre very well. Also bellow the film title the date on the film coming out if written. All these little extra bits help the film poster very successful!

What is a film poster?

A movie poster is a poster used to advertise a film. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature photographs of the main actors. Prior to the 1990s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on movie posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tag line, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poster

SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!

During the summer holidays it was are task to start creating and making or chosen task. I finally decided to create a teaser trailer genred at horror. I had to start thinking about a lot of things! I had to come up with a believable story line and also one that would leave the audience on the end of their seats. I had to start thinking about actors, the set, makeup! I found this very hard but I managed to get there! Most of all I  had too purchase a video recorder to film it all on! My story line that I chosen is something that scares me! It has been done in alot of horror movies and I decided to be creative and have ago at creating a similar but different story line myself. My first shot, is a door shaking as if someone wants to come in but is not welcome, the door then starts to shake alot more stronger. During this shot I will be having words/sentences coming up on the screen aimed to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. E.g 'At night when your home alone, there's always someone not welcome' 'However hard you tell yourself that know ones not there..... what happens if there is?' these are not the exact line but i would like something like this, this will be the beginning of my trailer! I have a lot more things to do and add into my trailer but this is the beginning. I hope my trailer will be as scary and as good as I hope it will be! Since the holidays are over, I will now be concentrating more on the work and also the making of my trailer!