Magazine front cover

Movie Poster Layout

This is the layout for my movie poster it is a very simple layout because of the research I have done on different horror posters such as: the Strangers, Saw and The Devil Inside they all mainly focus on the main image of the film so this is what I want to incorporate within my movie poster and in the majority of them they either have the main characters and the villain or just the villain.

Glenburn Location: Approval Letter

Prop List: Glenburn

In our film “Glenburn” we will require different props this is to make the film come to life and be more thrilling and also it will make the film look more realistic.  

The main prop we will need is a plain white mask (as shown in the image below), this is the most important prop because it hides the identity of the villain away and leaves that mystery of who is behind the mask, all three of the villains will be wearing the same type of mask with different emotions on the mask.

The next prop we require is simple every villain needs a weapon and in this case we have decided that the perfect weapon for our villain is a machete, this is to give our film the more sadistic feel to it e.g. Jason and more gore to the film, we will be borrowing this prop from one of our friends, and it will be used safely and for filming purposes only.

                                                              

The next prop is another weapon for the second villain and this is a simpler but effective weapon this is a baseball bat, now this is easier to get hold of, we already have a wooden baseball bat, this is a better weapon because it is easier to manoeuvre and use.

The third and final prop is another weapon for the third villain this is another simple weapon but smaller and easier to hide, it is a knife now this is a good effective weapon because the villain can move quietly in the darkness and not be heard and then pounce on their prey and strike quickly with the knife.

Character Profiles

These four friends have grown up with each other all live close to each other came up through primary school together came through high school together they do everything  together.

Issac-(Played by Joe Westall)
This character is part of the main group the film will be about, now Issac is the more realistic one in the group he likes to think things through first before jumping into anything so in the group before doing anything stupid he thinks of the consequences of what might happen, Issac is a family person has a big family and enjoys spending time with them all he has; Mum, Dad, two Sisters, Brother and 13 cousins and 14 Aunties and Uncles so he has a big family, he is also a big animal lover with having such a big family the majority of them have pets such as dogs and cats, Issac himself has 3 dogs which he adores.  A little bit about Issac he puts every one first instead of himself he is a very kind and caring person he will think of others before himself this is what probably helped him in getting his girlfriend which has been with now for about 3 years he treats every one with respect he never thinks low of others, he is a very sociable person likes to be involved with his mates as much as possible and do loads together go out cause mischief etc.

Teddy-(Played by Liam Rabbette)
Now Teddy is more of the chilled laid back one in the group he just goes with the flow, Teddy doesn't really have a big family he is an only child so he likes to hang out with his mates because he hates being alone his dad left him was he was 5 so his mum has raised him up on his own with out re marrying so he loves going out with his mates, Teddy is a member of a band called flight of the eagle he is the lead guitarist he is really into his music it is his passion, Teddy is very streetwise he knows all the tricks of the trade.  He will do whatever his mates do he is not worried about consequences or events that might happen, his main trait within the group is that he is that he has no fear he will do anything and that is seen highly from his friends.

Peter-(Played by Tom Parr)
Peter is the cool character of the group he is the person that in school every one knows who he is and wants to be him, Peter has a small family mum and dad and little sister he is really close to his sister he looks out for her all the time if their is any trouble at school or if she is being bullied he is the first to be their and sort it out, he doesn't like resorting to violence he always sees different way to sort out situations without resorting to violence, he is a person which is always up for a laugh and looks out for his friends however there is another side to Peter were sometimes he likes to be on his own a be a lone wolf and none of his friends question this. Peter is a very logical person he looks at things fro every point before making a decision and can spot a stupid idea from one of his makes and can understand quickly is an idea will work or not.

Luke-(Played by Max Schofield)
Luke is kind of the idiot of the group it starts from the fact that Luke has an average family mum and dad, little sister and a older brother, now he looks up to his older brother as a role model his older brother is mates with every one gets all the girls, an Luke wants to be like him so he tries copy his personality to his failure, Luke is very cocky and sometimes this gets into trouble because he doesn't know when to keep his mouth shout and his friends have pulled him out of some in-tension situations before, he is a loud person and doesn't really care what people think of him, he has a major flaw that he never thinks things through and has no common sense he just jumps into things before thinking and then realizes he has got himself into a mess and its up to his mates to get him out of it, he has abusive banter which can sometimes get out of control and cause arguments between the group but he looks out for his mates, however their is another side to Luke the real side when things start to get tension he acts like he is not scared and he is big and tough but in matter of fact he is petrified of most things but he doesn't let other people see but his friends know this side of him.

Copyright Letter

                                                                                                                         Deyes High School

                                                                                                                                           Deyes Lane

                                                                                                                                           Maghull

                                                                                                                                           L31 6DE

                                                                                                                                      0151 526 6109

                                                                                                                           www.emptywebprod.co.uk

 

Dear EA

We are in year 13 and are currently producing are year 13 course task which is to create a film trailer, the genre we have decided to use is horror and we believe that the song “Twinkle Twinkle little Star” from your very successful game Dead Space we are requesting if we could use this song in the trailer we can guarantee that no profit will be made from the making from this trailer and fully accept your terms and conditions, we look forward to hearing from you.

 Regards

Empty Web Productions

Story Boards: So Far

These are our story boards we have created at the moment to show our trailer.

Asylum: Logline

This is the log line for the film we have created.  This is just to sum the film up in a few lines.

"Mystified by its dark past and its horrifying stories, four curious teenagers enter and are hunted by a greater evil than anticipated, within the walls of the Asylum."

Production Name: Empty Web Productions

 

When our thinking of our production name we thought of different things that scared us and branched of ideas to do with the object then selected on of them to take further and this was Spiders so we created the name Empty Web Productions.

 

Location: Glenburn Skem

Me ,Joe and Tom went to this school in Skelmersdale this is our location we have decided to use in our Horror trailer "Glenburn".

 

 

 

Synergy within marketing

 

Synergy  within marketing of a film, synergy is important for different reasons and they all contribute to the success of the film, when a film is first coming out they also bring other things to drip feed information to the potential customer so what they introduce is a film poster and also a trailer because this gives information to the customer not too much to ruin the film but not too little but when they introduce a film poster the majority of the time the images on the poster will have been shown in the trailer of the film.  The posters will be put out in different public areas sometimes posters are on the electric bus shelters, they are also included in adverts like if McDonalds is promoting the film then it is normally mention within the advert posters might be put on big billboards depending on the film, this is done so that every knows about the film.  Synergy is used by all marketing teams for films because they want as many people to know about their film as possible so they make the most profit.

Horror Film Analyse- Mama

After watching the different Horror film trailers that were nominated for the golden trailer awards, I believe that the trailer for the horror film genre Mama was by far the best in the category.  I believe the main reason why I believe this was the produces who created this trailer tried to create as much suspense as doing this but by not giving to much away and they have done this by using jump cuts and they have done this successfully, by using low lighting and the majority of the trailer in darkness, this gives the evil feel to the trailer and to the story and sells this as a horror.  The music mainly sells this trailer to me because the music is feel deep low and disturbing and gives the edgy feel to it as in you don’t know what’s going to happen next.
 

Marketing Campaign: Saw

The genre I have choose for my media product is Horror so the marketing campaign i choose was the one for one of the most famous films is SAW, SAW has different installments  and each one was marketed in a different way.

Saw 5 has a very controversial marketing campaign when they introduced SAW 5 they used the viral marketing technique, they used this to create a tool were if you access the SAW 5 website you can access a tool which allows you to enter your friends name and also their phone number and also your name, then they will receive a phone call, for example if I used Joe Westall it would go like;

"Hello, Joe Westall Do you want to play a game? You think it's over but the games have just begun. I'm here with your friend Max Schofield. My work will continue in a way you never saw coming. You won't believe how it ends.

However due the how realistic it was, people in America who had never heard of SAW started to call the police because they believed that a child had been kidnapped, due to the amount of phone calls received the tool on the website had to be taken down.  However this is a great piece of marketing because of all his news it was spread all over the internet and millions of people were finding out about SAW 5.

Jaws Film Poster

Hot Fuzz Film Poster

Film Magazine 2: EMPIRE

This Magazine front cover is from an issue of Empire with the film being Captain America.

Film Magazine: Total Film

This is a magazine front cover from an issue of Total Film 2009 with its main article about the new Star Trek film.

History of Trailers

History of film trailers

Film Trailers have changed drastically since their creation.  One of the earliest trailers known was in 1937 when Snow White was shown which was produced by Walt Disney.  You can see from these trailers they are different from the trailers of today because they mostly rely on text and voice over.  Also they were normally about 3-4 minutes long.  Within the trailer it contains no actual footage from the film and it relied on external content.

Another famous trailer is the 1960 Psycho trailer.  The full trial is about 6 minutes long now this is very different from the trailers of today because they are normally no longer than 2 minute, this trailer is special because at the end you see the director of the film giving a tour of the set you will hardly ever see that in a trailer today, in this trailer no animations or CGI are used.

A modern day trailer like Captain America: The First Avenger in 2013 is completely different to earlier trailers.  This is because throughout the trailer a different voice over is used, this is due to the fact it gives the trailer more intensity and power, and with this makes the film feel more real and life like, however with previous trailers they would use just a bold voice over with no effect.  Also which is a noticeable change is the speed of the trailer at the start then changes into different jump cut scenes; also the difference in sound gives the effect that they are actually in the film.

In 1994 the advancement in trailers took a step forward when Forrest Gump was created this is because it gained the ability of creating a setting real such as the scene of the war zone, with this it also showed that trailer did not need the help of a voice over and also large text to help it promote itself and it could exploit the new technology and this then helped the new era of film trailer promotion.

Film Trailer Questionnaire Results

After completing my questionnaire i sent it out on different social networking sites and also to my friends and asked if they had any spare time, if they would be able to complete my questionnaire below is the link to my different results:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14mtqWGqaAbpeQHV8MNbgZOWTddsqD-5NxjvfxPImQfI/viewanalytics

The Goonies: Film Trailer Anyalse

The Goonies (1985)

The Goonies is a film created by Richard Donner and is about a group of Kids on a wild adventure and in the film it shows the different  personality's, their life's of their character and them working as a team to find the lost treasure of One eyed Willy.

After watching the Film trailer which goes on for 2:45  i came to the same conclusion as i did for the film Control and  that is that this film when compared with Blake Snyders Save the Cat theory falls into the category of film genre Institutionalized this is a film genre is when a group of people come together then the film is based around them as a group when the go on adventures. All they do individually also may come under the film.  I believe that this film falls into this category  because as you can see throughout the trailer they start of the trailer its all the kids messing around until they stumble onto a trap, and one of the characters Chunk says " Oh no i'm not going on one of your adventures again " this shows this is not the first time they have gone on a wild adventure .

Codes and Conventions

Graphic Captions
These are included in the trailer but they are included both at the start of the trailer and at the end were they list the main characters production team etc.

In this trailer  Non-Diegetic music
The music in the trailer helps the viewer get a feel of the film because it is a fast paced music showing that they are always in a hurry it is adventurous music.

Production Company
There are different production company that all worked together:

• Warner Bros. 
• Amblin Entertainment

Narrative enigma

There is a main voice over in the trailer explaining the characters names and what is going on in the trailer 

Editing
The trailer started of slow showing them in the loft finding the map but after that it gets a lot more fast paced with chases through under ground passages climb through caves .

Close ups
There were close ups of all the main characters to show when they are in distress and they need help and example of this is when it goes for a close up on Chunks face when he is shouting " Mikey if you can hear me run, just run." in this close up it shows the distress in chunks face.

Analysing a film trailer - Thursday P5 work

Control (2007)

Control is a 2007 film created by Anton Corbijn and is about Ian Curtis out of Joy Division and it shows about his personnel, professional and romantic life and what contributing to him committing suicide at the age of 23.

After watching the Film trailer which goes on for 1:45 and standard set time for a film trailer i came to the conclusion that this film when compared with Blake Snyders Save the Cat theory that the category of film genre this film falls in is Institutionalized this is a film genre is when a group of people come together then the film is based around them as a group when the go on adventures. All they do individually also may come under the film. Example of this is Grown Ups and The Goonies.  I believe it is this genre because as you can see throughout the trailer they start of as a small band called Warsaw and as they start becoming more recognized and famous they change the band name to joy division and it fits in to this genre because the film shows the life of the main band member and the different event which happen in his life.

Codes and Conventions

Graphic Captions
These are included in the trailer but they are included more at the end of the film there are a few at the start but the mains ones are the very last thing which you will see before the trailer finishes.

In this trailer  Non-Diegetic music
The music in the trailer helps the viewer get a feel of the film but it is related to it old style classic rock music and it gets the viewer in the mood and the mindset for the film.

Production Company
There are different production company that all worked together:

• 3 Dogs and a Pony
• Becker Films
• Claraflora
• EM Media 
• NorthSee
• Three Dogs and a Pony
• Warner Music

Narrative enigma
There was no narrative enigma within the film it was mainly different cuts of the film with so lines said by the actors.

Editing
The trailer started of slow showing how he had asked her to marry her but as things start to go bad for Ian in the film it starts to speed up this shows the intensity of the film.

Close ups
There were close ups of Ian Curtis in the film these would of been used to show the facial expressions as he goes through all different type of emotions.

Save the Cat 10 Film Genres

Save The Cat- 10 Genres

• Monster in the House- The genre Monster in the house is a type of film were people get scared. Horror films come under this genre because of the factor of scaring and terrifying people. It’s about not getting killed throughout the course of the film. Examples of this include Jaws and Insidious.

• Golden Fleece- The genre Golden fleece is a type of film were there is a hero at the start of a film and also throughout the main course of the film and during this they start to discover things about them sleeves that they never knew before. Examples of these types of films include Harry Potter and Hancock.

• Out of the Bottle- An out of the bottle Film type is a genre of film were the characters makes wishes and they come true and they then better people around them and solve problems. Examples of films like this include Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty

• Dude with a Problem- This is a film genre which shows a certain character in a certain light and what their life is about although they have a problem in their life and the in the film they set out to correct that error. Examples of this type of film include Transporter.
• Rites of Passage- This is film genre is about when life changing event happens and this will be  within the story and then in the story they will  try to fix it and this happens throughout the remainder of the film. An example of this could be in some parts American Pie. 
• Buddy Love- This is type of genre is all about when two people are really close to each other as in really close friends and they do everything together and the main link throughout the film is that we get to you see what it is like in their lives. Examples are Starsky and Hutch.

• Whydunit- This genre of film is trying to find out who did something and the reason why they did it. Examples of this genre include JFK.

• The Fool Triumphant- This is a film genre about certain people who are struggling in life they come good in the end and it’s a happy ending. Example of this is Glory Road.

• Institutionalized- This is a film type and it is when a group of people come together then the film is based around them as a group when the go on adventures. All they do individually also may come under the film. Example of this is Grown Ups and The Goonies.

• Superhero- This is Film Genre and is when one person realises within the story that he has sub human powers that no other person has these extraordinary Powers and due to these powers it allows him to save the world from different disasters and enemies who want to cause evil and murder. Examples of this include Superman, Captain America.

Film Trailer Questionnaire

As part of the planning stage and research,i have created a questionnaire and this is to try and give me some help with ideas for my final product which i am going to create.  Below is the link for the form/questionnaire which i have created, please fill it out if you have the chance, thanks.


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14mtqWGqaAbpeQHV8MNbgZOWTddsqD-5NxjvfxPImQfI/viewform

Terminology

Plot Summary
The majority films will have a three act structure and this will then be similar to the feature length film, they will start with the beginning this will then lay out the premises of the story.  We then have the middle this will drive the story and will normally end with a dramatic climax.  Act 3 is were it has a strong music section were it will consist of a montage of images.

Voice Over
This is were a voice over is used as a narrator and will set up the movie and it will provide explanations when it is necessary.  Voice over is used as a useful tool to enhance the understanding of the plot to the audience

Music
Music Helps to set the tone within a film and also the mood of the film trailer.  Normally the music which will be used within the trailer will not be from the film, the music that will be used in the trailer might be:

• Music from the score of other movies
• Music which is well know and also popular and it will be chosen for its tone and the appropriateness of a lyric
• The term "Library" music is previously composed and this will be specifically in advertisement by a composer who will be independent 

Cast,Crew and studio information
The cast will run a list of the stars that will be in the film, if the director or the producer is well known in the film world and has made popular movies they will warrant a mention as well,  in the majority of film trailers at the end of the film trailer you will normally see something called Billing Block this is were a list of principal cast and crew will be shown.  This normally appears either at the start or end of a film.

Technical Elements
Sound Mix:  many different movie trailers are presented in Dolby Digital or any other multi channel sound mix. Scenes will include sound affects and also music that will have been enhanced by stereophonic sound and this is the focus point of modern day film trailers.
Video Resolution: Trailers today which are feature films are generally presented in the same format as the actual feature, being in general terms 35mm film or digital format.  High bandwidth internet connection will allow trailers to be distributed at any type of resolution up to 1080p.

A2 Coursework Brief

Task: A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer together with:

• Create A film magazine front cover, featuring the film you are going to create
• Create A poster for the film you create 

Research and planning will be marked on the following elements:

 •Research into similar film products
•Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props
 •Work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding
•Time management
 •Care in the presentation of the research and planning
•Skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation
•Communication skills

For your practical element you will be marked on the following aspect: Trailer:

 •The ability to hold a shot steady
 •Framing a shot appropriately
•Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate
•Shooting material appropriate to the task set
 •Selecting mise-en-scene
•Editing so that meaning is apparant to the viewer
•Using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately
•Using sound with images and editing appropriately

Print (Poster and magazine):

•Appropriate use of IT (InDesign, Photoshop etc)
 •Understanding of conventions of layout and page design
•Awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size
 •Accurate use of language and register
•Appropriate integration of illustration and text
 •Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate
•Shooting material appropriate to the task set
•Selecting mise en scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting
 •Manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation