Evaluation

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Above I have shown my poster and an existing horror poster that was released. I did this to compare my work to already liked posters to see the similarities and whats different about them.

Similarities

• Both show the directors and producers name at the bottom of the poster in small print
• The font and style of the title relates to the film genre and theme for example on ‘The Final’ poster the title has red stains on it to connote blood. Where as on my poster the title has a font that makes the title look carved into the tree and to give it that effect.
• Both posters use similar yet not too much color. This helps to give the posters a dull yet professional look as it does not look happy relating to the genre.
• Both posters have darkened the edges to give a sense of darkness to the poster and also to decrease visibility to also make the poster look more scary.
• Has only a limited amount of colors on the fonts
• Both posters show confusing images that attract audience.
• Both backgrounds relate to the film

Comparisons

• My posters title is going down the middle of my poster whereas the title in the existing poster is at the bottom
• My poster has a black and white effect and the other doesn’t
• My poster shows the names of the actors that are in the film
• My poster shows the Date of the release of the film quite clearly
• ‘The Final’ poster has darkened all the edges whereas I have only darkened the top and bottom

As you can see by the similarities and comparisons, my poster does not have much of a difference to a typical horror poster that has been released in the film industry. This is a good thing as it shows my poster could also do good when released as ‘The Final’ was also successful. There was not much differences with the editing too.

My media product does show the typical conventions such as the introductions of the creators of the film shown at the bottom, the style of the font relating to the film. Showing a confusing yet interesting image placed in the middle of the poster. Showing a date of when the film is going to release etc.

Above I have shown my film magazine and an existing magazine to compare them to see the similarities and differences.

Similarities:

• Both show a bar code
• Both show a obvious title
• Both show some sort of promotion or free inside label
• Both magazine have an introduction to the latest films including films and titles
• Both magazine have subtitles  to introduce pages in the magazine
• Both models are positioned in a mid shot
• Sub headings and heading are placed in the same areas on both magazines

Comparisons

• My magazine uses less colors that the existing magazine
• The existing magazine shows a lot more information
• My magazine shows the model above the film where as the existing magazine has the model behind the title
• The existing magazine has writing on the side of the page

My magazine is not different t the existing magazine at all. It was difficult to find hardly any comparisons. This shows that my magazine is similar to horror magazine in the market. I managed to find a lot of similarities which shows that my research was successful as i managed to follow the typical conventions of a film magazines.

Magazine Conventions

• Barcode
• Promotions
• Big Title and subheading on the sides of the magazine
• Central images
• Introductions to new films

Both of my production do use similar conventions and sometimes even challenge certain existing products for example with my poster, not all posters tend to be black and white with a tree placed right in the middle where as mine does this.

2) How effective is the combination of your main product (trailer) and ancillary texts (Film Poster, Film Mag Cover)?

My Main product and my film magazine and poster make a strong combination. The reason for this is simply because they are relate together well. For example the two productions above are clearly similar as the same character is used in all productions. This creates a strong impact when released into the market as it makes it easier for the audience to know what film is being talked about.

All productions use similar colors as my trailer starts of with a black and white scene, my poster is black and white and my main character in the film magazine has been edited to look a bit more dull that the rest of the magazine. By doing this give the audience a good idea of the film

All the productions express clearly who the main characters are. Furthermore all my productions follow the conventions of each individual product which helps create a more effective product as a whole as it would fit in better with the film market.

The film magazine and poster in my opinion help to promote the trailer too. I decided to get some feedback from who I think would be a typical audience for this film shown below.

The image above shows what a 19 year old thought of my trailer and whether it worked well with my film magazine and film poster. The feedback was positive as this particular individual was convinced enough to want to watch the film.My three productions would sell in the market due to all the positive feedback I received from typical audiences regardless of the success of the actual film itself. I believe my trailer would persuade viewers to spend their money to watch this film in the cinema.

My trailer production was made through inspiration and good reasons for example:

Trailer: I used this story to relate to a report where a girl went missing after a night out of clubbing where her phone was located in the forest which declared her being ‘missing’. I felt this was a serious issue so wanted to make a film about it to express my feelings with a wide range of audience. I have shown a link to tell you what story I researched.   http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/8922075.Police_still_combing_Savernake_Forest_for_signs_of_missing_woman/

I added a link to show my trailer as I uploaded it onto youtube.

I decided to record some viewers watching my trailer to see what they think of it and negative and positive points about it. This was a good idea as it helped me to gather some very effective qualitative research.

I have shown some of the main points which were said below:

Positive points

• The shortcuts were really good, there was a lot of pace which created tension
• I liked the music, it was really intense and sets the scene
• Made good use of long shots
• I loved the ending where it ended all white, kind of left the trailer on a cliffhanger
• I like the scene where Komal (Emma) Moves out of the way and you see the man in the background, was a effective shot

Negative Points

• The trailer was a bit too long for a horror trailer
• The sound should of been clearer, sometimes it felt like the sound took over the voice
• Couldn’t understand the storyline well

As you can see in the trailer I used a lot of techniques through narrative theories such as:

Prop – Studied hundreds of Russian folktales and found many similar character types. This theory is made up of 7 character types which are Hero, Villain, Princess, Helper, The Donor,The False Hero, The King/Dispatcher. My trailer does contain some of these characters such as The main character known as Emma (played by Komal) has two roles as she is known to be the victim but really is the Villian throughout the trailer in disguise. Another character who is known as Josh is seen to be the villian however really is the Hero as he tries to have justice and is overall innocent.

Todorov – This is a theory of a 3 act structure. I decided to adjust this a little by starting from the middle and creating the story after. For example if you take a look at my trailer i start of with Emma talking about the death of ‘someone’. This creates suspense to who it may have been. Further into the trailer a scene is shown of another female character known as Katie getting hit with the spade answering the question to who Emma was originally talking about. I did this because it makes the trailer more interesting and confuses the audience a little. I got some feedback from viewers to see if this was a good idea:

1. Viewer 1: This confused me at first but after a bit of thought I realized which made me feel positive about the trailer. It felt less cheap.
2. I liked that idea, I actually feel like watching the real movie now
3. I think it was good but could confuse younger target groups

The feedback was positive so I decided to keep this idea.

Barthes –   This was a good narrative to follow. Semic code was a important part of my trailer. I used a lot of digectic and non-digectic sounds such as Emma smaking a gasp sound just before the trailer ended and sounds that I added into my trailer through online websites which were the non – digectic sounds. I liked the sound of the enigmatic code therefore used this in my trailer as I made the end of my trailer with confusion as what happens once she turns around is not told yet leaves you thinking what did happen.

Textual Analysis on Trailer –

Camera Angles and Shots

LONG SHOT: The trailer begins with a long shot which helps to see the Mise en scene and also make you feel like you are in the scene. The beginning reminds me a lot of the existing film out which is ‘The Ring’ which was the main reason. The scene itself makes viewers feel uncomfortable to watch as they feel like a victim. A long shot angle is used again for when Emma throws the books. This was done so the audience would be able to read her body language as well as her reactions about receiving the bad news of failing an exam which helps to show that something is not right.

HIGH ANGLE SHOT: A high angle shot was used when someone had control over the camera as the floor was being shown. This connotes control and power towards the person holding the camera and less power over what is visible to the audience.  This angle shot is used again when the spade is being dragged across the floor. By doing this scene makes the viewers feel like the murderer and they are unable to stop their action that is a good technique to use to make the audience feel vulnerable.  Furthermore it is a good way to feel Katie’s character and what she is going to go through.

PAN MOVEMENT: The trailer uses a Pan movement where the camera is behind the trees and peeks out to see the car. This makes the viewer feel like the stalker/murderer creating insensitivity. At this point more non – Digetic sounds are used to increase pace which is relevant towards the end of the trailer.

MEDIUM SHOTS: Continuous uses of medium shots were used in the trailer which was just to help see the scene clearly without being too far from the characters face to see emotions and not too close to not being able to see the background.

OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT : To help see a conversation clearly, an over the shoulder shot was used when Emma and her teacher were having a conversation in the library. This makes viewers feel like they are part of the conversation and are standing behind the characters as the scene is being taken. This shows a sense of calm and nothing suspicious is to take place in this scene.

Editing

BLACK AND WHITE EFFECTS: The trailer starts off with a Black and White effects showing a man standing in the distance in a forest. By adding this effect creates the scene to be dull and bland. This helps to connote a scary and negative path for viewers.

FLASHBACK: The trailers ends with a flashback type edit as the scene blurs and fades out into white which normally connotes purity leaving the viewer confused and on a cliff-hanger about what happened to her which can be persuasive to want to watch the actual film which is the main points of trailers. This also shows that the trailers ends on a ‘to be continued’.

Earthquakes effects available on IMovie was used on some scenes i.e. when Katie is shown covering her face, and when Emma turns around to see what is following her. By doing this reduces visibility for the viewer for that particular scene making the trailer more interesting.

Sound

Sound had a huge impact on the success of this product selling one distributed. We used Digetic but more non-Digetic sounds throughout the trailer to help create tension, pace and interest. An example would be the starting as it starts off with a high pitch screech moving onto more calm yet tense music. This helps to prepare viewers for what they are about to watch also backing up the genre of the trailer, Horror.

Non – Digetic Roar and loud sounds were used throughout the trailer such as when she flicks the coin and moves off seeing the man sitting down in the distance and when she throws the books on the floor. As she moved off by adding a loud sound got the viewers attention to see exactly what we wanted them to see, this is the process of decoding as they unravel to discover and understand the intended messages.

Piano music starts to play during the middle of the trailer (0:28 seconds) when the teacher starts to get sympathetic towards Emma. This later on changes as a more eerie and freaky sound starts to play and overlap the nice piano music. This can be said to be juxtaposition as the bad evil music is overpowering the good connoting bad is going to happen next.

Digetic sounds were also used such as when someone had control over the camera and the floor was being shown (0:43 seconds). The sound of footsteps is effective to intimidate the audience a little as the footstep sounds weren’t normal but came across quite un-natural and a bit beastly. This was the intended purpose to make the person walking look a bit possessed and not normal.

Mise En Scene

At the beginning of the trailer the Mise en scene is of a dark abandoned forest with a man in the middle slowly approaching the video camera. This makes the person watching feel unsafe as they are unable to move. Plus the character walking up to the camera is wearing a hoody so viewers are unable to see their face which is scarier. Hoody’s in society have a representation of danger as it hides the face.

Mise en scene was also used again at the end when Emma was running away from someone, the camera was placed on the floor showing the entire scene as Emma was running away, this gives the audience an opportunity to see what is following Emma to help her and feel useful even though they weren’t shown. By doing this helps to see the scene more clearly and is important to help set the scene.

Barthes – looks at understanding moving images through applying 5 codes, Action Code, Referential Code, Semic Code, Enigmatic Code and Symbolic Code.

This theory was used in my trailer for example referential codes such as tree and empty countryside based roads. This helped audience to understand the location to be a woods area.  Another time was when the conversation in the library. By having the background shelf’s full of books gives the audience an idea of where they could be for example a college/school.

Semic codes were used in the trailer for example all the Non – Digetic sounds and Digetic sounds which are mentioned above.

Enigmatic code was used right at the end of the trailer as the trailer was not left on a positive note but more off a negative cliff-hanger. This was a minor enigmatic however was a very persuasive way to want to watch more of the trailer and even the film.

Symbolic codes were also expressed such as changing colors of particular scenes to make viewers understand the scene for what it is i.e. dark for dangerous, evil.  Barthes theory had a huge impact on my trailer.

Todorov which is the 3 act structure – Dilemmas usually occur during the middle of the text however this trailer started off with a dilemma as Emma was talking about someone who passed away and this strange man walking towards you so was a more of a non-linear structure. This was good as it shook the viewers at early stages of the trailer giving them the adrenaline rush of horror they expect.

3) What have you learned from audience feedback?

Audience feedback is one of the biggest things needed in order to make the most effective and succesful final production. I received audience throughout the whole journey of creating my trailer, film magazine and poster for example asking the audience such as students about what they think and what they dont like to help me change or improve particular parts of my media products.

As part of audience research I decided to create a questionaire to gather feedback from audiences that I believe would watch my film and asked them to answer some questions to see the results and use the results for when creating my media products. Once i received my re sults I placed them into graphs to show the information more clearly as shown below.

Question 1: I asked this to get an rough idea of what gender I am asking questions too. By having this information gave me a slight bonus on how serious and gory i can be towards females in this movie/trailer. As my main character are girls, it would be good to gather female target markets thoughts. This is so i can see what females like to see in horror movies and what they dont for example ‘would females target be okay with the girl being murdered in the end?’

Question 2: This is another question that I asked to understand the range of ages I am giving my questionnaire too.  I asked this to know what main age category in providing information for this questionaire

Question 3: As horror was the chosen favourite genre, I now know the information im going to receive would be relevant, accurate and perfect for when creating my horror trailer.

Question 4: By me asking my audience this questions gives me an insight of what the audience of the age group I preferred likes to see in horror movies. The results came as a suprise as most of the answers were Monsters/paranormal films. An example of one would be Paranormal Activity 1 and 2. This tells me that I should considers this when making my trailer. Good actors and Scary music were 25% each therefore I will make sure my film has appropiete and perfect sound/music.

Question 5: This tells me that people are not too bothered about a storyline which is good and bad for me. My trailer doesnt have a storyline but my movie does. I was shocked with the results as in my opinion a storyline is important. However this means that i can create my trailer with a storyline however i would not have to worry about it too much as it would not offend alot of the audience.

Question 6: The top answer was ‘Whenever there is a good film on’. This shows that trailers and persuasion is needed for people to want to watch films in the market

Question7: The reason why I asked this is simply because it gives me an idea to how long and how much time I should use on creating my trailer. Most of my participants do watch the trailer before watching the actual film.

Question 8: This question is just to allow me to understand my audience a bit more before producing my work

Question 9:

Question 10:

Improvements on editing  – Audience feedback was very important for whe I was designing my trailer. This is because audience feedback allowed me to understand what sections were most preferred and what was not as effective or what scenes were not as effective as mentioned in other parts of my coursework. Feedback was given and this allowed me to improve my trailer by cropping particular scenes out, editing particular parts of my trailer using IMovie effects and also find the conventions that audience expect to see in horror media productions.

Other ways of feedback and its benefit – I also received feedback from audiences on a social internet website known as ‘Facebook’. I uploaded my work and asked for opinions which will be discussed further later on. I constantly received feedback from Teachers and students that do graphic courses to ask how professional the production looks. This helped me further to make the best media final production.

4) How did you use technologies in the Construction and Research, Planning and Evaluation stages?

I used technology constantly throughout the construction, research, planning and production of my media products. Technology had a huge impact on the succes of my trailer and poster and magazine.

The different ways and types of technology that was used are:

Youtube – I used a website called youtube for whenIi was researching existing trailers before starting my own trailer. The reason why I did this is because I wanted to see what all horror trailers have in common and what I should add on my trailer and what I shouldn’t. Youtube gave me the advantage of increasing my knowledge on horror trailer conventions. Plus I now know the importance of using digectic and non – digectic sounds and the strong impact it has on the trailer itself.

Online Storyboards – As part of my research, I went onto a website called ANNIE IN THE DARK which is a comic based story that was narrated through pictures and texts. The reason why i watched this is because i wanted to create a storyboard for my trailer before starting it  to get an idea of what angles, shots, edits, timing and scenes should be included. Technology allowed me to also get an idea of how a storyboard looks so it would be easier for when i create my own storyboard.

Photoshop – Photoshop is a programme that allows you to edit, crop and improve pictures by changing the colours, adding text/images on other texts/images, cropping pics, bluring, changing the style of images. Photoshop is one of the best programmes to use for when editing images. We had the oppurtunity to use this for when creating our film magazine and poster. As I already have a clear amount of knowledge about how to use Photoshop, this benifited me to create work to the best of my standards.

Horror Sounds – Most of my horror sounds were found on the internet through Free horror music websites as mentioned earlier in the coursework. Technology allowed me to research on the internet giving me a wider range of music to find the one that matches my trailer the best. This gave me the chance to make my trailer look twice as good as sound has a big imapct on horror trailers.

IMovie – IMovie is the actual programme itself which I created my trailer on. Without IMovie W would have stuggled to create my trailer. IMovie is an easy to use and navigate prgramme that was used alot for editing and changing and improving my trailer. IMovie’s also allowed me to adjust sound and move the sound around to best suit the trailer. IMovie was the perfect programme for me.

Online Social Networks – These were used to gather feedback and opinions about what people thought of my work. I have shown images of the feedback I received below. I did this by print screening the page. As yu can see, facebook members gave me there opinions and told me what they liked about my work. Therefore technology allowed me to gather opinions from a more wider target market and not just a small target market to get the best feedback from a more different ages and genders.

The images above and information helped me to re edit some parts of my work and give the audience what they want.

Google Map – As i was planning my trailer, I had to consider the location of where the trailer is going to be filmed. To show this i decided to use google map as a way of locating the areas where we were planning on recording and explain the reasons why.

Audacity – Audacity is an sound software which allows users to edit just soudns by making them slower, faster, echo sounds, change tempo and plenty more. I used this for when creating my trailer as I decided to edit my sounds by delays the time a little to help create a echo affect and also change the tempo of one of my sounds called  ‘Measured Paces’ , I already have knowledge on how to use this so this benifited me a lot. I have shown an picture below to show how I used Audocity.

This will also be an important part of your exam answer in the summer where you will be asked about the processes of production. Make sure you clearly write out every question and then produce your answer underneath.

The link above

Film Magazine Cover – Horror

-What research did you do on film magazines?

I researched on many different genre of film magazines to see what the typical conventions are and what the audience prefer to read and see on weekly read magazines. Out of all the magazines I have chosen six magazine to show on my blog. I have realized that only four of these magazines show a bar code and the other two don’t. All the magazines show the title at the above of the page, therefore i would most likely be doing the same for my magazine to be more competitive in the media market. All magazines show some sort of subheading’s and images that are displayed in a particular way to match there personality and characters in the film they are playing. For example in the first image there is a very close up shot of the characters face looking straight into the viewers eyes which shows that he he is a brave and strong character in the film he is in which is Star Trek.

How have you used this research and subsequent findings to inform your magazine cover?

I have decided to use some of these magazine ideas for when producing my magazine for example a Bar code will be added in my magazine, I will use similar fonts that are easy to read as my film magazine would reach to a more wide audience and using similar colors compared to my title just to add presentation skills. Most magazines above promote future events and films which I think is a very good marketing tactic to increase sales for future films to be released therefore I will add and consider some of these ideas for my magazine.

-How did you select the mise en scene for the film magazine cover?

I wanted all my productions, The poster and the magazine to have some similarity to show that they are promoting the same film. I have done this by adding similar yet different background pictures. The background of my magazine is woods. The reason for this is because the main dilemma in the film occurs in the woods therefore by doing this would help set the scene for what the film involves and would be about. I believe the mise en scene is also perfect and matches how the characters are displayed. Even though the mise en scene is the woods, the characters block a lot of the view of the background which also shows that the film involves more than one main character which could be persuasive for some audience.

-How have you ensured that this magazine cover works well with your poster and your trailer to produce an effective part of a marketing campaign for the release of an original film?

The pictures and mise en scene relates to my film, I have made my film the main subject on my magazine which would have an effective impact on the media and marketing campaigns as customers/viewers would be aware of this film. I believe that this magazine can easily persuade people to watch the actual film itself. Furthermore the poster works wells with the magazine and is obvious that they are relating to the same film as well as the trailer. This creates the biggest impact towards the market as it shows the film to be quite powerful in the film market as a lot of media products have been produced to promote it. This would make the film itself not look to cheap which would most likely guarantee an increase in customer awareness.

The promotion on the film is strong which should help boost attention for when the film has been released in cinemas.

Student Feedback –

• I like the way the colors are used, helps me to find the heading and subheadings quicker.
• The bar code looks quite professional
• The picture and the background image of a forest is a perfect match with the actual film
• The layout is simple yet effective which is good as it does not look too much
• The images used are powerful and relates to the characters personality, I can tell the chracter facing the camera is the most important

.I researched on many existing magazines before making my actual trailer to help find typical conventions that I can use for my magazine.

Editing On My Film Magazine

The two images above shows the shape behind the ‘Free cinema deals inside’ and how i decided to reduce the opacity to make the shpae less visible and still slightly show the image behind the circle. This looks more professional now as it does not over power the rest of the magazine as much.

The two images above are displayed to show how i have reduced the color of the two characters behind the main character. The reason for this was because the images were taken at different places therefore i decided to reduce the color to make it look as if they are all in the same place while the picture is being taken. This is shown in the second image on the right. By doing this it adds effect to the main characters emotion at that specific time which is meaningless. I decided to make my character to pose in this way because i want the audience to not know her emotions and be confused with the un-ordinary pose.

Horror Poster

The images I decided to use were ones that would relate best with my trailer as the posters main objective is to promote my movie. Due to this I had a option of showing a girl face (aimed to be Katie) hiding her face to show she is being attacked so the part of the film where she is murdered. However I felt this may give away too much of the film or some viewers may find it offensive. Therefore I decided to not use this and use my other option which was to show a girls back standing looking into the abandoned forest/woods. This was to connote isolation and also to express the mise en scene and how no one is around her.

I researched before I start to create my poster. The reason for this was to get an idea of a typical convention of a poster. This would help me get ideas of how to design my layout as well see what sells and receives the most attention in the movie market. I decided to look at existing posters such as shown below.

-How did I use this research to inform your own poster?

I used this research quite frequently for when creating my own poster. I have noticed some conventions such as colors used. All colors used are similar and relate to the genre and the actual film itself for example the Saw poster uses mainly ‘red’ to connote blood. I will use this information by using colors that i think would relate to my story and genre. All the posters are not very detailed and can be said to be quite simple. This has a big effect as the poster is not overpowering and allows the customers/viewers to concentrate on what the creators of the posters want them too i.e. the pictures and disturbing images.

All posters have limited information but all have one similarity which is that they all encode different meaning depending on the audience. An example would be the Saw poster, it can be said to be polysemic as it has more than one meaning as the person could be captured, whether its a victim or something else. This is good as it makes the poster more persuasive and effective in terms of selling the film.

The image above was my own taken image of my first idea. This would have been an effective poster yet didn’t persuade the audience enough for me to keep it so I decided to change it.

The Screen shot above shows how far I am with my poster. As you can see I have used a random image to help me when designing my actual poster. I have included the date and the title .

Feedback from Students:

• The image does not go with the poster itself
• The colors go well together and i really like the fonts used
• The fonts are good
• The date chosen to release the film is a perfect time cause it relates to the atmosphere pf red ad orange leaves
• The poster does not persuade me enough to go and watch it
• the fact I see her back annoys me as a viewer

The feedback wasn’t as positive as I wanted. a lot of negatives points have been said therefore I will not be using the above layout and will try to impress the viewers more as i believe now it would not make huge profits in the open market.

The image above is my work so far. No background has been added yet. Without any feedback i have decided to add a wood/forest background as it would relate to the tree and the image of them being isolated. The image I took was taken at Blackpark.

The image shown with the two girls behind the tree is my second idea of a poster. The reason why one is covering her mouth and one covering her eyes is because one saw it all but one saw nothing but heard it all. I did this because it creates interest for the viewers and can be said to ‘tease’ and persuade the viewers to want to watch the poster. I am now going to add the text and title to the poster.

This image shows the first style I had for my title for my poster. The title does not really go with poster itself as it stands out too much and has no similarity or scary effect to defend the posters genre therefore I decided to start all over and find a different font and style of layout for my poster.

I have now added text and going to see what people think of my poster so far.

Student Feedback :

I love the title and how its displayed. It looks like it has been scratched into the tree with a penknife but it looks a bit obvious that its bin placed on top but still looks good!

the images displayed are good, it looks like a poster that would attract me but needs more text

The background looks kinda scary as it makes them look they are isolated somewhere. I really like this poster.

The colors are not very thriller

The feedback I received is brilliant. I liked what the first student said and will take this into consideration and try to make it looked carved in. I am now going to add more text and add conventions to make it look like a poster.

Above I have tried a black and white effect with and without the title. I have noticed positive feedback that it has a good effect on on the poster however makes it too bland and dull. Therefore as a result i have decided to only make certain parts of the poster black and white to give a more strong effect.

I have added more text and a date to meet with the conventions of a postet. In this picture i have used blacnk and white effects with colour images. In order for me too see my performance of whether the poster is looking better.

Student feedback:

• The colors are good
• The black and white around one girl is giving away the story a bit as i can tell that she must be the evil or evil one, or in other words not the victim.
• The text at the bottom looks really professional

The second bullet has made me decide to add a bit more black and white effect to hide the actual victim and not give away too much of the film before it has been released into the cinemas.

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Above I have decided to make both of them black and white aswell as the background and tree. I kept the title red because I want audience to see the title first and also because red connotes danger which is involved in my film.The second images shows that  I used the same font and style of my date because I believe it has a gory and bloody look to it which relates well with my new poster. I have noticed that the black and white effect makes my poster look a bit old and not modern. I am going to change this by darkening the whole poster mainly around the tree to add a thriller effect. I have shown this in the 3rd image.

I also decided to use a effect provided by Photoshop that allows me too darken the top and bottom of the poster also shown in image 3. This hides the poster a bit which makes it more mysterious and dark creating a look as the the viewers are peeping through a whole to see whats going on. This has the effect to make the viewer believe they are in the scene.

The image displayed above is my final poster design after adjusting brightness and colors and text. I have chosen to get feedback from not just students but also teachers to see what they think of the production.

Student and Teacher feedback:

• I like how the black and white effect and the color effect has been used. The poster is not too detailed yet has all the information me as a viewer needs.
• I like the colors and how they been used
• the images do create confusion for me but I like that because its making me want to actually see the trailer for this film
• all the text is displayed perfectly
• the layout is good and this poster does look like a professional poster

I did further researched and realized my poster did not have any quote or saying that relates to the film. This is a typical convention in an poster so I decided to add this to attract the audience. I have shown this in the image above and decided to add it at the top of the poster so it does not interfere with the images central on the page.

-How well does your poster convey meaning to the audience?

My poster does get the audiences attention, i designed my poster so it does not give away too much of the film yet still attracts the audienec enough to want to watch the film. I have used my characters in a way to relate to the storyline of my film as Katie (on the left) dies yet doesnt see her killer through shock and Emma (on the right) kills Katie yet does not confess yet we viewers are fooled to make her look innocence. This shows that the poster is not a random production but yet has a more deeper meaning to why images and text have been displayed in such ways.

I decided to show the title going down on the tree simply because the murder took place in the woods. this then relates to the storyline again.

-What editing techniques did you use in Photoshop to create the right mood for your poster?

The editing techniques I used for my poster were:

• Brightness/Darkness adjustment which was used on the whole poster
• Cropping of the images to only have the character and not the scene around them showing
• Black and White effects
• Strokes and Overlays on fonts changing to different colors

Sound/audio manipulation/addition

Sound is a key component to your trailer having a good effect on the audience.

-How did you decide which music to use for it?

Choosing music was not as easy as it sounds. I had to research on other existing trailers to find similar conventions that are used commonly to help relate to my trailer. I decided to use some soundtracks from a popular horror computer game called ‘Project Zero 3’. I used these sounds because they are catchy, not too loud and would take over the voices in the trailer yet help set a dull and scary scene.

I managed to find a a website shown above that allow me to download horror music freely. I decided to gather some music off this site by downloading it into a Itunes format to use with IMovie. This website was very helpful as the quality was also good so went werll with the trailer produced.

I also asked for feedback of students to see which sound would best suit and fit in with my trailer as shown below is an example of one of the soundtracks i was planning to use. This particular one was the ‘Saw Soundtrack’. However was told that it is too quick and dramatic for my trailer. I took this into consideration and tried to find something which is less dramatic.

 

The images above are showing the parts where i decided to change music and soundtracks to relate to the mood. For example in the second image the teacher is getting sympathetic towards the other in the conversation. To back this up i decided to change the tone of the soundtrack to something more calm which is a piano instrumental.

There were some issues that occured with sound for example I did not know how to convert them into mp3 so they would be capable to use in IMovie.  Other issues also occured for example the quality of some soundtracks should be good to use for a trailer. These were all resolved after doing alot of reseach to find the best quality and also using a sound downloading system converting all the soundtracks I prefered to mp3. There was also other problems such as trying to get the sound to match the action being shown in the trailer without affecting the rest of the trailer, to allow this not to happen I had to crop some soundtracks and music.

I had alot of inspiration with choosing sound such as watching trailer like ‘Devil’, ‘Paranormal Activity’ ‘Swan’ and ‘Saw’ etc. I gathered ideas and techniques producers of trailers have used to catch the viewers attention for example a sudden change of scene and to defend this adding a loud sound to get the attention of the audience. I also had inspriation through computer games and the soundtracks used in them to help create my trailer which i have mentioned in other parts of my blog. I now understand the importance of sound and how it has a huge impact on trailers. When I added sound the trailer felt more tense and exciting which clearly shows choosing the right sound for my trailer could choose whether it would be a success or a failure when released into the market.

Editing Your Trailer

-What do you think of imovie?

I have always been into software like IMovie so for me it was quite easy to get used to. I found the program quite useful and easy to navigate, there was no complex to it. IMovie as a program I think is brilliant, it has all the features expected from a movie maker software. It allows users to edit, change, improve clips/scenes and add sound without hassle and to the users own satisfaction.

-What issues were raised during the editing process?

During editing, I occurred with much problems for example the speed of the clips. There was some part of the trailer that clips were fast which didn’t look so professional. This created problems with trying to add sound to it and to know whats going on in the trailer. I overcame this situation by adding text in between the clips introducing the trailer which allowed the scenes to run more smoothly. Furthermore by doing this the trailer did not look have a pace effect no more and looked much much professional.

-How did you decide which shots to include and which ones to exclude?

I decided which shots to includes and what to excludes through qualitative feedback like opinions and feedback. On top of this I decided which ones to add and exclude through what the scenes involved and whether they relate and match all the other scenes of the trailer. There were some scene which our group were deciding to use and added them in our trailer, after receiving feedback alot of opinions was that the scene itself was too long and delayed the trailer too much. This made me decide to exclude this scene as our trailer as it stops the pace of the trailer which didnt attract alot of the student who gave feedback.

-How much information will you give away in order to get the audience interested but not to give too much away and ruing it?

We will give out a limited amount of information in our trailer. Our trailer has literally no storyline yet an high amount of interest to what is actually going on. This is perfect for us as the storyline itself has not been ruined and the film still remains anonymous regardless of a trailer being produced about it.

In our trailer we give out a certain amount of information about the story the the film as a whole for example areas of the trailer which confuse the audience.  By doing this keeps the viewers interested yet the story and the film itself a secret. We also in the trailer show parts of one of our character getting hitting and she covers her face. Indicates that there is death in this trailer yet the trailer gives out no information to why she is getting hitting or where. This also would keep the audience interested as audience like to see death in there horror films and the idea of victims which they can relate to or sympathize for.

-How did you create a sense of fear?

In our trailer, we relied slot on sound and sound effects to create fear. The trailer scenes itself does not have much scary scenes as we leave it to out audiences imagination. The scenes are quite mysterious so we relied on flashing images and quick sudden changes of scenes to scare our audience a bit. The characters itself did not dress to scare the audience as they dressed quite normal. However in some scenes we did decide to edit the scene to make it look more scary. -what transitions/technology techniques did you use to create certain effects etc?

Transitions:

Black and white effects were used at the start of my trailer as shown below. The reason for this was too make the mise en scene itself look more scary as well show that the path you see is dull and not a happy route to take. This gives viewers the idea of the person walking up to them in the scene is not a victim. I believe this is a good way to start the trailer as it gets the audience in the mood of the genre of the film. As shown by editing this has reduced visibility to the person walking up which create some fear towards the viewer as the scene itself look twisted.

Fade In + Fade Out was also used as shown below. The main idea for this was to connect the scenes together and create a sense of flow. The picture below is an example as i used ‘Fade Out’ which looked well with the scene as she was upset and the scene fades black.

Texts were a good way to introduce the film and its producers as shown below. During the trailer was playing I added text to tell viewers who produced the film and the title of the film itself. This adds a professional look to the trailer.

Flash edits can be used with IMovie. This was a perfect way to end the trailer as it leaves the audience wanting more and can be said in a cliffhanger as the next scene to what she turns around and sees is annonymous.

Echo was used in my trailer which editing there voice to sound more ghostly and better.  At thisa point the girl is a victim as she is being pressured to answer questions. This was done through changing the sound a little which impacted the scene well.

I have shown this screenshot belowe because it is scenes that were either too long or didnt fit in well with thtrailer after student feedback was given. I believe this is an imporatnt screenshot to show as it shows that audience research was done to find what bests suits my trialer through my eyes aswell as the audience’s eyes.

Filming Your Trailer

Try to take some pictures of the scenes and also of your group ‘working’ so that we can see who is doing what. It should be a candid shot rather than a group pose!

-What problems did you encounter?

We encounted problems with the brightness and lighting effects. For example in some clips the sunlight was too bright causing visibility in some scenes to be low. Due to this we had to record some scenes and parts of the trailer at certain areas and times of the day which created problems with when and where to meet.

We also had problems with camera angles and shots sometimes the mise en scene was not good enough or didn’t relate to the scene good enough. Therefore we had to change our location  a lot to ind the best and most suitable place.

Costumes and props was also a situation with out trailer as it was time consuming as we had to spend a lot of time with how the characters should look.

-What worked well and what didn’t?

The Mise En Scene after a lot of decisions was quite good and related well with the trailer as the trees and narrow roads expressed a way of isolation for the victim character. Another thing that worked well was the shots and angles that we chose to use. we decided to use as much camera angles and shots as possible to make the trailer as professional and exciting as possible. By us using a lot of shots and different angles helped to show the trailer to the best of its abilities.

-Will you need to do some more filming? If so why and where/when?

We will need to do some more filming because of clips that do not match together enough to make it look professional. For example the time of the day changing quick so little scenes that we included to match the time of the days. We will need to do some more filming when the two friends Katie and Emma are together.

Camera angles used

Very Close Up Shot is used as shown below. This camera angloe was perfect for the scene as it adds more tense to it as the girl is shown in details hiding cause of someone/something. The character Katie had a prop on that always differentiated her from Emma which wa sher hat. The reason why she in consistently dressed like this is because is shown she likes to hide her self therefore may not be very secure about herself. This gives viewers an insight of what type of girl she is.

Low Angle Shot is used as shown when the spade hits towards the camera. The reason why this was done was simply as it show power of the spade hitting the camera and makes the audiencelok vunerable as if they are on the ground and defenceless. This is a good shot to help understand Katies pain. I also decided to darken the scene a bit to make it look later on in the day.

 

Medium Shot was used below for when Emma becomes a tiny bit phycho. We decided to do this so viewers can see her body language acting different to show something is not right.

High Angle Shot was also used looking down on the spade, the reason why was because we wanted the audience to feel like they are controlling the spade and making them look like the murderer. This is a huge effect on making the audience feel bad yet intrested.

Over The Shoulder Shot is a good shot to use to show two people having a conversation aswell as making those who are watching the trailer the third person in the conversation. Another reason for this clip was so the Teachers reactions can be shown as she is looking at Emma.

 

The image below is a Pan Movement Shot which first started off with the camera just seeing the tree and moves out to look at the car. This pan movemewnt shot was not done for long. By using this shot helps viewers understand that the caharcters are being watched and followed.

The image below is an Long Shot. This was used to decrese visibility of the man sitting on the bench and show that the scene has no violence of negativity in it as the mise en scene is not dull. How ever i liked this scene as the charcter is wearing all black and the trees are pretty much dead. I liked this as it relates to the charcter in the film.

Planning Your Actual Trailer

Main Actors

Komal who plays as Emma :

Age: 18

I decided to choose Komal because she is strong minded individual who does not have an innocent or shy look to her. This makes her perfect to play Emma as Emma’s personality is that she is the twisted evil one that lies and fools the audience throughout the trailer and film.

Komal also has the good look for my poster as she studied Drama in GCSE which is a aid for me as she would be less camera shy giving my poster and magazine the best possible impact on viewers available.

Aneeqa who plays as Katie:

Age: 19

I decided to choose Aneeqa to play Katie because of her personality of being too innocent. Aneeqa has the shy innocent look to her plus she is quiet which makes her that much more perfect to play a role of a character who lives under Emma’s shadow for comfort. Katie is murdered in the Film by her friend Emma.

Gagan who plays as Josh:

Age:19

I decided to choose Gagan to play as Josh as Josh is not mentioned alot in the trailer and mainly shows bits of him. Gagan has a good height and look for someone who is after justice as Gagan as an indivdual is very arguementative and always fights for his rights. By hearing this I felt he would be good for Josh as the characters personality and Gagan’s is quite similar.

All the main characters are also the perfect age group for my film as the film is aimed towards young adults and teenagers.

Storyline

Emma and Katie have been friends since a very young age. Fifteen years on and they are still going strong. Katie was forever living in Emma’s shadow, but had never once became jealous or angry, she was simply happy to be, and have, a good friend. Emma, always seen as the better of the two inseparable friends, secretly envied Katie’s good heart and sunny disposition. The reasons for this are unknown, in social situation Emma was always the star, always thought of as the better looking of pair, had the more successful career and the richer family.

Jake was Katie’s troubled boyfriend which is revealed during the end of the film. Him and Katie’s had a history a few months back, still on good terms. However, Jake was mentally unstable and had taken to following her. She had noticed and told him to stop, he continued and they got into a loud confrontation at a friendly gathering. (Not a main part of the film)

One day Emma and Katie were on there way to a friends party where all of a sudden a car won’t start and she had to car pull over (all part of Emma’s plan).  Emma fools Katie by making her wait in the woods alone while she goes to get petrol, Katie is stranded on her own. Bout 15 Minutes Later Katie gets attacked by ‘someone’. Katie was left alone whilst Emma went to get more petrol. Once Emma was gone for a while Katie saw a figure walking towards her in the car mirror. The dark and mysterious figure had a shovel.

Emma returned to the car with the gas to find Katie gone, and her keys on the floor. Naturally she was worried about her friend and called her, Katie did not pick up. Emma then called anyone that might have picked her up and her work to try and find her. Lastly when no one had any idea of Katie’s whereabouts Emma called the police. The police was so little help, Katie could not be registered as a missing person yet, and Emma had to continue with her day not knowing where her friend had disappeared too.

A week on Katie had not come home and had been reported missing. The police were looking and Emma was shocked. Emma became very suspicious of Jake, as the police had. He had a confrontation with Katie mere days before she vanished.

One day on her way home from work, Emma drove past the place where she last saw Katie and stopped. She sees flowers near a tree where they had parked and goes to read the card. She picks it up and it reads “I’m sorry for what I did. I loved you. Please forgive me.’

Emma is scared, clearly Katie’s murderer left this, maybe it was Jake, maybe he was going to get her too. She started to run back to her car but is taken by a masked man. Her friends and now maybe her murderer? She is knocked out and wakes up in a room,tied up and confused as well as scared.

He tells her he saw everything and demands justice. Emma reveals the truth and refuses to admit it, Emma manages to escape this place, Jake follows her. They have a chase scene and Emma manages to kill Jake making it look like suicide. Emma survives and does not get any justice and Jake and Katie both die.

Camera Shots/Angles Planning on using in our Trailer:

I researched on camera angles and shots before deciding which ones I should use for parts of my trailer. The images show what I used to increase my knowledge of varities of camera angles which were very helpful when filming my trailer.

The angles I decided to use for my trailer are:

The Camera Pan Shot,Over The shoulder Shot, Close Shot, Long Shot, High Angle Shot, Low Angle Shot

Every individual in our group (Gagan Me, Komal and Aneeqa) had a equal participation in making this film trailer. We all had a practice and real shot of us recording as well as editing as shown below.

Location Planning

Since the beginning we have always decided to locate the same scenes on a road which allows parking , least amount of road signs and trees and a forest on each side of the road. All participants in the group all live near each other which is Slough so we decided to locate our location in Slough so meeting up would be more easier and editing and film in the trailer. There was a variety of places we could have chosen for example:

A road near cippenham park. However streetlight and houses were most likely to be shown in some scenes.

Black Park which is a huge park that is full with trees and roads that look empty. This is a good place to have some scenes of our trailer as the mise en scene suits the genre.

Wexham Park which has good roads with forest around them which is what we want for our trailer, However there’s a lot of signs and props that are irrelevant i.e. the letterbox and road signs about farms.

A Road with a park and some trees with it located in Reading. I have shown a image using Google Map.

After a lot of consideration we decided to locate our trailer at Black park as it looks most dull and quiet and does look like a place where situations could occur. The other areas were either too public, or too busy to suit the trailer.

The library scene was done at our college as it was easy to find, and re shoot some scenes if needed too.

 

Props

Props were done on Josh and Katie during the trailer and not Emma. Emma is shown a lot during the trailer so we decided to have Emma change her clothes constantly to not make the trailer look too simple and also to show that the scenes were different days of the week and situations did not occur all at once.

Katie’s Props was that she always wore a woolen hate that covered a lot of her head. This makes Katie obvious yet unique in the trailer. By us doing this, it allows the audience to understand that it was her who gets hits with a spade. I have shown an image below to show this. This is later on in the trailer and she is shown in the earlier stages of the trailer with the same hat.

Josh’s Props was that he always wore black, in the magazine and in the trailer. This is too give away the least about him and to show a sense of danger as Burglars tend to wear black to be seen less, I used this to dress our characters as I want Josh to be hidden.

We kept clothing and props simple in case of parts of the trailer needed re shooting.

Before beginning our trailer we decided to make scripts for the parts of our trailers where it involves conversations and talking. This helped us as a group to understand what is going to be said and how they are going to say it to avoid as much mistakes as possible in the future. Furthermore it is more professional and shows that we took a interest in planning our trailer before filming it. Another reason why I decided to do this was also through research of scripts and storys made through words and images. The link shown gives you an understanding of what research I did.   http://annieinthedark.com/about

 

Script for Library scene:

Emma is in the library looking at books, Sees Teacher.

Emma: Miss!

Nada approaches: Oh Hi

Emma – How Did Katie do?

Nada – Yeah she did really well you should be proud.

Emma: How did i do?

Nada – (Pauses for a 2 seconds) Not good im afraid.

Emma: (Looks Away)

Nada: Dont worry come and see me at the end of the lesson we talk about it, You’ll be fine

 

Script for stairs scene:

Josh: Listen I needa speak to you

Emma: I dont want to talk to you

Josh: Wheres Katie? (Gets a bit agressive)

Emma: I dont know where she is!

Josh: Stop lieing to me you knwo exactly where she is (pushing her slightly against the wall)

Emma: Panicks I dont know where she is! (runs off)

 

Script for car scene:

Emma: (in the car) Oh My God we’ve run out of pertrol!

Emma: (Gets out the car in anger) Did you put petrol in the car?!

Katie: Sorry I forgot (innocently looking and scared)

Komal: Your so useless sometime I swear to God! (Open cars boot and pulls out petrol can, slams door)

Komal: I’ll go and get it myself! (Storms off)

 

Story Board

To help get a better understanding of how my trailer is going to look and what we expect from it, I decided to create an storyboard which is when you draw out your trailer explaining briefly what is happening in each section. The reason for this is to get an understanding of what parts we will need to concentrate on how long each part of the trailer is, what editing would need to be done and the camera angle we are going to use for each section for example picture 1 a long shot etc.

As I did not know how to create a storyboard before I decided to during class time research on internet stroyboards to understand a bit more about what they involve and layouts of them etc. I have shown a image to show what sort of help I gathered.

The two images above are example of storyboards that I found throught Google. By researching these gave me an insight of how storyboards look like and what relevant information is needed in them such as camera angles and what the image involves. I am going to add Duration of each picture scenes to give me an idea of how long I would have for all my trailer.

I have scanned my storyboard as shown below.

The storyboard shows the parts of the trailer which are relevant for the trailer including the duration of each bit and the edits that are going to be done for example the first block has editing done of ‘black and white’.

Sound and Voice Combination

The link above shows how I researched on ways to mix sound with voice. The video shows a man telling a story and at the same time playing the piano, to me this was effective as it shows how an combination of sound and voice can have a huge impact on the audience watching as a lot of viewers I viewed this too liked this video.

Horror Trailer Research

Youtube Trailer Analysis

• Uses sudden changes in scenes.
• Thunder (Sudden Sound Effects)
• Limited amount of colour
• Words and sentences throughout the trailer
• Advertisements and website pages at the end of the trailer
• Flashing lights

• Sudden changes in scenes
• Limited amount of colours used such as red
• Texts displayed in the middle
• Screams and shouts
• Sudden sounds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmrSR5O9QXc

• Sudden changes in scenes
• Screams and shouts
• Brightness Low
• Loud sudden bangs (noises)

 

• Lighting changed
• Sudden Sounds
• Rapid Scene changes
• Dark lighting
• Non Digetic sounds
• Texts in the middle

 

Effective techniques used?

Some techniques used were that all trailers tend to use sudden sound effects such as lighting or a thud sound. This helps to create tension as it automatically got my attention when I was watching the trailers.

Most trailers tend to use sudden sounds when the viewer least expects it. This is a clever tactic as it tells viewers that they must be prepared to get scared at any time rather than knowing what’s going to happen next.

The effective techniques used for me was definitely the lightings used for some parts of the trailers. For example in the trailer ‘Devil’, the actor lights his matchstick making viewers see a image of ‘someone’ standing behind him making it dramatic and realistic as if we was in that situation.

The editing to me was very effective as in some trailers for example when the colour is dulled down to create realism and unpleasantness. This for me makes the trailer seem less entertaining and more horrifying.

What was the less effective?

The less effective for me was when a narrator is explaining or talking about the trailer as it playing. I would prefer it without as it allows me concentrate on the trailer more to see whether I would want to watch the actual film. I would prefer a trailer to be all action.

How am I going to use these elements?

For my trailer, I will be using a lot of the ideas and tactics gained through watch these trailers such as the sudden changes of scenes. I know this would work through plenty of research as the ones it has been used in have been successful such as Paranormal Activity, the Last Exorcism etc. I will most likely do this through a film making software which I will teach myself how to use.

I’m also going to use the idea to lower the brightness of my clips as it allows viewers to see less therefore not have a good sight of what could occur next and everything that’s around.

The final idea I am going to use and put into my trailer is sounds. I like the idea of using sound effects at parts of the trailer where least expected. This is going to be a major part of my trailer as it creates a sudden shock and tension towards those watching as they should expect the unexpected. An example of sound effect may be a bang of a door closing or a gasp, thunder etc.

I researched a lot of different trailers

Filming Practise

– How was using the camera?

Using the camera for the first time was not as hard as I expected. However finding the right and perfect camera angles and shots was the more difficult task. While recording the camera must be steady and placed at the right place to make the scene being shot as professional as possible. When using the caemera its best to be creative by using a variety of camera angles as possible to keep viewers entertained and to reduce how boring the trailer would be to watch.

-How did you decide who should do what?

With using the camera we decided to choose the one whos most confident and with a steady hand for shots that would be difficult to do with a tripod.  In our group we all did sections of the trailer and all had a go with the camera which we were all confident with as shown in the pictures.

-How was the tripod used? What are your thoughts on it?

The tripod was used on scenes where the camera required to be still. The tripod itself had its disadvantages and advantages such as for me I found it quite restrictive at times. This is because it hard to move physically in case there was a need to in a part of the trailer. However it had its advantages like it was very flexible as the camera can be moved freely yet keep a good posture. A tripod would be good for pan movement shots. Furthermore I would say that the tripod is very flexible as yu can move the tripod as well as the camera to meet the satisfaction of the scene and what you are recording. By me using the tripod gave my trailer a more professional look so I will definitely be using the tripod for parts of my trailer.

-What worked well and what did you have difficulties with?

The areas that worked well with our filming was how the video camera was very easy to use itself as well recording and cropping out the clips.  Other areas that worked well during filming was where we filmed and who filmed what. Everyone at the end of our filming practise knew how to use a tripod and how to set the video camera to suit scenes the best. We also had some difficulties such as placing the video camera onto the tripod and filming from awakwards positions such as between trees to get the best shot and angles to make our trailer look good.

Editing Practice

I have learned quite a lot with iMovie such as how to view clips and join different clips together to make it more professional. An example would be when I cropped each individual clips to minus any unnecessary parts of the clips to make the trailer flow better. iMovie has helped me to understand the importance of timing between music and the videos for example in my clips, when she reaches down to pick up her card she dropped, (20 secs into the clip) a sudden sound occurs as legs behind are shown, this creates a lot of excitement and tension which attracts more audience. I have shown the part below.

I have also learnt how to add texts in between my clips as shown below to help narrate the story with giving limited knowledge about the film itself. This helped the trailer to build tension and the audiences attention which are key to a successful  trailer. I have asked someone for feedback for this part and got a response.

The picture above shows me having a text between my clips. This helped me a lot for viewers to understand what is happening or to get an understanding of what the film is going to be about.

Viewer 1: I thought the text in between Gagan’s clips were suitably placed and worked well over all, however they were slightly corny.

I took this into account and decided to reduce the amount of text I Had.

-What did you find easy/hard? What I found difficult through this whole process was the actual recording and camera shots itself. This was because i had to remain very still and make suggestions about what shots and angles to use way before actually making the clips. Therefore I had to do a lot of planning which to me was one of the difficult parts. I also found the brightness and darkness difficult in clips where it was low or too high for example when we were stood outside and inside. The lighting was different therefore had to be edited using IMovie to make the trailer look as realistic as possible.

However there was some parts which I found easy for example the actual editing of the clips such as cropping and timing the clips. This was simply because I do generally enjoy using the Imovie software. I also found adding texts into my trailer quite simple to do but did have a couple of issues with placing them in to match the trailer.

-How will I use this software to create your final trailer?

I am going to use this software to create my own trailer by its functions such as titles in between clips and how to make the best out of them i.e. use titles to narrate the story or help audiences to get a brief idea of what the film is going to be about. I am also going to be using this software for when I crop and edit clips to make them most effective as well delete parts of clips which may not be scary or useful enough.

I movie allows you to use special effects on the clips. This would be most useful as it would make my trailer look more interesting and hi tec. I used one of the special effects in my practice trailer which was ‘earthquake’ and got a very positive reaction from my teacher and other students in the class therefore made me decided to use this effect for when I make my actual trailer.

-Did I find the youtube tutorial useful/inspiring in showing you i Movie capabilities?

To help me understand the software better than I already do, I decided to look through some tutorials to help me.  They were very helpful for example I was not fully aware of how to import videos into IMovie’s and also how to record yourself from the IMovie camera. To help me i searched this up on the internet and found a video that helped me alot which I have shown you throught a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXtuMp46pxc 

Furthermore i decided to do some more research for future projects of my coursework such as Photoshop. From AS I did not have fully skilled potential on how to use photoshop so decided to do some extra research by watching videos from youtube about Photoshop as shown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwp2a9ex0SQ I have shown one of the many videos researched. The link told me how to crop image without hassle and messing up the image itself, it was quite useful and im glad I researched this.

-How important was editing to my success of this sequence?

Editing had a huge impact on the success of my trailer. Without editing the trailer would not look very professional and quite bland. My trailer s that have been done for practice has helped me understand that clips and parts of the video must match and flow. With editing this can be possible for example #fade in’ and ‘fade out’ helping the clips to be viewed more slowly and with a sense of professionalism.

Editing helps to bring interest and suspense to a trailer. All trailers that have been researched did use the same conventions which were all successful only through its editing. In conclusion to all my knowledge, I will be using a lot of editing in my actual trailer however not too much to make it perfect for a horror trailer.

-Did I use any of the research you did on the Horror Film Genre to inspire your editing choices of this practice sequence?

The research that was done on existing trailers did help me when making my practice trailer for example the sudden changes in clips was very successful in existing so was used in mine. Furthermore leaving trailers on a negative and interesting way also creates viewers interest and persuasion to watch the film. Therefore I also did this such as when i left the clip on her sad face or in my practice clip when I leave the trailer with the ‘bad person’ slowly following the victim in the end.