Final Trailer

This is the finished trailer.

Final Poster

This is the finished poster.

Final magazine

This is the magazine that is finished.

Editing filming

We used After Effets to add the electricution to the clip.

Creating the film poster

We started by adding the two edited pictures to the poster.



















We then blured the bottom of them to make less of a harsh edge to make it fit with the rest of the poster.




















We then added the title of the film down the middle and tag lines in.




















We then created and inserted the credits into the bottom of the poster as all film posters have them.





















We then added the important release date otherwise people will see it and forget about it.



















The age band was then added , along with who they are funded by, the website for the movie and the Paramount Pictures logo.



















A quote was then added to the bottom of the poster from the magazine that we created.




















Swirls were then added to the edges of the poster. This finished the poster.

Creating the film magazine

We started by making the background grey/ silver to balance with the pink that will later be added. We then Added the title that we made quite big and the subtitle. This is the basis for our magazine.



















The picture was then added as a shoulder shot as this was the main shot that was seen in our research.




















The magazine website was then added underneath the title. Also the month and price were added these all work together to give the imperession of a propper magazine.




















Article headings were then added around the picture of other stories within the magazine.




















Article pictures were then added to make it more appealing to the readers.




















The name of the film was then added so that people know what picture is about.




















To finish it off a barcode was added to give the feel of authenticity.

Ideas for film posters

We looked at three different chick flick film posters for different ages.

The first one that we looked at was for young teens. Mean girls has the classic pink and purple theme. There is also a tag line on it that we liked.






















The next poster that we looked at was The Back-up Plan. We decided this was more for older teens and young adults. This was white and pink and seemed bright and that it would grab the readers attention. This also had a sort of tag line on it.

























The last film poster that we looked at was Burlesque. We decided this was aimed at adults, mainly because of the name. We liked the ideo of two head shots in the light and dark and the ribbon of red running through the center of it. This also had the tag line that we liked.

Ideas for film magazines

The first one that we looked at was premiere we found that it tend to stick to 3 colours. We are going to use this idea on ours. This also has a shoulder shot on the front.


















The second one that we looked at was Total Film. They use a big title to grab the attention of the reader. This also has a shoulder shot on the front.



















The last one that we looked at was Empire. This has a bright title that stands out and also has a shoulder shot.




















From this we have decided that we are going to use a big title and a shoulder shot. We have also come up with the name Preview.

Photo contrast darkening

This is the image that I got when I darkened it.















I then added a contrasted to it to make it stand out more.

Photo contrast lightening

To begin with I airbrushed the photographs to make them look professional.
I then took the lightened the photo to get this image


















I then added a contrast to make it stand out more.

Story Board

This is the storyboard for our trailer

Research Of Costumes

Research of Soundtracks

To stay with the conventions of a teaser trailer music needed to be added at the editing stage as this will improve our video work further. We decided to search for recent music tracks online using YouTube; "Don't Trust Me" by 3OH!3 fitted with our storyline that we wanted to present within our trailer and the lyrics collaborated with the plot of our trailer.

However after looking closer at our research we decided that "Valerie" would suit the shots in our trailer etc, and we thought that by using a more up-to-date and contempory cover such as the Glee Cast version would suit the target audience more appropriately. By using this track, it also gave us a name to work with - VALERIE for our main character. To stick with new conventions and challenge our target audience, we changed this to VALERY to be contemporary.

Research: Questionnaire

We started by sending out 10 questionnaires to random members of the public around our local area and as shown below is a sample of the responses we recieved.


The responses followed a similar trend with no relationship between the gender and genre of film watched. However we did find that trailers have a high impact on the public to whether they watch the film when it is released. If the trailer is successful at attracting the audiences attention then they will watch the film.

Research of Trailers

We drew up a mind map of possible genres of film trailers to produce, and decided that a Rom-Com genre would work best in a college setting and with the resources that we had available.

From this initial idea, we set about researching film trailers on YouTube which fitted into our desired category. We looked “College Road Trip” a Walt Disney film about a controlling father and a daughter wanting to go to University miles away from her home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7RrSkWUwic

We found that the trailer was easy to follow and worked well:

Benefits

• Easy to follow plot.


• Good use of comedy.


• Effective use of split-screen editing.


• Lighting and Sound works well.

Drawbacks

• Slightly longer than our preferred 1min 30sec length, as it is 2mins 26sec.


• Too many locations seems to give the plot away.

Another trailer that we research was Mean Girls distributed by Paramount, we took this as inspiration for our own movie trailer. Mean Girls is an ideal format to style upon as the setting and conventions are similar to which we have available to us.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAYiBoy43M

Benefits

• Location fits to the style of film.


• Characters are conventional.


• Features parallel sound throughout.


• Film Strip montage works well.

Drawbacks

• Slightly too long at 2mins 31sec.


• Predictable storyline.

We also looked at "What Women Want" although this is a slightly older films than the previous, we looked at it due to the storyline.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTtO1KNdAY

Benefits

• Excellent storyline of hearing people's thought, could work well within our constraints.


• Conventional characters which can be developed.

Drawbacks

• Lighting and sound of the trailer seems irregular.


• Again too long at 2:29, our teaser trailer aims to be around the 1:30 mark.

Introduction to Coursework

After looking at the options given on the specification, our group decided to produce the MOVIE TRAILER as the main project, followed by the two smaller projects as the asvertising POSTER and a MAGAZINE front cover. We thought this would be the strongest option for the group, because as individuals we have looked into film and print previously. However, before we begin our project we need to look into gaps in the market, we are going to do this by researching existing trailers to see which are the most successful, as well as what age ranges match the genres of the trailers. We also need to see the conventions are in each trailer. Also for our own movie trailer we need to cast suitable people for the acting roles, that have a compatible look with what we have in mind. By planning our ideas in advance it will helpt to keep our group organised and will improve our filming strategies.

A2 Group 9