Research and Planning: Trailer, Poster and Magazine Completed

I watched my trailer again, and I felt that having the voice over come in on 'But what if it's a curse' didn't work too well. Therefore I have gotten rid of this and just had the voice over coming in at the end.

THIS IS MY FINISHED TRAILER!!

I had a few issues with the colour choices on the text. I have now switched these around a bit.

Evaluation Question 4

How Did You Use Media Technologies In The Construction And Research, Planning And Evaluation Stages?

Research And Planning (Blogger, Prezi, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, SlideShare, Prezi, Internet) 

Blogger was used again this year to record the process I had made throughout the project. All the research and planning that was carried out went on my blog and I ended up being more experimental and independant regarding the number of posts I did and what I included on them. In addition, I was able to put my evaluation answers on here also.

This programme was used to create a presentation regarding who I wanted to class as my target audience. Alike last year the piece of software proved to be useful and it set my ideas out in a clear way. Prezi was quick to use also since I had already had experience using it and was aware of how to. 

This was used to create my publication plan, which was another task that I had experience in because of last year. This consisted of me writing out all the tasks that needed to be completed this year regarding my trailer, poster and magazine and when I was planning on doing them. 

I used this programme when it came to writing out the scripts, questionnaires, plans for filming etc. Skills within using Microsoft word had been gained throughout the last several years of my education since it's such a common piece of software which is easy to use. 

             

The internet has been used throughout the whole of the research and planning stage of this project. From using imdb to find out the top horror films, to using youtube to find trailer and score influences, the internet has helped dramatically.

PowerPoint was used to create the pitch at the beginning of the project, which then resulted in using 'Slideshare' to upload it onto my blog. The pitch consisted of different initial ideas that I had regarding plot, location, sound etc.

As said above, Slideshare was used to put my 'pitch' onto my blog. Although I hadn't had experience with the software, I found it was very easy to use and to understand. 

Construction ( SLR Camera's, Sony Camera's, Mini-DV Camcorders, iMovie, Garage Band, iShowU, Photoshop) 

 

The SLR's were used again this year to take the pictures for my poster and magazine. Unlike last year, I had a lot of experience with these camera's and could therefore think more about the pictures I was taking and look at lighting and the focus more clearly. By doing this, the pictures ended up being better quality and looking more effective, fitting in with the horror genre more obviously. 

The Mini DV camcorders were used to film the teaser trailers this year. These were easy enough to use and I was given my own tape to stick inside it. I also used a tripod for the majority of my trailer to make sure that my footage flowed well, allowing people watching to follow the narrative more easily. 

 I used these camera's in the first year for the same reason as this. These reasons consisted of taking pictures of locations, costumes, make up tests, quick video's for the location recce's etc. The camera's were easy to use and obtain my photo's from and the skills learnt from last year also helped me with this.

iMovie was a new piece of software that got introduced to me this year in Media. I used this programme to create my trailer, do all the editing, add sound, edit parts of the cinematography and also the mise-en-scene if need be. This got a little bit of time to get used to but once experimenting had occurred, it was quite simple and easy to understand.   

Garageband was another programme that was new to me this year. I found this harder than iMovie to get used to. This was probably because I had to create the sound and it was difficult trying to get the effects I wanted to. The sound created in this programme was put towards the score in my teaser trailer to build the tension. 

iShowU was used last year slightly to record some of the progression made during the year for example on the magazine and for the pod-casts. I used this programme for the same reason this year but it helped me greatly when doing my evaluations this year. This is because the evaluations this year consisted more on using technology more therefore I had to talk and show my answers instead of writing them. 

Photoshop helped me create my poster and magazine this year and I did this in practically half the time as it took me last year. This is because of all the time I spent experimenting last year and because I use it in my other college lessons so I am more aware of what is expected now.

Evaluation Question 3

What Have You Learnt From Your Audience Feedback? 

This question consisted of me looking at all the feedback I had been given throughout the last year and discussing what it was and how it helped me with the creation of my 3 products. 

In the video I discussed :

* The Initial interviews - These helped me discover what people thought the typical codes and conventions were of a teaser trailer and help me see a little insight into what horror trailers consisted of.

* The Questionnaires -  These were handed out to my class and focused more on the genre 'horror' and what they thought made a film/trailer successful. This allowed me to think more about what ideas I could come up with. 

* Proposals - These consisted on 3 ideas that I put on my blog. I then discussed the mise-en-scene, editing, cinematography and sound that I would use. Getting feedback from this really helped my direction and decision of what example to take through to treatment. 

* Name Ideas - I got my influence and direction for what name to call my teaser trailer by getting audience feedback on Facebook. I already had 5 ideas and by asking for peoples on using 'The Unseen' it let me make the decision of using that.

* Tagline Ideas - I had two strong ideas for the tagline for my film for me to use on the poster I was making. I made a questionnaire for my class for them to tick their favorite and 'Once Seen Never Forgotten' won by a mile which was my original favorite so I was very pleased.

* Magazine Name - After focusing on the trailer so much, I had struggled finding a starting point. I knew I wanted a short title for the magazine but I was stuck badly with what to use. I used Facebook and got given the idea 'Take 1' and loved it!! I then used this to come up with 'Quiet Please, Action' as the tagline.

* Teacher Feedback - This was unbelievably helpful throughout the whole design process! It helped me have a consistent second opinion and discuss ideas clearly, resulting in the best possible final product.

* Trailer Feedback - The feedback I received from the class was really supportive and boosted my confidence to a degree because it allowed me to see that they understood what the narrative was and that the decisions I had used were successful. Being told things to adjust/add regarding the sound, also helped dramatically. I also uploaded my link onto Facebook and got a lot of comments saying that they'd want to go and see the film which also made me feel like I had done a good job. 

* Angela's Feedback - This influenced the montage that I included in my final trailer which helped the tension build. 

* Poster and Magazine Feedback - This was given in class and consisted on members of my media group answering what they thought the narrative was, the strengths and the weaknesses. This allowed me to correct and improve on the points that they made

Evaluation Question 2

How Effective Is The Combination Of Your Main Product And Ancillary Tasks? 

Within this video I discuss how well all three of the pieces work together and how you can tell that each are advertising the same film. I discuss things such as:

Representation of characters: For example Angela's hair is kept the same throughout all 3, and her costume is the same. Her white face is also existent throughout them all. Hannah also is presented in the same way, besides the fact that she looks more stressed and traumatized as the trailer goes on.

Good VS Bad: The clear contrast can be seen in all 3 products between the good and bad lead characters. 

Colour And Lighting : The colour and lighting can easily be distinguished as being similar. For example you have the poster which is black around the outsides and therefore gives off that negative atmosphere. In addition to this, you have the trailer which is constantly using effects such as bleach bypass which gives the same effect. The magazine on the other hand, even though it doesn't have the darker colour coming through, the blue effect goes really well with the genre of my film. The colour for the font is also very similar on both my magazine and poster.

Location: The location from on my magazine is shown within my trailer. 

Text: The text is the same on my poster and magazine. In addition on my trailer, the horror genre continues to shine through because it still has that serif style to it.

Research and Planning: Evaluation Planning

During the last couple of days I have been planning out my other 3 evaluations. I have taken pictures of them and have put them in this post because I haven't managed to do them as ishowu clips or voice recordings yet.

Evaluation 2

Evaluation 3

Evaluation 4