Practice Trailer _ The Simpsons

This is my practice trailer, I was given a set of clips from the simpsons movie and set the task to create a movie trailer with them. I mixed the clips with the track "mafia- hucci" it added a tense atmosphere to the trailer and changed the meaning of the trailer like i was trying to do.

Technical Elements of Storyboards

Shot - A shot tells the reader the focal point within a scene, also when the shot type changes and the focal point changes too.

Storyboard - A storyboard is a shot by shot visual representation and these specific shots can be changed to show the relationship between characters, show emotion and show action. E.g. Two shot, Close up, ect.

The location of where the shots are going to be taken needs to be included. 

You need to display how many characters you want in the shot, which characters you want in the shots, props or vehicles need to be placed in the shot too, or annotated that they should be used, the type of shot and angle shot should also be stated for each section.

Drawings of the action in the cut need to be on the storyboard, arrows and lines are used to show movement and action in the scene. You can also put the speed of the movement with an annotation. For example a person running around a car from one side to the other, you will need draw an arrow to show the movement. For instance you could label the location on the side of the shot.

Lighting needs to be considered in the shot, the type of lighting, e.g. high key, low key. Day and night also needs to be labeled on the shot.

Questionnaire results

these are the results for my questionnaire on my poster, i will use them to tweak what my poster looks like.

Feedback Sheet. Student Work

Name of product	What I thought were the strengths	What I thought were the weaknesses
Sinister Front Cover Horror	the main image used is really good, it fits in well with the genre of the film. Masthead font used fits the genre really well, its also contrasts well with the main image.	the shade of red isnt constant, making it look unprofessional by not sticking to the colour pallet. some text blends well with the main image making hard to read, and the font is too small to read in places.
Infensus Poster Horror	The top image is really good, it fits the genre and the story line of the film, the bottom image sets the scene. The main title of the film is really good, it has a good effect on it which fits in with the film very well.	the landscapes looks over exposed and too bright, which isn't common for a horror.
Under Rogue Poster	font and colour used for the title is really good, it fits in with the genre really well.	Doesn't have enough hints to say that it is a romance genre film. Image used doesn't seem right compositionally and has too much empty space.

Script First Draft Feedback

For my first draft of my script I wrote out the voice over of the trailer.

My feedback was to:
     Put time brackets on how long each segment is going to be.
     Make the text centre aligned in the format of a script.
     Add locations.

Technical elements of script

Fade in - The first item should be a transition, fade in is most commonly used. This would be shown on the left of the page. This is the starting point for any script starts with an edit into the beginning of the scene. Eg.
FADE IN
Scene Heading - This would be a basic description of the location and time, so the scene can be set. Writing for this would be all in capitals. A scene heading can also be referred to as a slugline. E.g.
INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Character first appearance - This would be a description of the character, name, where they work/live/are, what they do for a living, age and this would all be in capitals. Eg. MARK, STUDENT, 17, NORTH EAST

Character - A characters name is placed above any dialogue they will be saying and their name will be in capitals. Characters with smaller rolls (people you will only see once) will still be listed but they won't have their birth name, a description of the person will be used instead for example 'BYSTANDER' or 'SHOP ASSISTANT'. Eg.
MARK

Action - The narrative description of the events of the scene, written in present tense. Eg.
On the streets of Newcastle, a car races round the streets, escaping from the police.

Transition - A film editing instruction to show a scene change or development, it will usually only be used in shooting scripts. Eg.
FADE TO

Dialogue - This is the words the character's will be saying through speech. Dialogue format is also used when characters are speaking off screen or a voice over. Eg. Whats up?.

EXT - Exterior
INT - Interior

Photoshoot Planning

Deconstruction of Iron Man 2 Trailer

Deconstruction of Iron Man 2 Trailer

Mise-en-scene

·      Setting: city of Los Angeles, California, USA there is various shots of iron man flying around the city and various locations such as, his house, race tracks, and an airport.

·      Costumes: Iron man wears and iron suit, his alter ego tony stark also wears various outfits including sports outfits and a racing outfit. Other characters wear standard every day clothing, there are soldiers featured who wear army uniform, and there are also other iron suits as the villain has one.

·      Expressions: the expressions are mostly shown in reaction shots and shots of fighting, but most of the time the expressions are covered by his mask.

·      Make up: Make up is used to make characters look beaten up and dirty, but it is also used for the every day characters as normal make up is used.

·      Props: there are a lot of props used in this trailer from weapons to simple things to drinks or boxing gloves, the iron man suit is probably the most obvious prop used in the trailer and is used a lot.

Shot types, Camera angles & Movements

·      Subtle camera movements such as pans, tracking shots and zooms are used to make the trailer flow well.

·      Shot types used are from establishing shots to extreme close ups, but over the shoulder shots and POV shots are also used to mix things up.

·      Camera angles such as low angle shots, canted angles and two shots are used to show narrative.

Sound

·      The sound used in this trailer is a mixture of non diegetic sound such as soundtracks and voice overs, and it also used diegetic sound such as characters talking to each other, explosions and sounds made by objects in the story.

Editing

·      Jump cuts

·      Fade to black

·      Straight cuts

·      Fast paced

Text

·      Bold

·      Bright

·      Fades in

·      Informational text such as dates, actors, title.

Deconstruction of Safe House Poster from Magazine

Deconstruction of Safe House Poster from Magazine

The colour of the poster is bold, sharp and high in contrast, the mixture of red and black give a tense feeling of action, which will relate to the film. The mise en scene corresponds with these points to show the relationship between these two characters.

The image of Ryan Reynolds on the top shows him with a gun focusing on something, which adds tension, while the image below of Denzel Washington is looking straight into the camera lens showing intensity and making the audience think about the narrative of the film and what’s happened to him.

In the background you can see a brightly lit city, it is an orangey red, which makes it look like its on fire with the glow effect behind him, it also gives us an idea of where the film is going to be set and how its full of anarchy and fighting. But the background of the bottom image is totally black, showing that he could be in the safe house and the other character is trying to get there, it leads to mystery intriguing the audience, which is the purpose of the poster.

The text colours are red and white. The white text is to create contrast from the mostly black background so we can read what is on the poster. The film title and the tagline is in bright red to catch our eyes and to make clear what the film title is.

The text font is bold and easily readable with all caps to add impact. The film name itself is a much larger font size to make it stand out from the rest of the text, it is also almost all bold except from the actors first names, just to add style to the poster.

The tag line is in the same colour and font as the title “no one is safe”, it is a short and punchy statement which attracts the audience of an action film.

The layout of the poster is divided into two parts showing the film may have two intertwined narratives, but both characters in each part of the image are centered showing they are the main characters; there isn’t much background, which doesn’t tell us much about the narrative.

The target audience for an action film is normally 15-25, but this can vary because of age ratings on the film, the rating isn’t displayed on the poster, but with the theme of violence it is most likely 15+.

Deconstruction of Adulthood trailer

Deconstruction of Adulthood trailer

Mise-en-scene

·      Setting: Streets of London there are shots of the London streets and skyline to give a sense of place

·      Costumes: everyday clothing for chavs and gangsters of London, eg. Hoodies and tracksuits.

·      Expressions: anger and rage is mostly shown in this trailer through reaction shots and scenes with two shots and close ups.

·      Make up: injuries are the biggest use for make up in this apart from general make up for female characters.

·      Props: Bikes, guns, knives and baseball bats are used as props in this trailer.

Shot Types

·      Camera movements such as pans, tracking shots and zooms are used to make the trailer flow smoothly.

·      Shot types used are from establishing shots to extreme close ups,.

·      Camera angles such as low angle shots, canted angles and two shots are used to show narrative.

Sound

·      The sound used in this trailer is a mixture of non diegetic sound such as a soundtrack, and it also used diegetic sound such as characters talking to each other, gun shots and sounds made by other objects in the story.

Editing

·      Jump cuts

·      Fade to black

·      Straight cuts

·      Fast paced

Text

·      White

·      Bold

·      Capitals

·      Date and title, actors and narrative.