Results from target audience questionnaire

The most common age group was the 15-20 bracket, so we our aiming are film at people of this age.

We asked an equal amount of males and females are questionnaire, as we want are film to be suitable for both genders.

Suspension, confusion, and tension were the three most popular answers that people thought created good physiological thrillers.

A soundtrack that creates suspense, fast paced shots and suspension.

Inception was the most popular movie choice.

Target audience questionnaire carried about before filming

1) How old are you?
10-15
15-20
25-30
35-40


2) Male or female?

3) What makes a good physiological thriller?


4) What would you expect to see in a physiological thriller?

5) Which of these physiological thrillers is your favourite?

Shutter Island
The Dark Night
Inception
Psycho
The Sixth Sense

Checklist for day of filming

This checklist helped prepare for the day of filming. We had everything we needed, so we able to get straight on with filming on the day.

Check List for Media studies teaser trailer:

Crew
•Adam Sims- Camera/Soundman

•Tim Elliott-Camera/Soundman

•Alex Swain-Actor


Locations
•Alex's Kitchen

•Alex's Second Bedroom


•Mendip hills/woods


Equipment
•Camera

•Tripod

•Microphone

•Boom stick


Props
•Paper (to burn)

•Car


Costumes
Alex


•Black/blue hoody

•Jeans

•Trainers

Storyboard

Storyboard presented in a movie form, to help see how the key events of our trailer will happen.

Initial secondary film poster design

Storyboards

Location Shots

Location: Alex's house Scene: opening scene of trailer, which will be off the main character writing Target Audience: Spooky, dark, room - create a mise-en-scene feeling designed for our target audience Location: Mendip hills Scene: Car pulling away quickly, with main character chasing after it

Location: Mendip hills

Scene: Main character running through woods

Location: Mendip hills

Scene: Another scene involing the main character running

Gannt Chart

This will allow us to manage our time well, and make sure we keep up to date throughout the project.

We fell a bit behind when creating the magazine cover and film poster; but made time up when editing our trailer; which allowed us to complete everything on time.

Magazine Cover - The Hobbit

The cover mainly features Gollum, a main character of the film which will draw the attention of lord of the rings fans. The name of the magazine is cleary displayed and the title of the featured film. The ring from the film is featured in the title 'The Hobbit'. Other articles featured in the magazine are displayed in white writing at the bottom of the magazine. The name off the magazinr is shown in large red writing which stands out agaisnt a light blue background.

Magazine Cover - Quantom of Solace

The main actor of the film fills most of the cover of the magazine.The title of the film is clearly displayed and so is the title of the magazine. Other articles in the magazine are displayed down the side of the magazine. Sometimes more is less, and I believe the key to this cover being a success is the simplicity of it.

Magazine Cover - The Expendables

The main characters of the film are clearly shown as this will attract the target audience of the film. The title of the feature film is clearly displayed and so it the title of the magazine to. Other articles in the magazine are shown at the bottom of cover; to make sure that they don't draw attention away from the feature article.

Film poster research

The poster focuses on the main actor to draw the attention of the films target audience. People who enjoy Matt Damon in films like Bourne Ultimatum, will also enjoy this film. The poster clearly displays the name of the film and the slogan of the film under the title. Again, the less important information for the general public is displayed in smaller text in a billing block.

Film poster research

The title of the film is clearly displayed and the main characters aren't focused on as much as the other posters. The release date of the film is in large bold writing and the main actors names are also written in white text, to help them stand out against a black background. This poster doesn't include a billing block, but still shows the institutions of the film below.

Film poster research

The poster focuses on the main actor and displays the slogan of the film at the top.The title of the film is clearly displayed in red against a dark background and the poster also mentions lots of other information at the bottom of the poster in the billing block; but in much smaller text as it isn't as important. The poster focuses on the main actor, as they know that he will be the main selling point of the film.

Presenting our story idea

We presented our story ideas to the rest of class and got feedback on each idea. We then chose valeo as the story idea to use after we had recieved feedback.

Heavy rain - Teaser game trailer

We have now decided to focus our attention on a film based on decision making. The decisions the character makes will influence the future of his life for better or worse...

There is a game called heavy rain based on decision making and we believe we could use certain aspects of the game to help us produce our film.

To view the heavy rain game trailer click here

Survivors

Representation
The trailer features a range of ethnic minorities however does not include any disabled characters. Doctors are wearing the classic white lab coat and london is shown as a city in ruins.

Audience
The show intially drawed a large audience due to being released the same time the swine flu epidemic hit the UK.

Ideology
In the extract men are shown as the more dominant gender, with women and children shown as vulnerable.

Institution
BBC

Narrative
A post-apocalyptic tv series featuring a flu virus which wipes out 90% of the world population.

Genre
Drama

Paranormal Activity 2 - Horror Teaser Trailer

Paranormal activity was one of the most 'profitable'films ever made. With a small budget of just $15,000 it made over $193 million worldwide.

Film Trailer Research

This trailer uses fast camera shots and fast beat music to build suspense. The trailer uses establishing shots to display the main characters and dialouge from the characters is used to tell the basic storyline of the film.

The trailer features lots of high intensity action scenes to help attract their target audience to the film.

Film Trailer Research

The trailer uses lots of fade transistions between camera shots to fit lots of shots in a small amount of time;this builds suspense and draws people attention as to what is happening. It also uses jerky hand-held camera movements during the fight scenes to help draw in the viewer and make them feel involved with the film.

Music is used throughout the trailer to help build suspense; however it temporarily mutes when key parts of the storyline are told so that the viewer is fully focusing on the dialouge and can get an understanding on the what the film is going to be about.

Information about the film such as actors and release date is shown on title slides in the middle of high action scenes, near the end of the trailer. At these points the audience are giving there full attention to the film and take in the information subconsciously.

Film Trailer Research

For people who have not watched the previous Bourne films,or people who may need a quick reminder on the storyline; the trailer starts of with a short recap of bournes history.

This trailer uses really quick transitions between camera shots to helps build suspense. The music used also helps build suspense. Lots of quick panning shots are used to set the scene quickly and hand-held camera movements are used during the fight scenes to help the viewer feel more involved with what is happening. Important characters are shot from low angles and close ups are used to show the emotions of the characters.

The AS/A2 Course

What you did?
Created a film thriller opening, which had to be no longer than 2 minutes long.

What you enjoyed / did well?
We felt the editing went really well and brought the whole film together. The music added really helped build suspense and tension. The overall day of filming was enjoyable.

What you didn’t enjoy / could improve?The evaluation and storyline used in the final task were slightly rushed. If we had planned better and started earlier we would of completed them to a higher standard.


The A2 Course

What are you looking forward too?
Filming the main task, getting the editing completed and viewing the final project.

What you want to achieve?
I want to make a successful film trailer, that would make people want to the whole film if it was created.

Any fears or worries?
Coming up with a good story for the trailer and finding a suitable music for it. These are key things which will make the trailer successful; so its important there good.