Research and planning: Trailer

Research and Planning: Photos

These are the photos that I had taken for my magazine.

Research and Planning: Magazine

Research and Planning: Magazine Masthead Design

Research and Planning: Editing 2

(One limitation of this software is that it requires me to finalise the project every time I create one of these posts but the software is often unresponsive so this isn't always possible)

After some work, I managed to add some sound to it from Garageband this included a heartbeat and a 2 tones playing throughout to set an atmosphere.

Research and Planning: Editing

Added the distribution and production company logos to the trailer. Included a noise for the light being switched on by recording myself clicking my tongue. Struggled to add the slowly brightening effect to the moonlight pictures due to an annoying feature of Imovie which mean I was unable to unable to add any transitions.

Research and Planning: Film Poster

Essentially this is my poster complete. However I am going to get some feedback on it and see what would make it better. One thing I have already noticed is that the white text for 'is high' would need to be a different colour, one that is visible against the dark background yet also visible against the whitish card that I made. One colour that may work could be a red connotating quite well with the theme of the trailer at the same time as working well in the poster. The items on the poster itself may need moving around a bit also. 

Edit: Grass is too green. change to a darker/Deader shade to get a darker theme.

Research and Planning: Poster (So far)

This is where I am so far on my poster. I need approx 2 pictures to finish it. 1 of the grass and 1 of the hand holding the 2 card.

I was hoping to go with quite a simple poster the green will be a picture of grass. The hand will be holding a 2 playing card, this may not necessarily be a heart.

2 down, 3 is next is supposed to symbolise the fact that it is a serial killer with a plan  he has a 'Hit list'.

There will be blood on the card and on the hand. This may be fresh blood or dried based on whichever I can make look more realistic in Photoshop.

Research and Planning: Practical/Impractical Trailers

The trailers below show each case of an impractical and a practical trailer




 Going back to Seven which is a trailer we have referenced and reused for several reasons.
This would be a practical trailer. The Film itself consists of a handful of main characters which would be fairly easy to accomplish with even our minimalist knowledge in trailer making. The setting stays in the same city which is easily accomplished with a low budget. There are no explosions in this trailer which also makes it practical since we don't have the software or a Pyro-technician on standby to create that special effect.  There are a few gunshots in this trailer. Which are really easy to recreate, all we need is a fake gun and a gunshot sound effect to go over the footage. Not only that but it doesn't use complicated shot types such as crane shots etc making it quite easy to recreate some of the shots that this trailer has.



This trailer for the Dark Knight Rises is very impractical for a crime trailer. One of the main reasons for this is the shot types used. Within approximately the first 30 seconds of the trailer, more than 3 crane shots were used.  This trailer had a massive budget and amazing special effects. They destroyed bridges, football fields etc. Even with the use of a green screen it is seriously unlikely that we could recreate anything near that quality simply due to a lack of a budget to spend on the software required to create it. A large amount of real film companies would struggle to make this kind of film. I can almost guarantee that an independent film company hasn't made anything of this standard without at least help with the budget.

Research and Planning: Film Regulation (12a Classification)

We planned our trailer to be approximately a 15 however it appears more to be a 12a with the content that we have done so far.
Our target audience was originally the age rating of about 15 up to begin with however since this is just a trailer the film itself can have a different rating.

The BBFC's guidlines of a 12a are as follows:

How important is the tone of a film at 12 or 12A?

The overall tone of a film or DVD, and the way it makes the audience feel may affect the classification. For example, a work which has a very dark or unsettling tone which could disturb the audience would be less likely to be passed 12A even if the individual issues in the film were considered acceptable under the BBFC guidelines. Similarly, if a work is particularly positive or reassuring this may stop it being pushed up a category from 12A to 15.

Will there be uses of strong language in a 12 or 12A work?

The BBFC's Guidelines state that there may be strong language (eg 'f***') at 12 or 12A, but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at the 15 category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.

There may be moderate language (eg uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A).

Any discriminatory language will not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language (for example homophobic or racist terms) is unlikely to be passed at 12 or 12A unless it is clearly condemned.

What sort of violence can I expect in a 12 or 12A ?

At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).

Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A, and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works.

Sexual violence, such as scenes of rape or assault, may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated at 12A. Such scenes must also have a strong contextual justification.

Can horror films be passed 12 or 12A?

Yes, some horror films are passed at this category. Moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at 12 or 12A as long as disturbing sequences are not too frequent or sustained.

These have been taken directly from the website (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/12a-and-12) and the ones mentioned relate to our film trailer. The biggest concern for our trailer at this rating would probably be the tone of the film. Since it is about a serial killer killing people in a certain manner, and contains a fight scene which may not be in context very well in a teaser trailer run time. Concluding this the trailer will probably be set at a 15 age rating.

Research and Planning: Film Regulation (15 Classification)

We planned our trailer to be approximately a 15 however it appears more to be a 12 with the content that we have done so far.
Our target audience was originally the age rating of about 15 up to begin with however since this is just a trailer the film itself can have a different rating.

The BBFC's classification of a 15 could include any of the following:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***').
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

(The ones that are in ittalic are the ones which we have/may have in our trailer this is more based on the type of film it is rather than the film itself)

Taken directly from the BBFC website these are the 2 main points on the list given on this page (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/15 ) that may appear in our trailer. 

Can there be strong violence?

Yes, at 15 violence may be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.

Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable.

Easily accessible weapons may not be glamorised.

What about horror works?

Many horror films are rated 15. At 15 there can be strong threat and menace (as long as it is not sadistic or sexualised), although the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.

Since our plot revolves around a serial killer we should take these into consideration whilst filming.

Research and Planning: Poster and Magazine (Ace)

Just a bit of work I did on photoshop to create the ace for my title. (Ace as in for a card)
























This one is the final version for my Film Title.

Research and Planning: My New Micro Element

After swapping roles with beth, my new micro element became Editing,

Research and Planning: Meeting Post (Concerning Deadlines)

We met up and had a discussion concerning time we had left and what we still had to do. After this Beth thought it would be a good idea if her and I swapped roles. (She films it, I edit it afterwards) I agreed since she lives closer to Kristian (Whom apart from being the 3rd member of our group is also one of the main actors in the trailer, and also has the majority of the props). So essentially this was a very good idea in order to save time. We still will all do sound (as previously planned) and Beth and I will both be available to give advice on the roles to each other concerning the roles we swapped.