Research and planning: test shots for trailer

This is a video showing some test shots me and my group did for our trailer. As we are sharing cinematography and editing we shared those tasks in this task as well. 

Research and planning: location recces for poster

This is my location recce for my movie poster.

Research and planning: location recces for magazine

This is my location recce for my movie magazine.

Research and planning: location recce for trailer

This is my location recce for my movie trailer.

Research and planning: production logo sketches

This is a sketch of my production logo ideas, I did this to see which ideas I like the look of on paper. I can now say that my favourite is "THRONE PICTURES". I will now use photoshop to further the idea and make a digital version that can be used in my work.

Research and planning: poster fonts / tagline ideas

I have come up with some ideas to use as taglines on my magazine. I have come up with ideas that will suit my audience and also fit the horror genre of my issue. They are:

• 30 Film reviews this month
• "We Meet Again" special interview
• Oscar previews
• Festive specials
• Top 10 horror villains of all time

Research and planning: production logo ideas

I have had a few ideas for the name and logo of my production company. I was thinking of a name that relates to royalty because that is seen as powerful, but also the ideas I have come up with sound cool. They are:

• Crown Productions
• King Productions
• Royal Productions
• Throne Pictures

Research and planning: budget

There are some props / outfits that we need to film our trailer and make it look suitable. I will list what we need and how much it is going to cost us. These things are;

• SLR Camera - free
• Tripod - free
• Male character 1 outfit - free
• Male character 2 outfit - free
• Female character outfit - free
• Make up - £5
• Gown for ghost - £20
• Editing software - free
• Phones - free

The things that are listed as free we either have ourselves as a group such as the outfits we can wear our clothes because they're casual, or they're in college, like the camera and editing software. But the ghost make up and the gown we need to buy so the cost all together so far is £25.

Research and planning: risk assessments for poster

This is a risk assessment showing the risks and the precautions that I will take to overcome them.

Research and planning: risk assessments for magazine

This is a risk assessment for my magazine picture, including precautions we will take when taking pictures to make sure everyone is safe and no one gets hurt.

Research and planning: shot list for poster

This shot list shows the options of what shot types I could use when taking the picture for my poster, some are repeated showing how I could differ the same shot.

Research and planning: shot list for magazine

This is a shot list with the potential shots that I could use when taking the picture that will be on the front of my magazine and how / why it would be taken.

Research and planning: history of genre

As the genre of my trailer is horror I am looking more into the history of the genre. I am looking at the types of horror films that there are, for example refinement or parody. 

Horror films began in around 1890's, a very early example is Dracula which actually came out in 1897, these were rather typical and jumpy which was quite basic when scaring the audience. It then became more challenging to scare the audience so filmmakers had to try harder when writing their films. Another iconic horror film is The Shining which came out in 1980, so is much later than Dracula but is still vital when studying horrors. This film was inspirational to my group when creating our film because we are looking to make a traditional horror film rather than a parody. We took aspects from The Shining and refined them so that they were slightly different. 

Research and planning: weather checks for shooting

As we planned to go out today to take shots for our film posters and magazines, as well as some filming with the scenes with the villain. I decided to check the weather app on my phone, the weather is great for our atmosphere, slight rain and quite dark for the daytime with overcast.

Research and planning: mise-en-scene analysis

Again, mise-en-scene isn't my main role in the group but I would like to have a n understanding of the topic to have suggestions when it comes to it with our own trailer. From this trailer I can immediately tell that the outfits used are based on the setting. So the man is wearing a hiking outfit, which is quite obvious but effective. The children in the trailer who are portrayed as "bad" are dressed /  look different. Because although they're in the same place the children have cut faces, messy hair and dirty clothes as though these people won't help them for some reason. This is what I think throughout the trailer even when the people take the children in they are portrayed as animals.

Research and planning: editing analysis

Although editing is not my main role in creating our trailer I have decided to analyse editing in a trailer so that I have an understanding and have a feel for how it works. From this trailer I can tell that this kind of film starts quite basic just using straight cuts until it starts to go creepy and she gets grabbed in bed. from that point on we see a lot more slow cuts like fades, these cuts make the atmosphere a bit more eerie because we are expecting something to happen next.

Research and planning: voice over information

As a group we have decided to use a voice over in our trailer. We have decided to put it at the beginning of the trailer rather than the middle / end. We also decided that if we did it ourself it would probably sound cheap so we are asking somebody we know to get us our voice over done professionally, in the accent that you hear in a lot of trailers. Rather than explaining what's happening in the trailer like the one heard on my analysis of The Conjuring, we would rather say when the film is coming out and more about it rather than an explanation.

Research and planning: sound analysis 2

I decided to do two sound analysis' because it is my main role in the making of the trailer. This trailer is quite different from the first that I analysed. It starts with a voice over which is something that me and my group have already discussed and agreed we would like to use. We then hear non diegetic noises such as wind, and glass smashing which add effect to the atmosphere. As well as this we get diegetic noises such as the children screaming which makes you feel jumpy. The trailer also end with the voice over again, this is something that as a group needs discussing (where we will include our voice over).

Research and planning: sound analysis

I am analysing Annabelle in terms of sound because that is my role in the group, to make sound for the trailer. I notice from Annabelle that it starts off with a casual song that is quite slow. We then hear jumpy sounds when the people are in their house which makes you feel on edge. One thing I particularly like from the trailer is the thudding heartbeat that you can hear I think it adds a lot of effect. There are definitely some aspects of this trailer we could use in our own.