Monday, 26 January 2015

Production: Filming the teaser trailer

Before, I filmed the proper scenes with both of the brother's in their correct outfits, I chose to film some of the scenes roughly just to make sure that they would work or were possible to film, and also to make sure the angle worked well, instead of messing around trying to work that out on the actual day as I didn't want to waste people's time.

The scene above is where the brother's will be running away from the villain that is chasing them, I chose to film it from a tracking angle, and therefore I was running behind them, this is for it be from the villain's perspective which was fitting as I play the villain even though that is not given away in the teaser trailer to create some mystery.


Originally, I was always going to have this low angle of me getting out of the car, however when I made my first rough draft it seem slightly shoved in, therefore I cut it from being added. 

Update
After showing my first rough draft to my teacher and media class, we discussed how there was not enough narrative to the teaser trailer, and also how it felt more like an opening scene as the clips followed on from one another. Therefore, I have chosen to film some new scenes so that I have a jumble of different scenes from the film, and also more narrative to add enigma, I've done this by revealing some snippets of the secrets that they find out, for example baby pictures of someone that they do not know and also a scene of the two brothers holding a gun to the other to create new suspicions. I have now decided to add the above scene of me (the villain) getting out of the car, as it now fits in with the jumble of scenes. And, below is a new scene that I have filmed of the mother arguing with one of her sons, to again, raise new suspicions and add enigma.

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Planning: Surveys for my ancillary products

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Update
Once I handed out the survey above, I got feedback that some of the questions were difficult to answer because of the wording or the choices for answers. For example, in one of the questions I had asked two different questions and when the only answers were either 'Yes' or 'No' they didn't know what answer to put, also my target audience is too wide making some of the answers difficult to answer if they're about what's suitable for the target audience (I will also need to go back to my target audience post and change this), finally for questions where there are multiple choice answers other than 'Yes' or 'No' they needed to know how many answers they could choose.
So, below I have changed my questionnaire so it is better, clearer and easier to understand, and I will hand these ones out to the class again to get some better responses.


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Update
Here are the responses I got from my new survey.



1. Majority was 'Yes' for this question.
2. Because of the answer for the first question, and because that's the answer that I am going to go with, there is no need for question 2 anymore.
3. Just the hero's.
4. No need for question for 4.
5. No need for question 5.
6. Yes.
7. Other.
8. Empire magazine.
9. Bus stop, billboards and inside the cinema.
10. No need for question 10.



Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Planning: Time management for production

Here, is my time management list for production:

  • As I have arranged a date to film - Saturday 20th December - that is when I will film all my scenes for my teaser trailer.
  • During this I will take pictures of me filming the action.
  • While I am editing the teaser trailer at school, I will be taking the pictures for my two ancillary products at home - after I have chosen inspiration ideas for my magazine covers and film posters - for Alex I will take the pictures on Wednesday 21st January, and then the pictures of Carl and the two of them together on Friday 23rd January.
  • I hope to then get a focus group to look at my teaser trailer on Tuesday 27th January.
  • Then, add/improve my teaser trailer on all the feedback that I get from that focus group.
  • After this, I will be most likely to move onto choosing the pictures I like best and that fall into the conventions of my two ancillary products, and start to photo shop and edit those pictures to look the way I want them to.
  • I would also like to have a focus group for my ancillary products after the first rough cut of editing them.
  • Then I shall turn my attention to making the final touches to those ancillary products and finishing them off.
  • Before, I present both my teaser trailer and ancillary products to my target audience and get feedback from them.
  • Finally, if there were any changes that my target audience felt I needed to make then I will go about finding a way to make them.