Music Choice

From the set of song samples we posted on a poll on Niomi Bolam's blog http://niomibolam.blogspot.com, Sour Cherry by the kills won, with a total 60% of votes.




Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
'Cause you crossed my mind, you crossed my mind
Made my blood thump 7-8-9
Make my heart beat double time
Now I'm only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right
Am I the only sour cherry on the fruit stand

Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
'Cause you crossed my mind, it crossed my mind
I'm a penny in a diamond mine
We could be movers,
We could be shakers
If we could just shake somin' outta the blue
and get off the ride

I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right
Am I the only sour cherry on the fruit stand?
If I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right
Am I the only sour cherry on your fruit stand?

G-g-g-go home, go home it's over
G-g-g-go home it's over
G-g-g-go home, go home it's over over
Go go home it’s over
G-g-g-go home, go home it's over
Go go home it's over
G-g-g-go home, go home it's over over
Go go home it’s over

The lyrics will fit well with the theme of the trailer, as it is about not fitting in and Angelica doesnt fit in with Katie and Grace.

Planning

We came up with numerous storylines, where we mind mapped our ideas onto a brainstorm.

A2 Media Brief

For my project this year I will be producing a cross media production, where I will be promoting a package for a new film, which will include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following:
a film magazine front cover and a poster for the film, inspired by a well established film magazine.
I will be working with Rachel Talbot and Niomi Bolam. The genre of the film we have chosen to base our film on is Horror. We will each produce our own film magazine front cover and a poster for the film using Adobe Photoshop, however we will be creating the teaser trailer together. We will be shooting the footage and taking photographs using a digital and still camera; along with it's tripod to maintain high quality and to prevent blurring.

Roles

We will each have our own responsible role. My role will be to take photographs and to choose the locations, while also partake in some of the filming, whilst Niomi will be responsible for the planning/storyboards and filming and partake in cutting some of the music. Rachel will take the role for the editing and the music. We all will be helping each other throughout as we are working as a team; where we can express our opinions about the product, what could be improved on. For us to be given a certain part to concentrate on it will benefit us in many ways, where it will help us gain new skills and confidence of each technique.

Synopsis

Our trailer will be about three girls; one who is quite strange and unpopular and also new to the school while the other two girls will be quite popular and two best friends, who enjoy making fun out of people. Each girl will show a different type of character. There will be the main girl (Katie) who is the leader of the group where she is seen confident, bossy and laid back, while the other (Grace)will be the one who looks up to her and follows on her say so, do what she says and wary at the things she sometimes does, resulting in her panicking compared to her friend. It will start off with them inviting Angellica (new girl) to they're sleepover/party through msn. When she does attend they put something in her drink, and she ends up falling and hitting her head in the living room, which leaves her unconcious. The girls both panic at first, thinking she is dead. However, Katie is a lot more calmer and comes up with a plan of burying the body at a nearby forest. Grace, obviously is not sure on the idea and has her doubts, byt in they end they both swear to secrecy about the incident and to go on to live they're normal day to day lives. But this is the complete opposite to what happens. The trailer will show various scenes in a relatively fast moving sequence, where unexpectant, frightening things will happen to each girl, for instance being chased through a forest by the unknown. It will show the typical conventions such as the film's production company, the age certificate and the star credits, as well as different camera shots and reaction shots.

Casting

Sarah Maddison - Katie
Amy Etherington - Grace
Jodi Zoric - Angellica



We will be going outdoors, to various locations to film for our trailer and take photos for our magazine cover and poster, then editing the scenes on the software Final Cut, inside of school. The scenes will consist of different angles, shots and mise-en-scene.

Possible Locations

Beach
Forest
Graveyard
School
House

We will produce planning for our project where we will be analysing other horror film teaser trailers and their magazines. Any notes or rough sketches and storyboards will be scanned and placed on to our blogs where we will be showing the audience of how we want our trailer to be, what we will include and what it will look like. We will possibly record ourselves onto a podcast when discussing our plans of our project and then place this onto our blog. This will link to the multimedia skills and allow you to listen to our ideas and opinions.



Over the past few weeks in a group we have discussed our plans for our project, looking at the possible outcomes and thinking in depth of the most suitable location and the different shots, cuts and angles. Firstly, we started off by drawing a brainstorm and mapping our ideas down and then choosing the best and most interesting one. However, we had to be careful which one we chose as we didn't want our teaser trailer to be too difficult and complicated to film, but at the same time we wanted to make it look as realistic as possible, which would look exciting and capture the audience's attention. One key element was to film the scenes in plenty of different locations.

Questionnaire 2

Once we found out what genre of film we were doing (Horror) we handed out a Questionnaire, stating relevant questions to 30 people finding out what we should and shouldn't include in our film trailer.



























How often do you watch horror films?
1. Everyday
2. Once a week
3. Once a month
4. Occasionally
5. Never

2 people picked everyday
8 people picked once a week
12 people picked once a month
7 people picked occasionally
1 person picked never

What do you think are the main conventions of a horror film?
1. Monsters
2. Blood
3. Death
4. Suspense
5. Ghosts

1 people picked monsters
7 people picked bloods
11 people picked death
7 people picked suspense
4 people picked ghosts

What do you think makes a good location for a horror film?
1. Beach
2. Forest
3. Graveyard
4. School
5. House

2 people picked beach
11 people picked forest
6 people picked graveyard
2 people picked school
9 people picked house

Who do you prefer to be a victim in a horror film?
1. Male
2. Female

12 people picked school
18 people picked house

What name sounds suitable for a horror film?
1. Sweetdreams
2. Midnight
3. Nightmare
4. Party House

12 people picked sweetdreams
5 people picked midnight
7 people picked nightmare
6 people picked party house

Should the trailer be in chronological order?
1. Yes
2. No

9 people picked yes
21 people picked no

What time period do you like a horror film to be in?
1. Olden days
2. Future
3. Present

6 people picked olden days
5 people picked future
19 people picked present

What makes you scared? (Pick 3)
1. Gore
2. Storms
3. Chase sequences
4. Screams
5. Ghosts
6. Blood
7. Weapons

Gore 19 points
Storms 3 points
Chase sequences 25 points
Screams 23 points
Ghosts 10 poins
Blood 5 poins
Weapons 5 points

Who do you like to see the most of?
1. The Hero
2. The Villain
3. The Helper
4. The Victim

9 people picked the hero
12 people picked the villan
1 people picked the helper
8 people picked the victim

What camera angles do you think are most effective in a horror film? (Pick 2)
1. Close up
2. Extreme close up
3. long shot
4. tilt
5. medium shot

close up 24 points
extreme close up 9 points
long shot 12 points
tilt 5 points
medium shot 10 points

What sound effects help to add tension to the film? (Pick 2)
1. Explosions
2. Wind
3. creaking
4. Bangs
5. Screams
6. whispering

Explosions 5 points
wind 9 points
creaking 12 points
bangs 12 points
screams 12 points
whispering 10 points

What is your favourite horror film?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

We got a range of answers but 'the grudge' 'the ring' and 'hostel' seemed the mostpopular horror films.

Doing this helped give us more of an insight and a better idea of what the public prefer to see in Horror trailers. We would receive the public's feedback and reactions, where it would enable us to produce a trailer based on the answers given and help us acheive these results.

Questionnaire 1

Firstly, we wanted to find out what genre of film to base our trailer on. We did this by handing out a Question to 30 people to find out their opinions and what we should produce.

What is your favourite genre of film?

1. Horror
2. Comedy
3. Thriller
4. Romance
5. Adventure

12 people picked horror
5 people picked comedy
2 people picked thriller
9 people picked romance
2 people picked adventure

'Get Carter' Film

In class we watched a brief clip of the film 'Get Carter'. We were given a script, along with a digital camera and tripod; where we had to go out in the school grounds to film a real concept of our own version of the scene. This was just a case of training ourselves on how to use the camera and becoming familiar with it.

I worked with Rachel Talbot, Niomi Bolam, Sophie Liddle, Steph Ingram and Nicole Kelly, where we each took it in turns recording. Niomi played Jack, while Rachel played Albert. When watching the clip, we noted down the different camera positioning, angles and shots and the character's actions. This way we could produce similar scenes and present it realistically.
To maintain high quality footage with well balanced framing, we made sure that the small air bubble on the tripod was in the centre of the circle. If it was outside the circle, this would indicate it was inaccurate, which would result in a bad quality and positioned scene.


Below shows the script where we annotated the different conventions.

Review of 'Your Film'

Two film makers and ex students of Heworth Grange visited, where they gave a lecture on video production. They went through the pre - producution, production and post - production stages, as well as the various conventions where they showed the class what was expected. They went into specific detail sometimes, which helped a great deal as you receive a clearer idea of what is needed in your project and how to gain the highest possible results.

Pre - Production
Ideas, concepts, script, storyboards, planning, permissions, budget, casting, crew -up, pre interviews, research, define roles and responsibilities, location, scouting.

"Plan well, set realistic goals, map out a schedule, allow for set-back, be bold, aim high!"

Each person in our group will again, have our own responsible role, concentrating on what needs to be done and meeting deadlines. However, we will be working as part of team where we will be providing each other with benficial information and helping each other out, when necessary.

Production
Filming, sound recording.

"The beef, keep the faith, stick to your plan, believe in the idea, get what you need!"

It is important that we know what music we will be using for our trailer soundtrack as it will help us film the appropiate scenes with the relevant location, to reflect the mood of the music. For instance, if something unexpectant was going to happen, where it will keep the audience waiting and it was going to take place in a dark location, we would use a low pitch, slow sound where it would begin to get faster and eventually leading up to a frightening high pitch noise. (This would represent the mood of the person and the atomosphere.)

Post - Production
Video capture, logging, video editing, sound design, music, graphic design, effects, animation, titles, voiceover, sound effects, foley.

"It all comes together. Stick to your plan but allow for creative licence."