Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Question 3 - What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
Over the year I have asked for audience feedback to help me with my work:
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Audience feedback has helped me a lot over the year. It has helped me to improve all my work so that it can suit my target audience more. Whilst creating my print products and trailer it was good to get feedback because the audience knows what they want to see on the trailer. It helped me with my print products because I knew how to relate it back to my genre. I also learnt how to use my colours effectively on my print products. For examples using the same colours so that everything is consistent. I also used the same colours for my print products and intertitles because it helps showing how all of the products are linked together.
Audience feedback has helped me a lot over the year. It has helped me to improve all my work so that it can suit my target audience more. Whilst creating my print products and trailer it was good to get feedback because the audience knows what they want to see on the trailer. It helped me with my print products because I knew how to relate it back to my genre. I also learnt how to use my colours effectively on my print products. For examples using the same colours so that everything is consistent. I also used the same colours for my print products and intertitles because it helps showing how all of the products are linked together.
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
Monday, 18 April 2016
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Shot list for final trailer
scene one
The trailer opens with a ariel shot of Sutton cold-field in the morning. The shot will feature people walking in the town centre and a Saturday morning.
The scene then switches to a medium shot of Twyla and Shikiel walking down a street.
The scene then switches to a over the shoulder shot of Twyla and Shikiel crossing the street
A close of Twyla and shikiel feet is captured when their walking down the zebra crossing.
The scene ends with a wide shot of the couple heading into the town centre (fades to black)
A over the shoulder shot of Twyla looking at Shikiels phone is used start the next scene.
the camera then zooms into a close up shot of Shikiels phone on the bed.
A medium shot is used to show Twylas reaction when shikiels phone goes off.
A tracking shot of Twyla is used when she's walking down the hallway out of Shikiels flat.
The camera zooms into the text message shikiel received. The scene ends with a medium shot of Twyla sitting on the staircase replying to Nathaniel's text.
Scene two
Scene two
The next scene opens with a medium shot of Shikiel walking home from work.
A wide shot of Twyla and Nathaniel is used when Shikiels spots the two in Sutton.
The camera zooms in on the two hugging, they walk into a coffee shop.
A close up shot of Shikiels reaction is captured when he sees the two.
Scene three
A tracking shot of Twyla is used when she's walking into Shikiel flat.
A medium shot of the couple is used when they start arguing.
A over the shoulder shot is used when Shikiel starts questioning where Twylas been all day.
Another over the shoulder shot is used when Twyla starts speaking.
The scene ends with Twyla storming out Shikiels flat.
Scene four
A tracking shot of Twyla walking down the hallway is used to start the next scene.
The camera then switches to a medium shot of Twyla standing on the top of the stair
a over the shoulder shot is used that shows Shikiel pushing Twyla down the stairs
A medium shot of Shikiel running down the stairs leaving the flat
The scene ends with a close up shot of Twyla laying on the stair case
Scene five
A medium shot of Shikiel walking down the street opens the next scene
The shot then switches to a wide shot of Nathaniel walking down the street.
A over of the shoulder shot is used when the two start talking
The camera switches between Nathaniel and Shikiels preceptive
The scene ends with a tracking shot of Shikiel storming away
Scene seven (final scene)
The scene starts with a close up shot of Shikiel sitting alone in a cafe, looking through Twyla phone.
A tracking shot follows Shikiel while his walking out the cafe. He walks over to the bus stop and sits down.
A medium shot captures a young girl whispering Shikiels name from across the street.
A close up shot captures Shikiels reaction, he slowly walks across the street.
The girl runs around the corner. Shikiel begins to chase the girl until he reaches a dead end.
He slowly turns around and finds the girl standing in the middle of the road. He realises the girls Twyla.
A wide shot of Twyla and Nathaniel is used when Shikiels spots the two in Sutton.
The camera zooms in on the two hugging, they walk into a coffee shop.
A close up shot of Shikiels reaction is captured when he sees the two.
Scene three
A tracking shot of Twyla is used when she's walking into Shikiel flat.
A medium shot of the couple is used when they start arguing.
A over the shoulder shot is used when Shikiel starts questioning where Twylas been all day.
Another over the shoulder shot is used when Twyla starts speaking.
The scene ends with Twyla storming out Shikiels flat.
Scene four
A tracking shot of Twyla walking down the hallway is used to start the next scene.
The camera then switches to a medium shot of Twyla standing on the top of the stair
a over the shoulder shot is used that shows Shikiel pushing Twyla down the stairs
A medium shot of Shikiel running down the stairs leaving the flat
The scene ends with a close up shot of Twyla laying on the stair case
Scene five
A medium shot of Shikiel walking down the street opens the next scene
The shot then switches to a wide shot of Nathaniel walking down the street.
A over of the shoulder shot is used when the two start talking
The camera switches between Nathaniel and Shikiels preceptive
The scene ends with a tracking shot of Shikiel storming away
Scene seven (final scene)
The scene starts with a close up shot of Shikiel sitting alone in a cafe, looking through Twyla phone.
A tracking shot follows Shikiel while his walking out the cafe. He walks over to the bus stop and sits down.
A medium shot captures a young girl whispering Shikiels name from across the street.
A close up shot captures Shikiels reaction, he slowly walks across the street.
The girl runs around the corner. Shikiel begins to chase the girl until he reaches a dead end.
He slowly turns around and finds the girl standing in the middle of the road. He realises the girls Twyla.
Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Final Pitch
Feedback on my pitch
After filming my pitch I asked my audience;
Do you like this idea for a film trailer?
Yes I like this idea because it sounds very unique and different. I think this is the right idea to use for your specific target audience because they would find your idea very interesting and they would be engaged in it. I feel like the target audience would be able to get more involved with this idea as it is something they would enjoy. My target audience also aid they are really excited to see the final trailer.
Do you like this idea for a film trailer?
Yes I like this idea because it sounds very unique and different. I think this is the right idea to use for your specific target audience because they would find your idea very interesting and they would be engaged in it. I feel like the target audience would be able to get more involved with this idea as it is something they would enjoy. My target audience also aid they are really excited to see the final trailer.
Monday, 22 February 2016
Friday, 12 February 2016
Planning on Photo Shoots
This is the photo shoot planning for the pictures we are going to use for our print products. This photo shoot planning shows the characters that are going to be on the print products. Where the pictures are going to be taken and what day. Finally, this planning show what the characters will be wearing, and how they are going to look in the pictures.
Risk Assessments
The main risk we have in our final film trailer is when Twyla gets pushed down the stairs by Shikiel. To make everything safe, we are going to film it in stages. For example the first shot will be of Shikiel pushing me. The next shot will start off with me half way down the stairs then falling a bit more. The last shot will show me starting from the bottom and me falling onto the floor.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Key Scenes Editing
In the first key scene you can see Shikiel pusing Twyla down the stairs. To make this creative I added in a slow motion effect on the push so that it makes it more effective for the audience. I also put a black out on there to show the effect of the fall.
The key scene starts of with a mid shot, which then leads to a two shot and it ends in a high angle.
The second key scene is the scene where Twyla is walking down the corridor in the flats. It shows her looking at her phone reading her messages. I'm going to add sound in this scene and I will increase the tempo which will increase in tension and drama.
This key scene just shows the same shot of Twyla walking and it is a close up shot of her walking down the corridor.
In this scene it shows that Nathanael is trying to ring Twyla to just check on her, not releasing that she has just been killed by being pushed down the stairs.
This key scene just shows the same shot of a close up shot of the camera zoomed in on Twyla's phone showing that Nathanael is trying to ring her.
In this scene it shows Nathanael trying to convince Twyla to make up her mind about choosing who she wants to be with, either him or Shikiel.
This key scene is a two shot of Twyla and Nathanael talking in the car.
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
Film logo ideas
I have asked my target audience which film logo they like the most. A lot of my target audience said the like the second one on the left. This is because it is an unusual logo and it is creative. However, some of my audience may struggle to read what it says. My target audience also said that I should try and think of another tag line other than 'expect the unexpected'. This is so that my audience can have more to choose from to use in my trailer.
Monday, 1 February 2016
Treatment for my final film idea
This is the updated version of my treatment, as me and John have developed our idea for our final film trailer.
The genre of my film is horror/thriller
Shikiel and Twyla are a happy couple living in harmony. Everything is going well until Twyla starts speaking to Shikiels friend Nathaniel. The two start speaking more until Twyla starts seeing Nathaniel behind Shikiels Back. While walking home from work, Shikiel spots Nathaniel outside of a coffee shop, he begins to walk over to him until he spots Twyla. the two hug and walk into the shop. Later that night Shikiel starts to get suspicious and goes through Twylas phone, while going through her phone he finds text messages between her and Nathaniel. Shaikiel confronts Twyla which results in the two having a massive argument,Twyla storms out the flat. She begins to text Nathaniel while walking down the hallway, when she reaches the stairs shikiel pushes her. She falls down the flight of stairs and dies. Shikiel grabs her phone and runs out the flat. The next day Shikiel runs into Nathaniel while walking home from work. Nathaniel asks how Twylas been which results in Shikiel shouting at him. Shikiel storms off which leads Nathaniel to become suspicious. while checking Tywlas phone Shikiel discovers a text message to Rachael saying that she's pregnant. He ignores the text message thinking that she was lying. However strange things start happening to Shikiel. He later finds out that his being haunted by the ghost of his unborn baby.
the codes and conventions of a horror are;
The genre of my film is horror/thriller
Narrative
Shikiel and Twyla are a happy couple living in harmony. Everything is going well until Twyla starts speaking to Shikiels friend Nathaniel. The two start speaking more until Twyla starts seeing Nathaniel behind Shikiels Back. While walking home from work, Shikiel spots Nathaniel outside of a coffee shop, he begins to walk over to him until he spots Twyla. the two hug and walk into the shop. Later that night Shikiel starts to get suspicious and goes through Twylas phone, while going through her phone he finds text messages between her and Nathaniel. Shaikiel confronts Twyla which results in the two having a massive argument,Twyla storms out the flat. She begins to text Nathaniel while walking down the hallway, when she reaches the stairs shikiel pushes her. She falls down the flight of stairs and dies. Shikiel grabs her phone and runs out the flat. The next day Shikiel runs into Nathaniel while walking home from work. Nathaniel asks how Twylas been which results in Shikiel shouting at him. Shikiel storms off which leads Nathaniel to become suspicious. while checking Tywlas phone Shikiel discovers a text message to Rachael saying that she's pregnant. He ignores the text message thinking that she was lying. However strange things start happening to Shikiel. He later finds out that his being haunted by the ghost of his unborn baby.
the codes and conventions of a horror are;
- Scary sound effects
- Isolated location
- Location usually dark
- Usually has a protagonist / antagonist
- Usually makes the audience shocked and surprised
- There is usually a death in a horror
- Nightmares
- Non - Diegetic sound
- Fear of the unknown
The codes and conventions of a thriller are;
- Dramatic music/soundtrack
- intense action packed scenes
- Usually has a protagonist vs Antagonist
- Violence and conflict
- extreme close-ups and jump shots
- Exotic locations
the props that are usually used within a horror/thriller are:
- Knives
- Guns
- Chainsaws
- Machete
- Axe
- Weapons that cause a lot of harm / death
the characters that are usually used within a horror are:
- Ghosts
- Mental person
- Psycho
- Monsters
the characters that are usually in thriller films are:
- Protagonist/Hero
- Antagonist/Villan
- Damsel in destress/Herion
- Helper/sidekick
The main characters of my film:
2 boys - Nathanael and Shikiel
1 Girl - Twyla
About my characters and there Physographics;
Twyla - Aged 18, lives in Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield. Black Caribbean, student at sixth form. Loves singing and dancing. Likes playing sport. Hardworking and thoughtful. In our production Shikiel is portrayed as a being caring, friendly and thoughtful person. In the start of our production him and Twyla are in a serious relationship. The couple go on dates and see each other every day. The audience are convinced to believe that Shikiel is a oving, thoughful boyfriend. His personality suddenly changes when he discovers that his co-worker Natnaniel is seeing Twyla behind his back. This results in Shikiel turning extremely violent and aggressive. He becomes jealous over Twyla's relationship and murders her. However Nearing the end of our production, Shikiels personality changes which results in him going back to his old-self.
Shikiel - Aged 18. Really tall. Ethnicity - Black. Student at college. Loving having a joke with people. Has a part time job. He is very fashionable and he loves being around his friends. In our production Twyla is portrayed as being a outstanding,caring sixth form student whose in a serious relationship with Shikiel. She's represented as being happy and lively until she starts cheating on Shikiel with Nathaniel. Her personality slowly begins to change through out the film. The audience witness her character become emotionally depressed. She eventually cracks until pressure and tells Shikiel the truth about her secret relationship with Nathaniel. This ultimately leads to her death.
Nathanael - He is black, tall, aged 19. Ethnicity - Black Caribbean - Student at college. Lives in Handsworth. Nathanael - Loves playing basketball, fashionable, hardworking, has a part time job. In our production Nathanael is portrayed as being very shady. Though he knows Twyla has a boyfriend, he stills continues to see her behind Shikiels back. However his personality changes when he discovers that Twylas gone missing. He becomes more emphatic and caring, which results in him finding the truth behind Twylas death. Initially the audience are made to hate Nathaniels character in the beginning of our production, however they later begin to feel sympathetic towards his situation.
Locations : A majority of our production will be shot in Sutton Coldfield and Digbeth. The narrative of our production revolves around three young adults in a urban environment. The first key scene will be shoot in Sutton coldfield shopping centre. This scene will include Both Twyla and Shikiel walking home from a night out. The restaurants and shops featured in the scene will help to indicate that couple are walking home from a night out. The second key scene will be shoot outside of a busy coffee shop. This scene will include Twyla and Nathaniel meeting up behind Shikiel back. Coffee shops are social places were people talk and meet in public. This is good location to use because it gives the illusion that the two are meeting in secret. The Third key scene will be shoot in a Shikiels flat. This scene involves Twyla and Shikiel getting into a huge argument which results in Twylas death. the last scene will be in empty allotment outside of Shikiels flat. Isolated places have connotations of loneliness, fear and the unknown. The scene features Shikiel discovering that is still alive
Locations : A majority of our production will be shot in Sutton Coldfield and Digbeth. The narrative of our production revolves around three young adults in a urban environment. The first key scene will be shoot in Sutton coldfield shopping centre. This scene will include Both Twyla and Shikiel walking home from a night out. The restaurants and shops featured in the scene will help to indicate that couple are walking home from a night out. The second key scene will be shoot outside of a busy coffee shop. This scene will include Twyla and Nathaniel meeting up behind Shikiel back. Coffee shops are social places were people talk and meet in public. This is good location to use because it gives the illusion that the two are meeting in secret. The Third key scene will be shoot in a Shikiels flat. This scene involves Twyla and Shikiel getting into a huge argument which results in Twylas death. the last scene will be in empty allotment outside of Shikiels flat. Isolated places have connotations of loneliness, fear and the unknown. The scene features Shikiel discovering that is still alive
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Monday, 18 January 2016
Unborn Script
Unborn Script
The scene opens with a wide shot of Shikiel and Twyla walking across the street holding hands. The couple are discussing what their going to do tonight.
Twyla : Where do you wanna go to eat?
Shikiel : I dunno you choose?
Twyla : Lets try that new Chinese place in town.
Shikiel : Nathanael told me about that place, its suppose to be nice. Ming and Moon
Twyla : Whose Nathanael.
Shikiel : A guy I know from work. I don't speak to him a lot.
Later that night the couple are leaving the flat. Shikiel leaves his phone on charge and gets a text from Nathanael. Twyla checks his phone. its a message from Nathanael. Twyla begins to text him pretending to be Shikiel. The next day Twyla tells Nathanael the truth saying that she was the one texting him. The two start talking again.
A couple weeks pass
Shikiel spots Nathanael outside of a coffee shop while walking home. He begins to approach nathanael until he sees Twyla walking towards him. The two hug and walk into the shop. Confused about whats happening, Shikiel texts Twyla asking where she is.
Twyla checks her phone.
Nathaniel : whose that?
Twyla : its no-one
Later that night, Shikiel asks Twyla where she was.
Twyla: I was at college all day. Why you asking?
Shikiel: because I saw you with Nathanael.
Twyla : What? no i wasn't. even if i was how would you know?
Shikiel : Dont lie to me, I saw you.
The couple have a huge argument, which ends in Twyla storming out of Shikiel flats. She slams the door and begins to walk out the flat. She texts Nathanael before she walks down the stairs. Suddenly a hand appears that pushes Twyla down the stairs.
A hooded man runs down the stairs grabbing Twylas phone.
two weeks later, Nathaniel sees Shikiel walking down the street.
Nathaniel : Hey Shikiel how you been?
Shikiel : alright, sorry i can't talk I'm in rush.
Nathaniel grabs Shikiel arm while trying to walk away.
Nathaniel: Hows Twyla, I haven't seen her in ages.
Shikiel looks at Nathaniel nervously, making direct eye contact.
Shikiel: why whose asking
Nathaniel : No-one just wondering how she is. Are you two alright.
Shikiel : Its none of your business, I' already told you I'm in a rush. bye
Later that night Shikiel trys to get into his flat, but the locks have been changed. Suddenly he hears a girls scream coming from the forrest.
Shikiel : Hello whose there?
the screams get louder and a bright light begins to flash from the bushes.
Shikiel : who are you come, come out?
He begins to walk towards the bushes slowly.
Shikiel spots Nathanael outside of a coffee shop while walking home. He begins to approach nathanael until he sees Twyla walking towards him. The two hug and walk into the shop. Confused about whats happening, Shikiel texts Twyla asking where she is.
Twyla checks her phone.
Nathaniel : whose that?
Twyla : its no-one
Later that night, Shikiel asks Twyla where she was.
Twyla: I was at college all day. Why you asking?
Shikiel: because I saw you with Nathanael.
Twyla : What? no i wasn't. even if i was how would you know?
Shikiel : Dont lie to me, I saw you.
The couple have a huge argument, which ends in Twyla storming out of Shikiel flats. She slams the door and begins to walk out the flat. She texts Nathanael before she walks down the stairs. Suddenly a hand appears that pushes Twyla down the stairs.
A hooded man runs down the stairs grabbing Twylas phone.
two weeks later, Nathaniel sees Shikiel walking down the street.
Nathaniel : Hey Shikiel how you been?
Shikiel : alright, sorry i can't talk I'm in rush.
Nathaniel grabs Shikiel arm while trying to walk away.
Nathaniel: Hows Twyla, I haven't seen her in ages.
Shikiel looks at Nathaniel nervously, making direct eye contact.
Shikiel: why whose asking
Nathaniel : No-one just wondering how she is. Are you two alright.
Shikiel : Its none of your business, I' already told you I'm in a rush. bye
Later that night Shikiel trys to get into his flat, but the locks have been changed. Suddenly he hears a girls scream coming from the forrest.
Shikiel : Hello whose there?
the screams get louder and a bright light begins to flash from the bushes.
Shikiel : who are you come, come out?
He begins to walk towards the bushes slowly.
Feedback on my Production Company Logo Ideas
All these logo's are possible logo's to use for my trailer for my production company logo's. The name of my production logo is going to be Dark Sky production. I tried to make all of them different so that my target audience had different ones to choose from. A lot of my target audience liked the second production company logo because they are used to see production logo's on a black background and this one is different. However, they thought I could've made the text different to make it more exciting for them. This would ask help to attract my audience more.
Many of my target audience didn't like the third production company logo, they thought it was too confusing and they couldn't read what it said. However, they did think it was different and interesting.
The first and last example of the production company logo was liked a lot, because everything stood out on the page and they could see everything clear. However, they would've liked the background colour to be different so that it makes it more exciting and interesting for the audience. This would also attract more people to watch the film.
Friday, 15 January 2016
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