Our Film trailer

We were tasked to put a pitch together which explained our idea for the narrative of our film, we also had to create a mood board which represented our film, find a website and film trailer which we found inspiring from our chosen genre. This is our mood board, we chose images of homlesnes and london as are basis.
Our idea for the narrative of our film is to have a serial killer who is obsessed with homless girls and thinks that they are the scum of the earth and kills them. The killer has been working for quite a while and every year he kills a girl but this year there is a problem. We were inspired by American psycho and the obsessive behaviour that he has and we want to replicate that same neatness in our trailer. Originally we wanted to mesh two genres together: Urban drama and Psychological thriller but we decided that this would not work as well and so have decided to have an urban setting but not any of the conventions.


The side effects trailer inspired us as it is a psychological thriller which has some urban settings, though this is not a focal point in the film. The cinematography is also very effective and we will will try to replicate the beauty of the shots.

We were inspired by this film website as the way it is put togehter is very clean. The titles of each charachter have a gif of them in some part of the film keeps the audiecnce intrested in the specific  charachters. There are also links to social media which allow people to share it, indreasing audience participation. The colour scheme that is in the film  poster also runs through the images shown on the website which shows cohesivness and gives a vey profesional look. There is also links to buy tickets and watch the trailer, everything is on

one page, and it is easy to navigate. There also even adverts of Ablixa, which is a very important plot point in the film, which makes the website very emursive and also makes the drug seem quite real.

Lighting Research.

Lighting can contribute to narratives in many ways, such as creating atmosphere or contributing to characterisation.
Different terminology for types of lighting.

Key light. The main source of light in a scene.

Fill light. The secondary source of light in a scene, often used to reduce shadows.

High key lighting. A scene that is well lit with few shadows.

Low key lighting. A scene with little light resulting in shadows and darkness, often used in horror and film noir.

Backlight. A light positioned behind the subject, often casting them into darkness.

Rim light. A light positioned above and slightly behind the subject which helps to define the edge of the figure. Sometimes referred to as a hair light.

Hard light. A lighting source that casts harsh shadows.

Soft light. A diffuse, ambient light.

Chiaroscuro. Any shot that uses low key lighting, high contrast and shadows.

Three point lighting. The common use of a key, fill and backlight.

This video intrigued me as it lists lots of different types of lights that can be used to have different effects on the lighting of the scene and shot. It ranges from very soft lighting giving the frames a friendly, comforting feel to it to lower key lighting and lots of angular lighting giving the frames more of a dramatic atmosphere to the scene.

They also showed how to use different types of gels to create different coloured scenes and atmospheres. It also was interesting to see how these gels could be used to look like flashing lights out side from different environments e.g. from a hotel or club sign.

It contained useful tips that would be able to be recreated by most people, even with different equipment.

Final Polaroid pictures :

the Pologram app

After taking the shots for our Polaroid pictures I used an app called Pologram which prints photos from your phone off in a Polaroid style and sends them to you. We chose our final nine - 8 from the photoshoot and 1 of Emily from the day in London. Each Polaroid costs only 29p to print and with a code I got nearly 50% off including delivery.


Our plan for these Polaroids is to have them in a book, in which our serial killer will plan his murders and have pictures and souvenirs like newspaper clippings to show his obsessive side. We decided that our killer would kill once a year for 8 years, with the month changing so there would always be a year and 1 month (maybe for planning) between each killing which would always take place on the 1st.

Here below are our final Polaroids which are ready to be filmed inside the book.

Hayley - 2007

Catherine S - 2008

Emily B - 2009

Gemma - 2010

Pooja - 2011

Catherine G - 2012

Kate - 2013

Polly - 2014

Emily F - 2015 (our main girl)

Dreamlike editing

Many psychological thrillers have a quite dream-like feel to them, this is often portrayed through the editing and the choice of music, this is easily seen in the trailers of these films.

Stoker

The dreamlike qualities are shown throughout the trailer but they start in the opening scene with there being a blur around the edge of the shots and the use of soft colours which conveys the idea of nostalgia. The voice over at the beginning is also quite chilling as Nicole Kidmans' voice is very soft and it therefore sounds like she is close to the audience. This is quickly contrasted with the harsh words that she says to her daughter which contradicts the earlier idea of nostalgia. The sudden change of pace creates a quite aggressive tone and conveys the psychological element of the film and it could also be seen as to be quite nightmare-ish. The monotonous tone of the metronome conveys the idea of a differentiation between the surreal and reality. The continuos movement of the camera also creates a dream like atmosphere this is also enhanced by the slow motion shot in the shower which is quite surreal. The choice of colour also is quite dream like as it is very soft and there are not any bright colours. The continuous use of extreme close ups is quite surreal and disorientating.

Side effects



Like stoker the choice of colours in Side Effects are very light and neutral which creates a very calm tone. Some of the shots also utilise the depth of field by focusing on the characters whilst leaving the background behind them quite blurry which is quite dream like. The cross fades between each shot also give the trailer a very fluid and surreal tone added to by the non-diegetic piano music. The blurryness and the sudden change in pace in the trailer portray a disorientation from reality. The fast pase of the edits also build tension as the the non-diegetic sound is building, which is quite effective.The constant close up shots also create a distorted view of the narrative of the film. The tone of the trailer changes quite quickly from dreamlike to quite frantic through the building of the non-diegetic singing and the pace of the shots, this is quite effective as it hooks the audience into the narrative.

Under the skin

What did you find interesting about the  extract?
In the "Under the skin" trailer there is a repetition of red throughout which could represent the promiscuous nature of the protagonist as she is shown to be quite seductive and therefore powerful as the men she meets seem to be entranced by her. It could also represent the danger which she brings on herself throughout meeting these people. The audience might be wary of her motives for her actions and therefore not trust her. This also makes her quite interesting to the audience as there is a large element of intrigue.

The non- diegetic sound at the beginning of the trailer is almost painfully high pitched which makes the audience quite uncomfortable and it links to the the science fiction genre as it sounds quite futuristic. The introduction of the voice over by Scarlett Johanson also links to the science fiction genre as the sounds she are making suggest to the audience that she is not quite human. The mise-en scene however does not conform to any specific genre an it confuses the audience of the specific genre as it is not futuristic enough to be considered science fiction. The neutral   tone of all the clothes apart from her lipstick mirrors the naturalistic establishing shots of the countryside.

The locations that are use are polar opposes from each other; there is a urban city and a desolate beach. The naturalistic locations have high key lighting and it is almost too bright to look at. This could represent the harsh beauty of the natural world around the protagonist and it could be their view of seeing it the first time. The scenes in the city location are much darker and less colourful which could suggest that there is no beauty in the city. There is also a lot of contrast in the colours that the protagonist is wearing, mainly blacks and dark browns and the stunningly bright background. This portrays to the audience that there is something dark going on in the characters life.

The cross fade between the different shots of the locations give the extract a surrealist fell a there is not much distinction between the different scenes. The fast paced building of the stringed instruments conveys the idea that there is chaos in the scene and the constant slow paced drum bet does exactly the opposite. The non-diegetic sound is quite confusing and adds to the surrealism of the trailer.

The use of extreme close ups and the eye is quite disorentating for the audience as it does not seem to have any relevance to the narrative other than adding to the surrealism, and the close ups of her knees are also quite suggestive. The non-diegetic sound of the ticking clock and the fast beat of the drum also builds tension and atmosphere which is quite effective.

Trailer Deconstructions:

We were asked to research and deconstruct two trailers of our chosen genre, in our case psychological thriller, one has to conform and one has to subvert the genre conventions only looking at sound and editing.

The Machinist: (2004)

• low ominous non diegetic music in the background, builds up with drums and regular beats
• music suddenly becomes more dramatic as the speed of editing increases, sounds more classical instruments
• diegetic work noises, saw, possible knife slashes?
• dark neutral colours interrupted by flashes of bright light
• edited so it looks slightly faded, weird effect adds to psychological impact
• no bright colours at all - shows the darkness and intensity of the film
• high pitched whirring noise contrasts with the low rumbling
• tagline, main actors name and film title are main credits included in trailer, simplistic white font on black background

LOCKE: (2014)

I chose this trailer as it challenges conventions by only having one location/setting for the whole trailer which lasts 1.30 minutes.

• whole trailer shows main character driving a car
• one shot at beginning of an urban city area - shows location
• has to rely on sound and editing to excite/intrigue the viewer as no change in character or location
• editing is mainly different shots and clips of the main character speaking and driving
• interrupted with reviews of the film, bright lighting on a black background contrasts against the rest of the trailer
• set at night so lighting is very low-key and mostly dark colours are used
• sound is mostly voice-overs and conversations where he is on the phone 
• non diegetic music is continuous throughout the trailer low ominous rumbling noise which builds up slightly to the end
• slow pace of shots, longer between change of angles

Evaluation of Photoshoot for Polaroids:

As part of our trailer, we wanted to include evidence of the previous murders our serial killer has committed and we decided to do this in Polaroid form. Instead of using an actual Polaroid camera, there's a website where you can submit pictures taken with a phone or camera and they will be printed in Polaroid form and sent back to you.

As we decided our killer will have murdered 8 girls in the past 8 years, we asked 7 of our friends (and me) if we could take a photo of them looking like a homeless teenager. We were able to take them in school as the pictures would be close-ups of their face and only a small amount of the background would be shown, enough to show the location.









Catherine G: (left)


For this shot we liked the effect of the wooden door with all the paint peeling away and also the scaffolding at the side.
Catherine is wearing a blue jumper and black trousers and we asked her to sit up against the scaffolding in the corner as if she is trying to keep warm.
When Megan was taking the shot, we tried to include the scaffolding in the framing and I think in the final one we've chosen it works quite well as it adds the stalker element to it.






Emily: (right)

We got Emily to sit next to a "Corrosive" sign and I liked the symbolism represented through the idea of danger. She is wearing a brown hoodie and dark trousers although you won't be able to see them properly in the actual shot. Emily is covering her face, which shows her bruises and to hint that she is scared and also gives an idea that she wants to remain anonymous to the public and is ashamed to show her face.

Gemma: (left)

For this shot, we made Gemma crouch down by a drainpipe which reinforces the phrase 'living in the gutter'. She's wearing a grey baggy jumper, has messy hair and also a bruise on her face to show she's been in some sort of a fight.

We also asked her to look behind her as if something or someone has scared her and I think this is quite effective.

Hayley: (right)

For my shot, Alice made my face look really dirty and messed my hair slightly. I wore a hoodie with a jacket over the top so I was layering my clothes. We thought it would be a good idea to use the garage door as the background to show the urban setting of film. I also looked into the distance, similar to Gemma's shot above.



Polly: (below)

We selected a wooden door by an old shed on our school grounds as our background for this shot. Polly is wearing a blue faded hoodie and again is crouched on the floor to make her more inferior. Similar to Emily, she is covering her face so we can see her injured knuckles, but looks more like she could be crying and upset rather than just ashamed of her position.

Catherine S: (left)

Catherine is wearing a burgundy beanie and a grey hoodie with black trousers, In the actual shot we decided to have her not wearing glasses as I don't think a young homeless teenager would be able to afford them or they might have been stolen/broken. She is sitting by some stairs and again in the shot we can see cars in the background, hinting she is at a car park. We also asked her to have her hand over her mouth slightly, almost in shock which shows how upset she is to be homeless and vulnerable.

Pooja: (right)

In our school park, there is a rubbish area and we noticed the wooden panelling and the shopping trolley and thought it would be a good area for one of our homeless girls to sit. Pooja is wearing a grey hoodie and we asked her to look really desolate and innocent and lean up against the panel.

Megan also did a post about our final shots which you can see here.

Research into Representation:

Representation = "the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way"

Representation Theory

The Representation Theory is all about thinking how a particular person, group or identity are being presented to the audience. It is important as the way people are presented in the media can have a huge social impact. People's attitudes to certain groups might change because of how they've been presented in the media. The concept of representation is the idea that what you are watching on a screen is not the same as watching something happen in real life. Media products show us one version of reality which they have re-presented, not reality itself. Media producers can either reinforce existing representation of people in the media or change the way they are presented and therefore how the audience receives them. 

Audience Identification:

When creating a media product, the director/producer is trying to get the audience to be on the side of the protagonist and hope the antagonist will fail. To do this, they need the audience to identify with the protagonist - there must be a reason to be on their side. As there isn't usually much time to explore the character and their personality so directions will use a more stereotypical character who the audience will recognise quickly and understand. 

Character Typing:

There are three kinds of character typing:

• Archetype = familiar character, emerged from hundreds of years of storytelling
• Stereotype = character used in media to show a certain group of people (can be positive or negative, think about how hoodies are portrayed within the media)
• Generic type = character familiar through use in a particular genre of movie

There are three approaches of representation:

• Constructionist approach

• Reflective approach

• Intentional approach

Foucault's Constructionist Theory

This approach suggests that our understanding or knowledge of the world is constructed by representations found in a range of media texts utilising media language and narrative.
Constructionists feel that a representation can never be the truth or a altered version since that is ignoring your ability as an individual to make up your own mind and the influences of the society that you live in. 
Any representation is a mixture of:
- the thing itself
- the opinions of the people doing the representation
- the reaction of the individual to the representation
- the context of the society in which the representation is taking place
Meanings are created by the relationship between the producers, the text and the audience:
 - the representation is constructed with a set of ideas and values (producers intent/intended meaning)
 - the context of the representation is part of it (media language choices, media form, placement/location, genre expectations)
 - the audience react to this representation and this depends on their own personal interpretational context:age, gender, political/religious beliefs, nationality etc (negotiated meaning)

Reflective Theory

(The Reflective view of representing)

According to this view, when we represent something, we are taking its true meaning and trying to create a replica of it in the mind of the audience, like a reflection. It can also be mediated to give a certain perspective but essentially it is reflected.

An example of this is the news, the producers want to replicate what is happening in the real world and relay it to the viewer, however it can be mediated by only choosing to report certain news stories but even so, what they do show is real. 

Some other examples are documentaries, reality TV and soap operas, even if they contain major stereotypes or are exaggerated, they are a reflection of real life. 

The Intentional View

This is the opposite of the Reflective Theory, the most important thing in the process of representation is the person doing the representing - they are presenting their view of the thing they are representing and the words or images used mean what they intend them to mean. Representations can be seen as a deliberate attempt to create associations and ideas for the audience, 

One main example of this is advertising, the brand are trying to persuade the viewer to buy the product so they try to get the audience to think in a certain way - that they need to buy this product.

This can also be linked to Stuart Hall's Reception Theory as when a product is produced, a message is encoded at the point of production and this is the Preferred Reading. 

However whether the Preferred Reading is decoded by the viewer all depends on the viewer themselves and their personal experiences, if not it could be an Oppositional Reading  opposite of what the producers meant) or Negotiated Reading (can see both sides of the argument). In relation to the Intentional View, it is similar to the Preferred Reading as this is the message the producers are trying to put across to the viewer. 

Evaluation of Polaroid Picture Shots.

For our film teaser trailer we wanted to include the killer's past victims through the use of Polaroid pictures which would flash up every so often throughout the trailer to build tension and suspense.
We had eight girls pose for us as the killer's past victims and placed them in locations which looked appropriate for them to be sitting if they were homeless.

The majority of the shot types that we used were close ups and high angle shots of our victims to show them as vulnerable and almost as if they were being spied on from a distance so the killer would have to zoom in on them from a distance equaling the range of close up shots.

I believe that our pictures that we took were very effective as we picked out 8 separate locations for each of our victims to be in and also the clothing and make up they had were effective and added to the homelessness of their characters.

Final Photos:

Black Swan Extract.

Within this extract there are many elements which connote to the conventions of a psychological thriller. The sequence begins with a dream sequence which immediately displays a sense of inner unbalanced within the lead protagonist’s mind. The low key lighting and spot light also connote to the dream like atmosphere as it just focuses on the protagonist and what they are doing. The use of a secondary dancer which appears on screen during the dream sequence, dressed in black and mainly framed in over the shoulder and mid shots creates an enigmatic atmosphere to the scene as we never see the face of this character.

It also displays a contrast between the protagonist and the new character, this can also connote to the convention of a psychological thriller of the main protagonist not being able to differentiate between what is reality and was isn't, as the protagonist is dressed in all white and light colours whereas the other character is dressed in all black displaying the good and the bad that the protagonist is struggling with positive and negative thoughts in their head. It can also display a split personality of the protagonist which also connotes to the convention that the characters in psychological thriller that the protagonist has an inner conflict of themselves that they are trying to fight.

This image of good and bad is also portrayed in the real world where the protagonist lives through herself and her mother. She wears white and pinks, symbolic of innocence and child like elements, similar to what she was wearing in the dream sequence and her mother is wearing mainly black clothing, similar to the other dancer shown in the protagonist’s dream. Therefore this displays the uncertainty the protagonist has between reality and not reality as certain aspects and elements from the dream sequence flow into reality.

The way the protagonist speaks in an almost childlike tone also connotes to the conventions of a psychological thriller as it’s almost as if she is not developed or does not take thing seriously. The use of the diegetic noise of her toes clicking when she wakes up gives the sequence an eerie feeling to it as this sound is enhanced and magnified, meaning the audience would too feel uneasy because of this sound.

The use of the voyeuristic shot of the protagonist looking at another dancer who is clearly portrayed as the protagonists doppelganger as she is dressed in dark colours like the dream dancer and the protagonist’s mother which also connotes to the thin line between reality and thoughts that the protagonists in psychological thrillers tend to display to the audience.

The use of mirrors throughout the sequence also connotes to the typical conventions of a psychological thriller. The majority of the shots used which involve mirrors are close up and over the shoulder shots as these do not allow the audience to see the dancers’ faces directly but only in the reflections of the mirrors. This alongside high key and natural lighting shows the audience that this section of the sequence is in the reality that the protagonist lives in. Therefore the use of mirrors also connotes to the conventions of a psychological thriller as its showing the difference between reality and not reality through the reflection of the mirrors.

Corrections are in italics.

Teacher's Comments.

A thoughtful analysis throughout with film language embedded well

Target - Do develop ideas by considering the impact on the audience and symbolism.

To improve I need to expand my examples and involve more points to do with the effect the elements in the sequence have on the audience and the symbolism they contain.

Mise en scene

In the narrative of our film a serial killer is obsessed with homeless girls and think they are the scum of the earth. We wanted to create a stereotypical costume that would be easily identifiable.  For this we chose for her to wear a green beanie and parker with a blue jumper top and ripped jeans and old converses.

To make this more realistic I also made her face grubby with make up and made her knuckles red and put a bruise on her hand. We found the overall look to be quite effective.

For our location we decided to use leaky street as it is the only place where you are legally allowed to graffiti. We thought that this would work well as it would be an easily identifiable location and would look quite realistic. 

Filming Evaluation: 3/10/14

Alice putting make up on Emily

Taking a close-up shot of her shoes

On the 3rd October 2014, the group and our actor Emily travelled up to London, meeting at Waterloo to film some scenes for our trailer. We were planning on filming all the shots of our homeless girl and also look around and possibly experiment with filming our time lapses/establishing shots. This is the shooting script that we used for the day.

As soon as we left the station, Alice started preparing Emily's face for filming, by removing all of her current make up and using darker make up to make her face appear dirty and grubby. We had also asked her to wear a hat and gloves and her jeans were ripped to achieve the homelessness look.

The result

We then took numerous shots of Emily, using a variety of camera angles so that we had more than enough to choose from when editing the footage, just in case the ones that we had planned to use didn't turn out as well as we hoped. We also tried a tracking shot, from the point-of-view of a casual passerby looking down on this homeless girl and just ignoring her which I think should be quite effective, if we can edit it correctly.

Filming

High angle shot

Filming the time lapse

Setting for a time lapse

Setting for a time lapse (in sun)

We then walked from Waterloo to Charing Cross, looking for locations to film the time lapse. We stopped on the bridge itself facing the London Eye and set up the camera, letting it film for about ten minutes while people walked across in front and luckily, we managed to get a few boats in shot as they passed under the bridge, creating a ripple wave effect.



Knowing that Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery are popular locations for tourists, we decided to sit up on one of the monuments to try and get more of a high angle shot, rather than just filming on the ground. We were extremely lucky with the timing for this footage because during our filming, a series of clouds passed across the sun, causing shadows to fall and move across the building opposite.




Overall I feel the footage we filmed on that day was quite successful and will hopefully be included in our final trailer. I think the time lapses are good enough but as Megan's dad was not available on this day, we will have to come back up to Waterloo to film the footage where he finds her sitting on the floor to make it more clear they are both in the same location.

Gender in Film

Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey coined the term of male gaze this is the idea that the audience is put into the perspective of a heterosexual man. This is normally accentuated through the lighting and camera angles that are used for example the way in which the camera focuses on a woman's' body.

The theory argues that this denies women human identity as they are only seen as sexual objects and are only seen through a man perspective. Often the female characters are non-essential and only exist in relation to the man. Mulvey argues that there are only two reasons that female characters are included in film:
1. As an erotic object for the characters within the narrative to view.
2. As an erotic object for the spectators in the cinema to view.

The types of roles which the characters carry out through the narrative are also different. The make characters typically carry out the the "active role" as the male characters often push the narrative whereas the female characters either slow the narrative down or inspire male characters to act and thus are seen as objects for male attraction and "passive characters".

Anthony Giddens
Argues that clinging to dominant versions of masculinity, based on a supposed superiority to women is a common reaction between men of all ages and could be one of the reasons that lead to domestic violence. Traditionally masculine characters are portrayed in media and fim constantly for example James Bond who is seen as very charming and witty but also very powerful.  James Bond constantly has to save women and so it could be argued that they are just damsels in distress. On the other hand traditionally men are also the perpetrates of the crimes in horrors such as Freddy Kruger and Buffalo Bill.

Women in psychological thrillers
In recent psychological thrillers female characters often seen as quite strong for example India in Stoker is a very strong character also in Gone girl Amy Dunne is presented as a mentally unstable but very smart woman who can easily manipulate. In our narrative we want the audience to sympathize with the girls and so we will present them as vulnerable and unable to change their situation.

Research into Representation.

Representation in the Media.

Media representations are the ways in which the media portrays particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas, or topics from a particular ideological or value perspective.

Stuart Hall.

• Stuart Hall describes the representation as an act of re-presenting a meaning that already exists. Hall concludes that representation is the way in which meaning is given to decipt images from words which stand for something else.

• Similarly, he also concludes that 'representation has no fixed meaning until it has been represented.'.

• The meaning of representation changes as its form changes, therefore, meaning cannot exist until it has be represented, the meaning exists within its representation.

• Hall also questions where these meaning have come from and how they are constructed through representation, especially images seen through the media.

• Stuart Hall also theorised about the reception theory in which the terminology of preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings, encoded and decoded message play a key role in what we know is included within what the media document is trying to get across.

• Representation is more difficult than it appears. Hall concentrates on visual representation, but what Hall points out is applicable to all representation. Visual media are the privileged sign of late modern culture. Visual media are the saturating medium of world culture.

• Hall will try to subvert this old notion: Representation as a Reflection/Distortion of Reality.

Linking this to our genre of a psychological thriller these ideals and theories that Stuart Hall has addressed we can see that he has addressed that representation can be a reflection or distortion of reality. Due to psychological genred films being ones which show a distortion between reality and fantasy in the characters' minds. We can draw upon Halls' theories as we can include very realistic elements in our trailer and also ones which are not to show the difference between the two in the character's mind and also show it to be blurred or distorted as well to get across the psychologically troubled state of their mind and life.

Simulacra.

• This theory was developed by Jean Baudrillard.

• They stated that representation is problematic and they can be simulations of realisties which don't exist.

• Hyper-reality: 'a condition in which what is real and what is fiction are blended together so there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins.' There is no distinction between reality and representation, only the simulacra.

• Baudrillard researched hyper-reality, noting how humans accepted simulation as reality. They realised that many people now couldn't identify the line between reality and altered representation.

Linking this to our genre of a psychological thriller theses ideals link into the genre connotation that the characters' minds within these types of films have problems separating reality and not reality apart, creating a blurred vision between the two of them.

Glue trailer:

What I found interesting about the trailer was, from an audience's point of view, how much it made me want to watch it. The purpose of a trailer is to persuade the viewer to watch the rest of the series. I liked the fact that apart from a few details, it didn't really explain that much and I found it confusing but it intrigued me and I want to watch it to find out what it means. For example, the slow motion close up shots of the chain falling - I want to know the significance of it, also why there are horses running through woods and fields and the burning car on fire.
The song that was played throughout (non diegetic sound) also was effective as it started off slow to fit in with the space of the shots but then sped up when it builds up and the hints at a murder is referenced by the lyric "love is to die". The trailer follows the conventions of an Urban Drama, with the sponsors of the show at the beginning (Mentos) and at the end the date and channel are mentioned so the audience will know when to watch it. We are also introduced to a majority of the characters, although there is no dialogue from them we can get an idea of their personality by the actions they are doing or the mise en scene, for example we can tell the girl works for the police by her uniform and the fact that she is at a crime scene - this shows she has a respectable job and is socially conscious. 
The mise en scene of the trailer is also interesting, I particularly liked the shot of the bright red flares which contrasted against the rest of the trailer which uses darker colours, low key lighting and night scenes. However, there are some early shots of the sky in the morning. The slow editing gives the trailer a nostalgic feel about t, especially the slow motion shots of the horses and the blood dripping into water.

Corrections are in italics.

Teachers Comments:

A sound understanding of the trailer shown with some good film language used.

Targets - Ideas could be developed by considering multiple readings of cinematography/mise-en-scene in order to develop ideas fully, 

~ To improve, I think I need to remember to use evidence and examples when making a point so it had more analysis and relevance to my answer. I also need to consider using more terminology and a wider range of examples from the video.

Evaluation of Footage.

We went and film some of our shots for our teaser trailer including the shots of our victim, establishing shots and longer frames which we will speed up and use for a few time lapses.

This shot was particularly effective as we were able to get a focused close up our victims shoes but also show the street unfocused in the background.  

Our shots of our victim were also successful although some blurred mid way but we were planning on cutting them any way as we do not need as long of shots as the ones we filmed, this ensured us that all of the footage and shots we filmed would be able to be used in our teaser trailer. 

We also filmed some establishing shots like this one and also did 10 minute shots in the same or similar locations to these which when we edit they will be quickened up to create a time lapse which will establish the location and time and atmosphere of the location and narrative to the audience.

With most of our footage there were moments where the focus on the camera was quite varied due to the auto-focusing setting on the camera. Due to this we had to shoot longer shots than what we needed to make sure that some part of the shot would be in focus and effective for us to use.

The exposure and lighting on the shots were also probably a bit lighter than what we had intended but we had to film at this time otherwise we would have not obtained as clear footage as we have, DUe to this we will have to play around with the exposure and colour schemes on the footage when we are editing to make it look darker and conforming to what our narrative is about. 

Overall I think our footage turned out very effectively and will all be used in our teaser trailer. I think we could have tried to get a few more still shots of our victim but overall the footage we have filmed is appropriate and effective for our trailer. 

Trailer Deconstructions.

One Hour Photo.

• This trailer does include conventions to a typical teaser trailer. 
• Short shots which build up towards the end of the trailer. 
• Pace of transitions between frames quickens and intensifies the atmosphere of the trailer. 
• Has a narrative but doesn't give much away about the plot to the audience. 
• Conforms to genre: low key lighting, quick frames, enigmatic.
• The trailer has lots of close up , establishing and tracking shots framing the main characters (antagonists and protagonists).

American Psycho.

• Mostly conforms to trailer conventions but it contains a lot more longer shots.
• Close up and establishing shots are longer.
• Longer and slower frame changes between shots. 
• Does not have many typical conventions of its genre (psychological).
• Does have obsessive footage e.g. exercise, order. 
• Displays the main characters (antagonists and protagonists) and reveals some narrative to interest its audience. 

Shooting Script - 3rd Oct 2014

As we have an inset day on the Friday, we thought this would be an ideal day to go up to London because we would all be free.

Date: Friday 3rd October 2014

Time: 11am-2pm

Location: Areas around Waterloo, Leake Street

Meet: 10:30 at Waterloo Station

People:
Hayley
Alice
Megan
Emily (actor)

Things to bring:
Camera (Megan)
Tripod (Megan)
Storyboard (Hayley)
Make-up
Costume- beanie, hoodie, fingerless gloves etc
2nd camera (Hayley)

Outline of footage to be filmed:
Shots of girl, including close-ups of outfit. Also establishing shots of area, for possible time lapse shots.