Fatal Twist film poster

Fatal Twist film magazine cover

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

 When making a movie in modern day it has become a lot easier, there is now a variety of convergence. The technology of today has made a huge impact within todays society and we take this for granted, years ago when making a movie it would take much longer and be a lot harder to create, now we have many tools like apple mac's in which help to create films a lot faster with a great use of editing techniques to make the film much more interesting and realistic. Most of the technologies used have only been around from the 90's and this has already made a huge difference within the last twenty years!
When creating our film trailer i became aware that the majority of these programmes me and my group have used are programmes we use on a day to day basis such like Facebook, Apple and youtube. When using these different technologies we are not aware of how modern society would fail to be without them! As we have been able to create a film trailer form these technologies imagine what the technology will be like within the next ten years. If we were to be without these facilities and technologies we would not be able to create such interesting programmes in which help like when making a film trailer much easier. Most of the society and teenager of today take the great source of these technologies for granted we use each programme i listed above each day with our phones without knowing! When having to research into film trailers and use a different range of technology to represent the information found we found this challenging as we did not know what to use! This shows how we take these programmes suchlike Facebook for granted as we use it to just socialise with friends by uploading images and videos, we search on youtube for the most randomise video's in which have no irrelevance.

To create and edit our film me and my group used the source of Apple Mac's and by using the programmes on apple we were able to create our film trailer. When thinking about Apple it  has now became the no.1 leading brand in which has a variety of computers, laptops, i-pods and iphones in which come with a variety of other accessories. Both Apple and Microsoft have been around since the 70's but only from the 90's have become noticed and both now two leading conglomerates. These two companies are very highly respected within the media industry.
                                                                                                                                                                           

When researching to different film trailers, we used youtube to discover the different genres of trailers, by using youtube we were able to find these threw both our Iphones and the Apple Mac's. When we found our top 5 we were able to find the one main trailer we were influenced by and then we were able to re-watch of a numerous of times.



When chosen our favourite trailer which was "Roommate" we were able to stop the trailer at each point of interest and strong points in which helped us create idea's of what we should include but also to help us choose the titles for our film. Without Youtube we would not of been able to do this.

The source of the interent helped with the development of our film trailer, we used youtube to help find tutorials to find information on how to use other effects when using Final Cut Express. We also use youtube when re-searching into film trailers, we found a variety of different genres and idea's in which we then was able to create when producing our own trailer.

To show all my re-search and planning throughout re-searching and creating my film trailer me and my group used a website called Blogger. From using Blogger we were able to show our planning of each three elements film trailer, magazine cover and film poster, with this we added each step of what we achieved onto our blog. When using blogger we were able to upload pictures and video's from youtube. Blogger has been a great source in which has helped to keep me on track and help me to relate back to work that needed improving or work that i had not achieved yet, without the use of blogger my work would of been on paper in whcih would not be presented as neatly and it would not of been orgainised, also i was able to access blogger from any computer whether at school, home or out on my Iphone.

When making our film trailer we had to become familair with the technology of both Apple Mac's and Final Express, we had already used these tools but needed reminding of certain tools and techniques in which would help make our final film trailer more realisitc. Throughout reating our trailer i have learnt new skills in which have helped when editing the trailer as the trailer now contains a better source of editing technoques and skills which helps add to the moevement and footage filmed.
When uploading our film footage, we used a memory card in which we connected witht he Apple Mac and sent the filming threw ASAP! without his source uploading the footage could of been much harder and difficult. We were also able to upload this on any apple mac computer within our class room and carry on editing.

When editing the film together we used I- Movie, this was where we uploaded each film clip onto and was then able to link together ready to export following by importing into Final Cut Express. We decided to use Final Cut Express as we were more familiar with this technology and found it easier to use. When adding music into the film we used Garage Band, by using this technology we was able to crete our own piece of music in which we could choose from a variety of sounds in which we chose the piano as our main source. We found using Garage Band difficult as we stuggled to create a piece of music in which would link well with both our film and the thriller genre, this took a while after playing around with different features and sounds but eventually we were able to produce a great piece.

When editing our poster and magazine we decided to use Photoshop, by using this tool it was very easy as Amelia is a photography student in which gave us and advantage when cropping the image and changing the colouring. I have improved my technology skills since my AS work due to working with new programmes such as photoshop, this has broadened my print media skills just as my as my film media skills.

We also used Facebook and Twitter, this is as their both social networking sites in which our related target audience would use everyday either on their phones or computers. By promoting our film trailer on each of these sites we were able to gain audience feedback in which would help us to improve our film. We also used each of these when planning our film to ask if anyone was wiling to star in our film.

Overall we did have difficulties with certain aspects during the time of creating this film trailer, this was from:
Not knowing what narrative to choose
Errors when footage would not upload
When our film would not upload to Facebook for our audience feedback.
When error messages occured we found this very frustrating and it then cause computers to run slow.  I thought that both me and my group were very patient when having to re-upload to Facebook as it was very time consuming in which we did have to save the trailer numerously by changing the quality.

n what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Bed scene with psycho girl watching over their "friends"

When comparing both bed scene film clips within both mine and Roommates film trailer we are aware that this scene is used to help show the Psycho girl in action becoming a stalker! I feel that my trailer shot of this shows great detail of the girl stroking the other actors face but also she has a strong and consistent facial expression in which represents the psycho girl very well. Roommate have placed this scene in a soft blue lighting which is shown in certain area's within the scene to help add suspense to the scene adding onto the thriller effect in which shows a great tension within this scene compared to my groups scene as it is placed in a normal daylight lighting in which does not link with the movement within the scene as great as if placed within a harsher colour would add a better atmosphere within the scene which would of worked better with the thriller film genre.

Titles during each film trailer to represent a new "friendship"

Both of the above screen shots represent the titles on both my film and "Roommate". When comparing both film titles i feel that both titles are used in the same size writing in which is eligible for viewers to read and not to big in which make the title over exaggerated. We chose to use a plain black background with red writing in which helps to identify that this film has elements of thriller in which is represented well threw these colours, The Roommate title is used in a much subtler way with the use of dark blue with white writing in which does not represent the thriller film genre as quickly in which makes the audience wonder and question more what type of film this could be? They have also placed the word "Friendship" in capital letters in which represent how the film narrative is to do with friendship, this is also seen threw how bold the writing is and that the words "Brings new" is underlined by a white soft shadow in which is linking the words together. I feel we could of created a better title by using other techniques in which would make the film trailer much more interesting by using a softer choice of colours would help make the audience question what the film is about rather than knowing from the start!




Shot of both actors stalking the other girls and beginning to become jealous of others talking to her.

When comparing between my film and roommate i found the shots are very similar, when comparing i have realised we could of filmed a bit more closer towards chloe to get a much more detailed facial expression and quality piece of filming.


The film titles

From comparing the two film titles i am able to see that our film title "Fatal Twist" is to big compared to "Roommate". Their film title also includes extra effect from the shadowing at the bottom of the door but also a contrast of colour from the blue and the white used, this ads to the thriller film genre. We shall be changing the size of this when adding in our institution of "Warner Bro's" at the beginning of our film.

Audience feedback

I placed my film trailer on a public website named Facebook, i chose to use this site as it is a social networking site, in which our chosen target audience would use for many purposes. By placing my groups film trailer on Facebook we are able to get feedback from our target audience in which helps us to relate back to our film and improve to be approved by the target audience of our choice, from this comments were left in which have helped me to improve mine and my groups film trailer in which will help show a better quality film by adding in elements like a film institution such as 'Warner Bro's' in which is a worldwide known company in which adding into the beginning of our trailer will work well and make it much more naturalistic. I feel that the comments left and feedback given were a mixture of good and bad, but from this has made me realise the better elements in our film compared to the much lower quality film clips in which when re-editing i am able to edit and improve. Even though we gained two comments about our film, unfortunately we did not get feedback from the right target audience.

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Our three elements of work consiting of magazine cover, film poster and our film trailer have all worked well together. Within the three elements we have combined the main feautres of our film trailer in each of our three pieces of work, for the magazine and film poster we used two different images in which represent two different things, the film magazine is just of Chloe who plays the "Psyco Girl", this helps the audience recognise who she is in real life but also the difference between her and her character,the film poster is of both the new and popular girl in which they are on different levels on a staircase with the "Psyco Girl" expressing evil and how she is weird. I feel by creating each of these three elements we would be able to create promotional packages to a mass audience in which would bring in extra audience viewers, this is from the magazine being published and read worldwide but also placing the film poster on billboards along main towns but also promote on the side buses, by promoting these two work elements it helps people to notice a new film but also feel interested as the writing is eye catching and bold. I feel that the editing elements in our trailer at both the start and end are very stong in which show the variety of camera techniques we have used, it was hard at first to link in certain clips together as the speaking had to be in specific places but after a few fustrating attempts i was finally able to do it. I feel we have also used a great use of different fonts and sizes which also fit in with the thriller genre of our film! The titles we have used work well with the film footage filmed, they also help to make the audience think what this film could be about but also shall hopefully make them want to watch the whole film when in cinema. I feel that within our film poster we was able to capture a great image which represents how one of the girls is weird and this is shown threw the two different levels that the models are placed on but also the difference within colour, the popular girl at the bottom of the stairs is shown in a bright light and coloured clothing whereas the psycho girl placed at the top of the stairs is wearing a dark coat and the light around her is very dull in which shows a great contrast. The titles used within the poster are also positioned at the bottom of the poster which helps for the audience to see the image much clearer but also the colouring of the film titles contrast well with the image and the white writting in which is used for the bill board which when all linked in and placed together helps to show the thriller film genre. The film magazine contains a great variety of headlines and titles which represent our film "Fatal Twist" but also it looks more realistic as it contain other smaller titles in which give information of what is inside of the magazine but also the latest news and upcoming films. I feel that we have overcome a various difficulties when using final cut express to edit the film to make sure each sequence makes sense and shows a great use of techniques from camera angles, clear film footage and non deigetic music, in which has helped us to make a great film trailer which shows the genre of thriller and relates well with our target audience. We have also learnt new skills in which has helped with not just editing the film trailer but also working on photoshop in which we used to edit the images chosen for our film poster and magazine, the difficulties from using this was we had to edit the photos to help enhance the quality of colour within the image but also help show the messgae behind the image form both actors facial expressions, We found editing the magazine cover of Chloe "the psycho girl" the hardest as to capture this image we used the green screen in which we had to cut around her and for some area's around her body became frustrating where we were trying to get the image perfect. After alot of hard work me and my group have been able to create three different elements of work in which relate to our film and would help to interest an audience so they would watch our film in cinema.I feel that each three products do contain a small amount of weakness in which if we spent more time on we would be able to improve in which would help the qualtiy of our work much better and this could of been done from when filming, getting photos or even when editing in which we could of used other techniques in which would of made the trailer more naturalisitic and like normal trailers, I feel even though their is weaknesses in some elements of our work we have been able to create a very effective and creative film trailer in which works well with the other two elements of work we have created.

Clips of film footage

The two images above represent the opening footage of our film, i have shown these clips as within editing on Final Cut Express i was able to link the two different film clips together in which helped portray two different camera angle shots in which when linked have worked very well together and by using this technique it shows a strong technique of editing and an interesting effect in which makes the film trailer look more naturalistic.

magazine cover template

                                  

This is a template of how to create a film magazine front cover, from this i have created my own version ready for me and my group to use when making our magazine cover.

This film magazine template has helped me and my group to create our film magazine cover. This templates helps to state where each element should be placed within our magazine cover, even though we have used this as a guide we have changed certain layouts around and added in more information in which would help make a realistic audience more interested as the magazine shows more interesting facts and inside information in which portraits a well known film magazine as this is the key information in which they provide and their target audience love.

Finalising our film trailer

In today's lesson we have been focusing on finalising each three pieces of our coursework. I have been working on final editing in which would help show greater techniques. I also made a billing block in which represents the produciton company, producer, editer, musical producer and director, for our bilingboard block we have used a plain black background with white writting, we have also used a different font compared to any other film titles used within our film. I also had to create a certificate which identifies that  the film trailer has been overseen and is suitable for the age group of 15, this is so that parents/ careers of children under 15 are aware this film is nt acceptable for them to watch. By including this cerfiicate it makes the film trailer much more realisitc in which looks much more real life. I also used a technique within final cut express in which has  helped make the text of "be afraid" much more iteresting and will make the viewer feel on edege, for me to achieve this new technique i had to research into how to use motion text on final cut express, from this i found a tutorial and from this i was able to find out the information so that we would be able to strech out the words as it drove forward, luckily i wasble to achieve this and it has added to the thriller genre affect throughout our trailer.

Film Magazine

To prooduce our film magazine we decided to use TOTAL FILM in which is a world wide known magazine company which is a monthly issue and updates its readers with up to date knowledge of films realised and up coming films. We decided on using this film magazine as also people would recignise the make of the magazine and know it contained great information, If our film was to be shown to the public and shwon in this magazine we also know that we would get alot of interested viewers and our film would be shown and read about worldwide which wideness our audience. When creating our film poster we deicded to take an image of "The new girl" this is as she is a world wide known actress and people would recognise her. We decided to take the photo of Chloe using the green screen, by using this we are then able to provide a different background which would help make the poster more interesting by using vibrant colours and a unique image.
When producing our film magazine we have used full body image of the actress standing alone. We have placed her on a white background which makes the front cover of the magazine much brighter, stronger and more eye catching. We have made the font of the film magazine title"TOTAL FILM" very bold and of a vibrant colour in which contrast well with the plain white background in which will catch the audience members eye. Within the front cover we have used and wrote a variety of tag lines and created a great source of informaton which would be contained within a normal Total Film magazine cover. We have incorporated our film FATAL TWIST as the main focus and from this in little film title headers we have incorpoated all information in which would help boost pour target audience to want to watch the film. We have also included real life facts about films everyone knows so that it contains other inside information which the target audience of the magazine would watch.

Film poster.

When creating our film poster for "Fatal Twist we decided that we would capture an image using both actors. To show that the girls are teenagers we decided to capture our image on the stairs within our school, with this idea we was able to include different levels in which would be able to show the difference between the normal girl and the psycho girl, When deciding on showing this we placed the popular girl at the bottom steps looking on her phone and the psycho girl on the next flight of stairs looking over the banister with a glare in which the audience would be able to see and realise something is not right.We decided on capturing as image like this as it also links with our thriller film genre. We thought it was also a great idea in taken the image within school grounds as pur target audience is around 15- 20 year olds, in which would be at school, uni or even college studying. To show the popular girl as being normal she has been used within a brightly lite area in which helps to identify her character as more realistic, where as the pshyco girl has been place higher up in which the light is much darker and their for helps to show she is full of evil and is not normal. To show the film title we decided to place this in a bold font and size in a dark red colour that shall be seen and noticed and placed this at the bottom of our film poster, we have also added a tag line underneath the film title which has been placed in a different font a smaller size and placed in white which contrasts well with the colours from the picture taken and once edited. From each of the colours within the image and the different tone of lighting provided the ilm poster has become alot more interesting and with this helps to show a creepy and intense atmosphere.

Editing of our film

We have began to edit our film in small sections. At first I have put all the footage we have filmed in order of where they should be and then once i was satisfied i  have began to edit the film together adding in film titles and the dissolve tecnhiques in which link the film clips in a much subtler way. I found the editing of my film very fustrating as when syncing two different film footage's together i had to make sure i cut the clips in the right place so when linking the same scene from a different camera angle with the other camera angle, the wording and lip syncing was spot on, after a couple of fustrating attempts i was very succesful at achieving this work. At the begging when i first began to edit the film down i had forgotten most techniques so when starting to adjust the film clips i found it harder and from finding it hard would take up alot of time compared to at the end when i knew what i was doing, it took me less time and was alot easier in which i was then able to explore a various more techniques within the Final Cut Express, in which helps to link in with our thriller genre. To finalise our film trailer we still need to create the billing block which shall be at the end of the trailer, add in the production company we shall be using at the beggining and add in the music in which will help add extra tension and a creepy atmosphere in which shall also help link with our thriller film genre. When watching our film trailer, we have came across elements in which we need to improve on and we need to add in an extra scene in which will help add more tension within the trailer and help to link with other thriller scenes that we have created.

Final Locations used.

Throughout our film trailer their shall be a variety of locations shown in a fast paced cut effect so that we shall be able to involve a good narrative idea, in which will help to make the target audience interested and want to watch more. From our animatic you are able to see a variety of different film locations some of which new and others which are the same. The main location set throughout our film trailer is "Rainham school for Girls school"this is our main location as from this we are able to establish main characters and a rough storyline of which the narrative of the film shall be about. The school locations shall be shown throughout both outside and inside of the school, such as lockers, common room, class and when the two girls first meet and introduced from the head girl. Other locations used within our film trailer is the popular girls house this is shown from an outside shot of the new girl starring out the window when beginning to become psycho. Other locations shall be the new girls kitchen, this is used to show the new girl talking to her mum about her new friends, from this her mum can tell something is not right and how she is acting strange. We shall also be including a scene of which the new girl is stalking the popular girl and hiding from a tree staring at her, this also helps to show how she is a psycho. Further on within the film trailer when the new girl attacks the popular girl we see a slow motion shot of her phone falling to the ground and how it is left alone with it showing a various amount of missed calls from her friends and family. By including footage like this it is leaving the audience questioning what has happened? By including a variety of these camera angles it helps to make the film trailer more realistic.

Day 2 of filming.

On our second day of filming we decided to film establishing shots. We located the filming inside of school as we are then able to incorporate an establishing shot, this is shown through a mid shot which zooms forward showing the school sign "Rainham School For Girls". By filming this specific sign it enables an establishing shot in which is representing where the scene is being shot but also the target audience shall be able to link the film to real life in a variety of ways. My group decided on filming a scene of both girls walking through the school gates in which would establish how they are school girls that late for school, this links in well with their stereotype character as it shows they are naughty and are not bothered. When filming we chose to incorporate a match on action shot in which showed the girls walking and talking from behind and then in-front, we found this camera angle very frustrating as we had to make sure that the actors were walking the same side as before and that each movement they made were shown identical form both behind and the front shot. When including this footage within our film trailer it helps represent the "Popular Girls", you are able to stereotype these girls from the way they are dressed such as fashionable clothes, male-up and hair. When using this shot you are able to see that they still go to school in which shall link in well with the target audience, this is from how they   may feel like they want to be the girls and also they may use the catch phrases that the girls say throughout the film in real life circumstances.

Filming

This week my group has began to start filming. We have filmed three scenes which will link together, this is as we were able to film scene which show the popular girl transforming the new girl so that she will fit into the popular girls group, this is shown with the popular girl straightening the new girls hair. We also filmed a scene of which is showing the new girl becoming a psycho, you are able to recognise this through the way the new girl strokes the popular girls face, looking at her phone but also the stare she shows when looking out the window when another friend arrived. 

I found filming each scene was challenging as we had to make sure we captured realistic moments with the right lighting and continuity so that when re-filmed both actor and prop was placed in the same way. When filming we also had to make sure that we were able to capture a variety of shots i which would show emotions and facial expression clearly and successfully, when filming the scene of transforming the new girl we incorporated a mirror in which represented it was a teenaged girls bedroom but also that she was always presented nicely through her make-up, hair and perfume smelling, when filming this scene i was filming so i had to set the camera in a specific areas in which would capture both actors in a clear image way so that you are able to establish what is happening but i also had to make  sure that i was not captured in the filming either this would of been shown from the reflection in the mirror. When finding the best placement for the camera and angle we were then successfully at filming the scene and using a various amount of camera angles in which would show the movement throughout the  scene very clearly.

I feel that we did capture a great use of footage but we could of experimented further by using more shots and incorporated a stronger use of footage but we also could of prepared the scene chosen to film a lot better so that we would be definite on what was happening. Over all i feel we have captured a great first set of filming ready to include within our film trailer.

Thriller/ Horror film posters

  This film poster represents the "Thriller/ Horror" film genre from the creativity of images and colouring. You are able to see that this film would not be a romance or a comedy film through the dark black side colouring and the actors who star in the film, who have their faces enlarged yet set as shadows from above, by doing this it symbolises that this film will contain thriller scenes making an creepy atmosphere throughout the film. You are also aware of the thriller genre from the image presented at the bottom of the poster which shows someone lying on a table in an opeating theatre surrounded by doctors/ nurses who are looking down at the body, this represents how the body laying could be dead or that the people around are not really who they are and have tortured the body. The film titles used are in an light blue colour which shows much softer giving a contrast towards the image. The title of the film "AWAKE" is shown in the colour white with a shadow effect around the outside which adds to the effect and atmosphere of the poster. Each technique and tool used on the image are effects that link with a thriller genre film.

This film poster is very different to the one above although it shows elements of darkness it  represents the thriller film genre very differently. You are able to define that this is a thriller film from the actress presented in the middle of the poster who is also the focal image. Although the film poster contains darkness around the edges it also incorporates alot of brightness and this is shown from the face presenting the poster, especially as her face is lite up yet her eyes around the outside are in a heavy black eyeliner and then her actual inside of her eye is presented very colourful and this is from the whiteness of the eyeball in which lifts the colouring and makes her eyes look very strong and is represented to be much more powerful. With this you are able to identify that it is an thriller film but also that she represents how she is feared from know one.

The film titles and font used on this film poster is much more different, i like how they have created an effect of which the title of film is in pur white across her face in an boldish way but also how it has been made alot bigger ad thicker yet very faint and runs across the top of her face. This also adds to the thriller film effect and ake an audience member inquire what the film presented may be about. They have also used the starring actors name right at the top of the page in which has also been presented in a white colour effect and used in a bold writting font in which as a audience member you shall be able to see very clearly.

This film poster also fits into the thriller film genre, even though most people think thta it does not. This film poster is very different from the posters i have analysed from above, This is from the range of coloured effect and image presented. Most people would look at the image used and think of a normal story of "Red Riding Hood" yet that is not the case, this image represents how she is running away this is presented from the loation used which is a forest but also the movement image captured in which shows her body language and expression on her face, this image shows a good representation of a thriller genre. The colours that have also been incorporated into the image show a great link towards the genre and this is from the deep colour of red used but also as it contrasts well with the harsh darkness ans blurred effect for the trees but also the small, faint snowflakes that appear within the background of which adds an extra efffect into the film poster. I also like howthe style of writing on the film poster is different from the previous posters, the film titles are represented in a variety of writing fonts, sizes and colour the main title is used in a dark red in which is in a unique font style which links in well with both genre or film and film title. By them using a variety of writting techniques it helps to make the poster more interesting and adds a bigger depth of detail into the image.

The film poster to the right is very unqiue. The poster shows a young girl who is represented very clean and harmful, she is represented in a variety of bright colours of which trick the thriller film genre. Yet within the image there is a variety of thriller elements and this is shown through the darkened area on the young girls eyes, they are very dark squinted but also around the top and bottom show shadowin of which reflects onto her face, the young girl is also lightened by a reflected atmosphere around her as if she was a ightbulb which works well with the darkened grey background. The young girl also has a piece of ribon of which is placed tightly around her neck, this is now represeting that it is a thriller genre. The film titles used are placed in a variety of locations which is at the top and bottom, they are each written in a different font, each of which work well together as the top title is shown very bold and stronger but the actual title of film is presented in a dismantled font in which is sketched and written of how a young child would. I feel that this film poster shows a great use of emotion and expression leaving the audience questioning what the film would be about. It is shown as a plain and placid poster of which has been created with an creepy atmosphere and worked very well. Although there is not alot of writting and just one photo with a plain background i feel that this film poster has been put together very well and gives the use of a thriller film. When finalising our groups film poster i shall relate back to this poster as i have found it very inspiring and unique as even though it seems simple there has been a great use of creativty to provide this image.

This film poster has been used in a very manly way, in which you are able to locate and identify the target audience. I feel that this is alos very different but you are able to link it with the thriller genre from the image used, their is an middle aged man who is holding a gun in which has some dirty buildings to the left hand side of him but also the Ifle Tower in Paris behind him. From the positioning of each image and what the actor is both dressed in and holding you are able to realise that this film is a thriller in which shall include fighting and suspense throughtout. This is also identified from the writting used "They took his daughter, He'll take their lives", from this saying it makes the audiences reaction realise that this film shall be full of energy. The writing provided on the poster is in the same font which is not very small but also in a grey at the top and red at the bottom in which adds effect into the poster and tje audience is able to read the names of actors and the quotes in which are written over the lower part of the actors body. Each title is the same exept from the main film title which is "Taken" by this being different you as the audience are able to realise that this is the main title of the film, this is also shown from the bold writting of which is represented in capital letters and made to look as if it has been painted on, this film title has also been placed in the brightly colour of red. I feel that by producing a poster like this it makes it much stronger and contributes alot of meaning into the thriller film genre.

Room Mate

This is a film trailer for the film "Room mate". When researching into the thriller genre film trailers i came across "Room mate", both me and my group were very interested with this film trailer and it gave us great inspiritation to create a film trailer around the same type of narrative but to create it using elements of our original first trailer idea, which would of been a social realism genre. If we were to link both film idea's together we would be able to produce a much stronger film trailer which would include a variety of creative idea's in which would help us to incorporate a good source of film techniques which would make an interesting film making it interesting for the audience and wanting them to watch more.
When watching the trailer of "Room Mate" the audience are able to see how it contains a variety of film techniques including a variety of camera angles, diegetic and non-diegetic sounds and when the pace of the film becomes a lot faster the cuts between scenes are alot more energetic and fast, this is what helps to create the thriller genre throughout.
 Room Mate has  inspired my group very much and since watchig the film trailer we have decided to use it as our stimulus. By using this as our starting point we are able to watch it more frequently in detail and discover the elements used in which link it with the thriller film genre. 
I feel by watching this film trailer it has helped us compare a variety of other film trailers and given us a great amount of ideas of which we shall be able to include when making our film trailer. As a group we have decided on scenes that should appear within our trailer as both a group and individually! We have linked our weakness and strengths together and since have created an animatic which represents what our trailer shall include. We feel tha by doing this research and thinking of more idea's of what to include within our trailer we shall be able to connect with our audience members even further, with this we hope we can create a creepy atmosphere in which helps us to build a tension throughout the trailer and it shall then hopefully lead into the audience members wanting to watch more.

Film Animatic

This is my groups film animatic all linked together. We have added in music to it but the music isn't finalised and needs to be moved and extended in most places, but by adding it on and into the animatic you are able to see and find out the thriller genre of what our film shall include.

Putting our animatic together.

When creating our animatic we had to draw out each of our scenes on a piece of paper and then film over it with a flip camera. With this we filmed the drawn out sketch for the amount of seconds in which we would show each scene throughout our film trailer. To produce and create our film anamatic we then opened up final cut express in which i was then able to link each clip together and add in film title of which would include, film titles of sentences we would have written over the screen and at the end our actual film title and the billing block.
I found working with Final cut express easy as i have used this tool before. When creating our final animatic i then added in dissolve cuts which linked the animatic together more subtle and effective.When making our film animatic i was able to cut out any sound in which was spoken when filming which was not necersary yet we found it hard in making the final music for our film as we could not link together or find a piece of music to make which would link with our thriller film genre so within the next few weeks we shall hopefully be all filmed and created our final piece of music to link in with our film.
Our opening film trailer should be around two minutes. Even though our drawing is not the best i feel that the animatic of which we have created shows the narrative of our film trailer and represents in a variety of ways what we shall include in each scene.

Idea's of location and characters.

To create a thriller film trailer we have decided to include only few character these of which would be the popular girl and her friends, the new girl and the popular girls boyfriend. By using a little cast we are then able to widen our idea's and make the film much easier to film as then everyone shall be able to film together. We have also chose a little cast as they would be the focus of the film where as if we decided to have a big cast the film would be much more complicated.

As of location for our film we have decided to use a various setting in which shall help to make the film trailer look naturalistic as it would look more as an whole film being shown.
These location idea's follow by using such as:
A school
Someone's bedroom
Kitchen
Outside
Car

Each of these settings well help us to create a thriller based genre in a variety of ways. Each of these locations are also easy to find and use which will help when filming, also we will be able to film the majority of these locations at anytime of the day in which means it makes it much easier as all the characters included will be able to film after work meaning we shall not be hesitating if filming shall not be completed as we will be able to film later on in evenings or when everyone is free.

Change of film genre.

The original genre for our groups film trailer was social realism. When researching into these film trailers and gathering informaiton of which we shall need include we found it rather hard creating and thinking of other idea's of which we could include, this would be from trying to gather a whole school/ enough people to be filmed in which would make our film more realistic when thinking about this we also realised we would find it hard to film in other locations as the genre of film would not fit with certain settings which we were to use. Once making a final decision on changing our film genre we then started to look into thriller film trailers, when discovering certain films we came across one inparticular which all three of us enjoyed to watch but also boh storyline and techniqual tools and elements used in which to make it a thriller, this filmed was called "Room mate". From watching this film trailer me and my group were soon able to come up with our own film narrative, this was to be about a girl who had just joint a new school and had no friends but the "popular girl" started talking to her and became good friends with her, yet the new girl didnt like the fact that she had lots of friends and everyone loved her so she became very jealous that the popular girl was giving everyone else the same attention as she was getting and she didnt like it, so with this the new girl becomes psycho and  the popular girl  notcies so with this the new girl attacks her. When deciding on this we thought that instead of showing the popular girl being attack we could include a scene of the new girl washing her hands which are covered in blood but also a diegtic sound of a scream from the popular girl whilst her phone falls to the floor and later we see a numerous of miss calls and texts of her friends who she was meant to of met, we also thought the new girl could hide around corners and just stare at the popular girl popular girl without her knowing, this would be shown from an extreme close up of the actresses eyes making it very creepy and adding a climaz to our film trailer. When creating this idea we thought it would be alot easier ad we would not need many people around four at the most, we could also locate each scene in a variety of places which would make the film more realistic and interesting. We incorporated scenes with the bloody hands and phone with missed calls in as we thought it shows the thriller genre very well making it very creepy and it would also create a tension and climax throughout the trailer making the target audience wanting to watch more. In each film clip used we shall incorporate a variety of film shots such as close ups, longs shots, mid shots, establishing shots, pan round, over the shoulder and a worms eyes view shot, by using a variety of camera angles it shall help to create the thriller atmosphere and add more tension and a better climax if filmed ina slow motion effect. When editing we shall be able to incorpate  non-diegetic sound which when created we shall link it with the thriller genre which shall work well witht he movement used within our film trailer.
I feel that our new film trailer idea is much stronger and with idea's we have each given towards it we shall be able to include a variety of tecniques which shall make our film much stronger and when finalised hopefully a much more naturalistic film which the target audience would enjoy. I am very excited about creating this film trailer and hopefully we shall be able to create each element of film trailer, poster and magazine before or deadline is due.

Time Line.

Me and my group decided to create a timeline in which shall help us to keep on top of both our film trailer and blog. The timeline which we have created is in boxes which represents and tell's us the work of which we shall be doing weekly. At the beginning of our timeline we have decided to plan our locations of where we shall film but also to take image for our film poster and magazine, throughout the weeks we shall elebarate on each element and begin to edit and finish both film magazine and poster but we shall also begin to film for our trailer which shall then be followed by editing and finishing. If we stick to the timeline and information written we shall hopefully finish our film trailer, poster and magazine within the deadline given if not before.