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.