Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Friday, 23 April 2010
Detailed Analysis of an Influential Trailer - P.S. I Love You
My influence was from the trailer for the popular rom-com "P.S. I Love You". A convention I used in my trailer was the use of the editting. For example, something that I feel makes the trailer feel more smooth and almost delicate is the use of the transactions between the images to the titles (in the professional trailer for example the image fades to black and then the text fades in). I used this because I believe it would give my trailer a more fluid motion and make things run more smoothly, as aposed to everything cutting rapidly.
Another convention I used was the use of close-ups. In the P.S. I Love You trailer, there are alot of close ups on Hilary Swanks character and Gerard Butler (either together in the same shot or seperatly). This I think gives the trailer a more personal feel and allows the audience to connect with them and recognise them as the main characters, and in turn making them want to see the film. I used this in my trailer to have the same impact on the audience, by using mostly close-ups of Alex Simpson and Oliver Gyngell.
The soundtrack used is also something I was influencial to my trailer. In the professinal trailer for example, the soundtrack fits in with the mood of the images and the actions on screen to enhance the impact it should have on the audience. In my trailer I have attempted to do this by using a song that has the up-beat sections and a slower section and used it to enhance the funnier scenes and the scenes where the mood is lowered.
List of shots used in Trailer.
- Establishing shot
- Mid-shot
- Two-shot
- Close up
- Over-the-shoulder
- Long-shot
- Shot-reverse-shot
- Wide angle shot
- Zoom to close-up
During the trailer I mostly used two-shots and close-ups. This was a deliberate technique to show the characters in more depth when looking at their characteristics (use of close-ups) and to show that relationships are a very large part of the film (the use of two-shots of couples or friends or family).
Timeline for Research and Planning
August 20th - September 5th: Planning of trailer project, introduction, brain storm, final idea/concept, presentation video presenting idea to class, starting of the story board.
September 10th: Rough ideas for sub tasks i.e. Film Magazine Cover and Film Poster.
September 29th: Post presentation of idea and codes and conventions of other film trailers etc. on the blog
September 30th - November 7th: Get together the cast to take animatic photos and sub task images. Start of the editting for the sub tasks and the animatic.
November 2nd: Post Film Poster onto blog with influences and background planning.
November - December: List of thingsto do for filming to make everything look authentic.
Filming at Alex's house and the woods.
Animatic completed.
Magazine Cover completed.
January 27th: Magazine Cover posted onto blog with influences and background planning.
January 28th: Post rejected images onto blog, to give extra evidence of planning.
February - March: Edit the final trailer.
Post trailer onto Youtube.
April 23rd: Post final cut of Animatic and Trailer onto blog.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Rejected Images for Poster and Magazine Cover
These are the 3 main images which I was going to use for my poster and magazine cover. 
The second image (2.) I was going to use for the poster. Although this image is very similar to the one I did use for the poster. However I felt that having both characters looking away from eachother doesn't give the spectator of the poster a sense of knowing something. Whereas the image of the female character looking at the spectator will make them feel more attached to that character.