Evaluation planning

Film teaser trailer ideas

Call Sheet

This call sheet has listed every shot that we have filmed even shots that may not be included in our trailer.

Analysis for Chronicle trailer

Music that is used in the trailer:

The music that is used is upbeat and gives a sense of normality. The music at the end contrasts and is spooky this is effective as it is used when they acquire their powers and creates a mysterious atmosphere, the music also creates an enigma leaving the audience wanting more

How have they used music to create different atmospheres?

Spooky music is used to create a mysterious and curious atmosphere

This is a screenshot of when they find the meteor that gives them their powers, there is spooky music playing in the background that engages the viewer making you want to find out more.

How have they tried to attract a young audience in the trailer?

The film attracts a teenage audience by the use of the modern music playing in the background:

This is when Jessie j price tag is playing in the car at the beginning this highlights the young age group of the actors and the audience that it’s trying to address, the audience can relate to this song and gives the idea of this being realistic and at modern time.

Special effects:

In this trailer there are lots of different special effects used. Special effects can be used to separate each clip from each other; they can also be used to make it look like it is being filmed from a hand held camera. In this trailer they have used the transitions effectively as they aren't over used, and separate each clip from each other in a professional standard. They have also used them to create different atmospheres.

Transitions: 

In this trailer there are numerous of transitions used, so here are some examples of some of them:

Pixerlated

This transition is a Pixel effect. So in this clip it starts pixerlated and then it fades into the clear picture. This effect is used to create the atmosphere of them in a car using a hand held camera.

Shutter

This is a shutter special effect and they have used this to create the sense of the hand held camera, and you can see that the camera has shuttered causing this effect. The reason for this is to make it feel like you’re watching it in third person, so it feels like as if you are there. 

Horizontal bars

This is a horizontal bars effect and this is used to make it look like the clip is being played on VHS player. 

Static

This is a static special effect and this is again used to make it look like it is being played back through the camera or on an old telly. This transition is used to create a sense of a mysterious atmosphere. 

Flash

This is used right at the end of the clip and it is used just as they look at the meteor, so this flash makes it look like something has happened and this is when they obtain their powers! After the flash happens the trailer ends, so this is used to create a cliff hanger so then people will want to watch the actual movie to see what happens after they get their powers.  

Special effects/Transitions conclusion:

In this trailer they have used lots of different types of special effects. The makers of this trailer have purposely used these special effects to create a first person effect; they have done this to make it look like everything is being watched back on a hand held camera. For example they have used a pixel effect and this makes it look like the camera is out of focus and they have also used a shutter effect so this makes it look like someone is holding the camera as it isn't still. So overall they have made this trailer to make you feel as if you are there with them

Camera work:

They have used a hand held camera to give us the sense of first person. By using first person it makes us feel like we are there with them and that we are the camera man. They have also used a lot of different shot types to create the first person feeling.  They have used a lot of different camera angles to create different atmospheres and also to highlight certain objects that may be in the clip.

Genre:

The genre for the film varies I feel it has areas of comedy, action and drama which is effective and aims for a teenage audience who are interested in these specific genres of films. 

Here are different print screens to show the three different types of genre:

Comedy

The genre of comedy is enlisted in the film as the teenage humour is put across in the film that brings the viewers closer to the relationship between the friends give us a realistic look into their lives. In this clip they have used their powers to make the teddy levitate, this come across as comedy as it is a funny clip where they try to scare the girl.

Action

The action goes on throughout but it is shown in this scene once the character has attained his powers and begins to use them to break the law, stealing from a shop as shown above 

Drama

The genre of drama is also shown as this clip creates suspense and draws the audience in as there perfect lives start to show a side of evil.

Consent Form

November Update

From the beginning of November to date we have been following our script and call sheet for filming Electrio  having filmed various different shots in the location to make sure that visually the fight scene and chase scene are clear that the transition and effects that show our powers are added they can be clearly seen in the light. We have continued researching different transition and effects on professional editing sites so that we can get the foundations of ideas for the lightning transitions in our production.

We had also spent most of the later end of the month researching leading film magazine covers such as Empire and Total film to understand the conventional style and layout of these popular selling magazines, such as the pugs, master head, strap line, anchorage text and banners are all in the conventional place, look professional and clear. We kept the house-style so that it has its own distinguishing design that's distinctive from competitors.

We produced a magazine cover for a magazine we named "REEL FILM" we felt this was a significant title, we used a lightning background to convey the storm in our film and used a bold font that's eye catching but holds a professional look.  Leading up to our magazine photo design we had a photo shoot in front of a green screen doing various different poses so that we could choose for the most effective photos to show our  characters, we created a magazine cover for each character so that each front cover has its own spin to the personality of the character.

As a group we reviewed what we feel would be our target audience and created a thorough audience profile for what we feel this audience is in this case we believe that its a younger audience of teenagers from 13- 18 as we feel that they can relate to the life's of the teenage actors in our film that are still in education.

Our research into synergy also continued we feel that synergy is so effective by uploading our videos to platforms such as Blogger, Facebook and YouTube which creates a brand identity for Impulse inc as our productions can be linked through the sites and create a recognisable house-style to our followers.

Budget

Our film doesn’t require much money, this is because we already are the correct technology equipment and also all the props that we would like to use; we already own so we don’t have o buy anything. But what we do have to pay for is petrol, this is because we have a lot of different scenes and they are in different locations so we will have to drive there. Also another thing we need to pay for is food and drink as we will be spending a lot of time filming so we will need to take breaks and have something to eat and drink. So overall our budget to make this film is rather small, so we don’t have to worry about not be able to complete the film due to money problems.

Target audience profile

Audience profiling:
We have selected a target audience for our short film , we feel that the main audience for our film would be the younger audience of teenagers of 13- 18. The reason we feel that our films will attract this audience is because we have young actors in this age bracket and we feel that a teenage audience would be able to relate to us more. also this is an action film and the majority of teenagers enjoy action films as they are exciting and keep you on edge.

The gender of this film is uni-sex as boys and girls can relate to this film and enjoy the action, it is highly relatable to the audience as its about three students at a sixth form  so the teenage audience can relate to having a similar lifestyle themselves.

Magazine title Ideas

Magazine research: Empire- The Hobbit

Film research: Influential posters Misfits

Fantastic Four Poster Analysis

Influential film research: Feedback for Fantastic four

Feedback from our focus group

Callum Price influential film; fantastic four
The feedback that we attained;

Q1.Do you think this scene looks professional?
Yes professional - the editing and sound makes it realistic and you can tell that it has been expensively done.

Q2. How would we be able to create something similar to the effects in this short clip?
It could be possible with the use of green screen but may be very challenging but if the time is spent you could pull it off.

Q3. How could we show that the storm has given us these powers?
Maybe show the peoples using their powers instantly after being hit to give the audience an insight into what each individual person has.

Thomas Morgan influential film; Misfits

Q1. What age group do you think our film that is similar to this clip would appeal too?
Teenagers 15+ as they would be able to relate to the teenage characters, the clothes and situation that the actors are set in (6 form/college) and so they will understand the humour in which we hope to bring into our film.

Q2. What can we use to do something similar to the high standard storm shown in misfits?
Green screens will be need to use and slow motion , wide shot showing the storm effecting all of the characters at one and different angles to show emotion and shock to what has just happened to them.

Q3. Do you think the humour in this film is appropriate and do you think we should do something similar as our film is similar in audience?
Yes the humour is very suitable for a teenage age group which you are aiming for so would be effective however you need to be careful about the swearing as it may offend but if it works and is humorous I’m sure it will work well.

Ellis Trutwien influential film; a Spanish YouTube short film inspired by dragon ball z

Q1. Do you think that they have made the film look realistic and believable to the audience?
Yes the punching and kicking look realistic however the sound is very unrealistic and farfetched however it is effective in the idea that they have tried to copy the overdramatic fighting featured in the TV show dragon ball z. Although another downside is that the sound quality is crackly so this comes across as poorly done and unrealistic. The swinging when punching was also really overdramatic and would look ineffective if you used in your own film.

Q2.What did you think the dramatic music and sound effects work well with the fight scene?
To over the top sounded like star wars. The music is key to the build up however needs to mirror the mood in which you are trying to create to be effective.

Q3.How can we do something similar and as effective and entertaining?
The camera angles is key in the fight scenes so that you can be safe but make it look realistic, athleticism you will need to train and practise to make it look professional and like you are skilled fighters. Rolling on floors and martial arts and free running would look very effective if you could research into these arts it would look effective in your film.

Q4.What effects shown in this film our that you know of would highlights the superpowers that are actors have attained?
Force fields, a storm darkness/ gloom highlights mood of the change in state of the actor turning evil. Will look effective if the weather can instantly change to show a disruption in the world and show the strength of our powers.

Music Permission Massive Attack -Tear drop (Instrumental Remix)

This is 'Massive Attack - Teardrop (Instrumental Remix)'  created by CBY10111. I asked many people on YouTube and tried contacting many artist's websites. Most of my attempts failed. Eventually one person replied, confirming that I can use his music in my short film, this allows me to get round the copright issue if the artist gave me permission. The music is required because I need a soft neutral beat, and when I listen to this song I get a feeling of new beginnings, which is like in our short film you have the two teenagers carrying on with their life and also the addition of Lucas possibly coming back to life after his grave gets hit by red lightning. The soundtrack will also carry on through the credits. 

Influential Media - Fantastic 4

This is an influential film to us as these characters get hit by a magical storm and then they get super powers from it. In our film we are doing a similar thing as we have three main characters and they are all out together and they get hit by lightening, which is caused by the magical storm. When our characters get hit by lightening they receive these magical powers. Also in fantastic four there is one guy that miss treats his powers, so he starts to want to become more powerful and then takes his powers for bad use. We are doing something similar to this as well because one of the three friends gets too carried away and then starts to use his powers for bad, so then the other two friends have to team up to defeat there friend.

This is when the magical storm hits:

This is another shot of the magical storm:

This is where one of the characters gets hit by the storm:

This is another character getting hit by the storm:

Camera work:

The camera work in this film shows loads of close ups of the characters faces, so we can see the emotions in their facial expressions. In our film we want to have loads of close ups so the audience can see their reactions when they realise they have powers, we also want the audience to see their emotions they are going through when they discover their powers. Also in this film they use the camera for long shots as well as close ups and they also use a lot of establishing shots, so when we make our film we want a variety of different shots and different types of camera work.

This is a close up, so you can see their facial expressions:

This is also another close up so you can see the facial expressions:

This is another facial expression after she has just realised her powers:

This is also another facial expression that is used; we like how they have use a over shoulder shot and then display his facial expression in the mirror:

In our film we want each character to have their signature pose where they display their powers. In fantastic four they have a similar pose that we would like to use.

This is the signature pose that we would like to use but we want to change the flame into a small lightning bolt:

Influential Media - Misfits

Influential Media - Chronicle

Loaction Shots for our party scene (where we gained our powers)

All of these location shots are from when where walking home from the party where we got hit by lightening, so basically when we got our powers

Storyboard for "Electrio"