Filming

Today we started filming some footage for our trailer. We are planning to continue shooting throughout the week.

Posted by Sam.

Film Title

I have begun to think about the title of our film and have come up with some starting points for names by looking at existing film titles':

50 First Dates
A lot Like Love
Alfie
Along Came Polly
Anything But Love
Bridget Jones
Meet The Fockers
Laws Of Attraction
Love Actually
Shallow Hall
Extreme Dating
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
Wedding Crashers

Quite a few of these names feature the name of the characters, for example, 'Alfie' and 'Along Came Polly'. With the exception of 'Alfie', all of them also feature two or three words to make a phrase rather than just having a one-word title.

Therefore, some of the initial ideas I have had for the title of our film are:

How Not To Get Noticed

Disaster Dates

It's Not Love

There's Nothing Like Love

I can develop these ideas by conducting a survey asking people's initial thoughts on the titles and which one they think is best and also by discussing with Sam which one best fits our film.

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Storyboard

We came up with this storyboard showing the scene-by-scene action that we have planned for our trailer. It also includes the shot types, camera movement and music in each scene.

The storyboard is very important to the production of our trailer as it acts as an almost complete guide as to what our trailer will look like. This means we are able to efficiently create our trailer and feel secure in knowing how to carry out the filming.

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Location Shots

We took some location shots of places where we are likely to be filming. This included in college, at a shopping centre and at the seafront.

Sound:

Noise pollution caused by other people around the college however we can select less busy times or places around the college to ensure that any dialogue or live sound can be clearly heard.

Lighting:

The lighting around college is good because it is bright and the lighting is white which creates a natural look.

The college is a good place for us to film as we know the area, there are not a lot of health and safety risks and it is easy to get to.

One of the best locations we found in college is shown in the fifth, sixth and seventh pictures shown here. We decided that we would be able to use it as the college cafe or, if we added some props, we could make it look like a cafe or restaurant outside of college.

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The Madness Tape (working title) - Trailer

Here is an example of an comedy amateur teaser trailer I found on Youtube:

This shows good use of editing through slow motion which highlights key parts of the film.

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Exit Through The Gift Shop - Official Trailer

Here is an example of a amateur teaser trailer found on Youtube:

Today I have looked at some amateur teaser trailers on YouTube. Therefore, I have been able to realistically see what we will have the capability of producing, rather than the trailers that well-known and fully funded production companies have produced.

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