Sam's Evaluation - Question 4

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Sam's Evaluation - Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Initially, after research into the codes and conventions of film posters in our chosen genre we created a set of 12 images that could be used as our posters. While they were all aesthetically good, we couldn’t choose between them so handed out a questionnaire to other students to see which they thought was best.

http://sspa2media.blogspot.com/2011/02/poster.html
It helped us decide which image was right to promote our film, alongside the trailer and magazine cover.

We also received some audience feedback on Youtube about our trailer.

The feedback regarding the soundtrack was helpful as it shows our trailer is easily recognisable as a romantic comedy which will help draw in audiences, as they can decide instantly whether they want to see the film or not. The comments that the plot is easily understood are helpful too as it shows our title screens were effective in helping piece together the story.

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Sophie's Evaluation - Question 4

Evaluation question 4

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Sophie's Evaluation - Question 3

“What have you learned from your audience feedback?”

We firstly received audience feedback about our poster. I sent out a class questionnaire asking which background image best goes with the theme and style of our poster and trailer. This was useful because it helped me to decide which image to use as they were all acceptable, just picking the best one was difficult. It also allowed me to see which one looks the most professional and so which one would help to sell the film more.

I also received audience feedback on the trailer itself, through comments people left on YouTube. They thought that the music is catchy and really suits the storyline and that all features of the trailer work well together to make the genre automatically identifiable. It is important to me that the music works well with the trailer because if it is catchy then it will stay in people’s heads and it also helps to tell the story, which some of the scenes and title screens may have left out. I am also pleased that people thought the genre was identifiable because this means people will be able to instantaneously decide whether they may be interested in seeing the film at all based on whether they like rom-coms.

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Magazine cover

Sophie&Sam A2 Movie Trailer v2

This is our final trailer!

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Poster

I added an image to the poster. This showed the characters in the film and also filled in the space above the title that was there previously.

The final draft of the poster:

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Sound

In the end we used a cover version of mumm-ra - she's got you high that I found on youtube. We extracted the sound and this made it able to play the music in our video on youtube and therefore sound more professional than a royalty free piece from a website.

This is the sound we used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSA8Pu4BEcc

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Music

We uploaded our finished trailer to YouTube however the music we used - mumra, she's got you high - was disabled by YouTube due to copyright issues. This was very unfortunate as the song went perfectly with our trailer.

So we than began to look at copyright and royalty free music.

We found a track on mobygratis.com, where we applied for a license for the track. We would then be able to add this to our trailer.

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Filming

I filmed the scenes of a girl being hit with a golf club, and also when the two main characters meet. This means we now have all our footage and so can begin all of the editing.

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Audience Feedback

I have now asked people to give me feedback on which poster draft they think looks best. This will make it easier for me to decide which one to use and I know people will think it looks good.

This image was favoured.

I think this was because New York is a romantic setting for a film, and the skyline helps to show the overall setting. The blue strip of sky across the top also provides a good space for the faces of Georgia and Ben.

There is a lot going on in the background which could make the poster look hectic and hard to understand, however the opacity will make it more comfortable to be viewed and the detail will make it more interesting.

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Poster

Today I have experimented with original images to find a background for the poster. I have narrowed it down to 12 images which I have saved as drafts on the poster. These can be seen here:

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In preparation for creating our own magazine cover, I've specifically researched Empire magazine and the way it adapts it's covers for the film it's promoting.

Here are a few examples I've found:

I then began to create my own cover using inDesign.

I have begun to create a first draft of a poster. At the moment, I only have an image from google which I used so it is easier to see how the poster will turn out, however I will change this to an original image at a later date. We will also need to take a photo of the two main characters, probably facing back to back, to put on the poster.

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We edited more clips today and are close to having a rough draft of our trailer finished.

We've began production of our teaser trailer using iMovie, editing clips together and including text.

Today we began researching the typical composition for romantic comedy posters. To demonstrate our knowledge of this genre we will conform to these and aspire to make a similar image. We came across this link which highlighted different techniques used in these posters.

1. With the two lead characters back to back

This image shows the female lead crossing her arms and frowning slightly at the male lead who looks casual with his hands in his pockets. This is quite an easy shot to recreate and is an option for our own poster. We could either have our characters leaning against each other in reality for the shot, or take separate photographs of them leaning against a wall and photoshop them together.

2. Sitting together (usually on a bench)

This is another simple shot which is easy to recreate as it just features both lead characters sitting together. They could be posed sat back-to-back or frowning at each other. Another idea is that our female lead could be upset whilst the male lead hides flowers or chocolates behind his back.

3. Close up shot of two lead characters

This shot features the two main characters with the female lead kissing the male's cheek. This is a possible option for us but it depends on how comfortable our actors are in this pose and we would shoot it as is rather than photoshopping two images together.

4. A collage

This poster uses stills from the film itself to create a collage which advertises the film. I like this concept because it's clever and relatively simple, however i'm not sure we'd have enough shots to create a poster like this.

Alternatively we could use a still from our film of the characters meeting or pose a shot showing that event.

Script

I came up with an idea as to what Ben will say when he is in the bedroom talking to the camera.

I will develop this further on the day of filming once I have found out ideas from Ben and Sam.

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We came up with a detailed shot list outlining which shot is needed at which location.

House:

1. Ben sat at computer looking miserable in bedroom.

2. Outside front door. Georgia opens door, sees flowers on mat.

Peel Park (golf course):

1. Ben hits me with golf club.

Odeon Cinema:

1. Georgia stood outside cinema. Eventually she gets fed up of waiting and leaves.

2. Ben stood outside, fade out of him looking sad.

3. (Car Park) Georgia walking, drops her phone, Ben picks it up for her.

(Shoot Ben first, then Georgia to get lighting right for time of day).

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Title Pages

I have created the title pages for the trailer, which can be imported into iMovie and added to our work. This includes the final page which features the website address and a release date.

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Location Plan

We came up with the places we are going to film each shot:

Shot 1. Inside a bedroom.

Shot 3. Could be filmed in a garden.

Shot 6. In the street with Ben and Georgia.

Shot 8. In the street, or could be done at our college.

Shot 10. Needs to be outside the two cinemas.

Shot 11. Georgia at the cinema.

Shot 13. Filmed at someones house.

This means we now know, in even more detail, what needs to be in each frame. So now we can go out and start filming immediately.

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Shot List

We came up with a list of the content of each shot:

1. Shot of Ben looking at his computer screen (which is the camera).

2. Title Page - 'Ben was unlucky in love. Many of his dates had gone hideously wrong...'

3. Shot of Ben hitting a girl with a golf club.

5. Title Page - 'Until Ben met Georgia...'

6. Shot of Ben picking up Georgia's phone.

7. Title Page - 'From that unlikely incident the fell in love.'

9. Title Page - 'Everything was going well until the 5th date.'

10. Shot of Ben at Odeon cinema at one time, and Georgia there at a different time.

11. Shot of Georgia looking annoyed and upset.

12. Title Page - 'Can Graham win back the love of his life?'

13. Shot of Georgia opening her front door, flowers on the step.

14. Title page - 'Coming Soon'.

We can now use this a detailed plan for filming our trailer, and this will allow us to efficiently film each frame.

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