Tag Lines

The taglines we had chosen to incorporate into our film are 'WHAT THEY THOUGHT WOULD BE A PRICESLESS TRIP' 'COULD COST THEM' 'THEIR LIVES'. We had chosen these tag lines for our trailer as we felt they had made a larger impact on the overall outcome. We had used the words 'priceless' and 'cost' to keep within the theme of payment and debt maybe forshadowing events in the film itself.

The tagline we had chosen for our poster was 'WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT' this was due to the fact it was a rhetorical question about the film to the audience making it have the same sense as a game. This also adding to the overall outcome of the perception onto the viewers and audiences.  

Storyline

The storyline of our film had consisted of three main characters, a couple in the young adult life stage and the man which kidnaps the couple. The opening scene of the trailer was intended to be the couple having a fun day out which ends up with the woman being kidnapped when the boyfriend had gone to the shops. the next shot would of been the boyfriend coming home to have found his girlfriend to be gone with him also being kidnapped. We will then see the couple beaten up in a remote place which is unfamiliar with the trailer ending on a scene of the girlfriend screaming.

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Our new storyline consists of a group of friends embarking on a camping trip for a weekend, yet when they get there things seem to start going wrong. The trailer will consist of quick cut shots of running and events that happen throughout the film enticing the viewer to watch the film. There will also be title in-between the shots in the trailer to let the viewer know the basics about the film yet not giving too much away. The trailer will also consist of the age certificate and the producer of the film to give the viewer a deeper knowledge into the film and its makings.

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We had changed our storyline ides as we had thought that our old storyline was only aiming towards the older age groups rather than people closer to our age of 17 - 18. Aiming towards this age groups would also give us a wider range of ideas as this is closer to our age allowing us to know what the audience will be looking for in a new horror/thriller movie.

How I Created Horrorific Aspects

When filming our trailer we had many ideas of the shots that we wanted to incorporate. This would have allowed us to make the trailer more interesting to the viewers and have a variety of shots and angles. We had incorporated shots such as dripping blood into water which would add a sense of danger to our trailer, adding a slight aspect of gore. We had also shot a bloody hand falling into the water with the blood dispersing which also added the sense of gore to the overall outcome.

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Throughout the trailer there are shots of people running with someone chasing after them, showing the victimisation of the characters in the trailer. This adds a sense of horrific aspects through the audience looking at the film as if it was them which was running as we had filmed the running scenes to show that the camera was the murderer with a higher status compared to the victims.

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Another horrific aspect of our trailer was the music which consisted of a loud guitar riff and a low drum beat which created suspense to the trailer and the events that were happening. We had chosen music like this in order to catch the viewers attention as for when they are watching. The music starts off quietly then becomes louder so that the audience can hear a calm peaceful guitar tune up until the main body of the trailer kicks in which is when the louder music starts to play, letting the viewer know that it is the interesting bit.

Poster Mock-Up

This is a poster I had made for a recent film in order to extend my skills on making posters for my coursework. This had enabled me to work on photoshop and use skills I have gained from other subjects in other aspects of my work. Making this poster had allowed me to practice making a poster which will allow me to make sure the final poster for my film trailer will be to the best of my ability as I have had time to practice using all the different elements and conventions to make a film poster. I had chosen to make a poster on the film 'The Hunger Games' as it is of a different genre to the trailer my pair is working on, which had also allowed me to research different aspects of posters from different genres, films like romance usually have the couple as the centre focus of the poster whereas genres such as horror or thriller have the item or person of which inflicts the fear in the plot of the story. Conventions like these are what allows the viewer to see the genre of the film by slight differences from the font, the colour of the font, the main image and the institution of the film.

Change In Character Names

Our character names  had changed due to the change in plot of our trailer. We felt as though the characters had needed a more common name in order to connect with the audience more. The names we had chosen are:

• Danny - We had chosen this as we felt it was a common boys name and also added a sense of a childlike nature through the name being Danny instead of Dan or Daniel.
• Kerry - We had chosen this name as we felt it had a sophisticated tone to it making her the obvious victim for the film.
• Kayley - We had chosen this name due to the fact it had a higher feminine nature to it than other names we had came up with.
• Jessica - We had chosen this name as we felt as though it isn't very common in films and it has both childlike and mature qualities.

Genres of Films

There are many different genres of films some of which people prefer more than others. There are the main genres such as romance, rom-com (romance comedy), Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy and animation.

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Genres such as animation are made more for the younger ages, many Disney films are animation which people assosiate with children as Walt Disney was a childrens author. Animations also take the longest to make as there are many different drawings used in order to make the whole film. These are the reasons as to why we did not use this genre.

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Romance is a popular genre with females in the teenager and young adult stage of the life cycle. Romance films usually involve a good looking man and women and follows their stroy through how they meet and fall in love. We did not choose this genre as we didn't feel like we had the correct setting in which we could film as many romaces are set in cities and capitals such as New York.

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The Rom-Com genre is harder to pull off than most genres as there needs to be an equal balance between the romance and comedy aspects of the film otherwise it will be more one genre than the other. We didn't choose this genre as we felt we wouldn't be caught in the ideas we had to work on a trailer of this genre.

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Comedy is one of the most loved genres as they make the audience laugh and engages them in the storyline and events in the film. Comedy trailers also seem to engage the audience more than other genres as they show them a teaser of the main comedy in the film, making them want to see it to see what happens. We didn't choose this genre for our film as we felt it would challenge our skills too much rather than let us expand on them positively.

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Thrillers are sometimes on the boarderline between the Horror and real-life genres of films, sometimes leaning more towards one than the other. These films are usually made to put the audience on edge rather than scare them in order for them to engage in the events of the film.We didn't choose this genre for our trailer as we felt the balance would be too challenging to portray to the audience as they may get confussed with which genre the film is meant to be.

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Horror genres is one of the easiest to portray as once you get into the mindset of being scared it is more achievable to portray horrific aspects to the audience. Usuing some of the aspects in the trailer works as it hooks the audience, making them want to see the full story of the film and how the event had came around. We had chosen this genre for our trailer as we felt we could produce a piece of work that we will be proud of.

How I Created The Image For My Poster

The blood for my poster was created by using black and red paint with some water and flour. I had started by mixing some red with a bit of black paint until I had the colour I thought was closer to the colour of blood. Once I had created this colour I had added a small amount of water until the consistency of blood. After this I had added a small amount of flour so that the mixture did not run as much as water yet didn't change the loose consistency a large amount.

Once I was satisfied with the colour and consistency of the mixture I had set up the photography studio, using one of the studio lights in order to create a small shadow on the model and highlight the blood on the hands of the model. When applying the mixture I had poured a little over the palm of her hands and then held them down so the mixture ran in between the fingers, the held them up so it ran down the back of the hands. I had done this in order to create a sense of gore from the running blood to tie in with the horror genre of my trailer.

When taking the images I had placed the model in the centre of the studio so there was a blank background in the photos. I had then asked the model to hold her hands over her face as if there was a sense of mystery as to whom it was behind the hands, I had then played around with the positioning of the hands in order to create the look I was aiming for. I feel having the face of the model covered adds to the horrific sense of the poster as it makes the blood the main focus of the poster, immediately indicating to the audience what the genre of the film is.