Tuesday 31 January 2017
Monday 30 January 2017
Film Poster = Designing Credits
When starting
to create my film credits I decided to first do some research into them, here
is what I found…
1.
What are film credits?
They are the legal lines that appear in movie posters giving
credit to the cast and crew that made the film, as well as the producers,
distributor and financier behind it.
2.
How big should the credits be?
By convention, the height is normally no smaller than 25% of
the height of the title. This is why the font used is generally so tall and
compressed.
3. How many lines do credits normally have?
Credits normally have an average of four lines, usually
positioned at the bottom of the poster under the film’s title. They can sometimes circulate around the edge of
the film poster.
4. What font is commonly used for the posters?
There isn’t an official
font used universally for the credits, however Univers 39 Ultra Condensed is
most common.
5.
What colour should they be?
The credits have to readable yet well integrated into the
poster, hence why they are commonly seen in grey so that they aren’t too
prominent. A softer version of a main colour on the poster could also be used.
I then
decided to use Photoshop to create the credits as it would then be easy to place
on top of my poster. I went online and found a template of what needed to be
included…
I then
created this…
I decided to
use a font called ‘Microsoft Yi Balti Regular’ as I like the slight typewriter
finish it gave to the poster, making it fit into the sort of indie, unique feel
of the film.
Saturday 28 January 2017
Thursday 26 January 2017
Film Poster = Photoshoot
After spending time individually planning what we wanted our ancillary tasks to look like, Millie and I organised a date with Ann and Flo to take some pictures. Both Millie and I had decided we wanted a white plain background to our photos so we found a white wall in the Art Department at school. After taking the photos we wanted of Ann and Flo we then went to upload the photos from Millie's camera, with an SD Card adapter from the library, onto my laptop. However, something went wrong when uploading the pictures and resulted in the files becoming corrupted. So we then tried to upload the images onto Millie's laptop but the files has now completely disappeared. Millie and I were stuck with what to do so we went to the IT Department at school and asked for their help.
After the IT staff all taking it in turns to have a look at what had happened they decided that it would be best if Millie and I left the SD Card with them as it seemed to be a bigger task than we all expected. So Millie and I left them with our email addresses and hoped they would be able to recover the files. A couple hours later I received an email from the IT Department pictured below,
Unfortunately the majority of mine and Millie's pictures weren't able to be recovered which left us with a much smaller range of choice than we initially had hoped for. However, listed below are a few of the images I had hoped to use that were luckily recovered...
After the IT staff all taking it in turns to have a look at what had happened they decided that it would be best if Millie and I left the SD Card with them as it seemed to be a bigger task than we all expected. So Millie and I left them with our email addresses and hoped they would be able to recover the files. A couple hours later I received an email from the IT Department pictured below,
Unfortunately the majority of mine and Millie's pictures weren't able to be recovered which left us with a much smaller range of choice than we initially had hoped for. However, listed below are a few of the images I had hoped to use that were luckily recovered...
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Monday 23 January 2017
Film Trailer = Twitter Accounts
After choosing our target audience to be teenagers of both sexes, Millie and I decided that one way to attract this age group would be to include social media into our trailer, as this plays a major role in teens lives. We also thought that adding social media to our film trailer would help intensify the realist genre as social media is part of teenagers day-to-day life.We decided to create Twitter accounts for each character and two extras, which we added to create more of a group against our protagonist Alice, so all together we created five twitter accounts. Here are screenshots from each profile we created...
Sunday 22 January 2017
Film Trailer = Location Shots
The first location we used in our trailer was Millie's shower room. We decided to use this specific shower room because it had warm' rosy' lighting which created the tone we wanted to open our trailer with and added to the romantic feel of the trailer. The shower was also a good size and using the controls Millie and I were able to make the shower steam up which I believe added to the storyline line as it made the shot appear more sensual but also kind of hid their faces which relates to how they're hiding their relationship.
The second location we used in our trailer was a school. This allowed the audience to make a decision on what age our characters could be. The fact the protagonist is also walking in alone after just being shown with our second protagonist suggests some sort of issue or problem in their relationship. We chose to use the atrium as it is a large room which made Alice appear very isolated and inferior when walking through alone.
Our third location was in Millie's car, driving through a village. We wanted to create a shot where the protagonist, Alice, saw her love interest, Maggie, with someone else, in this case her boyfriend, Brad. So decided to use a car as this clearly separated the two of them more than if they were walking past each other on the street. The use of a village also creates the image of a smaller place, rather than a town and could imply that Alice has to see Maggie with her boyfriend quite often.
The fourth location we used was a bedroom. We used both my bedroom and Millie's bedroom in our film trailer. We used the location of a bedroom in our trailer as we thought this location would add to the intimacy of the storyline. I also though that putting the characters in their own 'personal space' would allow them to be more open with each other rather than in a public setting where they are supposed to be hiding their relationship.
Our fifth location was my living room. This was used for the same reasons as the bedroom location, it created a 'safe' place for Alice to be in which meant we could film her being her true self and not trying to hide her emotions for Maggie. My living also has warmer tones, which again created the atmosphere we wanted to portray.
The sixth location used was the dark room at school. This was a very important shot as Alice was scrolling through the social media feed, which included horrible tweets directed specifically to her. The use of the dark room made Alice appear extremely isolated and lonely. The light projected from the laptop screen onto her face was also enhanced by the complete darkness of the room, and drew complete attention to Alice's face and her emotions.
We then used Millie's living room as our seventh location, which is where the argument took place. We wanted this argument to be filmed in a private place, such as a house, because it allowed the characters to express their feelings more than if they had the argument in a public place. As Millie and I had decided to use a 360 degree shot to capture the argument, we thought that the living room was the perfect place, as the characters aren't always on screen and this meant there wouldn't just be a blank screen between turning to each character.
The second location we used in our trailer was a school. This allowed the audience to make a decision on what age our characters could be. The fact the protagonist is also walking in alone after just being shown with our second protagonist suggests some sort of issue or problem in their relationship. We chose to use the atrium as it is a large room which made Alice appear very isolated and inferior when walking through alone.
Our third location was in Millie's car, driving through a village. We wanted to create a shot where the protagonist, Alice, saw her love interest, Maggie, with someone else, in this case her boyfriend, Brad. So decided to use a car as this clearly separated the two of them more than if they were walking past each other on the street. The use of a village also creates the image of a smaller place, rather than a town and could imply that Alice has to see Maggie with her boyfriend quite often.
The fourth location we used was a bedroom. We used both my bedroom and Millie's bedroom in our film trailer. We used the location of a bedroom in our trailer as we thought this location would add to the intimacy of the storyline. I also though that putting the characters in their own 'personal space' would allow them to be more open with each other rather than in a public setting where they are supposed to be hiding their relationship.
Our fifth location was my living room. This was used for the same reasons as the bedroom location, it created a 'safe' place for Alice to be in which meant we could film her being her true self and not trying to hide her emotions for Maggie. My living also has warmer tones, which again created the atmosphere we wanted to portray.
The sixth location used was the dark room at school. This was a very important shot as Alice was scrolling through the social media feed, which included horrible tweets directed specifically to her. The use of the dark room made Alice appear extremely isolated and lonely. The light projected from the laptop screen onto her face was also enhanced by the complete darkness of the room, and drew complete attention to Alice's face and her emotions.
We then used Millie's living room as our seventh location, which is where the argument took place. We wanted this argument to be filmed in a private place, such as a house, because it allowed the characters to express their feelings more than if they had the argument in a public place. As Millie and I had decided to use a 360 degree shot to capture the argument, we thought that the living room was the perfect place, as the characters aren't always on screen and this meant there wouldn't just be a blank screen between turning to each character.
Film Trailer = Recording Music
Millie and I has originally planned to use the Music Departments recording studio to record our own version of Sam Smith's Leave Your Lover. However, due to technical faults in the recording studio, the date we planed to record kept being pushed further and further back. This was very inconvenient for Millie and myself as we really wanted to get the trailer complete and handed in by the original deadline of after the Christmas holidays. After releasing that the recording was going to take longer than expected, we spoke to our media teacher who agreed to extend the deadline for us, however we had to of had all footage edited by the original deadline and just the music to add afterwards. This took a lot of stress of for Millie and I.
Unfortunately when we returned back to school after the Christmas holidays, with all our editing complete, the recording studio was still broken. So Millie and I sat down and tried to think of another way to get this recording complete. We decided to make other arrangements and book out the recording studio, so we had the Logic Pro software but use a microphone, a Blue Yeti, Millie had got for Christmas which plugs into a computer by a USB cord. This meant that Millie and I could use the needed software only available in the recording studio, but record the vocals and piano ourselves. We then set a date with our friend Molly who can play piano, and luckily were able to use an electric piano belonging to the head of music so that we had a softer sound than a normal keyboard used in the classrooms.
After practising a number of times, we finally got a recording with the piano and main melody line that Millie and I were happy with. So Molly then left and Millie and I focused on adding the harmonies we wanted to add more layers and depth to the recording. When we recorded the harmonies we were careful not to sing them to harshly as we wanted the tone to remain soft and gentle to match our storyline and the emotions of the main protagonist. After completing the recording we then just needed to add it to our film trailer so I saved it onto my memory stick so we could upload it to the MacBook we were using at school in our next lesson.
Unfortunately when we returned back to school after the Christmas holidays, with all our editing complete, the recording studio was still broken. So Millie and I sat down and tried to think of another way to get this recording complete. We decided to make other arrangements and book out the recording studio, so we had the Logic Pro software but use a microphone, a Blue Yeti, Millie had got for Christmas which plugs into a computer by a USB cord. This meant that Millie and I could use the needed software only available in the recording studio, but record the vocals and piano ourselves. We then set a date with our friend Molly who can play piano, and luckily were able to use an electric piano belonging to the head of music so that we had a softer sound than a normal keyboard used in the classrooms.
After practising a number of times, we finally got a recording with the piano and main melody line that Millie and I were happy with. So Molly then left and Millie and I focused on adding the harmonies we wanted to add more layers and depth to the recording. When we recorded the harmonies we were careful not to sing them to harshly as we wanted the tone to remain soft and gentle to match our storyline and the emotions of the main protagonist. After completing the recording we then just needed to add it to our film trailer so I saved it onto my memory stick so we could upload it to the MacBook we were using at school in our next lesson.
Friday 20 January 2017
Film Trailer = 2nd Draft Storyboard
After creating our first storyboard Millie and I looked back on it and decided that we wanted to include a lot more than we had initially planned, so we created a second storyboard and added in our chosen shots.
Thursday 12 January 2017
Film Trailer = Social Media
Throughout my film trailer there is a very obvious theme of social media and the affects it has on individuals. In our trailer we explore the negative side of social media but I hope it also shows that social media isn't everything. Due to our film being very current, within the respect of openness about sexuality, I decided to use a lot of social media as this is also very contemporary, especially the aspect of cyberbullying and how in this day and age cyberbullying is the most invasive and common form of bullying. Millie and I decided to focus on Twitter as a form of social media rather than Facebook or Instagram, due to the fact it is mostly perceived as a place to openly express ones views and opinions in 'tweets'. Where as Facebook seems more of a means of communication app and Instagram purely for photos. These 'tweets' are how we will show the cyberbullying building up against our protagonist Alice.
Film Trailer = 'Loving You' Draft 1
Over the Christmas holidays Millie and I completed the editing of our film trailer, we just needed to add our production logo, credits and record our music once we got back to school. So unfortunately, this YouTube video doesn't have any sound due to copyright issues with the song we used 'Sam Smith, Leave Your Lover'. However, we will be able to resolve this once we've recorded the song ourselves. Millie and I are currently working on adding our production logo to the trailer and designing our own credits to add at the end.
Wednesday 11 January 2017
Film Trailer = Casting Shots
Ann plays our main protagonist 'Alice', we thought Ann was suitable for the role as she has had previous acting experience, such a preforming in a musical she wrote herself "A Very Potter Musical", this therefore meant we could trust her to be professional and trusted to put the needed time into the role. When Millie and I created the characters we pictured Alice as kind of quirky and a bit different to the normal 'girl', so Ann's fashion and persona really worked well.
Flo Bound:
Flo plays our second female 'Maggie' and just like Ann, Flo also starred in "A Very Potter Musical", which again shows us she is dedicated and professional when need be. We wanted Maggie to come across as a typical girl, good fashion sense etc. so Flo fitted the role perfectly. Flo is also great friends with Ann at school, so this helped in the more intimate/serious filming.
Ben Scott:
Ben plays our male protagonist 'Brad'. Ben also had a leading role in "A Very Potter Musical", so we knew he would be able to fulfil the role. We wanted Brad to be portrayed as a typical 'lad' so Ben was a good fit,
Tuesday 10 January 2017
Film Trailer = Ending Credits
After completing our editing, Millie and I realised we hadn't included the credits at the end of the trailer. So we went online and watch the trailer again for 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'. We screen shot the credits and the end and photo shopped/edited it so it had our names and our production company on it, instead of the producers of 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
After doing this, we decided that we actually wanted to make our own from scratch. Despite it taking a while to create the first, we don't count it as a waste of time as we now have a better knowledge of what needs to be included and who needs to be mentioned. So when we now go on to make our own, we will have a better understanding.
After doing this, we decided that we actually wanted to make our own from scratch. Despite it taking a while to create the first, we don't count it as a waste of time as we now have a better knowledge of what needs to be included and who needs to be mentioned. So when we now go on to make our own, we will have a better understanding.
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