How the aims of the production have been met:
The aim of our project was to create a film trailer of approximately two minutes in the theme of horror. The audience we intend to aim this trailer towards are people of the ages 20+, as we aimed it for this age range we decided it make a horror theme to stick with our selected age. Throughout the trailer we added suspense and quick cutting, (with the quick cuts we added music to create more of a shock and cliff hanger effect.) For the actors we used ourselves as we knew it would be more efficient and more suitable in terms of being prepared and on time. We planned ahead the days that we were free and showed up on weekend and during holidays as that was the best fit for us all and gave us more time to work with. For props we used a hammer covered in slime and our location was set in the nine pearls abandoned villa. We purposely wore dark clothing to fit into the theme of horror. A group members brother helped us with the filming when the three of us were needed to be featuring in the scenes. The use of the black and white filter was a good way to enhance the horror aspect and make it gloomy with dark shadowing, the natural lighting also helped create this look. overall we were extremely pleased with the outcome of our trailer. Each item of clothing was our own, this fit best as it allowed us so wear the same costume each filming day, we also planned for our outfits to be dark clothing to match the horror theme. FinalCutPro is the software we used in order to get all the clips together and edit the full trailer together. This software allowed us to add titles in-between the cuts when necessary and added fades when we felt they were needed.
How the product applies appropriate codes and conventions and uses appropriate media language:
The trailer opens with the subtitle 'a man possessed' which indicates the horror aspect of it which straight away indicates the genre of the movie. For audience research we made a rota following with tally charts and turned these into bar charts to indicate a clear result, to do this we asked a selective few and asked what type of genres and themes they would suit best and the result we received is what we based our trailer off of. The main idea that we went for regarding the film trailer was suspense and cliffhangers and we felt that this was a necessary tool to enhance the horror and thriller effect as best as possible. As a group we analysed different aspects of different yet similar horror movie trailers and selected different features to help us with our ideas such as dress codes, weaponry, background set up, effects etc. We attempted to follow these ideas as best as we could and as realistically as we could although some ideas needed altering such as props and outfits.
How the product represents people, places or events:
We chose Sebastian to be the person to get possessed as it fit the stereotype of 'the scary male' we showed clearly the change in him before compared to what he has now become.... a killer. At first he was very curious and innocent and we showed the transition from that to uncontrollable and turned 'mental'. Due to the compound being abandoned the lighting was dark with only natural lighting peeking through which helped a lot with our theme. Using ourselves we could emphasize the typical teenage girl as the victim. We turned normal day life and put a scary twist on it such as the use of the pool and the drowning scene, people associate compound pools with fun and leisure whereas we turned that into the death of the teenage girl which may add fear towards the target audience.
Where and when the product would be exhibited/distributed:
We will be distributing posters and billboards around popular public attractions such as malls and so on in order to get some extra recognition from anyone who would be interested in our movie.
In normal age appropriate day to day movies we will be presenting our trailer just before the movie starts as well as posting out trailer publicly on youtube and will also be creating our own story on snapchat and instagram sot that people can join in order to keep up with our daily updates. We feel that twitter will be the most effective way of receiving recognition as people will be able to share our trailer on publicly to their friends and followers and so on.
1 What regulations and controls might be applied to the product and how have these been taken into consideration:
We will be sure to mention that our trailer has been passed the 18+ and that our trailer will have a brief introduction explaining the relationships and communication between us and Compliance Officers. We will be labelling the key concepts such as violence and suspense.
The strengths and weaknesses of the product in terms of meeting the needs of its audience:
Throughout the trailer we surveyed multiple people in our target audience on preference of the movie trailer therefore from that aspect we will know that it will be successful. With the results we got we changed a few of them due to what best fit us and our times for example the costumes we changed a couple in order to match conventions of other horror movies. Our weapon was also suitable as its a hand tool that has a twist on it. Overall my group and I were very pleased with the outcome of our movie trailer as the results came close to our initial storyboard ideas. The meeting up to film process was very demanding with regards to finding times where everyone was free, although we had plenty of time in the end to film it. Looking back on the trailer I feel as though we could have perhaps had more people featuring in the film trailer although I think that FinalCutPro allowed and helped us create a final professional looking product to the best of our ability.
We will be sure to mention that our trailer has been passed the 18+ and that our trailer will have a brief introduction explaining the relationships and communication between us and Compliance Officers. We will be labelling the key concepts such as violence and suspense.
The strengths and weaknesses of the product in terms of meeting the needs of its audience:
Throughout the trailer we surveyed multiple people in our target audience on preference of the movie trailer therefore from that aspect we will know that it will be successful. With the results we got we changed a few of them due to what best fit us and our times for example the costumes we changed a couple in order to match conventions of other horror movies. Our weapon was also suitable as its a hand tool that has a twist on it. Overall my group and I were very pleased with the outcome of our movie trailer as the results came close to our initial storyboard ideas. The meeting up to film process was very demanding with regards to finding times where everyone was free, although we had plenty of time in the end to film it. Looking back on the trailer I feel as though we could have perhaps had more people featuring in the film trailer although I think that FinalCutPro allowed and helped us create a final professional looking product to the best of our ability.
