This trailer shows the main conventions for a horror film it uses dark lighting to create a horrible atmosphere and a feeling that your not quite sure whats going on even though that you are told through the banner (?) which states ' there is a video' so the audience allmost doesnt know what to expect as it leaves them wanting more from it and wants to find our why this video is so important and what makes you die in 7 days. The trailer is made to be even more chilling and frightening by the use of children within it, where the audience have the normal,innocent sterotype of a child watching a video and not realising what it is and having the mother shielding him from it creates tention , shocks and sympathy towards the mother and child. In addition to this you have a different view on children with the child in the video who looks very gothic, and haggared and looks like she hasnt been cared for and almost evil, this creates a sense of discust and terrify the audience as children arent stereotypically suppose to look this way, and it would frighten the audience to see some one so different compared to the other child. The trailer its self looks as if it's done in a video format as it keeps jump cutting between different scenes and there is white noise like a tape and interference between the jump cuts and they speed up to make the audience confused to whats going and having to try and figure out what's the video and whats the 'real life'. I think that the end of this trailer is a way that we wanted to portray our trailer not in the exact waybut in a very simular style. I think that the use of color also is very limitied some scenes looks as if it's had a blue fliter put onto it, i think being selective with the color and making it look very dark creates even more tension. I think the ring trailer would be a good style that we could incorporate into our film trailer with the white noise which we could easily do, the constant jump cuts and creating tension.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Our ideas for a film
We decided to do a big mind map in our group and we looked at most of the genres that we could do for our film trailer then mind mapped them to see what genre we could get the best ideas from. We decided that the whole horror genre and the sub genres that come from horror would be our best idea for a trailer as we could think of lots of sub-genres such as slasher, thriller, zombie ( and sort of monsters).
We thought of doing a trailer in the style of the blair witch project and cloverfield, where it's called the hand held camera technique. We oringinally wanted to do this with zombies but then realised that we wouldn't have the budget for the special effects and make-up. We wanted to carry on this technique but do it as if some teenagers were on holiday and have it as a holiday video jumping to them being attacked, we wanted to not actually show the killer so it gives the audience a sense of confusion to what is actually going on. We wanted to do it on an old camcorder so that you would have a really rubbish quality and the numbers in the corner , then we became to realise that the locations we wanted to shoot it on ( beach, woods) would pick up a lot of white noise and wind and the quality may give us what we think is a good effect but may not have the best intentions for the audience.
We decided to scrap the whole hand held camera idea and film it as it's actually happening for example so they're not over acting as like they are just having a conversation between themselves so the camera isn't actually directly on the actors it would either be an over the shoulder shot or sort of hidden we haven't exactly decided what to do with that yet as it needs further planning.
For the structure of the trailer we wanted to have the beginning very slow paced with them on a holiday having a good time then we wanted it to cut to them into the woods screaming for their lives then its going to keep cutting between the two then speeding up into quicker jump cuts then it goes black into the title of the film. I think this would be very effective because i feel that the audience would have a sense of confusion but the trailer wouldn't actually give too much away.
We thought of doing a trailer in the style of the blair witch project and cloverfield, where it's called the hand held camera technique. We oringinally wanted to do this with zombies but then realised that we wouldn't have the budget for the special effects and make-up. We wanted to carry on this technique but do it as if some teenagers were on holiday and have it as a holiday video jumping to them being attacked, we wanted to not actually show the killer so it gives the audience a sense of confusion to what is actually going on. We wanted to do it on an old camcorder so that you would have a really rubbish quality and the numbers in the corner , then we became to realise that the locations we wanted to shoot it on ( beach, woods) would pick up a lot of white noise and wind and the quality may give us what we think is a good effect but may not have the best intentions for the audience.
We decided to scrap the whole hand held camera idea and film it as it's actually happening for example so they're not over acting as like they are just having a conversation between themselves so the camera isn't actually directly on the actors it would either be an over the shoulder shot or sort of hidden we haven't exactly decided what to do with that yet as it needs further planning.
For the structure of the trailer we wanted to have the beginning very slow paced with them on a holiday having a good time then we wanted it to cut to them into the woods screaming for their lives then its going to keep cutting between the two then speeding up into quicker jump cuts then it goes black into the title of the film. I think this would be very effective because i feel that the audience would have a sense of confusion but the trailer wouldn't actually give too much away.
Friday, 16 July 2010
Ideas for films
we came up in a group ideas of genres for our films such as :
Horror
comedy
romance
biopic
etc.
Then we realised that we would need a lot of money for a lot of them so we looked further into them to realise which ones needed the bigger budget and which ones were more reasonable to do. We need to look for a location that we could use that wouldnt be too repetative and that everyone would use for their film. We havent came up with a story line or characters but we need to look more in depth and dicuss this at this point as its only early days.
Horror
comedy
romance
biopic
etc.
Then we realised that we would need a lot of money for a lot of them so we looked further into them to realise which ones needed the bigger budget and which ones were more reasonable to do. We need to look for a location that we could use that wouldnt be too repetative and that everyone would use for their film. We havent came up with a story line or characters but we need to look more in depth and dicuss this at this point as its only early days.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
theorys in film ( todorovs & propps theory)
L'homme sans tete ( The man without head)
This short film is a french film which follows a man without a head, and has the moral of it's what on the inside that counts.
This short film follows Todorovs theory:
Equilibrium : Is the normality of him living his day to day life without a head.
Disequilibrium: Is him needing/ wanting a head to impress a woman.
New equilibrium : Is him realising that he doesnt need a head.
Todorov's theory is used in most childrens films for example in disney films becuase it's a simplistic way of creating a story with the structure of having a equilibrium, dis equilibrium and new euqilibrium it shows a structure that children are used two also it shows children the moral that every cloud has a silver lining and that everything will be fine in the end what parents want also to apply to their childrens life.
Finding nemo: A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.
With finding nemo there are a few of each theory within them:
Equilibrium: 1.Is when Marlin and Coral are searching for a home together and find one then move their children into it.
2. When Marlin and dory are searching for nemo and getting on and it seems normal for them.
3. When nemo is put into the tank and he is put into the brotherhood.
Disequilibrium : 1. When Coral and Marlins family are killed except for nemo.
2. When nemo is taken by the diver.
3. When Dory and Marlin get in trouble with the Sharks, and jellyfish on their travells.
4. When Nemo discovers that he is going to be given to Darla as a birthday present and that she is a fish killer.
5. When Marlin finds nemo and thinks he's dead.
New equilibrium:
1. Marlin realising that Nemo was the only one that had survived and looks after him.
2. When nemo is in the tank and makes new friends
3. When Marlin and Dory meet the turtles.
4. When Marlin and Nemo are re-united
5. When everyone is back together at home and there are new friends and old and everythings normal again.
Peter pan : A story that follows the darling children and their adventure to never land with peter pan a boy who never wants to grow up.
Equilibrium :
1. When the children follow normal day to day life in the nursery.
2. When they follow a normal life when in nerverland with their new family the lost boys.
Dis equilibrium:
1. When Wendy is told to grow up and results in them leaving
2. When Wendy is shot down by the lost boys
3. When you see Captian Hook has taken tiger lilly
4. The mirmaids attack Wendy
5. When peter pan gets bombed and tinkerbell dies
New equilibrium:
1. The children are introduced to peter pan and neverland as a chance to escape growing up.
2. When the children are excepted into the lost boys family
3. When they are accepted into the indian tribe
4. When good triumphs over evil when captian hook gets killed by the crocodile
5. When the children return to the nursery and normality is returned.
Propps theory
Propps theory is used throughout films when characters are allocated different roles these are used greatly in disney films also.
The lion king :
The hero : Simba the main protagonist that we follow the life of throughout the film.
The villan : Scar, Simba's uncle who has it out for simba and wants to take his crown and kill him.
The helper : Is split between two characters Timone and pumba who help him grow up and look after him.
The princess: Nala ,Simba's childhood friend and love interest when he's older.
The doner / father : Are both Simba's father mufasa as in result of his death sets of a chain reaction of things. Also rafiki the money who is magical and realises who simba is as he's older and sends him off to his family.
The dispatcher: Zazu the bird who informs Simba .
This short film is a french film which follows a man without a head, and has the moral of it's what on the inside that counts.
This short film follows Todorovs theory:
Equilibrium : Is the normality of him living his day to day life without a head.
Disequilibrium: Is him needing/ wanting a head to impress a woman.
New equilibrium : Is him realising that he doesnt need a head.
Todorov's theory is used in most childrens films for example in disney films becuase it's a simplistic way of creating a story with the structure of having a equilibrium, dis equilibrium and new euqilibrium it shows a structure that children are used two also it shows children the moral that every cloud has a silver lining and that everything will be fine in the end what parents want also to apply to their childrens life.
Finding nemo: A clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father's constant warnings about many of the ocean's dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist's office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist's office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist's fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again.
With finding nemo there are a few of each theory within them:
Equilibrium: 1.Is when Marlin and Coral are searching for a home together and find one then move their children into it.
2. When Marlin and dory are searching for nemo and getting on and it seems normal for them.
3. When nemo is put into the tank and he is put into the brotherhood.
Disequilibrium : 1. When Coral and Marlins family are killed except for nemo.
2. When nemo is taken by the diver.
3. When Dory and Marlin get in trouble with the Sharks, and jellyfish on their travells.
4. When Nemo discovers that he is going to be given to Darla as a birthday present and that she is a fish killer.
5. When Marlin finds nemo and thinks he's dead.
New equilibrium:
1. Marlin realising that Nemo was the only one that had survived and looks after him.
2. When nemo is in the tank and makes new friends
3. When Marlin and Dory meet the turtles.
4. When Marlin and Nemo are re-united
5. When everyone is back together at home and there are new friends and old and everythings normal again.
Peter pan : A story that follows the darling children and their adventure to never land with peter pan a boy who never wants to grow up.
Equilibrium :
1. When the children follow normal day to day life in the nursery.
2. When they follow a normal life when in nerverland with their new family the lost boys.
Dis equilibrium:
1. When Wendy is told to grow up and results in them leaving
2. When Wendy is shot down by the lost boys
3. When you see Captian Hook has taken tiger lilly
4. The mirmaids attack Wendy
5. When peter pan gets bombed and tinkerbell dies
New equilibrium:
1. The children are introduced to peter pan and neverland as a chance to escape growing up.
2. When the children are excepted into the lost boys family
3. When they are accepted into the indian tribe
4. When good triumphs over evil when captian hook gets killed by the crocodile
5. When the children return to the nursery and normality is returned.
Propps theory
Propps theory is used throughout films when characters are allocated different roles these are used greatly in disney films also.
The lion king :
The hero : Simba the main protagonist that we follow the life of throughout the film.
The villan : Scar, Simba's uncle who has it out for simba and wants to take his crown and kill him.
The helper : Is split between two characters Timone and pumba who help him grow up and look after him.
The princess: Nala ,Simba's childhood friend and love interest when he's older.
The doner / father : Are both Simba's father mufasa as in result of his death sets of a chain reaction of things. Also rafiki the money who is magical and realises who simba is as he's older and sends him off to his family.
The dispatcher: Zazu the bird who informs Simba .
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Narrative in film
Todorovs theory - He suggested that there is in film and equilibrium , where everything is normal. Dis- equilibrium when something has changed, gone wrong or is not right. New equilibrium when when a sense of normality is returned again.
Propps theory- Looked at hundreds of folk tales which appear in films, he identified :
1. The villian ( struggles against the hero)
2. The donor ( prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
3. The helper ( helps the hero in the quest)
4. The princess ( person the hero marries , fought for during the narrative)
5. Her father
6. The dispatcher ( The character who sends the hero off)
Narratives use many various techniques to show changes of time these include:
Elipsis
Parrellel narrative
Flash back / flash forwards
7. The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the hero , weds the princess.
There are also alternative film structures this includes:
Exposition
Development
Complication
Climax
Resolution
Propps theory- Looked at hundreds of folk tales which appear in films, he identified :
1. The villian ( struggles against the hero)
2. The donor ( prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object)
3. The helper ( helps the hero in the quest)
4. The princess ( person the hero marries , fought for during the narrative)
5. Her father
6. The dispatcher ( The character who sends the hero off)
Narratives use many various techniques to show changes of time these include:
Elipsis
Parrellel narrative
Flash back / flash forwards
7. The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the hero , weds the princess.
There are also alternative film structures this includes:
Exposition
Development
Complication
Climax
Resolution
Advanced portfolio task
to produce a promotional package for a film. To include a teaser trailer , a magazine front cover and poster. The work must be presented on a blog format and edited to individual taste.
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