Evaluation

Audience Feedback Questions

1) What genre do you think this trailer fits in with and why?

2) What do you think is the target audeince for this trailer and why? Is it easily recognisable?

3) Do you think the soundtrack works with the setting of the mood for the trailer?

4) Are there any parts of the trailer you think could be improved for any reason?

5) Is there any part of the trailer you think works particularly well?

Questions Answered

1) What genre do you think this trailer fits in with and why?

• rom-com
• romantic comedy

2) What do you think is the target audience for this trailer and why?

• Woman
• Woman 16+
• Woman 18+
• Woman 16-40
• Woman 16-80

3) Do you think the soundtrack works well with the setting of the mood for the trailer?

• Yes it flows very well
• Yes
• Yes it work with the love thats in the trailer
• it works well with the trailer because of the different shots

4) Are there any part of the trailer you think could be improved for any reason?

• The music it a bit to loud, could turn it down
• The music was loud

5) Is there any part of the trailer you think works particularly well?

• The characters
• The soundtrack flows well
• The end shot I thought that was beautiful
• the shots
• The shots with the close ups on each character, shows them very well
• The titles in the trailer tell the story very well, helps you understand whats going on

Shots used in my Video

• Establishing Shot
• Two -Shot
• Mid- Shot
• Wide Angle Shot
• Zoom/Close up
• Over The Shoulder
• Long- Shot
• Close-Ups

Through out my tralior I mostly used close-ups and two-shots. I did this so that the characters would have a connection with the audeince. As this Film is mostly about realationships using two-shots helped me with getting this idea across to the audeince.

Timeline

This is the timeline for all the work i've done over this project.

August 20th - September 5th: Planning of trailer project, introduction, brain storm, final idea/concept, presentation video presenting idea to class, starting of the story board.

September 10th: Rough ideas for sub tasks i.e. Film Magazine Cover and Film Poster.

September 29th: Post presentation of idea and codes and conventions of other film trailers etc. on the blog

September 30th - November 7th: Get together the cast to take animatic photos and sub task images. Start of the editting for the sub tasks and the animatic.

November 2nd: Post Film Poster onto blog with influences and background planning.

November - December: List of thingsto do for filming to make everything look authentic.Filming at My house and the woods.Animatic completed.Magazine Cover completed.

January 27th: Magazine Cover posted onto blog with influences and background planning.

January 28th: Post rejected images onto blog, to give extra evidence of planning.

February - March: Edit the final trailer.Post trailer onto Youtube.

April 23rd: Post final cut of Animatic and Trailer onto blog.

The Trailer

First Impressions Trailer from Alex Simpson on Vimeo.

Mood Boards and animatic

This is my animatic for Frist Impressions

These are my mood boards that gave me ideas for my trailer. helped me know I wanted to do a Rom-com.

I looked at all different trailers, so that I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Some of the films I really looked at where 'P.S I Love You', 'Pretty Woman', 'The Notebook'. These really helped me with my ideas for my trailor.

Rejected Images for Magazine and Poster

This was one of my images I didn't use. I really wanted to show the background because I thought it looked really beautiful, and showed a good love scene. However there was no connection with the reader or audience in this image. Also the way they are standing seemed a bit awkward.











This is another image I chose not to use. I didn't use this because my magazine was mainly focusing on a couple on my front cover, and I felt that more than two people would make the front cover too busy. Also the picture is not very well taken with the light in the background to how everyone is positioned.

Poster for First Impressions

This is my Final poster for First Impressions. In the end i wanted both Characters looking at the camera. I really like this picture as it has the light right on the characters, makes them stand out more.
This poster would be a billboard poster. So if people just took a quick look at it they would know what it was. Having them both looking at the camera will help with getting people to notice it.

The poster makes it loke like a happy love story, as there is a female and male character on it, also the colours are bright this also shows it. looks like a rom-com.

Draft Poster for First Impressions

This was my first draft for my poster. I was not sure what I wanted maybe the female character looking up at the male and the male connecting with the audience. I new I wanted some sort of a logo, to make people want to see the movie.

Magazine Cover for First Impressions

This is my final magazine cover. I changed it a lot from my first draft. I added in a bit of colour this can catch the readers eye. I chose blue because it went well with what the people on the magazine our wearing. Over all I am happy with the way it looks.

Draft magazine cover for First Impressions

This is my first draft for my magazine cover, I new I had to add a lot to it. I was not happy with where the writing was positioned. However I was very happy with the picture. I thought of the title because I didn't want to go for something that would be very typical for a film magazine and as I was making a trailer I thought it would be perfect.
I wanted to add another movie it the magazine somewhere, as my main audience would be female I thought the film 'Sex and The City' would be perfect.
The picture I chose was to show a bit about the movie. It shows some sort of relationship between the two characters in the film. This keeps the audience wanting to know if there really is 'love off the screen'. As the female character is looking the the camera this shows a connection to her and the readers. The male character is looking away but towards the female a bit this shows a certain sort of mystery that the reader would want in there male character.

Magazine cover ideas

This Magazine cover influenced my ideas for my magazine cover.

For example the use of two character on the cover looking into the camera drawing the reader in. The way they are positioned shows a relationship to one another, this shows this magazine being more female targeted. The lead story is all about "New Moon", this will be mine main focus on my magazine, the Film, and how to get the reader drawn in on the magazine like this one does.

Movie poster Ideas

This is the original movie poster for Pride and Prejudice. What I mainly noticed on this poster was the use of the two main characters in the poster, the way the female character is looking back at the male. This indicates a relationship between the two. I do like this poster however I want to focus on the characters more, have them be the main part of the poster.

This is the trailer for Pride and Prejudice

This is the DVD cover for The Wedding Planner. This gave me ideas of how I wanted to do my Movie Poster. The pose of the couple and the way she is looking up gave me the idea for mine. The way the female character is in front of the male indicating she is the main character. The use of a slogan along with the title of the film draws the audience in, makes them wonder what the other events are.

This is the trailer for The Wedding Planner



My influence was from the trailer for the popular Rom-com "The Wedding planner".
A convention I want in my trailer was the use of the editing. For example they way the trailer flows I want to make sure my trailer flows the way this one does. I want make things run smoothly, as to everything cutting randomly.
Another convention I want to use was the use of close-ups. In the The Wedding planner trailer, there are a lot of close ups of the main characters. This gives the trailer a more personal feel and allows the audience to connect with them and recognise them as the main characters, I want to do this by focusing on two main characters and focusing on there story and relationship together.
I also want my soundtrack to flow well with the mood for my trailer. As I want it to focus on two main characters, I want a soundtrack that has conflict but also love in it. getting the audiences attention.