Actors list

Matthew
Brandon
Rory
Lydia
William

Font choices

Here are the four fonts that I am considering using for my film poster and magazine;

For my main texts I am planning on using one or two of these fonts because I want the poster to stand out to the audience by using a bold, sans serif font because this will make the name of the film be clear and obvious to the audience. I've decided to use a font that has an eroded them attatched to it because this connotes a sense of violence, drama and action which are 3 elements I want to include in my film trailer.
After looking at numerous styles of fonts I have narrowed it down to these four styles because I think they best convey my genre. Research in the build up to this has enabled me to identify which fonts are unsuitable for my genre by looking at the font styles that other genres of films such as comedies use in comparison to the types of font that other films from the same genre as mine such as 'Kidulthood' use;

A similar, bold sans serif font is used by this film, this is because it is suitable for the genre and connotes the general themes of the film. I have looked at the font choices of other similar films and used them to influence my font choice.

Props and costume

I am not planning on using a large amount of props for my film trailer because they are not particularly necessary for my genre.
Below are some notable props/costume

1.Bloodstained t-shirt

However, I am using this blood stained t-shirt to connote the sense of danger and violence which are to themes I want to be able to convey in my film trailer.

2.Distinctive 'parka' coat

This is the type of coat that the key protagonist will be wearing in the majority of the scenes to portray his character and to enable him to be easily recognised, I think its a suitable costume choice for the character's personality and emphasises themes such as 'cold' and 'loneliness'.

Key learning points

-Helped me think about use of props and costume

-Considered how they could be used in my trailer

Plot synopsis

Plot synopsis

An adolescent teen who has had a rough upbringing finds himself in a life of crime & violence after a series of unfortunate events. He has always had it tough from a young age-his dad dying, leaving just him and his distant widowed Mother, he’s been a victim of bullying and being picked on for most of his school days and now his Mother has found a new partner, she no longer has the time for him anymore, with his mother becoming increasingly distant , the bullying and his Father’s death all becoming too much, the boy stumbles across a group of people who claim that they can help him feel a sense of belonging again, little does he know that he is now entering a life of crime and violence, for a short time they make him feel happy, as if he’s made some friends that finally care about him and can make him feel that sense of belonging that he’s never had, but in the long term, his new found lifestyle leads to things only getting worse; he finds himself without  a home after his distant Mother abandons him to leave with her new partner who has no time for kids, leaving him nothing but a note behind. Now left with almost nothing, his destructive lifestyle goes from bad to worse when the people who he thought were his friends begin to threaten him with violence so he will do things that he doesn’t want to do. The violence becomes a reality after he loses a significant amount of money that they had received from one of their criminal activities. His new ‘Friends’ discover from this that he is weak and and not very strong-willed so they begin to exploit this through hostile threats and insults and manipulate him into thinking that he's their friend. One day, the boy comes across a girl who used to go to his school, a quiet girl who he didn’t know very well but they were both mildly acquainted, she sees that he is in a state and offers him some support, comfort and sympathy for him. But he insists that he is fine, though her suspicions grow and he ends up telling her all about his dire situation. The pair become very close and the boy doesn’t see his new ‘friends’ very often anymore, then one day, after weeks of not seeing or communicating with them, him and the girl come across the group, she attempts to reason with them, but they take the boy away to a derelict location and this time it’s serious. The girl follows them from a distance and when it dawns on her what his going to happen she informs the police. When the group can hear the sound of sirens while  the boy is being savagely beaten, they scarper and the boy is not troubled by them again. The girl allows him to stay with her family for a short while and offers a lot of support. But the boy’s past his something he will never forget.

Risk assesment and Permissions

 Before beginning my filming, I need to consider some factors and fill out a risk assesment to ensure that the areas in which I will be filming are appropriate. Below is a table illustrating shot timings and risk assesment

Shot and Location	Potential Hazards and risks		Action to be taken
Shot 1,2,3 Gawsworth church yard	Potentially upsetting mourners Slipping over		Inform bishop to see when the best time to film is Be aware of slippy surfaces
Shot 3,4 Upton alleyway	Members of the public		Inform people in surrounding area of filming
5,6,7 Classroom	Interrupting class		Ask where the best place to film is without disrupting a class
8,9 My house-side of house	Potential interruptions from neighbours/family members		Inform neighbours and family members
10,11 My house-Kitchen	Potential interruptions from family		Inform family
12,13,14 Train underpass	Members of public Will be dark		Ensure that I go with other people Inform people of filming reasons
14,15,16 Sparrow Park	Members of public		Inform people/council of filming reasons.
17 Area near sparrow park	Members of public		Inform people/council of filming reasons.
18,19 Train underpass (ability to make it seem like a different location)	Members of public Will be dark		Ensure that I go with other people Inform people of filming reasons
20,21,22 West park crematorium-garden area	Potential risk of invading space of mourners/members of public		Gain permission from crematorium
23,24 Different area of west park crematorium garden area		Potential risk of invading space of mourners/members of public		Gain permission from crematorium
25,26,27 Train underpass		Members of public Will be dark		Ensure that I go with other people Inform people of filming reasons

Doing a risk assesment ensures that I am aware of any potential hazards and outlines what I can do to avoid these potential hazards becoming a problem.

Scripting my trailer

In todays lesson we looked at how trailers are scripted, we examined the use of voice overs vs the use of dialogue. We looked at a teaser and theatrical trailer for the film 'gone girl' and annotated the teaser script for gone girl;

Theatrical
  
In comparison to the teaser trailer the choice of music is a lot more suited to what we are seeing on screen, whereas the teaser trailer uses music that is contrapuntal to what we are seeing on screen, I think this makes a drastic change to what the audience feels emotionally, there is a much more sinister sense to the film trailer. There is a lot of dialogue in this trailer, the entire narration of the film trailer is conducted through the character's dialogue which is something I need to consider when scripting my trailer because I am planning on doing a theatrical trailer so I should think about how I am going to script my trailer to ensure that the dialogue is able to fill the time and have an effective narrative. As with the teaser there is no use of voice over, the film's narrative is shown completely through the dialogue of the characters and through what we see on screen, I think the music is also influential in the narrative of the film because of the sinister atmosphere it creates

Teaser



 The narrative in this teaser trailer is mainly portrayed through very subtle and limited dialogue through what we see on screen. The only intertitles used are at the end which effectively show the name of the film and fade in and out in time with the music and ending dialogue, though there isn't use of intertitles to actually show a narrative of the film itself. The scripting in this trailer establishes the situation between the characters in the film, the opening line gives details of what we assume to be the main theme of the film, the second piece of dialogue shows that there is clearly some sort of disagreement and the third and final area of dialogue where he claims not be have killed his wife or be a murderer suggests that he may have actually killed his wife. The dialogue in this trailer is very limited but it is able to be used subtly to portray a good storyline so the audience can conjure up ideas of what they think the film is going to be about. It is interesting that this film is able to be effectively engaging without the use of intertitles or voice over and limited dialogue.

Looking at these film trailers and analysing their scripting and how they convey their narrative has given me an insight as to what I should consider before scripting my trailer, below are some details of how my trailer will be scripted;

Intertitles
I am going to mainly use dialogue from the characters to portray my film narrative because I’ve noticed that most of the social realism film trailers that I study don’t use intertitles to portray their narrative because it is a mainly dialogue driven genre when it comes to following a storyline, though there is regular use of quotes from film reviewers that are used to make people aware of the high ratings so they are encouraged to want to see the film, although, I don’t think I will use any intertitles other than the name of the film because I think that intertitles are generally used to over-dramatize something, I want to just keep mine realistic and simple.

Dialogue
The dialogue will be used to convey drama and to tease the audience into thinking of questions about what has been said 

''I'm fine''
''You're going to do what I tell you, or else''
''What did we tell you''
''We've had just quite enough of your lies''
''Just leave me alone''
''I don't want to be a part of this anymore

Voice over

I am going to use a voice over at the beginning of the trailer to help establish some details about the key protagonist’s life experiences so the audience can gain an understanding in to the background of the key protagonist, I feel this is necessary because it is vital that the audience can recognise that the character has not had it easy.

Key learning points
This post helped me plan what I wanted the characters to say in the trailer, it meant that I could plan a script that effectively told a narrative and followed a good storyline rather than being overly spontaneous in a way that would make the scripting ineffective and not follow a clear storyline.

Fonts and Colours

In today's lesson we looked at some different styles of fonts and examined whether or not they are acceptable for a film poster and to see if they would fit in to any particular genre, we were given the task of organising our favourite fonts in order of which we thought would be the most effective fonts on a film poster, I thought that the font 'Trajan' was the most effective because it looked like it actually belonged on a film poster whereas many of the fonts just seemed like they should be in a textbook or a leaflet promoting dogging, is is a serif font that has been used on film posters such as 'The Titanic' and 'Thor' so it is clearly a font that is used on film posters to properly market the film

Other fonts such as 'Comic sans' are not suitable for a film poster because they look taccy and are never seen on film posters because of this, the fonts that were'nt chosen are generally considered as boring fonts that would be commonly used commonly on something like microsoft word rather than an eye catching film poster. This enabled me to look at different fonts and recognise which are the most popular fonts and what genre they would fit in to, which will be helpful when deciding on fonts for my film poster.

Below are some brief analysis' of film posters and their use of fonts and colour (over over dots to view points)

Taken;

Steve jobs film;

Key learning points
From this blog post I have learned about the key elements of film posters; fonts and colours which has been useful in influencing  my ideas for film posters because I have looked at what fonts 'belong' on a film poster and what fonts I should potentially avoid to make sure my poster is of a good quality standard and I have also researched and looked at the generic types of text seen on film posters for different genres so I can see what font I should think about using for my own film poster, It has also taught me about the use of colour on film posters which is also vital in the role it plays in conveying a genre and being able to make the poster stand out so it is more eye-catching