Class Presentation of Ideas

What did we discuss/present?

During the class presentation, we talked about our initial ideas and how we wanted to try a different genre, basic plot and storyline, target audience, our analysis of film posters and magazines and what we learnt and how we used them to create a conventional and successful poster/magazine that would tell our audience the genre of our film. We also talked about our plans for the trailer itself and how we would achieve it and in particular how to apply make up to make the bruises and scarring look real. We did this by researching YouTube videos to see how you can apply effective and realistic make up, as well as domestic violence posters, to give us an idea of how we would lay out our film poster.

Our group also discussed where we would get a wedding dress and that we had to think of a church to film the walking down the aisle. In our opinion, various quick cuts from one setting to another would add a great deal of mystery as you would only see the main character in the story, not the husband or neighbour.

Analysing examples of total film magazines really seemed to help us, because when it came to creating our own film magazine, we knew the elements of a professional film magazine. We used Total Film rather than Empire because Empire was a film a magazine that appeared much more masculine and of course, we wanted a film publisher that would suit our audience and genre.



The two posters we analysed really seemed to relate to the issues we wanted to present. As a group we recognised that both were actually thrillers, however we also understood that there were elements that with both posters that we could use and in particular, a clear, centred image of a vulnerable woman.

Teaser Trailer Plans - Camera Shots and Audio

• A woman looking in a bathroom mirror doing her make up - perhaps a close up
• Continous quick cuts to a wedding dress slowly trailing up a church aisle - start a voiceover of recorded wedding vowels ( in a random order as the trailer progresses)
• A close up of various parts of the woman's face - eyes, lips and cheek.
• A close up of her full face (showing her crying - ideally staring straight at the camera
  

Class Feedback

We were asked what we what do so that we didn’t offend in our teaser trailer and that we should consider the possibility that if it is a violent film presenting domestic abuse, wouldn’t younger people and children watching the trailer be forced to watch elements of violence? In answer to the question, I used the teaser trailer of Paranormal Activity 2 that has been advertised recently as an example of showing an audience that the genre is important in establishing whether or not it is suitable for a younger audience. In the Paranormal Activity 2 trailer, a person is thrown towards the camera at the end, which could of course be a piece of footage that could frighten or offend, and yet, the trailer is still broadcast during adverts. My group and I strongly believed that by showing our film as a one of a dramatic social realist genre, it would be obvious to a viewer that it is therefore a film for a more mature audience and if there was offence caused, the viewer would know not to make the effort to see the film at the cinema. Despite this, we still decided to take the comment on board, and consequently reassured the class that there would be no violence in the trailer, only graphic content concerning injuries and scarring.