POSTER : My rough ideas for my teaser poster.

These were a few more teaser posters i have looked at after slightly changing my plot with a darker presence. Above were a few of my favourites as from the dark conventional colours you get the immediate fell that the film isn't about happiness and laughter but there is a darker side to the plot and this is what i want to portray in my poster. Each poster out of the four are all very simplistic when it comes to the information given away on the poster, apart from the film title and date or month of the release they don't show much else.
Poster idea 1 :
Poster idea 2 :

Poster idea 3 :

Poster idea 4 :

From all the poster ideas i have drawn out in my personal opinion i think poster ideas 1 and 3 are my favourite. Poster one is a very strong and simplistic poster which will leave people asking a lot of questions. The focal point of the poster is half of a female characters face coming from the left hand side of the poster taking up almost half the page. Behind the female character is two blurred / blacked out featureless figures. After looking at example teaser posters i realised that the less information you put on the poster, the more interesting and mysterious it becomes. Leading on from this on my first poster idea i simply just included the title of the film, the season the film is released and a website if they want to find out more.

The reason why i like poster 3 is because of the mystery behind it, the focal image gives a small amount of insight into the story but not enough to give the story away. Also personally i beleve the composition in which the image on the poster is set out and the idea behind it is very creative. What i don't particularly like about poster 3 is the way i have set out the slogan at the top and the date of release, i think it looks a bit effortless and not really thought about.

TEASER TRAILER : Animatic on windows movie maker.

I created my animatic on Windows live movie maker. I had never properly used a software like this before so after downloading the program i watched a short tutorial online on how to take your story board and turn it into an animatic.

It was quite tricky at first to get timings right and think about what different effects i could use on the slides to create / mimic what i want for my trailer.

TEASER TRAILER : Slide by slide.

This is simply the introduction to my animatic.

I apologise for the way this is set up, when trying to publish more than one image in one post the set up kept messing up meaning i had to publish each image separately.

I have created my own corporate logo so my teaser trailer and poster would be recognised and connected to me / my film company. I believe this adds a more professional look and thought to my trailer and poster.

This is the opening scene. I want the movie to open with the focus on the male character of the trail but to give the effect of a hand held camera as if the female character (girlfriend) was videoing a home movie similarly to the well know film paranormal activities camera work.

Following the effect of the hand held camera i then want the female character to hand over the camera to the male character. While This is all happening i will either have just there voices in the mix playing to the camera (dieogetic sound) or simply just calm gentle music in the mix (non dieogetic sound).

Still using the viewing through the hand held camera, the camera will then be on the female character as she plays to and talks to her boyfriend through the camera. This is where i may give a slight clue to the viewers that there's a stalker involved by either showing a quick shot of him through the window for example.

In between the shot above and below the screen will go black followed but a caption saying 'WHEN LOVE IS ALL YOU LIVE FOR..'

This is a simple shot of the couple hugging romantically before everything changes....

As the couple part from there hug the viewers will then see in the far background a strange figure stood in the woods mysteriously watching.

In between the shot above of when you see the stalker in the background and the shot below where you see the shot of the feet running past the screen goes black followed by dead silence and then a caption saying 'WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S GONE'

In this shot - Shot of the feet - A shot taken from the ground in the countryside. The camera will be still as a male character runs past quickly panting in panic.

In this shot - A close up on the stalkers face. As he opens up the door slowly i want to add a slow creek (non dieogetic sound) to create more of an atmosphere.

Repeat shot - This shot is a shot taken from the ground in the countryside, the camera will be still as a male character runs past quickly breathing heavily.

This is an extreme close up shot on a female characters face. The shot is meant to portray fear and upset in the eyes. The extreme close up shot works by connecting to the audience as you can just see the females eyes, she is almost sharing the moment with the audience.

TEASER TRAILER : Animatic...

This is my finished animatic. This will give me and and other viewers that view this a bit of an insight into my ideas for my film teaser trailer. Its very likely that as i am filming i will come up with new ideas in terms of filming, for example different camera angles or to add another clip in the trailer. An animatic is not only good helping the producer when it comes to filming but also to show progression when the trailer is finished and edited as you will see new ideas and thoughts put into the trailer that weren't intraregionally in the animatic.

A film poster is used as an advertising scheme to promote a film. A film poster usually contains image with text, though contemporary film posters have evolved to become highly visual digital productions.

MAGAZINE FRONT COVER : Film front cover analysis for two magazines...

The date of release, price and issue number of the magazine appear above the masthead and are discreetly positioned amongst the magazine’s name. The publishers of the magazines tuck them away like this in the smallest font so its the last thing the film loving audience will see and hopefully not be bothered by as their attention is captured by the main image, headline and cover lines and the price is the final piece of information which they have to search for but by now they are too interested in the contents of the magazine and willing to pay a higher price. Furthermore, as well as being put in small font so its the last thing the audience see its also presented like this because a smaller of less important information does not steal attention away from the main images or cover lines.

The price, when compared to some on the cheaper market shows that the target audience can expect great quality and showing a great deal of interest in what the audience wants to see and read. The website of the magazine is included under the masthead. The website is featured not only so the audience can view more information about the magazine and it’s articles but also because potential readers new to the magazine can see that it is a specialized magazine as the mention of a website makes the magazine look more professional. The barcode is positioned in the bottom left corner in a vertical fashion so it does not obstruct or steal focus away from the main image. The barcode is often necessary for the sale of the magazine and therefore it is a requirement which shows authenticity.Typically the focal main image is in the centre third of the page, This is because that is the image the magazine producers want the pub,lic to see as it is the main feature in the magazine. The masthead of these magazines stand out on the front of the page as it is a bold white font which does not get overlooked by the surrounding selling features.

The two examples of TOTAL FILM magazine use typical features used on the cover of the majority of 'total film' magazines previously issued. The bold white TOTAL FILM is used with the same font and same size on every single one published so its easily recognised, as well as the vertical bar code to keep tucked away, with these two front covers in particular follow a white and yellow text on the cover and throughout the magazine.

The colour connotations of the background, lighting and text

corporate LOGO.

This is the corporate logo i have decided to use for my media / film company. I preferred this one the most out of them all as it is very simple and the most pleasing to the eye in my opinion.

I created this look by pressing the flowers onto a scanner with the lid open to get this effect with the flowers and then opened up the image in photoshop to add the bold text.

This is what the shot will look like when appearing in the trailer.....

TEASER TRAILER : Corporate logos.

From the research i have done on film teaser trailers there were two things i had noticed are at the beginning of almost every one. The very first shot you see as the viewer is the shot with the green background saying : 'THE FOLLOWING PREVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR

APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES

BY THE MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. INC.'

The very next shot you see immediately after this is the corporate logo for example :

The SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT logo, PIXAR, FOX, DREAMWORKS and many others.

So if my teaser trailer is going to be up at the professional level i will be needing a corporate logo and preview agreement myself.

These are some experimental corporate logo's i created with my own captured images then edited on photoshop. . .

TEASER TRAILER : possible titles....

These are a few ideas i have had for the name of my movie.....

Hide and Seek.

Love Dies.

Lust Lost.

Fonder Hearts.

Undisclosed Desires.

My favourite choice so far for my movie title is Undisclosed Desires.

But what does it mean?

• not made known,
• secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed.

This is the perfect name because my Film / Trailer is surrounded by love and a secret stalker which just sums up the word undisclosed.

I have done a lot of research into the name Undisclosed Desires and know that there isnt a film yet to date with this title.

TEASER TRAILER....

My Idea for my Film teaser has slightly changed, I'm still keeping to the Romance theme but i think im going to now have it as what i would call a slightly 'twisted' romance, not quite the norm or what you usually expect from a rom com. But why has it changed?, what has it changed to? My idea of creating a romance film has now developed to become a romance with an obsessed dark stalker. The initially thought that made me change my mind and the idea to become a little more dark was that Romances are usually targeted towards teen girls + and couples but adding a bit of eeriness and a touch of violence will also hopefully pull in the male audience, the advantage of this is there will be a wider range of interest in the movie and would pull in a bigger profit.

But what makes my idea on putting in a stalker more unique?

I have decided that if i am going to involve a stalker in my film it needs to have a edge, something different. Rather than have the obvious man stalking the vulnerable beautiful woman, i have come to the conclusion that i am going to have either a man stalking the Boyfriend in the couple relationship or have a woman stalking the girlfriend in the relationship.

Audience...

To keep my project (Film trailer, Magazine front cover and Teaser poster) in demand and interesting i need to make sure that i have secured my audience and keep them secured, and to keep themhooked and interested. But hod do i and have i done this? Over the time i have been given to complete my portfolio project ideas and interests can change, so every little change i make i will need to refer back to my target audience and the materials and conventions they expect from me and the products i finally produce for them.

keeping the recession in mind like idid and had to do for my AS work also, ideas like going to the cinema to watch a film thats newly out or buying a magazine when they could look online for free isn't the first thing on the audiences mind. So to change this mind set i need to present something different, inventive tell the audience somethinghas changedand show them exactly this. But on the other hand i have also recognised that because of the recession a new film may be a form of escape, to clear and empty there minds and worries for a bit.

Another factor i have considered is the manor in which i should be talking to my audience, whether thats like a professional and informational or like a friend or even the slightly cheeky friend. what exactly is my relationship with my target audience?

TEASER POSTERS : Examples analysis....

These are some good examples of teaser posters i found online, they are good in the way that they don't give much away at all but all have a story behind them and keep the target audience wanting to know more about it.....

This poster is very difficult to work out what the film is going to be about apart from a man with a hangover backed up with the quote 'I stole a police car?!' giving the audience the idea that he had been very drunk, woken up with a hangover and cant remember anything he did the night before.

With this teaser poster all you see is the producers name at the top centre of the poster which for many people is not the first thing the public automatically look for. You also see the logo of the title 'DESPICABLE ME' in a bold red with an outline of a man cleverly put in the centre with little yellow creatures hanging, climbing and lifting the logo. Now this gives practically nothing away about the film which 'Teases' you by not giving you a story line or plot, so you just have to wait and see. This poster does give a website at the bottom though which if you are that interested in what the film is all about, this may answer some of those questions.

This is a good example teaser poster for Toy Story 3.

This is a good teaser poster because the 3 is very recognisable from the bold blue and yellow font also with the DISNEY PIXAR icon above it, most people would instantly relate that to Disney's Toy Story but it doesn't give anything else away about the film.

Its a simple black background with the quote 'No toy gets left behind' giving a clue into the plot of the film, the iconic styled 3 and the date the movie is released.

Researching this has given me a better idea as to how my teaser poster has to look and the key points i should follow when planning out my poster. I have learnt that all teaser posters are extremely simplistic and have to leave a lot to the imagination, similarly to the teaser trailer. The key features you find on teaser posters is the date or even month of release usually found at the bottom, out of the way. Another feature is that theres a main image which is either recognisable from previous film (for example the toy story three poster) or just a simple image to tell just a little bit of the story.

TEASER TRAILER : Plan.

• What is the movie going to be about?
• It is going to be a romance with a dramatic twist.
• Its going to be live action.
• Dont want to give lot away, keep the audience hooked and guessing.
• Short series of clips put together.
• got to be between 30-60 seconds - very quick.
• Containe the minimum amount of footage from the film, so it just teases.
• Release way before the film is meant to come out, so put a late date on it.
• Pace to start of slow and want it to pick up.
• music in background, want it to prefrably start of slow and build up speed and volume like the edited clips.
• Voice over.
• no speaking from action footage.
• Boy meets girl, tragic ending, not traditional love ending.
• Love triangle.

My plans for my film trailer is to show short sharp shots from my film idea to immediately plant questions and thoughts into the audiences head. My plan was to have a lovely romantic romance film the whole audience will fall in love with. After some time and a lot of thinking i then realised that simply on its own my plan and ideas weren't going to sell unless i included something different and with a twist. so here it is.... Its going to be a live action production about a couple innocently in love until something unusual not so innocent comes into their lives and interrupts everything. The idea behind a teaser trailer is to not give anything away or tell the story, i want to keep the audience hooked and to go home after viewing the product and still be interested in finding out what the trailer and upcoming film was about.

TEASER TRAILERS : .....

A teaser trailer is a short version of a movie trailer which is designed to pique the interest of the audience, getting them excited about an upcoming film. Teasers, as they are called, are typically released months in advance, sometimes as much as 18 months before the expected release date of the film, and they are used to build anticipation and curiosity about the films they advertise. Teaser trailers can be seen before feature films in some movie theaters, and they are also released online and shown on television.

Classically, a teaser trailer lasts between half a minute to a minute. It may include footage from the film, often in a rough stage, since the film has not been completed, or it may utilize entirely new source material. In some cases, a teaser trailer is simply an abridged version of a regular movie trailer, including the film's tagline and key footage in a condensed version which is more television-friendly.

Some companies like to make teasers which literally tease their audiences with puzzles and cryptic references. For example, a teaser trailer might flash a few key images, followed by a title card with the date. Viewers are supposed to recognize the images, and infer that the date is the projected release date. This works best for iconic films and films in a series, as viewers become familiar with specific symbols. A classic example of this type of teaser trailer would be a promotion of a Batman filmwhich flashed the famous Batman symbol on the screen, followed by a date.

Teaser trailers may also include hints and clues which viewers can follow, if they feel so inclined. It is becoming increasingly popular to include web addresses in teaser trailers, so that viewers can go look up the film online, and some movies had used these addresses as a jumping-off point to involve viewers in an alternate reality game or series of puzzles, thereby drawing them into the story of the film. Others offer viewers the opportunity to sign up on a mailing list for news about the film, including notifications when longermovie trailers are released.

TEASER TRAILERS : A good teaser trailer.

The teaser trailer as we know it is a relatively recent invention. The idea behind them is the need to quickly plant a seed of recognition in the mind of an audience. They give you a briefe insight into what the film is about and leaves the public wanting to see more. when creating my trailer i shall have to put a lot of thought into what gives teaser trailers their appeal and what i can do to replicate this style through my own ideas.

I found this on a website (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Movie-Teaser)

Steps

1. 1
   Decide what the movie is going to be about, and what type of action you'll make. Two examples are live action and animation
2. 2
   Write a rough script, and jot down production notes: who the characters are, the setting, the theme, etc.
3. 3
   Watch videos on YouTube or something of the sort and watch home-made teaser films. Notice their style and technique (but don't copy them).
4. 4
   Cast for your characters, if they have speaking parts. Choose carefully. If there will be an actual movie following, the characters should match up with the ones to be in the movie. (Unless, of course, you have miscellaneous extras in it, too, that will not be in the movie.)
5. 5
   Get your camera or computer running and go! Don't be afraid to redo several things. Filming and writing (especially so with group effort) is very hard at times, but can be very rewarding.
6. 6
   Leave nothing ambiguous.

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Teaser trailers

A teaser trailer is a short series of film clips used to advertise an upcoming movie, game or television series. The typical conventions of a teaser trailer usually are:

* That they are usually between 30-60 seconds long

* Contain the minimum amount of footage from the film, so it just teases audiences

* Released long before the film is released

* and the pace usually is fast or starts slow and picks up

TEASER TRAILERS : Conventions of a romance film.

While researching the conventions of a romance film i came across a couple informative sites which gave ideas and views into the structure of a romance and what to find in a Romance film. Most of the conventions listed are very stereotypical of romantic films which helps me to include some of these conventions in my planning and film and to change the predictable into unpredictable to make my teaser trailor stand out.

Codes and Conventions of Romantic Films

• One of the main conventions is that of the scenario of ‘boy meets girl’. This is typical and expected in this genre. most target audiences choose to view these films to see the traditional happy endings.

• Particularly aimed at a female audience, often referred to as a ‘Chick - Flick’.

• there are many well known sub-genres in Romance films. such as ‘rom-coms’

• most Romance films include other genres elements without making the film a sub-genre.

• the Romance film genre explores the idea of sexuality, status, gender and relationships.

Main elements of Romance films

• Occasionally a voiceover is used to give the film a prologue introduction into the love theme

• The Main Characters are introduced.

• ‘boy meets Girl’ scenario.

• Usually two Protaganist charcters - Man and woman.

• Hints are given throughout the film to suggest that they may be a good ‘love match’ and there will be a ‘happy ending’.

• The two charcters go their seperate ways due to an argument or disagreement.

• Fianlly they Reunite.

• Traditional ‘happily ever after’.

• Opening credits usually continue the love theme, in the style of flowers, hearts, wedding bells etc…

Research and planning.

Before you can make any sort of media product you must find out who you are producing and creating it for, that's the target audience. Without this you will not be able to create anything properly or successful because you will have no aim or inspiration behind what you are creating. This is one of the key pieces of information that you must work out. I have decided after lots of thinking and planning to make a romance based film teaser trailer. There are many romance films out at the moment that are also very modern i am going to have to come up with a creative twist to make mine stand out and be different from all the rest.
My chosen target audience for this genre of film is late teens to 40's.


In terms of the planning of the teaser trailer, I have looked at a few examples on YouTube of movie trailers pacifically under the romance category, and i have also watched teaser trailers from many different genres to study the characteristics of teaser trailers such as timing, dates, diogetic sound or non diogetic sound , speaking or no speaking, camera angles and edits.

TEASER TRAILERS : Brief look into film teaser trailers connected with romance films...

In my head before any planning i knew i wanted to use romance as the genre of my movie teaser as it is a very popular genre at the moment and can pull in a wide audience for example older and younger couples, teenagers but most popular with teenage girls and onwards.

In order to produce a high quality film teaser i will need to look at various film teasers that are relevant to my work...

for exapmle DEAR JOHN....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3nA9AG1AWk


Death and life of charlie st cloud .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6xaM8UX8U&feature=related


P.S. I Love you.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBUhkykYCKs#


Love Happens.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4NxGvd4kI&feature=fvw


Remember me......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWQV6-QgGjI&feature=channel

After watching all these trailers and many others i have spotted a few skills and ideas i should include when making my teaser trailer.

Creativity, What is it?

In a class discussions we talked about defining creativity. What does it mean to be creative?

If i was to explaine what creativity means to me i would say creativity is in everyone but maybe different peoples strengths of creativity is different in everyone. I beleive creativity is ideas and expanding them, I beleive creativity is beleif which comes from confidence beleiving you can do anything, I beleive creativity is expression and making ideas happen, speaking your mind! I beleive creativity is about being independant and being able to think for yourself, and i beleive creativity is there to inspire others aswell.

I can use all these points ive come up with above and use and work them into my project to have the creative influence in my advanced production and hopefully after this project i will have more of an understanding of creativity.

'Being creative is seeing the same thing as everyone else but thinking something different'

'One definition would include the ability to take existing object and combine them in different ways for new purposes'

'Creativity is the ability to make something out of nothing and / or whith what you are given'

Draft monthly plan.

OCTOBER......

• Research into film teasers.
• Decide on Target audience.
• Research into target audience, Whats target audiences favourite genre?
• Story board scenes / clips.
• Begine to put colours / Moods / Themes together to draw plan for magazine cover and poster.

NOVEMBER........

• Begin research on character and start filming clips and siounds to be edited together.
• Research into magazines - best fitted magazine for the film.
• Begine putting together the ideas made for the poster and magazine.

DECEMBER.........

• If filming not complete then finish that and start to edit together.
• Continue completeing magazine front cover and poster.
• Finalise main product, mag and advert.
  

Planning my A2 adavanced production.

Moving on and growing up means media studies A2!
From looking at the OCR options which give us a much larger choice of options to choose from compared to AS i have decided what option i am going for this year and am now very excited to begin and improve my skills and tecniques of using different medias and programs on the macs aswell as finalising a brilliant A2 advanced production project.
From the OCR options i have chosen:

A promotional package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer together with two of these options:

• A film magazine front cover.
• A poster for the film.

I will produce a teaser trailer, film magazine front cover and poster to advertise the movie. I have chosen this because i have experience from AS with producing a magazine cover, content and double page spread on 'pages' so this gives me a chance to improve on my skills from AS and experiment more with different programs on the macs and to come up with a better quality A2 product all round. I have also chosen this package because i have'nt done film before and would love to learn more about film and the skills you need to use behind it. i know people that can teach me this.



Lets get started......