Evaluation Q1 How my film trailer uses, develops or challenges conventions of real film trailers.
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1. Evaluation Q1 How my film trailer uses, develops or
challenges conventions of real film trailers.
2. Title of film I think the way I have shown the title of the
film follows the conventions of most film trailers. I chose to show
it at a dramatic point and at a change of music. I also used an
animation to introduce it, making the words come in from the sides
and the bird coming down from the top.
3. Setting/Location I chose to use quite normal settings to
make it as realistic as possible. I was fortunate enough to be able
to use our local Costa Coffee for a realistic coffee shop setting
and also use my schools performance hall which looks really
effective in black & white to create a believable 1920s
stage.
4. Costumes and props The costumes and props play a big part in
my trailer and portraying the storyline. I knew that the people who
acted in my trailer would have 1920s costumes as we had all been to
a 1920s costume party prior to this and if they didnt, I was able
to supply extra costumes. I gave my actors guidelines to follow in
terms of what to wear and how to, style their hair. For the modern
day part of my trailer, I asked my actors to dress in their normal,
everyday clothes as I wanted them to be able to blend in normally
and look like this is what she would be doing on an everyday basis.
One of the props that was very important to my trailer was the
pearls that are featured throughout. It is a vital part to the
storyline of my trailer. I also featured a diary to help emphasise
that it is from her point of view and it will be a very personal
view of her life, taking parts from her diary
5. Costumes and props I feel I did a good job of creating
believable characters using the costumes and props in particular.
This compliments real film trailer conventions as all films will
want their characters being believable to be able to sell their
films. I drew some inspiration for the looks of my characters from
films like The Great Gatsby and Midnight in Paris. I also looked
into the general fashion of the 1920s to make sure it is 100%
accurate.
6. CameraworkI used a range of different camera angles to give
the trailer depth and variety. This is normal for theatrical
trailers to keep the audience interested and on the edge of their
seat until the very end and to leave them wanting to go and see the
film. To get this shot, I stood in the tiered audience of our
performance hall, looking down on the actors who were on the stage
Here, I used the reflection in the mirror to see them getting ready
for a performance I used this low- angle shot to give Pheobe some
dominance and to emphasise that she is a well known, important
person in my trailer To get this shot, I used my legs as a rest to
get down low but still focus on the area that the pearls dropped. I
found this technique worked better than using a tripod as I couldnt
get the angle right.
7. Camerawork To get the two shots here, I used my balcony at
the back of my house which backs onto the canal. I was able to get
quite close up from here with the use of the zoom feature on the
camera. I feel like these camera angles follow the conventions of
film trailers as you often see many different angles in trailers. I
dont feel like I have challenged conventions very much in terms of
the camerawork I used.
8. Editing 1. The first song is a modern song to set the scene
and introducing the character as someone the audience could relate
to 2. The music then changes to a 1920s song Lets do it, lets fall
in love to introduce the 1920s part of the narrative. 3. When the
music changes for the last time to a 1920s style cover of Dont You
Worry Child, it introduces the name of the film and actors, the
tagline and her confusion into what she should do - stay in the
1920s or go back to her modern day life. I used 3 different pieces
of music to break up the trailer. I found this to be a convention
that is quite common in trailers. It helped give me a basis for my
clips and storyline to follow. I broke my trailer up into:
9. Editing The pace of editing is quite steady throughout,
changing clips in accordance to the voice over and narrative. The
length of the shots are very similar throughout, although there are
longer shots when the visuals match closely with the voice over.
For example, this image is shown when the voice over says And I
ended up on stage with her I think this is quite a common
convention within trailers with voice overs.
10. Editing I decided that I wanted to do a spinning montage to
show her confusion of her trying to decide where she wants to stay.
I felt this was a good way to end as it ended with high tension
levels which will hopefully persuade people to watch the film. Ive
seen this sort of montage in a number of other trailers and gave
the same impression that I am hoping to give.
11. Editing Most of the transitions are straight cuts which is
very typical of film trailers. Other transitions I use include fade
from black and dissolve. I used a dissolve cut to be able to make
it clear to the audience that they are going into a different
time.
12. Editing I chose the timings of the video very carefully. I
knew that I wanted a snap ending in time with music so I created
that first and worked from there. The music also broke up the
phrases the voice over says. Examples where the music timings and
clips particularly work together:
13. Special Effects This part of the editing process was vital
to represent the two different eras. This aspect challenged the
conventions of real film trailers and films in general. There are
not many films that use both B&W and colour imaging. On top of
the black & white effect that I added in After Effects, I made
the visual look like its playing from a damaged and dusty film
reel.
14. Narrative My narrative served as my main unique selling
point. Its unlike any other films that have been made. The closest
film that it is alike is Midnight in Paris, from which I took a lot
of inspiration. Not many films these days go back in time, proving
to challenge many conventions of other films.
15. Voice Over Having a voice over has become less of a common
feature in trailers recently. I still chose to use one as I felt
the music is more important than seeing the actors talk. It helped
make it much simpler to establish the main character and what the
story line was. Having a voice over from the perspective of my main
character also made it more personal to her experiences It was a
good tool to establish the relationships between the characters as
I was able to match the visuals with the explanations To show the
title, actors names and tag line, I chose to use inter titles which
is very common in film trailers. Inter titles