*Poster - Shoot Reflection

Upon review of the images chosen for my film poster I believe they all fit a suitable standard of quality. The image of Corey sitting on the rock worked great when changed into a dark silhouette. The image of the sun when turned darker made the moon have a nice mystical glow to it. This was needed as taking a shot of a full moon wasn't available in our time frame so it wouldn't give the desired brightness.  The moon over the sun was added in post using a copyright free image from the internet. This image is available for free use by anyone so could be used on the poster even though it isn't my own photo. The moon added nicely to the scene and fits fairly well.

The model, Corey, was able to take on the pose decided and followed directions correctly and swiftly. Nothing went wrong with any of the cameras so the shoot was finished in a relatively short timescale.

Poster - Original Images

* Poster - Locations List

Location list

Roche Rock - Various areas




All shots will be away from modern life such as building and pylons to keep with the fantasy setting. Sinse it is just an images it will be possilbe to remove the backgound if anything modern is in shot. It is common convention for a castle or tower to be used in a fantasy film and they can both pretend to be this.

* Poster - Equipment List

Equipment

Canon 60D SLR Camera
Tripods
Costumes
Makeup

Costumes consisted of the wizard and warriors clothing as these were the only characters needed for the shoot. The wizard needed a robe and the warrior needed medieval clothing.

* Poster - Crew List

Crew list

Jack - Photographer

Chloe - Costume/Makeup

Ben - Model (Wizard)

Corey - Model (Warrior)

* Poster - Cast List

The cast list for the poster included those in costume during the first filming time. This consisted of just me and Corey as we are the main protagonist and villain of the film/ Trailer. No others were needed as the cover would show the contrasting morals of the characters

Cast

Ben - The Evil Wizard

Corey - The Warrior

Poster - Flat Plans

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Poster - Target Audience Survey

Common Film Poster Conventions

Poster Analysis

Cover - Editing

Shoot Reflection

Cover - Original Images

*Cover Shoot - Equipment List

Equipment

Canon 60D SLR Camera
Tripods
Costumes
Makeup

Costumes consisted of the wizard and warriors clothing as these were the only characters needed for the shoot. The wizard needed a robe and the warrior needed medieval clothing.

*Cover Shoot - Crew List

Crew list

Jack - Photographer

Chloe - Costume/Makeup

Ben - Model (Wizard)

Corey - Model (Warrior)

* Cover Shoot - Cast List

The cast list for the cover included only those in costume during the first filming period. This consisted of just me and Corey as we are the main protagonist and villain of the film/ Trailer. No others were needed as we want to only show the main two main leaders of each side contrasting each other.

Cast

Ben - The Evil Wizard

Corey - The Warrior

Photography Lighting Research

Front Cover - Target Audience Survey

Cover - Flat Plans

Genre And Institution Research

Cover - Masthead ideas

Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Reflection

Editing

Research Into Editing

Budget

Our film will have no budget to spend on the trailer creation as it will be non-profit project. We will borrow equipment and props from the school and home to achive our trailer.

If we were to create a trailer for a real film that would be shown in cinema then would need to aquire a budget so our trailer is up to modern standards. We could achive a small budget from film organisations such as the BFI who give money to upcoming films...

* Props list

Bow and arrow.

We will need an authentic looking wooden bow for our trailer. We have an archer who may use a bow and a warrior who could use the bow at times. We do have a few bows that we have been lent by one of the actors who will use it and another by Jack Rowse, one of the students working with me on the trailer. 

Old Book

We will also need an old looking book for use in one of the scenes. We wuld need a book that could look like a spell book. Making one ourselves is a possibility but for the sake of Mise-en-scene it woud be better to find an authentic old book. We also have access to some other items that will work in conjunction with the book to create a witches table. We will need to find a table or somethings similar that we can place a rugged cloth and these props on.

Dagger

We have been lent an old letter knife by one of our teachers for our love interest to unsheathe in one short clip. It will be used to resemble a small, old dagger. 

* Equipment List

Equipment

Canon 60D SLR Camera
Tripods
Costumes
Makeup

Costumes consisted of the wizard and warriors clothing as these were the only characters needed for the shoot. The wizard needed a robe and the warrior needed medieval clothing.

* Crew List

Make-Up + Wardrobe

Chloe Hughes

 Jack Rowse

Camera

Jack Rowse - Main shots
Ben Bellenger - Track cam of ladscapes
Chloe Hughes - Alternate angles

Sound

Ben Bellenger

Director

Corey Smith

*Makeup And Special Effects

The wizard will need some makeup on him so we can get a scar on one side of his face. This will need to be  added using liquid latex. Makeup will also be applied around the scar to blend it into the face.

(Picture of scar)

We may add some special effects in the trailer. These can be added automatically with apps on the iPods or will be added in post during the editing process.

*Costume Sketches And Ideas

Wizard:



The wizard costume needs to be a darker colour from the warrior to connote evil. It will be some sort or robe that covers full body.

Warrior:



The warriors costume must be brightly coloured to show he is good. He needs to look a bit like a traditional medieval peasant but may also have some body armour for protection.

Archer:



The archers costume will also have bright colours to connote goodness. It will most likely be a short dress and a hood for stealth.

* Cast List

Warrior - Corey Smith

Wizard - Ben Bellenger

* Locations

Roche Rock

- Final fight scene clips
- Lanscape shots
- Other fight shots
- Corey walking / random plot shots

Wheel Coates 

- Landscape shots

- Other plot points

- Chase scene?

Perran Sands

- Landscape shots
- Any other plots pints
- Sidekick death clips?

Other

These will be shots each of us take at home or our of school time that will provide extra filler

- Landscape shots
- Time-lapse

All shots will be away from modern life such as building and pylons to keep with the fantasy setting. Roche rock and Wheel Coates will be used to show the buildings around during the time period. It is common convention for a castle or tower to be used in a fantasy film and they can both pretend to be this.

Script

Shot List

Storyboard

Lighting Research

Research Into Film Shots

Treatment Of Own Film

*Genre Research

As our trailer will be in the fantasy film genre I will look at the common conventions of the fantasy genre. The actual theme of the fantasy genre revolves around magic, super-natural, make-believe and/or exotic worlds. They are commonly set in a similar setting to medieval times but not always.

The plot of a fantasy film usually includes some familiar tropes and conventions. The most notable convention is the idea of good vs evil. The evil characters usually disrupt the world and it is the good guys who most fix the problem and this provides the main plot point. Another convention is a damsel in distress who is usually has a relationship with the protagonist and the evil threatens their relationship. This is the usual reason our hero becomes the one who decides to stop the evil. There is almost always a leader or dark lord who rules over the evil characters and is the main antagonist who the hero must pursue. This all creates a quest for the hero, another fantasy trope.

Magic or the super-natural is also common in the fantasy genre. This also means there is commonly a wizard of such who can use the magical powers for good or evil. Usually the evil has the strongest magic that they are using against the good.

The setting of a fantasy film commonly has a medieval theme or the theme of an ancient world. This usually includes building such as castles and towers. Sometimes this can lead to exaggerated buildings and structures.

* Film Synopsis

Synopsis:

The story of the film we are making the trailer is about a character (a warrior) who is on a quest to find a cure for a curse that has been placed on his family for generations. An evil wizard placed the curse on the warrior’s family. To even to be able to gain the cure the warrior will need a team and find a piece of each of the four elements, Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. They venture through different locations to gain these. There will be a battle between to two main forces to finally gain the cure. However the question will be will the warrior take the cure or will he be able to control his curse and use it for good?


The target audience for our trailer will be ages 12-20 as these ages are most likely to be interested in a fantasy film. As our film would have a 12 rating we have no need to target those aged under 12. It will be mainly aimed at males as they are the primary consumers of fantasy film.

*Target Audience Survey

These charts outline the demographic that answered my survey. I wanted those within the target audience to answer the survey as these represent those who would watch our film. This also made it easier to gather results as classmates in my year fit under this target age range.

From the results it is clear that the most popular film genre for this age group is fantasy so this will be the genre in which our trailer is set. We could also use aspects of other genres in the trailer/ film which are also popular such as small comedy moments and action. I believe horror was the least favourite as lots of people like horror films but they usually aren't as memorable as other films are. We could add some horror aspects of into the trailer/film but we won't as the target audience appear to not like that genre as much.

The target audiences favourite films were also taken into consideration. The favourite films usually fit within the viewers favourite film genre but this is not always the case as films from relitiverly similar genres are chosen, such as an action film being picked from someone who enjoys fantasy. This can usually be because they enjoy the action in fantasy films but this film had more action but lacked the fantasy setting. These films may especially be the reason this is there favourite genre o it would be a good idea to review trailers from these popular fantasy films listed. The favourite films in the fantasy genre are: Harry Potter series, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (mentioned twice) and Alice in Wonderland.

The most popular hook of a trailer by far is an interesting plot. Therefore we should heavily describe the plot in our trailer but not giving away too much information that spoils anything past at most half-way through the plot. Familiar actors is another popular choice but this is much harder for us to achieve given the lack of capital for our project so this will have to be a miss. If we did have money to spend on the trailer/ilm then having a highly popular actor in a main role could be a big draw. Lastly action has some favourability so adding some action scenes within the trailer would attract some action film lovers.  Visuals didn't get any votes and this could just be to the fact that not all films need visual effects rather than not liking a film with bad effects so we cannot fully judge this either way; Adding some visual effects should have neither a beneficial or negative effect if this is the case.