Website

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Final Trailer

Final Poster

Feedback from Year 10 students

We got feedback from a Year 10 English Class who analysed our trailer and told us what they liked and what they would change. On a feedback sheet the gave us their thoughts on our trailer

Here is a video showing the hardback sheets we got from the people who watched our trailer. It also includes a voiceover of the some of the girls we interviewed afterwards to find out their thoughts. 

Poster First Draft and Feedback

This is our first draft of our film poster

We got feedback from a Year 10 English Class who analysed our poster and told us what they liked and what they would change

Website Analysis

First we looked at Silver Linings Playbook. 

What we liked:

-Colour coordination

-Photo album

-Cast information - and transitions

-Flicks through he awards on the front page

-Access to playlists from the movie

-Trailer comes straight up, makes it the main focus

Then we looked at My Week with Marilyn

What we liked:

-The style is in keeping with the film

-The music playing automatically

-The trailer comes straight up, makes it the main focus

-The photo gallery has a mixture of photos and moving images

We also looked at Moonrise Kingdom

What we liked:

-The interactiveness of the website

-The opening of the website with the binoculars

- The voice over that narrates about the story and the website

Title Screens in Films

We thought it would be a good idea to explore credits and title screens in other real media texts in order to help influence our choices, to make a them as realistic as possible.

In Love Rosie, they use title screens to give the audience a clear understanding of the background story. The bright orange screens fit in well with the comedic style of the film and create a bold impression. The text used is snappy and to the point, so the audience doesn't have to read lots of text on the screen which could cause them to lose interest. It gives enough away about the story and creates some enigma.
It also has screens that show that other films that have been written by the same people, indicating to the audience that this film is written by successful people and therefore creating more interest in the film.



In the film Endless Love, title screens are also used to give the audience information and again create enigma. The cards are kept to a minimal with only 4 title cards used, one giving the date and one giving the title. Only two cards were used to create enigma and give a small hint to audience of the drama that will take place in the film. There are never more than 3 words on their title screens which means the audience doesn't have to read a lot of text. The simple use of black and white and almost chalkboard looking text again keeps the cards quite simple and focuses in on the text.




How will I use this information to inform our title screen cards?

From researching real media texts I have discovered that:

• There is no set number of cards used, they can vary from 3 to around 12. 
• The text is kept quite simple and punchy
• The text used creates enigma and interest for the audience
• They aid the action on screen and help the audience to put the pieces together in the trailer. 

Changes Made

This draft of 'When the Tide Comes In' shows the changes we made following some evaluation.

• Remove any timelapse videos that are blurry or of a worse quality
• Cut out some of the sparkler scenes as there are too many and they are not adding anything more to the trailer
• Move the shot of Alex looking distressed to the end to have the most impact
• Remove the swearing as although the film would be a 15 the trailer would be more aimed at the 12 age bracket
• Put blank cards with text to explain the story more, it will make it feel more trailer like
• Ensure that the lyrics of the song do not clash with the voiceover as it makes it harder to listen to the words of the voiceover
• The montage of voices that is used over the distressed scene currently should be moved to the car scene and remove the real dialogue. 
• We moved the bit where Tom says 'You know I love you' as the last thing he says to give it impact. 

Poster Anaylsis

Alternative Endings

In response to the feedback we received we tried out adding a kiss scene in at the end of the trailer to make the lasting impact stronger and twist the storyline. We thought it would be nice to end the trailer at the tree again to a make it cyclical. We tried out two different endings and showed them to our class to get feedback.

Created using Visme. The Free Online Presentation Tool.

Relationship Between Music Video and Film

Due to the fact that our aesthetic has similarities to that of a music video, we have researched the relationship between the two.