Thursday, 18 October 2012
Certificate Rating
Limitations on Audience
The type of trailer we are making creates limitation on who will come and view it also. We don't just magically expect the public to want to see it we have to make that happen. Its restricted that males might not want to go and see it as its a cooking film that includes romance, so unless you go and see it with a loved one its unlikely that we will get a large amount of males viewing it.
The fact that also our film is British, its hard for Britihsh films to make it into the box office as we dont have as good reputation comapred to American films. We need to make our trailer appeal so a global audience and not just limit it to a british audience.
Production Logo
Designing and researching company logos some are very distinctive and we decided we wanted ours to stand out from the rest. We've decided that we are going to combine the names of our group into the logo and have HJDA Entertainment the first part is our initials. All film and production companies have logos so we started looking at some existing logo to get some inspiration and some ideas.
The following images are of existing film and production company logos.
Some of these logos are more common than others and some are very well known such as Warner Bros. and Mirimax some are less known companies but there logos all share some of the same characteristics.
To try and start to design a logo we decided what we wanted it to have, we didn't want it to be too fussy so we wanted to keep it simple as it would be more likely that people would remember and recognize it. We obviously wanted the name of a film company with maybe a picture or symbol to go with it. We want it to be interesting and eye catching but not too much to confuse or distract the audience but we want them to remember it.
The following images are of existing film and production company logos.
To try and start to design a logo we decided what we wanted it to have, we didn't want it to be too fussy so we wanted to keep it simple as it would be more likely that people would remember and recognize it. We obviously wanted the name of a film company with maybe a picture or symbol to go with it. We want it to be interesting and eye catching but not too much to confuse or distract the audience but we want them to remember it.
Friday, 12 October 2012
Audience Research
From interviewing people roughly our target audience age, i asked them why they would go and see certain films and what attracts them to the trailer and which aspects appeal to them and which ones don't.
Males aged over 25 tend to have interest in action packed films such as James Bond and ones which involve fast cars. Males ages under 25 have similar interest but relate more to sports films which involve football for example or action as well and also fantasy.
Looking at what females are often interested in, females over the age of 25 tend to like Romantic comedies with a stereo type 'good looking' male lead that they can find attractive. Females under the age of 25 tend to also like romantic films with a younger male lead who they can have a 'crush' on.
I interviewed a range of people asking them what their favorite trailer was and why? What attracts you to a trailer and whether music and sound where a big part in you going on to later view the film?
The answers ranged her are a few of them;
Savannah: Her favorite trailer was Hunger games because it makes her want to go see the film, it looks interesting and shows you parts that make you want to see more. She likes action packed films and says if the music and sound is bad it makes the film look boring and she wouldn't go and see it.
Millie: Her favorite trailer is Easy A and one of the reasons why she liked it so much was because of the music in it, also the actors in it as she loves Emma Stone, She thinks music and sound is very important in a trailer and it gives you an idea of what type of film its going to be, for example if the music is upbeat then the film will be upbeat.
Jordan: His favorite trailer is Inception This is because he likes gripping music and suspense, he likes the cliff hangers in the trailer and he agrees music is a huge part to why a trailer.
Ollie: Ollie's favorite trailer is The Hobbit, he loves Lord Of The Rings, he would go see a film if the trailer was exciting and if he liked what the film was about, the music for him has to be dramatic for him to go and see it.
From these answers 2 from girls and 2 from boys shows a correlation in what type of films they like and it fits a certain stereotype but we have to take into consideration that it doesn't apply to everyone. By interviewing a certain amount of people limits our findings as we would need to take a general
Males aged over 25 tend to have interest in action packed films such as James Bond and ones which involve fast cars. Males ages under 25 have similar interest but relate more to sports films which involve football for example or action as well and also fantasy.
Looking at what females are often interested in, females over the age of 25 tend to like Romantic comedies with a stereo type 'good looking' male lead that they can find attractive. Females under the age of 25 tend to also like romantic films with a younger male lead who they can have a 'crush' on.
I interviewed a range of people asking them what their favorite trailer was and why? What attracts you to a trailer and whether music and sound where a big part in you going on to later view the film?
The answers ranged her are a few of them;
Savannah: Her favorite trailer was Hunger games because it makes her want to go see the film, it looks interesting and shows you parts that make you want to see more. She likes action packed films and says if the music and sound is bad it makes the film look boring and she wouldn't go and see it.
Millie: Her favorite trailer is Easy A and one of the reasons why she liked it so much was because of the music in it, also the actors in it as she loves Emma Stone, She thinks music and sound is very important in a trailer and it gives you an idea of what type of film its going to be, for example if the music is upbeat then the film will be upbeat.
Jordan: His favorite trailer is Inception This is because he likes gripping music and suspense, he likes the cliff hangers in the trailer and he agrees music is a huge part to why a trailer.
Ollie: Ollie's favorite trailer is The Hobbit, he loves Lord Of The Rings, he would go see a film if the trailer was exciting and if he liked what the film was about, the music for him has to be dramatic for him to go and see it.
From these answers 2 from girls and 2 from boys shows a correlation in what type of films they like and it fits a certain stereotype but we have to take into consideration that it doesn't apply to everyone. By interviewing a certain amount of people limits our findings as we would need to take a general
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Audience Research
Looking into different types of audience makes you think what ages group and type of person will our trailer appeal to. As our film is a romantic - comedy i think it will mainly have appeal to females, but not a particular age. Most females enjoy romantic films and they like to relate to there characters in the film and can sympathize with them. Statistics show that females prefer romantic films compared to men and they are voted in the nations top 3 favorite film genres. The fact that our film also involves cooking which is not only females but also males passion is could bring men watching our film/ trailer.
These are some of the films who have given us ideas for our film mixing comedy and romance together creating a fun filled film that grabs the audience.
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Filming the recreation of a trailer
We started filming the recreation of 'thunderstruck' and figured out what problems we my face in the real thing. The main problem was getting actors to agree to act in it. This we need to consider when filming our main task. Also using the camera on the tripod was difficult as we couldn't move it properly and so we had to use hand held and this led to some of the shots being unsteady. We need to take this into consideration when using the camera later on.
Planner for practice trailer of the remake of Thunderstruck
Planner:
"Dan is a professional basketball player with elliot hedge-porter a novice player trying to get better at basketball, so elliot wishes he has Daniel's powers and while this is being said, they both touching the ball and that's when everything starts to change. The Professional basketball players becomes rubbish as he misses several shots and Elliot Hedge-Porter becomes a great player, taking the ability and skills from Dan"
Editing process...
Actors starring in the remake trailer
"Dan is a professional basketball player with elliot hedge-porter a novice player trying to get better at basketball, so elliot wishes he has Daniel's powers and while this is being said, they both touching the ball and that's when everything starts to change. The Professional basketball players becomes rubbish as he misses several shots and Elliot Hedge-Porter becomes a great player, taking the ability and skills from Dan"
Editing process...
Actors starring in the remake trailer
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| Elliot Hedge-Porter |
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| Daniel Alaka |
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| Taylor Gray |
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| Kevin Durant |
Props
The props that we are going to need to use are mostly kitchen utensils such as bowls, spoons, mixers, sinks etc also we are going to have to buy or bake cakes ourselves as we cant actually show the process of them cooking during the actual trailer.
By using these kind of props is gives the trailer authenticity make it look most professional and most like a real trailer. These props will be easy to get hold of and cheap to buy.
By using these kind of props is gives the trailer authenticity make it look most professional and most like a real trailer. These props will be easy to get hold of and cheap to buy.
Casting
The casting for our trailer is simple as we only need a few main characters.... We need one male lead who is the potential love interest and one female lead who will be baking cakes.
The male lead need to fit a certain criteria:
The male lead need to fit a certain criteria:
- Look quite manly, even thought he will be baking cakes he needs to have an attractive side as she falls for him
- Muscly to fit the male stereotype of good looking
- Even though he can be many he needs to have a sensitive side as he is baking cakes
The woman lead needs to fit a certain criteria:
- She needs to look womanly and independent as she is trying to make it on her own
- She has to have passion for something as her passion for cake making is huge
We may need some extra in the background etc for the cake off as it will look more authentic in the trailer. Also in a real trailer there wouldn't just be two characters.
Influences
Here is the trailer of the film 'the perfect man' in this film the main character is Hilary Duff her mum as a passion for cakes and her dream is setting up her own cake shop one day but along the way she falls in love. There is a cake off at the end and her mum ends up wining it and making her own shop.
This trailer has given us some ideas about how to shoot our trailer and the angles and camera movements which could be created, the type of things that could be included in our trailer and also how not to give too much away.
This trailer has given us some ideas about how to shoot our trailer and the angles and camera movements which could be created, the type of things that could be included in our trailer and also how not to give too much away.
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