animatic photoshoot

question 11

This image shows his loss as his friend dies.

I chose this one because it shows two victims helpless tied up

 this photo shows a boy cowering in the corner suggesting he’s scared or fearful of something

These two photos link together, they are used to create meaning as they show a split personality and this was the only way to show it in the trailer without giving away the entire plot.

animatic analysis

A critical analysis of the Animatic Process of your groups Film Trailer

1.     An Animatic is a trailer created with still photos rather than recordings, it is used to help visualise if the plot is effective as well as to help determine locations and camera angles/shots.

2.     To undergo the process we had to write the plot before developing it into a storyboard, from there we then took all the photos required before uploading them to the editing suite and adding effects such as transitions, sounds and intertitles.

3.     The narrative was created by cutting out the storyboard pieces and re arranging them into an order that seemed appropriate and told the story without giving away all of the plot, this seemed successful as upon viewing in class the audience were able to guess the roles of characters and what had happened to result in the current actions while still leaving questions like “will they survive”? From this point the only change made between the storyboard and Animatic was the length of certain shots and removal of ones we felt were no longer needed.

4.     We used the storyboard to plan out each shot and location so that we could take all the shots that happened outdoors at the same time to save time, this helped where the weather was an issue and we had to take advantage of the breaks in the rain.
It also helped decide whether to take long shots, medium shots or close ups. Altogether we had a totals of 4 photo shoots with 3 different locations and the prop of rope, the main reason only three locations were used was because of ease of access, because we needed to take the photos when we were all free it had to be somewhere nearby that we could get to quickly.
The rope was used because in certain shots characters were tied up.
we chose the actors based on appearance for example, Dominic was chosen to play the role of someone discharged from the army as he looked the oldest and the audience wouldn’t question it as he looked the part.
At each shoot we would take multiple photos of the same shot, before looking over them at the end and choosing the best few to use in an Animatic.





The only shots we were unable to take were of a train station, this was because of proximity. None of us lived close enough and some of us had to take buses home meaning we could not walk the 40 minutes to the station wait for a train and then walk another 40 minutes back. The other shot we couldn’t take was of Dom sat on the actual train. We planned to in the actual trailer but because of cost to get the whole team onto the scene we decided to wait until the recording process to do it.
After beginning the process of creating the Animatic we began to see the plot just didn’t work, we had come away from the genre of a psychological thriller and what we were left with resembled a very amateur attempt at an action. Because of this we decided to go back to the process of writing the plot using our time to finish a revised plot with the objective of completing a storyboard over the Christmas holidays.

5.     We constructed the Animatic by first adding the images then putting them into order. From there we changed the time of each shot before adding the transitions and intertitles. Finally we finished it by importing a soundtrack.

6.     we chose the length based on the type of shot and the timing of it in the Animatic, for example long time span shots were used when there was dialogue or intertitles but in fast chase scenes where the trailer reached its climax we used very short snappy shots. Transitions were edited based on the event to happen before it, when his friend dies we used a slow transition to create impact but when the action sped up we chose very shot fades or none at all.

7.     We used a font that was easy to read so that we didn’t have to linger on the intertitles for as long as other fonts, we used a red colour font for the title “Retribution” to show violence and danger. We used intertitles that helped link to the images displayed, for example after he holds his dying friend the intertitles “the death of a friend” is used to add impact as well as confirm to the audience the character has been killed.

8.     the soundtrack music was a good choice, the only flaw was a lack of knowledge at how to cut certain parts out, this meant we had to either overlap sounds or have music where we didn’t initially want it, while still effective the whole process would have gone by much faster if we had learnt how to correctly edit the soundtrack. It affected the mood as it helped with the climax and action aspects of the Animatic, we would use slow music for a build up or slow shots and fast music at climax or in quick shots, we also used the non diegetic sound of a heartbeat to symbolise the loss of life when his friend dies in the army.

9.     The completed Animatic appeals to our target audience of 15-25 year olds predominately male by casting actors who are in their late teens so that the audience can relate to them and presenting the action aspect that many younger men enjoy.

   10. We plan to change the entire plot in time for the moving image trailer we have began research into films such as “memento” and “shutter island” that fit the genre and conventions of what we want to do while also researching into music that will fit the genre and scene it is used in.

   question number 11 can be found in a seperate post.

12.     I contributed to this process by rewriting the chosen plot into one we then used, planning and taking a majority of the shots as well as helping in the editing suite with the order and length of shots as well as intertitles and the music used.

inception poster analysis

Memento analysis

after veiwing this poster it inspired me to carry out additional research into the films plot where i discovered some ideas that could be great for my own film plot.

shutter island poster

storyboard

above is the storyboard we created after writing our group plot

film trailer plot

The trailer begins with the production companies name. There is a diegetic sound of a train and someone listening to music. The next shot then shows a man on the train listening to music through earphones, the music is just loud enough to hear. A man then walks past with a newspaper relating to the war and a close up shot shows the story before the train goes through the tunnel and the scene fades out. There's then a flashback of a squad of soldiers walking through a forest where they are ambushed. There is a gunfire which marks the fade out of the scene followed by an inter title with the background of the woods, reading 'the death of a friend'This then fades again and the main character (Mark) holds him in his arms as he dies . It fades back to the train and shows a close up of him starring into space looking sad. The inter titles 'pushed over the edge' show in between cuts and it changes to a cut where his girlfriend tells him she's cheated on him. This then cuts to the inter titles "it's time for a new war", then a scene shows a close up of him packing his knife and other equipment into a sports bag/rucksack. Then it shows Lisa on the phone and we hear the diegetic dialogue, "Thomas, he knows". Then it cuts to Thomas' house and a close up on his fridge with a note saying "That's the problem with best friends, they know all your secrets, I'm coming for you." After reading this Thomas runs out of the house and as he runs past a blind corner he's struck down and tackled/punched. Then it cuts to a scene were we see him being held under the water. The next cut shows the inter title "This time he's not the only one fighting to survive." There is then an establishing shot of woods at night. The next scene shows Thomas hitting mark and running away through the woods. As he gets around the corner Mark is stood there with a bloody nose staring menacingly at Thomas. He charges at him knocking his phone out his hand which he's using as a light. While he tries to get signal, as the phone hits the floor, the light goes out and everything goes black. The words "he will have retribution" appear at the end with the word "retribution". Posted by Ruth's Blog! at 14:20 No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Final Film Plot The film begins in a greyish colour at a war zone with troops advancing under enemy fire. The commander gives the order to advance through a smoky forest and the main character's friend, Matthew, gets hit by grenade. As they head through, he runs to him but it's too late and he dies in front of him. The gunfire fades out and so does the scene. The next scene is in normal colour and present day in front of the commander. The main character, Mark looks shaken up and the commander tells him he's in no state to continue his service and to go home and spend time with his girlfriend while he gets over losing his friend. Since after his friends death, Mark had been experiencing flashbacks of him and he imagines he's having conversations with him regularly. This false representation of Matthew tells Mark his girlfriend, Lisa, is cheating on him. He tries to forget about it but he himself has been noticing she has been acting different since he's returned from war. He finally confronts Lisa and she admits to cheating on him with one of his best friends, Thomas while he has been away at the army. It's at this point he storms out the room and heads upstairs to pack his bag. He begins by just packing his clothes but on later inspection notices other stuff such as rope and knives. This is when Mark says out loud, “ What, I didn't pack these!” and Matthew speaks to him and says, “I know, I did”. He tries to remove them but eventually, after they keep reappearing he leaves them, as it is no use. He leaves the house and pushes his girlfriend out of the way as she tries to say she's sorry. He yells “It's over” before slamming the door. The next scene shows her on the phone to Thomas warning him and telling him to watch out because Mark knows and he's not himself. Thomas hears something while on the phone and turns round to his fridge/mirror and finds a note saying “that's the problem with best friends, they know all of your fears. Scared of the dark?”. After he reads this the lights go out and he hears running. The door shuts before power returns. Scared and on the phone to Lisa the whole time, Thomas tells her what he has witnessed and only Mark knows about his embarrassing phobia of the dark. Lisa rings Mark and confronts him about it, this where he tells her he's been sleeping while this has been going on and hasn't been anywhere near Thomas before hanging up. He goes back to sleep and has a weird dream with him and Matthew in it. In the dream, Mark and Matthew plant a letter in Thomas' house before turning off the light and rushing out through the front door. Matthew talks to Mark and Mark tells Matthew all about how he's struggling to cope. He tells Mark, “Thomas will pay, I'll see to that”. Mark then wakes up and finds the words “Die. Suffer. Pay” repeatedly carved around where he was sleeping and looks at his hands to find them bloody/muddy ( this depends on location as to whether he sleeps in a house or sleeps rough in the wilderness). Stuff like this continues to happen until Thomas becomes enveloped in fear. When a final note says, “I'm coming for you soon”, seeing this he runs from his house only to be ambushed in an alleyway and suffocated with a bag until he passes out. He regains consciousness and is tied up in his own bathroom where Mark, with a slightly different darker voice says, “Scared of drowning too, wasn't it?”. He looks over to see a bath full of water and Mark laughing. He looks terrified at this point and begs him to stop, but Mark just laughs harder and says, “Let's see how long you can hold your breath for?”, before dragging him over and pushing his head under water. At this point, Lisa runs in and pulls him off. He turns to her, and he says, “Oh god Mark, what's happened to you?” before backing away. He throws her to the floor and she hits her head, losing consciousness. He then moves back to Thomas, who is coughing and spluttering, and hits him in the side of the head knocking him out. The next scene shows Thomas looking out of the car boot as it is opened, and Mark drags him out. He sees a forest and Lisa tied, and on her knees blindfolded. He is forced on his knees next to her. Matthew says, “Since you had no problem choosing between me and her, let's see how easy it is for you to choose between you and her. One of you dies”. Thomas manages to break free and hits Matthew who falls to the floor. He then frees Lisa and they run through the forest away from Mark. He catches them up and pins Matthew to the floor, hitting him over and over again. Meanwhile, Lisa is screaming “Stop it! This isn't you!”. He has memories of the four of them (Him, Lisa, Thomas and Matthew ) This somehow seems to wake Mark and he releases Matthew. As he does this, Matthew screams at him, “Finish this, finish it you coward! If you don't I'll get them when you're sleeping , you can't stay awake forever!”. He replies with, “I know” and we see him walk towards an edge by the river. We see Lisa watch him, then look to Mark to check he's okay. We hear a splash , and when the camera pans Mark is gone. The film ends with the camera cutting to the side of the river where Mark has been washed up. It ends on a close up of his face and his eyes fling open, where he gasps before it ends.

plot group discussion,

after the original plot we held a group meeting and chose to incorporate aspects from all of the plots the group wrote, below is the redrafted version,

The film begins in a greyish colour at a war zone with troops advancing while under enemy fire the commander gives the order to advance through a smokey forest and the main character's friend (john green) gets hit by a grenade as they head through, he runs to him but is too late and he dies in front of him, the gunfire fades out and so does the scene. [ ] The next scene is in normal colour and present day infront of the commander the main character (kyle freeman)looks shaken and the commander tells him he's in no state to continue his service and to go home and spend time with his girlfriend while he gets over losing his friend. [ ] since after his death he's been experiencing flashbacks of him and he imagines he's having conversations with him regularly, this false representation of John tells Kyle his girlfriend (Lisa) is cheating on him, he try's to forget about it but he himself has been noticing shes been acting different since he's returned from the war. [ ] He finally confronts her and she admits to cheating on him with one of his best friends (Eric) while he's been away at the army, it's at this point he storms out of the room and heads upstairs to back his bag, he begins by just packing clothes but on later inspection notices other stuff such as rope and knives, this is when Kyle says out loud "what, i didn't pack these" and john speaks to him and says "I know, i did". He tries to remove them but eventually after they keep reappearing he leaves them as its no use. [ ] He leaves the house and pushes his girlfriend out of the way as she tries to say she's sorry he yells its over before slamming the door. [ ] The next scene shows her on the phone to Eric warning him and telling him to watch out because Kyle knows and he's not himself. Eric hears something while on the phone and turns round to his fridge/mirror and finds a note saying "that's the problem with best friends they know all of your fears, scared of the dark?" after he reads this the lights go out he hears running and then the door shuts before power returns. [ ] Scared and on the phone to Lisa the whole time Eric tells her what he's witnessed and only Kyle knows about his embarrassing phobia of the dark, Lisa rings Kyle and confronts him about it, this is where he tells her he's been sleeping while this has been going on and hasn't been anywhere near Eric before hanging up, he goes back to sleep and dreams a weird dream with him and John in, in it him and John plant a letter in Eric's house before turning off the light and rushing out through the front door. In this dream John talks to Kyle and Kyle tells John all about how he's struggling to cope, he tells Kyle "Eric will pay il see to that" Kyle then wakes up and finds the words "die.suffer.pay" repeatedly carved around where he was sleeping and looks at his own hands to find them bloody/muddy (this depends on location as to wether he sleeps in a house or sleeps rough in the wilderness). [ ] Stuff like this continues to happen until Eric becomes enveloped in fear when a final note says "I'm coming for you soon" seeing this he runs from his house only to be ambushed in an alleyway and suffocated with a bag until he passes out. [ ] He regains consciousness and is tied up in his own bathroom where Kyle with a slightly different darker voice says "scared of drowning too wasn't it?" He looks over to see a bath full of water and Kyle laughing. [ ] He looks terrified at this point and begs him to stop but Kyle just laughs harder and says let's see how long you can hold your breath for before dragging him over and pushing his head under. At this point Lisa runs in and pulls him off, he turns to her and she says "oh god Kyle what's happened to you" before backing a way. [ ] He throws her to the floor and she hits her head losing consciousness, he then moves back to Eric who is coughing and spluttering and hits him in the side of the head knocking him out [ ] The next seen shows Eric looking out as a car boot is opened and Kyle drags him out he sees a forest and Lisa tied, and on her knees blindfolded and he is forced on his knees next to her. Kyle says "since you had no problem choosing between me and her lets see how easy it is for you to choose her or yourself, one of you dies". [ ] Eric manages to break free and hits John who falls to the floor, he then frees Lisa and they run through the forest away from Kyle, he catches them up and pins Eric to the floor hitting him over and over again, meanwhile Lisa is screaming "stop it! This isn't you" he has memories of the four of them, him, Lisa, Eric and John. This seems to somehow wake Kyle and he releases Eric. [ ] As he does this John screams at him "finish this, finish it you coward! If you don't il get them when you fall asleep you can't stay awake forever." He replies with "I know " and we see him walk towards an edge by the river. We see Lisa watch him then look to Eric to check he's okay , we hear a splash and when the camera pans he's gone. The film ends with the camera cutting to the side of the river where Kyle has washed up, it ends on a close up of his face and his eyes fling open and he gasps before it ends.

this was the second plot where we icorporated all of the ideas we had, before being given the task of creating a trailer plot

media slideshow

research

ive also watched the film saw 3 to gain an insight into the totrture aspect of films, although the torture in mine was mostly psycological

alter ego

this video is where i got my inspiration for the alter ego in my film, they make a visible difference between the character and his alter ego through the simple use of a different hairstyle which could be easily recreated.

original plot.

below is the original plot since then weve had a meeting and agreed to all work on a combined plot of all four, we have all agreed to rewrite a version to bring in tuesday and then well decide on the best one.

 

Plot for thriller  05/08/2012

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The film starts with a fight scene between two characters the protagonist and antagonist, this is the films most climactic scene and is also shown towards the end, it makes very little sense until previous events are recollected throughout the film and the reader pieces together important parts that provide an insight into the two mysterious characters.

After this initial scene it cuts to two weeks before and shows the social life of the protagonist with his friends joking about and showing a generally positive attitude towards life. Everything seems to be going well for him until when walking home alone he comes across a young women being mugged and attempts to save her, she gets away but he is attacked by the would be muggers and suffers several blows until he is knocked down and falls to the floor, while falling he hits his head on the pavement and suffers a severe injury to his head that causes him to loose consciousness.

He then awakes in hospital confused With no recollection of what has happened or how he got there and is even more baffled when he is told he checked himself in. After several tests and scans it becomes clear the head trauma has had a severe psychological effect and a doctor informs him he may experience rapid mood swings or a feeling of loss of identity.

He returns home and becomes steadily more withdrawn from friends and family, he also experiences black outs and awakens lost with no memory of what has happened, he grows more concerned as he sees a news broadcast of a man killed and finds a wallet in his pocket with an I'd card, the picture on the card matches the victim. As well as this he begins to receive malicious messages from an unknown number, the messages and murders continue until one message asks for him to meet the mysterious stranger if he wants the murders to stop , upon arriving

He find the place deserted with nothing but a mobile phone in the middle of the room, the phone appears to be blank except for one video, a CCTV recording of him being mugged, after he has finished watching it the mysterious stranger appears from behind with a malicious smile on his face and the protagonist enraged and believing this stranger could of stopped the attack yells at him before taking a swing, his fist

Misses and hits a wall before he is hit from behind with a pole and blacks out. When he awakens the phone is still there he continues to watch the video until shockingly he realises the people who attacked him are the ones being murdered, after this several flashbacks occur and he recounts killing all of the attackers.

He gets back home and locks

Himself in the bathroom where upon catching his reflection he sees a dark twisted almost unrecognisable version of himself, he realises this

Is the mysterious stranger and after several words are exchanged he collapses in a spasm, when he regains consciousness he sees himself from the mirror and his dark alter ego takes over, he leans towards the mirror and whispers "time for a change of leadership" before the protagonist watches From the mirror as his dark double leaves in his body.

The next sequence of the film shows his alter ego go after the remaining two attackers, he kills one of them but before he is able to kill the second the protagonist takes over again, he releases the man who then runs away. As he is about to leave the antagonist manifests and they have a fight for control over the body, this is shown by two people fighting but when shown from other perspectives we see the protagonist throwing punches at thin air which shows it is all in his head, he continues to fight until the antagonist

Looses his footing, it is here the protagonist charges at him and pins

Him to the floor, he repeatedly punches the antagonist until the manifestation disappears and he is left alone. He gives a narration and then the film jumps back to before the attack,he finds himself at two paths, one has the alleyway where the girl is mugged and the other leads to an alternate route home, it's ends with the lines "would you go through it all again to save one person" before ending leaving the viewer wandering if he makes the same choice as before .

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fight club analysis

Fight club analysis

1. What is the genre of the film?

The genre of film is a psychological thriller.

2. How is the audience able to identify the genre of the film?

The genre of film unlike most trailers isn’t definable by the trailer; it’s only by watching the film throughout that it’s revealed it’s a psychological thriller, however the closest hint we get to the genre is his meeting with the doctor which shows something is wrong.

3. How does the trailer target an audience?

The trailer targets its audience through the use of actors and its unique selling point, all members of the fight club are male so the target audience is predominately male, also by using the actor Brad Pitt it appeals to and draws in fans of his movies, the actors appear to be in at least their mid-twenties so its likely the target audience follows and age range of about 15-35.

4. How long does the film trailer last?

The film trailer lasts for two minutes three seconds

5. How many shots are used in the trailer?

There are approximately 84 shots used mostly close ups and medium shots while sometimes showing long shots and rarely showing extreme long shots.

6. What transitions are used in the trailer?

The trailer uses one or two fade outs but mostly consists of plain cuts between scenes.

7. How is diegetic sound used in the trailer? – Focus on dialogue and sound effects.

Diegetic sound in the trailer is used for dialogue and special effects such as explosions.

8. How is non-diegetic sound used in the trailer? – Focus on music and sound effects.

The song “where is my mind” plays during parts of the trailer and non-diegetic narration is used to explain one man’s experience throughout the entire trailer.

9. How does the trailer represent characters and their relationships?

The trailer represents characters and their relationships through their interactions and dialogue between one another, we see “Tyler” as the boss by the way he addresses the others giving each of them an “assignment” and telling them “the rules of fight club” we also see some form of friendship between him and the narrator in the scene outside the club, although he asks him to punch him there seems to be some form of trust or friendship between the two.it also shows Tylers relationship with the women by suggesting they have sex.

10. How does the trailer create a sense of narrative?

The trailer creates a sense of narrative through the use of narration .

11. What does the trailer reveal about the plot of the film?

The trailer reveals that a fight club is formed in the film but leaves out a lot of the rest so that the viewer is intrigued and left with an air of mystery.

12. How does the trailer create a code of enigma?

The trailer creates a code of enigma by maintaining its air of mystery; it leaves viewers with unanswered questions.

13. How does the trailer use titles to communicate with the audience?

Titles in the film are used only between cuts to advertise the company, actors, and film. Because of the narration throughout there is no real need to use inter titles to inform the audience.

14. How does the trailer establish the mood and expectations of the film?

The trailer keeps quite an ominous mysterious mood as the viewer is intrigued to learn more about this “fight club”

15. What types of camera shots and angles are used most commonly in trailers?

Medium close ups are the most commonly used camera shots while camera angles aren’t used.

16. How is mise-en-scene constructed in trailers?

Mise-en-scene is created by the location each scene takes place in e.g house, outside, abandoned building. The clothes they wear are just casual although some wear suits. This is not a reflection of the trailer but of the characters and their lifestyles instead, giving you a hint as to what kind of lives they lead.

17. Why has the film studio used the trailer to market its product?

The film studio uses the trailer to market its product as this is the most effective method of intriguing the audience to go and view it.

18. How successful is the film trailer in targeting an audience?

The film trailer is quite successful but it doesn’t have viewers in anticipation dying to go watch it, in my opinion the film itself was a lot better than the trailer gave it credit for.

19. Make a list of 10 codes and conventions that you have identified in the film you have analysed.

Trailer reveals some story but not all of it.

It revolves around one main characters perspective

There is some form of conflict

The main character makes a friendship that affects the entire film

The trailer shows clips throughout the entire story

It leaves some parts out so that an air of mystery is maintained

The main character has to overcome some kind of obstacle

He is diagnosed with insomnia; some kind of condition is often used in psychological films

The story is mostly based around his interactions with others

Its meant to raise questions for the viewer.

20. How effective are film trailers as a promotional device for films?

Film trailers  are very effective as they capture the audiences interest and rely on human nature to want to know more, the trailer raises questions that can only be answered by watching the film so is a very successful marketing strategy.

Researched trailers

Below are three of the trailers i have researched similar to my genre of film, i have watched each of the films below to gain a better perspective of the genre of psycological thrillers.

ive also watched the film below on the weekend to refresh my understanding of a thriller.

Media A2

For this years coursework i have been given the task of creating a film trailer, film magazine front cover and poster using the skills from last year and skills i will develop throughout this year. These products will be advertised using the internet as a marketing tool,advertising on youtube, facebook and other social network sites.