PLANNING: SHOT TYPES

Today in class we decided to investigate different shot types that would be effective in our opening. We decided to create different scenes that may happen in our opening and observe which camera angles worked best.

 This two person mid shot is effective as we can see the whole surroundings. We see the woman convincing herself not to touch the girl even though she is desperate to. The shot is wide enough for the viewers to see what is going on.

 

 The worms eye view shot is effective as it shows that the woman is superior to the young, innocent child and that the woman is a lot stronger than the child. It would give a thrill to the audience as the notice the strength that the woman has over this child. 

This two person wide shot enables the viewers to see what the child is doing. They are drawing as the woman watches over her. This shows that the woman craves she had a child like this.

PLANNING: SOUNDTRACK

I researched for an effective soundtrack that would create suspense and enigma in our thriller film opening. I chose to research on YouTube, Spotify and Royalty Free Music, however it was difficult to find suitable Thriller music that would fit with our opening.

On YouTube I searched different things for example Thriller film music, thriller instrumental music and thriller background music. I found a variety of different tracks for this research. The first one that I liked can be heard here. I liked this one as it was more of a thriller track rather than horror. It is not too loud of upbeat however has instruments such as the piano playing which creates suspense. Another one that I liked can be heard here. I like this one as it still uses a piano which creates jeopardy as it speeds up and slows done. It yet again not too loud on the audience as the piece would flow well with the video since there is no sharp noises for example a drum. 

PLANNING: THE DOLL

The main prop that we will be using is an old doll. It looks very real and authentic yet at the same time it is extremely chilling as the eyes move back and fourth. We are going to use this as the main doll in our opening as she is a suitable size as well as looking quite life like.

PLANNING G321: CAMERAWORK

In our lesson today we made sure that we create key thriller codes and conventions such as  jeopardy and enigma, using a variety of camera movements, angles and shot types.

RESEARCH: USER PROFILE

Target Audience: 
I made an audience profile on who we think our target audience would be. This is the target market that our film would be appealing to. Our film would be competing to get these people to watch our film rather than anyone else's. We think our target audience are male and female between the ages of 15-40. The reason that both genders are able to watch this is because it is a psychological thriller rather than a gruesome one. The social group of people that our film would be targeted at are students. They are interested in psychological films and television series and issues to do with psychology.

Clothes: Topshop, Asos, Urban Outiftters, Superdry, Topman, Vans, Converse, Toms.

Restaurants: Nandos, KFC, Wagammas, Creams, Subway.

Films: Taken, Gravity, Hunger Games: Catching Fire,

TV: Suits, Zen, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Following, Poirot, Breaking Bad, Dexter.

Technology: iPad, Android Phone, Xbox, PS3, Netflix, Twitter, Instagram.

Games: Call of Duty, FIFA, Battlefields.

Music: The Vaccines, Mumford and Sons, The 1975, Alt-J, Artic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club.

We decided that we would make a audience profile like NME had as it included text and images. We did this on Photoshop as we had used this before therefore it was an easy task.

RESEARCH: WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS

I also made an Animoto to collate and present a few really influential War images. These images show the trauma that these war photographers see everyday, the only difference is it is happening right in front of them. These images really explain why war photographers do end up being so influenced by what they see and why this may lead to depression and alcoholism.

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY ANIMOTO

RESEARCH: FILM DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION

Today I looked into how our film would be distributed. We looked on the FDA website which gave a step to step guide of how you would distribute your film to get as many people to watch it in the opening weekend which decides its success. You must make sure that the marketing campaign is as successful as possible and that your film stands out from other films that are available at the time. The video that informed us of what happens in the professional world of film can be seen here.

The video that we watched gave us tips on things such as how the smallest advertisement can be successful. David Willings (CEO, Miracle Media Group) explains how people are constantly bombarded with different advertisements even if it is just for three seconds it can be successful.

David Willings also explains that the trailer is probably the most important part of selling the film however it is only one element and there are many other important factors to selling the film. He explains that synergy is important as it is something that is associated with the film. For example Stuart Williams (Deputy managing director and marketing director, Sony Pictures Releasing) uses Spider Man as an example as the font is the same in every film, it "works around the world" he explains. This is one way of selling a film: getting people to make the connection between films. There are three different trailers: the teaser, the TV spot trailer and the official trailer. These all do different things and are different lengths. It is explained that a good trailer shouldn't need to have any explanation to it and should also classify the genre of the film. For example thrillers tend to have less voice overs. I will take this into account when making my opening.

The poster that we see in the cinema, on the internet, in newspapers and around our town is an important part in the campaign. Robin Behling (FEREF) says that the poster should instantly show the genre of the film so that audiences know straight away what the film is about as this is normally the first look people will have of the movie.

Multimedia is also a key factor of the campaign. This is the internet and different things that we can do on it. For example a film may have a game, video, a gallery and an interview which interacts the audience before the film even comes out. I will make sure that we include an official website with our film and also make social media pages for it such as Facebook and Twitter so that the film goes viral. The facebook page has nine million followers.






The opening weekend of a film is crucial. This is a three day figure which is of your opening day which is normally on a friday. Your film has to have been successful by Monday and made more money than any film in that cinema. The results of this all depends on the success of the campaign as it is what will be attracting audiences.