Although the blogging isn't finished, the teaser trailer is! We have now edited and produced our 'SNATCHED' movie teaser trailer. Be prepared to hold onto your seats as you watch our gangster/thriller teaser trailer! linking together the genres of gangster, thriller and social realism we have created the one of its kind teaser trailer:
Tuesday 18 December 2012
Monday 17 December 2012
SNATCHED MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ANALYSIS
After creating the magazine film cover, i have analysed the main aspects to give you a brief description of what was included and why it was included. Hopefully through my descriptions you can understand why everything was used and how the aspects work to attract all types of film lovers who have an interest in today's movie news:
Friday 14 December 2012
OUR FILM MAGAZINE FRONT COVER AND CREATION PROCESS
Our magazine front cover has now been created and i have attached the creation stages below just to give you an insight into how the cover was created. Each step adds a different aspect and effect to the overall image which helps create a detailed design of what a film magazine front cover should like like in order to attract the correct target audience:
STAGE 1:
1. Raw photo
STAGE 2:
2. Adjusted colours, brightness and contrast to make the photo darker and the light stand out more
STAGE 3:
3. Added bar code
STAGE 4:
4. The name of the magazine added – Font Arial Heavy, font size 1000px
STAGE 5:
5. The title moved behind an object (head), using the selecting tool to create an extra layer of the main object (Michael) and moving the ‘FILM’ layer behind the main objects layer.
STAGE 6:
6. Website, issue and price added – Font Impact Condensed, font size 75px
STAGE 7:
7. Sell line in a circle, use of different fonts, and colours to make the name of
the film stand out. Shadow dropped on ‘Redemption’ and the circle
STAGE 8:
8. Titles added and shadows dropped to make it look professional, the colours are matching the main films colours
STAGE 9:
9. Main title added, font is bigger (more catchy), no shadow dropped to make it
different from the rest of the titles.
STAGE 10:
10. An Oscar trophy added next to main title – relates to main title
STAGE 1:
STAGE 2:
2. Adjusted colours, brightness and contrast to make the photo darker and the light stand out more
STAGE 3:
3. Added bar code
STAGE 4:
4. The name of the magazine added – Font Arial Heavy, font size 1000px
STAGE 5:
5. The title moved behind an object (head), using the selecting tool to create an extra layer of the main object (Michael) and moving the ‘FILM’ layer behind the main objects layer.
STAGE 6:
STAGE 7:
STAGE 8:
8. Titles added and shadows dropped to make it look professional, the colours are matching the main films colours
STAGE 9:
STAGE 10:
10. An Oscar trophy added next to main title – relates to main title
Thursday 13 December 2012
MUSIC FOR SOUNDTRACK
Researching online has allowed us to stumble across several websites with free music sountracks. After using the 'garageband' application on the iMac, we decided that this application wasn't siutable for us, we then came across www.freemusicplay.com . This website provided us without a variety of soundtracks that we took an interest in. After playing the soundtracks against our trailer, we picked the one we thought most suitable.
The following link will take you to the webpage which will allow you to preview our music soundtrack: http://freeplaymusic.com/search/keyword_search.php
This sound track had been created to build tension; although the whole beat has a 'racey' vibe, it starts mellow and gradually increases in volume and speed. The gradual increase suits our trailer because our trailer also increases in speed and tension. As our trailer progresses, the transisitions become shorter and the clips become quicker and snappier to create a similar 'racey' effect just like the music. The music will help emphasise the tension in our trailer and will work to create that hear-racing affect for the audience as the scenes become more action filled.
Here is the iMovie application which we use to edit our film. The green section is the our soundtrack which we have applied over 3/4s of our trailer; we have not paplied it from the very beginning because it does not suit our mellow start. The sound waves included in the green section allow us to adjsut our volume of the music, this came in handy because some of the clips include diegetic sound that we wish to hear in the trailer; for example, when Johnny is on the phone we want to hear what he is saying, therefore we turn the music lower and make his voice louder.
This is the iTunes library that we strored all the interesting soundtracks on, this way we could simply flick through tracks and play them against different parts of our trailer to see if they work correctly to create the correct mixture of image and sound to interest our audience and make most effective.
The following link will take you to the webpage which will allow you to preview our music soundtrack: http://freeplaymusic.com/search/keyword_search.php
This sound track had been created to build tension; although the whole beat has a 'racey' vibe, it starts mellow and gradually increases in volume and speed. The gradual increase suits our trailer because our trailer also increases in speed and tension. As our trailer progresses, the transisitions become shorter and the clips become quicker and snappier to create a similar 'racey' effect just like the music. The music will help emphasise the tension in our trailer and will work to create that hear-racing affect for the audience as the scenes become more action filled.
Here is the iMovie application which we use to edit our film. The green section is the our soundtrack which we have applied over 3/4s of our trailer; we have not paplied it from the very beginning because it does not suit our mellow start. The sound waves included in the green section allow us to adjsut our volume of the music, this came in handy because some of the clips include diegetic sound that we wish to hear in the trailer; for example, when Johnny is on the phone we want to hear what he is saying, therefore we turn the music lower and make his voice louder.
This is the iTunes library that we strored all the interesting soundtracks on, this way we could simply flick through tracks and play them against different parts of our trailer to see if they work correctly to create the correct mixture of image and sound to interest our audience and make most effective.
DIRECTORIAL INFLUENCES
Below is simply a list of directorial influences that have helped me create my own gangster genre ideas/codes/conventions based on their own work. There are many gangster films but the greatest ones stand out by a mile and are recognised by people all over the world. These films are so great because they have been created by some of the world's greatest directors. Here are the ones i personally researched and show an interest in:
1. Brian De Palma (most famous work: scarface, mission impossible, the untouchables)
Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.
2. Francis Ford Coppola (most famous work: The godfather sequel, patton)
Francis Ford Coppola, born April 7, 1939 is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.
3. Guy Ritchie (most famous work: lock, stock and two smoking barrels, Snatch, Sherlock Holmes and Rocknrolla)
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for directing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Swept Away, Revolver, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
1. Brian De Palma (most famous work: scarface, mission impossible, the untouchables)
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Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.
2. Francis Ford Coppola (most famous work: The godfather sequel, patton)
Francis Ford Coppola, born April 7, 1939 is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.
3. Guy Ritchie (most famous work: lock, stock and two smoking barrels, Snatch, Sherlock Holmes and Rocknrolla)
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for directing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Swept Away, Revolver, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
THE SCRIPT
Our teaser trailer footage is now complete and has been sequenced correctly using iMovie. We have also added in all our transitions and adjusted colour contrasting to make our trailer flow correctly. the final adjustment is to create the voice-over and input the recording over our trailer but at the same time we must match the recordings to the correct scenes. Below is the script that we have created that we think will help emphasise our trailer and help create gangster conventions. The voice-over helps to tell our story and gives describes each scene to prevent confusion for the audience. We have decided to use Johnny for the voice over because the stroyline is from his point of view. Below is the script for the voice-over:
"As far back as i can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster."
(used over the beginning lake scene)
"Mansion, beautiful wife... and the money."
(used over the mansion, wife and money scenes)
"With the money, come the problems."
(used over the first scene of Ben waking up in bed)
"When people owe me money, i expect it back... sharpish."
(used over the scene of Ben lighting a cigarette and the following scene of him checking his phone)
"Me and Mickey run a firm business, and we do not tolerate fuck-ups"
(used over the scene of Johnny and Mickey at the lake and the scenes of them getting out of the car)
"Noone has ever been stupid enough to double cross me."
(used over the beginning kidnapping scenes of Ben and Aaron creeping up on Ruby)
"and involving my family, could be life-threatening for them."
(used over the actual kidnapping scenes)
"Noone will ever double cross me and get away with it!"
(used over the final kidnapping scenes and the phonecall scenes between Ben and Johnny)
"Being a gangster is not just a job, it's a way of life..."
(used over the final movie scenes of Johnny and Mickey approaching Ben and Aaron with Ruby hostage)
Below is a quick analysis of the voice-over options provided by iMovie, I have simply identified to key aspects which allowed us to create and adjust our voice-over:
"As far back as i can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster."
(used over the beginning lake scene)
"Mansion, beautiful wife... and the money."
(used over the mansion, wife and money scenes)
"With the money, come the problems."
(used over the first scene of Ben waking up in bed)
"When people owe me money, i expect it back... sharpish."
(used over the scene of Ben lighting a cigarette and the following scene of him checking his phone)
"Me and Mickey run a firm business, and we do not tolerate fuck-ups"
(used over the scene of Johnny and Mickey at the lake and the scenes of them getting out of the car)
"Noone has ever been stupid enough to double cross me."
(used over the beginning kidnapping scenes of Ben and Aaron creeping up on Ruby)
"and involving my family, could be life-threatening for them."
(used over the actual kidnapping scenes)
"Noone will ever double cross me and get away with it!"
(used over the final kidnapping scenes and the phonecall scenes between Ben and Johnny)
"Being a gangster is not just a job, it's a way of life..."
(used over the final movie scenes of Johnny and Mickey approaching Ben and Aaron with Ruby hostage)
Below is a quick analysis of the voice-over options provided by iMovie, I have simply identified to key aspects which allowed us to create and adjust our voice-over:
FILM POSTER STAGES:
Below is step by step stages of the order we created our film poster and how each step brigns a different aspect to the poster:
STAGE 1:
3. (pic ‘p3’) release date added in red
STAGE 4:
STAGE 1:
1.
(pic ‘p1’) raw photo on a black A3 format background
STAGE 2:
2.
(pic ‘p2’) Billing block added using various font sizes + the
production company logo, website and age restriction added
STAGE 3:
3. (pic ‘p3’) release date added in red
STAGE 4:
4.
(pic ‘p4’) main title added, bigger font size (easy to notice)
colour matches release date
STAGE 5:
5.
(pic ‘p5’) age restriction added
STAGE 6:
6.
(pic ‘p6) colour, brightness and contrast adjusted, image size
extended and blended into background + tag line added
Wednesday 5 December 2012
MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ANALYSIS
After finishing with the film poster section i have decided to start analysing magazine front covers. Here is one i have done today after researching online and viewing other analysed covers. I have tried to include as much infomation as possible that i think is useful when creating a front cover:
ANALYSING SNATCHED FILM POSTER
After analysing several other film posters, i finally managed to analyse our own. I have tried to describe every step we made whilst creating the poster and also give you the reasons for doing what we have done. I feel our poster is an excellent design and would attract our intended target audience:
ANLAYSING FILM POSTERS
This post was created before the creation of our film poster but it was drafted because i wanted to create several examples of analysed film posters before uploading it. Here are the film posters that i analysed to which helped me get an underdstanding of how ours should be created:
Poster 1 (Batman- the dark knight rises)
Poster 1 (Batman- the dark knight rises)
POSTER 2: (Adjustment Bureau)
FILM POSTER 3: (Red Sonja)
REPRESENTATION IN OUR FILM
I recently posted about representation in the media, I thought it would be benficial to post about the representation used in our film trailer. As i said before, representation is baised and different types of people are seen in certain ways becuase the media make it that way. Because of these jugdements, we as a group have worked to make our characters strong stereotypes of people that are judged in the media.This will help our audience recognise the type of people they are. Below is how our characters would be represented throughout sociecty if they were real. I have created 'WORDLE' boards to give you connotations and descriptions of our characters:
JOHNNY AND MICKEY:
BEN AND AARON:
RUBY:
JOHNNY AND MICKEY:
BEN AND AARON:
RUBY:
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