Another location shot...

Due to difficulties concerning transport, I will be using a field which is near my house for the outside scene. This is going to produce the same atmosphere and it has very good photographics shots which I can use for my magazine cover and poster.

I will still be using my bedroom for the bedroom scene as this is the location I need and want for one element for my practical production so there are no difficulties there.

I will keep you up to date with any problems that I may come across throughout my personal production.

FILMING ON MONDAY!!

Practical production will begin on Monday the 19th of December.. woo!!

All my actors are available on this day and I have my location sorted, the only thing I need to do is to get filming equipment sorted and start filming.

Before this day, I will make sure that I redraft my storyboard and make a script so that my actors know what they are going to say. This wont take long and I will also be able to show this in front of my focus group tomorrow.

A mix up with the actors...

Due to circumstances beyond my control, the actors which I have said that I will be using I will not be using. This is because they cannot possible make the times which I can do. Therefore, I will need to rearrange my actors.

For my male and female leads will be played by Diana Howes and Solay Elibol. I have chosen these two to be my male and female leads because they have great chemistry together and it helps that they are a couple off the screen. Also, I can easily get these two to act in my teaser trailer.

My female support will be played by Amy Patterson who was going to play my female lead but because I can't access anyone who has great chemistry with her as they are all doing there own media work or other work which means they can't be in my teaser trailer, I have chosen her to be this character. This is because I think she would be better suited for this character and therefore it will make my teaser trailer a lot better.

Review of this website - http://www.dimensionsguide.com/

This website is very helpful when I have to look at making the poster and magazine cover for my practical production.

On the website link (http://www.dimensionsguide.com/poster-size/) it shows the dimensions of the different poster sizes across the world and which ones would be suitable for what you need to do. So, when I design my poster I will be looking at this website to get the most appropriate poster sizes for my final piece. Personally, this website is very helpful to me and I will be using it when I need to make my poster.

It also has a website link to magazine cover sizes (http://www.dimensionsguide.com/magazine-sizes/). This shows the dimensions of different magazines and this will help me in my final piece as this will help me to think of appropriate measurements for my magazine cover and what sort of dimensions I want it to make it look appealable to my target market.

After reviewing the website, I think that this website is a very helpful website as this will help me hugely when I need to make proper measurements for my poster and magazine cover.

What is going to be done over the next week!!

Over the next week, I will be drafting a script and getting everything ready for my practical production. I will have everything done so that I can then redraft the storyboard and the script so that my practical production is well done.

I will also be drafting a poster so that I have a rough idea of what I want my poster to look like. I will then redraft it so that it is well done and that it will help me gain the most amount of marks possible!!

My magazine cover which I will be making will also be drafted so that I have a rough idea of what this looks like before I make the real thing on the computer. This will also be redrafted so that it looks good.

All of these different elements of my practical production will be shown to my focus group and I will get their opinions on what they think looks good so that all of the elements that I must create will be targeted to my target market effectively!!

Focus group!!

My focus group will consist of 3 people. These people will be members of the target audience which I have decided to aim this teaser trailer at. This means that whatever I design, layout for my poster and magazine cover and the storyboard for my teaser trailer, will be seen by them first and then their opinion on how I can make it better will be provided in separate posts on my blog. I have decided to do this because I will get more information about the separate elements that I must deign and what I can do to make it better and it will tell me what my target audience are looking for exactly. Obviously, I have an idea of what my target market want as I have found these out from the questionnaire which I distributed on facebook. I will be recording their answers by recording them talking about my designs or by writing down what they think or both. I will keep you updated with what my focus group like/dislike about my teaser trailer, magazine cover and poster.

Editing techniques and different camera positions to use!!

As I will be using iMovie to edit my teaser trailer, the editing techniques which I will be using will be limited as I will only be able to use the different editing techniques which that programme offers me. The different editing techniques which I will, for definite, be using are fade in and fade outs. You may be thinking why I'm using this editing technique but it is because the genre of film that I have decided to use uses this quite a lot in their teaser trailers. They do this because it adds a form of suspense to it which could be very beneficial for me as this is what I want my teaser trailer to do to a degree. Another editing technique which I will use is merging two shots together. To do this, I will need to film two shots of what I need and then layer them on top of each other. I think this would be useful in my teaser trailer as, when I show a mirror scene of the female lead crying, I will also show the male lead who is supposed to be dead but to take him out of the shot I could either edit him out or layer two shots on top of each other. This will be used as when I looked at other teaser trailers and movie where they show the deceased loved one in a mirror, they layered two shots on top of each other and therefore this is what I will do.

The different camera positions that I will be using are panning, close ups, medium shots and reverse-shot-reverse. These will be used because they are appropriate for what I need to film and I think that they will be better to use than another camera position where it doesn't show what I want in the shot very well. A picture of the different camera positions are shown below:

This is a close up shot. I want to use this camera technique because I want the viewer to be able to feel the emtoion that the actors will be portraying. This is how it will be done and this is the sort of camera technique that I will be using.

This is a medium shot and I will be using this when I want to expose more of the character. I will be using this because emotion can not only be seen in the facial expressions, but also in the boyd language that the actors will be doing. This is a shot that I will be using more of.

This shot I will be using because I need to show a bit of conversation between the female lead and the female support. I need to do this because if I don't show what my teaser trailer is about, then I have lost my audience immediately because they won't feel motivated to go and watch the film.

Bloom's taxonomy (information to help is with our blogs!!)

This is a chart for the way in which we analyse and create our own work and how we analyse other peoples' work. Bloom came up with this chart and this is it!!

This shows what I need to think about when I analyse other peopoles' work. The bottom end f the scale, so the 'Remembering' and 'Understanding' is the bottom end of the grades for example E and D. The upper end of the scale so the 'Evaluating' and 'Creating' are the higher grades such as B and A. This is what I want to reach and therefore I should look at this everytime I am analysing my own work and people who I draw inspiration from.

SMART targets

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed...what SMART means. My smart targets are listed below and they will be all of the things that I must do which are the things above!!

Make a storyboard and record me talking about my storyboard.

This must be done by the end of next week!!

Cinematography!!

Wikipedia defines cinematography as "the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema"

If my teaser trailer was to be exhibited in the world of cinema it would be distributed in an arthouse cinema because it is not going to be made on a major scale. This means that the imagery of the this would be much different to imagery from a blockbuster. To illustrate my point I will put down to images, one of a blockbuster and one of an individually produced movie and then comment on how they look different.

This is an example of an arthouse film and a shot which has been used from the film. This shows many of the main characters in the shot just looking at the camera. The background of this film is also suitable for when this film is supposed to be set in and therefore establishing the time period brilliantly. On another point, this means that when I make my teaser trailer it wont have many elemants in which my target audience will have to look at. This means that there isn't that much cinematagraphic images in there that woud make it approproiate to use on the cinema scale. This is the sort of thing that I will need to establish when making my teaser trailer because I would be exhibiting this film in an arthouse cinema because it attracts my target market and the images that I will use wont be suitable to use in a multiplex cinema.

This film is a blockbuster and the cinematography for this movie establishes all the main character by using close up of their faces. This is because the target market will associate with the actors better. This is a convention of these sorts of movies because showing close up of the actors' faces means that we can judge whether the movie is any good because of who is in the shot. Also, Inceptio is a very good example of using great cinematography. This is because when the action sequences show up on the multiplex cinema, everyone is mesmerized in the cinema because there is so much in the shot that if you were to watch it on a small screen, the viewers would miss certain elements which make the shot amazing.

Marking criteria for everything!!

Marking Criteria

Soundtrack...and what music I can use!!

The soundtrack for this movie will be small as it is only going to be a 30 second teaser trailer. However, I still want music in my teaser trailer so that it is more smooth and that it will attract my target market. 

The music which I have decided to use will be guitar music because the target market which I have got enjoy playing, or listening to, acoustic guitar music. I know this because of other pieces of research I have found on the internet. I will also use acoustic guitar music as I can make the music myself by writing music on my guitar. This will not be used from anywhere else and therefore will be copyright free. This is a major advantage because I don't have to write any emails asking whether I can use somebody else's music in my teaser trailer. However, this can be seen as a disadvantage because I will need recording equipment and a studio to do this which is very time consuming and therefore will be difficult to complete in the time that we have to spend on our practical production.

If I do need to use any other pieces of music in my teaser trailer which I cannot make on my guitar, I will have to look back on the post I made about copyright music and read what the laws are about using somebody else's music in my work. I will most likely have to email the company/individual about using their music in my teaser trailer and the evidence the email that I will receive from them explaining that I can use their music in my practical production. This is an advantage because I don't have to make much music on my guitar and the have the time to use specialised recording equipment and then a studio to do this in. However, this can be a major disadvantage because it will be time consuming waiting for a reply from the person I need to borrow the music from.

Casting for my production

The cast which I have decided to use will be actors who are of the target audience age so that my target audience can relate to them on a better level. I thought of doing this because not only can my target audience relate to the actors on a better level, but I can also find who I want to act in my teaser trailer a lot easier as I don't know any other people who are older than 25 to act in my practical production.

I have decided to use Amy Patterson as the female lead who is saddened by the loss of the dead boyfriend. I have picked Amy to act as the female lead because she is 17 and therefore will address the target audience in a better way because she is about the same age, she has a history of drama and therefore I know that she will be good at acting and, if I need to, I can make her look older by adding make up to establish this. I think my target audience will be able to relate to Amy in a positive way because she matches the conventions of the character which I need her to be. I could test this out before by doing casting sessions and finding out what she can do before I straight away get her to act in my teaser trailer for me. In conclusion, I will most likely be using Amy to act this role because I know that my target market will enjoy her acting.

For the 'medium' character I will be using Jenni Dack. I have decided this because she is older than Amy and therefore she will be better suited for this character. Also, she has studied drama in the past and therefore will be reliable in terms of acting. I think that my target audience will like her as this character because she is a good actress and is of similar age to my target audience and therefore will be able to relate to my target audience on a more personal level. Also, I can me Jenni look older by adding more make up and using costumes which will make her look older. Before I completely cast Jenni as this character, I will do some acting sessions with the other actors so that I can see what all of my actors are like together. In conclusion, I will most likely be using Jenni as this character because I know that she can act well and she will match the conventions of this character very well. 

For my male lead I am still deciding between two people. The male actors who I am deciding on whether to use for acting are Kieran Corder and Joe Cracknell. They are both roughly the same age as my target market and therefore will be able to interact with the target market on a better level. Thinking more into it, I will most likely use Joe as my male lead because he has a history of drama and I have seen him inn a drama performance and I know that he can act well. Also, he will be more reliable when I need him for filming. I think my target audience will like Joe as the male lead because he can act and he has a lot of chemistry with the female lead, Amy. If I don't establish the chemistry between the male and female lead my target market will not like the teaser trailer because they will find it awkward between the two actors. This will be good for me because it means I have addressed my target market a lot better and made it more emotional.

Mise-en-scene (everything else that needs to be considered when filming!!)

This post will be about everything that I need to use in my shots. This will include costumes, props, any extras that I might need to make it look more realistic and anything that is relevant to what I need to film.

Costumes will be from the modern age because I don't need anything that is from the past times because that is not the time period in which I need to film in. This will help me immensely as this means I wont have to provide any old costumes which could be costly and make the whole of my practical production more difficult to produce. Also, this means that my actors can use their own clothes and therefore feel slightly more comfortable when filming as they wont have to wear clothes which I give them which could be uncomfortable. This will also cut down the problem of the clothes not being the actors' size because if this happened filming would have to be postponed but I do not need to worry about that as they will be using their own clothes.

The props in which I will be using during the process of my practical production will be mugs, books and certain memorable objects that reminds the female lead character of the male character who has died. This will help make the whole teaser trailer look more realistic and therefore it will be what I want it to be, which is realistic. All of the props that I have mentioned above are props that I already have which will help me immensely in my practical production as this means that I wont have to buy any other specialised props which could prove to be very expensive and time consuming. Having the props already will also cut down the amount of problems I may encounter because it means that I wont be relying on other sources to get the props in time.

I could also use some extra people in the background to give it more of the realistic look that I want to capture. This will mean getting consent from members of the public and asking whether they want to be an extra in the teaser trailer. However, to overcome this problem because unfortunately I don't have that much filming time, I could use members of my family and therefore I won't need so much consent as they will be people that I know, and because of this, I will be able to communicate with them a lot better.

As I'm filming, I will improvise with what props to use because this means that when I look at the shot I can make the shot better, aesthetically speaking, and will make it look more finished.

Location for my teaser trailer

For my practical production, I have been looking at several different locations. These locations will be similar to the ones that I will have seen in the similar teaser trailers in which I have looked at as this will mean that I am following the conventions of that type of film more closely.

My first location I have thought about using is a bedroom scene. This will most likely be my own bedroom as this room matches the target market in which I am basing this teaser trailer at. Also, it will be easier to use my room as I know for definite that I can use this location without difficulty and the actors which I have chosen to act in my 30 second teaser trailer will be able to get there without any complications. The only problem with using this as a location is that my room is not very big. However, I could possibly use another room in my house which could be used as a bedroom and therefore I will have more room to put equipment to move around more freely. 

This shows my bed where some filming of the female lead character will be shown crying on the bed because of the loss of her boyfriend. I will be taking down the images on the wall during the filming process.

This is a picture of my room from one angle. This shows the contents of what my room looks like, however, you can see what is on the walls.When I film, I will be taking what is on my walls down so it gives the more clean and more aesthetically pleasing look.

The second location which I have thought about using is a cliff side scene as I will need this for when the female character has a flashback of what her and the male character, who happens to be her boyfriend, used to do. I have decided to use this location as this will set the mood for what I need to accomplish and also it will have better photographic opportunities for when I photograph my poster and the magazine cover. However, the only problem with using this is that it can get very windy and therefore the sound might sound distorted which will lead to poor quality filming which is not what I want. To overcome this problem, I will do some sound testing first and then film elements of my teaser trailer there so that I don't have any problems when I am finally filming my practical production.

My final location which I could possibly use is a beach scene. This will be the alternative to my second location just in case the sound doesn't come out well or isn't the sound which I want. The beach could have multiple problems but I'm to overcome these problems I am going to find out what time of the day I can go out and film there without the tide coming into the bit in which I want to film at. Also, I will do some sound testing to make sure that the sound isn't distorted and that it doesn't sound bad.

Draft of magazine cover

This is the draft of my magazine cover. This is the sort of picture that I would like in my finished magazine cover as you can see the actors faces well and the composition fits nicely. Also. where the writing is, it makes the reader look at the whole magazine instead of small elements of the magazine. The fonts that I have used are all different and I have specified that I will be using different colours to make the cover look more eye catching.

Drafting the script and the storyboard!!

The only part of the script which I have redrafted is the fact that I have added black screens to add more tension and changed where I put the rhetorical question. I will get feedback on this when I have fully completed my teaser trailer.

The storyboard which I have redrafted is illustrated below:

This is a rough drawing of what my teaser trailer looks like. This uses 12 slides instead of 8 as there were more elements to it that I thought would make the teaser trailer better. On these images, I have also written down what camera position I will be doing unless it's not obvious. There aren't many camera techniques which I have decided to use because in movies that are similar to the teaser trailer that I'm doing, normally they haven't got very many camera positions because they don't want to make the film look to exaggerated. This is the main reason why I have not made many camera positions. I didn't want the film to look to empowering and if there were many different shots it would have changed the genre which I wanted.

film certificates and information about them!!

This website is very useful as it will help me choose where my teaser trailer should be when considering the different age restrictions. The British Board of Film Classification (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/) This organisation has to classify every movie and game that is made, distributed and exhibited in the UK as it allows people to know what the movie includes and whether it is suitable for young children to see the product.

This is a website which shows the film categories and anything about classifying films for students who are taking Media and need it to classify their own products. I found this a good website as it will help me classify what age restriction I must use for my teaser trailer. I must use a suitable age restriction because if I don't I will loose half of my target market depending on what age restriction I use. Below is a list of what the different age restrictions mean and the guidelines to what they offer.

Suitable for all

It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.

If a work is particularly suitable for a pre-school child to view alone, this will be indicated in the Consumer Advice.

Suitable for 12 years and over

Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them.

The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult.

The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.

Suitable only for 15 years or over

No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Suitable only for adults

No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video work.

To be shown only in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied only in licensed sex shops, and to adults of not less than 18 years.

The ‘R18’ category is a special and legally restricted classification primarily for explicit works of consenting sex or strong fetish material involving adults. Films may only be shown to adults in specially licensed cinemas, and video works may be supplied to adults only in licensed sex shops. ‘R18’ videos may not be supplied by mail order.

(all of the above reference - http://www.bbfc.co.uk/)

The film certificate that I would use is the 15 years or over because this attracts my target market to watch the teaser trailer and my teaser trailer will be suitable for this certificate as well. The only disadvantage to having this film certificate is that noone below the age of 15 can watch it and therefore the target market is cut down drastically. This therefore leads me onto thinking that I should reduce the film certificate to a 12. However, if I do this, the target market which I have based this at wont go to watch it because they might feel that they are too young to see the movie. Therefore, my final decision will be that the film certificate will be a 15 because this will attract my target market better.

Parental Guidance

General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.

Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.

Rotten Tomatoes audience research...

This is a movie website where they have reviews which are put up by critics to tell the general public what the movie is like and whether it is any good. As you can see, this movie is rated quite high and therefore it shows that it is a good movie. So, I can use this and be sure that the people who rated it on the IMDB website must have thought that the movie was good. It also shows that 79% of the audience liked it. This means that the audience must have found it interesting and therefore my storyline to my teaser trailer must also be slightly interesting as it is a similar storyline to Ghost.

This is a review on the rotten tomatoes website which shows reviews and how many people like it according to critics and the general public. According to the critics, it wasn't very good and it says "Hilary Swank is miscast as the romantic lead in this clichéd film about loss and love" (reference - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ps_i_love_you/) However, according to the audience who, personally, are the most important people because they are the ones who give the producers and all the other people who are involved in the whole process of film making their money therefore the audience are the ones who make the movie a success. So, summing up the two percentages, this is a movie that I will be deconstructing in a later post so that I can see what I can use from it in my blog.

IMDB audience research...

Ghost (1990)

Males	38,424	6.9
Females	11,634	7.3

Males under 18	315	7.5
Females under 18	277	7.8

This shows that roughly the same amount of women as men under the age of 18 reviewed this movie and therefore I should target my teaser trailer to both genders who are below the age of 18. This is a surprise because I thought that this movie was more of a chick flick rather than a movie which is generalised for everyone. I will definitely take this into account when I have to think about who I'm going to target this to and who I cast because targeting the teaser trailer to the right people is the most vital part because if I don't market it properly it won't be a very good teaser trailer.

P.S. I Love You (2007)

Males	26,245	6.7
Females	19,397	7.5

Males under 18	343	7.1
Females under 18	859	7.8

This is a similar movie to Ghost (1990) but was just made 17 years later and the reviews for males and females under the age of 18 is a lot more different to the ones we see in Ghost. This shows that more women are more likely to watch these kinds of movies because of the content that is in them. What I mean is that it might not interest the male population as much as the female population because more movies which are better financed in terms of special effects have come out and therefore peoples expectations of good films and adventure films have gone up. After looking at this, I think that I will primarily target my teaser trailer to females because this is more of a modern film and it applies more than the movie Ghost.

However, this target market research isn't very reliable as it only represents a small percentage of the target market. The target market for the people who have reviewed this on IMDB will be people who constantly go on IMDB and this therefore cuts down the amount of reliability as it represents only a small demographic of people. 

target audience questionnaire analysis!!

What age are you?

71% said they were 17 and 28% said they were 18.

This shows that I must target my teaser trailer to the age range of 17-18 year old people as this is where it will most likely be shown. This also shows that my questionnaire was targeted at a very small demographic of people therefore making my teaser trailer target a small amount of people.

What gender are you?

35% said they were male and 64% said they were female. 

This shows that more females answered my questionnaire due to many reasons. This could have been because they felt more motivated to do so or because they found the questionnaire, overall, to be more interesting than the male demographic. This tells me that I may have to target my teaser trailer to the female audience.

What is your ethnicity?

100% said they were white.

This suggests that I should most likely be exhibiting and distributing this movie where the majority of the population is white as it will be more beneficial to the company to exhibit the movie where there are white ethnic origins because we know, looking at this questionnaire, that there will be more white ethnic groups going to watch this movie.

What category of film do you prefer to watch?

Horror - 7%

Thriller - 7%

Action/Adventure - 21%

Romance - 14%

Gangster - 0%

War - 0%

Fantasy - 14%

Sci-fi - 14%

Comedy - 21%

Western - 0%

This shows that more people are going to watch a movie which shows themes of action/adventure and comedy than a film which shows signs of horror or thriller. This is a surprise as I thought that the age group which I targeted this questionnaire to would be more likely to watch a movie with horror or thriller themes in them. Some people in the questionnaire picked more than one which was in the next question. These were mostly comedy and thriller which doesn't surprise me as the programmes/films that are on the TV/DVD which target this age range, are likely to be from this genre.

Look at the movie poster in the link here: http://www.impawards.com/2006/prestige.html and comment on Title, Lighting, Colour and Font

images of the male characters surrounding the female could show that they are protecting her, lighting has been used to distinguish who is bad and who is good, colours are black and white because this was the time it was set in, font is clear and easy to read targeting the whole market

very nice image of all the main actors, good use of lighting to show the baddy and goody, good use of black and white and font is easy to read

nice simplistic titles which draws extra attention to the faces in dark colours. i like the use of black and white and editing of the photo.

the title wasn't very obvous first time i saw it but its cool like the images, and how it is a dark poster it seems like it is probalbly going to be a dark themed filmbut really awesome two because of the actors and the way they are placed on the poster is neat, the font is standard getting the information out there but with style idea.

good use of lighting, good illumination of faces, title not strong enough, needs to show more of the blue face in the middle, plot not really that clear.

dark lighting and colours makes it look mysterious.

title is small, it has high jackman in it, shows who might be a goodie and who might be a baddie, very authentic looking and the font is simple and easy to read

Title - intriguing, image - makes me think is this a psycho movie?, lighting - good for the type of effect it wants to create (dark/mysterious) colour - adds to effect, font - easy to read

Dark, unoriginal, boring.

has a small title, the image is attractive, lighting is used to show if anyone is a baddie or a goodie and the font is simple and easy to read.

Woman in the center with blue smoke. She is between 2 men suggesting a love triangle. If i didnt know what the film was about, iwould have thought it was a romance. Prestige suggests delicacy, elite - heirarchy?

Dark, spooky, good use of typography through bold text.

Dark colours add moodiness, font suggests serious film.

This shows that the people who took the questionnaire liked the use of lighting to make it seem mysterious and it distinguished between the bad characters and the good characters. They also found that the font was clear and easy to read so therefore it targets a wider age group as well as who it was targeting in the first place. I will use this technique of lighting because I want to create the mysterious look. However, I will use colour in my poster and magazine cover because I want colour to be shown as it will target my target market in a more effective way.

What sort of film do you prefer to watch?

35% said authentic and 64% said modern.

This suggests that more people like elements from films that are about the present and the future rather than the past. This helps me as I will set costume and location in a modern area so that I don't lose the viewers' attention easily and therefore making the teaser trailer a failure.

From question 6, why do you prefer this type of film?

They preferred this type of film because the prefer to watch things that are made in modern times and not things that have already been repeated. Therefore, I shall make my teaser trailer set in the modern times as I could potentially lose my target markets interest if I was to make the movie authentic.

What is your favourite film?

the duchess

i am legend

amelie

Edward sissorhands

transformers/poseidon

Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium

the a team

There are so many! The pacifier

Edward Scissor Hands

The Italian Job.

Flushed Away/ 2 fast 2 furious

inception

A Clockwork Orange

Scott Pilgrim vs. the world

This suggests that the majority of people like something that shows a bit of comedy but has a good storyline to it and therefore has been a huge movie. All of the movies that have been shown below here are all movies which have been exhibited by major companies rather than just the arthouse cinemas. This means that, when I look at films and deconstruct them, I must look at some possibilities from these movies and maybe some more. I must look at the genre that I want to do and then pick a movie which was distributed a long time ago and one that is quite recent to see where they have made changes so that I can include this in my teaser trailer.

Why is this your favourite film?

Most of the answers shown on the questionnaire suggest that they like the movie because of its plotline and the actors that are in it. This shows that I will need to think very well about who I want to cast as the character in my teaser trailer. Even though this is a teaser trailer, I must use good actors and people who can act well so that I can make this teaser trailer effective and well made. Also, the people who answered my questionnaire liked the way it was shot and the different camera shots that were used in the movie. This shows that I must explore different camera shots and that I must use different camera shots where they are appropriate.

Would the movie attract you to go and see it because of who the director is?

Yes - 28%

No - 42%

Maybe - 28%

This suggests that I could put the name of who made the film, which would be my name, on the teaser trailer as the majority of people who took this questionnaire said that they would probably go and see a film depending on who the director is.

Where do you go to see films?

TV - 20%

DVD - 27%

Cinema - 27%

Internet - 11%

Streaming - 9%

Other - 2%

This suggests that more of the people who took the questionnaire will go and see a movie in the cinema or on DVD. Therefore, I could distribute the teaser trailer on a DVD or in the cinema where more of my target market are likely to go. There was a person who might view a film on a phone on a train. As this wasn't a popular answer, I will not be distributing it this way.

Who would you go and see a movie with?

Friends - 45%

Family - 25%

Boyfriend/Girlfriend - 22%

Alone - 6%

Other - 0%

This shows that more people are likely to go and see it with other people because they find it more of a pleasant sociable experience if they were to go with someone else.

What is your favourite colour?

Green - 14%

Blue - 21%

Pink - 7%

Purple - 14%

Red - 14%

Yellow - 7%

Orange - 14%

Black - 7%

Other - 0%

This shows that most people like the bright colours which, together, look colourful and make anything stand out. This could be used in my poster for the film to capture the eye of anyone who walks past and attract people to go and see the movie. These colours will be used in ancilliary products because they will attract people to go and see the film which would have been derived from the teaser trailer and therefore helping make this a success.

music copyrights and laws!!

http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/legalmatters/a/websitetheftjb.htm

This is a very useful website as it will help me with the music copyrights and the legal matters that must be thought about through the whole process of making my practical production. On this website, it has lots of links that has a lot of extra infromation on there which could be added and also websites which reference where they got the piece of information from. For example, it has a separate link to the World Intellectual Property Organisation which helps make the readwer understand what they need to know to understand the paragraph that is on there to explain a part of the copyright laws.

The website is split into different pieces. These pieces are What can be considered copyright material?, What is theft?, How do you know if your website content is being used without your permission?, What are the downfalls of having your content on too many sites?, What should you do when you find out when your content has been the victim of copyright infringement? and How can you prevent copyright infringement?. All of these headings are useful to everyone and not just the small demographic of people who know all the laws and copyright laws because it explains everything in a much easier way.

What can be considered copyright material?

"Copyright is a legal term describing rights given to creators for their literary and artistic works." this is a definition from the website about the world intellectual property organisation (reference - http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en) There are also some other links on the paragraph which show what copyright is and what can be classified as copyright. (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=sbinfocanada&cdn=money&tm=157&gps=403_399_1436_694&f=00&su=p284.12.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-42/ and http://www.copyright.gov/) This will help me very much as the music I need to use in my teaser trailer must be copyright safe and therefore these websites will help me find out what is copyright and what isn't.

What is theft?

defintion of theft - "Noun: 1 a : the act of stealing; specifically: the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it; b: an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property." (reference - http://www.m-w.com/)
definition of infringement - "Noun: 1: the act of infringing: VIOLATION; 2: an encroachment or trespass on a right or privilege." (reference - http://www.m-w.com/)
This will help me very much as it will help me distinguish between what is theft and what is copyright. This will mean that whatever music I use in my teaser trailer is more safe and secure.

How do you know if your website content is being used without your permission?

This can only be known by word of mouth. So through friends who might go onto the website and then go onto another webiste and find the same thing. However, you could also search this into google by using quotation marks but the search that you are doing mustn't be too long. This will help broaden the search and therefore could be found easier to find the content.

What are the downfalls of having your content on too many sites?

Your reputation could be damaged as the person who sees the content on another website doesn't know that the content originated from your website. Also, Google search engine might view the content as spam and therefore not put it into the search.

What should you do when you find out when your content has been the victim of copyright infringement?

http://www.archive.org This website will show you who the founder of the website was on the website that you went on therefore making it easy to prove who produced the website. When someone finds out that they have used your webiste in a bad way, they will write an email apologising and explaining what they wanted to use the website for.

How can you prevent copyright infringement?

Unfortunately, there isn't really a way of preventing the copyright from happening but the laws should stop people from dping it because they are very costly to the persons reputaion and the fact that it is quite an expensive thing to recover from financially therefore persuading people not to do it.