Filming Update 1

Camera & Film Workshop

To help with research, our media class went to a camera & Film Workshop. We learnt new information and ideas from someone called Robert Foster who had helped with filming on The Bill and Hollyoaks. The workshop included him explaining his own experiences and giving the group helpful hints on camera work and lighting. He had brought along his own camera which was a high range one which although I will not be using such a advanced camera to film my trailer, the techniques that he showed us were very useful and can help me to produce my horror trailer. We learnt about different ways that lighting can help you to produce the right scene you want such as adding a sheet over the light to make it more balanced and change the perception of what time it is when you're filming. He also told us about positioning for the lighting and how changing it can change how you view the character. With this, he also told us about different techniques with the camera we could use such as positioning it in different ways to show a character being a victim (by filming upwards to the character) or making them a villain (by filming downwards to the character). Over all the work shop was beneficial and helped me for getting prepared for filming. Robert Foster also talked to us about continuety and how this is important to keep a film looking consistent. With my trailer I will need to make sure if I have a scene which I am shooting on different days, I make sure I keep things consistent and looking the same in order for it to not impact my trailer.

Risk Assessment Viewed & Checked

To make sure my risk assessment was ok and everything had been thought about and precautions made, my teacher viewed my risk assessment and gave me feedback. One aspect of my risk assessment which needed to be re thought was the timing. A lot of my shooting time was later in the evening and will probably already be dark therefore I would not be able to film anything as it would be dark. From this I have now changed the timing and moved everything earlier so it's in the evening time therefore it will not be as light but also will not be as dark. Another issue was the fact about filming later at night and being in a location like a woods therefore again, I have made sure all my timings have been moved forward so they're evening time not night time.

Risk Assessment

Scheduling Script

25 Word Pitch

Above is my 25 word pitch which I have created as a YouTube Video to convey my ideas. I have done this in order for the viewers to see what my trailer will include/ a generally idea of what to expect.

Once I had produced my pitch, I then had to show it to my peers to get feedback from and how I can improve. One of the points which I did was show the narrative of the trailer, you found out from the pitch, what the initial ideas and what was going to happen in the trailer from the edited parts of the film. My pitch also showed the genre I was doing, all my peers knew what the genre was by the clips and narrative used within the clip. One part which I wasn't very clear on and need to delve into more is the target audience for my trailer. Within this pitch I have made, there is no clear target audience and this is a very important part into my film. I have already done research into the age restrictions for films and from this, it helped me to choose a age restriction for my trailer which impacts the target audience. My target audience is for older teenagers aged 15+ and also young adults. I have targeted this audience as older teenagers will be able to watch the film by the age restriction and both teens and young adults merely like films which create adrenaline and scare therefore my trailer/film will appeal to them and they will want to watch it, making my trailer a success.

Experimenting with Fonts

I have decided on a name for my trailer which is called 'Hooked'. From this I needed to make sure I included an appropriate font which fit the theme of my trailer. I asked for feedback from my peers about the fonts and asked them to chose their favourite one which would suit my trailer best. 

The first font used is called 'Blood Lust'. The feedback I got from this one is that it is a good font to use for a more violent trailer whereas mine is not like this therefore this font may give the wrong impression  and probably isn't the best suited to my trailer although does fit into the right genre I'm doing. Another person also said that the font looked cartoon like which is not a good impression to give therefore because of this feedback I have decided that the first font will not be used for my trailer.

The second font which I tried was called 'DK Face Your Fears'. I decided to use this one as I feel it fits the theme of my trailer and from just this writing you would be able to tell that the genre of my trailer was a horror. The feedback I got from this font was that it would be good to use as it fits my trailer and the font is different but you are still able to read it. From this feedback I decided to chose this font as the font I would use for my trailer.

The third font I tried was called 'Oh No'. The feedback I got from this was that it was also a good font to use however you can't really tell the difference between this font and the font before therefore the other font is still stronger than this one. As a result of this my decision on what font to choose ended up being the second font I tried out, which is similar to this font.

The last font I tried was called 'Crimes Times Six'. The feedback I got from this was that it was a strong font to use however would be better to include on your poster/magazine rather than the trailer as it would have more impact on a document like that rather than a trailer. From all the feedback I got, it was clear that the feedback I got back says the second font was the best and strongest one and from this I have decided to use this font as I feel it makes my title stand out and looks bold as well as fitting in with the genre I am doing.

Film Title Ideas

-Hooked
-The Forgotten
-Cold Shadow
-666
-The Dark
-Who's there?
-Escape

I started to brain storm some potential film names for my trailer. I want the name to link with the trailer and the specific genre i'm doing and also want it to be  catchy title to gain the interest of my target market and just from the name want people to want to know more about the film or even watch it.

Shooting Script