Props:
In my storyboard I haven't really specified that I need a lot of props in my trailer.
I need a phone for one scene which isn't going to be hard to find; it had to be a fairly simple one though, so viewers can easily see the message being shown.
I could also use something in the staircase scene - my lead could be holding something; a baseball bat for example; to protect himself with.
Clothing:
It is going to be dark and cold and this is a realistic video, so my actors will be dressed warmly in coats and scarves and jackets. I want my lead to look quite threatening so i want to play on the 'gangster' stereotype with hoddies and possible joggers.
The people in the street, the actors i use to star at my lead can wear bright colours if they have them, to make the scene look gaudy and more scary.
The bodies in the field, it doesn't matter at all what they are wearing.
Locations:
- Townsend Green for the 'chalk body outline' scene
- The Jones's house for the 'phone, stairs and door slamming' scenes
- Banbury High street for the 'busy street' scene
- The Poppy Field in Woodford for the 'body' scene
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Cast Choice
Here I have uploaded a few images of actors I could possibly use in my trailer. I'm going to evaluate them on their overall look, acting ability, availability and whether or not they fit the part i have created. From this, I will choose who I will have act in my Trailer.
Marvin
Well, I think out of everyone, this one has the best 'look' for my trailer. He has facial piercings, very little hair and looks quite intimidating. Even his clothes (which you can't really see in this photo) are the right style - hoddies and tracksuits. He doesn't however have any acting experience as far as I am aware and finds it hard to keep a straight face for things. The last issue is the most important though; availability. It would be difficult arranging filming times at the right locations and right times due to wear he lives. This, I think, means he can't be in my trailer.
Bradley
His appearance is the main issue for this candidate. He has quite long hair for a boy and quite a round innocent face. He doesn't have any piercings and he doesn't really look very intimidating at all. I think the acting would also be hard for Bradley as he would find it hard to be serious - this is just a guess, i wouldn't know untill I tried filming him. In terms of availability, it would be pretty easy i think to find time to film around our schedules as distance isn't an issue. I think, due to the way he looks, Bradley doesn't really fit into my lead role for the reasons I suggested, so I wont use him in my Trailer.
J.B
I think Jake has the right look for my trailer when he wants to; he can look intimidating when he changes his expression. He has no piercings but has quite a shot hair cut. I think the acting would be the main issue for Jake, as he is quite self-concious. He lives near-by to me so being able to actually film my footage would be pretty easy. I would consider asing jake to act in my trailer.
Jake
I think Jake could have the right look for my trailer if he tries. He doesn't look very inimidating when you first see him but like Jake, changes to his expression changes the way he looks dramatically. He doesn't have short hair or piercings, neither is he pretty stocky, but he has the attitude. I terms of acting, I think he is most likely to do better as he is very confident in himself and not self concious. And again he lives very close to me and is available most of the week so filming scedules wont be a problem. I think Jake is my most likely choice of actor.
David
Davids appearance would be the biggest issue for my choosing him i think. He has long hair, no piercings and doesn't look intimidating in the slightest. However, he would probably be the best actor out of the group. He has a lot of acting experience and isn't self concious in the slightest. Availability shouldn't be an issue either since he lives next door to me but he does work, so we would have to work around that.
After evaluating all of my options i found that Marvin had the best 'look' for my trailer, David has the better acting ability and Jake is most available. I've decided to use Jake as the lead actor in my Trailer because he has the best overall result in terms of the 'look', acting and availability. I think he will fit into the part of my lead well.
Marvin
Well, I think out of everyone, this one has the best 'look' for my trailer. He has facial piercings, very little hair and looks quite intimidating. Even his clothes (which you can't really see in this photo) are the right style - hoddies and tracksuits. He doesn't however have any acting experience as far as I am aware and finds it hard to keep a straight face for things. The last issue is the most important though; availability. It would be difficult arranging filming times at the right locations and right times due to wear he lives. This, I think, means he can't be in my trailer.
Bradley
His appearance is the main issue for this candidate. He has quite long hair for a boy and quite a round innocent face. He doesn't have any piercings and he doesn't really look very intimidating at all. I think the acting would also be hard for Bradley as he would find it hard to be serious - this is just a guess, i wouldn't know untill I tried filming him. In terms of availability, it would be pretty easy i think to find time to film around our schedules as distance isn't an issue. I think, due to the way he looks, Bradley doesn't really fit into my lead role for the reasons I suggested, so I wont use him in my Trailer.
J.B
I think Jake has the right look for my trailer when he wants to; he can look intimidating when he changes his expression. He has no piercings but has quite a shot hair cut. I think the acting would be the main issue for Jake, as he is quite self-concious. He lives near-by to me so being able to actually film my footage would be pretty easy. I would consider asing jake to act in my trailer.
Jake
I think Jake could have the right look for my trailer if he tries. He doesn't look very inimidating when you first see him but like Jake, changes to his expression changes the way he looks dramatically. He doesn't have short hair or piercings, neither is he pretty stocky, but he has the attitude. I terms of acting, I think he is most likely to do better as he is very confident in himself and not self concious. And again he lives very close to me and is available most of the week so filming scedules wont be a problem. I think Jake is my most likely choice of actor.
David
Davids appearance would be the biggest issue for my choosing him i think. He has long hair, no piercings and doesn't look intimidating in the slightest. However, he would probably be the best actor out of the group. He has a lot of acting experience and isn't self concious in the slightest. Availability shouldn't be an issue either since he lives next door to me but he does work, so we would have to work around that.
After evaluating all of my options i found that Marvin had the best 'look' for my trailer, David has the better acting ability and Jake is most available. I've decided to use Jake as the lead actor in my Trailer because he has the best overall result in terms of the 'look', acting and availability. I think he will fit into the part of my lead well.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Market Research - Interviews
Using a flip camera I went and asked 5 people from my target audience some questions relating to everything I'm working on. I asked them all the same questions and here are the results:
DOM
GILL
GEORGIA
MAC
JONNY
All of the people I spoke to range from an age range of 16 - 18. I think I should probably have spoken to people slightly older as even though these people fit into the target audience age range, they represent only that small age group and not necessarily people in their twenties. I also think I should have started off the interviews asking whether or not they like Psychological thrillers as otherwise I don't think it really helped me, for example, Adam. The popular choice for least favourite genre is 'Rom-Com' which is interesting, but i think it was mostly because of the people (boys in particular) that i asked.. obviously Rom-coms don't really target teenage boys. The most important result for me from these interviews was that when I described to them briefly what my plot was about they all said they would be interested in seeing it; whether or not they said they liked my genre of film or not. Jonny even said 'Yes, because it's just like Donny Darko' which could be taken both ways. Firstly that the idea isn't original and has been done bigger and better than before; Or that the idea is as good a standard as this successful popular film. I'm more inclined to think he meant the conventions of the film, the twist at the end that i mentioned which is a popular feature in Psychological Thrillers. When I asked about the age of actors - whether it would help viewers relate to a film, most of my interviewee's said either no or that it doesn't really bother them. This interested me, as I would have said yes; I think i relate to a film much more if the actors are my age because it makes me feel more involved in a film. When I asked them what a good trailer would include the answers were quite useful. Based on their opinions I should make my trailer action packed and exciting; play popular music and leave the viewers guessing what will happen. Nobody told me that Psychological Thrillers were their favourite genre of film but, most of them said they liked those sort of films and the ones that they stated were their favourites are ones that I have looked at and aspire to.
The results from these interviews were quite helpful to me as a bit of market research and I'm glad I did them. It's given me more of an idea what people want from trailers.
DOM
GILL
GEORGIA
MAC
JONNY
All of the people I spoke to range from an age range of 16 - 18. I think I should probably have spoken to people slightly older as even though these people fit into the target audience age range, they represent only that small age group and not necessarily people in their twenties. I also think I should have started off the interviews asking whether or not they like Psychological thrillers as otherwise I don't think it really helped me, for example, Adam. The popular choice for least favourite genre is 'Rom-Com' which is interesting, but i think it was mostly because of the people (boys in particular) that i asked.. obviously Rom-coms don't really target teenage boys. The most important result for me from these interviews was that when I described to them briefly what my plot was about they all said they would be interested in seeing it; whether or not they said they liked my genre of film or not. Jonny even said 'Yes, because it's just like Donny Darko' which could be taken both ways. Firstly that the idea isn't original and has been done bigger and better than before; Or that the idea is as good a standard as this successful popular film. I'm more inclined to think he meant the conventions of the film, the twist at the end that i mentioned which is a popular feature in Psychological Thrillers. When I asked about the age of actors - whether it would help viewers relate to a film, most of my interviewee's said either no or that it doesn't really bother them. This interested me, as I would have said yes; I think i relate to a film much more if the actors are my age because it makes me feel more involved in a film. When I asked them what a good trailer would include the answers were quite useful. Based on their opinions I should make my trailer action packed and exciting; play popular music and leave the viewers guessing what will happen. Nobody told me that Psychological Thrillers were their favourite genre of film but, most of them said they liked those sort of films and the ones that they stated were their favourites are ones that I have looked at and aspire to.
The results from these interviews were quite helpful to me as a bit of market research and I'm glad I did them. It's given me more of an idea what people want from trailers.
Friday, 1 October 2010
Storyboard
Here is my first storyboard. It is pretty rough, the pictures are not detailed but i have my shots sorted and ordered as well as having a good idea on my locations.
I need to work out what text I want on the screen and how i want it to be shown.
I need to find a lead character that can act fairly well and fits my characters look (stereotypically male)
Here is my storyboard scanned in:
I need to work out what text I want on the screen and how i want it to be shown.
I need to find a lead character that can act fairly well and fits my characters look (stereotypically male)
Here is my storyboard scanned in:
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