opinions of final draft "prank" trailer

we had a showing of every ones media products that we have produced in our groups where we was able to give and receive feedback on either the trailers or music videos that our class have produced.

These are the comments that we received:

STRENGTHS:

• The shot of the wellies was really good, the ending really works well
• the handheld camera work is really good, exciting and adds suspense.
• the voice over for the heavy breathing adds tension and suspense
• all the quick, snappy cuts add drama
• the story line is really good. the false scare in-particular as you think its all over, when its not.
• full of conventions for a teen horror movie
• the bit behind the bushes where the killer edges out is really professional
• all the colour fades in the dramatic bits shows the tone change of the film
• love the end- its like the killer is coming out at you, the lighting, edit, and sound effects all work really well here to leave the trailer on suspense
• like the variety of the jolty camera shots, and the low angles-really shows the variety.

WEAKNESSES:

• Might go into the running scenes of the film a bit quickly, wasn't sure what was happening
• different fonts could of improved it
• an epic voice over would of been good.

after considering the weaknesses of the film we decided the following:

- we liked the first shot of the girl running, and how it makes you wonder what is happening, adds to the scariness

- the audience are already informed by the text shot of the tag line and reviews etc, so it is not necessary for an epic voice over.

we was really happy to achieve so many positive comments in comparason to the negative comments, which we took on board, yet decided the changes wasn't necessary for the trailer to be effective.

"prank" trailer number 3

after editing some of the lighting in the scene, we produced this:

We edited some of the "whats to come" shots to make them look more terrifying. we edited them by changing the contrast, balance and brightness of the shots to make them appear more interesting.

The people that we showed this to in our class agreed that it helps to make the trailer that bit more scary and it also adds suspense to make them question what is going on, and what is going to happen.

As a group we are very happy with the changes that we have made and also the progress from the first draft to this one. we now believe it is now more like a interesting horror trailer.

second draft of the "prank" trailer

After taking the comments into account, we edited for a further two hours to produce this:

We showed it to the class again who were much more impressed. the feedback that we received was mainly positive, one suggestion that we received was to add a epic voice over so we will take that into consideration.

the class said that splitting all the scenes up and not having it in the order the film would be in, makes the trailer a whole lot more exciting, and more likely to influence the audience to go and watch the film. they said that not seeing the murderer adds a lot more suspense that the first draft was lacking, now the audience is wondering "what is happening" making it more terrifying which is what we are aiming for. our media teachers agreed with the class that it was much improved and a whole lot more exciting.

As a group we felt something was still lacking in our trailer, we decided to edit some of the lighting in the scenes.

First draft of the trailer:

after producing this trailer, we showed it to the rest of our class, they informed up that although it was really good, some of the shots were perhaps a bit long winded and not as exciting as they can be. we then showed it to our media teacher Ms Taylor who told us that it was more like a mini-film instead of a trailer, and again not as exciting as it could be. our other media teacher Mrs Braidy said she loved all the hand-held shots that we have used and would like to see more of them.

The class commented on how sound has been used really effectively in the trailer, the shot lengths just need to be shorter, snappier and more exciting as it is supposed to be a horror trailer not a mini film.

one other thing that they mentioned, was we was not leaving much to the imagination, like we showed who the killer was, and some of the ways that the people died. this does not leave enough suspense for the audience to want to go and view the film as they already know what happens. they suggested not showing the killings, or the killer for most of the trailer, just have the dramatic scene with him coming towards the camera at the end of the trailer- this will leave it more mysterious to what happens to the teenagers in the woods.

Taking all of the comments into account we spend a further two hours making changes to our trailer.

editing Log

once we had finished filming we began almost immediately creating our trailer in order to get it all done in time fore our deadline. this is our editing log:

Monday 8Th- put the first sequence of the film together. we done the woods, the car pulling up, the lions gate presents all the way up to the shots of them walking through the woods. we was very happy with the progress that we had made that lesson. we also managed to edit the lighting on the beginning scenes as well as in the sound effects for that period of the trailer.

Wednesday 10Th- we finished all the chase sequences and the rest of the trailer in this 2 hour period. we played around with different shot lengthto see what was most effective for our horror trailer.

Friday 12Th- we met up outside of lesson time to complete the sound effects for our trailer. we worked on all the background music as well as the "booms" that we wanted as some of the text shots come up.

Monday 15Th- added in a voice over for the heavy breathing when its a shot behind the killer. we also took in some advice from our teacher to edit this scene so that it jumps between the group and seeing it from behind the killer, to make the trailer a bit more interesting. we then added in a bang just before the "what was that". we then completed our trailer and got opinions off our first draft.

Developments of poster designs, opinions and final design

i based my poster on design idea 2. from this i have edited it making it more scary and to fit the genre more as well as keeping the image conveying the genre of the film. this was my first draft:

to improve this i took peoples opinions:

• add in a age rating so we know how old you have to be to see it


• change the font of the "prank" to something more scarier


• make the "prank" more bold and bigger so it really jumps out and grabs attention.


• have the credits italic so they look more like a real film posters as well as making them smaller


• add in a review from a daily source that everyone knows

taking all of that into account i produced my final draft which is :

Poster Designs

i have produced 3 poster designs which ideas have been based around the reaserch i carried out into existing posters for horror films. i will take the photos needed for these when it comes to shooting the film. below are the designs:

i believe that poster idea 2 is the best one, i can make the image scary by having the killer coming out of the trees for the image, and a dark woody background showing the creepy setting. poster design two is what i am going to base my poster on.