"Wanted" was a very successful film in 2008 included many star actors and actresses. It became successful as it managed to attract a variety of audiences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMlNKozweg
When looking at the film trailer, you can see why the producers of the film have managed to attract its many audiences. They have mandged to get two very famous woman and male actors:- Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman. These choice of actors already attract both the male and female audiences as they are both very well known actors. Males find Angelina Jolie attractive so they will want to whatch her whilest females know that Morgan is a ledgend of an actor, so they know he will good in the film. It catches the younger audiences because alot of young people, males in perticular like to whatch action or thriller films. This variety of audiences was how the film became such a success and we should adapt our film trailer to which audiences we want to target.
Friday, 15 January 2010
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Editing
Due to the recent weather, We have had limited opportunities to begin editing. We completed the majority of the filming during the December holidays and we hoped to get the editing for this footage started as soon as we got back from our holidays, however we have been unable to start any major editing.
Hopefully when the weather stops and we gain full access to the editing software at school we should be able to finish editing.
Hopefully when the weather stops and we gain full access to the editing software at school we should be able to finish editing.
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Media Presentation
This is the media presentation we put together to show to the class and explain what we were doing for our trailer and how we are researching possible ideas.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
RESEARCH AND PLANNING; Title
Initially the name of our film was going to attempt to specify the genre of film that we were aiming for, with words like assassin, femme-fatale and seduction being thrown around, After researching and brainstorming we came to the conclusion that any names we tried were either already used in other films or sounded cheesy and like a parody film, these included ; " Kiss Goodbye", "Man Eater", "Temptress" or " Nail Polish Off".
After going through films that have a similar genre to us we discovered several films with just one word being either a description of the film or the main characters name, like "Leon", "Psycho","Heat" and "Crash".
We concluded that to add an air of mystery to the film we would just have the name of a character we already knew we wanted a female lead so it needed to be a woman's name, this also helped us as this would attract male and female viewers, One of the first names to spring to mind was "Lola" as it was an easy name to remember and unusual enough for people to recognise, also as far as we are aware no other film is called this, Finally the name is also impossible to mispronounce so it should be a successful title and manage to entice an audience.
After going through films that have a similar genre to us we discovered several films with just one word being either a description of the film or the main characters name, like "Leon", "Psycho","Heat" and "Crash".
We concluded that to add an air of mystery to the film we would just have the name of a character we already knew we wanted a female lead so it needed to be a woman's name, this also helped us as this would attract male and female viewers, One of the first names to spring to mind was "Lola" as it was an easy name to remember and unusual enough for people to recognise, also as far as we are aware no other film is called this, Finally the name is also impossible to mispronounce so it should be a successful title and manage to entice an audience.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Taglines
At the end of our trailer we plan to have some cuts to relevant taglines on the screen that will give a twist away to keep the audience on the toes. This twist involves 'Lola',the main character, becoming the vulnerable one who is in trouble. Here is one of the ideas we have come up with...
Shot of walking down alley
'This summer'
Return to walking shot
'What goes around'
Return to walking shot
'Always come back around'
Cut to shot from behind her, with her reacting to a noise and spinning around with a scared look on her face (slow motion?)
'LOLA'
The last cut will have the words 'LOLA' with the font and layout we have discussed previously on the blog. This will finally give away the film title and hopefully the way it is laid out will stick in the audiences mind.
Problems Faced Whilst Filming
Lighting
We had numerous ideas related to how we could portray certain moods within our film, one of which was lighting. When watching big films its easy to forget the technology and effort that goes into creating the right ambience and its frustrating when you have a picture of what effect you want but cant quite duplicate it. The scenes which we filmed in daylight didnt werent negatively affected, however there were some shots that proved problematic. As mentioned previously in the blog, we were put under pressure by the dusk/night time work we wanted to include; we didnt have the technology to immitate a particular time of day so we had a short slot of time to film between the points of it either being too bright or dark, which meant reduced room for error and a risk of continuity issues. Another particulary difficult scene we encountered was the shot of 'Lolas Boss' on the phone to her. As a group we had a shared image of how we wanted the outcome, a darkened setting with limited light on the character in order for him to perceived as mysterious and possibly sinister (something simlair pictured below) . We attempted to get a shot that displayed the illuminated outlines of the features that were relevant to the mise en scene (the character, phone, glass of brandy) however, once again their was a fine line between being so dark that it was unrecognisable or so light that it compromised the conviction of the mood. We tried different light compositions and settled for a distinguishable-yet-dark scene where the mans back is to the character so as not to eliminate the idea of enigma.
We had numerous ideas related to how we could portray certain moods within our film, one of which was lighting. When watching big films its easy to forget the technology and effort that goes into creating the right ambience and its frustrating when you have a picture of what effect you want but cant quite duplicate it. The scenes which we filmed in daylight didnt werent negatively affected, however there were some shots that proved problematic. As mentioned previously in the blog, we were put under pressure by the dusk/night time work we wanted to include; we didnt have the technology to immitate a particular time of day so we had a short slot of time to film between the points of it either being too bright or dark, which meant reduced room for error and a risk of continuity issues. Another particulary difficult scene we encountered was the shot of 'Lolas Boss' on the phone to her. As a group we had a shared image of how we wanted the outcome, a darkened setting with limited light on the character in order for him to perceived as mysterious and possibly sinister (something simlair pictured below) . We attempted to get a shot that displayed the illuminated outlines of the features that were relevant to the mise en scene (the character, phone, glass of brandy) however, once again their was a fine line between being so dark that it was unrecognisable or so light that it compromised the conviction of the mood. We tried different light compositions and settled for a distinguishable-yet-dark scene where the mans back is to the character so as not to eliminate the idea of enigma.
Location
One of our observations from our extensive research of the action genre was that many are filmed in cosmopolitan areas; shots of city skylines, main road car chases, skyscrapers, city bars and busy streets are ubiquitous. We took this into consideration when selecting filming location but unfortunately we were unable arrange filming in this setting, the reason for this was availability, timescale and inconvenience, as well as ultimately it not being a good idea to be waving a mock gun around in central London which of course was a key prop for our trailer. There also would also be the chance of disruption from passers by and a limited timescale due to personal schedules and it not being local for our group. We were conscious of varying our scenarios and managed to get some effective footage regardless, and in hindsight I think filming anywhere else will have incurred problems that outweighed the benefits.
Weather
The weather on our main day of filming was extremely cold and icey, on one hand it contributed to mise en scene; the bleakness of the atmosphere was reflective of Lola's victims helplessness in a scene where she is chasing him. On the other hand it was dangerous for our actors who also had to be conscious of being cautious on the ice. Luckily I dont believe it affected things too much and no one was seriously hurt. The only other problem endured pertaining to the weather was ensuring that filming equipment wasnt damaged by rain or snow, once again this was fortunately overcome and all equipment was unscathed.
One of our observations from our extensive research of the action genre was that many are filmed in cosmopolitan areas; shots of city skylines, main road car chases, skyscrapers, city bars and busy streets are ubiquitous. We took this into consideration when selecting filming location but unfortunately we were unable arrange filming in this setting, the reason for this was availability, timescale and inconvenience, as well as ultimately it not being a good idea to be waving a mock gun around in central London which of course was a key prop for our trailer. There also would also be the chance of disruption from passers by and a limited timescale due to personal schedules and it not being local for our group. We were conscious of varying our scenarios and managed to get some effective footage regardless, and in hindsight I think filming anywhere else will have incurred problems that outweighed the benefits.
Weather
The weather on our main day of filming was extremely cold and icey, on one hand it contributed to mise en scene; the bleakness of the atmosphere was reflective of Lola's victims helplessness in a scene where she is chasing him. On the other hand it was dangerous for our actors who also had to be conscious of being cautious on the ice. Luckily I dont believe it affected things too much and no one was seriously hurt. The only other problem endured pertaining to the weather was ensuring that filming equipment wasnt damaged by rain or snow, once again this was fortunately overcome and all equipment was unscathed.
Friday, 1 January 2010
More Setting Photos
Below are some more pictures we have been taking of the setting as we have been going along...
Above is a picture of one of the settings we chose for hints of the storyline to take place, this one has a woodland, foresty backdrop, which will show 'Lola' after one of her victims.
Above is one of the obstacles we are going to have for the victim, we are involving obstacles so that the victim is slowed down and we can use a bigger variety of camera shots to stress the characters panic and increase tension.
The pictures above and below show the icy/snowy sections of our trailer, this is where we will show our victim struggling to get away from 'Lola' on the ice, the ice will ad the extra effect.
Below is one of the settings for one of the montage shots we may use in our trailer, we chose another realistic setting so that the audience may be more familiar with what they are watching
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)