Finish Products

In this last post I have included my Final Poster and Magzine and my Teaser Trailer:


Magzine Front Cover:

Poster:

Teaser Trailer:

Evaluation Question 1 : Poster

 The question I am looking at here is- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge terms and conventions of real media products?

I did specific research and planning into the basic conventions of posters, magazine covers and teaser trailers.
Alongside analysis of  teaser trailers, I looked at a number of posters from different genres and made a list of the design and layout features that were typical of the conventions regardless of genre. For example the posters for  "Were The Millers" (Comedy), "One Direction This Is Us" (auto-biography) and "The Family" (gangster). They all included images or backgrounds that reflected that particular genre, production company logos, credits, tag lines, release dates and the title of the film which was always the most dominant and obvious text on the whole poster. I included each of these features in my poster to make it as realistic as possible.I have looked at a range of different posters from different genres to see if the basic conventions between them were similar. The posters I analysed were The Family,One direction This Is Us, Percy Jackson Sea Of Monsters, Were The Millers and Insidious 2.

All the posters I looked at had a dominant central image and were shown in different ways depending on the genre. For example the poster 'The family' portrays the characters in a completely different way to the poster 'Were the Millers'. This is because they are both for completely different genres so although they are both dominant central images the way the poster portrays the image is completely different depending on genre.

Almost all of the posters I analysed had a release date. The releases were often written in different ways . For example the poster 'The Family' release date said this fall. This shows us it is an american born film as the release date makes reference to american language.

Every single poster I looked at had a big bold title on it. All of the posters had the titles in different positions on the poster, different colours or even different fonts and sizes but the title was still the main feature on each poster. The different ways in which the titles were written was definitely  because of the different genres in each poster. For example the 'Were the Millers' poster had the title in fun, funky yellow font which showed it was of a comedy genre because the title looked fun and funky whereas the  'Insidious 2' poster had the title in big bold white and red font down the side of the  page which showed the audience that the genre was a horror/thriller.

Despite being small, despite being at the bottom and despite not being easy to see, almost every poster has the website stated. This allows audiences to gather even more information about the film, and the website itself usually gives us a better indication of genre.

All posters have have the companies that were involved in the making of the film viable on the poster. This is important as audiences have certain expectations from certain companies as well as this some companies specialise in particular genes.

All of the posters I looked at had many mutual conventions regardless of the genre they were from. This shows us that it doesn't matter about genre because two posters from completely different genres have the same conventions.

This is an example of one of the posters I analysed:

Once I had decided on my genre (Romantic Drama) I looked at posters from the same genre "The Vow" and "The Lucky One"

I then made a note of how genre was represented  in these posters, through iconography and props and other design features such as colour scheme, images and font. I found that the posters for the  "Romantic Drama" genre always had a image of the two main charterers in love on the on it. I found that they also always had the normal conventions I spoke about earlier. Production company logos, credits, taglines and title of the film but the main difference between the genres was the dominant image.

Evaluation Question 2 (Ancillary Texts)

How effective is the combination of your main product and the ancillary text?
I feel that I have used the following things to make sure that my poster, magazine and teaser trailer link together and feel part of one and other.
Colour Schemes

Fonts

Taglines
Similar Images
Production Company logos
Credits/Billing

Whilst doing my research and planning into each of these media texts I found that when they are all from the same film that they have a definite link and feel part of each other so I wanted to make sure that my three texts all felt like this too.
When choosing the colours that were going to be used on the background of the magazine and on the fonts of each of my media texts I made very sure that none of the colours I chose would clash with any pictures on another media text I was doing. For example I used a lot of pink,purple and blue on my magazine so I made sure that these colours wouldn't clash of look wrong with the image I had chosen for my poster. I feel like if I wouldn't have used the same colour scheme throughout you may not have felt such a link between each of my media texts.

I used the same taglines on my poster that I used in my teaser trailer so that when someone watched my teaser trailer or saw my poster and then either saw my poster or watched my teaser trailer they would be able to make a link between the two and remember seeing it advertised in many different ways.

The Images throughout all three of media texts all have the same people in. This is really important and effective because then again people that are looking at either of these three texts make a link between them as they recognize the actors. It would be pointless using a random actor/actress on my magazine front cover because then people may not make a link between them and they just wouldn't recognize that that magazine or poster is for that specific movie.

Of course throughout all three of my media texts the Credits/Billing and Production company logos always stay the same and would never change because that just wouldn't make sense as the same Companies are always producing this particular film for me.

Evaluation Question 1 : Teaser Trailer

When I was choosing my genre for my teaser trailer I made sure I did enough planning and research to make the right and appropriate choices. As mentioned in a later post I used YouTube to research into the different types of teaser trailers.

Before I even thought about genre I looked at a number of teaser trailers from different genres to get an idea of the conventions you would find in them regardless of genre. The main conventions that I found whilst watching a number of different teaser trailers were:
Voice Overs
Music
Sound Effects
Images/Shots from the Film
Title Of Film
Taglines
Billing/Credits

I then looked at five different teaser trailers from the genre I picked which was Romantic Drama. The five different teaser trailers I looked at were:

The Notebook
The Vow
Titanic
The Lucky One
Dear John

Whilst researching into these five different Romantic Drama trailers I found that the actual conventions of them and the trailers I had looked at from different genres were very similar. The thing that obviously changes  every time depending on the genre you are looking at is the type of voice you would hear, the type of music you would hear, the different sound effects, different images each time, a different title, very different taglines and of course different billing/credits. So I basically found that depending on genre just depended  on the tone of each of these conventions. This therefore meant that when looking at the teaser trailers of my genre I had to pick up on the tone of each of these things so that I didn't put scary horror music in my trailer or pick wrong sound effects or taglines etc!!

Evaluation Question 4 (Media Technologies)

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?


In this question my aim is to explain how I used and made the most of different media technologies in the construction of my media product and also in the research, planning and evaluation process. I will do this by defining the term media technologies and I will explain how I used them during the different stages.
The word 'media' simply defines as a means of communication, and the term 'technologies' generally refers to a physical object that has been engineered for a specific role. In reference to this, the technologies will include cameras, editing software and internet software.
In the Research and Planning stages I used the Internet to:
Research numerous trailers, magazine covers and posters in my genre and other different genres. I got alot of  my help  from YouTube and Google. YouTube was great because I could open up different teaser trailers and watch them and then pause one and then open another tab and watch another one. It was also really useful that I could find lots and lots of different teaser trailers in the same place!
Google was also very useful because I could search for images of different magazine front covers and different posters to look at the different conventions that you find on them.
The internet also allowed me to use Blogger, one of the most important parts of my media project. Blogger alowed me to record my research and planning stages. It allows you to embed pictures and videos easily and quickly. I used blogger like a diary, constantly updating it with ideas and progress.
I used a Panasonic HDC TM900 camera to film my shots.

I used three types of software in my research, planning and editing stage of the project.

Adobe Photoshop:
Is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. I found Photoshop a really important part of my research, planning and editing stages of my project. Photoshop allowed be to edit,crop and write things where ever I wanted using the text box. I also really liked Photoshop because you could drag things and drop them exactly where you wanted them to go and also you could open another file and crop that onto your work. For instance if you wanted to put your billing and credits onto your poster you could open the file and drag your billing and credits onto your poster rather then having to type it all out again. Another useful thing that I found in Photoshop was the colour picker tool. This meant that if I used a certain colour and wanted to use it again so that something matched up correctly I could pick the colour off the original text and then pick the colour to type the new text. In general I found Photoshop really useful and easy to use and access.

Avid Media Composer:
Media Composer frequently referred to as the AVID is a type of computer software application known as a non-linear editing system. It is a flagship product of Avid Technology. Avid allowed me to edit my shots and put them all together to produce my finished teaser trailer. Being able to edit my shots easily and efficiently helped me greatly as I could use parts of lots of different shots to make up my teaser trailer in the exact way I wanted it. Avid also allowed me to add extra sound effects of music to my trailer to make it more effective and it gave it the finishing touches on it that I wanted it to have.

Adobe Audition:
Is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive approach wave form editing view. Adobe allowed me to edit sound and songs to have the bits that I needed. For example if I wanted to use only the first 15 seconds of a song Adobe allowed me to crop that 15 seconds and use it, rather then having to use the whole song. Adobe was effective in this way because it meant that I could have different bits of different songs for different parts in my teaser trailer.

Evaluation Question 1 : Magazine

During my research into film magazines, I noticed that regardless of the type of magazine whether it was mainstream or more niche, there were certain design and layout features that were similar across all of them. These included cover lines, masthead. date, issue number, price, banners and bar codes.

One significant difference between a mainstream magazine and a independent magazine is that mainstream magazines tended to have a dominant central image of an A list actor or a recognizable character. Independent magazines tended to have a image of a director, a lesser known actor or some artwork.  

Each of the magazines I looked at promoted current film releases and it is clear that the covers of the film magazines pray a crucial role in the promotion of upcoming new movies. Research suggested that film production companies have little control over the design and layout of film magazines who have their own house style in terms of font and design. As a result the fonts and colour schemes of my magazine are slightly different to those used in my teaser trailer and poster. I used a picture of the main actor in my teaser trailer on the front of my magazine as it is a upcoming movie at the time that my magazine would be published.  This is effective because people then know straight away when looking at my magazine that, that specific actress is going to be filming in a new movie soon even if they don't know what film she is going to be in. I also included taglines relating to  other movies that were coming out . I found this a common thing that was done when researching into magazine front covers. I also found that the mentions of different movies that were coming out around the same time was a popular thing to include on the front of film magazines so I included the name of four movies that were also coming out in Summer like my movie. 

Evaluation Question 3 (Audience Feedback)

What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

I have learnt alot from the feedback that my audience have given me and it helped me decide on alot of things. The main help I got from my audience feedback was for my magazine and I distributed this questionnaire:

I distributed a questionnaire to people living in London over the age of 15, asking them what they would expect to find in a film magazine and the ways in which layout, design and content would persuade them to buy the magazine, here are the results:

1) What do you expect to find on the cover of a film magazine?

• Bar code
• Price
• Issue number
• Title
• Masthead
• Banners

2) What is it about the layout and design that encourages you to buy the magazine? 

• Colour scheme that stands out
• Dominant central image
• No clutter to confuse you
• Clear and easy to read cover lines

3) What content do you expect to find in a film magazine? 

• Reviews
• Features
• Interviews 
• Posters

I was struggling to find out what different things that you would find on a magazine front cover and I found that  the feedback that I got back from my audience really helped. I made sure I gave enough different choices of answers so that they didn't have to think to much and all they had to do was circle the sorts of things they would expect to see on the front of a film magazine cover. I found that was more efficient then just asking them to write down what they would expect to see as they might miss things out but if the different types of things you could see were written down people would circle the things they see!! 

Rather then filling out a questionnaire for choosing the name of my film I just decided to ask people what they think sounded more suitable as I found that doing it this way would then make it possible for me to have a proper chat with that specific person and find out there reasons why they didn't like it and what sort of thing they would prefer and think would be more effective for my genre and type of movie. I really like the name that I came up with which was Its just not the same.

For the name of my magazine I wrote down these different name shown below and again just asked people to have a quick peek over them and then they could tell me what they found the most catching as I wanted to make my magazine name most catchy and the most popular name was : RHYTHM. 

1) Picture This - I liked this name because I felt like it was catchy and would catch peoples attention and although not being too in your face you would remember a name like that.

2) Star- A mainstream magazine that focuses largely on Hollywood movies, and stars in particular and the articles and reviews will focus mainly on actors rather than any other crew.

3) The movie- I feel like this name will also catch attention as the use of the word movie rather then the use of the word film implies the coverage of mainstream cinema movies rather then British intendant movies.

4) Rhythm- Although my movie is not actually a musical I really like this name because its very unique and it can just mean that your magazine has something different and a 'beat' to it. I feel like its not a bland name and its extremely catching and fun.

5) Catch up- Another name which is different an unique which implies that in my magazine you will get all the latest from the film world and find out about everything you want to know.

6) Gossip- I feel that this name is really girly and fun but as I am doing a film where a wide range of my audience is going to be girls and woman I feel like this sort of name would suit my magazine and the type of information that is going to be in it as the Hollywood world is very gossipy and fun.

I found that audience feedback and asking around is really important and definitely re assured me that the names and conventions I was choosing were correct and sounded good to different people. 

Cover Lines

I did some research on cover lines so that when it came round to choosing cover lines for my magazine front cover I had a good idea of what sort of things to put on there. Whilst researching cover lines I found that cover lines could be names of films:

They could also be information on the magazine: 

It could also be names of actors :

By doing this I now feel more confident on how to approach my cover lines for my magazine.

Magazine Front Cover Research

I have decided to do some research into magazine front covers before I sketch my magazine because I needed to get an idea of the type of things that are on the front of the magazine. I have looked at some of the pictures and written down all the different things I could find on them.

 

Certificate of my film

I have chosen to give my film a 12 certificate.

 Although my film deals with a difficult subject of somebody having a terrible car crash and not remembering anything, it doesn't have any swearing or drugs etc that would need to make it a 15 certificate. I also feel that because there is a happy finish and things end up the way most would hope to see it also lowers the certificate. If there was any strong language in my film or violent scenes I would definitely consider making the certificate higher but I do not feel like there is anything in my film a 12 year old cannot handle.

Certifcate research

The BBF'C classify every single film that is released in the cinema or on DVD. All classification decisions are based on the BBFC’s published and regularly updated Guidelines. The Guidelines are the product of extensive public consultation, research and the accumulated experience of the BBFC over many years. They reflect current views on film, DVD and video game regulation.

In order to protect children from unsuitable and even harmful content in films and videos and to give consumers information they might need about a particular film or video before deciding whether or not to view it, the BBFC examines and age rates films and videos before they are released. This independent scrutiny prior to release ensures the highest possible level of protection and empowerment.

We watch films and videos all the way through and award an age rating and insight to each one. We reach an age rating by applying the standards and criteria contained in our Classification Guidelines which can be downloaded below.

Typically, two examiners view a film for theatrical release. In most cases a Senior Examiner will confirm the examiners’ recommendation. But if the Examiners are in any doubt or fail to agree, or if important policy issues are involved, the work may be seen by other members of the Board up to, and including, the Director and Presidential team. Occasionally we need to take specialist advice about the legal acceptability of film content or its potential for harm.

The same process exists for DVDs and Blu-rays though generally these are seen by one Examiner. However, opinions from other Examiners may be required for more difficult works.

We look at issues such as discrimination, drugs, horror, dangerous and easily imitable behaviour, language, nudity, sex, and violence when making decisions. The theme of the work is also an important consideration. We also consider context, the tone and likely impact of a work on the potential audience.

The release format of a work has an impact on classification. Our decisions on the age rating of DVDs and Blu-rays can occasionally be stricter than at the cinema because there is a higher risk of underage viewing in the home and a greater potential for watching scenes out of context.

There are five different classifications that a film or DVD can be given which are all shown below:

- The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.

- PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. Parents should consider whether the content may upset younger, or more sensitive, children.

- Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider whether the film is suitable for that child. To help them decide, we recommend that they check the BBFCinsight for that film in advance.

- No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a ‘15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.

- Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

- 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.

For full details of the legal restrictions for these works click on the BBFC Guidelines document below

Prop/Costume list

I have thought very carefully about the must useful and essential props and costumes for my trailer. Some of the things I was going to use I had to investigate and re think because they were either impossible to get hold of or too complicated too use. I have come up with the best things that I need and they are listed below.



Props

• Hospital socks
• Clear tube
• Suitcase
• Car
• Crutches
• Photos

Costumes 

All of the costumes that my characters will need to wear are just normal everyday clothes except Jordan who will need to wear A hospital gown and socks in many of the scenes. 

Shot list 2

1. Establishing shot of Departures  at Luton Airport  - 3 different places. (no people) 
2. Goodbyes inside of airport (avoid noises) 
3. Close up of each of them saying there lines
4. Medium close up of each of them saying there lines (insert speech)
5. 2 Shot as above, then they hug
6.  cut to CU half way through of them hugging 
7. Nadine walking off turning round and waving to Jordan MS
8. Cut too Jordan waving back (sad) MS
9. - SOUND EFFETS AND CRASH
10. slow pan of him bed asleep (sleeping looking up) dramatic
11. Bird eye view shot looking down at Jordan (20 seconds)
12. CU/MCU from the side Jordan in bed
13. MS/CU of nadine on the phone finding out about jordan and reacting to bad news (tv room by windows) then she reacts emotional
14. - OSS - Nadine arriving at his bedroom (him looking unwell on the chair)
15. - CU - View of Nadine when she properly realises the state he is in (her face)
16. - 2S and CU doctor and CU nadine (side ways on) - Nadine talking to the doctor
17. Over the shoulder (hug shot) of Nadine and Mum to comfort her. (emotional) 
18. - POV - At her house sorting through old memories of them together (sad) different day  
19. MS Jordan being helped on crutches (camera stays still)
20. MS Jordan being helped on crutches (camera moves backwards as they approach) 
21. MS and MCU  Jordan being helped on crutches ( focus on hand holding crutch) opposite to Nadine 
22. Nadine sat with friend on park bench opening up to her 2S and CU of each person

• MONTAGE - 
• 5 shots of them embracing each other in some way 
• tracking shot of Nadine walking acting moody
• few months on - Nadine outside door and people inside telling each other she needs to give up and look for someone else
• Jordan and nadine before accident
• nadine pushing jordan away crying x3
• holding hands walking along- have them standing there
• Nadine crying
  Nadine with her mum comforting her 
• Shot of something dropping
• Nadine having nervous breakdown- have tripod low- low angle shot
• Jordan and dad talking- i don't think i could ever be the person i used to be etc - dad- you gotta believe in yourself- cut from one to another medium shot and medium close up 

after the pan of the car as an alternative do separate shots of what the pan shot is made up of , series of still shots ending with a close up of jordan on the ground eyes closed. 

Shot List

1.  - MS - Nadine and Jordan good bye together at airport
2. - LS - Car crash from behind of the car
3. - MCU - Jordan in critical state by the side of the car
4. - OSS - Nadine arriving at his bedroom (him looking unwell on the chair)
5. - CU - View of Nadine when she properly realises the state he is in (her face)
6. - MS (side ways on) - Nadine talking to the doctor
7. - MCU - Nadine back in the room with Jordan (sat next too him) 
8. - POV - At her house sorting through old memories of them together (sad) 
9. - MCU (from above) - Nadine back with Jordan showing him
10. - ELS - Ends with them walking away holding hands

Nadine crying
Jordan on crutches being helped
Shot of him with friends
Nadine with her mum comforting her
His friend mate 'you've got a whole life there and you cant even remember'

List of actors

I have made up the actors and actresses used in my marketing campaign as if I would have used known a list stars or real actors. I have chosen my actors carefully,  not just picking random people, so that the plot makes sense with who is playing the part. I feel that this is really important because otherwise it could get confusing. I also had to make sure I chose people that were free to film whenever I needed them so that I have no problems on the day of filming. 

Nadine Levy is aged 22 and  born in North London. Nadine began her acting career playing parts in small independent films making it all the way up to big Hollywood ones. Nadine has stared in  a variety of genres but her most popular genre is Romantic Drama which is why I think she will be entirely suitable for my film. She has stared in many big hit Romantic genres including Love at first sight and Not again.

This is a picture of Nadine Levy

Here I have included another picture of Nadine in one of her big hit movies The Bachelor. 

Kane  Pitt is aged 26 also born in London began his acting career in many Disney television channels from the young age of 6 years old. Some of these included The Prince and the Frog, The lucky soldier and Turn around. He began working in films when his Disney career ended at the young age of 14. Since then Kane has stared in many big Hollywood films and has played many main roles. 

Here I have included another recent picture of Kane when he was on the front cover of a very well known film magazine EPIC.

LIst of locations

I have thought up and visited many locations that could be suitable for shooting my trailer. The reason it is important to be certain of a location is that you have to have a backdrop that is right for your genre of trailer or else it wouldn't make sense.

• The first main location where most of my trailer is going to be filmed is my house, I chose this because a house is where the ill boy is going to be spending most of his time and I can set up lots of different things in my own house. I could have chosen someone else's house but to me it seemed pointless. 
• The next place that I decided to film is Nadine's house, we will only be using this house once or twice in my trailer but I again decided to use her house because she is in my trailer and it is convenient and easy to access, I thought its better to make things simple and effective than rather than making things over complicated. 
• My trailer is mainly going to be in Jordan's house because he is unwell so has to be there most of the time but a location that I have thought about shooting as is the airport because Nadine says goodbye to Jordan there before he has the accident. I thought that this would be really effective because you always see people saying their goodbyes at the airport. I am going to look further into it and investigate times and dates I can go to a near bye airport. 
• I have also chosen to shoot the goodbye scene at the beginning of the trailer at Luton Airport. I feel that this would be really effective because whenever I go to an airport I always see people saying their emotional  good-byes at the front of the airport, and it definitely makes me emotional so I feel like it will make the audience watching the trailer emotional too. 

Analysis of trailers 5

The last trailer I looked at was Dear John:

• As I have seen in all of my trailers, right from the very beginning there is music that associates with what the trailer is about. The music also really helps put the audience in the right mood. For example if there was loud fast music with a deep beat in a romantic film then the audience are not going to exactly be in the right type of mood as the music may hype them up a little bit. 
• There is also reference to author, this is good because if the viewers like another film that author has written, then they will be more likely to watch this film.
• There is a voice over from one of the main parts in several parts of the trailer, having the voice over from the actual character speaking is much better then a random person because the audience will recognize her voice in the actual film. 
• There are many jump shots from different scenes to scene, but while that is happening we can hear the two actors having a conversation. This again helps us feel involved in the situation and even more sorry for what is happening. 

Analysis of trailers 4

The forth trailer I looked at was The lucky one

• In this trailer even from the beginning the music has a light but sad  tone and it immediately puts you on the edge of your seat for what happens. The reason it is important to have music that makes you think of what your trailer is about is that people may not know what type of movie it is and when they turn the trailer on and hear the music you want them to know straight away what its all about.
• There are flashbacks to the past in this trailer because they need to show the audience what exactly happened for them to understand the rest. 
• At the very beginning of the trailer there is someone explaining what happened, the person speaking is the person who it happened too, this helps us too feel more connected and emphasize with the character more. 
• There is eye candy from the beginning of the trailer. One example of this is the bright orange fire going off. There is more eye candy with views of the place that Logan is going too.
• There is reference to other films, if the viewers have enjoyed other films that the director has produced before then they are more likely to watch this one, that's why it is important to include reference to other films and directors. 
• There is also reference to the actors in the films, this again helps because if the audience likes that particular actor and enjoys watching them act , again they are more likely to watch the film.

Analysis of trailers 3

The third trailer I looked at was Titanic

• Again right from the beginning of this trailer the music used helps you to gauge what type of film it is going to be. Although the music in this trailer is a little more touching and intense, the images and clips help to back it up. Near the middle of the trailer we hear the titanic theme which everyone knows that it means titanic when they hear it. Of course it is very important to have this in a titanic trailer and they used it at a good moment when the two in love were having a moment. 
• The taglines right from the beginning catch the audiences attention 'The worlds most beloved and acclaimed film' this helps draw us in and also prepares for what is coming up. Also because this trailer is a re run of a film the taglines like 'Returns to theaters' immediately alert you of this. Also in between the tragic events that happened on that ship there are taglines like 'take the journey' 'fall in love' and 'experience titanic', these taglines again draw the audience in and involve them which helps to encourage people to see the film and want to experience titanic.
• The eye candy is this trailer to some people may be the two main parts and they are good looking but that may not be the case with everyone because everyone has a different tastes, but if someone thinks someone is nice to look at it  may encourage them to go and see the film even more. 

Analysis of trailers 2

The second trailer I looked at was The vow

• In this trailer even from the beginning the music has a nice tone and it is another song that makes you think of love. The reason it is important to have music that makes you think of what your trailer is about is that people may not know what type of movie it is and when they turn the trailer on and hear the music you want them to know straight away what its all about.
• There are many flashbacks to the past in this trailer because of the tragic event that happened and they show the couple when they were very happy which then makes whats happening even sadder when it flashes back. 
• The voice over in this trailer is actually one of the main parts, he is  extremely stern and blunt, but because of what is happening it still gives us a good idea of what type of film it is as the clips and images back what the man is saying up. 
• In this trailer there are taglines which some of them are rhetorical questions which are related to whats happening in the trailer so  will make the audience think more deeply into it and become a little more involved. An example of this is 'can the love of a lifetime, find a second chance?' I feel like you have you to back these sorts of taglines up with relevant images and clips from the film which they have definitely done in this trailer, otherwise they wouldn't make sense and it would not be relevant.
• There are reference to other films which are of the same genre of this movie, this helps because if you have seen or heard of the other movie you may be more interested to go and see this movie.
• At the end there are many jump shots which show lots of different images from the movie one after the other, I feel like this just re caps your memory right before the trailer ends and shows all the characters once more. 
• The last two things you see in this trailer are a big and bold but plain title which again will catch your memory and a big and bold but plain release date which is the month of valentines day so may make you think a little bit of love and help to remember when the film is going to be released. 

Analysis of Trailers 1

I have chosen my genre to be Romantic Drama and I am going to anyalyse some existing trailers to see the common conventions in terms or genre.

The first trailer I looked at was The notebook

• The voice over man will have a different tone of voice depending on which genre the film is. For example I feel like he has a sweet warming tone in this trailer where as a horror trailer he may have a really low much less appealing voice. 
• Again the music will be different depending on the genre, this trailer has music that immediately makes you think of love, its slow and has a high tone and pitch to it.
• There are of course several images from the film in this trailer.
• There are lots of sound effects to jump from shots to shots which are slow and peaceful which again make you think of love in this particular trailer.
• There are references to other films which are the same genre as this one which will again differ according to genre.
• There is also reference to cast which is a good way of getting people to watch the movie because if they like an actor/actress that is in it they may just go and see it because of that. 
• In this trailer there are lots of different shots of eye candy, I feel like most of them are of the two young main parts, who are both very good looking. 
• The title at the end of the film is very clever as its eye catching and different and audience watching the trailer might remember it because of the title as it is right at the end. 
• In this trailer there are many flashbacks to clips and images of the past when the couple where young and happy or young and not so happy but either way when it flashes back to the present we can see the impact of how much difference age makes much easier.

Conventions of Rom-Drama

Conventions can vary from genre to genre in teaser trailers. Depending on what genre the trailer is about can make a huge difference to what the trailer is about and what sort of things you expect to see or hear in it. For example the music in a romantic drama is going to be very different to the music in a horror trailer.

The first teaser trailer I have decided to analyse is the Vow.





The first convention I spotted was production company logos.
Another convention I spotted was music, the music is slow but the way that the two characters are singing along to it happily comes across that they are in love and having fun.
Throughout the whole trailer there are constant images from the film
There are several taglines throughout the trailer, for example 'What if 5 years of your life disappeared?'These taglines are rhetorical questions to make the audience connect with the characters in the film.

The next teaser trailer I looked at was Its Complicated.

Magazine Questionnaire

I distributed a questionnaire to people living in London over the age of 15, asking them what they would expect to find in a film magazine and the ways in which layout, design and content would persuade them to buy the magazine, here are the results:

1) What do you expect to find on the cover of a film magazine?

• Bar code
• Price
• Issue number
• Title
• Masthead
• Banners

2) What is it about the layout and design that encourages you to buy the magazine? 

• Colour scheme that stands out
• Dominant central image
• No clutter to confuse you
• Clear and easy to read cover lines

3) What content do you expect to find in a film magazine? 

• Reviews
• Features
• Interviews 
• Posters

Potential names for my magazine

I have chosen a few potential names for my magazine front cover.The name of the magazine is the biggest on the front cover so I decided to make sure it was the most catchy.


1) Picture This - I liked this name because I felt like it was catchy and would catch peoples attention and although not being too in your face you would remember a name like that.

2) Star- A mainstream magazine that focuses largely on Hollywood movies, and stars in particular and the articles and reviews will focus mainly on actors rather than any other crew.

3) The movie- I feel like this name will also catch attention as the use of the word movie rather then the use of the word film implies the coverage of mainstream cinema movies rather then British intendant movies.

4) Rhythm- Although my movie is not actually a musical I really like this name because its very unique and it can just mean that your magazine has something different and a 'beat' to it. I feel like its not a bland name and its extremely catching and fun.

5) Catch up- Another name which is different an unique which implies that in my magazine you will get all the latest from the film world and find out about everything you want to know.

6) Gossip- I feel that this name is really girly and fun but as I am doing a film where a wide range of my audience is going to be girls and woman I feel like this sort of name would suit my magazine and the type of information that is going to be in it as the Hollywood world is very gossipy and fun.

Potential production companies

Like all the teaser trailers I have looked at, mine needs to start with the production company logo at the beginning and in order to do this I need to choose a possible company which may produce my film. I have looked at different trailers for different Romantic comedies and compiled a small list of companies who could potentially produce my film.



Spyglass entertainment is an American film production company. The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates and had a five year distribution deal with The Walt Disney company. The one film that I looked at that they produced was The Vow.

The next production company I have looked at is Universal. Universal studios also known as Universal pictures is an American motion picture studio owned by Comcast though it is wholly owned subsidiary NBC universal  and is one of the six major movie studios. They have produced many romantic comedies but one in particular that I looked at is called Its Complicated.

The next production company I looked at was New Line Cinema. This is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as a film distribution  company, later becoming an independent film studio. I looked at one of the films it has produced  Valentines day .