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 .