Film Credits For Our Poster and Trailer

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When we first starting making our poster, we used credits from another movie which acted as a template to help guide us in the making of our own one. Below is a picture of the one we originally used. 

In order to make our own film credits, it was necessary for us to find a font similar to the one shown above and through research, I was able to find out that the name of the font which was called 'Steel Tongs'. 

After we installed this font into photoshop, we were able to make our own credits as pictured below.

The Chosen Music For Our Teaser Trailer

In a previous post, I stated the importance of music in horror films.

Because of this, choosing the music for my horror trailer proved difficult as I found it a challenge to find a piece that climaxed and built up at the points that I needed it to. I knew that this was important as through my research into horror films I found that the iconic tension and suspense in films of this genre is one of the main factors that holds the audience's focus; keeping them captivated throughout. I also tried splitting different compositions and joining them together in order to create a unique piece of my own that had all the elements I was looking for however once this was done, I felt the music sounded very choppy and disorientated as in certain parts the different pieces did not blend well together. 

After a while of searching, I came across this piece entitled 'Epic/Action - Royalty Free Music' which I was really impressed with as it was short and snappy compared to a lot of other pieces that I had looked into which were all around the seven minute mark. This Piece also builds up tension wonderfully as demonstrated at 1:14. The use of the drums and violins also gives the piece a really dramatic effect and through feedback (in a previous post) I learnt that was a factor that helped captivate my audience. 

Blend Over Lap With Adobe After Effects

Flashing Effects With Adobe Premiere Pro

Chosen Film Company - Paramount

The Paramount Pictures Corporation is a television and film production/distribution studio that has made its way to be coming one of the worlds largest film studios.

The company was originally founded by Adolph Zukor in 1912 with the corporation's original name of the Famous Players Film Company.  By 1913, the company had completed five films and was on its way to success. 

                                                                                                                      

The main reason that I picked Paramount to be the chosen production company in my horror trailer is because it is easily recognised amongst viewers as many popular movies such as Indiana Jones, Shrek, G.I Joe, Star Trek and even iconic horror's such as Paranormal Activity, Friday The 13th and Lets Scare Jessica To Death have all been apart of Paramount Pictures. 

Below is a mood board I made of a few different Paramount Horror's

 some information adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures

Staff Feedback on 'Twisted' Rough Cut

In order to obtain feedback, I asked a few members of staff in my sixth-form to watch our final draft so that we could gain useful suggestions and ideas which would in turn help us to improve our final product.

The first member of staff stated that he was very impressed with the second to last shot where one of the actresses get dragged into the bushes. He felt that this really stood out as it leaves viewers wondering what will happen next.

The actress getting dragged into the bushes

He felt that the trailer had really good energy overall and also felt that the accents, pace and different beats of the music were used effectively as it created tension and suspense. He also picked up on the variety of different shots and angles used and felt that these different shots e.g. close ups and wide shots gave the audience a good insight into the film. Lastly, he was able to correctly identify the genre of teaser trailer which is horror and felt that it paid homage to iconic horror movies such as halloween, scream, and I know what you did last summer.

When discussing the weaknesses of our trailer, one of the criticisms was that he felt that the entire trailer was a little on the short side but we explained that the typical length of a teaser trailer is around one minute 30 seconds.

Examples of teaser trailers that are at similar length as ours

He also stated that the message on the phone flashed up too quickly and seeing that it is a crucial part of the storyline, we should leave it up for  a few seconds longer to ensure that viewers will definitely have enough time to read it properly.

The second member of staff stated that as a whole she felt that the trailer was brilliant and was really impressed with the lighting in parts as it helped to build up tension.

Screen shot of the flashing/strobe light effect used in our trailer

She also went on to say that there was a good use of black and white to represent the different flash backs and that her favourite part was near the end as the shots came quicker and faster as this again helped to create an element of suspense and tension.

An example of black and white use in our trailer to convey a flash back

She understood the storyline well and was able to infer that revenge was about to take place. Although she did not have any direct criticisms, whilst watching her body language, I saw that she tilted her head slightly in order to read the message on the IPhone. Because of this, we decided to re-film this shot but this time make it more central to the screen.

Before and after 'I KNOW WHAT YOU DID' message

Character Costume Analysis

Costume Analysis from Precious King