So today was day one of filming for the movie trailer. We filmed basically every shot we needed minus the school scenes because we're currently on spring break. (That will get done the week we get back). I think we did pretty well, and we honestly had a lot of fun filming so :).
AICE Media Studies A
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Filming Day 1
Saturday, March 23, 2024
ACTORS :)))))
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
IDEAS
Ok so...final planning time.
Since we have to create two trailers for our film, Tai and I decided we were each going to come up with the concept of one of them that way we have different approaches to our promotion.
Structure
So here's my concept/structure:
Boom
-Start off with an establishing shot
-Go into the car crash scene
-Title sequence
-"I was a normal girl" (school montage)
-Text
-Final Montage
-Ending credits
Each "scene" (both montages and the car crash) lasting 30 seconds.
I think that starting off with the car crash will hook people's attention the most and it will engage viewers to watch to the end. It would end with the montage cause c'mon, what trailer doesn't end with a really cool/fast-paced montage? The text parts will quicken the pace and make it seem almost, more high stakes in a way. It will also give more context to what's going on along with the VO that will be included.
Shot List
I know I said I was going to make a story board, but I forgot how bad I was at drawing. I also am better at thinking for montage shots on the spot, so here's my shot list mostly complete, it's just the montage shots that are iffy. During shootings I like making them up (for movie trailers, in an actual short film I'd have it planned down to the bone) because I like to see what the actors are good at portraying (just for montages):
Sunday, March 17, 2024
I WON
So as you guys know I went to the STN National, well now international cause there was a school from Wales there, Convention. My two competitions were News Magazine where we placed 3rd in the nation and guess what….
I competed in the Movie trailer category and I won 4th place in the nation. THAT’S CRAZY! For the competition we had 6 hours to write, film, and edit a movie trailer to the prompt “Fine Line.”
I learned so much about making a movie trailer, by making it this this weekend and that was crazy. Let me explain. So, I’m not usually a big film gal, I usually do more news stuff and before this competition we only practiced once. My team and I asked for critiques with our practice trailer and our main issue was not including the studio credits or saying when it was coming out. We also did too much of a story per say and it lowkey told the story before watching the movie. It gave too much away. We took these critiques to mind and during our competition day we made sure to correct them. And let me just say it came out amazing. Instead of making it a cohesive story, we made the first few shots be from a scene in the climax of the movie, then we cut it to a scene towards the beginning, and then we made a 30 second montage of the best scenes. The montage included running, hugging (for that emotion you know), and VO. I will definitely use these tips with tai in making this segment especially since again, WE WON 4TH PLACE IN THE COUNTRY! (I would share it but I don't know because of copyright so far)
Another thing I learned was working as a team. Like yeah, I work well with other people, but sometimes I let other people walk over me because I think they know better. That happened at the practice. However, for this competition I took initiative and it felt...good. I think I'm liking having my ideas heard.
Anyways
I’m also almost done with the shot list/storyboard so stay tuned 👀
Friday, March 15, 2024
Print Components
-summary
of content
Poor
Things was
released in 2023, a recent movie, and has had many Oscar nominations in the
most recent award ceremony. However, it started off as a limited release, which
is why I chose to research this poster in full. It helps me get an idea of what
poster would be appropriate for our type of release.
-analysis
of techniques
This
poster includes the protagonist being the key art and the main focus. Emma
Stone’s character is in a pose, where half her face is still visible to give a
semi-mysterious look. The costume she wears is yellow, represents hazard and might explain
a bit about the character. The background color is white to match the font. It
makes it more visually appealing and gives it a sense of not too much text on
the poster. They have production credits on top of the top of the title. The brain at the top ofher head is artwork that might symbolize something later on in the film.
-summary
of content
The
Perks of Being a Wallflower was released in 2012 and it is a coming of age/teenage
angst piece. The poster was chosen due it being so similar to the genre of what
we want to do.
-analysis
of techniques
I
like how they are in a friend group, instead of an individual. I might not do that just because the main
protagonist is, well, main protagonist. It's not a group thing. You don’t have to use everyone, don’t
worry. The background is green, showcasing the how the protagonist's friends are nurturing for him and want him to grow. The characters are all in non-teeth smiling poses to talk about the
seriousness of their purposes. The font of the title is kind of like an old
typewriter that shows a whole other dynamic to the poster. It makes the audience feel simple, like the title is a fact. The "slogan" in a way is "We are infinite." Not much attention is wanted on it so to not take away from the general poster it is big enough to see, but small enough to be well...small.
-how
these examples have inspired you
Both
posters have inspired me to follow their little aspects and make a poster that follows
the aspects and makes sense for our film. I realized color and font choice especially advertise and tell a story as much as the film itself. We have to be careful with that.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Filming Schedule
So, due to us being at STN this upcoming week, Tai and I decided to postpone our filming until the week after: the week of the 18-25th. That would give us sufficient time to pre-plan everything and have a week where we aren't busy preparing and competing in this competition. The main issue would be the make-up work considering it's the end of the quarter, but we also have the start of spring break during this week so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Here's how the next two weeks looks like in my mind:
Week of 3/11-3/17
- Post on the social media
- Possibly create an unofficial poster
- Research how to make said poster
- Storyboard
- Create lines of dialogue we want the characters to say (for characterization)
- Pick the music (or around what type we want so we can create the shot list)
- Finalize our actors
- Possibly research the genre more
Week of 3/18-3/25
- 3/18-3/20 make up workdays probably
- 3/21- on filming being done (It shouldn't take more than two full days)
- I'm thinking most likely the Friday and Saturday of that week.
- So, 3/22 film all the house scenes (Like the scenes in the protagonist's room, etc.) and the car crash.
- 3/23 all the rest.
- And begin editing :)
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Social Media Time :)
So we decided to open an Instagram account!
Reasoning
Due to our target audience being in their late teens, the easy accessibility of it, the different formats we could incorporate (pictures, videos, and stories), and the effectivity it had to similar projects like on my social media research post, it is safe it say it is our best option. I know most of these films also had Facebook, but I'm a late teen and I've never even had a Facebook account and that says a lot in this generation. Instagram is the perfect mix of the older gen Z and the newer gen Z, and I love it. Plus, the newest of these films was 8th Grade which came out in 2018 which was 6 years ago. Times change. Social Medias change. We were also thinking of creating a Tik Tok account, due to the popularity of the app, but that only works with video components, so it would be rather tricky. Maybe once we get our trailer done?
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