Jack Palmer Final Copy

This is our final copy of our A2 film trailer Jack Palmer. This copy includes all of the changes which we have made since the first draft that we created, the changes that we have made have come from listening to audience feedback to find out what we could have improved and what would work well within our trailer.

First Draft of Jack Palmer

This is our first draft of our film Jack Palmer, this was watched by an audience who then gave us feedback, from this feedback we then went on to make final changes which can be seen in our final draft.

Evaluation Task 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages

In the planning and filming of our trailer we used many different media technologies to ensure that we were able to complete everything that we planned on doing. For example we used a video camera, a tripod, an apple mac, final cut pro, iPhones, Blogger, Youtube and Google. These are all just examples of the different technologies that we have used. 

The camera that we used to film our trailer was the Panasonic HDC - SD80. When filming with this camera we zoomed in and out when filming to help to take certain shots such as close ups and extreme close up. With this camera we also used a tripod to help maintain steady shot, for example we used a few tracking shots in our trailer. By using the tripod it allowed us to keep the camera still and the shot clear.

This is the tripod in which we used to help maintain our steady shot.  The tripod was a very good piece of equipment to use, it folds up and is very easy to get around with.

This is the Apple Mac that we used when editing our trailer, a very modern and up to date piece of technology that has software installed on to it that has allowed me to edit my trailer in a lot of depth and detail.

Final cut pro is again a very modern and up to date programme. This is the editing software that I have used when editing my trailer, it has allowed me to be able to do things such as add in transitions, cut down scenes and also adding in music and voiceovers. The software is very quick and also very easy to get the hang of which meant that I found it quite easy to use when editing my trailer.

Another piece of technology that I used when planning and filming my film trailer was an Apple iPhone, we used iPhones to take some of our pictures when filming, this was to show example of the different technologies that we used. We also used iPhones to communicate with our group and the actors that we asked to be in our film, this was done through iMessage which is a messaging service that was created and used on all apple products.

Blogger is a website that was created to allow people to be able to write, create and publish their own views/pages. It is an open website that allows people from all over the world to be able to view each others work. For my A2 work I have used blogger to show examples of my own research in to other films within the genre and also to show any changes that I have made to the different parts of my trailer.

Youtube is a website that allows users to upload and share their own videos with the world, it is a free service so anybody can use it. There are many different categories such as music videos, sports videos, film trailers etc. When creating my own trailer I used youtube to watch other teenage angst film trailers such as Easy A and Mean Girls. By doing this it allowed me to see what each of the trailers included and what the conventions of each of them were. I also uploaded my own final product to youtube, which then allowed me to upload it to my own blog page.

Google is a the most popular search engine on the web. It can be used to find out all sorts of information and is very quick and simple to use, you can search the web, search for images or even use it for watching videos. When creating my own trailer I used google to search for images to look at, for example looking at the outfits of characters during other teenage angst films, this helped me to get an idea of what my characters should wear if I wanted my film to fit in with the genre correctly.

Evaluation Task 3 - What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

As part of my audience I also carried out a questionnaire on 10 randomly selected people to find out about their media tastes and how they find out about new, upcoming films. This results can be seen below and the forward slash marks show which answers the people have given.

1.       What is your favourite genre of film?

·         Action Adventure                    //

·         Comedy                                     /////

·         Romance                                  //    

·         Sci-Fi

·         Horror/Thriller                       /   

·         Other                                          

2.       Have you Heard of Teenage Angst Genre?

·         Yes                                            //// / 

·         No (explain what it is)           /////

3.       What is your Favourite Teenage Angst?

·         Mean Girls                                //

·         Easy A                                       //   

·         Wild Child                                / 

·         She’s the man                         //// 

·         Other                                           

4.       Where do you watch films?

·         Cinema                                        ////

·         At Home                                      /

·         Internet                                       //

·         Subscriptions                             ///

·         Other

5.       Who do you watch films with?

·         Family                                          //

·         Girlfriend/Boyfriend                 ////

·         Friends                                         ////

·         Other

6.       Do trailers influence you on the films you watch?

·         No                                //               

·         Yes                               ////////                 

If Yes in what way?

7.       How do you find out about a new film?

·         Trailer                                        ///  

·         Poster                                        //

·         Magazine                                  / 

·         Internet                                    ///  

·         Friend                                       /   

·         Other

Audience feedback had a big effect on the outcome of our trailer, from the first draft we made several changes before ending up with our final copy. The main piece of feedback that we received from the audience was that the storyline of our trailer was hard to follow as it just images and scenes appearing on the screen. The initial feedback was that we should add in either a voice over or dialogue to ensure that the storyline is clearly understood. As a result of this feedback we went back and added in a voiceover over the top of our trailer. The voiceover that we used was from Faye, who played the character Millie in our film. From previous research, we had seen a girl voiceover used which spoke the audience through the trailer so that they could understand what was going on.


Another piece of feedback that we received was that we should also add in some more sub titles in to the trailer again to help make the storyline clearer, it done this by explaining the images and scenes that appear. The image below is an example of one of the sub title screens that we have added in to help explain the story of the film in the trailer. Each of the subtitles were in a bold, clear white font on a black background. This makes it easier for the audience to read and also without anything else on the screen it meant that they only one thing to focus on rather than having images to look at as well.

 




We also discovered from our audience feedback that the images and scenes that were in the trailer were on the screen for too long. From receiving this feedback we went back and cut the scenes down, we also added in transitions between each shot/scene to help add to the continuity of our trailer. The transitions that we used were mainly fade to blacks, however we did also use some flashes around the fight scene which helped to show that this part of the film is explosive and a key scene.

With our production company logo, we started off by having a blue background on it. Like shown in the image below.

However, after watching it and seeing the logo we found out that the blue background was too masculine, considering that our target audience was females aged 16-24. From this we went on and decided to change the background to a solid pink colour. The image below is what we first changed it to.

 

This is the colour that we initially changed our background too. However it was also suggested that we should add something in to the background like an image or a shape to help connote the genre of the film. So as a group we decided add a heart shape in to the background, we did this too make the production company logo even as feminine as possible. This is what our final production company logo looked like.