Evaluation - Video Presentation.

The Game Trailer.

Empire Magazine Front Cover.

Film Poster - The Game.

Storyboards.

This was the original storyboard for our main product - the film trailer. We filmed all of these shots first as we knew that we wanted our finished product to look something along these lines. Furthermore, during filming we found some locations that would suit our genre and some shots that would look good in our trailer. We also changed some of these shots around due to audience feedback, some audience members found the shot order a little confusing so we have changed some of the shots around but the trailer still more or less follows this storyboard.

American Gangster Trailer

The American Gangster trailer has many close ups of action shots - implying it is an action film. The voice of the trailer is a line from the actual film and fits in well with the shots playing along with it. However, the non-diegetic music playing over the trailer is not a convention of the action genre, but later on in the trailer the music turns solemn and sad which implies that something sinister is going on which reaffirms the action genre. The conversations that are chosen out of the film to feature in the trailer are also sinister conversations and news coverage talking about drugs being the public enemy number however, right after that shot there is an advertisement of drugs by Denzel's character talking about his merchandise - Cohen's moral panic theory would suggest that this trailer may influence people to take drugs, making the media the folk devil in which to blame people taking drugs on.

Lists.

Actors List
Anthony Killen - Richard (Murderer?)
Rebecca Williams - Girl 1 (Victim) / Ghost.
Rachel Waring - Girl 2.

Costumes List.
Anthony Killen - Dark clothing, casual clothing - 2 hoodies.
Rebecca Williams - Child-like clothing - colourful.
Rachel Waring - Casual clothing.

Locations List.
Spinney woods.
Spinney Close.
Deyes High School.
Glenn Park.

Production List.
2nd April 2010 - Filming - Storyboard (Rachel, Rebecca and Sophie)
6th April 2010 - Filming - Storyboard and spontaneous filming (Rachel, Rebecca, Anthony and Sophie)

Risk Assessment
As we filmed in a woods for some parts of our trailer we had to make sure that pathways were clear while doing running shots. Also, we filmed near a pond and had to position ourselves very close to the water to get the shot that was needed for the trailer, for this we made sure we had a steady, flat platform to stand on so that we or the camera didn't fall into the water. Furthermore, to get the range of high shots that we needed for our trailer we had to stand somewhat above what we wanted to film, we were unable to find a safe spot to film this so we had to adjust the location so that we were standing on a small hill filming the scene below, this made it saver and easier than finding platforms to stack up on top of one another.

Shutter Island Empire Magazine Analysis.

Shutter Island Trailer Analysis.

The trailer of Shutter Island is reflective of its genre which research has shown as horror/thriller. The non-diegetic sound is music that is 'jumpy' and fits in with the trailers quick cut editing. The trailer uses a lot of close-ups and middle shots to establish the storyline. The mise en scene of the trailer also establishes a horror genre, as the lighting is quite low giving the film a dark and dreary feel. Also, a lot of water is shown - rain is quite cliché for a horror movie as it adds to the dark, moody feel to this film. The use of fades and a quick black screen in between most of the shots is effective for this genre as it gives the illusion of lightening which is also cliché for horror films as it adds to the fear of the product. At the end of the trailer it shows the Shutter Island brand image, where the island is just black with Shutter Island written on it with blood smudged font - this font in particular is used on both the magazine front cover and film poster. The Queer Theory would apply to this trailer as horror/thriller type genre's are usually aimed at a predominantly male audience however you see Leonardo DiCaprio topless in a shower scene leaving the film feeling a little homoerotic. All in all, the trailer is effective and reflective of its genre albeit it followed all the typical conventions of a horror film trailer it is still entertaining and promotional for Shutter Island.

Magazine Mock Up.

After much research on magazine front covers, I found many similar features running throughout each magazine. I chose to have my magazine as an Empire magazine as it was the one I was more familiar with as apposed to Total Film magazine. My mock up shares many of the conventions that Empire use, for example, Empire have used circles to emphasise features of the magazine, using buzz words they highlight features such as interviews or exclusive special features that can only be seen in Empire. Furthermore, they always have a 'plus' sign and/or the word plus to highlight other special features that film fans would like to see and the font
is always in the same colour or theme as the rest of the magazine. The date and price is always in between the 'M' of Empire and the Empire website is always at the bottom right hand side of the Empire logo. I have chose to have a puff above the title as, when I have been researching, the covers with puff's above the title are the one's that stand our to me more. The main image always fills the page on the cover of Empire, it also has a large title and a tag line underneath, moreover it more or less always has puffs surrounding it promoting the film.

American Gangster Film Poster.

Even though this poster is very simplistic in terms of mise en scene and genre conventions it still suggests an action/thriller genre vibe, with the showing of the gun and the police badge. Cohen's moral panic theory may be applied to this movie poster as it shows a gun and with the title 'American Gangster', this may cause an uproar in gun crime, posession of some firearms are legal in America aslong as the owner has a licence therefore if people see this poster and think that being a 'gangster' will make them 'rich and successful' as that is how Denzel Washington comes across in this poster, this may cause gun crime to become a folk devil as people may think that the film reflects reality. However, Richard Dyer's star theory suggests that a 'star' is an image not a real person that is constructed out of a range of materials which would contradict the idea that people may aspire to be the Denzel type gangster as Cohen's moral panic theory would imply, and suggest that people would realise that the character is not a real person and that the audience will make of the film what they will as the media is far more diverse as in previous years as the uses and gratifications model (Blumler and Katz) would imply too.

Shutter Island Film Poster.

My A2 Foundation Portfolio :]

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