Centre Name: Norbury Manor BEC
Centre Number: 14343
Candidate Name: Ishla Owusu
Candidate Number: 9533
Unit: G324
Friday, 27 February 2015
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Trailer Reaction
We were glad to receive such a reaction from our audience. Especially the ending as this is the scene where we expected to receive a great reaction.
Sunday, 22 February 2015
Universal Studios
Universal Studios Inc. (also known as Universal Pictures), is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Universal Studios is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Universal was founded in 1912 by the German Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Power, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour. It is the world's third oldest major film studio, after the French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé.
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
Questionnaire
Here is the questionnaire I created for our audience to fill out after watching our trailer.
1. This question was asked to see which majority gender was watching.
2. This question was very important as it allowed us to see if our target audience were watching in order to gain useful feedback.
3. If the majority of people said they didn't like the trailer, this would show that we'd need to improve it.
4. The things the audience like about the trailer would be kept in.
5. The things the audience disliked about the trailer would be improved or even taken out of the trailer.
6. This question was asked to see if our storyline was clear enough. If the audience member was able to describe the storyline vaguely, this shows our trailer isn't confusing.
7. Our aim of this trailer is to scare the audience, so the higher the rating, the better.
8. The audience members can tell us what they think made it scary.
9. If the audience member says they'd like to watch the film after seeing the trailer, this would mean the trailer was successful in advertising the film.
10. Our aim is for there to be a link between the three products we created. If the audience can see this, this means we succeeded.
11. This helps us to see what makes the magazine stand out.
12. If the poster is convincing the audience would be interested in the film.
13. This helps us to see what makes the poster stand out.
14. The colour scheme is very important in horror so its important that the audience recognise this.
15. This would show if the audience can relate our trailer to any real trailers.
1. This question was asked to see which majority gender was watching.
2. This question was very important as it allowed us to see if our target audience were watching in order to gain useful feedback.
3. If the majority of people said they didn't like the trailer, this would show that we'd need to improve it.
4. The things the audience like about the trailer would be kept in.
5. The things the audience disliked about the trailer would be improved or even taken out of the trailer.
6. This question was asked to see if our storyline was clear enough. If the audience member was able to describe the storyline vaguely, this shows our trailer isn't confusing.
7. Our aim of this trailer is to scare the audience, so the higher the rating, the better.
8. The audience members can tell us what they think made it scary.
9. If the audience member says they'd like to watch the film after seeing the trailer, this would mean the trailer was successful in advertising the film.
10. Our aim is for there to be a link between the three products we created. If the audience can see this, this means we succeeded.
11. This helps us to see what makes the magazine stand out.
12. If the poster is convincing the audience would be interested in the film.
13. This helps us to see what makes the poster stand out.
14. The colour scheme is very important in horror so its important that the audience recognise this.
15. This would show if the audience can relate our trailer to any real trailers.
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Presentation for our audience
This is the presentation we showed to our audience before showing them our trailer. Personally, I feel like we could have explained in much more detail about the background of our products as the presentation was quite simple and lacked very important information such as our distributors and production company.
Friday, 30 January 2015
Why we chose to release our film on October 31st
WHY DID WE CHOOSE TO RELEASE OUR FILM ON OCTOBER 31st?
You could probably guess why we chose this particular date to release our film 'False Awakening'. We chose to release it on this day as it is the day of Halloween!
WHAT IS HALLOWEEN?
the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. Halloween is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad.
There have been countless amounts of horror films released around the day of Halloween and this is why our group thought it would be clever to release it on this particular day as it is the day that most people are fascinated by horror. Films such as 'Ouija, Annabelle, ABC's of Death 2 and Dracula Untold' were all released in October 2014 around Halloween. Our target audience would be likely to be looking for a horror film to watch because of the event and this is why we chose to release our film on this day.
Trailer invites
These are our invitations for our trailer premiere. We used our final poster as the background and added information as to where and when the trailer would be showing.
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Sound choices
This is a screenshot of all of the sounds we managed to find. The sounds were found after a long period of time. We listened to most of these sounds whilst the trailer was playing in the background to make sure that it suited the trailer. This was very helpful as it helped us to make our final decisions. We were still deciding which sound was the best as we couldn't choose between them. However, after feedback, we were able to choose a final sound for our trailer.
This is the sound we chose as our overall soundtrack for the trailer. The reason we decided to use this one is because it has a crescendo which is extremely conventional in horror trailers. It builds up which creates suspense for the audience and notifies them that it is getting more intense.
We also found this sound which had a variety of different sound effects we could use to make our trailer more exciting. This soundtrack features a number of screams and loud, sudden noises which is common in horror trailers. Although we didn't use all the sounds, we still kept the whole soundtrack incase we wanted to change our mind. When importing the sound into Premiere, we cropped the sounds we needed and placed it in the areas which needed sound to assist the action.
Relation to Flat Plan (Magazine)
We managed to keep many things the same in our magazine. When making the magazine, I put the flat plan into Photoshop to assist me with the overall layout. After receiving feedback from teachers and students, we realised that a few things were missing or needed to be added. However, we were very consistent with our magazine. I looked on dafont.com to see which fonts we were using. This didn't take long as we wanted to make sure we were using the same fonts as the poster and the trailer. I already had these screenshotted and saved so I already knew the names of the fonts which made it easier to locate them on the website.
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