FIRST DRAFT OF MAGAZINE COVER

PLAN OF FILMING PART TWO

We were also inspired by the british drama 'Broadchurch' as it is about two detectives solving crimes. We liked some of the scenes and camera angles in this trailer so we used it as inspiration.

PLANNING OF FILMING

STORYBOARD

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO ENSURE BEFORE AND DURING SHOOTING?

CAST: are they ready, do they know when to meet?
LOCATIONS: do you have permission if need, have you done a 'reccy' to ensure suitability.
EQUIPMENT: battery charged, tripod, lighting
PROPS AND COSTUME
TRANSPORTATION: how are you going to get to your locations
BUDGET: are you going to pay for the casts travel expenses, cups of tea?
WATCH LOTS OF TRAILERS
CAMERA TECHNIQUES: to be practised before getting on set- YOUTUBE is your cinematography friend!

ORGANISATION OF GROUP

- Will everyone in the group be at the shoot?

- How are you going to organise time? After school, during media lessons, weekends(will you need to book time off work?) 

- What roles will you have at the shoot? Director, producer, camera operator. 

TASKS TO DO

- Storyboard artist to complete storyboards

- Complete list of shots as a group

- Locations to be organised, permission to film etc. Include all info/proposed location shots on blog

- Cast to be found and organised

- Costume and props to be gathered and discussed in sketches, images on blog

- Equipment to be booked/borrowed 

- Organisation of all shoots 

SOME TRAILER PLANNING EVIDENCE

- Trailer plot outline 

- Storyboards 

- Script 

- Shot lists 

- Production company logo

- Cast and crew shots 

- Location shots

- Behind the scene shots or video footage - vlogs 

UNEDITED PHOTOS FOR MY MAGAZINE

MAGAZINE FLAT PLAN

FILM PROMO TREATMENT

What is the basic plot synopsis? 

Aiden Parker is the head detective who is the best at what he does, he solves almost all of the major cases and has a big reputation. There has been a series on unexplained murders happening in the city, with a symbol being left on each of the victims. Aiden knows that this isn't just a normal serial killer, and this is backed up by the forensic scientist saying that the murders where unusual and doesn't know what could have done it. He works day and night trying to figure out what is happening. He becomes obsessive and is losing lack on sleep because of this case. His partner Jess Woods, realises that he is becoming obsessed with the case and is hardly going home. She visits his wife to talk to her on her husbands behaviour as they are close friends outside of work. She tells Jess that he is hardly ever at home, and when she asks where is was he brushes it off and makes an excuse. Jess then finds out from his wife that he had been out every night that a murder happens and begins to become very suspicious. She begins to keep and eye on what he is doing and starts to join clues together. In the end, it is actually Aiden who is doing this killings and he doesn't know about it, as if he has another side to him that he never remembers. He has this evil, demonic presence inside of him that only wants to cause misery and trouble. (We do not show that the detective is the killer in the trailer). 

What type of characters will be in the film? 

The detective is our leading role, at the beginning is a tough but well liked character. He has a charm and is very good at what he does. He is a perfectionist and wants every job done right. However, throughout the trailer, he begins to become obsessive and agitated as he cannot solve the case, and he can't figure out what is happening. The partner is a caring and humble character, but as she is a female with a high role in the force, can be stern and she is very serious about her job. He status in the trailer will get higher as she begins to take matters into her own hands and begins to find out clues on her own. There is a forensic scientist, who tells the pair that the murders are different and each have been left with a mark engraved into them. The detectives wife, is a pretty and affectionate character, she loves her husband a lot and only wants what is best for him. So when he begins to disappear and coming home late, she tries to get through to him but he doesn't let her in and brushes her off. This is taking a small toll on their marriage. 

What conventions of the genre are included in your trailer? 

The trailer is going to start off slowly and build up to a climax, which is typical in most movie trailers. We are not going to try and give too much away in trailer as we want to audience to feel in suspense and leave them wanting more. There is going to be a montage of all different scenes of the film to give the audience a taste on what is it about and the storyline. Inter-titles will be included to make the audience intrigued. 

Where will your trailer be set? What other aspects of mise-en-scene do you need to consider? 

The trailer will be set in East London, it will include some city scenes as well as the city outskirts as well. The mise-en-scene considered will be costume, which the two main characters will be wearing smart clothing as they are professional detectives. Props will also include, police badges, police tape and fake blood. Some scenes will be filmed at night so a light will be used to illuminate the scene, and in some of the day scenes the lighting will be dull and gloomy. 

QUESTIONNAIRE - PRE PRODUCTION

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CAST SHOTS

Ryan Bogle - Aiden Parker 

Lovely Jayne Javier - Jess Woods  

INTERVIEW - PRE PRODUCTION

TITLE FONTS

POSTER INSPIRATION

SELECTION OF MASTHEAD FONT FOR MY MAGAZINE

The Screen - Dafont (Rainfall)

INSPIRATIONAL MAGAZINE FRONT COVERS

THE X FILES - MAGAZINE ANALYSIS

THE X FILES POSTER ANALYSIS

THE X FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE (1998) - TRAILER ANALYSIS

The trailer begins with a man at a bar ordering shots, he looks down and is speaking to the bartender. He says he is a key figure in an ongoing charade, the plot to conceal the existence of extra terrestrials. The immediately shows that the genre is is going to have an extra terrestrial/supernatural element to it. The bartender thinks he has had too much to drink and doesn't believe him. This shows that the bartender and most people do not believe in the supernatural.

A woman says 'I can't tell you what killed this man, and i don't think anybody else can claim to either'. This shows that the detectives are battling something they have never dealt with before. Even though the trailer shows that it is in the crime genre as they are detectives, it does not conform to the conventions of a normal crime thriller as they are dealing with the government and the extra terrestrial, so it is a very different case to what a crime thriller would normally have. Some of the iconography that conforms to the police crime genre is the suits that the detectives are wearing, guns, FBI jackets and police cars. The music is eerie at the beginning and then picks up pace and is quite dramatic. As the trailer goes on it speeds up and gets louder and hits its climax and then the music stops and a man says 'trust no one Mr Mullen'. This leave the audience one the edge of their seats and wanting to know what happens and who not to trust. At the beginning of the trailer is all starts off quite slow, but picks up pace quite quickly and we learn more information on what is going on however, the trailer does not give too much away on what happens in the film. We know that something bad has happened or something went wrong as there is an explosion and the police car flips and the snow capsizes and the ground beneath them begins to drop.

SHUTTER ISLAND FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

SHUTTER ISLAND POSTER ANALYSIS

CASE STUDY: SHUTTER ISLAND (2010)

CASE STUDY: SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) TRAILER ANALYSIS

WHAT DOES THE MISE-EN-SCENE TELL US ABOUT THE FILM?
The detectives are wearing clothing from the late 40's/50's.
The setting is a mental asylum is on an island in the middle of nowhere. The place is isolated and has a dark and sinister feel about it. Some of the iconography includes guns that the asylum guards have and the U.S marshals badge. This iconography is typical for a police crime thriller. There are also nurses and staff who work there, wearing all white clothes. Halfway through the trailer Leonardo di Caprio and Mark Ruffalo's characters are wearing them, so it more tell the audience what may happen later in the film. Halfway through the trailer, the weather changes and it starts to rain heavily with thunder and lightning. This is common is supernatural horror films for the weather to be dark and gloomy, so the audience are not at ease.

WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS? 
Leonardo di Caprio's character starts off calm and just doing his job by looking into the investigation of the missing woman. He is smartly dressed and is being professional. As time goes on, he becomes less himself as he looks more distressed and has taken his hat off. Then he changes his outfit into all white, which is what the staff at the asylum is wearing. This could show that he could be going undercover as a staff member. His character gets really invested into this case, as the audience may not know if he is going crazy himself as he is hugging a woman who turns into ash. In the trailer we do not learn anything about his partner.

 The doctor, is a mysterious character. Leonardo di Caprio's character is doing a voice over during the trailer and he says 'Whatever's going on here, is bad.' and he turns around in the car and the doctor is looking back at it. The setting is dark and there is a storm, so this could show that he is not a good character and Leonardo's character finds out things about him. The doctor also says ' I have built something very valuable here, and i'm not going down without a fight'. The could show that the detective found something out he wasn't suppose too and he could possibly want to shut the place down.

HOW DOES THE TRAILER BEGIN AND END? 

The trailer starts off slowly and sets the scene on where they are and why they are in Shutter Island. As the lead character finds out more information about the asylum, the trailer begins to speed up with some fast paced editing of a montage of clips from the film, as he learns the secrets behind the asylum and that is when the more supernatural and horror elements come into the trailer. The trailer then hits its climax and cuts to the title of the film. And then a voice over begins and says' Wouldn't you agree, when you see a monster you must stop it'. After this is said Leonardo's character is jumped by a man and dragged away. 

WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE USE OF MUSIC? 

The music is eery throughout the beginning of the trailer but is played quietly. The camera goes down from a nurse to a large needle and a scream is then played. This use of non-diegetic sound would make the audience quite anxious to what may happen next. The music speeds up and is louder as the detectives find out more and know this isn't just a disappearance case. The music builds up and then quietens down as Leonardos' character is doing a voice over. Then the music begins to build up again. And when the trailer hits the climax the music stops and another voice over is heard. And then a loud scream is played and Leo's character is dragged away as a short clip of fast, loud and sinister music is played. 

MOODBOARD: POLICE CRIME THRILLER / SUPERNATURAL HORROR

HOW DOES THE TRAILER FOR 'THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN' USE THE FORMALISTIC CONVENTIONS OF A FILM TRAILER EFFECTIVELY?

The trailer of 'The Girl on the Train' uses formalistic conventions such as the use of intertitles throughout the trailer, such as 'at 4.36pm', 'a women has disappeared'. This makes the audience more intrigued with what is yet to come. The backgrounds of the text in white and then once the trailer picks up pace and becomes more dark and the background changes from white to black. There are also intertitles such as 'from Universal and Dreamworks'.


 The trailer starts off slowly with quiet music, but as the trailer goes on the editing becomes more fast paced and the music begins to get louder. The music could foreshadow what is yet to come in the film as it keeps repeating 'How could you be so heartless'. At the end of the fast paced montage their is a climax which then cuts to a black screen. Also, the music stops and becomes silent when the blonde woman is under the bridge, this causes suspense in the trailer.


 The trailer ends on a cliffhanger, which then would make people eager to watch the film as the trailer has made the audience interested in the storyline. The weather is dull and grey, and the trailer as a whole is really gloomy which gives the trailer a dark feel about it as it doesn't make you feel very happy. This could foreshadow what is yet to come because of the setting and overall atmosphere.

ICONIC PRODUCTIONS

Yvresse: Yvresse is our Producer and Designer

Tyler: Tyler is our Director of Photography

Katie: I am the Editor and Director

SUICIDE SQUAD

Narrative: Anti heroes are released from prison on a mission to save the world. Editing: Inter-title: 'Worst heroes ever' -Jumpcuts -Montage -Non linear -Expostion: establishes the scene - the prison and the main characters