Possible idea for the Radio Trailer

After having researched about radio trailers,  I feel I have an idea on what might be a good idea as we want the trailer to be very innovative and also intriguing.


The Idea

In the film, our protagonist (David Jones) says nothing in the film and contains no dialogue and his reactions tell the story of his confusion of his day at work. Because of this, we only have three bits of dialogue from the secretaries and these are seen as negative from David's perspective. In order to get an idea for what this movie is about, I feel we need to have dialogue from David but it sounds like its his mind talking about his day at work and what is going wrong. By doing this then the audience can get a bit of an understanding about what the film is about and what genre it might be. I feel this might be a good idea as well to have the dialogue of one of the secretaries saying 'David - Your shoelace is undone' and he says 'hang on - no it isn't' to get that confusion to the audience of what is going on and why is the secretary saying his shoelace is undone when his mind is saying it isn't.

Radio Trailers For Films

Radio Trailers can play a key role in helping bring a wide range audience to see their film. The radio trailers you are about to see relate to a certain way to the structure we may us this in our final project when we upload the film as this is something we are unaware of. However, because of that radio trailers are extremely rare, we are unable to find radio trailers linked directly to our film.

Fifty Shades of Grey Radio Trailer



The first example is the upcoming film 'Fifty Shades of Grey' which shows the prime example of a radio trailer. (note: The radio trailer starts 29 seconds in) It starts off with a sound of someone exhaling giving a connotation of sex and someone desiring something. The music then starts with a soft piano to represent love and we then hear a voiceover saying 'The Wait Is Over' to give a sense of anticipation for fans. The music carries on and we hear an actors voice saying 'Mr Grey will see you now' to introduce and excite the fans as Mr Grey in the book plays a key role. It also gives us an idea on who this character is and Mr Grey's wealth as we can assume the actors voice is a sort of secretary. The voiceover is heard again to bring a sort of anticipation saying ' The Worldwide Phenomenon comes to life' giving the excitement. We then hear another actor saying 'I'm incapable of leaving you alone' giving a sense of romance and we hear voice saying 'then don't' in reply to the man which we assume is the couple. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is heard and we hear some sort of thudding again bringing the connotations of sex and the music is till played over. We then hear 'See the trailer this Thursday on Today on NBC and online everywhere' to give that sense of urgency for us to see the trailer and then 'So it begins'. This is something I do not understand but, because the film has not been released yet, we hopefully will be in a position where we can understand what they mean. The music is still playing and we hear sounds of groaning which is done in a seductive way to imply the movie will contain various sex scenes. Finally, we hear 'This film is not yet rated' which is sped up to indicate a sense of trying to hide the message the film needs rating and that the whole point of this radio trailer is to see the film.

Star Wars Radio Trailer


My next example, being Star Wars, is another prime example of a radio trailer. We start off with the sound of a blaster to indicate the genre, which in this case is science-fiction, with a fade in of the theme tune and a voice which echoes saying 'Star Wars' to indicate the unknown and what is going to happen. We then hear another blaster to indicate again the genre and to make he film sound exciting. We then hear another voice over which is clear saying 'Star Wars - The Galaxies most popular movie is great family entertainment'. As this is said, the theme tune still plays to indicate a sense of scale and excitement as well as placing the word 'Galaxies' to reference science fiction and also to help support the sweeping statement that is its a good film. The voiceover continues with 'Still showing on the giant screen at the Dominion. Tottenham Court Road' to give a sense of scale and also as a idea of where the film is at. This is relevant as the Dominion is a West End Theatre so it indicates the sense of urgency to see it. We hear 'Seats bookable' to give information about the venue and then 'STAR WARS - Certificate U' to show it is fine to take young children and also to mention people need to see this film. As this happens the music rises as a sort of momentum and scale for the film. The final bit of the voiceover is the slogan 'May the Force Be With You' to reference to the iconic line and also to get the audience guessing what 'the force' is and we hear the sound of R2D2 whirring and his sounds to confuse the audience and also to get an idea of who or what that sound was. As this occurs, the music fades out and the audience is left with an anticipation of wanting to see the film.

Flesh Gordon Radio Trailer





For this radio trailer, the trailer starts with a flashing sound and a satirical laugh as a voiceover saying 'I'm Emperor Wang - Everyone always roots for the good guys' to give a comedic approach and to suggest that he is the villain considering he says 'good guys' giving reference that he is a villain. He then gets very passionate saying 'but what about us monsters and creeps' to give a sort of comedic approach to the Flash Gordon movie as in the film, Ming (The Villain) is an old man who tries to marry a young woman. This suggests it could be some sort of comedy and it is based around science fiction. We then hear ' Go see Flesh Gordon and don't forget to vote for me - Emperor Wang' which is done in a funny and comedic way making the villain more hilarious and someone who you can't treat seriously as a person. He then laughs in a over the top way and his voice fades out to another voice over saying 'Certificate X' to suggest that it may be raunchy and may contain elements to sex.

Reshooting Schedule

Whilst this is a schedule we intend to keep to, we may be in a position again in which we may have to reschedule due to our academic commitments.

Ways on which our film can look more professional

Whilst we have used this software in the past, we feel this will benefit us as we have only created short extracts from our work and not a completed film.

How to speed up a shot on Final Cut


This is something that will be useful for us as we want the film to look like it is glitching so by learning how to speed up our shots will the make the movie more believable and realistic.

Analysis of a Film Poster (The Source Code)

After researching about similar films and what our film contains, I decided to use this as a film poster analysis. Although there is more than one film poster that was used for this film when marketing the film, this was the actual film poster which was used in cinemas to promote the film when it would be exhibited in cinemas. Each part of this poster contain hints and clues to the film and genre making the film more attractive and exciting.

The Slogan 

The Slogan is a key part which makes the movie appealing and exciting with it's capital letters and the way how the background reflects the excitement and thriller elements that the audience expect. With the slogan saying 'MAKE EVERY SECOND COUNT' It makes us see a sense of urgency and makes us relate to time sensing that time of the essence and we need to see this film. As well as that, part we see the  part of the rubble and debris falling over the slogan relating that something dangerous is happening which links to the films synopsis that a bomb is going to explode on the train the protagonist has to stop and find the bomber. Finally, the writing is done in white to give once again that sense of urgency but also to make it clear and precise to the audience that they need to see this film.

The Picture

 As part of the film poster, the actual picture can represent various things and we see this through the protagonist running to the camera and photographs (Which we assume are shots from the film) flying up making the debris to the slogan. This is done in the formats and shapes of various technological devices such as televisions, phones and many more. This is used as a visual metaphor to represent the two different worlds and that he is stuck in the virtual world relating to the film as he gets sent back to reality many times like a video game character. As part of this, we see him running away from the falling images relating that he is trying to break free from the life he currently has but as a result of this, he is in a position where he is used and because of this, the controllers are trying to stop him and create obstacles for him to overcome and is possibly unable to relating to the plot as he is manipulated by many people and manipulated to do the one task they ask for which is for him to find the bomber and defuse it before the train is destroyed and many people are killed.

The Star Actors and the Title

As we carry on analysing the film poster we then look further dow in which we see the title of the film and also the names of actors to see what clues we can gather. The first draw to my eyes is the names of Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga as both of the actors have done previous thriller acting and have worked in that specific genre with recent examples of Gyllenhaal playing the lead role in 'Nightcrawler', Monaghan in 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol' and Farmiga starring in the TV Series 'Bates Motel'. From what we are able to gather, we can assume the genre is around the borderline of thriller and this supports the poster as in the film poster there are links to time and urgency showing that we need to see this film to see what happens. As well as that, we also see from the whole film poster that the words are done in capital letters to draw attention and make the audience aware about this film giving a sense of urgency to see the film. Another thing I noticed which is significant to the title is the subtitle 'FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MOON'. This brings attention and also brings a push factor detailing to the audience that if they liked the film then they should see this film. As well as that, we can also find out that the film may contain sci-fi elements and iconography as the last film (Moon) was a science fiction film and therefore we can assume that there will be science fiction elements. Finally, the title it self is one that draws my attention as it makes me wonder what it could indicate. The title as we can see has fading on it to give a sense of importance and scale and the title 'SOURCE CODE' makes us intrigued. From what we can gather, I feel the title means to find something with 'source' being in the title (This links to the film as the protagonist has to find a bomb) and 'code' to indicate something based around computers (which links again as the story follows someone who is stuck in a computer system).

The Credits

When finally analysing the credits on the film poster, we feel a sense of not looking at this. Because there is a lot, I am only going to focus on two things but these are significant in finding out about the film and its target audience. The first thing is the classification on the poster which in this case is 'PG-13' making us understand it is aimed at teenagers and onwards and suggesting it is very adult as a film and not something which is suitable for under 12's. The final thing is the companies who have helped exhibit the film as well as distributing the film which in this case is Summit to give credit. This is something which is also tactical as Summit Entertainment have exhibited and distributed films like 'Enders Game' and 'Man on a Ledge' to indicate there will be elements of science fiction and thriller. The last thing I find intriguing is the red lettering of 'COMING SOON' to indicate a sense of urgency and importance to come and watch the film. 

Another Similar Film - The Source Code

Rating/ Classification: 12/12A

Genre: Science Fiction Thriller

Release Date: 28th March 2011

Running Time: 93 Minutes

Plot

A man (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train sitting across a woman named Christina Warren (Michelle Monaghan). The woman seems to know him by the name Sean Fentress, but he doesn't seem to know her and appears uncertain of his own identity. After eight minutes, a bomb goes off on the train, and the man awakens to find himself strapped inside a small geodesic dome. There, Air Force Capt. Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga) explains to him through a computer screen that he is actually Colter Stevens, a decorated army helicopter pilot, now on a mission to locate the maker of a bomb which destroyed a train headed into Chicago. This is to be accomplished using the Source Code, a time loop program that allows him to take over someone's body in a reenactment of their last eight minutes of life.

Stevens has no memory of how he became involved in the Source Code project; his last memory is of flying in a recent mission in Afghanistan while taking on enemy gunfire. Stevens' mission in the Source Code is to assume the identity of Fentress, one of the train's passengers, locate the bomb, discover who detonated it, and report back to Goodwin to prevent the bomber from detonating a larger dirty nuclear device in downtown Chicago, which could cause the deaths of millions of people. Goodwin and the Source Code's creator, Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright), tell him that the Source Code is not a simulation, but a visit into the past in the form of an alternate reality. He's told that he cannot truly alter the past to save any of the passengers, but that he must gather intel that can be used to alter the future and prevent a future attack. Goodwin assures Stevens that "everything will be OK."

Stevens is sent into the Source Code repeatedly, and each time a series of events repeat, with variations due to Stevens' acts. Meanwhile, he goes on searching for the terrorist and getting to know Christina, until the bomb that destroys the train goes off and Fentress dies, sending Stevens back to the chamber.

Even though Rutledge and Goodwin constantly direct him to focus on finding the bomber, each time around he learns more, both about the terrorist attack and his real life personal situation. Stevens resolves to complete his mission, now with the added personal goal of saving Christina and the people on the train if at all possible.

Using a cellphone while on the train, Stevens eventually discovers that he supposedly died two months ago. He confronts Goodwin with this information, and learns from Goodwin and Rutledge that he had been shot down during the war, and his mutilated body was appropriated by the Air Force and used by Rutledge to operate the Source Code. Stevens then asks Rutledge and Goodwin to let him die, which they promise they will do once the mission is finished.

He eventually discovers that the bomber is a disturbed American young man named Derek Frost (Michael Arden), which allows authorities to apprehend Frost and save Chicago before the second bomb is detonated.

With the mission accomplished, and despite their promise, Rutledge orders Stevens' memory to be erased and stored for reuse in further missions. However, Stevens persuades Goodwin to send him in one more time and give him one last chance to avert the train disaster. Goodwin agrees that he deserves to be allowed to die in peace afterwards instead of being held alive as a military brain in a vat.

With the information he has uncovered from previous trips into the Source Code, Stevens is able to defuse the bomb and immobilize Frost before he can destroy the train.

Stevens and Christina kiss in the last seconds before the eight-minute mark. In that instant, Goodwin turns off his life support per his request, but to Stevens' surprise, his mind remains in Sean Fentress' body. He is then able to safely leave the train with Christina, also saving the rest of the passengers. Now in the alternate universe, an alternate version of Goodwin receives an email from Stevens explaining what has happened and that the Source Code can alter the target alternate reality. The movie ends with Stevens taking Fentress' place, and asking Goodwin to help Captain Colter Stevens and tell him that "everything will be OK.", which Goodwin had told Stevens earlier in the film.

Reason for Classification: The film contains some elements of violence including disturbing images within the film as well as strong language. 

The Link to A Truncated Parable of Complete Normality

In our film, the protagonist, David Jones, is stuck in a parallel world and cannot identify what is real and what is wrong with the life he is having unlike The Source Code where the protagonist is told the truth that he isn't a real character and just a service to help stop a crime. 

The Guardian's Review (Critic)

IMDB Audience's Review

Please note that information about the film was taken from IMDB:

Analysis of a short film (Office Space)

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The film commences with a black screen and a sound bridge of a alarm clock ticking to indicate that it will go off.

Close up of the alarm clock being let off and a hand reaches out to get the clock knocking it down. 

Jump cut to a close up to the kettle to show pace of the action changing to another close up of the 

kettle done at a high angle with steam coming out of the spout. 

Jump Cut and close up of the tie being pulled up not showing the face. 

Tracking and Dolly Shot going to the right side of the office to indicate the start of the protagonists day at work done at low angle done again with a jump cut. 

Zoom in of the file cabinet and a secretary comes into shot putting a file on the cabinet for the protagonist to look at done at close up. We are able to assume at this point that he has a job that is low life and is rubbish. The secretary is shown as out of focus to show her irrelevance as well as the protagonist which is made out of focus. 

Dolly shot of the protagonist getting a sheet of paperwork and taking it from the cabinet done at close up. 

Low angle done at mid-shot of the boss entering the room to indicate power and how he is superior to the protagonist and that he is someone who will make something out of life. Protagonist looks up in shock and surprise to indicate his fear and inferiority to him. 

Close up of the protagonist looking up at his boss in shock and surprise. 

Mid-shot at low angle to indicate power. The boss is still within the shot. 

Close up of the protagonist looking up at his boss nodding and getting back to work after having been shocked and surprised by his appearance. 

Mid-shot at low angle. The boss is still within the shot. 

Close up of the protagonist looking up at his boss nodding and getting back to work after having been shocked and surprised by his appearance. 

Mid-shot at low angle. The boss leaves after talking to his employee to get the stuff sorted. 

Zoom in and close up of the files being put on the file cabinet once more to indicate the end of his day at work. 

Blue lighting and close up of the hand with the key being put into the lock to indicate that it is night-time and he has reached his home where he can relax and forget about work.

Jump cut to a close up to the kettle to show pace of the action changing to another close up of the 

kettle done at a high angle with steam coming out of the spout with blue lighting to make the audience assume night-time has fallen.

Zoom in and wide shot of the protagonist sitting down putting one of his hands into his head to indicate his life is not what he wants it to be. Music is very optimistic and motivational.

Close up of the letters with the letters looking boring and with red lettering to show the boring stuff. 

Extreme close up of a advertisement of a holiday to show his desire which is to go on a holiday abroad making it a drama/comedy. 

Low angle at close up of the protagonist looking down at advertisement to show his desire to escape the life he has, Low key lighting used to indicate his desire of to try and to go abroad but to also show he is trapped in a repetitive life where he cannot escape and live life normally. 

High angle on the holiday brochure with low key lighting to indicate hope and desire for him to have a better life which is to escape the job he has. From this, we can assume this could be a sort of comedy. From this, the protagonist puts the holiday brochure down as a metaphor for his reality.

Wide shot of the protagonist writing something down with the use of zoom to suggest something he wants to do. The screen then cuts to black indicating the start of a new day. 

Close up of the alarm clock being let off and a hand reaches out to get the clock being held to stop the 'ding' sound to indicate the start of a new day. 

Jump cut to a close up to the kettle to show pace of the action changing to another close up of the 

kettle done at a high angle with steam coming out of the spout. 

Jump Cut and close up of the tie being pulled up not showing the face. 

Tracking and Dolly Shot going to the right side of the office to indicate the start of the protagonists day at work done at low angle done again with a jump cut with a minor change of him looking outside. 

Zoom in of the file cabinet and a secretary comes into shot putting a file on the cabinet for the protagonist to look at done at close up. We are able to assume at this point that he has a job that is low life and is rubbish. The secretary is shown as out of focus to show her irrelevance as well as the 

protagonist which is made out of focus. 

Dolly shot of the protagonist getting a sheet of paperwork and taking it from the cabinet done at close up. 

 

Low angle done at mid-shot of the boss entering the room to indicate power and how he is superior to the protagonist and that he is someone who will make something out of life. Protagonist looks up in recognition of him as if he isn't as important. 

Low angle of the protagonist daydreaming showing is desire to escape the life he has.

Mid-shot at low angle. The boss is still within the shot and leaves to indicate the loss of power unlike the day before in which he scared the protagonist admitting defeat.

Zoom in and close up of the files being put on the file cabinet once more to indicate the end of his day at work. 

Blue lighting and close up of the hand with the key being put into the lock to indicate that it is night-time and he has reached his home where he can relax and forget about work and plan to escape the life he currently has.

Jump cut to a close up to the kettle to show pace of the action changing to another close up of the 

kettle done at a high angle with steam coming out of the spout with blue lighting to make the audience assume night-time has fallen.

Zoom in of the protagonist sitting down to the table. The table is filled with loads of working equipment in preparation for his plan. Motivation non-diegetic music is heard over it to represent his thoughts and ambition. 

Dolly shot of the equipment to show what he will use and to make the audience guess what his plan is as the audience is unsure what his plan is. 

Match on action and zoom in of the protagonist picking up the superglue gun. Again, the scene cuts back to the protagonist mid shot at a low angle to indicate he is getting more power by doing this plan. 

Low angle of the protagonist using masking tape at close up.

Back to mid-shot of zoom in on the protagonist

Close up Dolly Shot of his plans 

Mid shot at low angle of the protagonist writing something which immediately cuts to black. 

Ringing of the alarm clock which is turned off without being slammed down. 

High and low angle of kettle boiling done at close up.

Close up of the tie being pulled up. 

Dolly shot of the protagonist sitting down with his bag being put to the side done at a low angle at wide shot to a match on action at close up at mid shot

Zoom in of the file being put into the folder space. Secretary who puts the file is out of focus to show irrelevance to the plot. 

Protagonist looks up to show recognition and how his day has changed a bit. 

Dolly showing the protagonist picking up a piece of paper and slamming the paper on the table.  He then folds it turning it into a paper aeroplane 

Close up of the paper being folded 

Cut to the boss slamming his hands on the table. The shot is done at mid-shot and at a low angle to indicate his power. He turns round to see him and realises he has disappeared somewhere.

Establishing shot of the protagonist looking at his world and knowing that he needs to leave. 

Close up of the protagonist looking out and looks down at the paper airplane. He throws it away as a visual metaphor for him to escape the life he currently lives. 

Long Shot of the protagonist looking up at low angle indicating he now has power to do whatever he wants to do. He gets his briefcase and walks away from the hedge.  

Wide shot of the protagonist walking down the office. The boss is at the end of the hall looking unimpressed and asking where he was. 

Over the shoulder shot of the protagonist putting his hand on his shoulder and shaking his head to indicate he now has the power.

Over the shoulder shot of the boss looking confused. The protagonist walks away. 

Jump cut to the protagonist walking to the living room in his home. Things have been covered up and the protagonist throws down his bag and takes off his tie. 

He looks down and opens a box which then cuts to the box being opened at close up. He puts various stuff he will need including crackers and a mug (Note: From what I am able to gather, the film uses references to Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out as it uses the same shot)

Back to wide shot, he turns around to look at something after closing his box.

Low angle of the object to show power and a achievement. The next shot of the same action is done at a high angle from the perspective of the creative object. 

The protagonist takes off the cloth material to reveal he has created a rocket to escape. 

Low angle of the protagonist staring at the rocket. 

High angle of the protagonist staring at the rocket.

Jump cut to the protagonist jumping into the rocket. He presses the buttons to make the rocket fly. 

Cut to the rocket being powered up. The window is lit up.  

Cut to the protagonist feeling excited inside the rocket as he starts to lift off. 

Cut to the protagonist pressing a button to turn on the boosters at close up. 

High angle of the rocket boosters preparing to lift off. 

Cut to the protagonist being scared inside the rocket. 

Cut again back to rocket boosters.

Close up of protagonist as he experiences the G-Force on the rocket. 

Mid shot of protagonist 

Close up of protagonist relieved after the G-force on the rocket. 

Shot of the protagonist looking out of the rocket window.

Shot inside the rocket of him looking outside. 

High angle of the protagonist relaxing. 

Wide shot with visual effects of the rocket in space. 

Black - Cut to credits