Showing posts with label Daniel Fotheringham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Fotheringham. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Evaluation Question 2
How effective is the combination of your main product and the ancillary texts?
What were you trying to achieve in your main production? Was this also reflected in the two advertising
products?
In our main production, our original idea was to help not only imply clues but also confuse the audience in wondering why David's life was not normal or ordinary. To do this, we decided as a group to help imply some clues such as in the radio trailer where David says that he has no shoelaces and the secretary says his shoelaces are undone suggesting that something dark and malevolent was occurring and, as a result of it, the world that David was living in wasn't normal. To do this, as a group, we all decided to help give some clues but not give everything away in order for our twist to work effectively and for the audience to be able to piece together the clues we had implied through the poster, radio trailer and the film. What were you trying to achieve in your main production? Was this also reflected in the two advertising
products?
The Radio Trailer
A Radio Trailer is a older way of advertisement in which a trailer for a film is played on air for the radio so it can help promote the film and gain a massive audience for its release. However, due to the fact that it is an older way of advertising a film, not many people nowadays now do radio trailers as they are able to mass market an audience.
Researching Radio Trailers
When we researched radio Trailers, we decided to look at radio trailers that were within our genre. Because of this, I decided to look at drama and sci-fi and I found it hard to locate them as not many radio trailers are made nowadays for films as they are a bit old. However, I was able to find some and made a post to help our group understand what radio trailers contain. (To see the post then please use this link) We then consulted one another and started to plan after realising that a radio trailer needed sounds from the film, character voices, miscellaneous voiceover and music We then discussed the ideas we had and then started to create our radio trailer.
Producing our Radio Trailer
For this production, we decided to use a radio trailer in order to help us show a new form of advertisement towards the film and also to help give away some clues such as the type of genre the film was, what the film could be about and what it could contain. We decided to use the voice of David to help the audience understand his confusion as within the film David uses minimal dialogue so we decided that David should speak to not only get the audience introduced to the character but to also understand his personality. We created a script in which Sophie and I recorded our voices on a phone so we could easily transfer it onto a system like GarageBand. Sophie and Beth then transferred the music and sounds onto GarageBand in which the would clip the voices together and would also put Emma's recorded voice from the film into the radio trailer as well as being able to upload our voices. We then uploaded the music from our film and then we uploaded it onto YouTube in
which we were able to promote our film and show that something wasn't right in David's world without giving away too much of the story.
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| The Radio Trailer Script |
The Poster
A poster is a more well known piece of advertising which is used nowadays in which again it helps promote a film both online and offline. Because they are accessible and easy to make, they can be accessed via the internet and on banners to help get a mass market audience.
Researching about Posters
When I looked at posters, I decided to look at a poster which was similar to our film and decided to look at The Source Code as the story tells about a man who lives a repetitive life and as a result of this, I felt it was something we could use as inspiration for our film and we could use ideas from that film. Whilst this film was a action thriller, I felt because it was similar to psychological drama and we could use ideas from the poster and its advertisement ideas. Again, to help the group understand what my ideas were, I decided to use an analysis of the poster on a blog post so everyone could see it and see what they could use and what was necessary as the poster does not give much away about the plot of the film. (To see the post then please use this link)
When we were all working on the poster of our film, we decided as a group to hint that something wasn't quite right and yet it was something the audience wouldn't be able to work out the twist. We decided as a group to create individual posters and I suggested rough ideas with the background looking fuzzy to give the idea of the game glitching but in a subtle way. We all decided to create our own poster which would be both hand drawn and done on Photoshop and after creating it we decided to pick who would create who would be the person to create the final poster. Due to the fact that Sophie had more experience with Photoshop and was able to operate it in a more sophisticated way, we decided that Sophie would create the final poster after taking on suggestions we had given to her to put on the poster such as the slogan to hint that David's life was repetitive and little which inspired us from 'Edge of Tommorrow'. After then reviewing the poster, we felt as a group it suited the film as it was very subtle yet gave clues to what our film could be about and what it could contain.
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| Edge of Tomorrow Slogan |
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| My Rough Hand Drawn Poster |
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| My Rough Photoshop Poster |
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| The Final Photoshopped Film Poster |
After we had created the texts, we decided to posts and ask people for their views and opinions. One of the big things they were fans of the slogan and that 'It gave a interesting approach to the film as well as giving an exciting concept towards the film.' They also felt the Radio
Trailer made sense after seeing the film as one of the biggest comments our audience said was that they were confused about the plot and by having David's voice then they were in a position where a lot of things made sense about why he had no shoelaces and also why he had concerns about the day. We therefore felt this was somthing which was very good and helpful for us as we had wanted to gain a response that was not just only informative but also very pleasing for us to hear about the feedback and what our film could do.
Conclusion
Overall, I feel that by using our ancillary texts then we have been able to produce a unique and yet project without giving the twist away. I feel this has been because we all have had similar ideas and we have been able to elaborate and create a story about something so simple yet effective and exciting. The audience has also been able to bring a connection with the film as there have been confusion within the film but now our audience has been able to understand the purpose of our story and finding out that the film is more about finding yourself and with the help of this, people have understood what the film is about and why we chose to use these decisions within our ancillary texts.
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Friday, 27 March 2015
Location Change: The Lift
Using the floor with a yellow wall was perfect in giving off a certain mood to the audience. When seeing yellow, our audience are more likely to feel happy and 'normal', just as David himself seems to be. Unfortunately, we were unable to use this floor due to difficulty in filming in the lift itself. The footage we used was taken in another lift, one used less often, and in a short space of time, in order to gain a usable shot, however the limited time meant our footage was very short.
Friday, 6 March 2015
Friday, 13 February 2015
Possible music/sounds for the film
Because the film is a psychological dramas, there are many sounds in which we can use for this film. These are a few we may use as they reflect the mood that something is not right.
Dark Ambience - Lonely Caverns
I feel this music would work effectively as it contains a sense of danger and concern for the film and also a sense of unpredictability in the film. In order for it to work in a effective way, I feel this should be played over the crane shot when David walks down the street before we see the pause sign to reveal that David is a virtual game character. Whilst we understand that we don't want to give the whole film away, we do want to hint that something is creepy and wrong making David's world not "normal".
Old Piano Drama Theme
I feel this could also work effectively within the film as we want to give that idea of mystery for the film and intrigue to our characters. By using this music then we could also help give the intrigue and sympathy to David as a character and make the audience understand why the world he lives in isn't as normal as he thinks it is.
Dark Ambience - Lonely Caverns
I feel this music would work effectively as it contains a sense of danger and concern for the film and also a sense of unpredictability in the film. In order for it to work in a effective way, I feel this should be played over the crane shot when David walks down the street before we see the pause sign to reveal that David is a virtual game character. Whilst we understand that we don't want to give the whole film away, we do want to hint that something is creepy and wrong making David's world not "normal".
Old Piano Drama Theme
I feel this could also work effectively within the film as we want to give that idea of mystery for the film and intrigue to our characters. By using this music then we could also help give the intrigue and sympathy to David as a character and make the audience understand why the world he lives in isn't as normal as he thinks it is.
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Thursday, 5 February 2015
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Analysis of my draft copy of the poster.
When creating the poster, there were certain things I wanted to do in hinting not only that David's world isn't real and the twist of the film as well as using marketing strategies that conglomerates and independent companies would use.
The Slogan
The slogan was something I wanted to hint as part of the poster to give the audience an idea about the genre of the film in which it is a mixture of drama, psychological Thriller and sci-fi so I felt it was right to give a sense of these genres to intrigue the audience with referencing to 'Edge of Tommorrow' with the slogan 'Sleep! Work! Repeat' to give the idea that David's world would never be different due to the fact he is a game character in a simulation game. I also felt by having folders, piece of papers and also switchboards would help give the sense of normality to the film and to sense that people shouldn't be concerned which should confuse the audience to identify what is and what isn't normal.
The main picture
Because the film is supposed to confuse and shock the audience, I felt that the main picture was something that was normal and surprising. As part of this, I decided to use the character of David in his office workspace looking blank an confused to suggest something is wrong and he doesn't know what might be wrong in his life. As part of this, I felt that with him showing a blank expression then it will intrigue the audience on what is wrong.
The Creators and Cast
Because we had to give a bit of an intrigue to the film, I felt it would be wise to use pull factors to bring our audience in with hints of what genre the film could be and what it could entitle. As part of this, I decided to use Beth and Sophie's AS film (Powerplay) as part of the poster with 'From the creators of PowerPlay' to reference that if the audience like their film then they should like this film because it is very similar to the film. I also felt that I would put the names of the actors on the table like the pull factor and decided to put 'Emma Irwin' and 'Charlotte Hutton' near the sides whilst still on the table and 'Daniel Fotheringham' in the middle to finally show who is the main character and who are the people who play a key role in our film. Whilst we understand that there is more than just those actors, because of the space of the poster I felt it would be wise to put the main characters on the poster for our audience to get an idea about what our film is about. I also felt another wise thing to do was to include the details on pieces of paper as if the writing was pieces of paper David has wrote on himself and has thrown away which could suggest that he also has low self esteem as a result of this.
The Title
For the final part of this poster, I felt this had to suggest a few parts and to give an idea that David's world might not be real as I wanted to suggest the idea that maybe his world isn't as normal as he thinks it is. I felt by doing this it could give a glitchy effect and it could not only suggest the film (being a mix of sci-fi and Psychological Drama) but it could also hint the idea of what this film might include. I felt to do this with the 'Normality' to have a glitch effect to suggest maybe his world isn't exactly what people think it is.
The main picture
Because the film is supposed to confuse and shock the audience, I felt that the main picture was something that was normal and surprising. As part of this, I decided to use the character of David in his office workspace looking blank an confused to suggest something is wrong and he doesn't know what might be wrong in his life. As part of this, I felt that with him showing a blank expression then it will intrigue the audience on what is wrong.
The Creators and Cast
Because we had to give a bit of an intrigue to the film, I felt it would be wise to use pull factors to bring our audience in with hints of what genre the film could be and what it could entitle. As part of this, I decided to use Beth and Sophie's AS film (Powerplay) as part of the poster with 'From the creators of PowerPlay' to reference that if the audience like their film then they should like this film because it is very similar to the film. I also felt that I would put the names of the actors on the table like the pull factor and decided to put 'Emma Irwin' and 'Charlotte Hutton' near the sides whilst still on the table and 'Daniel Fotheringham' in the middle to finally show who is the main character and who are the people who play a key role in our film. Whilst we understand that there is more than just those actors, because of the space of the poster I felt it would be wise to put the main characters on the poster for our audience to get an idea about what our film is about. I also felt another wise thing to do was to include the details on pieces of paper as if the writing was pieces of paper David has wrote on himself and has thrown away which could suggest that he also has low self esteem as a result of this.
The Title
For the final part of this poster, I felt this had to suggest a few parts and to give an idea that David's world might not be real as I wanted to suggest the idea that maybe his world isn't as normal as he thinks it is. I felt by doing this it could give a glitchy effect and it could not only suggest the film (being a mix of sci-fi and Psychological Drama) but it could also hint the idea of what this film might include. I felt to do this with the 'Normality' to have a glitch effect to suggest maybe his world isn't exactly what people think it is.
Monday, 2 February 2015
Friday, 23 January 2015
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