Location Shots.

Instead of simply just taking some pictures of a few places we were thinking of filming at and taking the risk of not really depicting what we want to say properly we thought it would be easier, more effective and generally a bit more fun to take the viewer along the road of what we are thinking with our Location. Also as most of our prominent filming is taking place at Box Hill which is quite far from us it made sense that pictures just wouldn't do it justice.
Thus this short film.

Enjoy,
Rahel, Layan and Abi.

http://www.slideshare.net/lpgsmedia/making-movie-trailers

After reading this article our legendary teacher Mr Go gave us it really opened my eyes.

Music for Trailer - Inspiration & Potential.

We've thought long and hard about the soundtrack we want to use in the background of our trailer. And i was a unanimous decision to use something with no lyrics and quite classical like. The trailer ' Tree of Life' Inspired us a great deal...

However we are no going to let this restrict us. If we do find something with lyrics and fits so perfectly then we are more than happy to compromise. To be honest our idea's arent set into stone, and we are playing some aspects of our trailer by ear, which we believe will sometimes produce the most ingenious happenings which defiantly takes a load of our shoulders. 

Although, it does appear that we may ger our wish as we happened to stumble across this unknown rapper who has a 40 second instrumental which seems to work absolutely perfectly.  

When we came across this, the excitement we felt was incredible. It captures what we are envisioning so perfectly. the slow start which then quickens and grows more intense and then to stop quite abruptly. So we're keeping this soundtrack very close to us. Our only issue with it is the length of it. As our trailer isn't going to be 44seconds this may cause some trouble. However we are going to stay optimistic as things seem to be tying in together very nicely, we are aware of some other potential soundtracks that we could use and we are very happy with the one we have found so far.

Finished Story Board

Our finished story board with the dialogue and 

music we wanted.  

New Male Actor.

Our previous male actor, recently got arrested for misconduct of illegal substances. We were therefore no longer able to use him, And to be honest were apprehensive to even use him in the first place. However this did not stop us.We were able to find the beautiful Lewis Miller, previously known for his featuring in "Best Film in the World" and "WOW, dude this film is great" in both he won 2 Oscars for best actor and best male role. So we were very  privileged to have him on our team.   

Lewis Miller - Age 17

Casting Shots

Emma Coull- Age 18

Emma is a prestigious drama student whose talent is perfect for the film.

She is recognised for her art house dramas. She lives local and so she would be easy to contact and meet to film. We liked Emma's look and also like how she has taken grasp of her character India. 

Jack Algar- Age 17

Jack does not act however he has done modelling in the past and his look is appealing. He represent the character of Ben the 'cheating and player' side. However we understood that he would struggle to portray the more sensitive and loving side of Ben.

Lucy Wagstaffe- Age 18

Lucy was the first person we thought of when deciding who to cast for the role of Ayla. This is because of her current acting skills and her incredible talents. She is known and recognised for her incredible dramas she has previously been in. She is constantly in school productions and stood out largely. We wanted to get her on our team from day 1. 

                                                     

Storyboard (first draft)

This is the first draft of our storyboard, we will be making an animated version of this as well as a photographic storyboard where we will use pictures we have taken of the location shots or images we want to re-create. The triangles represent titles and underneathe the drawings are the shots we will use, I think we have used a varied amount of camera shots.

Shot Inspirations

Here below are links to some inspirational cool shots of people skate boarding, running and different creative ways of using mese en scene's. These different videos and pictures inspire us all in different ways to use the camera and mese en scene. For example we would like to incorporate skateboarding (1 & 3) due to the fast pace which could go well with our trailer. And the colour powder used in the wind in 2) adds a beautiful soft feel, in contrast of the fireworks used in video 1) add this exciting shocking feel.



1)

 

https://vimeo.com/35557799










2)

http://www.ligthelm.tv/Together-As-One-Opener



















3)

   https://vimeo.com/49217326

Picking the characteristics of our Cast.

Casting and Characters.

Finding the right cast for our Trailer has been much harder than we first expected. We have got an image imprinted in our minds and we are not prepared to settle till we are successful in finding the perfect cast. First and formost we want India and Ayla to have Different coloured hair, India preferably Brunett and Ayla Blond. 

  

Ayla

India

However we do not want this to be a restriction and we will not be to disappointed if we find two brunetts or two blond to be best friends if they fit all other criteria's. The reason we wanted a Blond and Brunett for the two best friends is it is a good way to distinguish between the two in the trailer especially in the quick scenes with Ben. Also it has always worked extremely well in other films such as 'Bride Wars' (*1)  'Something Borrowed', Kathy and Ruth from 'Never Let Me Go' (*2) and so on, it is a very good generic look to have for best friends.

       *1  *2

 However to steer away from that generic, hollywood feel of Blond girls steeling the boyfriend or being the flirty one we have made Ayla the Blond "The victim" and India will be the Brunett. 

The look we have for India and Ayla is a really quirky, urban, tribally look. These are just some idea's to express what look we're thinking...  

 

 

For Ben we have no preference on the colour of his hair. But with him we also want him to have a quirky, urban, skater look, really into his arts and filming, this will allow us to incorporate vintage films and pictures in our trailer. 

    

Target Audience (UK tribes)

                       

Target Audience

Target Audience

Like Crazy is a film with a similar genre to ours. We assumed that the target audience for this film would mainly be both females under 18 and over 18-30. However from the user ratings report the film appealed to both males and females, this makes it clear to us that our film can also appeal to males over 18-30 as well as our original target audience which was females under 18.

Never Let Me Go also shows the same thing. Both films are similar to ours in terms of genre and storyline. We have now widened our target audience.

Ideas/inspirations

This image reminded me of our storyline as it is a love triangle and the "end" may represent the end of a relationship.  I also like how the triangle is moving like a heartbeat. This image has made me think about a black and white film, although it may not be as appealing for our target audience it could go well with our theme of independent drama. Some top rating films such as Schindler's List, Sin City and slightly more current films such as Control and The Artist have done very well and I think with the lack of colour it would emphasise the emotion of our characters. 

Production company Logo

From the large selection of initial logo idea's I asked a few friends their favourite two and which were the most eye catching, these four were the most popular!

Production logo ideas