First Cuts of Filming

After completing our first part of filming, we thought it would be a good idea to compare our bad shots to the final ones. We originially had a camera, which kept going blury and producing bad picture quality as well as muffly sounds during the filming.

Marketing Strategies

Saul Bass

Saul Bass was a graphic designer as well as a film maker, most popularly known for his design in motion picture title sequences.  During his forty years of work he worked for some of Hollywood’s’ greatest film makers, including Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest and many others. He designed some of the most iconic logos, including the most recognized airline industry logos of the era.
I thought it would be necessary to research Saul Bass, for inspiration on the development of our own movie poster. He was known to design posters that revolutionized the visuals of film advertising; his posters were known to go against the normality, edging away from focusing only on key characters. However he developed simple and symbolic designs that visually connected with the film.

This poster for Vertigo (1958), uses it’s stylized figures which are sucked down in the nucleus of a spirals vortex, represents the anxiety and disorientation of the film.  

 

Rough Shots

After completing our first part of filming, we thought it would be a good idea to compare our bad shots to the final ones. We originially had a camera, which kept going blury and producing bad picture quality as well as muffly sounds during the filming.

Risk Assessment

Hazards:

· Wet grass/leaves on ground (damp conditions) – could cause to slip


· Sticks on the floor – could trip over

- Who could be harmed during the making of the trailer:

· Actor/Actress – may fall over whilst performing


· Director/Cameraman – watch where putting tripod and watch where we step

- General Safety

· Aware of surroundings, wet ground especially.


· Filming at night, making sure people know our whereabouts


· Not using electrical equipment too close to water


· Filming in the street – checking the traffic


· Standing on a bench to film part – someone there to catch if cameraman falls


- Dry bench before standing on it


· If raining, make sure equipment is kept dry so it doesn’t get broken

The Setting

A romantic film is normally set in a setting which is well known and pretty, this would be places such as London and Paris. We did think that filming it in Bath because it is a romantic setting, but thought it would be difficult to get there easily so it would probably make our filming schedule difficult.

In Marlborough the locations that we have chosen to use are all quite picturesque, for example scenes next to the river and in the park. We have also got a scene in the high street with the Christmas lights behind which makes it look better as well as shows the time of the year.

Music

For the duration of the trailer, we are playing music to add the emotion that is necessary for a romantic film. The music is going to have to be soft and harmonious which would reflect on the emotion that is entailed with in the trailer. We are using garage band, and the instruments mainly used would be piano and guitar because they both give off peaceful sounds.  The music will be done after all of the editing is done, which I think would take about 2-3 days.

After Vox Pop

After making our vox pop, it gave us many advantages for the production of our trailer. It gave us an insight to what the audience expects to see in a romantic drama. Even though we asked a range of different people, varying from teenage boys to people of the more mature age, they all said similar things. The feedback that we received was mainly things like scenes which make you laugh at the couple as well as romantic ones which show the closeness of the couple. I think it is important to take into consideration what the audience says because they are the people who will technically be watching the trailer. Other things that were recommended was for it not to be too deep, people prefer things to be easy going and light hearted but wanted to be left saying “ahh” at the end.

People also commented on the setting in which the trailer should be set in, these tended to be well known romantic locations such as London or Paris. One of our ideas for the location of our film was Bath, because it’s a clean, upper class setting which could also be seen as romantic.

Music is also something that we need to take into consideration, as it sets the pace or the mood for the film. Obviously with it being a romantic genre, it needs to be cheery and light hearted, however because it has a death within it some of the music is going to have to be of a sadder tone.

Filming Schedule

We produced a filming schedule in order for our trailer to be the best quality that we are able to do. By sticking to a strict regime it will allow us to organise our time both effectively and efficiently.