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.

Treatment

We are making a film trailer, which will be around 1-2 minutes long. The chosen genre is a romantic drama.
The story follows the life of the female protagonist, (unnamed at the moment). We see her in a couple of happily married shots of the two walking together and other typical couple situations, these will be the first shots and will be in slight slow motion with a voiceover. The voiceover will be the woman speaking, starting off with a famous love poem going on to her own speech, the audience will then realise that this is her talking at her husband’s funeral. It is autumn, a leaf then falls down from a tree which symbolises the end of his life, and this is a main part of the trailer as we did not want to film a funeral as it would be very difficult to gather enough people to fill the church. We also think this idea is subtler and more effective/emotional. The woman walks through her home town, which is decorated with Christmas lights and window displays, showing how time has moved on. She is surrounded by happy families and couples who seem to her to be moving in fast motion, this symbolises that her world is moving in slow motion when everyone else is speeding by. Then moving to a point of view shot from her eyes, she looks into the Christmas window displays whilst the moving soft music gradually gets louder. The woman then bumps into an old friend a couple of times and we see the protagonist become happy again. Summer then comes round and this is shown by a flower growing which also symbolises her happiness growing.

Screen Grabs- Taken

Considering that we chose two films that share the same genre as what our film would be, Taken is of a thriller genre and couldn't be any more different comparing to our film.

Film trailer research 'Taken'

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Animatic

An animatic acts as a story board, it shows the shots we are going to use and if any effects are too. It is a guide to what our trailer will look like, but there will be adaptations made along the way of production.