Question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

Thought-out the planning, research, construction and evaluation stages of my A2 media studies coursework I used a range of different online and computer programmes in order tom complete everything that needed to be included within the coursework. The programs and applications that I used to do this include:

•Blogger

•YouTube

•Prezi

•Final Cut Express

•iMovie

•Garage Band

•Photoshop

The Media technologies used within my coursework can be split into two categories. These are the online applications and computer programs. Online application include websites that I used to help me with my coursework such as Blogger, YouTube and Prezi. Computer programs are the programs on the apple mac computers used to research and create the three products within my promotional package.

To start with, I used Blogger as a digital way of presenting all of the work I did on my promotional package for my A2 Coursework. This included presenting all research, planning ideas, stages taken in the creation of the three products within the promotional package, as well as presenting my final pieces and displaying evaluation questions. Blogger was a suitable application to use for this because it was available online which meant that I was able to access my work from anywhere, which allowed me to complete more work outside of school.  Blogger also allowed me to present a range of different medias on my blog including images, videos and links.

Another media technology used within y coursework includes YouTube. I used YouTube in the early stages of my coursework. This was so that I could research into trailer conventions and view trailer that were in the same genre of the trailer that we were creating for the coursework. YouTube allowed me to view many trailer of films and learn the conventions seen commonly within thriller films and conventions tat al genre of trailers contain.

Finally, the last online application I used within my coursework was Prezi. Prezi is a website that allows you to create a interesting presentation similar to PowerPoint. With Prezi I was able to  answer on of my final four evaluations questions and display it in a technological way. Prezi shows different pages in a moving presentation show. Using this allowed me to use a different piece of technology to display a question answer in a unique way.

The other section of programs used within my coursework are the computer programs. These programmes include Final Cut Express, iMovie, Garage band and Photoshop.  They were all programs installed onto the Apple Mac computers within school. We used each program in a different way and all were used towards the creation of the three products within our films promotional package.

To start with I used Final Cut Express as the technology programme to edit the clips captured for my trailer together. We chose this programme because we were familiar with how ti use it and it allowed us to complete the editing procedures needed to create our film trailer. This includes positioning clips, cutting clips, transition, inserting text Etc. In the past we had never had any problems using Final Cut Express.  Whilst creating the film trailer as part of my A2 Trailer me and my group experience difficulties that meant that we had to change the editing programme of our trailer at short notice. We had to start fro scratch with our trailer because When we opened our trailer in Final Cut Express on day to continue editing we were not able to see the footage filmed the sound was playing but the video was not. To resolve this we changed the programme we were using. We started the trailer again using iMovie. This program offered us a less complex way of editing our film trailer together. We experience no problems with this program. Although it is less complex that final Cut Express, it still offered u all of the features that we needed to create our trailer. This was the biggest problem hat we were faced with during the creation of our promotional package and once over come we were able to compete the products to a high standard.

Another program used as part of the construction of the film trailer was Garage band. We used this program to create the soundtrack for the film trailer. This  offered us a range of pre recorded sounds that we could place in an order to create a soundtrack for our film trailer.  We used a range of orchestral sound to create out soundtrack. Once we had created our sound track we were able to export our song out of Garage Band and place it into iMovie where we positioned the soundtrack into our trailer in the correct place.

The final program used was Adobe Photoshop. This program was used as a way of editing the photographs taken and used within the magazine cover and film poster created as part of the films promotional package. We were able to removes areas of photos that were not needed, change the lighting levels of photos to make the right light level for the theme and genre of our film. We were also able to compete simple edits on the photos of our characters to remove blemishes and marks that we did not want within the photos.  The main reason we used Photoshop within out coursework was making the keyhole shape within one photo used I our poster visible. This program was easy to use and offered us all the photo editing features needed.

Overall Within my A2 Media Studies coursework I used a range of different media techniques to complete the required tasks. All programs were user friendly and once the basic controls were grasped, I was able to use them with no problems. Over coming the editing programme issues was the main issue that I encountered during the creation of my coursework. I would recommend the use of these programme to people who wish to create similar styles of media products because they we all suitable and compatible with the product means that I needed. 

Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

To answer this question I presented the answer within a Prezi presentation. This presentation containing the answer to the question above can be found at the link below. 

http://prezi.com/6i-vvpm2faex/question-3-what-have-you-learned-from-your-audience-feedbac/

Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

To complete the A2 coursework, we had to create a promotional package containing a trailer, poster and magazine cover designed to promote a film. The main product of this package would be the films trailer, having the poster and magazine cover as the ancillary products accompanying the main product. Over all we were aiming to create a promotional package for a film with a niche audience targeted towards those between the ages of 16-25.  We chose this audience because we felt that the storyline of the film would appeal to a mass audience. Aiming to target a mass audience with our film also allows more promotion of the film to occur to appeal and attract more customer so that the film were real and released into cinemas, it would earn a higher income.

For the promotional package to be successful it was important that all three products work together in promoting the same film  in an effective way. We used a number of different methods in each product to connect them with each other so that they worked well in promotion our film.  To start with we connected the layout of the poster with the storyline of our film. Our film sees two friends, one gets kidnapped and the other searched for her.  This storyline sees the two girls be separated. This show this on the poser we decided to place the title of the film through the middle of the poster and have one of the two girls above and below the title. This connects with the other products because in the trailer, a shot of the two girls together was never shown, keeping the sense of separation between the two throughout the products. Another feature we used within the poster to connect with the trailer was the location in which our photo was captures. The top photo of our film poster was shot in the same location we filmed in. This location showed trees in the background.  Linking the trailer and the poster in this way shows the audience the setting of the film is dominantly within a woods. Although we did not use the wooded location within the background of the photo seen on the magazine cover used to promote the film, there are still connections within the three products. We chose to keep the magazine cover simple because we felt that although it was simple the use of red white and black created a minimalistic theme to the cover which was effective. Excluding the red writing, we used colours that were within the grey, black and white theme seen within the poster and the title in the trailer. Keeping this theme throughout all three products makes it clear that they are part of the same promotional package. These colours are also commonly used within thriller films which is another element that helps identify the genre of the film we created the promotional package for. 

Within each of the three products in our promotional package, there are strengths and also some weaknesses.  Starting with the main product, the film trailer. The strength of the trailer include transitions used to create a smooth running trailer. Having a range of quick cutting clips to build tension within the trailer is important but we also felt that having a good transition between filmed footage and text was also an important factor to have within the trailer. We used the fade to black transition throughout the trailer to have smooth cuts to the text seen within the trailer. I feel that using this transition benefited our trailer. Using a suitable transition  to make the change between filmed footage, in this case fading clips to a black screen with grey text on it.  Another transition That I feel is the strongest part of the trailer. Towards the end that last filmed footage seen in the character Jane, running into the sunlight. From this clip we placed the photo to text light flair transition. Using the light flair connected with the flair seen in the last clip of the trailer and this transition lead us to displaying the title of the film. I feel that using this transition between the end of the trailer and the film title link together well to add a creative finishing point for the trailer

The ancillary products including a film poster and magazine cover, also contain areas of strength and areas of weakness. The poster we created had a unique composition that connected within the storyline of our film, the separation of the two characters is clearly seen within the poster. Using this layout was successful because the way that the photo were captured and mainly placed on opposite side of each other complimented each.  A weakness within the poster we create for this film was the positioning of the billing block. We created the billing bloc and placed the writing onto a black background,. The style of the billing block was successful but when placed onto the bottom of the poster it did not blend in as well as I had hoped. We placed a gradient changing from black to grey to merge bottom picture into the poster and create an interest in the space behind the film tag line. You can clearly see on the poster the back edge of the billing block. We attempted to blend this into the rest of the poster but every attempt was unsuccessful. Because of this we had to keep the look of the billing block within the poster. Finally the magazine cover, created to promote our film. As a whole I feel that the magazine cover was successful, all the elements worked together as one in a simple but effective way. Over all I feel that the composition, photos and colours used to create the cover are successful in attracting the audience into the cover, to promote the film.  As for weaknesses I feel that we did all that we could to make this magazine cover the best we could. Because of this I do not feel that there are any weaknesses to point out within the Magazine cover.

Whilst creating the promotional package for our film, there were a few difficulties that we needed to over come in order to complete the three products to high standard. The first difficulty that we came across was making the keyhole shape around the bottom photo seen within the poster. The outline of the keyhole was black and because the photo inside the keyhole was very dark, the keyhole shape around it was lost due to the dark colours used. We tried making the photo a little bit lighter but the shape was still lost. Because of this we decided to over come this problem we needed to place a coloured outline around the keyhole shape. The colour we chose to do this in was grey. We chose this colour because throughout all of our promotional package, grey has been one of the main colours we have used. This was due to thriller films commonly using grey as a colour used within products. We discovered this within our genre research. When doing this we had to make sure not to make the outline to thick. If we had made the outline very bold and thick then it would have created a main focus within the poste. We did not want this, we wanted all elements of the poster to be seen as equal to attract the audience equally.  We adjusted the outline until it was the correct thickness for the poster and this resolved the first difficulties. The second and final difficulties we faced was with the editing software for the trailer. We began editing the clips of our film trailer together using Final Cut Express. Because of technical difficulties with the video footage not being seen on final Cut, we hade to change our editing programme at short notice to complete the trailer. Changing from using Final Cut Express to iMovie allowed us to use a technical editing software in the same way we originally planned without the worry of technical issues occurring in the same way as before. iMovie offered us cutting and adjustment options on all of our clips that we used to position and cut in the exact places to make our film trailer the best it could be. Changing the programme that we used was the best decision for us to make, if we had not changed the programmed we would not have completed a film trailer in time for our deadline. iMovie did not give us any restrictions and allowed us technical tools in the same way that Final Cut Express did.

Overall there were main factors that work together from the three products within our promotional package. All working together to create an effective promotional package which I fee would work well in promoting our film if it were created and released for audiences to view. 

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Within our film trailer there were a number of different shots that we used for different reasons. We picked and used specific shots to connect with the conventions of our genre along with linking into typical features used within real media products. 

One shot used within our film trailer included a long shot of a hooded figure running across a roof. We filmed this shot at a low angle to make the hooded figure look more intimidating to the audience. By placing the camera on the roof it acted as a stable and safe place to film the hooded figure running across the roof. As he runs closer to the camera we see him get bigger and bigger. This helps increase the intimidation level we wanted to create within this shot. This connects within the conventions of a thriller film as well as the typical conventions of trailer because by using a hooded figure and not identifying the character we were able to create mystery within the trailer, leaving the audience questioning who the character is and what he is going to do. We placed this clip within the trailer before we show the quick cuts of the kidnapping to help build up tension within the trailer before the kidnaping of our character happened. Using this clip also helped in creating an interest that attracts people to the film. This what not the only shot we used in this style. Another shot used that was similar to this shows some feet running over a log. We used this in the same way to continue building the tension. Again we did not identify the character by showing his face, instead we only used small parts of the character, in this shot we used his feet. 

Throughout the beginning of the trailer before the breaking point of the Kidnapping in the middle we used a number of shots that hinted at a hooded figure following the character. In the same way as before all of the shots that were similar to this were all used to build up the tension about what would happen to the girl walking with the figure in the background. Not showing the antagonist’s face within the trailer is a common feature used within general thriller films. It also crosses over in the horror genre. For example in films such as Saw and Scream the Antagonists faces are covered with masks. Although in our trailer we have not used a mask we have linked to the use of the unknown identity of the antagonist using the hood and the positioning of the character.  A similar technique is used within the trailer for Gone and Taken. A kidnapping is seen within both of these trailer and in both the kidnapper is never identified or seen.  Only a shadow or dark figure can be seen. We used this as inspiration for how we wanted to portray our kidnapper within the film. We used dark coloured clothes and hood to hide the identity of our kidnapper instead of a mask. To improve this I feel that we could have filmed parts of our trailer at a darker time of day. Although the kidnapping takes places within a wood, which is a restricted place I feel that filming at a darker time of the day would have added to the alone and secluded feeling that we wanted to create by shooting the kidnapping within a wooded area. 

Other shots that we used within the trailer included these shots of our characters in the wooded location.

 This helped us link the trailer to the main setting of the film that we created the trailer for. Generally most of the shots within the trailer show the characters of our film within the woods which identifies to the audience that a wooded location is the main setting for our film. This technique is commonly used within real media trailers. The primary set location is always seen and identified within a trailer. For example the trailer for Taken shows landmarks of Paris, France including the Eiffel Tower. By showing these landmarks within the trailer it becomes clear to the audience that the location of the film is set in Paris, France. Using mise-en-scene we were able to relate to our audience by identifying the woods through the use of the trees and the muddy ground.

This shot shows a low angled, worm eye view shot looking up and the tops of trees within the woods. This shot links to the setting of our film by identifying the trees but this was not the primary reason that we chose to include this shot within our film trailer. The overall reason for including this shot was because we felt that it acted as a point of view shot of a character. We wanted to portray that our character was on the floor looking up at the trees after the kidnapping. It also create a contrast within our trailer between being free and being trapped. Our trailer shows a kidnapping which means that the character is restricted and trapped. To contrast against this, we added the shot showing the freedom of the trees blowing in the wind. Where as the character is trapped the location chose for the kidnapping shows freedom within the trees.  

Within the trailer there are also a number of different text shots used to give viewers some information during the trailer. This includes actors names, release date, creators information, the films billing block and the title of the film. During research we found that all trailer contain some text to inform the audience.

When entering the text we chose a text filter which allowed the writing to move in from one side, stop for a minutes and the move out the other side. This allowed us to have a smooth transition between the clips of our trailer and the text clips. To fit in with the  thriller genre of our film we decided to use light grey coloured writing on a plain black background. This was because the research we conducted showed us that grey, white and black were the main colours used to represent thriller films.  Because of this to match the conventions we used a similar colour scheme within our trailer.

Finally for the title of our film we linked the transition into the title to the final clip scene within our trailer.  The last clips shows one of our characters running into the sun. Using the same effect we created a light transition which then presented the title of the film within the trailer. I feel that this was a creative way to link the transition to the title with the clip used within the trailer.  The use of light for this section also contrasts against the dark storyline that we have used for the story of our trailer. Using this contrast also helps show the good and the bad. The bad being the kidnapping and the good being the girl risking everything to save her. 

Final Film Trailer: UNAUTHORISED ABSENCE

This is the Final Film Trailer Created as part of the Promotional Package I have created as part of a group for our film entitled 'Unauthorised Absence'  

Final Poster

This is the Final Poster Created as part of the Promotional Package I have created as part of a group for our film entitled 'Unauthorised Absence'  

Final Magazine Cover

This is the Final Magazine Cover Created as part of the Promotional Package I have created as part of a group for our film entitled 'Unauthorised Absence'   

Changes Made to Film Trailer from Feedback...

The feedback we received on our trailer informed us that we had forgotten to add in commonly used features seen within real media trailers. This included a rating card and distribution company logo. Because of this we placed both of these at the beginning of our trailer. We did this because as pointed out in our feedback, all trailer have a company logo and generally all have a rating card shown at the beginning of the trailer. By adding these in we connected our trailer with real trailers and made it look professional. 

The rating card and the distribution company logo are other features that all trailer have. The rating card is used to notify  the audience the trailer is suitable for. After this we placed the distribution company logo. The distribution company chosen for our film was Warner Bro’s Studio's. This was the logo included at the beginning of the trailer. All of the photo's used within the trailer are shown below.  

Other changes that we made to the film trailer included improving the transition of the music within the trailer. Our feedback included a number of comments mentioning how the music within the trailer suddenly stopped at certain points. Because of this we researched in how to fade the music on iMovie. Due to the sudden change of editing programme, no one in the group was familiar with the programme so we were not sure how to fade the music. Because it had been brought up in many of the feedback comments we spent the time researching how to do it to make sure that the music within the trailer was heard in the way expected by the audience. Fading the music allowed the trailer soundtrack to have a smooth transition between sound and silence. Along with fading the music we also made it slightly quieter. This was another suggested improvement within the feedback. Doing this died down the volume of the music and allowed the voice over to be heard clearly.

   

Changes Made to Film Poster from Feedback...

After posting our film poster onto Facebook to received feedback we were informed about the strengths and weaknesses of the product. The only improvement suggested to us about the poster was the chosen tag line we placed on the poster. The tag line we originally chose was 'Wrong Time, Wrong Place'. A comment left in our feedback stated that the tag line was misleading and did not match our storyline. The tag line chosen suggests that the character who is kidnapped was simple in the wrong place at the wrong time, as the original tag line says. This in fact is not true. The storyline of our film reveals that the girl was targeted and followed for a reason. Because of this we had to change the tag line of our film to something that was more appropriate and that tied into the storyline of our trailer. 

We decided to change the tag lie of the film to 'She's willing to risk it all to save their friendship'. We chose his because it links the friendship and dedication shown within the character of Jane in our film. Jane risks her life to save her friend. With this new tag line we replaced the old tag line with this one using the same font. Because the length of the tag lines were different we had to make the writing smaller and re position the word within the set space. Once positioned correctly we were happy with the new look of our film poster. 

Changes Made to Magazine Cover from Feedback...

After receiving and reading through the feedback we received on the Magazine Cover we created as part of a films promotional package, we made slight changes to the way the magazine looked. Below shows what the magazine cover originally looked like and what it looked like after we completed changes suggested to us in the audience feedback received.

 In our feedback, we received a comment saying ‘…there are lots of plain spaces and I feel that they could have been filled with images or text..’. After re ding this comment and referring back to our magazine cover we realised that there as a large blank space on the left side of the cover. Because of this we added more to the cover of the magazine. We started by moving the “PLUS…” heading with the writing underneath it to the left side to fill the gap and we added another heading  offering readers an interview with Jade Renouf, who was the girl seen within our trailer who searches for her friend. We added this heading an also included a photo of the girl. Bu doing this we for filled thee audience feedback by filling in  noticeable gaps upon the magazine cover. Adding the extra side heading onto the cover helped keep real convention of magazine covers in place on the magazine cover. This was done by including the small photograph. A convention we missed was that there were other, smaller images placed on some magazine covers. By including this we connected within the conventions and made our magazine more realistic to the audience.

Another thing we changed on the magazine cover after feedback was the photo seen within our ‘New & Exclusive Film Releases’ Section that can be seen on the cover of our magazine. We replaced the film poster with posters created by other groups within our class. This was so that we had all original images upon our magazine cover. Before placing the posters onto the magazine we gained permission to advertise other groups films and use there posters on our magazine cover. By changing this all elements of the magazine cover were original. 

Feedback Received On Promotional Package

After completing our promotional package we uploaded all three items onto social networking sites. From here we asked people feedback on our film trailer, magazine cover and film poster. From this we received a number of helpful comments on what the audience thought needed  to be changed to improve the items and also found out what parts of the three items the audience liked. Some of the comments left suggesting improvements we took on board an incorporated into the film trailer, magazine cover and poster, but there were other comments in which we chose not to act upon because there were element in which we did not agree with. We took all feedback on-board fully but made decisions on what changes we felt would benefit our products the most.

The feedback we received on the film trailer can be seen below:

The comments we chose o take on-board are shown within the red squares. Other comments that did not offer us any suggestions did not use to place improvements into our film trailer. 
Along with the film trailer we also received feedback on out magazine cover and film poster. The comments for out ancillary task can be seen below:

In the same way as before, comments used to add improvements to our products are shown within the red squares. 

Film Trailer

Film Poster

This is the final poster that we created as part of our promotional package for our film ‘Unauthorised Absence’.

Within the poster we wanted to include items that linked in with the story of our film. The layout of the poster was the first thing we chose to link to the narrative of the story. Our storyline see one girl get kidnapped and another look for her. Because of this the two characters are separated throughout the majority of the film. Because of this we decided to separate the characters on the poster as well. We did this by placing the title through the middle of the poster and a photo of each girl above and below the title. We have shown the separation between the characters within both the trailer and the poster by choosing this composition for the poster.

Another thing we used to link the the story of our film was the photos used. The first photo used shows the character who searches for the kidnapped girl. We shot this photo within the same location that the filming for the trailer was done. The photo shows trees in the background which links to the set location within the trailer. The majority of the trailer is seen within the woods location so linking the photo used on the photo to this. The second photo was more difficult. We wanted to link the trapped element of the kidnapped character and also use a keyhole to link the locked rooms mentioned later on in the film storyline. To do this we shot this photo through a cut out keyhole shape. We kept the identity of the girl through the keyhole hidden to again link the the storyline with there being many girls who all look similar trapped on one place, the character Brooke being on of theme. We created a silhouettes style photograph to capture through the keyhole and place on the poster.

Along with the photos we placed text onto the film poster as well. This included the film title, a tag line, release date and billing block. We created the billing block and paced this at the bottom of the poster. We positioned it here because  in our research we found that portrait film posters generally had the billing block positioned at the bottom of the poster. For example the billing block can be seen at the bottom of the Poster used to promote the film 'The Butterfly Effect'. We also placed ‘Coming Soon’ underneath the billing block to match the positioning seen within this poster as well. 

The font of the film title and the tag line were kept the same so that they matched when seen on the poster. We made a subtle change by making the title more bold compared to the tag line. The tag line we chose to use for our film was ‘Wrong Time. Wrong Place..’. We chose this to link with the kidnapping of the character because the situations he is in would use the phrase, wrong place, wrong time to say that she was chosen only because she was there at that specific time. Although once the storyline of the film is discovered it is revealed that the girl was kidnapped because she looked similar to other girls that had already been kidnapped and were trapped with the kidnapper. 

Film Magazine Cover

This is the final outcome for the magazine poster we created as part of our promotional package.

Using conventions of real total film magazine covers we were able to combine different elements into creating this magazine front cover which promotes the release of our film.

When creating this we used a colour scheme and stuck to using red, black and grey within our front cover. If we had used more colours they would have clashed and viewers would not be as interested in the cover.  This colour scheme was also used due to research. We decided to have a plain background for our magazine cover and during research we found that plain background have a red title where as covers with a background use a white or ‘special’ title colour on Total Film Magazine. This can be seen in the example Total Film covers displayed below. 

We wanted to make the cover as realistic as possible so we stuck to the red title and used within within our theme to fit with the conventions within total film magazine covers.

The photo used on the cover is of the character within our trailer that gets kidnapped. We chose to place this character on the cover of the magazine to promote the film because we felt that her character had more mystery to her. By placing her on the cover we hoped to give readers a hint towards her character. Although in some cases this character is not the main character of our film, placing her on the cover creates interest for the audience and it will encourage them to buy the magazine or see the film to see what happens to her.

We then also stuck to the conventions of magazine covers by including new film releases, exclusive interviews and a countdown on the cover of our magazine. We researched into a range of films that were set to be releases within February/March. Because the magazine is a magazine promoting all genre of films we chose a range of films to promote on the front not only films that were of a similar or the same genre as our film.  Using these also tied the promotion of our film in to a authentic looking magazine cover.  

Film Trailer Soundtrack

Along with using iMovie to do all the editing for the trailer, another programme used was Garage Band. We used garage band to create the music for the trailer. We created the music using strings and orchestral sounds because in our research we found that strings were commonly used within a thriller film trailer because the instrument can make sounds that help build tension within film trailers. By using this programme we were also easily able to transfer the created soundtrack and import it into a film trailer within iMovie. Once in iMovie we were able to adjust the volume and length of the soundtrack as well as fading parts of the music in and out to fit in with the composition of the trailer. 

Other sound that we used within our film trailer was in the form of a voice over. We placed two separate lines of the character Brooke speaking over the top of our film trailer. This voice over can be heard over the top o the sound tracking used in the background of the trailer. We made the voice over a louder volume that the soundtrack so that it could clearly be heard when viewing the trailer. The second section of the voice over is played on its own with not soundtrack behind it. We did his to have a moment of silence within the trailer just before the kidnapping of the character takes place. We did this to create the feeling that something bad was about to happen to the audience. 

Inserting Text & Photos into the Trailer...

Within our film trailer we included a number of different text shots and photos which allowed us to add features to the trailer that were commonly seen within trailer of all genres. 

When inserting the text into the trailer we used filters which allowed us to have smooth transitions between the filmed clips and the text we had within the trailer. We chose to have the text move in from one side of the trailer frame and then move out to the opposite side. This helped make a transition between text and filmed footage within the trailer that kept the trailer flowing without gaps or pauses. The text we inserted into the trailer using this features included actors names, release date and creators information. For the colour scheme of the text inserted into the trailer we decided to stick to the colours used within the colour scheme of our films poster. We use a light grey colour for the text, and displayed this on an plain black background. By using this we also connected within the conventions found within thriller film trailers during our research. Our research showed the grey and white writing on a black background was commonly, an if not always used for the text seen within thriller film trailers. 
Below shows the text created and seen within our trailer. 



Along with the text mentioned we also placed the title of our film within the trailer. For this piece of text we used a different style. To connect with the last filmed piece of footage seen within the trailer we used a lens flair to text transition. This worked as an interesting transition from the end of the trailer to the text

 showing the title of the film.


 This was because the final clip showed our main character running up a pathway into the sunlight. This clip contains a lens flair which was similar to the one used within the text displaying the film title. The final clip in the trailer and the transition to the film title text are shown below.

Along with text we also inserted an image into the trailer. The image we inserted was the Billing Block for the film. We created the billing block with white writing on a black background to fit in with the colour scheme used for our film. We then placed the photo of  our billing block into the film. We positioned the billing block right at the end of the trailer because our researched showed that this was when the billing block was shown within trailers. This was for all trailer, not only trailer within our film genre.

Editing The Trailer

Using iMovie we took all of the footage previously filmed and began cutting the clips to the correct length in which we wanted them to be within the trailer. Having a variety of shots within the trailer will engage the audience into the trailer and keep them interested all the way through. Having quick cuts and using a range of shots also builds tension within the trailer which we wanted to create to connect with the conventions of realistic thriller film trailer. After cutting the clips to the correct size we placed them all into the order we wanted so show the trailer. Positioning the shots was important so that we were able to create a non linear narrative within our trailer. Although our trailer contain and mixture of both linear and non linear narrative. The beginning  part of our trailer follows the girls to show the kidnapping. This is done in a linear narrative, after the kidnapping we positioned the shots to show a rage of clips out of order to build tension amongst the audience when the trailer is viewed. This created a non linear narrative within the trailer.  The mixture of the two narratives create an interesting trailer by showing part of the story but no all of it. We did this because during research we discovered that some trailer revealed some parts of their narrative in a linear narrative and other parts in a  non-linear narrative. By combining the two I eel that we managed to create a realistic trailer the applies conventions from real media products.

Whilst creating our trailer we also used transitions to create smooth running trailer that flowed when viewed. Having sudden cuts in the trailer is not seen within real media products, because of this it was important to have transition in some parts to have different clips connect together smoothly. For example we placed a black screen before and in the middle of the clips showing the kidnapping of the character. To get to the kidnapping we placed a fade to black transition between clips. This was so that the clip seen before the black screen would fade into the black screen instead of just jumping into it.

Overall, after we over come the issues with the programme we were using to edit, we were able to complete editing on our trailer to a standard hat we felt helped us to create an interesting and effective film trailer. The quick cuts and mixture of narratives helps to create the effect seen within a thriller film trailer that we were hoping to create.