Locations

This shot was taken in the abandoned house in pembury, it was the perfect place for this particular scene to be filmed as it is quiete a dark, eerie, and depressing setting which was ideal for this clip. The house and the way in which the scene was filmed it all signifies how the character is feeling.

We had to be careful which classroom to use in school as we wanted the room to look more like an office than a classroom. Even thoug we have a shot from the school area we are trying to avoid using to much filming within the school as the area is very familiar and limits you to what you can express in each film clip and scene.

Locations

The first shot i am going to describe is the first shot to be showed in our trailer. The shot was taken from a hot air balloon looking over the countryside. The reason this clip was used is because it is the perfect scenary for where are main character lives. We where very lucky to be able to have this shot at our disposal, the reason is, is because earlier on in the year Jack Welch was in a hot air balloon and manage to film are openign shot.

Many of our shots were taken at Jeremey Razzells house, this is because it set the perfect scene for where we imagined are movie to be set. There was also other places such as the woods which was idea for further filming. In the shot on the "right" it expresses well that the area is secluded. Also by there being a worn down old garage in the shot that also helps to portray the emphasis that it is meant to be a really isolated and secluded home.

Betrayal & Retribution Poster

Screen Shots: Possible Magazine and poster covers

One of these pictures are a possiblity for my poster and magazine cover for Betrayal and Retribution.

They all have a meaning and are excellent shots for the magazine and poster, i have to consider what meaning each picture portrays as i need a strong and meaningful imagine to be displayed on the front of the magazine and poster.

This imagine shows jeremy razzell using binoculas. This imagine has many meanings as it could be portrayed that he is searching for somethings, which in the Trailor he is looking for his son. Also it shows that he is dedicated and very motivated in his mission to find his son. This is seen through him using equipent (binoculas).

 This is imagine shows one of the kidnappers holding a gun. This is a strong, bold imagine to use on the cover as it is not only a powerful imagine but gives you an insite into what sort of film it is without having to read about it. I also like this clip because it gives an insight into the film withoout giving away the storyline.

 This imagine shows a friend shouting and expressing his feelings about the situation his friend is in. The imagine has some good reason for it to be used as it is a strong imagine, but there isn't enough natural emotion shown for it to be on the front of a magazine or poster. The imagine doesnt let the target audience imagine and wonder what the story is about.

 This is am imagine showing the character in his normal life before his life gets turned up side down. If this imagine was to be used it would have to be backed up by another stronger picture.

 This imagine shows his son alex being taken away, this imagine is a possibility as there are great meaning to the picture and the story is based around the event taking place in this imagine.

 This imagine shows the father in a state of panic over the death of his wife and the struggle to find his son. Just like the other photo it couldnt be on its own as it doesnt portray enough meaning and power but with a secondary photo it is a possiblity.

 An imagine of a gun is always a powerful shot, as a weapon does hold a lot of power and strength . It is a nice shot to have as people like actiona and it backs up that it is am action movie.

 This Screen shot has a lot of power and meaning as it shows him running with a weapon this Portrays him trying to retreave his son. It shows a lot power as he is a strong willing man. Also as he is holding a gun it shows that he has experience with these weapons and that he isnt an ordinary man.

This imagine doesnt have enough on its own but with another imagine to anchor a strong meaing it would be a nice shot as it shows the father and son together and how they have a good relatonship.

Monthly Diary

Monthly Diary 24/9/2011

During the past week, we have focus mainly on producing a plan for our main coursework trailer. We have already produced a practice trailer which was called Big Fat Sweaty Coppers which was a success. I devised a PowerPoint presentation to class which involved not only clips from our practice trailer but our plan of are new Trailer; we made the plan through the use of video clips to give the audience a good idea of how the trailer will pan out.
In presenting this to the class it is a good use of audience feedback, we got their views on trailer and what we could improve and whether we could just get it to work. The feedback was all round very good. The audience seemed very excited with our idea and thought that the storyline was very convincing. The negative feedback was mainly about the use of cars as we where planning on using a car more often but in the end we decided against using it. This is a benefit to audience feedback.

25/10/2011

During this month we had half term between the 24th and the 31st. We didn’t have any lesson as it was half term this allowed us plenty of time to film the basic outline of our trailer and compose the first draft. We created the trailer by using and following the film schedule. But we didn’t manage to stick to the schedule and got behind. This is a negative factor to our trailer as being behind schedule means there is less time to edit, and editing is a very important part of the trailers outcome.

25/11/2011

This month is very similar to last month as we are working to get the filming of the clips needed finish so we can get ready to start editing within a week’s time. We managed to get around 20-25 different clips where we need to pick a variety of the best ones for our trailer. The locations of our clips vary from being filmed just outside school to a farm in sevenoaks. This is positive as it shows a range of different clips from different locations. The trailers have to be finished by the 16th of December; this allows us just over 2 weeks to produce our edited final piece. We aim for our trailer to be just over 2 mins 30 sec.

22/122011

This month has been a good month with us finishing our trailer and posting it up on Facebook and YouTube. With it being on these sharing sites it allowed us to receive a lot of audience feedback which in turn was very positive. In this month also, we have had a few clips to improve such as the running scene. Also there was a clip of us in the abandoned house this was a very effective clip but unfortunately we had to edit the clip due to there being a shadow against a wall of the camera man which was Jack Welch at this time in the production of the trailer, but it changed throughout.

25/1/2011

In this month I’m looking at creating our posters and magazine covers for our trailer. At this current time i am looking at doing some research on films similar to ours such as the Bourne films (Bourne identity, Bourne ultimatum) This is very important as it will give me an idea of what is needed on the front cover to make the genre most effective to our target audience. I also need to take a few action photos for the cover and the poster. They have to be good photos to really show the importance of the storyline in Betrayal and Retribution.

Audience Feedback On Final Trailer

In this Audience Feedback Post, i have entered in two types of feedback. One type of feedback is from friends on the social network site "Facebook" this is a very good way of showing your poducts, because the is a wide audience. The other Type are much more detailed comments about the trailer. Some of the comments included:

"This is literally amazing"

"This is Great"

"I would definetely watch that, if the ending hadn't already been revealed by the trailer ya big din"

I believe that these are extremely positive comments. In reply to this last comment the ending isn't revealed in depth and the ending isnt a main part as strange as that sounds. Mark Steele trys to seek revenge and after he is betrayed hence the name betrayal and retribution.  The main character has been betrayed and now he seeks revenge, reuniting with his son is to be seen in the trailer as it isn't suppose to be a secret.

The Practice Trailer (Big Fat Sweaty Coppers)

This is our practice trailer, which is a hilarious comedy about two over weight police men who seem to always get themselves into situations usually because of the large size. They unfortunately get banished from the force and decide to create there own BIG FAT SWEATY COPPERS who go around getting into embarrassing situations.