Editing The Trailer 07/03/2011

Today we did some more editing. We managed to complete a few key scenes in our trailer, which were;
The start of the trailer with Nicole locked in a room. This lasts around 15 seconds and shows the situation she is in. It is a present event in the trailer.
A past scene, where Nicole is seen recieving an A grade off her teacher. Where you can also see the jealousy of her friends and suprised look on the teachers face. This lasts about 5-6 seconds.
Another past shot, where Nicole is walking towards her car and sees a reflection of a person in her windscreen. This lasts about 5-6 seconds.
We also had a go at creating our titles, including our production company. At the moment we have decided to use 'Warlock Productions', as our company name. It will be shown at the very start of the trailer, which keeps in conventions with most film trailers. We have ued effects and transitions on the company name to make it more interesting. Our reason for using the name 'Warlock Productions' was mainly due to the fact, that it sounds like a company which usually creates adventure/action films. So by using the company for a thriller film, would make it more recognisable to the audience (if it were real), and gives us the chance to change the font and 'look' of the company name, to our genre type, which is what many companies would do, because then before you watch the trailer, the company name gives away what type of genre the film may be. All this should show that we have created a company name, that seems as though it has been running for a long time.

Editing The Trailer 01/03/2011

Today we imported all of our scenes for our trailer, off the camera and on to the computer.

Filming For Trailer 18/02/11

Today we filmed more shots for our trailer.
Location:
Outside by school;
Inside school classroom;
Inside and outside of Coryn's house.
Props:
Key;
Rope;
Phone;
Glow sticks;
Torch;
Car;
Bags
Car key.
Actors:
Nicole (the main female character).
Time:
All shots were done in the daytime.
Shots:
Nicole walks to her car, opens the door and sees someone in the reflection. This is a past event. A few different camera techniques were used here.
Nicole is locked in a room, she starts to wake up when the phone rings, then answers the phone. This is a present event. We also used make-up on Nicole's face, to show that she had been hit over the head. We also used nightvision mode.
Nicole's hand comes from underneath the door to try and reach the key which is on the other side. This is a present event.
A shot of the first game. Photos of Nicole falling over her head, each with a red cross through the face. This is a present event. We also used nightvision mode.
Camera techniques used in shots:
Extreme close-up shot
Close-up shot
Medium shot
Long shot
High angle shot
Birds eye view shot
Panning shot
Tilt shot
Over the shoulder shot
Point of view shot
Zoom

Wednesday, 16 February 2011Filming For Trailer 16/02/11

Today we filmed more shots for our trailer.

Location:

• School classroom.

Props:

• Phones;
• School bags;
• Papers with grade written on them.

Actors:

• The main female character (Nicole);
• Her boyfriend;
• Four of her other friends (male and female);
• Her female teacher.

Time:

• All shots were shot in the daytime.

Shots:

• The girl walks into the classroom, followed by her friends. Her boyfriend walks in a few seconds later. This will be shown as a flashback in the trailer.
• A shot of the classroom with all the students in, sitting down. Teacher hands out marked papers, when handing Nicole's back to her she has a fed-up look on her face. This will be shown as a flashback in the trailer.
• A shot of Nicole's paper that the teacher just handed back to her. This will be shown as a flashback in the trailer.

Camera techniques used in shots:

• Long shot
• Medium shot
• Close-up shot
• Two shot
• Panning shot
• Over the shoulder shot
• Zoom in and out
• Birds eye shot

Filming For Trailer 15/02/11

Today we started filming our shots for our trailer.

Location:
School hallway;
School classroom;
Outside by school.
Props:
Phone;
Digital clock and;
Analogue clock.
Actors:
Main female actor;
Her boyfriend.
Time:
All the shots are set in the daytime.
Shots:
Main female actor walks down school corridor holding her boyfriends hand. This is a flashback in the trailer. Will be shown near the beginning of the trailer.
Main female actor walks outside by school holding her boyfriends hand. This is a flashback in the trailer. Will be shown near the beginning of the trailer.
Shot of a digital clock counting down from 30 seconds to 0 seconds. This will be shown near the end of the trailer.
Shot of an analouge clock; the time set at 12 o'clock. This will be shown near the end of the trailer.
Camera techniques used in shots:
Panning shot
Long shot
Close-up shot
Extreme close-up shot
Medium close-up shot

Layout of Illogic Poster

I believe my layout so far to be conventional, as the title of the film appears 3/4's of the way down the page, I will then place the image above this. The date I have placed at the bottom on the page where I will also add credits above and the website below. The main actress name appears at the top of the page bold and easily noticed, as most film post use this layout.   I have chosen to have a black background to add to the darkness of my image, I will place my main image on top of this.
I have used the colour scheme black white and red as the black and white compliment eachother and the red disrupts the equilibrium, is bold and creates fear as the colour suggest blood and horror.

I decided to use a high angled shot looking down onto the character to create a sense of empathy, suggesting she is the victim. I angled the shot to indicate the character was trapped in a confined space. The mise-en-scene has light walls to create a theme of an institute however it is also a dark space which I enhanced using a night vision setting on the camera. The costume, the white blouse creates a sense of innocence, although the overall costume imitates an average teenage girl. The character is positioned with only one side of her face illuminated, the other is partly obscured by her hair, which I believe is conventional for this genre, hiding one side of her personality from the audience, leaving them questioning whether she is the victim or in fact the protagonist. The photographs she is sat on create confusion as at first glance they appear to be magazine pages, however once you take a closer look you realise they are actually of her face and are marked with red crosses; which are not visible on the image therefore I will apply these once editing, this indicates she is being targeted. Editing the image I have used a feather technique and I have also

pixelated the picture to make it seem as though she is on CCTV being watched.