Video Diary three

Soundtrack

To make our soundtrack more unique and special we have decided to create our own music. The sound will be created using a ukulele and will be played by Charlotte C's brother. Making our own sound track comes with both benefits and disadvantages. The benefits mean that we are able to base our music on our plot, but making it also means that we need to right the music but also organised the time to make and edit it. The main reason we want to create our music is so that it works well with the pace of the trailer. This means we are able to finish the trailer without the music then base the music around the pace of the clips on the trailer ,if we hadn't made our own we would find it hard to find music that would match the trailer well. We are planning to make the soundtrack so it has a variation in speeds and pitch's to create tension.

Not only will we have a creepy soundtrack we are also planning to start our trailer with a typical teenage pop song. This music will be played by the protagonists ,therefore is diegetic music, and will be put on over clips of the teenagers driving to  the common, this will reflect their excitement and eagerness for the days ahead.

The juxtaposition between the two type of music will also put an emphasis on how they were feeling before and what's going to happen to them. It help to make the trailer more interesting and not bland.

Scream Sound Effects

For our theatrical trailer we need music, diegetic and non-diegetic music which compliments what we capture within our shots. This means we have to research into the soundtrack in lots of depth as we don't want music which takes the audience away from the trailer, we want them to lose themselves when watching this. This blog is about finding the right scream for our trailer, so we have an idea of what scream we can produce when making our own music. 

Scream #1

This scream was the first one I researched. This could be ideal for our horror film trailer as it can be edited in during our fast pace editing as it would reinforce the tension filled horrifying atmosphere we want to create at the end of the trailer. This scream is powerful and emphasizes how frightened or in pain she is due to the strain of her voice. This tells me when producing our diegetic music, if we use a scream it should have feeling within it, so it would make the trailer seem realistic, therefore the audience actually believe this could happen to them. 

Scream #2

This is scream 2 which is a group of children screaming. This would not be ideal for our trailer as it comes across tacky and more suitable for a comedy. However, it may have been suitable for a demonic horror film as if the pitch and the tones were altered into a higher pitch it would create an unnerving noise, which does not sound human. We could create something similar to this, by using older voices which would provide us a deeper tone, as they are young adults. However, due to the plot we have for our trailer this is not suitable for our trailer, therefore we would not produce something like this. 

Scream #3

This scream is very effective due to the scream building up in power and anger. This creates many images, such as, him realising the pain he's in or it could come across as if he is going mad. This scream may be good within the fast pace editing at the end of the trailer as when the shots increase in speed, this scream can be editing over, revealing the last shot of him finally screaming. Due to the effectiveness of this scream we may create one similar to include within our production. 

Scream #4

This is one of the most effective screams I found during researching scream sound effects. This is effective because there is an undertone of a squelching of what we presume to be is flesh which would be ideal for our trailer as it is a horror therefore following the conventions of this genre. This tells me when we are producing sound effects for the diegetic music; we should involve more than one effect. 

Animated Titles - Drafts

Titles within trailers would have to suit the film's genre as they should not affect the continuity of the trailer. This explains why we experimented with different titles and transitions on how it is shown on screen, so we can avoid disrupting the atmosphere we create during the theatrical trailer. 

Title One -  We created all the titles on IMovie as we felt it had the right effects and tools to create a title we would be satisfied with. Our first idea is to incorporate the settings and location of the movie with the titles so the theme is consistent, by cropping one of photographs we took when creating the shoot for our poster, it left us with a sinister background that was good to experiment and work with. We then changed the this image to black and white by double clicking on the shot and adjusting the saturation to -100%. We then added our title on top with our chosen font; the title stands out well against the white cracks between the trees but is still camouflaged against the trees. To make the entire word stand out we decided to make the background image blurred. We then added the sound effects of the gas mask and the sound of a broken TV. The end transition we used is fading to black as it leaves an effect on the audience but also finishes the trailer in a conclusive way.

Title Two - This second edit was more complicated to achieve as we decided to incorporate one of our favourite shots of the less dominant antagonists. The reason we didn’t use our main antagonist (gasmask) is so we could hide his/her identity to create enigmas on who they are, allowing the audience to question the characters and plot. The natural lighting takes away the tension from the shot as it is idyllic; however we have edited it to invert the colours to increase fear. We only used this effect for seconds at a time to create a flashing effect; this also allows the title to stand out as we didn’t show the text in the whole clip. We decided to create the flashes increase the tension as it links into pathetic fallacy as it connotes the shock of a lightning strike. We used the same sound effects for each title ending as it relates to our theme of the gas mask and hints the main antagonist without actually showing him/her on screen.

Title Three - Edit three is effective because of the simplistic visuals which makes the sounds more noticeable, creating a more lasting effect on the audience. Again we used the same sounds as the other two titles because we feel they link best with our theme. To create this title we first made the background black with no image which connotes mystery and the unknown. We then decided to make the font white as it stands out against the black and also connotes the slight innocence we see in the trailer of the protagonists. The transition of the text links to one of the sounds (the static TV) as they both show the bad communication between where the movie is located and the "outside world" because it is known that there is never any good connection when you're located in a forest especially in a horror movie. The text also zooms forward towards the audience slowly, this is to create suspense even when the trailer is over.  

Target Audience - Profiling and Stereotyping

Who would be the target audience for our media product?

Our trailer is a horror therefore we are aiming to attract teenagers and young adults, from the age of 15 to around 25 years. Having a minimum age of 15 years old allows a broad audience as if we had certificate of 18, it would exclude a large proportion of the audience for our film, which would decrease the popularity of it. This therefore means more profit for the film when our trailer is distributed. This age group stereotypically are obsessed with phones and electronic gadgets, therefore in media terminology they use hard wares with multi-platform devices. This means that the marketing campaign can target them easier as they can post trailers  and other types of advertisement of our film, on social networks and websites, such as 'Facebook', 'Twitter' and 'Instagram'. This would make our advertisement and distribution for our film through our trailer easily accessible for our target audience, therefore attracting them to watching the film.

The type of audience we will be attracting will be into a range of things. Stereotypically, they would be interested in shopping; shops such as, Topshop, Topman, River Island, Urban Outfitters, and 'Footlocker'. These are all popular shops within this age group that we are aiming for, this shows that they like to try and follow the general trends and the 'fashionable' clothes. This shows that the people that show here could be considered to conform to the majority influences which would mean that if, their friends see our horror trailer they would tell their other friends that they want to go, therefore spreading the popularity of the film. This is creates a 'Echo chamber effect'.

From research we have found out that our target audience has  range of favourite music; rock, pop, R&B. Stereotypically, the 'pop' genre of music is the more favourable within our target audience as this type of music is played non-stop on well known and famous radio stations, such as; 'Capital' and 'Kiss'. Although they do play a range of music, pop, house and occassionally rock music such as kings of Leon, pop is still the favoured genre. As our target audience listens to a range of music gneres it means we have a vast amount of soundtracks and music to choose from, to make our trailer easy to relate to and to attract a wide audience. However, as we are producing a trailer, hip hop, pop and rock music do not really apply; unless we go for the unnerving happy music approach, which the trailer 'You're Next' did, as they use a music track which contrast from the scenes on screen, automatically creating unnerving atmosphere.

The TV programmes that we would expect our target audience to be interested in would be series like; 'Breaking Bad', 'The Walking Dead', 'Friends'. This is because these programmes have amazing storylines, realistic make up, and unexpected cliffhangers and plot twists. Therefore it is a place for our target audience to escape from their everyday lives and to relax, as they allow them to relieve some stress, which they would have as they will be going through either GCSE's, A-levels or even University. Another programme they might watch is 'Ghost Hunters'. This is because it links and reflects into our genre 'horror' due to the supernatural elements as they are hunting down ghosts and visiting abandoned houses. This programme would therefore increase the audience's adrenaline, which hopefully our trailer will achieve as well.

The films our target audience would be interested in would be 'Insideous', 'Sinister', 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and some may be into the old classics like 'The Shining' and 'The Birds'. This is because, firstly the age rating for these are within our target age; but secondly our target audience would have a love or like the horror genre. Horror genre films are known for the creepy and frightening aspects, which they cause, which would make the audience feel scared and horrifying. Having these features within our trailer, therefore, would appeal to our target audience. Also they would like films such as romance and actions, which have characters which are very relatable to. This tells me that we should make our protagonists relatable as it would make the audience want to watch the film, after seeing our trailer. This would furthermore able them to link into the characters' situation.

After researching numerous settings, we decided we wanted to set out trailer mainly within a rural setting. This is because we though it would create an eerie unnerving atmosphere which is a convention which are vital for horrors. It is very conventional having chosen a rural setting as typically, horror films use these locations, in order to make the audience relate to it. The setting of woods or forests have numerous narrow winding paths, which link to alleyways, which people find very creepy and daunting when in the dark. We decided to not jeopardize our production by going for a non conventional location  as we thought that our target audience would find it more terrifying if our trailer is set in an everyday place. We wanted to appeal to a broad audience, therefore within the ages of 15-25/30 or anyone who is deeply passionate about horrors. Through this research, it has told me we need to make our trailer relatable to our audiences' liking, as it would therefore, attract a broad audience, making our production symbolic and outstanding.

Soundtrack Research - Stereotypical music used in films

Our film soundtrack

For our film soundtrack we will be making our own music but making sure we get the right sound and music so that it reflects and creates the right portrayal/message on our main target audience. By doing this we need to research what other horror films use so that we can gain an auditory idea of what we can produce to suit the shots we used and create a high quality and effective horror trailer. To gain the music for our trailer we could use resources such as pianos and guitars to create an eerie atmosphere, which we can then edit so we can add effects on it; by changing the tones and pitch digitally. This would allow us to find the correct music we wish to use, which would therefore build tension and suspense for our film. We will start it off being slow and quiet and as the piece of music goes on we will make it get louder and faster to create tension within the audience.

Horror Soundtrack 

The sound track that is usually in films is tension building and scary music to reinforce the jump scares and fear factor event s within the trailer. It usually starts off quietly emphasising the realism of the day and expressing how happy the protagonists are. As soon as the antagonist gets mentioned or an unknown event occurs the music gets increasingly louder and louder; this excels the audience's adrenaline due to build tension created by the music. Therefore when the antagonist is revealed it makes a more effective scare and a lot more jumpy compared to if there was no music as there would be no build-up of tension or suspense. One good soundtrack which shows the build-up well however it is the horror/thriller film 'Jaws'. It is a film about sharks attacking people and as soon as you hear the music you know the shark is somewhere and that the people who are in/ near the water are in danger. The soundtrack starts off slowly and as the shark gets closer it gets faster and louder making the audience tense and therefore jump more when the shark catches the person. The sound track which shows the tension build well is below.

Action Soundtrack

 Action sound tracks usually consist of a very fast pace and sharp music which sometimes are performed by an orchestra, due to the string instruments creating a sharp, quick tension building tempo. This makes the audience feel uneasy as they are so desperately want the character to escape from the event which is occurring. It also makes the audience feel as if there will be some explosion about to happen as the build-up of music makes it sound as if there will be a climax sound to end the fast temp beat. As the pace of the soundtrack is very fast, it suits the camera shots that are used in action trailers as they need to appeal to their target audience. The target audience would expect to see stunts, explosions and weapons, which action trailer all consist of, and are reinforced by this upbeat music. A typical time that this music would be shown in action films is when there is a car chase scene or a fight scene as the camera shots and sound track need to fit in well together. As I will be producing a horror genre this fast pace music may not be needed, however it gives me an insight of how music affect the audience response and the genre of the film. 

Romance Soundtrack

The type of soundtrack that is played in romantic films is quite slow however can become fast tempo when a scene is being shown when a couple are running after each other and so on. The music is always light-hearted and happy, as though birds are singing throughout the film. This is because romantic films always end up with a happily ever after and the couple always end up together, stereotypically. Slow music can also be played in romantic films if there is a love scene or just a scene where they are having a deep conversation where they are laughing with each other. This makes the audience appeal to the characters and encourages them to wanting the couple to stay together. The type of music can also change when a bad character comes in, 'the middle man of the love story'. The music can become faster and less light heartened to show the audience that they are not wanted in the relationship- the sort of characters that this music is related to can be the interfering mother, the jealous ex-boyfriend or the jealous sister/brother. This low toned music can also be used when a break up occurs, which makes the audience feel sympathy for the character who is affected more badly by the break up. This tells me that music is vital for a trailer as it reinforces and transfers across what the audience should feel about what is happening on screen. 

Sound Track Research - Used in films

The Cabin in the Woods

In recent years many horror film trailers have started with some cheery music such as the film 'You're next'. This film involves happy non diegetic music while on screen people are being attacked and murder which contradicts each other. This contradiction creates an eerie unnerving atmosphere as the music implies that what is happening on screen is positive and a good thing, which it is not. This upbeat music is sometimes followed by and leads into creepy, normally slow paced and high pitched, music. In The Cabin in the Woods the trailer starts with a popular pop song, this mirrors the mood of the college students, reinforcing the realism of the scene. This has been done to emphasis the contrast in moods between the beginning and the end of the film. The rhythm and upbeat of the pop music gradually decreases and develops into dark slow paced music which has random snippets of a high pitched tones; this adds an individualistic style to the dull music. This music then progresses into the sounds of something ticking or counting down complimented with action music. The music then becomes more intense which contains loud, quick paced and low pitched sounds thus creating suspense and tension.  The music again changes to a rock/ screamo genre of music, this will attract an audience who enjoy this genre of music. Therefore through the use of pop and screamo music they would have attracted a broad audience.

The Purge
Again the purge used the new stereotype of using a piece of actual music, although classical music a lot of the time it comes across as creepy as the music they chose was calming and soothing when horrible event are occurring on screen. Later on in the trailer it becomes a bit darker however throughout the music it sounded a bit like music used in an action movie trailer due to the upbeat and heroic tune. This made it seem more sophisticated compared to most horror films. The use of sirens and digital sounding noises makes it seem more than a horror film therefore could bring a broader audience due to the mix of genres. The church choir music which is very slow paced makes the characters look like heroes due to pureness within the voices of the choir. The ambient diegetic sounds of screams and weapons contradict the calm non-diegetic music in the background and mirror the mood of America before the purge and now.

Deliver Us from Evil
for the first half of the trailer there is a very slow paced, quiet and eerie piece of music played, this builds up tension as the audience will be waiting for the scare big factor to be reveal. Whilst the slow paced music there are pauses within the music therefore breaking up the rhythm of the music, creating suspense due to the jerkiness generated. For some of the second part of the trailer there is use of a fast paced beating sound which gives the impression that something is going to happen, this is a contrast from the slow paced music from before. This use of fast paced music makes reflects the tension and the fear which would be present within the trailer. Ranging the tempo of the music keeps the audience on each throughout watching it. This could be ideal and effective to use for our trailer as it would create the same suspense technique which is very effective as it would appeal to horror fans, our target audience

Film Institutions - Horror

Lionsgate

Lionsgate was formed in Vancouver by a Canadian Entertainment company. As of 2007 their headquarters are located in California and is one of the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company the North of America. This institution has distributed and produced productions from, television programmes, family entertainment to motion picture; providing us, the audience, with a range of cinematic experiences. Lionsgate has produced a large majority of film which have been hit box office success, such as the films, 'Kickass', 'Rambo' and even the most loved franchise 'The Hunger Games'. From doing some background research on this institution, I have found that a large proportion of their films are for a similar genre, which are thrillers, Action, and dramas. However they have produced and distributed a fair share of horror films, for example, the 'Saw' franchise films, 'My Bloody Valentine' and even 'The Last Exorcism'. Although they have produced and distributed horror films, this institution isn't primarily known for them as only a few have had success. From even further research, I discovered horror isn't their specialty for forte. This is important to know for my research into my film trailer as I need a suitable institution to distribute my production. Due to the research I have found, this institution may not be ideal for me as I believe my film trailer would need to be distributed from their track record, just for horrors, it hasn't been up to scratch.

Twisted Pictures

Twisted Pictures was founded in 2004 by Evolution Entertainment's Mark Burg, Greg Hoffman and Oren Koules. This institution has grossed more than half a billion dollars from one of the most well-known horror series and sequels; 'Saw' films. Twisted Pictures aims and primarily focus on the horror genre, producing such films as 'Saw' and 'Texas Chainsaw 3D'. This American independent film company as many competitors, including 'Hammer Film' productions. Due to this institution being a horror specialist it, it shows me that they have a lot of potential with advertising and producing our film trailer. In comparison with 'Hammer', I would say this institution follows the conventional horror films, of primarily using blood and gore to create a disturbing atmosphere; whereas Hammer does not focus on this element as much, but more of a storyline to their films. 

Warner Bros 

Warner Bros is another of many American film companies, which has dominated the film industry during the 20th and 21st Century, This institution is very successful as they do a range of roles such as licensing productions, marketing all forms of creative productions and distributing and producing media. They have been involved in the 'Harry Potter' franchise, by distributing and producing these films and also been involved trilogy of 'The Hangover'. Warner Bros are dedicated in producing a variety of genre, from comedy and action to thriller and horror. Due to me making a horror trailer I am very interested in the horror element to this institution. They have been distributors for horror films such as 'One Missed Call', 'House of Wax', 'Sweeney Todd' and 'The Orphan'. These have all been successful horror films, which were marketed and distributed at a high standard through the use of multi-platform device; laptops, phones and television. When comparing this to 20th Century Fox, I realised that Warner Bros horror films were more well-known and successful then the ones produced by 20th Century Fox. This is due to 20th Century Fox focussing on specific genre whereas Warner Bros focus on a range of genres from action to horror. Due to this institution success for horror films, this may be a good institution to use for our as it would mean our horror trailer would be marketed correctly as also being distributed by them would lead to more success for our trailer, due to their past track records for this genre of film. 

20th Century Fox 

I have researched 20th Century Fox to see if this institution has the potential to distribute and produce my film trailer. From my research I have found out that a large majority of their films were comedy or family genre films such as 'Night at the Museum' and 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. This automatically tells me that they may not like producing or distributing films that are horror based. However, I researched a little further, which led me to discover that they do like to distribute horror films such as 'From Hell', 'Shutter', and 'The Haunting of Molly Hartley'. However, this institution prefers to distribute horror films rather than produce them, which they do very effective through using multi-platinum devices etc. As I am producing a horror genre trailer I need an institution which would distribute and produce my trailer effectively, so it can gain the success it deserves. As 20th Century only does distribution it gives me an opportunity to use them for the distribution aspect, as they could make my film go worldwide. 

Hammer films

Hammer institution is UK Film Company in which it is known best for a series of Gothic Horror Films that were produced during the mid-1950’s until around the 1970. However this institution has faced many obstacles which has lead them to becoming more powerful in the film industry. During the 1980's the company lost funding from America which led to the institution shutting down; however in 2000 the company announced they will be reopening and produced their first film in 2007. From analysing and researching other institutions which distribute and produce horror films, this is the only British one. If I do use this institution it would let the audience know that my film trailer was made by an independent company that are British. Comparing them to the other institutions, Hammer, is a very small company, which suggest they have lot smaller funding ratio. This could mean that my trailer may not get distributed as well as it could due to the lack of funding’s. However, due to this institution’s forte being horrors it would give my film trailer more potential due to this company knowing how to sell and distribute horrors. This may be a potential candidate for our institution as they will know what to do to gain the best popularity and outcome profit for our film. 

Targets

Complete Research and Planning as soon as possible.

Include graphs and a summary of your questionnaire findings.

Create practise titles.

Soundtrack research and analysis.

Evaluate your storyboard and sound effect post - strengths, weakenesses - what you will change/edit for your final production.

Final Script For Trailer

Cast in car


1 - Establishing shot [2/3 seconds]

2 slow/ long shots showing the car from the outside (Diegetic sound of pop music) [1/2 seconds]


(Sound bridge)


3 - Mid shot of characters laughing, looking happy and having fun, breaking alcohol (stereotypical view). (fast paste shots) [5/6 seconds]


Mandy - "They'll be there when we arrive right?"


Pandey - "yeah"


4- Black fade out transition Titles [From the makers of The Woods and Intrusion]

Black fade in transition- car turning into location, (long/medium deep focus shot) revealing the name of the camp site location (black fade out transition) 

 - (Fade in transition) Match on action of character getting out of car and looking at the area (only 2-3 seconds duration). (Music stops suddenly) [2 seconds] (Then fades out)


Arrive in woods


5 - Bags drop on floor - loud thump (big effect on audience) [1 second]


6 - shots of them laughing, sitting around a camp fire, drinking and laughing. [4/5 seconds]


7 - Black transition. [8/9 seconds]


- Diegetic sound bridge of antagonist on phone. Complete black screen (creates enigma)


Voice on phone: “Help me... someone... Help me (panting crying whimpering voice)"

Mandy: “Jack, what's happening... where you are?" (Concerned voice)

Voice on phone: “Help me...  (Heavily breathing, muffled) ...please someone ... help me, they're coming"

Mandy - " Where are you!?" (Panicking voice)" Who's coming?" (Panicked voice)


Voice on phone - (gasp)”They’re here” (Panicked voice) scream... 

Phone Cuts off (dial tone) (Black transition lasts for 2-3 second for suspense)

-Diegetic sound of heavy breathing through gas mask

Fast pace editing begins:

Light behind three antagonists flashes on screen, revealing silhouette of them. 

Shots of people getting dragged, hiding behind trees, screaming, axe hitting against things, knife dragged against the wall. All these shots fastening up so fast the screen goes black. 

Diegetic noise of a lighter flicking- Girl appears, flame goes out.

Diegetic noise of the lighter flicking again, girl appears but closer as the camera is continuing zooming inwards and towards the girl. Flame goes out 

Diegetic noise of the lighter again, close up of girl face, flame stays light, and girl looks to the left. While she does that, gas mask antagonist face is revealed behind. Diegetic sound of the flame being blown out. As this happens screen goes black. 

Title of film fades on to black background 'Betrayal' 

Influences on our Film Production

There have been many influences and inspiration, which has aided us into making our theatrical trailer in this certain way. Through extensive research involving analysing trailers from various genres, watching horror films, seeing behind the scene exclusives, we have decided  that our theatrical trailer was going to be a horror. this research phase was one of the important elements into directing what path our film trailer should go.

The concept of our idea; a group of friends within a wood, camping, came from many influences primarily from horror films. Friday 13th is one of the main influences due to the appearance of the antagonist wearing a gas mask and the primary location of where the film is set, in a wood. We develop this idea by making the antagonist more relatable and realistic, by the use of mise en scene, through clothes. We achieved this by using black hoodies, and trousers, which connotes to evil and death, but using such an everyday piece of clothing makes the audience feel as it could be anyone. We decided our antagonist should wear a gas mask similar to the one used in 'Friday 13th', as it hides their identity which would create an enigma but also add the scare factor for the audience as they do not who it is behind the mask. When using this gas mask we would add diegetic music of  someone heavily breathing, which could become the iconic sound for our film, as when you hear it, you know the antagonist is around. We decided to use a location similar to 'Friday 13th' film as the woods is also very relatable; therefore would make the audience feel frightened whenever they go into a forest or wood after seeing this film. We also chose a wood as there lots of scary places which we could film, which we discovered through our research and planing stage.

Another influence was the film 'The Strangers', which is where three antagonist victimise a young couple. We used the idea of having three antagonists as it creates a sense of no way out, so 'unescapable'. It also means that we could use different masks for each antagonist meaning they have their own identity, which could possibly link to the type of weapon they use as well. Have numerous numbers of antagonists would create an eerie atmosphere as they could come across as a family- scary. This film, 'The Strangers', also builds lots of tension by using many meduim and long shots, with the antagonist's hiding in the background. We have decided to use a similar technique as it would make the audience want the protagonist to look behind them, therefore making them feel on edge and unnerved.

Our protagonist's was inspired by horror films such as 'The Cabin in the Woods' and 'Scream'. This is because both of these films involve using a group of protagonist's which are getting hunted down the murderous antagonists. Having a large group of protagonists would enable there to be lot of suspense and tension due to many murders occurring; which follows the conventions of a horror film. Some of the protagonists also wore white clothing within these films, which connotes to innocence and purity. This inspired us to have some of our protagonist's within the film trailer to wear white as it would make the audience sympathise with the characters. These films also have mixed gender groups, which we decided to do aswell. This is because it would make it more realistic and relatable as a group of friends does not always involve just boys or just girls. It also makes it relatable as both male and female can relate to both gender of characters. 

Film Treatment - WMJC Productions

This is our film treatment which gives us an insight of what our theatrical trailer consists of. This film treatment is presented by our own institution 'WMJC Productions'.

Checklist

	Done?	Comment?
RESEARCH
Uploaded YouTube videos of 15 trailers – analysed KT: genre conventions, mise-en-scene, camera shots, sound, editing.	9 done.	Complete.
Posters analysed - 5	Done.
Magazine Covers – analysed - 5 KT: genre conventions, mise-en-scene, font, layout…….		Complete.
Reflection of Year 12 Post Exemplars read and reviewed	Done
RESEARCH POSTS FOR FILM Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre film trailers analysed in detail		Add more.
Audience Research and Profiling (typical audience member and similar films)	Done.
Actors and props photos and interviews	Done
Costume and location research – google earth and pictures you’ve taken.	Done
Institution research (Paramount etc) Certificate research	Done
Opening titles analysed in detail – font researched	Done
Soundtrack research (non-copyright music)	Started	Finish and analyse.
PLANNING POSTS Own film idea brainstorm Own film treatment	Started	Complete
Documenting of influences on production	Done
Shot lists		Complete.
Relevant Online Tutorials and Comment	Done
Consideration of representation in your film and stereotyping – use theory from G325.	Done.
Questionnaire (and feedback) Get some feedback on your initial ideas!		Complete. (Get the feedback)
Mood board	Done
Script	Started	Complete
Practice titles created and uploaded	Started.	Add more and analyse why you have done that.
Storyboard – animatic.	Done
Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs	Done	Keep adding.