This is our call sheet which will be handed out to everyone involved in this shoot.
Contact Details:
Melanie Wright- 07856993846
Joe Dodds- 07840998908 Wesley Gyechie- 07900654345
Jordan Matthews- 07453221767
Mollie Lambert- 07008645809
Josh Farrant- 07892334875
Locations:
Chalkwell Park
London Road
Chalkwell, Essex
Joe's house
7 Hall Park Avenue
Chalkwell, Essex
Times
Friday, 9th December 2011
11:00am- collect cameras from South Essex college and meet outside then take the train from Southend Central train station to Chalkwell station together
11:30am- arrive at Chalkwell Park and begin filming
1:00pm- finish Chalkwell park shots and go to Joe's house
1:15pm- arrive at Joe's house and film
2:30pm- finish shots at Joe's house and go to back Chalkwell station
2:45pm- arrive at Chalkwell station and take the train to Southend Central train station
3:00pm- arrive at Southend Central station to return cameras to South Essex College
1. Long Shot - The couple walking down the road holding hands 2. Medium Shot - Couple hanging out sitting down 3. Close Up - Paul and Lucy laughing and looking passionately at each other 4. Medium Shot - Friend introducing Paul to 'The Beatles' 5. Close Up - Paul getting dressed up 6. Long Shot - Paul putting up a poster of Paul McCartney 7. Long Shot - Paul trying on the Sgt. coat 8. Close Up - Paul writing a love letter to Ringo Starr 9. Close Up (shot reverse shot) - Paul staring lovingly at Stella
Act 2
1. Medium Shot (split screen) - Phone call 2. Long Shot - Lucy walking in the local park 3. Long Shot - Paul and Stella having fun 4. Close Up - Lucy looking devistated 5. Close Up (shot reverse shot) - Friend talking to Paul 6. Medium Close Up - Paul phoning Lucy to no avail
Act 3
1. Long Shot - Paul looking sad 2. Close Up (shot reverse shot) - Stella finishing things with Paul 3. Close Up - Paul telling friends he's going to win her back 4. Title 5. Long Shot - Behind Paul and Lucy holding hands
In the first part of the story, the male and female protagonists (Paul and Lucy) appear to be in love. Paul becomes obsessed with the Beatles and appears to love the Beatles more than his girlfriend. This creates a conflict in the relationship causes them to break up. Paul then finds a new love interest, a girl called Stella, and he thinks she is a perfect match for him. However, a split-screen technique shows Stella bitching about Paul. This is juxtaposed with Paul saying good things about Stella. Paul and Stella break up and there is a scene of Lucy feeling sad whilst listening to the Beatles for comfort and she is thinking about Paul. Paul tries to get back with Lucy with comical failures. Then in the end, they coincidentally run into each other and fall in love again.
I have watched a few romantic comedy trailers to get an idea of how the trailers have been created and I will use this information to make my trailer as professional as possible. Here are the two that I think are the most similar to how our film trailer is going to be:
Love Actually
This trailer uses 94 different shots in total (including each cut from a particular shot) excluding the promotion of the production company before the actual trailer starts. This has given me an idea of how many shots my group needs to film for this trailer in order to make it as similar to a professionally made trailer as possible.
This trailer is effective, even within the first 20 seconds. It immediately reminds the audience of the productions that Universal and Studio Canal have created before, and these films are very well-known. This gives the audience the impression that this film is going to be worth watching, like all the previous films this production company has made.
The first shot in the film is an establishing shot of the setting of the film, a city. It is made clear that this film is set at Christmas time as there are pretty lights and a Christmas tree in the shot and a sound effect of Christmas bells is played. Some text comes up in this shot in a white and red font (Christmas-themed colours that are also used for the main title/logo of the film). The next two shots convey the comedy genre of the film, with some of the actors dancing in an amusing way. Then three loving shots are shown with convey the romantic genre of the film. When these five shots are shown, upbeat music is played which makes the trailer fun. Then the first part of the many storylines in this film begins: the Prime Minister and one of his assistants romance. The assistant speaks to the Prime Minister for the first time and she feels like she has made a fool out of herself and this makes her feelings clear. The Prime Minister also looks back at her when he is walking away, conveying that he wants to see more of her. More Christmas-themed shots are then shown with an establishing shot of people ice skating and then a low angle shot of a house with Christmas lights on it and you can see the shadows of some characters removing each others clothes in a sexual way (the low angle shot also conveys how far they are from the ground on the top floor of the house). After these clips, a voiceover man says "when desires are revealed", and then more storylines related to this sentence are revealed including the little boy who is in love and a married man who is having an affair with his secretary while his wife is actually aware of this. Shortly after, the voiceover man says "and chances are finally taken" and then more storylines are revealed including a man who is in love with a married woman but he never told her how he felt (although the fact that the woman is married is not revealed in the trailer) and two people who finally tell each other about their feelings towards each other.The voiceover man says "Universal Pictures invited you" and this is very personal way of addressing the audience, encouraging them to see this film. The rest of the clips are romance or comedy related, once again conveying the genre of the film. The main actors, who are all well-known and recognisable, are acknowledged at the end in their own shots with their names written in the film's recognisable red and white writing. This once again would make the audience want to see the film due to all these well-known actors. The conclusion of some of the storylines is revealed at the end too, such as the Prime Minister going to the woman's house and the little boy seeing the girl he likes at the airport but this does not conclude all the storylines, so the audience would want to know what happened to everyone else as well as why the Prime Minister went to the woman's house and why the little boy is at an airport. The Prime Minister and his assistant sings a Christmas carol to some small children at the end (how small the children are is conveyed through a high angle shot) and this continues to the end of the trailer. More red and white text appears at the end saying "the ultimate romantic comedy coming for the holidays", conveying that this film is the best Christmas film by using the superlative "ultimate". More production information is shown at the end with a black background and white text such as the actors and the companies involved.
The Holiday
This trailer has around 124 different shots in total (including each cut from a particular shot); more than Love Actually. In this trailer, instead of promoting the works of the production company, it jumps straight into the storyline starting with Amanda. The characters are introduced using a split-scene technique with half the screen showing Amanda, the other half showing a white background with blue and black writing- Amanda's name in blue and underneath in black writing, it tells the audience where she lives. This writing is in a serif font and a neutral colour scheme, making the film seem more classy than the fun idea that Love Actually created. Amanda is quite an unconventional female character and this is conveyed when she hits her boyfriend aggressively rather than in a petty way like other romantic comedy films may do, but this adds to the humour. Shortly after this, the second character is introduced and she is called Iris. Her identity is revealed in the same way as Amanda's was: with a white background and black and blue serif fonts. The only thing different is their locations as Iris is from London, England. They are both having problems with their romantic interests and they coincidentally meet each other and switch locations on a holiday. Comedy elements are frequently used in this trailer, such as when Amanda falls over and gets snow all over her. Similar shots are used for the two women conveying their similar lives (for example, the shots when they open their front doors). Like conventional romantic comedies, the two women meet new men in these trailers (however, only one of the women actually gets together with a man- Amanda). Similarly to the Love Actually trailer, this trailer does remind the audience of successful films the director has made before to encourage the audience to see this film too. More clips that convey the comedy and romance genres are shown which further reveal the storyline and towards the end of the trailer, the actors' names are shown using the same split-scene technique and colour scheme used before. The name of the film is shown at the end followed by production details, both in the colour scheme and style of text the used previously just like Love Actually.
Project name: What Happens Abroad, Stays Abroad Genre: Comedy Target audience: Teenagers and young adults BBFC rating: 15 (due to strong language and scenes of a sexual nature) Plot summary: A group of teenagers go on a holiday to Magaluf and various dramatic things happen to them. Trailer moments:
Lots of nightclub scenes with them drinking and dancing
A few mild sex scenes
Key parts of the storyline
Requirements: Camera equipment and editing software Strengths:
Our college is near a beach so the holiday scenes could be created easily
We have access to the appropriate camera equipment and editing software
We have access to actors around the same age as the characters
Weaknesses:
Weather
Low budget (we can't afford professional actors and we don't have access to some equipment that would make our film trailer more professional such as lighting)
Our film is called 'All You Need Is Love' and it is a romantic comedy. We have chosen this genre of film because it is a popular genre of film which appeals to many different ages and both genders. Our film is a romantic comedy because it has a romantic storyline (a boy and a girl in love, the boy goes off with another girl then returns to the first girl in the end) and it will feature comedy elements with exaggerated, dramatic scenarios.
Our film will be BBFC certficate 12 because it may include some strong language. The target audience will be teenagers and young adults but the storyline would be suitable for everyone as it is easy to relate to and entertaining. Our film would appeal to males and females as its forms of distribution will not be aimed at a specific gender. It would be released in February as our film is a romantic comedy and our audience would be interested in watching it due to Valentine's Day being in February.
Our actors will not be well-known so if we were to distribute this it is likely that not as much interest would be shown by our target audience compared to films with well-known actors. However, we have chosen suitable actors to make the characters more effective. We are going to match the costumes to the characters' personalities; for example, Paul will dress like a member of The Beatles to convey his love for the Beatles and the girls will wear colours suited to their personality through colour symbolism.
We have chosen this target audience because it is the main target audience that goes to the cinema and is the main age group that produces the most box office sales.To attract the audience enough advertisement would have to be done. Preferably more on the television and internet as that is what our target audience mostly uses. We also have no particular budget but we have free access to cameras such as the Canon XLH1, a tripod and editing software which is available at college such as Final Cut Pro.
Our locations will include cafes, a girl's bedroom and a boy's bedroom, Southend high street and we will come up with other locations nearer the time. We will have to be aware of the time that we film as we want all our shots to be in the correct lighting conditions.
I was unaware that most of these existed; I have seen Empire and Total Film but none of the others. I am going to research three film magazines, including one I have never heard of before, to familiarize myself with this genre of magazine.
Empire
According to Empire's publisher, Bauer Media, this is the magazine's Audience Profile: "76% Male, Affluent ABC1 movie fans. Smart, sophisticated, opinion leading consumers who are totally tech savvy and always ahead of the curve."
Bauer Media also gives us this description of Empire magazine: "Empire is the world's biggest movie magazine, boasting world exclusives on the biggest and most exciting new movies, and in depth coverage on all aspects of home entertainment. Online, on iPad and in print, Empire's unrivalled access to iconic A-list talent has lead to world beating exclusives such as the first look at James Cameron's Avatar, which went onto be the highest grossing movie of all time, and Spielberg & Jacksons The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn."
On this front cover, the colour scheme is black, red, brown, white and blue- generally these are masculine colours. The masthead is red so that it stands out against the white background and the other text and images on the cover. Megan Fox is on the cover, a well-known and attractive actress and she is topless, making her look sexually suggestive which would appeal to men and make them want to buy the magazine so they can look at similar photos to this one. The white background of this magazine makes everything on the cover stand out and the photo of Megan Fox has been given alot of space on the cover to make her stand out in particular. The language used includes dynamic verbs such as 'rebooted' and 'sizzling', making the magazine sound more exciting.
Total Film
According to www.theadindex.com, this is the reader profile for Total Film magazine:
75% Male
Average Age 26
Average Income £34,532
Men and Woman 18 - 35
52% regularly go and see a new movie as soon as it is released
Bought an average of 32 DVDs in the last 12 months
As I analysed a Total Film magazine a few weeks ago I already have an idea of what this magazine is like. Similarly to Empire, a masculine colour scheme is used (red, white, grey, blue and red) so it appeals to the general readership audience. Similarly to Empire, Megan Fox is on the front cover but she is associated with a different film. She is in the very centre of the magazine cover, positioned in front of the masthead to make her stand out more. Her outfit is quite revealing which would appeal to a male readership again, however she has blood on her hand conveying that there is more to this film that meets the eye than you would expect by her costume.
Both Empire and Total Film magazines focus on high budget films that would appeal to a large audience, therefore creating a large target readership for the magazines and a larger profit. These two magazines are very well-known and similar, creating alot of competition between them so they would often have to compete for exclusive information about upcoming films in order to be the most entertaining, informative film magazine. As both these magazines' average reader profile is mostly men, the magazines reflect this in the presentation of their front covers. Both of these languages feature superlatives in their language such as 'biggest' and 'most wanted', making the individual magazines seem superior to all other magazines. Both of these magazines feature a white backdrop, making all the text and images stand out more as white is a colour that allows most colours to contrast with it. Both of these magazines feature somebody on the cover, immediately appealing to a larger audience, especially as Megan Fox makes eye contact with the camera and therefore capturing the potential reader's attention.
Sight & Sound
Sight & Sound is a magazine that I had never heard of before. It is published by the British Film Institute every month. I had trouble trying to find the readership profile of this magazine but it is likely to be similar to the readership profile of Empire and Total Film as it is the same type of magazine.
In contrast to my selected magazine covers for Total Film and Empire, the person on the cover of this magazine is male. The colour scheme is yellow, pink, grey and white which would not appeal to a specific gender, perhaps making it appeal to a larger audience. Unlike Total Film and Empire, the masthead is positioned in front of the person which is likely to be because this magazine is less recognisable than Empire and Total Film so the masthead needs to stand out so the readers know what it is. This magazine uses no superlatives and this conveys that the publication is aware that is has stronger competition in the film magazine market.
