Criticisms

We asked a number of different people to view our teaser trailer. A main criticism was that the pace of our trailer didn’t match the genre we wanted to make; it was too slow for a film of the horror genre. We used these criticisms to improve our work, inserting more scenes and using a lot more cuts. People liked the music we composed to go with our trailer but they felt that it ended abruptly instead of fading out. It was also mentioned that we should include the sound of a heart beat monitor to help improve the tone of the film. After looking for some time we finally found one that worked with our film and solved the other problem of the soundtrack ending suddenly; by fading the soundtrack into the sound effect and then letting the sound effect fade into the diegetic sound which follows after the title logo.
The title font was also criticised. Instead of using the boring default title fonts available on Imovie9 the group came up with a design and using Paintshop, a photo editing software. We then imported our custom design into the trailer.

Evaluation

Evaluation Powerpoint

Surgeon 2 Incision

This is the final version of our teaser trailer.

Final Poster Designs

Final Magazine Cover

Pictures for the Poster and Magazine Cover

These pictures were tsken to be used in the poster and magazine cover.

GarageBand

ince it was our first time using GarageBand we had to look at a couple of tutorials on how to use it before starting.





These were just 2 of many trailers on youtube which provided beginners like myself easy steps on how to use GarageBand effectively.

Creating the soundtrack for our trailer has been particularly hard; the changing pace throughout the trailer means that the music had to fit and finding the right sound to do that has been difficult.

I's and 1's

For the I’s and 1’s we had a specific signifier in mind. We created custom fonts so that the “I” in Incision and the 1’s in the release date were scalpel shaped in a red font colour.


The original font:












The custom font we created:

Reflections

During the early stages of editing we found that a lot of our shots couldn’t be used. The final scenes of our trailer showed the detective walking up to his home. What we hadn’t noticed at the time was that the cameramen’s reflections could be seen. We had to rectify the problem quickly or risk having to do a complete reshoot of the final scenes. By using the low and high angle shots we’d taken, as a precaution, we were able to solve the problem and use more of the scenes we hadn’t planned to use but we captured at interesting angles.

Full The Last Airbender trailer

A number of trailers have been released for this film. Speculation of a movie adaptation of the successful animated show didn't strike confidence in many fans, many mocking the cast that had been chosen. This new trailer, however, seems to give the show justice and a darker more "realistic" look, with the violence and action that wasn't present in the tv show.
As a fan of the original series, i noticed that the scenes from the trailer follow the events of some of the show. I suspect this film may be one of many films in the series depending on success and fan appeal.

Wandsworth City Learning Centre

We went to WCLC to learn how to use Photoshop, and create our magazine covers and posters. This was very useful and I learnt more skills in using the program improving on the basic ones I had gained from previous experience with earlier versions of Photoshop.
This is the first draft using Photoshop for our poster and magazine cover. While at the WCLC we stuck very closely to the plans we had created as a group before going on the trip.

Imovie 9

We used this software to edit our teaser trailers. It let us cut and edit clips, add transitions add photos, for custom title logos and at when all editing was done adding the soundtrack was quick and easy.

Shooting Plan

This is the most important step before filming, it helped us organise our time accordingly. The shooting plan was an essential piece of planning it involves taking note of; locations, shot days, shot times, what is going to be shot, characters in the scene, and a lot more. Without this it is very easy to make mistakes and you may not realise until it's too late.

Storyboard

This is our story board, these were created during the planning stages to give us an idea of what we wanted our final trailer to look like. This was used as visual guideline, helping to make developments and remember key ideas as we progressed in making the trailer.