Possible Ending (Individual Role..)

After oour group meeting on the 21's of October, 2009 at 4pm till 5pm, we finally decided on our first 10 shots together, as a group. We finally concluded that each of us should consume of a possible ending for the film trailer (Create 6 Extra shots) and draw our storyboards individually as we have extra and broader ideas then.

POSIBBLE ENDING: [Hina’s Version]
· Shot 11 - The boy chases after the girl without realising he has dropped the camera, it is on the floor – unnoticed at the moment, we hear the boy apologising for his rational behaviour earlier. In this scene, we see a girl (student) being dragged away, and we recognise something from the killer, his fluorescent shoe laces.
· Shot 12 – The boy has finally realised that he has dropped the camera, he goes back to retrieve the camera, we see a Track-in of the blank camera scene, he switches it off.
· Shot 13 – Back at the college now (Mac Room) Similar scene to the beginning, the boy is now flirting with a bunch of different girls now, again similar scene of shoulder to shoulder but this time the focus is ON the teacher, we are concentrating on what is actually said – time to upload the work of “Nature Project”.
· Shot 14 – Registration scene, two are missing from the club, one arrives late. Tilt-up from the register to the empty seat to signify missing and lateness.
· Shot 15 – The boy enters through the door where the popular boy spots his fluorescent laces and comments on this, compliments them.
· Shot 16 – Time to upload the work (headphones) We finally see the full scene where the boy spots the laces, and is restless/paranoid and shocked after what’s happened, ask to go to the toilet to “freshen up”, the killer spots his paranoia.
· Shot17 (Final) – The popular boy is washing his hands and face in the toilets, is looking down and spots those same laces, he is looking down, we get a tilt up where he starts to look up at the face and BAM! IS punched in the face.
Here we see a sort of cliff-hanger ending which is one of the key conventions of a Thriller movie.

Storyboard progress so far... (Brief Summary)

Shot 1 - Happy kids/students finish school scene. End of school "After school". Hear the sound of bell to prove this. Wide-shot of the entire school building with students rushing home.

Shot 2 - "Film Club" poster in the corner - we see a close-up of this, a clear description. Students staring at this.

Shot 3 - Focus on the "Popular guy" in school. He's flirtatious, follows a bunch of girls into the classroom (Film Club Meeting). Girls were previously seen looking at the poster, (interested in club).

Popular guy spots the girls, (interested in girls...)

Shot 4 - The protagonist (Popular guy) is extremely talkative. He's seen sitting at the back of the class, "chatting up" the girls. Mid-Shot of this scene of the socialising, but we hear the teacher

talking in the background - AUDITORY IMAGERY! Hear something else but on screen is displayed another. Teacher talking about "Nature project", popular guy not interested, not paying attention

and teacher is out of focus, (blurred). Protagonist is in focus here.

Shot 5 - Over-the-shoulder shot, popular guy and girl in conversation, although the focus here is on the teacher, she is currently blurred, the two students = in focus. The boy and girl are obviously

flirting/giggling. (Shoulder to shoulder). The teacher is walking around in the background, the board is in focus also.

Shot 6 - Everyone is put in groups. A wide-shot of the park (Canon Hill Park), a group of five, including the protagonists, are splitting up. Boy and girl are mocking around, all are off to film for

Nature project.

Shot 7 - A scene of the two of them flirting again, except this time a theme of playfulness is involved. The boy is filming the girl, touchin her hair, she refuses - playfulness.

Shot 8 - The girl here runs off (playing hard-to-get), a medium shot of this, tracking in/out.

Shot 9 - The boy accidentally drops the camera on the floor

Shot 10 - The camera is tilted, the audience here see through the camera's lens...

2nd Week Progress (Meeting)

This week, as a group we decided to meet up together at 4pm-5pm to decide on our storyboard ideas and to elaborate our storyline itself. We each pitched our own ideas to one another as well as drawing our storyboard at the same time - this helped me to see the different approaches and perspectives of my group members. Therefore, the four of us, all stayed after college today to help each other with our understanding of the film trailer, the music, the characters and the storyboard.

OUR Movie Trailer, :]

In our movie trailer, what you are going to see is a fast-paced montage, basically you hear the music, but you see something else, the pace will go quicker and quicker to increase tension for the audience and toward the ending, all you can hear is silence.

In the beginning, there shall be an introduction as to what is happening, what is the storyline, the plot. In terms of dynamics (loudness), the trailer may start with a quiet base and eventually leading toward a louder end to create tension and anxiety + to help represent a specific theme, i.e happiness, sadness or being scared.

We shall use score, basically music being composed specifically for the text, for example background music, such as a piano or anything instrumental.
In terms of Dialogue, there shall be conversations amongst the group members helping us narrate the film.

Sounds will be mainly digetic (realistic sounds) such as a heartbeat, someone breathing or walking – to create anxiety.
There will also be aspects of auditory imagery, as one would speak of something and it will be displayed on screen, about what they’re talking about...

Sound Effects!?

The focus point of many modern-day trailers would be the scenes including the sound effects and the music. The trailer for the "Dark Knight" would be the most outstanding as it's won 3 awards, one for being the best film trailer of the year"!

Inspiration...?

*~After School*~
Robert is a young American who accidentally captures on camera the tragic death of two classmates. Their lives become memorialized but the video memorial assignment results in an atmosphere of paranoia and unease among students and teachers.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGFbWhlVezo

Music ^__^

Music is a key factor as it helps the mood and the tone of the trailer itself! Usually the music used in the trailer isn't from the film itself, the film score(background music) may not have been produced yet even. The music used in the trailer may be, Music from the score of other movies,
Tarantino does this a lot, as he used a wide assortment's of songs taken from various artists such as "Miserlou" and "surf rider". Music can also be popular music, chosen specifically for its tone.

Voice Over Edits

A typical feature of a film trailer is a voice - over, every film has one, why? Well the function of a voice-over is to help improve the audience's understanding of the plot, what's going on. The most famous American- Voice over artist would have to be the late, Don Lofantaine, also known as "Thunder Throat" - Films such as The Terminator and The Simpsons Movie.

Sound (My Role ;) [Summary]

1) Voice-Over : A typical feature of a film trailer is a voice - over, every film has one, why? Well the function of a voice-over is to help improve the audience's understanding of the plot, what's going on. The most famous American- Voice over artist would have to be the late, Don Lofantaine, also known as "Thunder Throat" - Films such as The Terminator and The Simpsons Movie.

2) Music is a key factor as it helps the mood and the tone of the trailer itself! Usually the music used in the trailer isn't from the film itself, the film score(background music) may not have been produced yet even. The music used in the trailer may be, Music from the score of other movies, Tarantino does this a lot, as he used a wide assortment's of songs taken from various artists, such as "Miserlou" and "surf rider". Music can also be popular music, chosen specifically for its tone.

3) The focus point of many modern-day trailers would be the scenes including the sound effects and the music. The trailer for the "Dark Knight" would be the most outstanding as it's won 3 awards, one for being the best film trailer of the year"

4) In our movie trailer, what you are going to see is a fast-paced montage, basically you hear the music, but you see something else, the pace will go quicker and quicker to increase tension for the audience and toward the ending, all you can hear is silence. In the beginning, there shall be an introduction as to what is happening, what is the stroyline, the plot.

1st Week Progress (Meeting)

This week, we have starting pitching ideas to one another amongst our media groups. In terms of narrative's, storyline and genre. Having done so, we have obtained a mixture of various ideas and has helped us structure our film trailer as a whole. In our first meeting, we have created mind maps and a "To do list#" which has helped us to enable our route in a more chronological way! :D