Monday, 26 September 2011

27th Homework

Review of survey 
From the results of my questionnaire I found out that the majority of the people who did the questionnaire were aged between 15-16 years. Therefore I can conclude that teenagers are more interested in trailers that include fantasy and has a Thriller genre. But this could be a bias result as I only nearly asked people within that age group to watch that trailer and complete the questionnaire.
Another bit of data I managed to collect from the questionnaire was that the amusement of the audience was linked to their understanding of the trailer.
I could improve the questionnaire by putting the questionnaire link on a public website, so that I would not know who did it and they would not know who created it; this would avoid any bias results. Also it would be a better way to have different people within different age groups completing it.

Low key/ High key reflection
Using different lighting levels helps set the scene and make the storyline clearer.
We tested to see how the light level would make a difference in the same picture. We found out that low key lighting sets a more negative mood and high key lighting sets a positive mood. Its also hints to the audience about the genre of the trailer/movie they are watching.

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Angus, thongs and perfect snogging trailer analysis

Editing
-Straight cuts.
-Switches to different locations using fast cuts.
-Scenes cut in rhythm to the background music.
-Scenes that tell important bits of the storyline aren't shortened.
-Special editing effects is used only towards the end for the title of the movie (text sliding/spinning).

Sound
-Mostly diegetic sound is used.
-There is use of a well known song 'Scouting for girls-She's so lovely'.
-There is a voice over but its not the typical 'deep-voiced man' this is because the genre of the film is different.
-A synchronised dialogue is used to help the narrator tell the story.

Titles and written language
-Titling is is still used even though the voice over is saying the same thing e.g. "how to flaunt it".
-The institutions used to make the film are mentioned at the beginning of the trailer. Even though is doesn't stay on the screen for long the viewer can still catch a glimpse of it.
-The titling during the video seem to have there own little seen every time they come on. For example after a specific scene, it changes into a notebook background with a picture of the main character and then the titling coming in using animation.
-The institutions are mentioned again at the end of the film when it says 'coming soon'.

Picture
-There is many use of Long shots to show the location and where the characters are.
-There are also a lot of Close ups of the main character to show her expressions.
-It is made believable that the Movie is targeted for teenagers; we can tell this by the cast used- they aren't a bunch of 20-30 years old playing the roles of 15-18 year old.
-Moments of drama has been used quite a lot as well as moments of comedy. This 2 emotions are what engages the target audience and makes them want to finish watching the trailer.


Monday, 12 September 2011

Trailer Analysis/Notes

Trailers

  • 'Ferris Buellers day off'
-Titles are used and repeated
-Funny moments shown
-Movie name shown last
-Clips changed quickly
-Main character talks to camera
-Music fits in with the storyline
-Natural (no special effects/ animation used)
-Shows that Ferris gets his day off but doesn't show what happens
-Institution (20th Century Fox)


  • The Breakfast show
-Voice over of the narrative
-Music with no lyrics
-Movie name shown last
-Small bit of credits shown at the end
-Character dialogue used to tell bits of the story


  • Pan's Labyrinth
-Voice over of the narrative
-Child humming (hints genre/characters of the film)
-Fantasy
-Based in the historical times ( Spanish Civil war)
-Reviews used to promote
-Small girl as main character
-Small clips from the movie
-No dialogue or sound used from actual movie
-Scenes fade too black before changing


  • Juno
-First thing in the trailer talks about pregnancy (giving info about the movie)
-Storyline is obvious throughout trailer
-Audience is shown by the age of main characters
-Music over diagetic sounds
-Titles slide across


  • Persepolis
-Animation
-Music over Dialogue
-Target audience is not clear because even though the main character is a child growing up the storyline isnt suitable for under 12's
-Reviews to promote
-Title and credit at the end
-Titles in the middle


  • Angus Thongs and perfect snogging
-Music starts from the beginning
-Many locations used
-Movie for teenagers
-Voice Over of narrative
-Comedy scenes (to attract)


  • Son of Rambow
-Mostly uses diagetic sound/dialogue from the film
-Music in background to show scene mood
-Multiple genres used
-Comedy moments
-Quick cuts
-'Rambow' mispelt by using 'W' (links to the characters' age range)