Research and planning: Costume and props lists for trailer

We had a meeting today about props and costumes, and we decided on certain things we will need to have for our trailers:

• Playing Cards
• Casual clothing for the victims, depending on the age of the victim for example the young children will be in bed therefore have pyjamas on where as the elderly would have much warmer clothing on as her death swill be outside. Also depending on the time of the day depends on wether we will include coats  or just jackets
• Smart clothing for the killer and the detective for example a black trouser pants
• A brick for one of the deaths 
• Dark make up to create the bruises on some victims faces 
• Fake blood
• Recording machine
• Torch for light on detective in the interrogation scene
• Gambling chips for poker scene

Research and planning: equipment and software list for all my tasks

This is my list of Equipment i was be using: 

• Slr camera

• Sony camcorder

• Iphone

This is my list of Software:

• Poll junkie
• Gif
• Slideshare
• Google
• Word it out
• Imovie
• Garage band
• Quicktime player 
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Prezi
• Microsoft word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Blogger
• Photoshop

Research and planning: Distribution company logo ideas

I researched distrubution company names so that i had a general idea of what they sounded like.

I then thought about ideas for my own distribution company name which is moon light pictures. I decided on this because i thought it was very unique.
I choose to use a logo creator on the internet as i thought this would help me with design to create this the link to this is: http://www.flamingtext.co.uk/LogoMaker/

The end result was this:

Research and planning: Editing research - my micro element

I went on youtube to look at some trailers from my genre and to see the typical editing techniques used.

 

This is the trailer from Cape Fear although this is a reasonably old film, the editing techniques used are still relevant. The main editing transitions used are fade to black, dissolve, zoom in and jump cuts. Usually there is a lot of fast cutting this would mean a lot more scences will be needed and a wider range of shots.

In my editing I will have to be able to create the moving of time by using my techniques. I also thought about sound as this is something all members of the group are contributing too, I think that we will need use a voiceover throughout the trailer, that will be the interview thats going to feature in the trailer between the detective and the murderer.

Research and planning: Group roles

We had a meeting and decided that we would all contribute to sound as this was considered to be the hardest task in our genre of film trailer (crime mystery).

The role of Mis en scene is going to be taken on by Kristian O'Grady

The role of Cinematography is going to be taken on by Adam Saxton

The role of Editing is going to be taken on by Bethany Pritt (which is myself) 

We decided on these roles as we had the the most ideas personally for each of the roles we have decided to take on.

Research and planning: How to create sound for trailer

I couldn't remember how to use garage band, therefore I researched it on youtube. I am now confident that I can use garage band to help me with my sound. I now need to think about how to create natural sounds for example, keyboard tying, banging, the wind and rain in order to expand my knowledge in sound.

Research and planning: Why this genre?

We choose this genre because we all enjoy watching Crime Mystery drama series, we wanted to be able to create a film trailer that was going to appeal to the people who watch crime mystery series as well as those who watch crime mystery films. This is because we all thought that there was no film out there that had this element therefore we wanted to make a unique film that would fit this much needed slot.

Some of the Crime Dramas that inspired us are: