STORY BOARD

this is my story board.  the drawings are of a relativly poor quality due to the lack of my artistic skills.
But it explains very good and brifely what happens in the trailer.
1. the 3 boys are walking to their house after school
2.  boys reach the house
3. boys sit aorund a table
4.. boys start calling spirits
5. whilst calling spirit something happens..
6 boy is sleeping
7. boy is in toilet
8-9. boys deicde to run away from house
10. boys reach a church
11-12-13. boys discuss enter in the church and...
14. coming soon

STARTED FILMING

i finally started filming.  i have planned all the necessary things required to film. i have also recruited all the actors and all the props needed. the weather forecast also looks fine for the next weeks therefore i decided to start. hopefully i will be done by the end of the week and i will be able to start editing it.
to film i will use a FLIP hd video camera and a tripod. to edit i will use adobe premier elements.

PROPS AND COSTUMES

for my trailer and dont need any special csotumes , infact all that i require in terms of costume for my trailer are going to be casual clothes for most of my movie, a pijama and lastly a school uniform for the few first seconds of my trailer. in terms of props i will need few "gadgets". i will need a "spirit board" a glass  and some fishing rope un order to make special eggects such as the door closing by itself.

this is a spirit board. it is used to call spirits. as i dont have an orginal one becuase they are really expensive and hard to find i will use a home made one.

this is a tranparent rope. i will use it to do some kind of special effects such as doors closing alone etc.
i will find this prop in most supermarkets. if this is not available i will use a sawing wire.
        

this is a shot glass. it will be used as a tool with the spirit board. to call spirits. it is easy to find in most supermakets and house shops.
                                

these are electric candles. i will use them to make the atmosphere in the house during some specific parts of the trailer. i already have few of them in the house as it is chirstmas time. we use electric candles as they dont represent a fire hazard.

loacation and cast shots

this is the toilet of altyre house. i decided to use this as part of my location because as it is possible to see in the picture is a vary "simple" place and if in the dark it can look scary, therefore i decided to use it as part of my location.

this is the second location. it is my room. in here the main part of the trailer will occur, when the students will call spirits etc. lights will be off during the trailer and people will be sitting on their beds.

this is a shot of the school main building.  only in a small part of the trailer the actors will be walking outside, therefore it is not a major location of my trailer. students will be walking on this road and talking.

this is the location where my final shots of the trailer will occur.  the shots will be taken when its night therefore this place will be scary and very dark .

this boy is stuart. he is one of the 3 actors in my movie. he is from scotland. 19 years old.  he is also a media student.

                                     this is fateh. he is one of the acotrs. he is 18 years old. he is from india.

            he is oruj. Oruj is 18 years old. he is from azerbajan and he will be the 3rd actor in my movie.

choice of the location: i choose these locations for few reasons. all 3 of them are the locations required for my trialer. they are very suitable to the kind of trailer i want to do and lastly they are in the school and because the movie is recorded in school, it is the best place for my movie. 

16.the story arc.

my trailer is under the cateogry of horror.
this is the story:
one day some school students while they are bored in classroom, have a very bad idea: call spirits/demons.
so at the end of lessons they head back to their boardong house and chill for a while.
at midnight they all meet up in a student room and sart the procedure of calling spirits.
they light candles they all seat in cirlce on the floor with a home meade spirit board and they start calling them.  in the  beginning they think that is never going to work and they start playing around. suddenly all the candles switch off and suddenly from outside the window they hear a veey loud scream, just like if someone is being killed. so they get really scared and decide to go to sleep in their rooms.
during the night many things happen. one of the stidents is sleeping and while a sleep a spirit tries to kill kim by puutinh a pillow on his face and not make him bread anymore, so suddenly he wakes up nad fight with the strenght of the spirit, he suddenly is able to get rid of the pillow and decide to run away from the house in the middle of the night completely terrified. another student while sleeping hears strange noises from the bathroom, scared , he goes to the bathroom , suddenly all the bathroom doors start slamming and he gets thrown around the bathroom and almost drowned in the sink.
he then also decide to run away from the haunted house.
the third student wakes up really thisrsty and decides to go in the kitchen for a glass of water.
while drinking all the kitchen's light switch off and the door shuts. he is now trapped in the kitchen, he then decides to escape from the window ang leave the house. at this point all 3 the students meet outsied the house and decide to go in a reasonably safe place in their opinion. the decide to walk thorugh the woods and go in a small church nearby in order to stay safe and have the portection of god on them. while walking in the forest they keep hearing strange noises and steps but no one is around, terrified the decide to run at the church, they get to the curch and suddenly as soon as they get in there is an icredibly strong shout , the cross in the church flips, the doors lock and...

15. key elements

as my trailer is a trailer for a horror movie, there are few key elemets a must include in my trailer in order to attract the right audinece and attract a high number of viewers.
the first thing that i need to include in my trailer is scare.
the audience needs to b e scared and needs to talk about my trailer  as horrifying and the should almot be "shacking". another key element  is suspence. the audience needs to be willing to see the movie as they are attracted from the trailer and they want to find out what is going happen next and how the movie is going to end and who is going to survive. the third key element is reality, my movie needs to be as real as possible and everythingneeds to be appearing as it could happen to anyone and as it has actually happened.  the last key element of my movie needs to be the sound. the sound must result scaring and must freigthen people with out the help of images.
these are the key elements thatmytrailer needs to have in order to result succesful and therefore able to give the result i am looking for.

movie script

the trailer i will do will involve mainly 2 main actors.
i will call them A B
In order to write part of my script down.

in school.

a. hey b!
b. what up mate!
a. i have a plan for tonight.
b. what?
a. we are going to call spirits
b. that is really cool, lets do it.
a. ok come to my room at midnight.
b. ok!
a. see you then.

in the room
a. hey how are you?
b. all right you?
a. im ok
a. ok lets get started
b. ok !
a. we should not be doing this now that i think about it. it can be risky.
b. don t worry!.

b. you see nothing happened.
a. yes yo are right.
a. wait whats that noise??
b. what noise?
a. the window opening in the toilet!
b. i will go and check.
b. heeeeellllppppp!!!!

a. omg!
b. save me please!
a. no ! i m leaving from here!


a. heeelllpppp
b.  -silent-
a. silent.

this is a sampled  script of the chat and discussion between A and B , the 2 main characters in my trailer.
i will also add some new parts to the script , but considering  i am still working on the trailer , this is what i have taught about so far.

i have also done the xtranormal movie but i was not able to upload it because i have been working with a mac.

shots and voice over in my trailer.

in my trailer there is not going to be any kind of voice over ( someone speaking and decrying what is happening. e.g the deep voice) .
the only tips of voice over there is going to be is some screams technically caused by the spirits.
the only thing is that i wouldn't consider them as voice over because although the spirits are not visible in the movie i still consider them as characters and as consequence a don't associate their screams to voice over.

the only voice over i am going to insert in my trailer is right at the end where the title is going to appear and the release date. there , a deep voice is going to say : "the title" and the "release date".

those are the only 2 parts of the whole trailer where i decided to apple some voice over.

institution that might produce my trailer.

the institution that would produce my trailer a many.
because is a reference i decided to use the movie paranormal activity , i therefore decided that the institution that mint produce my trailer would be the same:
the 2 most important one i would hope for are  dream works and paramount.
these 2 companies are worldwide famous and most of their movies have had a great success.
i would like theses 2 companies because the budget would be very high as well as the promotion and distribution. i would also be able to hire famous actors and , as a consequence attract more audience and get   more people to watch my movie.

if these companies would not be available i would rely on smaller companies that produce similar movies to mine such as grave encounters.
these companies would be companies such as digital interference productions and twin engine productions.
although these 2 companies are smaller they would still be able to produce and promote my movie an a decent way, that it would be very good for me.
the budget would be smaller and actors would be less known and famous.

in my trailer i will use these information by introducing the logo of the company that is producing my movie and after the logo i would insert i title saying : " from the producer of"...  and "the winner of"...
i would also try to apply some special effects on the logo such as the night vision one.

pearl and dean audience research

this is the pearl and dean graph that i found on the website.

this graph is the most suitable for my trailer out of the 3 available. 

my tragted audience as it is possible to see in the graph are mostly boys becuase girls would be scared of the trailer i am producing.

the age  targeted for my trailer is over 18 and in the graph it is clearly visible. 

my movie is split between higher and lower class. 

it is possbile to see that people below 18 are very few watching it  this because  it is illegal for them to watch it. 

my movie is seen more in the cinema from younger people  and at home from older 

10. UK TRIBES.

the audience that would most likely be suitable for my trailer and movie are "casuals"
the perfect audience member for my movie can be from 18 to 30 years old.
most likely the movie is suitable for males as females generally prefer love movies or comedy.
my perfect audience member can be from any nation , religion or race.
the way they dress is "casual" generally talking they wear t shirts jeans and quiet often also shirts.
they can also be business man.
they eat anything  from a norm meal at mc donalds to  a sushi restaurant.
they generally listen to  commercial music. (e.g rihanna )
but they also listen to old music such as beatles.
most of them usually like scary movies as they like the suspense.
this trailer is definitely not suitable for kids as some scenes can result violent and inappropriate.

my uk tribe .
the result i came up was "raver" !
probably because  i really like music and enjoy concerts and festivals.
i also like dancing  and meeting with friends. 

THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE PERFECT AUDIENCE FOR MY TRAILER 

9. AUDIENCE RESEARCH

trailers are fundamental  in order for a movie to succeed. 
all the trailers have the main aim to attract people and to convince  them to go and watch the movie.
there are many different ways of how a trailer tries to attract people.
the first thing i would like to talk about is the voice over in trailers.
often many trailers have a voice over which describes and comments on the movie.
this voice is often very deep and unique. the voice is made on purpose to attract people. 
the voice over greatly emphasis what people will see in the movie. 
the diabetic sound also will reflect what will be seen in the movie. for example if there is sound of shotgun
as a consequence it will most likely be an action movie. 
during the trailer the main character will be shown and some of the best part of the movie will be shown , this will lead the future audience with the desire of finding out what else the main character is going to do and how he is going to solve problems, survive etc. As seen within many trailers are the conventions which are the things of which a person could expect to see within a trailer such as who may be starring in the film and what the age certificate which notifies people of what age a person has to be in order to see the film. 
 It is known that in many trailers the title of the film is not shown until the end To conclude, within the trailer is shown the release date at the very end, as the audience we are not told the specific release date of the film, we are only told that it is "Coming Soon" which for us builds up the anticipation for the film to be released as we expect it to be in the cinemas very soon, possibly sooner than we initially expected.  
this is how usually trailers are able to attract people .
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8. PROPP AND TODOROV THEORY APPLIED TO TRAILER

I HAVE ALSO DONE THE MIND MAP.
I DONT HAVE A CAMERA TO POST THE PICTURE.
WILL HAND IT IN ON WEDNESDAY 5TH OCTOBER. 



THE PROPP THEORY.

prop analyzed some russian folks tale . He broke down the tales into the smallest possible units, which he called narratemes, or narrative functions, necessary for the narrative to exist. Each narrateme is an event that drives the narrative forward, possibly taking it in a different direction. Not all of these functions appear in every story, but they always appear in this order.

the prop theory is decided in around 30 narrative functions.
in my trailer same of them will be actually taking place :
here is some of them and how i am going to apply them to my trailer:

1 an interdiction ( a command not to do something) . in my trailer  the characters will be told not to call                      spirits through a special rite.

2 the characters  ignore the interdiction. they still do the rite and call spirits.

3 the "enemy" appears.  spirits appear in the trailer after they called them

4 the enemy injures characters.  in the trailer some characters get injured possessed and killed

out of 30 points that prop made only 4 will be in my trailer. this because the rest of the points that prop made were about an entire story or movie; as a consequence although they might occur in the full movie of my trailer ,  the other points made by propp cannot be applied to my trailer.

i think that the prop theory is really hard to apply to trailers because  his theory involves a full story while a trailer is the teasing of a story and it does not have some key parts on which the prop theory is based on .

TODOROV THEORY

Todorov proposed a basic structure for all narratives. He stated that films and programmes begin with an equilibrium, a calm period. Then agents of disruption cause disequilibrium, a period of unsettlement and disquiet. This is then followed by a renewed state of peace and harmony for the protagonists and a new equilibrium brings the chaos to an end.

    todorov's theory is considerably more applicable to trailers compared to propp ' s theory. 

    as in many trailers everything is quiet in the beginning , after there is a period of chaos followed by a more quiet , followed by harmony , that leads in the end  to the chaos. 

  as an  example i could use my trailer.   students go back from school ( beginning harmony) . the call spirits ( chaos) 

  they try to escape and run away ( quiet period ) they run in the church ( harmony) . spirits appear in the church ( final chaos) 

7 MOODBOARD



i decided  to use all these pictures on the mood board for a number of different reasons.

the pictures on top show the type of location i would like to do my trailer in .

then there are few pictures of the type of demons i will try to put in my trailer.

and the rest if the pictures are pictures to shoe the audience reaction that i hopefully will give to my audience thanks to my trailer .

this moodboard  is made to give mainly  one emotion to the people looking at it : they should be scared. 

the main of my trailer is to scare the audience







6. 9 SHOTS GRID. APOLLO 18

SHOT 1 .

the first shot i decided to introduce in my grid , is the shot of a space shuttle. the shot is made by in order to look like is a shot taken by a person with a camera in his hand. this is useful for my trailer beacuase many of the shot  i will be doing will look like that.

the shot hasnt got anything particular in it , the back ground is simialr all over it  and it is a very easy shot.

SHOT 2.

the second shot shows the shuttle finally in the space. i decided to introduce this shot because it is the shot that breaks the trailer aprt from the first part which is based on the shuttle take off to the second part, the actual important part of the trailer , where the adveture begins and the shots location completely changes.  this shot technically  talking is fairly easy and its just a space shuttle camera showing a part of the shuttle that is about to be abandoned in the space.

SHOT 3

the third shot is the first shot of the moon surface you get to see  in the trailer.

it is made by the austronaut in the landing craft. it is very interesting because it is made in order to appear an old shot found from a real footage made by the astronauts several years a go .

mosof the movie will be looking like that because the movie looks like if it was a real footage made in the past. 

SHOT 4

the forth shot is the first shot we have in thr trailer of the astronauts.  thus shot is important in the trailer because it is the shot that starts the adveture on the moon , as a consequence i decided to introduce it in the grid. this shot is made by a camer which is supposed to be in the landing craft.

it is a high angle and  also this shot is amde in order to look old.

SHOT 5

the fifth shot shows the astronaut on the moon and is standing beside the american flag. i decided to introduce for few reasins. the first one is becuase this gave me the idea to "copy" some shots from trailers similar to the trailer i want to do . another reason is because  this shot  is the first one showing the astronaut actually standing on the moon surface.

this is a mid shot . 

SHOT 6

this shot shows the foot of an astronaut and its footstep and beside another foostep which does not match with his footstep. i decided to introduce this shot because is the shot wich starts the troubles in the trailer so is the first shotwhich actually gives a scary emotion in the trailer.

this is a  high angle shot taken from a camera which the astronaut its carrying around with itself.

SHOT 7

this shot shows an hummer. i decided to introduce this shot because it is one of the lonley scenes where it is possible to understand what is happening and it is also the weapon used to injure the astronaut.  this is another shot made by someone holding the camera.  whenever the shot are taken outside most of the time they are in black and white.

SHOT 8

this shot shows a  the worst part of the trailer. a decided to introduce this shot because vit is the most  important part of the trailer. where all the actions happens and the problems start to occur.

it is a high angle shot made in order to look old but also with special effects in it,

after this shot everything gets very confused and there is a series of scenes of fights and astroanuts screaming becuas of different problems.

SHOT 9

the last shot i decided to take is a shot of the  last  time we are able to see a human face in the trailer.

this is one of the shots which leaves the audience with suspence and invites the audience to go and watch the movie in order to see what else happens.

technically talking this shot shows a close up of the austronaut face. the face is not really clear becuase this shot is a very wick shot in a series of shots of many things happening a t the same time.

i want to finish my trailer with a screaming face , just like the one here.  

THE LOGO

this is the logo I decided to use for my production company, "LA MEZCLA PRODUCTION"

I edited the image on photoshop and added the name.

MEZCLA is a spanish word and translated in english it means " The Mix" 

                 

                                                                                     

Grave Encounters FULL MOVIE ANALYSIS

FULL TEXTUAL ANALYSIS .

CINEMATOGRAPHY

under the aspect of cinematography this trailer is very interesting.

just like "paranormal activity" the trailer has shots that are mainly made from a camera carried around. they cannot be properly defined as a specific type of shot.

some of the shots are made by steady cameras but from different angles , often high and low.

there are a number of facial close ups and mid shots showing different body parts.

EDITING

the editing is very limited in this trailer especially if we talk about special effects.

there are just a limited amount of special effect ( e.g the face of the girl at the end) .

different shots are mainly separated by the trailer writings.

night vision is often used and the use of flash in the camera is used as well.

SOUND

the sound is mostly diagetic in the trailer.

there are many screams and speeches of the actors in the movie. there is no voice over (e.g the classic deep voice in most of the trailers)

also in this trailer there are very disturbing sounds not related to the movie but just used to scare the audience.

MISE EN SCENE

the location of the trailer is very interesting and is definitely existing.

the clothes worn by the actors in the movie are casual clothes .

the "ghosts" are wearing whit clothes in order to represent the people living in the building years ago.

some of cuts and injuries the actors have are fake and made with make up .

5. "Paranormal Activity" FULL TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY FULL TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

CINEMATOGRAPHY :

In this trailer the cinematography is fairly simple. there are two main types of camera shots. one is the steady camera on a high angle that

shows all the room where the movie is taking place; and the other shots are the one made from the camera held by the actor.

the shots made with the camera held by the actor are few such as close ups and mid shots.

there also few other shots showing the cinema where the movie is projected , these are shots made with steady shots.

EDITING

There is not a very big use of editing. there are few special effects of doors closing and covers moving but they are not necessarily made with computer. there are very basic transition between a shot and another.

an interesting fact is the switching between the actual movie and the cinema room .

a special effect which has been used mostly of the time is the night vision.

SOUND

there is not a main soundtrack in the trailer.

the sounds in the trailer are only very disturbing and surrounded by the noise of doors slamming and people screaming.

there are few disturbing speeches between the actors.

MISE EN SCENE

The mise en scene is fairly basic.

there costumes worn by the 2 actors are casual clothes .

and the apartment where the movie is shot is a very normal apartment with nothing particular.

4. MOVIE GENRE OF TRAILER.

the genre of film i want to make a trailer of is horror movie.
i was inspired by few movies which recently have made a huge success; such as paranormal activity , rec  and grave encounters.
in order to identify the genre i came up with some identifying  traits of the genre:
1- it is created in order to scare people
2- the soundtracks are very "scary".
3- it is mostly recorded in night
4- the actors must be innocent people
5- there are many twists
in my trailer i need to include few basics things:
1- a very scary soundtrack in order to keep the audience in suspence.
2- a night vision camera in order to be able to record scenes at night and make the movie look  scary.
3- i will need few "scary" phrases to introduce in the trailer
4- i will need a horrifying to put in the trailer in order to shock the audience.