Launching Your Film

Where will you hold the premier of your film?
I will hold the premier of my film in the London iMax Cinema, relevent to run alongside other action/thriller films.
Who will you invite to the premier?
To the premier of my film I will invite action/thriller related actors such as Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, these stars would appeal to my target audience and guarantee maximum publicity for the film.
Where will you advertise your film?
For this film I will market on the internet, putting banners on websites such as Facebook and YouTube. I will also market the advertisement on billboards throughout London, I'll have the film trailer played in cinemas and a shorter version for television between programmes related to the genre.
Have you run a teaser campaign in build up to the release?
The teaser campaign I ran consisted of small teaser posters and trailers featured on television, lasting around 5 seconds just labelling "Would you cross your family?" and a short clip from the trailer.

Family Fued - Feedback

Everyone who assessed my trailer felt that it was successful, that it contained codes and conventions of the appropriate genre and they also all thought it would sit comfortably alongside other trailers for the certificate (15).
Everyone said that it appeals to my target audience through my use of tension building, creativity and humorous use of Lego instead of real people.
Overall it was agreed that my use of font, images, wording, taglines and colours was effective, though i could've used brighter colours and a 'less mainstream' font.
Although I received many good points for my trailer, it was agreed that I should've revealed the storyline a bit more, give more detail to my lighting and use of sets, and sharper edits.

Planning

Today I am going to do some thorough planning for filming my Lego stop animation film 'Family Fued', I will use the soundtrack by Hans Zimmer 'Mind Heist' for a dramatic effect on this. I plan to do fast cutting edits and crossfades, with titles of text to give rhetoricle questions to the audience.

Storyboarding

Thriller Genre

Fast & Furious 5 Trailer

Length: 2:30

Shots: Establishing shot (of Rio), close up, mid shot, long shot, long shot, mid shot, long shot, long shot tracking shot, mid two shot, mid two shot, long shot moving to mid shot, mid panning two shot, wide shot, two shot, over-shoulder shot, two shot, close up, master shot, high angle, low angle, eye level (most used angle), crane shot.

Codes & Conventions: Explosions. fast editing, lots of close-ups to show facial expressions and objects in question, lots of tracking shots, lots of panning shots, aggresion, near-impossible goal being attempted, intimidating characters, exotic locations.

The Rum Diary Trailer

Length: 2:30

Shots: long shot, close up (commonly used for characters and objects), cran shot & panning shot, mid shot, wide shot, long shot, two shot, eye level angle (most used angle), close up, tracking shot, low angle, high angle, master shot.

Codes & Conventions: Crowds, confusion, typical fashion and technology of it's time (1950s), exotic locations, fast editing, dangerous wealthy figure as villain?, lots of two shots & close ups.

Questionnaire

Questionnaire

(Tick your answers in the space provided)

1.       What genre of film is your favourite?

Action        _____

Comedy     _____

Horror        _____

Thriller       _____

Romance   _____

Sci-fi           _____

2.       Why do you go to the cinema?

To be entertained       _____

To escape                       _____

To be frightened         _____

Nothing better to do  _____

For a social activity     _____

3.       Who is your favourite director?

Tim Burton               _____

Steven Spielberg     _____

Quentin Tarantino  _____

Peter Jackson           _____

David Lynch               _____

James Cameron       _____

Michael Moore        _____

4.       If you see a film poster, what is most likely to draw you in?

Famous actors                                                                     _____

Award certificates                                                             _____

Interesting codes and conventions in the poster  _____

Famous directors                                                               _____

The name of the film                                                       _____

5.       What gender are you?

Male                     ____

Female                 ____

6.       How often do you go to the cinema?

Never                             ____

1 – 3 times a month   ____

4 – 7 times a month   ____

8 -15 times a month   ____

16+ times a month     ____

7.       What do you prefer to see in the ending?

The hero wins                                                                   ____

The villain wins                                                                ____

Nobody wins                                                                     ____    

Every character is killed                                                                ____

Few characters survive                                                 ____

All the problems for a character are solved         ____

The character(s) are left with problems                                ____

A cliff hanger leading to a possible sequel          ____

8.       How old are you?

Under 15             _____

15 – 19                  _____

20 – 24                  _____

25+                         _____

9.       What do you enjoy about Thriller films?

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Codes & Conventions of a Thriller

Codes and conventions of a thriller. Thriller films focus mainly on editing and sound. Editing in thrillers tend to be fast paced quick cuts. This is to create a sense of tension and suspense. Tension is very significant when it comes to a thriller. The colours black and white are also conventions of a thriller, they bring a more dark and sinister feel to the movie. Shadows and lighting are also conventions they are exaggerated by the use of the colours black and white. In thrillers mirrors and stairs are used quite often mostly used in psychological thrillers this all relates to the Iconography of thrillers things such as shadows, and confined Spaces bars on windows and street lamps.The codes generally are fast paced camera angle changes which add that extra tension and mystery to the thriller. Thrillers usually have a great deal of action, cinematic landscapes or cityscapes or interior "mindscapes." For example in Hitchcock's “PSYCHO” Thrillers can be very dramatic even when they focus on someone's mind mainly in the psychological thriller. A thriller is Something that thrills, especially a suspenseful, sensational genre of film a fast-paced, high stakes crime story in which the protagonist is generally in danger at every turn, with the most danger coming in the final confrontation with the antagonist. There are certain elements to a thriller that help distinguish them from other similar genres such as surprises and twist anything that is able to engage the audience and plays with their mind. Music is always essential it helps to build up tension and the use of lighting helps to create shadows which gives the thriller that mystery. We normally see a huge part of the thriller from the killer’s point of view which allows the thriller to be more menacing. There is also a lot of continuity editing and montage sequencing to help pass time and not elongate the storyline. There are so a lot of flashbacks to help clarify and develop the story. These are all use to keep the audience interested and constantly make them think.