Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products. 

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Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink - A term which can have multiple interpretations - we read in to be a metaphor to explain the typical conventions of a Social Realism film. The sink being the pristine visible representation to cover up the dirty, grimy scene which actually occurs underneath.

We believe we followed this conception within our story line - giving an insight into what actually might occur for young unprivileged and misfortunate people and family's in todays society.

Iconic Sounds implemented into our Trailer

Within post production we looked at adding accompanying sounds to layer into our trailer in order to compliment certain shots and scenes.

 

The two sounds we felt we could use were the sound of a train passing by at the very beginning of our trailer. In addition, near the end, when the state of equilibrium becomes unsettled, we added a police siren to help represent the connotations of danger and give reason for the characters state of vulnerability and discomfort.

 

we used a sounds similar to the ones below:

 

Narrative Theory

In order for our trailer to feel believable and conventional we followed the guidelines that theorists use to explain a narrative.

A few Theories that I believe we have either conformed to are:

Todorov's theory of Narrative - He believed that all conventional narratives are structured in five stages:

• A state of equilibrium at the outset.
• A disruption of the equilibrium by some action
• A recognition that there has been a disruption
• An attempt to repair the disruption
• A reinstatement of the equilibrium 

This type of narrative structure is a universally implemented framework for many film narratives. Out trailer would mostly conform to this structure however would differ from the general structure in order to create the difficulties and exponential life problems our character faces throughout.

Propp's theory of Narrative - Vladimir Propp studied and critiqued Russian Folks tales. He identified a theory about characters and their actions - He said the typical characters found were:

• The Hero - as character that seeks something
• The villain - who opposes or actively blocks the hero's quest.
• The Donor - who provides an object with "magical" properties
• The Dispatcher - who sends the Hero on his/her quest via a message
• The False Hero - who disrupts the Hero's success by making false claims
• The Helper - who aids the Hero 
• The Princess - acts as the reward for the Hero and the object of the Villain's plots
• Her Father - who acts to reward the Hero for his efforts

 

Most of the characters displayed here can be applied to those within our trailer. The examples may be slightly tenuous however can share the same attributes. for example:

• The Guitar that enables our character to earn her money could be the prop that descends from Propp' character - The Donor
• In our case, Propp's Princess who is saved by the Hero, our main character, is her ill father

 

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F A C E B O O K

Our Facebook page is shown below. I have used the ending images with the title

 I N H E A D L I G H T S

I have used this image as i think that it is professional and simple. it makes a good logo for the film as it shows london at night and blurry, which represents the unseen sight of london, which is the basis of our film. 

T W I T T E R

For our main picture we have use the ending shot of our trailer to match the photo on the Facebook page, i have also made a small simple edit of 3 pictures of our group. I have used this image and the end shot of London as a theme throughout to link them together.
We used the pages to promote our film, and to gain views on our trailer to receive audience feedback.

I N S T A G R A M

Final Poster

 

This is our final poster for our film trailer 'In Headlights'. This is an evolved version of Poster Idea 1 and 4. Overall, we felt this was the most effective poster because of its aesthetic presentation and link to the conclusive promotional package (e.g. Website). Below is a diagram displaying the evolving process of creating our poster.

 



Poster Idea - Illustration (cont.)

Above is our final poster representing our illustration idea. Overall we are pleased with the result and below is a more detailed display of the different elements that brought it together. However, we have decided not to use it our final poster because it does not correspond with the website and lacks any clear relation to our trailer. Furthermore, because of its illustrative style it is a stark contrast to the live-action style, our trailer depicts.

 

 

1.  Firstly we inserted a misty/foggy London image onto a black background on Photoshop

2. We then faded the image to opacity 10%, this would provide depth to our poster

3.Added was a smaller, illustrated cityscape  that was created using the final shot of our trailer as a template and an added glow effect to give the lights a rougher, illustrated style.

4.The illustrated deer was cropped so only the head and neck remained, we decided to d o this because it suited the poster compositionally aswell as providing a more visually impacting display.

 5. The title has been placed as not to interrupt any other elements of the poster, through this the contrast of black and white gives it striking presence, this is effective because it means the viewer is in no doubt of the films title.

6. The actors names were added above the title in the same font by smaller size. This acts as part of the promotional package, for example, if the actors have a large presence in the film industry, this would attract a big audience to the film.

7. At the bottom left awards were added, Cannes: Official Selection and Sundance. Similarly to displaying the actors names, this would act as part of the promotional package of the film. Festivals such as Cannes and Sundance are highly regarded in there review and promotion of films.

8. At the bottom right reviews were added, this again supports the promotion of the film. We included review sites such as Film Review and The Guardian. Both these sites support the type of film we are promoting; low-budget British social realism.

9. Adding the credits at the bottom/centre depicted a professional finish to the poster. Also using the 'Universal' Font; a font used by the vast majority of film posters to display their credits, delineated its relation to the film industry and its purpose as a film poster.

 

 

 

 

 

Final Teaser Trailer - 'In Headlights'

Inspiration for shots

TRAIN SHOT

This close up shot of our main character is used on both our poster and our website. We felt that this shot shows a lot about the film as it shows the main character and that she is on a journey. This shot is similar to the shot in Birdys music video for 'People Help The People.' The close up shot allows the audience to connect with the character and see the emotion of the character and we felt it was really effective in our trailer.

TRACKING SHOT

 The tracking shots in our trailer were influenced from the film 'Fish Tank'. We took inspiration from this film because it is a film of the same genre and we liked the look and feel of this film. We also felt that this look was achievable as it was not a high budget film. In the film tracking shots of the main character are used frequently to emphasize that the viewers are following the characters story, which is one of the reasons we used this shot. It also means that the audience are 'behind' the character during these shots and this makes the character seem vulnerable and helps the audience to feel sympathetic towards this character.

STREET SHOT

 This shot shows that the main character is sleeping rough whilst in London trying to make money to look after her dad. This shot was influenced by the music video for Ed Sheerans 'The A Team'. Both of these shots take the 'Rule of Thirds' into consideration in the composition as the main characters are placed to one side of the shot. This type of shot allows 'normal' people to be seen walking past, which demonstrates the loneliness and vulnerability of the character.

MAKE-UP SHOT

This shot is inspired by the film 'London to Brighton'. This film was a significant influence to our trailer and helped us to introduce the prostitution storyline to our film. We especially liked this scene from the 'London to Brighton' trailer as it showed that the girl is in distress and trying to wash off her make-up. We felt that this scene was a good climax to both this trailer and our trailer because it showed the emotional effects of their life.