Evaluation

Drafting and planning + Research into similar products - Ending

To End the trailer i am going to have a coming soon sign to show to the viewers that they wont have to wait long to see this film. When constructing this end sign, it is important that the: Font, colour, size and duration is perfect so people still feel spooked after seeing the trailer. If one of these elements is off then people could feel that it is just silly and ruins the trailer. In order to find what i am after, i need to do research into other products to see what they have done. This is the Insidious trailer ending.

I felt this was Quite good, however it seemed a bit too plain for my liking.
This is the Jessabelle trailer ending

I feel this is prefect and gave me a great inspiration for the ending. I intend to have a picture of the back ground and slowly have Lucifer and Coming soon fading in.

Research and development - Annapurna

As i am using Annapurna as my distributor for my film, it is vital that i get an understanding of the type of distributor they are. Recently Annapurna has helped distribute some very high quality films such as: Zero dark thirty, Killing them softly, Lawless and American hustle. They are even involved in the distribution of the Fox catcher coming in 2015.

When i was looking on the Annapurna website. I looked on there about section and found a statement from them which i felt made them the perfect distributor for my film. The quote was "Annapurna Pictures is a film production and finance company founded with the goal of creating sophisticated, high-quality films that might otherwise be deemed risky by contemporary Hollywood studios. The company, which many consider to be a one-stop shop for filmmakers, has provided the industry with a critical boost of mature, adult dramas in recent years."  This gave me great confidence that Annapurna was the right choice for my film and that using this distribution company would give the film the leap forward it needs.

Furthermore, my magazine is going to be made by Little white lies. Lots of Annapurna films have had articles made about them by little white lies with films such as Lawless and the Master taking the main front cover. This gave me further confidence that the choice i made was right as it builds a sense of continuity throughout my film trailer and magazine.

Drafting and planning - film indents

To start my film trailer off, I am going to have a indent at the beginning which will show the company who is most likely to distribute my magazine. As my film is relatively indie and doesn't follow main stream horror movie conventions, i cant use big corporations and distributors such as: Universal, Columbia or Warner bros. Instead i am going for more discrete companies who specialise in this specific area. There are several distributors i could choose, One of which being studio canal.

This studio canal indent is very good. However, i do not feel it suits the overall genre of my film as it looks very classy and has a more calm/gentle feel to it almost as if it should be starting off a documentary, thus meaning i wont be using it throughout my film. It is important i find a film indent with a darker feel to it.

This Lions gate after dark indent is very good. I feel it captures the darkness of my film trailer and looks aesthetically pleasing. However, i feel it looks to bold and is too short to last throughout the phone call so i wont be using this one.

This film indent is from Annapurna, this film trailer captures the darkness of my film trailer with its extra terrestrial feel to it and is long enough to last through the phone call of my film trailer. This is the indent i will be using in my film trailer as i can easily manipulate it to fit my requirements.

research and development - starting phone call

To start my film trailer off I am going to have a phone call between one of the victims and the police. On you tube I have found a resource called the sound effect factory which provides me with videos of everyday sounds which I could combine with my film trailer to create a chilling effect. The video below is what I will use when Lucifer hangs up the phone after stating 'They are all dead'.

This next one will be the scream when the victim gets dragged away.

This will be the one when Lucifer is laughing.

At the start when the phone is ringing, I will use this video below: This will create a very realistic effect as when people use there mobile phones, this is what they hear.

Drafting and planning - effects on film poster image

As previously stated I am adding an effect called brief encounter onto the image. However there is a lot of wide space around the image creating negative space. What I have decided to do is by using shapes on page plus X6 I have made black square as the background, I removed the excess parts of the image in a circular way and put inner blur on the picture. This created an black effect around the image which made it seem as if the darkness was closing I around Lucifer. This picture is shown below.

Research and development - Tracking shot development

I personally felt my original tracking shot was decent. However, i didn't feel it suited the intensity i wanted to capture. In my film, i wanted to express a more dramatic sense of fear than having Lucifer slowly approaching the victim. On Movie plus X6, i edited the play speed under General which sped up the film creating a more dramatic effect. An example of this is shown below.

This was 3 times the original speed and I felt that this was sped up a little bit to much. I felt this high speed reduced the quality of movement as it looked a bit too fake. so slowed it down to find the right balance which is shown below.

I felt this was a lot better as it looks as if Lucifer is rushing, but the victim is still unaware. Furthermore it hasn't damaged the quality of the clip which is an essential factor which makes it the clip i will use in my film trailer.