In class we have been looking at teaser trailers, we have looked at several and some of them were spiderman, toy story 3 and the flinstones. We looked at all the techniques that they use to make a good and exciting teaser trailer. Some of the techniques we learnt are that they should be a short yet exciting trailer and should not give much away. Depending on the teaser trailer will then depend on how wel the teaser trailer does.

In class now im in a new group and are working on a Therfield School perspectus evening trailer. This will give a short insight on what we do at Therfield. If our film does well then we will be able to show this at the evening.

At the moment were just sharing ideas on what we can do and are filming short snipits around the school.

Choices of Camera shots

For our film, we needed to think of the types of camera shots to make sure the audience knew how the character felt and what he was like. We thought a tracking shot would be good as the opening shot because it can show if the character lives in a messy or tidy house. This could then give away part of the characters personality.
We then thought that in the film, the character is feeling confident and happy that he is going for an interview for a job. So a low angle shot would be appropriate because the audience will be able to see that he is feeling confident and good about himself. This same shot would also be used when he is putting his suit on when the character thinks he is looking good.
Within the film, the main character is seen dancing to Michael Jackson in his room. So we thought a variety of shots was needed to show off the dance moves he is pulling off. We used high angle shots, mid shots and close ups to show his excitement for the job. These shots are also used to show how he gets ready for it, and how the audience can relate to what he does to real life.

Mise en scene

For our film, we wanted to make the Mise en scene as realistic as we can to a young adult who was abit of a party animal and found job life very boring. The room we used had many posters from Eminem to Friends which is what many adults listen to and whatch. We made the floor as messy as we could to show that this man could not care about where things go in his room. We left the laptop on to show he doesnt care about the enivronment or gas bills. An open Condom packet is shown to show that he could be abit of a ladies man too. The actor is going for an interview at Mcdonalds for a job. So we thought we should make him look scruffy as a job at Mcdonalds isnt brilliant, but to wear a suit to show he can make the effort.

Costume

For our film, the characters used will nee to be wearing Pjs and a suit. Here are some ideas for what our characters should wear in the for the opening scens fo the film.






For the Pj choice, the clothes should be patterned as most young people like to where more fashionable clothes, even if it is only Pjs. They could also be quite immature, and could include woman on them or famous logos like playboy, to signify that it is a young mans clothing.

For the characters suit, it should be grey or black and should be quite formal, so he could be seen out at a social event with it on. It should also be smart enough to be seen at an interview. Which is what the character is going to in the film.

Target Audience

When thinking about making the film, we had to make a decision about who the film would be aimed for. As we have gone for the comedy genre, actors who are young and jokes which the majority of young adults/ older teenagers would understand, our target audience therefore are both male and female audience between the ages of 15 to 25. We came to this conclusion because both male and famale like to whatch comedy movies and will be able to relate to the jokes which are said within the film. We went for the 15-25 year old bracket because any older than that and they may not understand the humor. It is a film meant for the out going people who do similar things to the characters in the film and as the characters are young, it would be fitting to have a target audience around the same age as them.

Casting

In all honesty, we as a group did not think about what Actors/Actresses we should use. In Hindsight, we would have used people who could keep a straight face when acting or have been doing drama for sometime. This way we could have used people who have worked in a similar to environment to our film. However, our film didnt require to much acting skills except for a dance and abit of singing. therefore Choosing people to act in the film was not to much of a problem for us but it could have changed or improved the end product of the film.

Lighting for our film

For our film, we are shooting in a bedroom and a bathroom. We found problems in filming both those rooms due to the lighting we had. The natural light from the windows was not enough, meaning the shots we wanted to take for the film would be to dark, so the audience couldnt see what the actors were doing. When we tried using the artificial light in the room, we found that the shadows of the characters and the film crew were effecting what we filmed. We did not want the audience to keep seing different shaded bits in the film, otherwise there would be questions on how we filmed it, as it was meant to be filmed as if it was morning. We though using the lights in the room would be pointless because not many people sleep with the main light on and also using the natural light would be a problem because not many people sleep with the curtains open, but we could get away with abit of natural light with the curtains slightly open. We then thought about using the hallway light. This way we could gain light from there without the shadows being to much of a problem. The only problem with using the hallway light was that it was dark on the bed, but this wasnt to much of a problem because not much of the film will be spent there but there was a little bit of natural light we could use. When in the bathroom, The lights from the bathroom caused a problem because it would reflect off the mirror, so we didnt use any except some from the hallway light and the natural light. We found this way the light wasnt to strong or to light and gave a perfect ballance.