Evaluation - Question 1

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Final Film Poster

Planning - Film Poster

For my film poster, I have decided that I will have a plain and simple design similar to some of the ones that I previously analysed. I have decided on this as I think the more simple ones are most effective as they do not give too much away about the film and intrigue the target audience into finding more out about it.
With this, I will have a main image covering the whole poster with only the title and billing block covering it. This gives the audience enough information about the film to get a feel of what it is about due to the image, and also enough information to find more about it themselves.

Finished Trailer

Editing the trailer

In order to make the first half of my trailer be portrayed as a dream, I have edited the brightness and saturation to give it a dream-like bright effect. I think this is effective as it helps the audience to determine between which part of the trailer is a dream and which is reality.
In addition to this, when the character is running through the park, I have added a blurred effect to represent the blurriness of the dream before she wakes up. I feel this is effective as it adds more to the trailer making it look more professional to the audience.
I have cut each shot in order for them to be fast moving to build tension as the trailer goes on.
The music I have added onto the trailer builds tension throughout each shot, however, it is not too dramatic for what is going on in the scene.

Trailer shots

I have used a low shot close up of the character's feet walking past the camera. I felt this was effective as it is showing the character travelling through the park yet in different ways. I feel a variety of shot types and angles creates a more professional looking trailer which is what I am working towards.

I have used an extreme long shot of the character walking through the park but from the perspective of behind a tree. I have done this as I feel it gives an effect that suggests to the audience that she is being watched creating a sense of fear and enigma.





As I am doing a trailer, I have split up my short shots with text. The text informs the audience of when the film is going to be released but also gives clues to what happens in the film. The background I have used is black to create a gloomy and mysterious atmosphere combined with old looking font.

For this shot, I put the camera on the floor and asked the actress to walk over it and walk forward. I feel this is another interesting shot to show the character's journey through the park attempting to keep the audience hooked.





I have chosen to use another shot from behind a tree focusing on the character. This allows the audience to recognise the same theme of being followed and watched throughout this part of the trailer.

To create enigma, I decided to use a shot of the running river in the middle of the trailer. This creates suspense as the audience know the character is being followed and want to know what is about to happen but this shot breaks up the shots of the character.

Again, I used another behind the tree shot to show that the character is constantly being followed. These shots continue to build enigma and suspense for the audience making them want to know what is going to happen and therefore want to come and watch the film.

I have used a low shot showing the character running through the park and jumping over the obsticles. At this point the audience realise that the character is being chased by something unknown creating fear.







Here, this shot is showing the girl being chased. The camera is unstable suggesting that the audience are seeing what the unknown character is chasing the girl, again, creating enigma.





I got my other character of the 'baddie' to hold the camera and walk with it. This enables the audience to see a daunting figure holding a hammer. This immediately will worry the audience and they will be drawn in wanting to know who this person is and what will happen next.

This shot is a close up of the character in bed. It shows the hand of the 'shadow' on her face to stop her from screaming. Only seeing the hand makes the audience wonder who it is creating both fear and enigma.

Again, a shot is used of a shadow hiding the identity of the 'baddie'. This continues the enigma that has taken place throughout the trailer as enigma is one of the key conventions of a trailer. Therefore I feel these shots are effective.

For the final shot, I decided to show the house that the crime has happened in. It looks like a conventional haunted house and will therefore create a sense of fear for the audience.







At the end of the trailer, the name of the film appears with the tag line underneath. This informs the audience of the film title so that they then can research into it and watch it when it is released. The tag line 'Don't fall asleep as the nightmares begin' also gives the audience an insight into the film and what the storyline may entail.