The Next 5 Steps.

To keep things running smoothly we need to plan our next 5 steps and make sure we are on track to meeting deadlines. After a discussion with the team we have now decided that this is what we will do next:

1. Complete Storyboard + Script
2. Find Location
3. Find Cast
4. Find a good camera
5. Figure out filming date

Completing these 5 steps with accuracy and precision will ensure that our group stay confident with such an ambitious project.

Music for trailer.

As we are progressing through our narrative idea, I decided it would be a good idea to look into what music we will have playing through the trailer. 

A YouTube account called 'The Secession' produces music for real films and trailers, so looking at the music they produce was a good starting point. We are allowed to use the music they make for our own personal videos if we don't monetize it, for free. 

I analysed a few trailers which had music suited for our genre in and then found music by the Secession which sounded similar and may use. 

50 Shades of Grey had very tense music which engaged me as a viewer. I liked how they timed some of the important shots according to the beats of the music. 

LUCY also had epic cinematic music which we may use during the end of our trailer.

At the end of the transformers trailer it has an epic sound effect

in which the footage flashed on screen, we liked this. 

Green Screen Testing.

Green Screen Test 

Narrative Ideas.

To begin with our trailer opening we thought of three initial ideas  to get started. We chose three fairly similar ideas and tried to combine all of them to create a unique idea with the same genre as we had in our starting point. Our favourite and final idea is Idea Number 2. 

"Intersteller" Trailer Analysis

We analysed the trailer for "Interstellar" to further observe the typical features of a trailer and the importance of its components. "Interstellar" puts us in USA in a world where Earth is on its last legs and our only option to survive is to leave the planet. This genre of sci-fi will help us get ideas for our own sci-fi/thriller trailer.

"In Time" Trailer Analysis.

'In Time' is a dystopian thriller film created in October 2011. It creates a world in which time from our lives is the equivalent of money. This film is an inspiration for our own film trailer as we aim to base our film around the idea of a realistic dystopia and we feel as though 'In Time' is pivotal for that genre. This film has a 'what if' scenario which engages the audience so exactly what our aim is. 

Narrative Theorists.

Initial Ideas.

These are our original ideas for our film trailer. The blue titles are film and series inspirations which we would like our films to be of a similar theme to and surrounding the titles, are potential topics for our film.

Genre Theory.

We researched different theories about genre in order to apply them to our project and see how that have an influence over our trailer.

Vladimir Propp

Vladimir suggested that characters take on the role of narrative "spheres of actions" 

Our group decided to compare this theory to Harry Potter to see which characters corresponds to which role.

These characters are:

1. The Hero, usually male, restores equilibrium by embarking on a quest. In our case, Harry Potter is the Hero which is clearly told through his name being the title, and him featuring in the majority of the film.

2. There is a Villain which creates disruptions, ruining the equilibrium. This is what the hero has to fix. In Harry Potter the villain throughout the whole series is Voldemort, but in each separate film there is also another minor villain.

3. There is a Donor who prepares the Hero by giving him/her an object or magical powers. In Spiderman the donor would be the spider that bit Peter Parker to give him the powers.

4. There is a Dispatcher notifies the Hero of the disturbance I equilibrium and sends him on his way. In Harry Potter, Hagrid would be the dispatcher.

5. There is a Helper who aids the hero on his/her quest. In Shrek, Donkey would be the helper.

6. There is a Princess or Prize which the Hero deservers throughout the story but cannot have due to evil, usually from the villain. The hero then obtains this at the end of his journey through defeating the villain. In Shrek the Princess would be Fiona.

7. There is a False Hero who takes credit for the hero's actions or tries to marry the Princess. In Frozen, Prince Hans would be the anti-hero.