Progress Report 27/01/2011-Sonam

Progress Report: Today we looked at what shots we needed to add or remove on our storyboard and then we looked at trailer similar to our own to get a rough idea of how long each shot should be and the different effects and shots used. I went to go to talk to the head of Drama (I forgot her name) about casting her students to act in our trailer; we made a list of characters in our trailer then she matched the characters to her students who would best suit the roles. She asked me to come and talk to the Year 11's one to one about whether they would be interested in starring in the trailer. Kevin has the camera equipment.

Action Plan: We will need to cast actors who would suit the role, and need to scan our storyboard on to the blog. We also need to practice using the camera - different angles- experiment with the camera and see what we can do.

Asylum

Progress Report 25/01/11 By Sital

Todays lesson was pretty waste, Tanveera wasn't in so we was sorta missing a person but we've managed to come up with different random shots for out trailer. The ending part.

For Thursday I won't be in so the group will have to have a finalised storyborad so we can start filming next tuesday

Progress Report for week 17/01/2011

We managed to get the main concept of our trailer together; incorporating the different interpretations each of us had of our trailer. We used some of our research as the basis of our dominant representations in the trailer for example weapon possibly a knife of some sort. Because of our lack of research in terms of storyboarding we now have to practice storyboarding more. As a group we divided the workload between us; I had to do the research, Kevin & Sital were storyboarding the ending of our trailer and Tanveer was doing the beginning and middle parts to our trailer.

Progress Report 11/01/11 to 20/01/11 Starting of Stroyborading- Sital

We started making our story borads, and divied up the parts between each of us.

Tanveer- Begining

Sonam- Rape scene and reserch

Sital and Kevin- ending

Comeing together putting ideas together and changes bits.

Next lesson 25/01/11 Final touch ups of storyborads and any last shots

Powerpoint presentation - WWW & EBI

What Went Well – (WWW)

·         Talking about the trailer in full depth stating the genres involved, in this case it would be Horror and Drama which are the main two Genres involved which makes it a Hybrid Genre

·         Talking and stating the audience and age groups which are eligible to watch this film due to the violence

·         Giving examples of different films which are similar to our film  and in this case it was Jennifer’s body   

Even Better If – (EBI)

·         We stuck to one age rating which would be 18 instead of 15 in order to appeal to a wider audience as well as have more violence and bloody scenes involved.

·         We stick to two genres instead of four genres as that will make the film seem more confusing towards the audience

·         Adding a variety of different trailers and not focusing on just one trailer which is Jennifer’s body as this may confuse us a group as well as the audience due to having similar scenes to Jennifer’s body, so by using more trailers will give us a better idea on what to use in different scenes etc.  

By Tanveer Dogra 12M

Hybrid Genres

Hybrid Theory’s

Hybrid Theory’s which can also be referred to as cross media due to two different genres merging together for example a horror genre and a action genre combining together this means that there will be horror scenes available in the film as well as action scenes this could attract more people to watch a film due to having two genres in one film.  This could also mean more value for money due to two genres in one film as mainly you may only be getting one genre i.e. a comedy genre etc.  Hybrid Theory’s has been said to be the future of marketing as well as socialising due to being able to communicate to the audience in various amount of ways by speaking as well as actions made in movies.  This has also been said to be more exciting and creative when watching films due to having more involvement in the film instead of just one genre involved.   

Examples of Hybrid Genres

·         Romantic Comedy – Genres involved – Romance and Comedy

·         Comedy drama – Genres involved – Comedy and Drama

·         Action Comedy – Genres involved – Action and Comedy

·         Romantic Fantasy – Genres involved – Romantic and Fantasy

·         Horror drama – Genres involved – Horror and drama

This relates well to the Hybrid Genre we are doing as a group, due to having Horror and ‘teen’ drama involved throughout our trailer.  As in our film production the teenager in the film is always having high school problems such as getting abused and picked on by other kids this relates to the drama part of the film.  As the horror genre is involved when the teenager starts to take revenge on all her culprits such as the people who bully and abused her so this means that death and blood is then involved.

By Tanveer Dogra 12M

Eclipse Rosalie's story By Sital

Everyone was wondering how we are planning to create the rape sence in our trailer, their also saying that it isn't suitable for a 15 audience.
I have found the perfect example to prove them wrong




The movie Eclipes is  PG 13! Therefore if this much content is allowed to be shown, we will be perfectly fine showing the same type of content on the same level in a 15 rated film

Jennifers Body Scene Analysis By Kevin

This scene from Jennifers Body is introduced with a character that is pushed against the wall by the villain.This transits to the next frame in which we are shown a photo of the character with her hand handprinted on to the photograph with blood covered on her hand.This could connote how this innocent character is forced into death by the villain and creates a more depressing atmosphere.

Moreover,the protagonist is introduced with quickcut and fade transitions to connote how viscous she is.There is also a useon montage clips of the protagonist to express all the bad things she does and furthermore shows extreme close up to draw the attention of the audience to her eyes in order for them to indentify that it is the demon that is controlling her.

Finally,17 seconds into the clip shows similar content that our group will have which is the protagonist transforming into the demon with candles along the bottom of the frame aswell as red lighting to connote danger.

Progress Report 06/01/11-11/01/11 By Sital

Basically we given our presentation and we got the "green light". We got to do our next step which is looking at hybrid genres but as the class has not so very kindly pointed out, the problems we intend to get rid of the fantasy genre and just stick with horror, thriller and drama. The fantasy element we had was the whole vampire/ demon thing,  but seeing as it is a horror its acceptable to say that horrors include some sort of fantasy of their own.
By next lesson which is on Tuesday 11th January we should have a clear concept of our genres however...we all have exams apart from Sonam and I don't expect her to do it all by her self so i doubt we'll get much done.


So during the lesson we might be able to sit down together as a happy family and research our genres. We haven't got much to do but just a whole load of analysis. 


Myself, Tanvir and Sonam should be in the lesson. Kevin's got an exam. Unlucky.


Posted by: Sital

Pitch Presentation Evaluation and Next Step By Sital

WWW: Everyone spoke clearly and remembered what they were going to say. Also the presentation it self was good, there was no boring bits and no reading of the screen.


IBF: We need to do more research on hybrid genres and explained each one of them carefully. Also if we looked in greater detail at the age limits. 15 and 18.


Next step: Research hybrid genres. Looking at a wider range of films with a hybrid genre.

Trailer Research: codes and conventions

Fallen (1998):

The stereotypical action codes in the trailer was the gun which would connote the continous death in the movie. The song that is sang throughout the trailer shows the effect of the 'fallen' angel on the innocent people around him which would connote the continuity of the mass murder. The style of writing in the ending of the trailer has secret codes which are also shown when the protagonist (Denzel Washington) is questioning the secret codes that are left behind by the killers. This symbolism is also another convention of thriller as it adds to the mystery of the group of killers.

Progress Report 16/12/10- 04/01/11 By Sital

During the christmas holidays 16th December 2010- 3rd Januaray 2011:
Create Pitch
Sonam: Audience profiles
Kevin: 15 rate research
Tanvir: Genre reseach and video
Sital: Plot and putting together of powerpoint


Tuesday 4th January 2011:
As a group: Final touch up of ptich
Creating and agreeing on name and tagline


Progress Report by Sital