Things To Do.......

This year, for our group project we are considering doing a film trailer, we felt it would be fitting as last year for AS we did a film opening sequence. Last year the project went quite well, the filming and the editing was our full focus and we tried to complete it to the highest standard we could. I found that in general, the planning aspect is an important part of the project and we need to make sure that we plan thoroughly this time, so we know exactly what we’re doing. Here are some of the things we need to do:

• Research on the history of film trailers.
• Research different film trailers varying from different genres.
• Analyse in depth the different types of film trailers.
• Pick a genre for our film trailer which we want to work with and go in depth with.
• Research on film posters in depth.
• Research on target audiences.
• Choose the target audience I want to aim my film at. Produce a questionnaire to achieve a more reliable set of results.
• Research in depth of the camera angles/shots.
• Find an existing example of a similar media product (eg, if you are doing a short film, you need to find some examples of short films on Channel 4, YouTube, etc).
• Put the video/poster/Magazine Review on your blog.
• Analyse the generic conventions of that media product.