Animated logo creation

To create an animated logo I used LiveType. LiveType allowed me to set specific animations on my chosen text. The animation that I added made sure that the company logo for 'CrossCut' blended in with our genre on our film trailer. 

Location shots

These are the location shots of out location. We used this location as we thought it would be beneficial to the storyline.  

Storyboard



This is the storyboard we used to film our trailer. These are all the shots we took including a commentary explaining what the shot is and gives you information as to what happens in that shot.

Shooting Schedule

This is out schedule we used when filming out trailer. It allowed us to make sure that we didn't spend too much time on one certain area.

Treatment

Title: BirdWatcher

Genre: Thriller

Group: Ollie Miller and Ross Campbell

BirdWatcher is a film about a young teeage boy who journies through the forest only to see something he wasn't intended to see. Trying to investigate, he opens up a new chapter of unknown in his life.

Genre research

This is research for you genre of trailer, our genre is horror/thriller. It is important to evaluate successful films in order to see the reason why they were so good. Here are three films that I looked into in detail.


Inception




The first thing I noticed about the 'Inception' trailer is the music. The music starts of at a slow-medium pace and is quiet while the characters are speaking. The dialogue at the start give you the plot of the film so is therefore very important. The music really increases in volume when the name of the director comes onto screen and when action is occurring. The shots used are fast paced, usually a longer length shot teamed with a series of quicker shots after to increase pace. The trailer then ends on a humorous note.


Paranormal Activity 3




You notice immediately that they used a handheld camera to film this trailer. That gives the trailer a documentary type feeling which also makes the trailer more realistic and believable. The cuts in between shots makes it look like the camera is broken, but also gives a supernatural feel to the trailer. The shots are of two small girls it then cuts to previous films and screaming. The trailer finishes on a very long length shot, this builds up a lot of suspense and attempts to make the viewer jump at the end.


Shutter Island




The trailer starts off with a series of quick shots and very simple fade to black editing between them. Once again the music increases in volume when the directors name is flashed on screen. There is a lot of continued dialogue while shots on screen change, the shots the revert back to the original where the conversation is taking place. The 'Shutter Island' trailer like the 'Paranormal Activity 3' trailer contains some screaming but this time from and unknown character making it slightly more scary. At the end of the trailer different shots are being flashed onto the screen very quickly, the editing is really jumpy and this gives a very quick pace to the end.

Risk assessment

When filming you can encounter a number of risk that can damage the health of the people involved. Equipment is also very expensive and without the right care can be damaged.

• Make sure that you run through the scene you are filming with the actors before hand so they know what is expected. This ensures that they have a picture in mind of what the need to be doing and will make precautions before the start to act.
• Always make sure that the equipment is set up correctly and that you are using it in the correct way. If you set up a camera without a tri-pod and set it down somewhere you never know what can happen. Cameras are very expensive and you wouldn't want to break one.
• Because we used a car you have to be careful and safe while driving.