Final Trailer

Final Website

Link-
http://271014.wix.com/the-runaround 

Final Poster

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question 4

Stunt Research

We practiced the kidnapping with a professional stuntman to demonstrate the correct way to handle a person when imitating a struggle scene. We were then able to recreate what was taught with our actual actor in a safe and controlled way. We also filmed the situation in order to watch it back and pick up techniques again. 

We looked at front fall tutorials because during the scenes where Emily is running through the woods, we wanted to have Emily trip slightly, and just in case she was to fall completely over, we wanted her to be careful in the position she lands to restrict causing injury.

Health and Safety

When creating our trailer, we had to carefully consider the health and safety requirements throughout to ensure that our production was risk-free.

When our main actress was being filmed for the running scenes, we make sure she was wearing sturdy shoes, appropriate clothing, not running for too long, and had enough water to keep hydrated.

Temperature controls: appropriate clothing; coats, boots, jumpers. We were prepared for rain with umbrellas and waterproof clothing, and sunshine with sunglasses and sun cream.

          

The transport methods used included being either driven or walking, and reasonably short journeys avoiding main roads, seat belts worn, and at a reasonable speed to enhance the safety and comfort of everybody involved.

When she was 'shut' in the boot, we never fully closed it to avoid her becoming stuck inside. This reduced any risk of an accident and making the actress uncomfortable.

First aid equipment ready if necessary in the boot of the car belonging to Ellie. This meant that if we encountered any incidents in which we required help immediately then we had the necessary facilities to administer basic first aid.

No one was left alone in the woods, there was always at least two people together so that if anything happened and their was an emergency, no one was alone. By making sure that every group member and actors had a fully charged mobile phone and everyone else's phone number then if necessary we could contact  the others as quickly as possible.

When filming the motorway shot we stood on a bridge, two steps back from the edge and held the camera close to the body to avoid falling and dropping the phone.

Kidnap scenes were described to each actor, then rehearsed and practiced to make sure that neither were hurt and there was no risk of being dropped or harmed. Stunt work was researched and we used techniques to learn how to effectively recreate an abduction.

When the car was being filmed we ensured that all other people involved and not in the scene were far away and not in the area in which the car was moving to avoid accidents. Everyone involved within the scenes with the car were inside and so there was no risk of not being seen by the driver. While the driver was fully insured and permitted to drive the car, so that if something happened to the car, it could be sorted quite easily and tidily.

Poster Development Prezi

Colour Analysis

They key colours used within our film trailer and ancillary texts are black, grey, red and blue. We chose to include these colours heavily due to the meanings we discovered in our research. Below are the key connotations of each of the colours that we have incorporated into our film products which we found in psychology reports and colourist specialist websites;

RED

Red is the colour of blood and fire and so it is associated with danger, energy, power, and determination. Red is an emotional colour, used for danger signs and the colour can be found in national flags showing power. It is a stimulant colour which makes us make quick decisions. 


BLUE

Blue is the colour of the sky and the water. It symbolises intelligence and wisdom. Blue is regarded as a masculine colour, although used in Victorian times as a feminine colour. It can also connote isolation which links well with our film trailer as the point of view camera shots allow the audience to empathise with the character. When we slowed down the shot of the spinning sky at the end of the climax, it is implied that she has been drugged and is unaware. It also suggests that she has given up hope due to the slow eerie music played in sync with the footage of the sky. 


GREY

Grey is a timeless and practical colour that is often associated with loss or depression. Dark, charcoal grey communicates some of the strength and mystery of black. It is a sophisticated colour that lacks the negativity of the color black. Light greys can carry some of the attributes of the colour white. We have consistent themes of the colour grey in our film trailer due to the colour saturation effects on the images and footage. We have used this colour to illustrate our thriller genre clearly. 

BLACK

Black is associated with elegance, power, death, mystery and evil. It is a mysterious colour, it normally has a negative connotation, also black is the symbol of grief. Black is a good contrasting colour, as it contrasts with any colour. We have chosen to have a black background for the credits to allow the font to stand out as we have a white font. It makes the credits more eye catching for the audience when watching the film trailer. We have also incorporated this colour theme on our website and poster. 

Using Snapchat

 

During the creation of the poster and the website texts as it was a quick and easy app which allowed me to send to our target audience and other group members to gain feedback. I sent these images to teenagers aged 16/17 in which they responded with positive feedback.

 

Audience Feedback

I asked for feedback on our trailer by posting the link on Facebook, YouTube and showing family and friends. Below are some extracts of the comments left;

"Thrilling and intense" 

"Sound was simple and effective, great atmosphere and added to tension"

"The ending when she was closed in the boot, it was ominous and creepy"

"I really loved the white flashes throughout, it was a really good effect!"

"Awesome!"

"The editing was really good"

"Chilling..."

Used Apps

The apps that were used on my tablet, phone and computer are as follows:

• Blogger - for the blog
• Adobe Fireworks - for the logo and poster
• iMovie - for the editing of the trailer
• Twitter - for our film's twitter account
• Facebook - for our film's Facebook page and audience feedback
• YouTube - to upload my evaluation question
• Windows Live Movie Maker - to edit my evaluation question

Apps Used

                                                  

 

Here is a mobile screenshot taken from an iPhone which demonstrates the apps that were used during the creation of our products. The blogger app was very useful as whenever a computer was not accessible, we were able to use our mobile phones to upload posts, it was also useful when uploading images as it saved us having to email each other the images then upload via a computer.

 

 

The social networking apps were also very helpful as we were able to tweet or upload images to our Instagram account whilst filming and editing in order to comment on the progress being made with the products.

 

Below is also a screenshot of the apps used on an iPad during the development of our products. Prezi was a very useful tool when creating interactive and creative presentations during our project.

 

 

 

Film Poster Image Effects

 

Here is a mobile screenshot to show the different image effects that are available on the iPhone 5c. Below are some images of the different effects we tested out to experiment the different styles and to compare which suits our film trailer genre most.

 

Credit Transition and How We Made It

Myself and Ellie created this transition by using the software Microsoft Powerpoint. We created two text boxes, the first one including 'F          E             A            R' and then the other one including 'ORGET   VERYTHING   ND  UN'. We created an animation to combine to two together and have the writing dissolve away and after that have the F E A R  to increase in size to emphasize the key theme of FEAR represented in our trailer. We then set specific start times and duration of the text boxes an animation affects to run automatically. We then used quicktime to create a screen recording to video the animation. We first tried to export the powerpoint as a .MOV file, but this continued to cause error when we imported it onto iMovie. However, using quicktime and a screen recording was very straight forward and easy to use. 

Shot names and examples of where we have used them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shots and Explanations

Some of the shots we used were intended to be seen as handheld recordings from the kidnapper, including inside the shop and walking down the street.

We included a shutter sound following the girls walking down the street, followed by a still of the shot which was slightly faded around the edge like a worn photograph. This was one of the ways that we wanted to portray the male character as a stalker who is infatuated with the girl and stalked her for a period of time before the attack.

We also used actual CCTV footage in our trailer which was taken when we filmed the actress walking out of the shop. We had finished filming inside and were moving to another location when we looked up and saw this above the door and so decided that it would be a good effect to add in. This impromptu inspiration led to one of our favourite shots from the trailer.  

Costumes

We decided when planning our trailer to keep the main character as a young female who has been kidnapped. Her image therefore needed to be that of a well dressed, modest teenager so we decided to style her with a pair of jeans, a black top with a frilly collar which we purchased prior to filming, and a Barbour jacket which is extremely fashionable with teenagers, who are also our target market. Her shoes were black ankle boots with silver detailing, chosen not just because they fitted with the image but also because they were sturdy enough to run in when filming the kidnap and escape scenes.

                         The outfits varied depending on various shots as some were set at different points in time to emphasise the fact that he spied on her prior to the kidnapping.

                         We kept the actresses hair down and clipped up the fringe to reveal her face, helping the audience to identify with her and feel sympathy as they were able to see her emotions clearly. Her make up became more and more smudged and worn as time progressed to highlight her distress and the fact that she had been crying and was unable to reapply any. 

                         The male character was dressed in head to toe black; dark and unidentifiable clothing with no distinctive marks to ensure that he remained as an unknown and feared character. For the males clothing in the film opening, it was a lot easier to decide what he should wear than the girl. This is because we wanted the character to wear all black.

New Technologies Used

This post describes how I overcame a technological barrier when uploading and editing videos on Windows Live Movie Maker and videoing myself using a camera.


CAMERA

 

The camera I used was a Panasonic, digital camcorder which I borrowed from school. I had used one previously for our AS piece, but not since so I had to reacquaint myself with it. I had to set it up in an appropriate place and ensure the majority of my face was in shot and I initially tried to talk about my evaluation question offhand, but it confused me and is just as scary as standing in front of peers to tell them the answer to my evaluation question. So, I wrote some points down and put them behind the camera, then answered them as best I could when recording, then editing them with Windows Live Movie Maker.

 

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WINDOWS LIVE MOVIE MAKER

Initially, I had no idea of how to use Windows Live Movie Maker, as I had only used iMovie on the Apple Mac computers to edit videos before. at school. However, when it came to create my evaluation question, I had to use it as it was pre-installed editing software on my home computer.

Finding out how to edit each piece of video was quite hard as it wasn't as precise as iMovie. You have to use the clipping tool, which can be temperamental, as it doesn't cut to exactly what you want to hear. IMovie, on the other hand allows you to crop a clip whilst listening to it and allowing you to press the space bar to stop the cursor so that you can crop to that exact point. A positive with Windows Live Movie Maker is that if you copy a cropped section of video, it will allow it to be copied, but you can "un-crop" it, when editing where you want to crop it to and from. I then had to upload it to YouTube which took forever as you have t convert it to a movie file before uploading it via the easy-to-follow upload steps, on the website itself.

New Technology Used (For Evaluation Question)

This post describes how I overcame a technological barrier when uploading and editing videos on Windows Live Movie Maker and videoing myself using a camera.


CAMERA

 

The camera I used was a Panasonic, digital camcorder which I borrowed from school. I had used one previously for our AS piece, but not since so I had to reacquaint myself with it. I had to set it up in an appropriate place and ensure the majority of my face was in shot and I initially tried to talk about my evaluation question offhand, but it confused me and is just as scary as standing in front of peers to tell them the answer to my evaluation question. So, I wrote some points down and put them behind the camera, then answered them as best I could when recording, then editing them with Windows Live Movie Maker.

 

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WINDOWS LIVE MOVIE MAKER

Initially, I had no idea of how to use Windows Live Movie Maker, as I had only used iMovie on the Apple Mac computers to edit videos before. at school. However, when it came to create my evaluation question, I had to use it as it was pre-installed editing software on my home computer.

Finding out how to edit each piece of video was quite hard as it wasn't as precise as iMovie. You have to use the clipping tool, which can be temperamental, as it doesn't cut to exactly what you want to hear. IMovie, on the other hand allows you to crop a clip whilst listening to it and allowing you to press the space bar to stop the cursor so that you can crop to that exact point. A positive with Windows Live Movie Maker is that if you copy a cropped section of video, it will allow it to be copied, but you can "un-crop" it, when editing where you want to crop it to and from. I then had to upload it to YouTube which took forever as you have t convert it to a movie file before uploading it via the easy-to-follow upload steps, on the website itself.