I used YouTube during the research stage. I watched many thriller trailers on YouTube such as Oiuji and The Gallows. This gave me a wide aspect of conventions I could possibly use in my own trailer. This included what type of non-diegetic music was used, the timings of trailers and what type of transitions were used. As a group, we decided to use fades to black which can be seen in many thriller trailers which can be viewed on YouTube. I also used YouTube to upload a voice- recording of myself explaining the editing process. YouTube is also where I uploaded the first and final drafts of the film trailer, and the pitch we had recorded.
Google Images:
Google images helped me during the construction and research stage. When I was creating my film magazines, I googled other film magazines for layout ideas and conventions. I did the same for my film posters. I also used Google Images to look at background ideas for my own media texts. Google Images is also where I found most images posted on my blog.
Instagram helped me when it came to my planning. I made a new Instagram account to reflect a mood board of Film posters. This enabled me to look back through the social media account and see any stereotypical conventions used such as the main image is stereotypically a mid shot of the main character and the main colours used are black, dark blues and white.
Adobe Photoshop:
Photo shop helped me and Alex create many things such as the 'Unhinged' title and the credits for the end of the trailer. We explored with the inner and outer glow effects and font sizes and positioning of the texts. We kept the same production company logo from last year because we didn't want to waste any time on preparing a new one. The logo was made on Photoshop and it connotes power through the use of the star.
Secondly, I used Photoshop for my research stage. The task was to create a copy of a film magazine front cover which was Jupiter Ascending. This was one of the first pieces of work I had done. This task helped me navigate and get used to Photoshop for when it came to creating my own poster and magazine cover. This task was challenging to get it looking nearly the same however, I learnt new skills such as using the Lassoo Tool and exploring the font types.
I then used Photoshop for my magazine front cover and poster to help promote my trailer. This was challenging but I had background knowledge from previous tasks. After I had my layout sorted, I explored many effects such as turning a picture into black and white and putting a fade on to it.
Phone:
In our original plans, we were going to use a mobile phone during a close up and mid shot of Ryan during his breakdown scene. This would be used as iconography. However, due to not having a spare phone to throw, we did not go ahead with this idea. This would have helped show the time of the trailer through the fact a phone is an everyday modern essential for young people. Smart phones were used within the group to keep in touch with each other, planning and scheduling dates to film and exchanging photos such as the shot lists. I also used my phone to take photos for my magazine font cover and poster.
Blogger:
I used blogger to post all of my planning and research followed by any feedback I had received with an update of any changes and any drafts and final products. This was a useful website to keep all my work neat and tidy.Blogger enabled me to upload YouTube videos to help support my research as well as importing photos.
Computer/Laptop:
The school computer was used for the construction of the trailer. This is where we made new files and saved any video footage, images and music. The computer was used to edit our trailer and create our individual posters and magazine front covers. The computer/laptop was the main source of this whole process. This is where I accessed YouTube, Blogger, PowerPoint, Google, Music websites and Photoshop. When it came to editing our trailer, we used a software called Adobe Premier Pro.
This programme enabled us to use transitions such as fades to white to connote a memory and a fade to black to improve our footage- a fade to black is a stereotypical convention used in film trailers. This programme enabled us to edit our trailer with the use of importing music, cutting scenes and re-arranging shots. We had never used this programme before which was a disadvantage to our time limit however, we had time to experiment with colours and contrasts and different fonts for the inter titles. Another editing technique we found was how to speed the footage up. This worked well for the end scene in order for it to flow with the non-diegetic music as well as being a stereotypical convention of a thriller.
Freeplaymusic:
Free Play Music was a website I had used to search for non-diegetic tracks to play during the trailer. I had searched many categories such as 'Thriller' 'Horror' and 'Loud'. After listening to many tracks, I then downloaded the music suitable for the trailer. After the music had downloaded, we decided as a group which music we would use. In the end we decided to go for 'Outrageous Whisper' due to it flowing with the shots. Freeplay Music was used during the research/planning and construction stages due to having to research the music firstly whilst choosing which ones and experimenting which ones suited the trailer.
FreeSound:
Freesound is very similar to Freeplay Music. Freesound was used to find sound effects which we initially wanted such as loud a loud 'bang' noise to place in the trailer to make the audience jump.
HD Camera:
In order to film, we used a HD camera. This helped us catch all the footage we needed such as the shot-reverse-shot conversations and the close up of the characters eye! Whilst using the camera, I followed the risk assessment I had created earlier on. The help of a tripod ensured we had a steady shot. Using this, we were able to film steady shots with the correct framing and height. The camera was also used to film our pitch.
PowerPoint:
We used Microsoft PowerPoint to pitch our ideas for our films. We created individual slides and then put them together to create a presentation. This enabled us to get feedback on what to improve on and enabled us to get our ideas across. The PowerPoint includes a brief speech on our initial ideas such as the initial plot, characters, mise-en-scene and sound.
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