Trailer Draft 3

Poster Draft

This is my rough poster for my film which I made using phone photos to give the gist of my composition. When I take the real photos I want them to be darker and more professional looking. I also edited the texts. I feel that the poster should also have a tagline and that the photo should be more zoomed in.  

Editing Post-Trailer Draft

I made another draft to my trailer. The beginning of the draft has the intertitles missing which I firstly need to add. The first 30-40 seconds is overall completed. I have also edited all of the other footage that I have so far filmed but need to film more and also find music. I think that the footage so far works as I have used lots of different angles and have clearly shown my narrative in the beginning. I feel that the trailer is both comedic and thriller-esque as well as having an overall drama genre to it. Next I need to film and edit more and find the right music to fit as well as put in the intertitles.

Creating the credits for my Poster

To create the credits for my poster I used the credits from a Kick-Ass poster as a reference so mine could be as close to the real product. I downloaded a font (http://www.abstractfonts.com/font/11551) from a site which would give me the credits such as 'Costume Design by' yet were already structured which made it easier to replicate. Next I replaced the credits such as the institutions to the ones I chose, (for instance Lionsgate was changed to Working Title in the bottom right corner). Lastly I changed the key text to the date that is in my trailer as well as the website and colour to match the colour scheme of my poster. Doing this has helped my poster be more successful.

Diary Post 10- Filming

I was originally going to film a scene outside at night but people were unavailable to help with camera work so I decided to do other scenes we needed at my house.We got several more shots and scenes done than we would have if the original plan worked. Also it was very windy and cold so I feel that if we did do shots outside they wouldn't have been successful either way. I also decided to use more interesting lighting and angles such as using the phone as a spotlight and using a birds eye view shot instead of another two shot as I have already used two shots a lot.

Script for Trailer

Holly: Vanessa
Kris:Kris
Katie:Kat

Holly: So you guys were happy?
Kris: Yeah
Holly: But your bodies Switched?

Katie: What the hell is going on?

Kris: Yeah
Holly: And now you're stuck in your boyfriend's body?
Kris: Yeeaahhhh...
Holly: And now he's not gonna let you switch back so you're stuck in a living hell hole?
Kris: Uhhhh........
Holly:Wait, rewind

Kris: Okay, Okay we'll live as each other until we work this out...easy peasy!

Kris:What the hell did you do to me?
Katie: What did I do to you, what the hell did you do to me?!

Holy:Uhhh...are you okay?
Katie:Yeahh *clears throat* yeah sure, why?

Kris:So how was your first day as me?
Katie: Amusing,..my so called mate fancies you
Kris:What?!
Male phone voice: Please leave Kris for me-

Kris:I've watched Freaky Friday and The Hot Chick and I still have no ideas!
Katie: Well I think I like this life..

Kris: He has my body now he wants my life!
Holly: I guess you better get it back then

Kris:Why are you doing this to me?!
Katie:Because it's fun
Kris:But what could you possibly gain from this
Katie:I like classes, your friends, the new opportunities! This relationship isn't going to work but now we can have new lives!
Kris: I'm dating an idiot

Kris: So..like this? *Smokes*
Katie: *SmokesYeah but I've been- *coughs* oh *bleep*

Kris: This is gonna be harder than I thought...

This is the script for my trailer so that I can look at this for the precise scenes where dialogue is used. I used the actors names instead of the characters names so that it's easier for me to understand who says what.

Ancillary Task: Little White Lies Magazine Cover Ideas

For my magazine cover I used the Little White Lies 'Gone Girl' cover as inspiration for my composition. I used this since it shows two sides of the same person and their different emotions; the idea of duality. The magazine cover, as well as other Little White Lies covers, don't give much if anything away to the plot but expect the viewer to already know the plot and therefore want to read more about the film. As my idea is similar- two people having their bodies swapped, I used this to show that they are different yet the same. The original cover was handdrawn and edited. I drew out a rough composition first but felt that the final idea would look better if done on photoshop. I used the colours blue and pink to represent gender yet switched the stereotypical colours to imply that their personalities are not stereotypical. I drew the two main characters on photoshop then added some gradient and lighting then overlaid the images so that the eyes met, the same way they do in the reference cover. I then added the title using the font used in my intertitles and added a gradient of blue and pink to match the colour scheme.In some of Little White Lies cover they have subheadings whilst sometimes they don't. Initially I thought the cover would look better without subheadings, yet when I made the cover I didn't think it looked so interesting so I added subheadings that are copired and references from another LWL cover. I feel this one looks better but I will make a poll so that people can vote. Either way I may have to fiddle with setting or remake the cover since the image is a JPG. file which causes the image to be blurred when I want it to be clear.

Diary Post 9-Trailer Rough Draft

I have made a rough draft to the beginning of my trailer. Though I have filmed and edited more I have shown a more sustained piece of footage. I still need to add in the opening intertitles and fiddle with sounds as well as lighting. So far I am okay with the opening but feel that it moves a little too fast. Despite the fact I used a microphone the sound is still not the best so I will need to play with this too. I feel that right now the music is too loud and may not fit so this will be lowered in volume or changed.  

Props

I recorded what props I will be using for my film. I shot the props from different angles to show how I will use them and in what context. Since my props are basic I used a more visual way to show how I can use them in a more cinematic and interesting way. The props give of enigma clues to the characters in the trailer which helps build their characters. For instance when Kris is in Kat's body he hides his face in shades and uses weapons whereas Kat is more simplistic and uses easy to find props. These are my main props yet during filming I may use some others such as bottles or knives.