Trailer Reviews

Today our trailer was presented to our class. We received a lot of positive feedback and a little advice on how to improve the trailer. We also have looked at the feedback we received after posting our trailer on Facebook. The responses were very similar so we felt it was important to make the changes advised since so many people felt it necessary. Our only advice we were given was to edit our reviews inter title. This was because we had a spelling mistake and it was preferred that there wasn't a voice over. We have now corrected these issues and have our finished trailer.

Finishing and uploading trailer

Today me and my partner added sound to the background of our trailer. Before we did this we researched trailers online to see what they had done. We noticed that there was 2 different techniques we could use, the first one is to have slow music that builds up towards the end creating suspense. The other option is to have some grime, RnB or Hip-Hop music to match the setting and target audience. We decided to use the first option as this would attract a bigger range of target audience.

I am also going to upload the trailer onto Facebook so that we can get reviews and advice from hundreds of people.

Almost finished editing

Today me and my partner finished editing our trailer. We moved some of the scenes about from our original order because we thought in chronological order we gave away too much of the plot. I also added a voice over to make the trailer more professional and help explain the plot. Music has been added to the background to make it more interesting, energetic and fun. We just need to have it looked at for advice on how we can improve it. I tried to upload it onto facebook so friends could see it and tell me what they thing but there was a software problem so i will look into that and upload the video as soon as possible.

More editing

Today we uploaded the other half of our filming for trailer. We started editing but have been trying out scenes in diffrent orders to see if it would improve the trailer. We also started looking at adding music and sound effects to our trailer. We found some good beats for our kidnapping and chase scene but still have a little left to do.

Finished website

After receiving advice from my rough draft i have made changes and this is my finished Website.

Website Rough draft

After drawing 3 drafts i have selected which website layout i will create and started today. After last years AS course work and creating my poster i used the Apple Macs to produce this website as a my computer rough draft to receive feedback on what i need to do to improve my poster. After i receive my feedback i will upload my finished poster.

Website rough designs

These are 3 analysed drawings of what i might do for my film poster i will disscuss pros and cons for each poster then begin to create my computer rough draft.

Start Editing

Today we started our editing we have filmed half our trailer but felt it was ok to start editing what we have done then edit the rest in when we have uploaded it. We got used to editing quite quickly.

Finished Poster

After receiving advice from my rough draft i have made changes and this is my finished poster.

Creating My Movie Poster

After drawing 3 drafts i have selected which poster i will create and started today. After last years AS course work i was able to get use to the Apple Macs after a few minutes as was able to produce this poster as a my computer rough draft to receive feedback on what i need to do to improve my poster. After i receive my feedback i will upload my finished poster.

Taking photos

Today was spent taking many photos to use for the poster and website. These picters show were we will do our filming as they look like run down urban city areas good for our film. Here are some examples:

First drafts of my movie poster

These are 3 analysed drawings of what i might do for my film poster i will disscuss pros and cons for each poster then begin to create my computer rough draft.

Plot sheet

I have uploaded the pictures of plot sheets created by myself and my partner. These plot sheets have help us us organize ourselves ready for when we go filming. We wrote down things like what props we need and who we need to act so we don't miss anything important. This will also help us when we are editing so the scenes are in the right order.

Start our recording

Today we started recording for our film trailer with a Canon MD160pal video camera. We started our filming with our kidnapping scene because the people we needed were all available. I will upload a few photos we took to show how we got on.

Developing our own ideas

For the past few weeks me and my filming partner James Coy; have been developing our plot sheet. For example we have decided it is more practical and safe if instead of having character Tyrone escape out his bedroom window before his kidnapping scene. Instead we will start straight to him walking alone besides a road and is attacked and put into the boot of a car.

We have also been location hunting and taken pictures that we will soon upload onto my blog.

Main Image

After looking for a main imadge for the poster and website i think that a good picture would be one with a gun pointed towards the camera. This is because it is used in many urban films from all over the world, such as:

'City Of God', (Brazil)








'Le Haine' (France)









'Taxi Driver' (United States of America)