Final Cut for Teaser Trailer 'Memento Mori'

Link to our teaser trailer 'Memento Mori':-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcEdt849ySk

Final Website

Link to our Final Website homepage:-

http://parallelpictures.wix.com/mementomori

Final Film Poster

For our final Film Poster, we have decided to use the poster experimentation 1 that we created all together. This is because we feel that this poster best represents our film, as it includes a lot of elements that we have used in our film trailer, for example the polaroid pictures that are all pinned to the wall and also the colours that were used. We also decided to use this film poster, as its very original as most film posters are not in the shape of a polaroid picture.

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 4

Film Poster Image Effects

For the film poster, I took an image while on set of our film trailer of the polaroid pictures that we put on the wall above the detectives desk to put on our Instagram page to show evidence that were filming. However as I really liked the image I took, I put it as a possibility as the background of our film poster. As the image was very bright, I used the editing effects that Instagram offers to its users, when uploading picture to its software. I was able to focus on specific areas of the image, change the contrast, put an boarder around the image and also change the effects. 

The original photo that I took:-

Some of the effects that I could have chosen:-

 Image that we decided on:-

Film Poster Development Research

Instagram Update

Throughout our project we have used social networking sites to promote our film trailer and also gain the attention of our target audience to see what they like about our film and what we could change if needed to. I uploaded pictures to Instagram and hash tagged the picture so that we were able to get more of our target audience to view our work. For our trailer we uploaded our final film poster to see what people think about it. We gained 11 likes and people commented say they liked it. 

 

Shots used throughout our film Trailer

Throughout our film trailer, we have used a variety of different camera shots and angles to build up tension and create different effects. Below I have added stills from our film trailer, showing the different camera angles and shots that we used. 

Long shot of the main character, showing his body language
to the viewers. 

Close Up shot of Detectives hand, not revealing the identity
of the detective, keeping it a mystery for the target audience.  

Medium shot of the main character in our film trailer, with the
mobile phone she is about to pick, fading into the picture. 

Birds eye view of the detectives table, showing the evidence
that is on it and also what the next shot in the film trailer is going
to be.

Low angle shot of the main actress, showing that she is vulnerable
or will be vulnerable later on. 

Long shot of the mysterious box that the main character uses.
You can also see another frame fading in, its the same box but in
a different location. (Graphic Match)

Medium Shot of the detective back, keeping his identity a secret
from the viewers.

Medium Shot, showing the two characters arguing and
their body language. 

Close Up shot of victims hand tied up behind chair, not revealing face
to keep it a mystery for the viewers. 

Deconstruction of Our Website Homepage

Potential Website Homepage

This is our draft for our potential website homepage. We decided to stick with the Polaroid theme as we have used this throughout our texts (trailer and poster), however we changed the background image to the detective to portray more of the conventions of the genre, Mystery. Once we have completed our final trailer we will upload it to the website and replace the video that is currently there which is the default Wix video. 

Green Screen

Below we have added a video explaining how we used green screens throughout our film trailer and also why we used it. 

Tagline Research

Once we finished filming we moved onto the ancillary tasks that needed to be completed (Film Poster and Website). To do this we needed to carry out research into film taglines so we could create one for own poster. For our tagline for the film poster we wanted to include something about trust and love to keep it related to the film, or have something about secrets and lies, as the main girl in the trailer is hiding a big secret from her boyfriend.

To do this I looked at other films to see what their taglines were, and how they related to the film. The following films are the ones we researched:

Gravity Tagline:- "Don't Let Go"

Seven Tagline:- "Seven Deadly Sins. Seven Ways To Die"

House at the End of The Street:- "Fear Its Secret"

Shutter Island:- "Someone is Missing"

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:- "Evil Shall with Evil be Expelled"

From this research we have chosen a Tagline that is related to the film, as all the films we researched in to, the tagline is either related to the genre or the storyline. All the tag lines we researched used short sentences, that are three or four words long. However as we wanted to include a question for the tagline we were unable to think of a suitable for our poster. We brainstormed key words to do with Mystery, Love, Secrets, Lies, our trailer and other relevant emotions. There were many ideas that we cam up with, but we have chosen:-

"Do You Trust The One You Love?"

This is because our main aspect of our film trailer is the mystery behind the couple and why the girl is hiding a big secret from her secret boyfriend, and why she isn't telling him. We also left it as question due to the genre of our film trailer being a mystery, meaning that they have to watch the film to find out why.

Below is a link to the final film poster, with the tagline in place on the film poster.

http://parallelpictures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/final-film-poster.html

MoodBoard on Exisiting Film Websites

Deconstruction of Exisiting Film Websites Homepages

Codes and Conventions of Film Websites

I have created a bubble map to show the different codes and conventions that are typically used in film websites. 

 

 

 

Poster Experimentation 3

This is our third film poster experiment. We decided to stick to theme of using Polaroid pictures, as its a massive aspect in out film trailer and it also reflects the films genre of a mystery-realism. In this poster we decided to use a scattered effect of the polaroids instead of focusing on just one, to make it look more like the detectives desk in the film trailer.

Poster Experimentation 1.

This is our very first film poster draft for our film trailer. We are experimenting with the idea of using the template of Polaroid picture for our film poster. We have used a still that we took when filming for the background, which is showing different Polaroid pictures displayed in the detectives office, hinting to the audience what genre it is. We used the different shades of red for the colour of the text, to complement the colour of the image and also to imply the dark undertones of the movie. We used different shade for the title to make it stand out to the viewer. 

Possible Backgrounds for our film poster

For our film poster, I have taken some stills from our trailer and also taken some pictures while filming our trailer, so that they could be used for the background on our poster.

To keep with the genre and theme of our trailer, I have used images that contain polaroid pictures, as we have used throughout our trailer and is very significant.

I have taken stills from two scenes in the trailer that appear or have will have relevance in the film, this being the small brown box (top left) and part of the detectives desk (top right). The reason why I have chosen the desk, is because  our genre is mystery and that the main location in the film is the detectives desk. I chose the box because the main girl (Alex) in the trailer, keeps her secrets hidden in the box away from her boyfriend. Lastly I also chose the back of the detective, to keep with the genre as we do not revel who the detective is, keeping it a mystery.  

Film Poster Inspiration

During research of film posters we came across the posters that were created for the film 'Memento'; as we have used Polaroid pictures throughout our film trailer we were inspired by these posters as they have similarly used polaroids in the promotion of their film. This effectively presents the genre of crime/mystery, there for showing conventions of the genre needed to be promoted to help attract an audience from the poster.