Research and Planning

I looked at opening films from the same genre that I had wanted to do off YouTube which included ‘The ward, ‘Sinister’, ‘Texas chainsaw massacre’ and ‘Cabin in the woods’ and went on to analyse them and so I could see what should be included in this particular genre. When it came to using the storyboard that I had created, I found that I did not follow it like I thought I would as the shots that I had planned to use did not fit in as well as I had hoped, and so therefore had to make up a couple of shots without planning them out first. This was not the best idea as when it came to watching my opening two minutes and back at my research and planning, they did not look like they linked as well as they should have done, which was also resulted by me not recording down all the changes that I had made and why I had made them. This would result in anyone viewing my work and opening to minutes to be confused by what is actually going on in the opening as it is confusing to watch. To record some of my ideas that I had for AS, I had used blogger to create posts at different stages of the process. To see what the audience liked I had carried out questionnaires for my audience to answer which would help me to establish what the audience liked and didn’t like. This was effective to a certain point and so I could see what they had liked and disliked and so I could be aware of what I should and shouldn’t add to the trailer. However, I don’t think that I had done this the best way as I only asked people of a particular age, as it would have benefited me more to ask a range of people and gather my ideas from that. As part of my planning I researched different shots that I could add to my opening two minutes, however, these camera shots that I was looking at and added to my trailer were quite basic and so my final outcome was quite basic. Secondary research that I used in my research and planning were statistics that I used from and online film website and so I was able to see what gender and age would fit my film opening. This helped me to decide what would be best to include in my opening and what wouldn’t. However, when it came to making the opening film, I found that actually it leaned more towards a female target audience, suggesting that I had not read back over my research and had adapted my opening to the right target audience.

I have developed the way I have done things in A2 but my biggest development was ensuring my film trailer would be effective to appeal to a particular target audience that I wish it to. I had done research on the different codes and conventions on the internet such as romance, action, horror and thriller and so I could get an idea of what really appeals to me as I would have the most fun making the final trailer. For my questionnaires this year, we had created one that had an age box, a film genre perforation and a name that they would like the film to be called. This helped us as a group the build our trailer around this to fit the needs and expectations of the target audience. As part of our research and planning we had created actors interviews to show how they felt about the film but generally to get to know them better. The shots that I had included in my A2 project are a lot more complex and the levels of the camera change and so the audience is not just watching it all from one level making the trailer more dynamic to watch. When it comes to recording any ideas on blogger, I had made sure I had recorded any changes that I had made such as genre or setting and so the audience understand how I got from one point to another.