Storyboard

Before making the trailer we drew up a storyboard, we made sure to draw up our storyboard before making the actual trailer as it acted as a reference point that we could refer back to when filming. The storyboard is like setting up a plan for production, including all the shots you'll need, the order that they'll be laid out, and how the visuals will interact with the script. 

This is the storyboard for the trailer, Del presented all shots in the illustrations to the nearest standard that they would be filmed in to make filming easy and faster for all cast and crew. This was something Del had improved on from AS as Del previously attempted to film improvising what the actors do on set. This wasted a lot of time and was something Del made sure was accurately done before filming. 

Filming schedule

We found it difficult setting strict dates for filming as peoples free time varied depending upon availability, so we decided to separately film each character and piece it together in the final editing phase to place them together. These aren't exactly dates we specifically set up to film, it was the dates available for the actors.

Day one of shoot: 17th December 2015

Actors: 

- Mia

Props/Equipment needed: 

- Camera

- Tripod

Costumes needed: 
Mia - black t-shirt, grey stone wash jeans, converse trainers

Day two of shoot:  18th December 2015

Actors: 

- Rasharn

Props/Equipment needed: 

- Camera

- Hand held tripod stabilizer 

Costumes needed: 

Rasharn - Leather cap, black t-shirt, red and black flannel shirt, black denim jeans, black fadidas flux trainers

Day three of shoot: 5th January 2016 

Actors: 

- Rasharn 

- Mia

- Sam

Props/Equipment needed: 

- Camera

- Hand held tripod stabilizer 

- Knife

Costumes needed: 
Rasharn - Leather cap, black t-shirt, red and black flannel shirt, black denim jeans, black Adidas flux trainers
Mia - black t-shirt, grey stone wash jeans, converse trainers
Sam - White t-shirt, blue hoodie, light grey denim jeans, white converse trainers

Day four of shoot: 7th January 2016 

Actors: 

- Sam

- Del

Props/Equipment needed: 

- Camera

- Tripod
- Knife

Costumes needed: 

Sam - White t-shirt, blue hoodie, light grey denim jeans, white converse trainers
Del - Green hoodie, green flannel shirt, black destroyed denim jeans, grey distressed boots

Day five of shoot:  8th January 2016

Actors: 

- Sam
- Del

- Rasharn

Props/Equipment needed: 
- Camera
- Hand held tripod stabilizer
- light reflector

Costumes needed: 
Sam - White t-shirt, blue hoodie, light grey denim jeans, white converse trainers
Del - Green hoodie, green flannel shirt, black destroyed denim jeans, grey distressed boots
Rasharn - Leather cap, black t-shirt, red and black flannel shirt, black denim jeans, black Adidas flux trainers

Credit: Del

Final destination poster analysis

Empire magazine analysis

Total Film and Empire magazine analysis

We wanted to keep our magazine as professional and conventional looking as possible. To achieve this we needed to understand the common conventions found on Total Film covers. I found it to be easier to understand the conventions of a magazine, if I analysed one I chose Total Film as it is the one I want to use when creating the magazine. Del decided to do Empire. 

Final destination poster analysis

While I looked at magazines covers Del decided to focus on analyzing film posters another key piece to making our film poster look as realistic and conventional as possible. We decided to do one each so we both gain an insight into typical conventions. 

Credit: Del and Brieani

First cut audience feedback

‘It was clear from the start what genre it was, without being overdone.’

This was something Del and I tried to focus on from the start, we did extensive research on codes and conventions of horror trailers. We also researched specific colour schemes that were frequent in horror films colours like red, black and grey. 

‘Coming soon or title credits page needed.’

‘Need to know when it’s released, but there's no release date.’

This was one of the most important things we missed as coming soon is an essential in trailers as the audience needs to be given a idea when the film will be coming. A title is another important aspect that needs to be added without them knowing the title they wouldn't be able to even understand the genre properly. A good title that is memorable enables people to talk about it, maybe even research more into the film. 

‘Add more music, it would help build suspense up to last scene when the main character says “Run!”’

Music is a key feature in setting the tone and mood of each scene. We have decided to add more music but we also try to not overdo it as during or research we found that to truly make a horror scary it has to be slightly  more realistic than fantastical. This means that the music we add has to either be barely noticeable or very loud and scary, we have decided to make our music using various copyright free music sources. Such as http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2 , http://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Ambient_Electronic/ as well as YouTube.

‘Angles used effectively.’

I feel our research on codes and conventions of horror movies enabled us to truly understand what was needed in our trailer. Angles and camera shots were just one of the many conventions and codes we looked into in detail.

'I wanted to see more content...'

We realised that we had cut down our shot a lot which made it seem we lacked content, so we will look back at previously cut frames and incorporate it in.