Final Trailer

My final trailer was constructed using the programe Final Cut Pro on my apple Mac laptop. I found the software easy to use, as opposed to Magix Movie Edit Pro. Although this is a subjective point, I personally felt that Final Cut Pro mainly involved 'copy and pasting' and consists of very graphical elements, which makes it easier to visualise my edit.

Overall, I also thought to include sound in my edit, as sound is a massive factor in order to increase the tension in particular scenes, especially towards the end of the trailer. The sound was obtained from a sound effects and music download website, which is commonly used by film professionals.

2nd Final Trailer Draft

My second draft for my final trailer obtains a more professional sense. This is evident from the new intertitles, which have been shown in red lettering to give the trailer the element of blood, death and aggression.

Looking in more detail, i have also used real actors names, such as 'George Clooney'. I have done to give myself an idea of what the final trailer will look like but will consist of other names that will not relate to the real world. 'A James Cameron film' will also be changed to my name, also including the production logo of 'AROA' as we all filmed the rough footage together.

Furthermore, I will also try and create the pace of the trailer, especially at the beginning where I felt that it dragged on and will bore the audience causing them to loose interest. In order to do increase the pace I will cut a shot out, speed some scenes up and possibly add more sound to create an edgy mood at the start to immediately grab the audiences' attention.

Final Trailer Draft

My first draft of my final trailer is one minute and twenty seconds long. This is a reasonable time limit but I will consider to make it shorter. However, I will only do this if I think it needs shortening as in some media film trailers, are lengthy but do still have a clinical execution of the dramatic effect created to attract their audiences.

This draft also contains no intertitles but will be added in the later stages of constructing my trailer. Although there will be changes to this trailer, I will be keeping the red tint shown in some shots, consisting of the killer, thus increasing to the intensity of the atmosphere.

Final Trailer Title Design Draft

This video shows my first draft of my title design of 'The Vanishing'. The blue font style is 'Acid Label', a typeface that has a degraded style and will be a strong possibility of representing the horror genre.

The second draft style of my trailer title is shown in the video above. The deliberate change in background from red to black is because I wanted to portray a less obvious and simple aggressive atmosphere to construct a more psychological and dark tone towards the audience. This meaning intertwines with the dark blue colour as it appears that the darkness is overshadowing the title, which connotes a strong feel of the triumph of evil. Yet again this will link back to representing the horror aspect in the trailer.

However, using the technical effects that Final Pro has to offer, I have introduced the title with 'glowing light rays'. This particular effect adds to the theme of mystery and produces a more enigmatic approach when responding with the viewers. In further detail, the white light rays, the blue colour lettering and the black background will convey a more adult target range audience. As opposed to a conventional red background with white lettering that will apply itself to a more young adult audience, ranging from fifteen to twenty-five.

Although, the design of my second final trailer title has a correct amount of effect and character, for my final trailer title design I will do a number of changes. Changes, such as I will add an atmospheric music track because I am very eager to attract my audience with the major element of sound. This will enhance the chances of the number of people who see the the movie and will also add to the professionalism of the task.

Final Trailer Print Screens

These three print screens were made from Final Cut Pro. The third print screen at the bottom shows an early stage in editing my final trailer. The timeline in this screen grab shows only the initial selection of shots prior to any audio being added. The timeline is illustrated as the horizontal pane in the lower third of the image and is a graphical representation of the edit.

The second print screen contains music, some sound effects and early title layers.

The last print screen shows the timeline containing the final edit. On closer inspection, several layers have been added to accommodate the production logo and intertitles. Also, by this stage the audio levels have been adjusted so the sound plays back correctly.

Final Production Logo

My individual production logo was created in Final Cut Pro. Prior to this, the group’s production was a more general and conventional aspect. However, I created a production logo that constructs itself to a more specific role, aiming towards the horror genre. This is evident from the red and black colours, along with horror style lettering and the tombstone representing death. Although these are less common in the modern day film industry, I still wanted to make a production logo to for fill my potential and have a sense of professionalism. However, I have also kept the ‘AROA Productions’ to maintain that sense of teamwork and meaning within the group. I found this fun and creative, which will reflect key skills in media.

Personal Blog Entry

Today, I thought to mention to the group to create an individual production logo, which can can be seen in the trailer. This further includes to keep the same name as 'AROA' but just to alternate the design and style, which also included how it is presented. This was a very useful idea that was agreed with all the team players.

Production Logo

The production logo is very important in the media industry, especially coming from film institutions, such examples are:

Warner Brothers:

Universal:

Paramount:

These production logos consist of images that have been used for a long period of time, causing them to be well connected with their audience. This has an effect of making the audience visually see what the logo is and will easily converge the visual logo with the common, well-known name. This has a knock on effect, as the target audience know which institution created the film, this will apply the viewers interest on a higher scale towards the film.

Our production logo consists of a camera having an effect that ‘AROA productions’ is being emitted from it. This is deliberately done as we wanted to get a visual aid of the filming industry to be clear and direct, therefore containing a camera in our production logo. In further detail, the production logo is simple which has an advantage which gives the logo no specific genre attached to it. Thereby telling the audience that ‘AROA productions’ produce a variety of film and attracting a wide range of audiences.

However, I will create a new production logo that supports my trailer, reflecting the horror genre and creating a more required and specific production logo.

When breaking down ‘AROA productions’, it is the initials of the first names of the group members. A- Anil, R-Rishi, O-Omrick and A for Ashwin. This created a visual aid and shows evidence of who made the film. On another level it also being the group together and enhances the groups moral.

Intertitles

Intertitles are very a common convention which are useful to the audience as they give information about the film. Intertitles such as, 'inspired by true events', 'must see' or 'nominated for three academy awards' are all common in horror trailers.

Other horror trailers also include intertitles, which involve other director's names. e.g. 'From he director who brought you' followed by another horror film. This has an effect on the audiences whereby the people who enjoyed the previous film directed by the same director will make it even more appealing through the audiences' interest.

Some examples of intertitles that can be considered in the trailer are as followed:

• Inspired by true events
• An AROA production
• Nominated for 3 nominations
• A Rishi Nahar film
• Coming Soon

Title Fonts

'The Vanishing' was chosen by the whole group as the title for our trailer. Font will also be a significant key selection of the film title, which are shown:

Font Titles on Prezi

Film Names

Horror films consists of having titles, obtaining some meaning of elements of horror which can be extracted by the audiences from the title. The group created a few names for our film. Here are the results from family and friends when given the different choices of the film:

Bat Killer 1

The Stalker 4

Forest Hunter 6

The Vanishing 7

Travel of Hell 5

Psycho 2

No Help 0

Forest Breh 2

Disguise 0

Cloak Man 0

Unstoppable 6

From these results 'The Vanishing' was a clear favourite and was worked out well as it was also a group favourite.

However, I also thought that the name of a film should be looked at and chosen with great care, as the title can contribute to a USP of the film from the audience's perception. From this great significance of a title an first impressions of the audience I have created my own table of names, including the option of 'The Vanishing' to see what other individuals would think.

Yet again 'The Vanishing' is still the clear favourite from my table above, showing 8 people like it. In further detail, when asking people what their opinion was, I deliberately asked individuals who were aged 15 to 35. The reason for this, is because the film will mostly likely apply to the targeted audience aged 15 and above, as opposed to the first questionnaire where the group asked a whole range of people.