Movie magazine analysis

Examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2VgboNeJkE

This is the opening credits for the TV show Trollied. This is how I am planning to set out my first few scenes of my trailer, as I plan to have a montage of students talking about the school.

Teaser trailer script

I have created a script for my teaser trailer that I plan to create.

Movie posters

From this data, I can see the most important aspects that I will need to include on my poster. The most important things would be a picture of one or more people, and the title of the film, this font being larger than the rest of any other words on the page.to make sure it stands out. The date that it will be released and a tag line. I will make the tag line sound funny as then it will allow the audience to know that this film is a comedy. Most include a ‘From the director of…’ on the front to bring in people who have seen that film and may enjoy this film. I could put something like this on the front to draw in new people.

Casting choice

For my cast, I have asked a student who took drama for GCSE and AS level. He has agreed to be my main character, the head teacher. He doesn’t go to my school, which would be easier, however he is a very good actor and I believe that he would play the character exactly how I want him to play. I have also asked him if he has a suit that he could wear for his role and he said that he has one that he can wear. This will be his main costume as he will be wearing this for most of the trailer.

I have also asked a number of students in my media class to take part in the first clip of my trailer in which several students are talking about the school. As there will not be a school uniform at the school that I am filming about, they are able to wear just what they want. I may also ask younger year students to say something as they will be in uniform and will make it look more like this is about the whole school and not just the sixth form.

Previews

When a new film is being realised, usually a film that is directed by a well-known film director, the director may release a teaser picture of the set or a clapper bored. Examples of this would be Zach Snyder uploading costumes from the upcoming super hero movie, The Justice League. Or JJ Abrams uploading a picture of the clapper board from the new Star Wars film. After looking at this, I decided to make my own version of this. I decided to create a picture of a clapper bored and wrote on it pretending that it was the first shot of the day. This is to tease the upcoming films to the target audience, using social media to spread the word of the film on a social media site such as Instagram.

Story board

This is my first attempt at creating a story board for my trailer

Teaser trailer research

Before a full film trailer is released, often a teaser trailer will be released a few months before. It doesn't show a lot about the film and doesn't last very long, but its main purpose is to create an excitement for the film even before a main trailer is released. An example of this would be the teaser trailer for the movie Rogue One. This teaser trailer lasted for just 31 seconds and only included one line of dialogue. However it showed many short shots in the film, but gave nothing away about the overall plot. How ever, the teaser trailer for David Brent Life On The Road lasted a minute and a half but was pretty much a single scene. It involved a lot of dialogue and involved more then just one character. Also, both of these trailer included superimposition, but as it was a teaser trailer it didn't give too much away, for example they said 'coming soon' instead of the actual date of release. 


I plan to make a teaser trailer for my film before I make my final trailer. After looking at a few examples, I know that it should last under a minute and a half, but should be long enough to give the audience a glimpse into what the film is going to be about. It should also I blue dialogue and could either be a short scene or should have multiple short shorts of different scenes. I also need to include a 'coming soon' text at the end. I will involve these aspects in my own work.

Camera angles

BBFC rating

The BBFC rate films and trailers accordingly to how they think it should be. They take into account aspects like if there is swearing in a film or violence and they must consider if they think this is suitable for a specific crowd. Film makers for example that have a 15 age rated film will cut out what makes it that rating for the trailer so it can get a lower rating and reach a wider audience. After looking at the BBFC and seeing how they rate the film and film trailers; I think my film would over all be rated as a 15 as I think it would involve swearing in it, however for my trailer I will cut out any swearing to it can be seen in movies where the film is a 12 in order for it to reach a wider audience.