FILM TRAILER TITLE RESEARCH

As a group we came up with five different potential film trailer names. We chose ‘Nodus’ as it was a quirky synonym for problematic, which describes our main female protagonist journey to adulthood. We then came up with ‘10:54’ as this time represented the train she took when she chose to run away. We thought this was a good idea as it creates an enigma code for the audience. Our third idea was ‘Empty’, we came up with empty as it is a feeling which may describe how our main female protagonist is feeling throughout the storyline. ‘Returning the favour’ was our fourth idea and represented how during the film Clio takes revenge into her own hands and destroys her boyfriends car.

Our final idea and chosen title based on the results from our research was ‘Imperfect Promises’. We particularly favoured this one as it ultimately describes how throughout Clio's life she has been promised things which didn’t necessarily come true. We believe it could also create a connection with our female audience members, as words like ‘promises’ are often used as clichés regarding films which involve diaries, secret admirers and young love.

A brief break down of results highlights that fourteen out of the seventeen participants voted for ‘Imperfect Promises’. Hence our decision to go for this as the title of our film trailer.

TIME MANAGEMENT POST

There are many posts that we now need to begin completing and setting deadlines for.
These are as follows:

1.Analysis and evaluation of preliminary task - Katie

2.Storyboard for preliminary task - Katie

3.Opening titles analysis completed - Gemma

4.Analysis of initial magazine cover and compare to good magazine cover - Eloise

5.Filming diary day 1 - Katie

6.Filming day 2 - Katie

7.Edit final bits of footage and add to project - Eloise and Katie

8.Add 2 more pictures to final magazine cover - All together

9.Analysis of final magazine cover - Eloise

10.Pictures taken for film poster - Katie

11.Film poster - All together

12.Evaluation of film poster - Eloise

13.Evaluation of trailer - Individual

14.Any improvements of poster - All together

15.Film trailer title research post - Eloise

STORYBOARD FOR FILM TRAILER

This is the storyboard for our A2 media film.

OPENING TITLE FONT/ DESIGN ANALYSIS

REPRESENTATION AND STEREOTYPING IN OUR FILM

Although our film lacks ethnic and class stereotyping, it could be argued that the topics
we cover in our coming of age film are stereotypical to their genre. When watching a
common of age film, it is not a shock to discover that there will be an element
of romance within the story, amongst other typical issues that affect teenagers:
alcohol, drugs and their relationships with those people around them. We have conformed
to this stereotype of our genre by exploring the issue of having a mother alcoholic and
lack of a fatherly figure, and the impact that this has on their child. In portraying this
stereotype, we have arguably conformed to the view that every story containing an
alcoholic either portrays sadness or heroism. This is according to the theorist Richard Dyer.
The representation in our film could also be seen as subverting stereotypes due to
the complicated issues that our character, Clio, goes through and the interesting narrative
that she follows to achieve happiness and solitude. It is not a common pathway that is seen
in our chosen genre.

In terms of gender stereotyping, the narrative end that is not revealed in our trailer
leaves it a mystery as to who the hero of our story is, and therefore it is unrevealed if we
conform to, or subvert the stereotype of it normally being a male protagonist.
Furthermore, our lead character being a female could already be seen to subvert
stereotypes as the role that she has in the film shows how she is responsible for fending
for herself, unlike other films that represented women to be dependent upon other people.

The representation of age in our film conforms to the stereotypes of topics which are
normally covered, both happy and sad. We see Clio going through a break up with her
boyfriend, taking care of her younger brother and debating the idea of running away -
all of these things which are relevant predominantly to their age group.

APPEALING TO OUR TARGET AUDIENCE

Our chosen genre is a hybrid combination of coming of age and drama.

Our storyline follows a young teenage girl struggling with day to day encounters.

She finds herself pushed to her limit when she has to make the decision to run away

or face her problems. Based on the storyline and genre, our target audience

will predominantly be young teenagers/ adults between the ages of 15 to 20,

and in particular female. We believe as a group our characters and settings

we have chosen to use will appeal to our target audience.

Our main female protagonist ‘Clio’ played by Orla Jordan is aged 18.

Clio is a teenage girl on the verge of becoming an adult, her character already deals

with problems such as caring for her younger brother, recovering from

the death of her father and her recent breakup with her boyfriend.

These circumstances are something most of our target audience may face as they

experience adulthood. This collaboration of circumstances allows for our target audience

to potentially experience a personal connection with Clio.

They may have already gone through some of the problems Clio is dealing with.

Our target audience may also appeal to Clio (Orla Jordan) as she is of a similar age as them.

Our main male protagonist ‘James’ played by Toby Payne is aged 20.

James is a awkward and geeky character who babysits Clio’s younger brother.

His role in the film is to support Clio after her break up and partner her during the revenge.

During this one night spent together James begins to gain feelings for Clio.

James character will appeal to our potential male audience who also struggle to confront girls.

Our chosen settings are relatable in many ways.

For example Stoneleigh Station is a train station which is a method of transport

chosen by many young teenagers/ adults. We also used one our houses as a setting.

Houses are relatable environments as the majority of people live in houses.       

   

     

      

ACTOR INTERVIEWS

We have decided to conduct actor interviews so that we get the best people
to play our roles. We think it is so important that our characters are portrayed
in the most realistic way possible. We hope to have multiple people applying
for each role so that we have the option to select the best person for the job.

From the actor auditions we selected Orla to play the role of Clio and Toby to
play the role of James.

We particularly liked Orla's confidence and presence when she was
answering the questions. We thought that she showed similar qualities
to the character Clio and when describing how her and the character
were similar she showed a great understanding about the role.
We also liked how enthusiastic she was about the role itself.

Once again we liked Toby's confidence and enthusiasm to play the role.
He understood the character well and showed the ability to be quite
awkward and confident himself in his audition.

We thought that these two characters would have the best connection
and would be easier to portray this when filming.