Animatic

Below is the first version of my animatic. It concentrates solely on the editing and cinematography. I will work on sound effects and a soundtrack to see how well it works together.

Costume Planning, Prop Planning

Costume - Based on my secondary research, I have looked at my target audience's clothes and tryed to replicate it in picking my costume for my characters. I believe I have succesfully done this, skinny jeans, plimsoles and hoodies seem to be the main type of clothes that Scene kids wear, who are my target audience. So below are my plans for costume in my production.

These clothes and shoes shown are what I feel Brick (The
main character.) Also his mates (Elliot and Nathan) should wear, They are very casual and show that the characters don't care about their presentation. May also portray to the audience that they don't care what people think about them. Alot of the actors are providing their own clothes. I have said to them though that they need to include some sort of hooded top and jeans.

Props- The props help me improve the mise-en-scene aspect of the trailer, they are important

because they help portray and express the genre which i am trying to show. The baseball bat and the rolling of a cigarette help the audience assume the working class lifestyles of the characters.

Model Release Form & Call Sheets

Model Release Forms are shown below, they are used to make sure that the actors accept the terms and conditions that I am going to publish video footage or photographs of them.

I released these call sheets out to different people who I intend to use in my production, it helped the characters understand their characters and when and where they need to be.

Actor: David Andrew Young

Character: Elliot Scott (friend of main character.)

Release form signed: Yes

Shooting day: 15/09/10

Location: Darlington's town centre

Call Time: 3:00

Producer: William Gardner

Director: William

Gardner

Actor: Drew Armstrong

Character: Brick Taylor (main character.)

Release form signed: Yes

Shooting Day: 15/09/10

Location: Darlington's town centre

Call Time: 3:30

Producer: William Gardner

Director: William Gardner

Actor: Sam Coomber

Character: Nathan Beeton (friend of main character.)

Release from signed: Yes

Shooting Day: 15/09/10

Location: Darlington's Town centre

Call Time: 3:30

Producer:William

Gardner

Director: William Gardner

Actor: Euan Kearney

Character: Curt Dexter (Enemy of main character)

Release from signed: Yes

Shooting Day: 15/09/10

Location: Darlington's Town centre

Call Time: 3:30

Producer:William Gardner

Director: William Gardner

Actor: Susan Gardner

Character: Susan Taylor (Mother of main character.)

Release from signal: Yes

Shooting Day:

16/09/10

Location: Richmond

Call Time: 7:10

Producer: William Gardner

Director: William Gardner

Actor: Andrew Michael Gardner

Character: Andrew Taylor (Father of main character.)

Release form signed: Yes

Shooting Day: 16/09/10

Location: Richmond

Call Time: 7:10

Producer: William Gardner

Director: William Gardner

Scripts

The only person speaking in my trailer is the main character, it is done in first person. This is so the audience get to know him better, and he is used as a narrator so the advert tells the viewer about his life and the problem that exists in it.

First Shot: "I've chose this path and can't get out...."

Third Shot: "...This path is getting worse..."

Fourth Shot: "...The older time gets a horny pig.."

Sixth Shot: "My Mum and Dad don't know about this other path..."

Seventh Shot: "....My mates do though..."

Eight Shot: "It's like sex..."

Ninth Shot: "I live two lives."

Twentieth Shot: "What if one day these two lives just..."

Thirteenth Shot: "Crash...."

I think I will have to do alot of rough copies for my dialogue, this is so I can chose the best tone/pitch of voice that best fits in with the trailer so it shows the right emotions of the character and I want to portray to the audience.

I have ended on a cliff hanger for my trailer as you can see, by ending the trailer with the dialogue being 'Crash....' This leaves the audience licking and kissing eachother. how these two different lives? are going to collide and what are the effects of this. By ending on a cliff hanger like this the audience are asking a lot - questions so persuades them to watch the trailer to answer the questions they have asked themselves after looking at the trailer.

Storyboard

These flat plans show my intentions for the film trailer I want to create, they show how long the shot is, what type of shot, dialogue and what the shots actually show.

The first couple of shots in the trailer introduce the audience to the trailer and the main character explaining his situation with different shots showing what he does. For example one showing him smoking and an another showing him doing some graffiti. This immediately draws the audience towards the trailer because they want to find out more about him. The shot of the police station gives the audience the view that this character is rebellious and on the wrong side of the law, this is expressed via the clothes and props the character has in these first set of shots. The first shot shows a close-up of the character so the audience straight way perceive that this character is important in the story and worth focusing on to get a grasp of the trailer. The next couple of shots give the audience an insight of the main characters personality which also helps them see the genre of the film based on the what the character is doing. The shot of the character's mum and dad is a good way of contrasting the characters to express the point that the main character is rebellious and needs to be under looks supervision.

Shot 1: Close -up. Duration: 5 seconds

Shot 2: Cut- in. Duration: 2 seconds

Shot 3: Wide shot. Duration: 2 seconds

Shot 4:Establishing shot. Duration: 3 seconds

Shot 5: Long Shot. Duration: 7 seconds

Shot 6: Very wide shot. Duration: 4 seconds

The next couple of shots show the negative aspect of the characters split personality, violence, rolling cigarettes etc.... The remaining shots in the storyboard shown above show one of the fights occurring in the film, this gives the audience an insight on what to expect, and also may persuade them to go and see the film if the are interested in aggressive, dramatic genres like the film I am trying to produce.

Shot 7: Wide shot. Duration: 5 seconds

Shot 8: Over the shoulder. Duration: 3 seconds

Shot 9: Wide Shot. Duration: 5 seconds

Shot 10: Over the shoulder. Duration: 3 seconds

Shot 11: Tracking shot. Duration: 4 seconds

Shot 12: Close -up. Duration: 5 seconds

The trailer ends in a cliff hanger with the audience asking questions about the remaining film. I have decided to end the trailer on a cliff hanger to persuade the audience to go and see the film, straight after the trailer I want the audience to say to their selves 'I want to know what is going to happen to him.' This will encourage them to find out the ending, so go and see the film. The remaining shots in the trailer give information about the film, its name, the organization which made it and which website to go on if people want more information about the film. This makes the trailer look professional and gives the audience a better understanding about the film, based on its name and the company it is made by.

My primary research taught me a lot about how well trailers show parts of the film but don't have the storyline away, that is what I want to achieve with my trailer, interlink different parts of the film but make sure I don't give away the full story because then people won't go and see it. The sole purpose of the trailer is to persuade people to go and see the film, based on my storyboard I think I will achieve.

Shot 13: Over the shoulder. Duration: 5 seconds

Shot 14: Institutional logo. Duration: 3 seconds

Shot 15: Film name. Duration: 4 seconds

Shot 16: Information. Duration: 3 seconds