Updated Storyboard

Storyboard:

This is our final choice of storyboard for our film.

Post Production Editing:

Post Production Editing:

During the editing process of our film trailer, we used Adobe Premier Elements 15. In our production, we used many of the features that the programme had to offer to us.

One editing feature that we used in our trailer is transitions. An example of when we used this was the fast paced jump cuts that we included at the end of our production. This enhanced the tension that we had already created with the protagonists running away and the clown turning around to face the camera. This involved placing fades in between the two scenes.

Another feature of Adobe that we chose to apply to our trailer was lowering the volume of sound. We chose to lower the volume of some of the soundtrack that we used in our trailer, to make the dialogue stand out clearer to the audience. We also increased the volume for some of the soundtrack in our production. This was used to put fear into our audience, when they were watching some of the scenes towards the end of the production.

We also used the pan and zoom tool. This is shown when we close in on Hannah, the news reporter's, face. We made the choice to use this feature to show her serious facial expressions, so the audience can empathise with her. There is a second example of when we used this feature during the dialogue between the two protagonists. This allows the audience to empathise with their emotions.

Director's Commentary

Director's Commentary of The Craze:

This is the director's commentary for the Craze trailer.

Influences for our Production:

What were the influences of our production?












One of the influences of our film trailer was the antagonist from the film "IT", the clown Pennywise. We wanted the genre of our production to be horror, as well as making the sub-genre to be based around a clown. With the film being released recently, (2017) we felt that we would be able to match the character of Pennywise with our clown that we created. However, we still chose to slightly alter some of the features of our clown, mainly the appearance and personality.

One of our other influences that we had of our production is one of the locations that are shown in the film "Saw." We liked the way that the location is deserted and abandoned. We therefore felt that we could use this in our trailer, which we used towards the end of our trailer.

Questionnaire for our Production

Audience Questionnaire for our Production:

We have created a questionnaire for our audience to fill out. The questions relate to our film trailer for "The Craze" as well as the film poster and magazine cover which we also designed.


1. Do you feel that our film trailer is conventional to the genre of horror?
    Yes:                                                       No:

 2. Do you feel that the protagonists of our production are represented as conventional horror film       protagonists?
     Yes:                                                       No:

 3. What element of our trailer do you feel was successful? 


 4. What element of our trailer do you feel could have been improved?


 5. Did the soundtrack create/add to a mood of fear and tension?
     Yes:                                                        No:

 6. Do our ancillary texts (film poster and magazine cover) look professionally designed?
     Yes:                                                        No:

 7. Does our film trailer, film poster and magazine cover encourage you to want to watch the full production?
     Yes:                                                        No:


Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.

The Craze Trailer G324 Final

This is our final trailer for G324. It is called "The Craze."

Codes and Conventions

Codes and Conventions:

One convention of the horror genre which we have shown on our film poster is the characters that are involved in horror movies. Our protagonist is portrayed as an innocent teenager, while the antagonist is shown as a ruthless, evil man.

Another horror film poster convention which we have shown is the colour coding. We predominantly used dark colours, such as black and grey top be the background for the poster. This is conventional to the genre as darker colours set the atmosphere of fear.

As for our film magazine, one convention of a horror film ancillary text that we established is the image used. We used a close up of the clown's face as the main image of the magazine. We chose to use this to make it seem as if the audience are interacting with the antagonist, which creates a dark mood. We exploited this further by using direct mode of address, by having the clown staring at the camera, as if he was looking at the audience.

We also used similar colour coding to our film poster, by primarily using the colour black. However, another colour that we decided to use was the colour red. Red connotes blood and violence, which can hint to our audience that this is an element to our film.