Storyboard

Establishing Shot of London and Dubai

Dolly Zoom?

Shot Reverse Shot between Conor and Bill

Panning Left

Long Shot of Bill in library

Over the shoulder shot of Matt

Close up of Bill in dialogue

Close up of Matt with lighter

Shot Reverse Shot between Bill and Matt

Title attempt #4

Our fourth attempt at titles was what we deemed to be the most successful out of our titles. We liked the bold styling of the title as it is eye-catching to the audience, simple but effective as a whole. We decided that an animation would be ideal as the bullet holes we incorporated add to the action element of the film as the audience can automatically assume its genre and so would be more intrigued to watch it.

Title attempt #3

The third attempt at a movie title involved the prominence of the title as the main feature of the title. The styling was more of a western style which we believed would not suit the conventions of the action spy genre. Ultimately we liked the bold style of the writing but not the elements which cut into the words so we would have to conform to the expectations of our designated genre.

Title attempt #2

Our second attempt at a title mainly revolved around the idea that we would focus heavily on technological aspects of the trailer. This included the idea of a cyber battle or some sort of cyber attack to our supposed spy organisation through the use of a computer, phone or other such device. The end of the title was influenced by bitcoin; the online currency which was a primary idea for our trailer as an incentive to the bad guys. The title was going to dissolve into the many circles to help highlight the prominent role of technology in the trailer.

Title attempt #1

The sort of title which we are looking to have for our film needs to be simplistic and needs to stick in the audiences memory. We used Broadway as a font because it is very basic and over emphasizes the shape of the letters involved, the simple design of the logo conforms to the stereotypes of the action/thriller film,  The films in this genre usually have a simple title so it doesn't take the audiences attention away from the content of the trailer, films such as inception use really plain designs just so the name can come up but it won't take anymore time then is needed in the TV advertisement time.

This is essential for a production company because it is their budget which they have to dip into in order to advertise their film to a wider audience, this will help them to achieve a more loyal audience as well as an idea of what age range and gender prefer the film, for example when looking for an age range they can decide who would be the most likely to watch the film based off of a trailer and then they need to aim for that rating, e.g. action films are usually a 15 as they appeal to an older audience especially with films such as die hard, fast and furious etc.

Production Feedback

Your group has been on such a fantastic journey this year and your efforts are bearing fruit.  Make sure you are video blogging production choices and stages to evidence your progress - plus this will help you in the run up to the exam in order to be able to reflect on your technical choices.

End credit #3

The last set of credits we made are predominantly for the poster but we can also use them for our end credits, for example we could use this in our coming soon part of the end credits, this would help fill valuable space and could make it look more professional. We could pull it off separately as a split second shot at the end of the trailer, we could blend it in and even if just fills up a two second segment of our film it will still show the detail we went into.

End credit #2

The next lot of end credits I did was to give all of the acclaim to the people who made the film, we used a basic end credits template and built on it using visuals from other end credits we found, we made sure that we had all the right credits given, people who worked more on specific sections were given all the credit and for the those more basic things such as the ideas where a producer would be concerned we accredited all of us

End credit #1

The first lot of end credits but probably the last to show will be this one, overall the simplicity of the design is essential as it just needs to grab the attention of the audience, the "coming soon" part of the end credits is the biggest as its there to grab attention, the crown i used above is there for the purpose of filling the background, we made up the social media to make it seem like the movie is a work in progress which is coming soon, this would help in a real life situation to get a following for the film.

Production company logo

Triptic Films is the made up production company that we created for our AS production and we thought it was appropriate to use it again for our A2 production.

Influences on production

We had various influences on our trailer as we wanted to incorporate the necessary elements you would expect to see in an action or thriller movie trailer to help. At the start of our trailer we want the main feature to help portray the plot of our movie and you would often assume a strong masculine voice to be incorporated  into an action movie. We want to ensure that we increase the pace of the trailer accordingly to help fit the mood and the tension should increase as the trailer develops to add emphasis onto the plot.

One of the major features in our trailer will be the character portrayals and relationships they have with eachother. We want to ensure that through relevant dialogue the audience can relate to the characters and their individual stories. You can see these relations between characters in movies like mission impossible or skyfall where you know who the characters are but they represent both the good and bad sides and contrasts the characteristics of the characters against eachother.

Primary shots used in the Syndicate

establishing shot - of London and Dubai in the beginning
shot - reverse shot - between bill and conor as well as bill and matt
vertical panning - of Dubai in the establishing shot
horizontal panning - of the chase scene
long shot - of the major characters
medium shot - of the characters portrayed
close up - of bill in the buildup
over the shoulder shot - of matt in the beginning
low angle shot - of zoey in the montage
high angle shot - of bill and matt in the fight scene
arc shot - between matt and bill in their fight scene
birds eye view - of bill at times

Production Targets

Make sure that everything is filmed/refilmed as soon as possible for your group to work towards and beyond your target grades.  Titles and sound are the last stages of post production and you need to spend time and care to make sure you meet the Band Four levels for these skills areas.  You have spent some much time in production - let's work towards completion now!

End credit research

End credit research

we are looking to include these sort of end credits in our trailer, we want it to look professional like these trailers have but keeps the simplicity it needs as many people aren't really interested in who the film is made by

This end credit is very much what we are looking for, it is plain and simple and the black is perfect to not draw attention away from the rest of the credits, the white credits contradict the black background well in order to bring attention to the people who made the film.

The Godzilla trailer is less like what we want as the red background grabs the attention really well, the fact that the movie is to do with radioactivity helps the red to blend in really well, As for our film it is not about anything associated with the colour red and therefore we would look for something more plain

These credits are also like the one we are looking for, they are basic but yet the most important people involved are highlighted in bold,the positions of the most important people are also highlighted but are not as eye catching as the names are what can drag people in, for example the name of a director can draw an audience.