Chosen Magazine cover image- Manasseh Dalton-Brown

This is the chosen image of our magazine cover, it is used to show both characters characteristics and allows the audience to get a great feel in what the film is about.

Poster and Magazine Cover Draft Ideas- Manasseh Dalton-Brown

This image was chosen as the magazine cover, it represents both characters and their personality, the boy is quite excited and flamboyant whereas the girl is laid back and quite masculine, this was done to question stereotypes in todays culture.

 As a group we have decided to use this sketch as a base for our poster. This is because, it really does allow the audience to understand the story through image and gives insight into what happens.

                                                          

Magazine Sketches

We chose this second poster to base are magazine cover on, as it was more detailed, and it showed both characters and this allowed the audience to get an idea about what the film is about.

Audience Research

Key Conventions of Film Trailers by Sebastian Begueria

Film trailers carry a series of different conventions which are used effectively and are aimed to attract the audience so that their questions can be answered by watching the trailer.

Firstly, the title and release date are put forward at the end of the film trailer. This is used so that during the trailer the audience become eager to find out what the film is called and when the film is out. It is also placed at the end of the film so that the viewers are more likely to remember the name as it's one of the last things they see in the trailer.

Another convention is the name of the main stars which are displayed on the trailer early on. This is so that the audience know who they expect to see. Furthermore, many people tend to watch films just because of the stars so therefore, by making the public aware of who will be starring in the film will keep them interested.

One essential aspect that trailers are criticised for doing is giving away too much of the film. An important convention in a trailer is to include key moments from the film yet not in sequence. This way, the trailer does not give away all the crucial information from the film. Many people will feel that there's no point in watching the films if the trailer has giving away too much information as there wont't be any surprises and will be expecting too much of the film.

Another popular convention of film trailers is music. Music can be effective as it gives away a lot of information such as the style, genre and plot of the film. The music brings all these elements together which fits very well in place.

On screen text is also quite popular in film trailers. Many people will argue that too much text ruins the trailer as it's not visual enough as the audience focus more on the text. However, if the on screen text is limited and only used for essential information for example by including the stars, producers, tag-line, title and release date then that can be effective and be used powerful as the style of the text can show certain aspects such as genre

Props and costume

Male Clothes are quite stereotypical for a male teenager to wear, they are of current fashion and many teenagers can be seen wearing items, like these, this is to show the character is just a normal teenager, and this situation can happen to anybody.

 Another item which can be seen as iconography and is seen typically in the romantic comedy genre, is the common object of a female after a one night-stand this is done so the audience can understand the seriousness of the situation. Showing the result of the pregnancy test allowed us to have more options on camera angles, for example we were able to use an extreme closeup on the results.



This piece of clothing like the male clothing items are quite common in females cupboards and this is to show that the characters are everyday people and to show the realism of the situation and that this could happen to anyone.

Schedule plan - Seb Begueria

Date	Time	Shots to film	Where?	Who?	Props?
29/11/12	11.10-12.10	Shot 8-11 (Boy walks up to girl who looks lonely whilst sitting on the bench)	On the bench at school	Lauren (actress) and Manessah (actor)	Boy in suit Girl in smart clothes
3/12/12	11.10-13.10	Shot 1-5 (Girl calls friend telling her that she’s pregnant)	Friend’s bedroom	Lauren (actress) and Manessah (actor) Annie (actress)	Telephone All characters in casual clothes. Boy wearing skinny jeans
10/12/12	11.10-13.10	6-7 (Girl in playground looking at kids playing wondering about future)	Swan park playground	Lauren (actress) and Manessah (actor)	Baby bump, Boy in suit Girl in smart clothes
13/12/12	11.10-13.10	3-9 Flashback scene (how girl got pregnant)	Lauren’s bedroom	Lauren (actress) and Manessah (actor)	Baby bump, beer, Both characters in casual clothes
17/12/12	11.10-13.10	12-16 Boy and girl walking off romantically	Lauren’s road	Lauren (actress) and Manessah (actor)	Baby bump, Both characters wearing casual clothes

Film Poster Logo by Manasseh Dalton-Brown

We have decided to use this as our film logo design as it is simple but is very effective, the red large font really stands out and draws the audiences attention. Also the handwriting is quite simple and easy to read with a special font on the letter U which makes it more interesting and effective

Film Trailer, Magazine Front Cover and Film Poster Analysis - Sebastian Begueria

Production Company Logo Design by Sebastian Begueria

I chose this logo design as it is quite simple and it grabs the audiences' attention. I feel that it stands out from others and it makes it independant from other films similar in the same industry. I chose the text for 'White Snake Productions' on dafont.com which I liked and felt that it was suitable for the logo design. 'White Snake' is in a bold, white font which shows off the repsentation of what the title is.

Trailer Analysis by Manasseh Dalton-Brown

The text frames in the film trailer ‘The Dark Knight’ are specifically chosen to catch the viewer's eye and tell a story. At the beginning of the trailer the music is very quiet and the first bit of dialogue “There’s a storm coming” this line foreshadows that something dangerous is going to happen. The quietness of the music makes the atmosphere very tense, and also the trailer begins quite slowly to introduce the characters. As the trailer progresses so does the music, which gradually gets louder and a lot more atmospheric creating a very dangerous feeling.  

The scene uses special effects and changes the speed of the scene depending on what is going on. When the fight starts the trailer turns to fast music and it show glimpses of the fight and other scenes of action. There are very few text frames so dialogue from parts of the film are used to drive the story forward

Analysis of magazine cover by Lauren West

Analysis of magazine cover from l_west95

Location planning

Bedroom
We chose this location as the bedroom that will feature in the trailer because it will show the age of the characters, their personalitys and their gender.

Hallway

park
We chose this because we thought it would be fitting as a location for our trailer. In the trailer we show that the pregant teen, might be lonely or upset. Therefore, i think this location is perfect because it is generally quiet and almost stranded at times where know one is about, conveying that she feels alone just like the park.

Magazine Cover Analysis by Manasseh Dalton-Brown

Friends with benefits is a romantic comedy about two friends who make a proposition that will benefit both them, but however both seem to start to break the rules and start to fall for each other. Throughout the film, you can recognise distinct features that would help us to figure out quickly what genre the film is.

In the start of the trailer, it starts with upbeat and fun music which could possibly convey what kind of movie it is. It also starts with quick transitions between two different dates and how much of a disaster they were. Soon after the transitions start to slow down, showing lengthy conversations between the two main characters. This could possibly convey that their lives have changed once meeting each other.

Twilight Poster Analysis by Manasseh Dalton-Brown

Twilight Poster Analysis by Lauren West

Storyboard by Sebastian Begueria

Introduction by Sebastian Begueria

Our production name is White Snake Films. We came up with this production name because we found it short and quite catchy. Our project consists of three members: Manasseh, Lauren and myself. We are all acting as well as filming in our trailer.

The title of the film is Gertrude. We came up with this title as it is unique. The genre of the film is a romantic comedy and it is about an unplanned pregnancy who goes through a series of events in deciding what to do with the unborn child. We got the idea from the film 'Juno' which is also about how someone faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.



The tagline is 'Shame about the name' and we came up with this as it refers well to the title 'Gertrude.' Our job roles are as follows:

Seb - Cameraman/Editor - Films and helps with the editing.

Manasseh - Cameraman/Actor - An important actor and helps with the filming as well as making recommendations on what to improve.

Lauren - Actress/Editor - Main protagonist in the film trailer and also helps with the editing.