Our Plan Of Action So Far

Firstly we are all going to look at youtube and find romcom film trailers to help decide on a theme and then see what angles and shot hey have used.
Next we wrote out a storyboard and wrote how long each shot should last for and what happens and what sort of shots do we need, also we had to choose good actors for our trailer as it is a Fairy tale Romcom theme. We have to make sure that our actors are reliable and that they will not mess around because our piece may not turn out how we wont it to.
It is coming up to our October half term and we are going to go out with a camera and start recording our film trailer with our actors and make sure that the weather is suitable for us to use all the equipment we nee to use.

Media Techniques

Here are some angles and shots that we as a group will be thinking about to use in our own film trailer.


Framing or Shot Length:

• Extreme Long Shot
• Long Shot
• Medium Shot
• Close Up
• Extreme Close Up

Camera Angles:

• The Bird's - Eye View
• High Angle
• Eye Level
• Low Angle
• Oblique or Canted Angle

Camera Movement:

• Pan
• Tilts
• Dolly Shots
• Hand Held Shots
• Crane Shots
• Zoom Lenses
• The Aerial Shot

A Cinderella Story Film Trailer

I chose to anaylise A Cinderella Story for my research into film trailers as i think it has a similar genre and target audience as the type of teaser trailer which i am trying to produce. The trailer starts with magical, fairy like music which emphasizes the theme. The narrator starts with 'Once upon a time, in a land called..' which is a typical conventional beginning to a fairytale. However this theme is then changed unexpectedly when the narrator says 'Los Angeles' and the viwers initial impressions of the theme of the film have changed. Although the magical instrumental music is still playing in the background, which still indicates a fairytale fantasy and a chick flick film. A close up shot of a fairly average blonde, teenager which also emphasizes on the specific target audience this trailer is trying to appeal to it is also Hilary Duff who is very popular to teenage girls from the series of Lizzie Mcguire and The Movie, and also she is a singer. The narrator then goes on 'Who lived with her wicked stepmother...' again the omniscent voice is creating a fairytale theme. This has been contrasted and modernized into a 21st century world by the actress, who talks in an American accent, with sunbed goggles on which adds to the trailer when she burns herself after being 'wicked' to her step-daughter.
The trailer is (0:30) seconds running and is already outlining an ongoing storyline to the audience. I think the tecnique used where the narrator illustrates a fairytale story and the captions create a modern 21st century comedy, chick flick creates an imagenative and unpredictable movie which will capture the attention of the target audience. By having Hilary Duff as the main actress is an advantage to the film as she is well known which will sell the film and promote it from the likes of the audience towards the actress.

Mean Girls - Film Trailer

Shot One: (0.43) Long shot of the full school corridor and then a close up of each individual girl who is popular. This is making the audiences attention on the four girls and it is aimed at girls over the age of twelve.

Shot Two: (1.19) A Close-up of the man of her dreams and is shown in slow motion to put an effect on him and her fantasising over him. It is a detailed view of the boy and it also examines his features.

Shot Three: (1.31) This is a split shot, this keeps the view interesting and adds individuality to the shot.

Shot Four: (1.57) Tracking shots, within 8 seconds there are over 20 shots. I have picked out this sequence as i feel i can use it in my own film teaser. It keeps the audience interested with the different flicked shots instead of all the normal shots we see in a film trailer.

Ella Enchanted - Film Trailer

Shot One: (0.05) The Trailer begins with an establishing shot which is zooming into one point of the castle. Also including in this shot are words appearing from the centre of the shot with zooms from the back of the shot to the front, this is making the audience concentrate on the words coming through the establishing shot.

Shot Two: (0.17) This shot that they have used a tilted angle shot over the baby. Tilt shots are usually more dramatic than straight anlge shots. As this shot is taking place it has a voice over about Ella and zooms into her face, which is making the audience realise that that is Ella.

Shot Three: (0.21) I have picked this shot, because it is a panning shot. Slow panning is combined with zooming in or out on a single subject. In this case it is zooming horizontally across the room which is focusing on Ella moving through the corridor. For this shot you can use a tripod and pan the camera from left to right neatly, or use a track for the same effect.

Shot Four: (1.13) Medium Close-up of the princess on her horse and the background is blurred so all the focus is on her. The dividing line between 'long shot' and 'medium shot' is fuzzy, as is the line between 'medium shot' and 'close-up'.

Shot Five: (1.26) Over the shoulder Shot - this shot has been filmed from behind the characters shoulder, it is a shot taken from over the shoulder of the character whose back can be seen at the side of the frame.