TYPE Z - BLOOPERS

These are some of the bloopers that we have from filming our trailer. Some of these clips aren't in the final trailer because they either didn't work when we tried filming them (e.g. some are not in focus) , or we ended up cutting them out because we filmed better shots and had to make space for them.

Film Poster Edit

We have edited our film poster onto a bus stop advertisement and a train station advertisement. This is because these would be the way our film would be advertised to our target audience. Our target audience is teenagers/young people, who use public transport often, so the poster would catch their attention.

Train stations and bus stops are common places for film posters to be advertised. This is because when passengers are waiting for their train or bus they will most likely be bored and so the film poster will most likely distract them and attract them.

Analysis of My Own Film Poster

Final Film Poster

After constant criticism and feedback about our poster including things such as:

• The layout
• The positioning of text
• The chosen text colour choice

This is our final product:

TYPE Z - Draft 2

Stereotypes of Characters

The protagonist of our trailer is a young white female with blond hair, this challenges the socially normal stereotype which is normally a young, white male. Furthermore, the protagonist of our trailer is usually the character who is classed as the 'dumb' one that dies first. This character is usually the most vulnerable and innocent, who seems as though they would not be able to handle them self in tough situations. However, throughout out trailer, through the use of varied shot, angles and dialogue this character is portrayed as strong and powerful. This character does have a moment within the trailer where she is portrayed as being vulnerable but with her strong willed personality she is able to overcome this.My decision for choosing this character as the main protagonist was done on purpose because I wanted to be able to challenge normalities.

From my research, it is males who mainly engage in action films. Applying Laura Mulvey's 'The Male Gaze' theory to 'stereotypes of characters' could mean that there will be an increased chance in men engaging with the trailer because a female protagonist is more pleasurable and satisfying too look at, opposed to a male.Another challenging stereotype is our antagonist who is not visually seen a lot, but he does play an important part.This character is a young,black male. Black males, just like the white blonde female are usually one of the first characters to die, however this doesn't appear to happen within our trailer. He obtains a high status within the film and has a dominating presence about him.

Film Poster - DRAFT 1 - FEEDBACK

We presented the first draft of our film poster to a group of teenagers aged 17-19. The people in this sample group were all males, as this is the demographic of our target audience. Below is a photo of the notes that we took whilst the sample analysed the poster and discussed what they liked and what they felt could be improved about it.

People really liked the image that we created for the poster. They said that they like how the science lab is layered on top of Rebecca and how the images fade together. They also liked the chromatic effect that we used on the image, as it gives the poster a more polished look. Also, they liked that Rebecca looks as though she is trying to get away because it helps show that the genre is action.

They also liked how the release date was visible in big, white text because it means that it is easy to find our when the film will be released.

The sample also liked the font used for the billing block, as it looks professional and resembles a real film poster billing block.

As well as this, they approved of the production logos at the bottom corners of the poster because they add to make it look more realistic.

Finally, they also liked the font of the film title, as it is big and bold so it suits the action genre.

Some improvements that were discussed were the addition of a BBFI certificate logo so people know if they will be able to see the film when it is released. Another improvement is changing the colour of the film title to a lighter shade so that it is more visible on the background image. Also, a big criticism was changing the colour of the headline and billing block, as they were barely readable. However, we explained that because there are so many different colours in the background image, black works the best. To this, the sample suggested adding a border around the film poster so that the text is visible. As well as this, people also suggested that we take off some of the names at the top of the film poster so that only two or three names can be in a bigger font and stand out more. Lastly, we got some feedback to put the caption under the film title all in one line.