When we first started to research into what genre we was going to chose we had to start to think about who we was going to aim our trailer at. So we first started to research into what genres people like, the way that we done this was we went around a group of male and females of all different ages asking them to fill in our questionnaire, the results that we got from this helped us alot narrowing down our genre choice to thriller and documentry as a group we decide that we might as well join these two genres together by doing this it allows us to challenge ourselevs more as group using different techniques and experiment more. When we first started to look at documentry thrillers we was unsure as what target audience would be suitable for the genre of our choices so we came up with a vage age range which was 16-27, but after looking into the different trailers of documentaries we saw that they are mostly aimed at 15-25 both genders, the reason for the lower age is because of the younger main charcters that they have apperaing in the trailer/film.
The target audience of 15-25 can be a tough target audience to flim for as there is a hugh age gap between 15-25 this then limits us on what we can put into trailer, if we aim our trailer at people aged 15 then we have to be quite carful in what we put into the trailer for example we would have to limit the violence have less horror and blood, thats just a few examples of what we have to be careful on. If as a group we wanted to use a higher target audience for example 18-25 we woukd be able to use more violence and more thriller elements.Overall by going with the target audience of 15-25 it gives us as a group to have a wide range of different ages to aimed different factors in the
trailer at, by doing this it will allow us to ingage the audience more making them want to go and see the movie ( if it was real).
By looking at this pie chart you can see the percentage of what genre people prefer to watch. The three highest genres that people seem to prefer are Thriller, Rom-Com and Comedy. The highest percentage was Comedy this could be because most people enjoy being entertained and having something making them laugh. The lowest % was romantic the reason why this could be because not many people are age want to sit and watch a romantic movie because they might find it boring and not want to watch something that is not going to entertain them and make them laugh. From this feedback i we have learnt that we should maybe go with the idea of choosing the Horror genre or Comedy one. If we make this decision we have a higher chance of people actually wanting to watch our film and give it good reviews. 2.
This graph shows what the people chose as their least favourite genre. as you can see the highest number was documentary, the reason why this could be because most people are aged like to watch something that is going to make them laugh or make them jump. Some with documentaries they cant get very boring depending on what the narrative of the film is, if they link they link two of the genres together it makes a more interesting film to watch. The next three genres that people said that they did like to watch was comedy, romantic and horror, all of these answer did depend on the type of person we asked because ever one is different in what they like some people like horror and some people don't. From looking at this we can see the genre that we should try and avoid but not totally rule out from our decisions.
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This graph shows how many times a fortnight that people watch movies as we can see the highest number is 62% which is 1-4 movies this shows that people our age watch a lot of movies.
Here are two trailers that our group has looked at that link to our choson genre. The first trailer that we looked at was Parnomal Activity: The Mark Ones, when the trailer first starts we get a opening scene of what looks like a party, we also get a few other short scene of other places within the movie setting the scene of where the movie is going to be set. While this is going on we get cheerful upbeat music playing in the background. This starts to create a narrtive for the audience to go along with, but then it suddleny changes when the music cuts out and we hear the sound of sirens, this leads onto, us as the audience hearing a voiceover of one of the main character talking about what might of happened. As the trailer continues we see the main characters walking into what looks like a abandoned flat and the lighting goes dark and all we see is a little bit of light coming from a torch, this only allows us as the audience to see certain parts to the flat this gives the sense of mystry and fear because we don't know what is going on and what is going to happen. During the trailer there is not alot of music in the background and the music that has been used is really quite compared to the loud voices of the characters, when you listen to what the people are saying you can hear the terror in their voices. The shots that are used in this trailer is a POV shot and also some close up shots, by using the close up shots it allows the audience to see the terror on the characters faces. the pace of the cuts are very slow at the beginning but as the the terror starts to happen the cuts start to get quicker and very sharp cuts at that. When you get near to the end you get this Big Bang and it goes all black suggesting somegthing bad has happened.
The second trailer that we looked at was The Blaire Witch Project, which is based on a group of three students making a documentry on The Blaire Witch. When the trailer first starts we see a black screen with writing describing what the basic narrtive is of the flim, by doing this it gives the audience some sense of what the flim is going to be about. As the trailer carrys on we get a mid shot of one of the main characters explaining who she is and what the group are going to inbark on, after this we get a few clips of them interviewing the local people to see what they think about The Blaire Witch and to see if they think that she is real. Through out the trailer we get different short clips of the groups journey into discovering if the witch is real, During this the cuts that are made are very slow and there is no music playing in the background this suggest that they want you to listen to what they are saying this starts to build a atmosphere for the audience because it gets them thinking about whether this story could be real or not. When you get to about 1:09 in the tailer that is when the cuts to speed up and the tension starts to build up, when you look at the clips that are played from this point there is sill no muisc and all you here are the voices of the main characters, also thre lighting is much more darker and you can minimual lighting, this only allows us as the audience to see little bits of what is happening.By doing this it starts to build up the audiences feeling of not knowing what is happening and what is going to happen so this makes them want to see the movie.
What there also is throught out the trailer is that there are different reviews from certain Newspapers and other well know forms of media, this helps the audience decide weather this is a flim for them to take the time and see because if the have bad review people are not going to go see the flim. At the end of the trailer there is no billing block inforceing that this is a low budget film.
When me and my group first started think about what genre that we wanted to pick for our trailer we had some trouble about choosing one. The reason why this was because we wanted to choose a genre that would allow us as a group to develop our skills further and push ourself to get a better grade at the end of the project. As a group we researched into the different genres for the trailers using different form of research like we watched trailers on YouTube and on a website called Traileraddict.com, we also had a looked on some blogs to read some reviews on what other people thought of the trailers. By doing this it allowed us to gain some sort of idea of what genre that we wanted to focus on for our trailer.
Bad Grandpa
The first trailer that we looked at was Bad Grandpa, this is a movie created by the Jackass team, this movie is a comedy movie about a grandson and his grandpa going on a road trip and creating trouble wherever they go. With this movie the shots that they have used are much longer than the shot cuts that you see in other genre trailers, also they don't have any titles in the beginning and the sound that is used is mainly the main characters dialogue. Throughout the trailer they have used different sciences that will make the audience laugh and scenes that will attract the audience to go see the movie. The age certification for this film is a 15, but this doesn't mean that the target audience for the film is the same, for this film I think that the target audience is about 14-25, the reason why I think this is because thought the trailer the main character often use a lot of swear words and some of the scenes could be too rude for the younger eyes. As you start to get to the end of the trailer the cuts start to speed up and also they add some music into the trailer, this is also when the titles start to show up allowing the audience to see who is in the movie and what the movie is actually called.
Fast and Furious 6
Fast and Furious 6 is about a group of some of the worlds best drivers, living the life after stealing money in Rio and starting a new life with not having to keeping looking be hide them to see if they are begin followed, but this time its the cops that need their help to bring down, one of the worlds best criminals. In the beginning of this trailer it starts of with a establishing shot of where the movie is going to be set, but if you have seen the other movies before you know that this is where the last movie left of, so the shot at the beginning is a connection to the movie before. Also at the start of the trailer the cuts start of slow and the music that is used go along with the dialogue of the main characters, through-out the trailer the cuts start to speed up as the action starts to happen, with the quick cuts that are used it gets the audience excited to see what is going to happen. There are a range of different shots that have been used like establishing shot, close up shot , two person shot, but the shot that has been used the most is the close up shot we get a close up shot of the main character but you also get a close up shot of all the action that is happen. By using these shots it allows the audience to start understanding what the narrative of the film is going to be. Also the use of dialogue allows the audience to understand the storyline and what is happening. Near to the end you get to see some of the major action parts of the film by doing this it grabs the audience attention and it makes them want to see the movie.
As you get to the ending of the trailer the cuts start to speed up as does the music, the music that they have used ' Life in the Fast Line' reflects the film as a whole but certain parts of the song reflects the action parts of the trailer. What you also start to see if the different titles start to come up like when it is coming out in theatres the ones that you don't get are who is in the film, because this film is part of film series they expected you to know who the actors are.
LOL
The film LOL is a Rom-Com, about a young girl (Miley Cyrus) starting a new year in school being heartbroken by her boyfriend and slowing finds out that her best friend has feelings for, this film is a coming of age story of modern times. When the trailer start we get a noise of a school bell this indicates to the audience where the film is going to be set in the school or the narrative of the film is about the school. The use of music that is in the background is quite mellow this suggest to the audience that the film is going to be clam and mellow, and also it reflects the slow pace cuts that have been used. This is compared to the Fast and Furious trailer where the music is really fast, to keep up with the action that is happen and also the pace of the cuts. Over the top of the music the use of the main characters dialogue is used a lot, this is so that the audience understands who is the main character but also what the narrative of the film is going to be. When you get closer to the end of the trailer the names of the people start to come up, the way that they come up is they come along to the music and also they only show the names of the main character for instead Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore, by doing this is shows the most important people and because everyone knows who they are, it helps to catch the peoples attention. Bully
The film Bully is a documentary on peer-to-peer bullying in schools across the America,butthe film mainly focuses on a young boys family telling the story of what happened to him that lead to him taking his own life. At the start of the trailer it opens up with use first hearing the dialogue of the father of the boy, the reason why we know this is because of the way that he is speaking about the boy and because they have put his voice over what looks like childhood videos of when the boy was happy. As the trailer continues we get quite slow cuts of the boy and also his school and what his school life is, as these clips are going we keep getting voice overs to him speaking about what it is like for him, but we also get one of a teacher talking to a group of boys about what they have done. Through-out the trailer the use of black screens with quotes, the quotes that they have used are hard hitting words that get you thinking about how bullying can affect people. As the Trailer come near to the end the cuts start to speed up, as does the music this is too reflect the progression of the storyline.
