A2 - Shot List

Throughout the filming of my trailer, I took care to make sure I was including a wide variety of shots. Some of the shots I included were close-ups, establishing shots, POV shots and medium shots.

Close-ups are used to show the audience greater detail, particularly to show facial expressions. In my trailer, some of the close-ups used focus on the faces of the characters, and some of the weapons lying on the killer's trailer.

Establishing shots are generally rather wide and sweeping, and their purpose is to give the viewer an idea of the landscape/environment surrounding the scene.

POV (Point-of-view) shots are, as the name suggests, showing the scene from the perspective of one of the characters. One of the most noticeable POV shots featured in my trailer shows the killer standing over his victim (played by me), pointing a gun at the camera.

Medium shots are more common throughout trailers, being the most common way of showing the scene. While there is normally a 180-degree rule, so that the scene can entirely be seen from one side, we have somewhat challenged this rule in some of our footage.

A2 - Editing the Footage on Final Cut Pro

As part of the creation of the trailer, we had to edit it on the program Final Cut Pro. The first step we did was to organise the footage we have into a number of different folders so that we could edit into specific scenes.

By organising the clips into specific scenes,
we made editing them easier.

After we organised the scenes, we went on to edit specific sections each. One of the scenes I was in charge of is when Alex's character opens the coal shed and spots a blood-stained axe on the floor.

The first step was to render all of the footage into the same settings, using iMovie. By doing this, we placed all of our work in the best possible settings, AppleProRes422. As everything is in the same settings, it makes it all easier to edit and cuts down on the time needed to render everything.

Part of my edit of the coal shed scene

After exporting it in the new setting, I placed it into Final Cut Pro. My first step was to seperate each shot again, and match it all up in terms of continuity. This allowed me to see everything occurring at the same time, enabling me to switch between different shots for the same scene.

A2 - Flat Plans

Above is the flat plan of my magazine front cover.

This is the flat plan of my magazine.

A2 - Storyboard

Above is a storyboard of our film trailer made by Chris, using 20 frames to show it. While a couple of these scenes have been re-ordered in the actual trailer, the majority are in the same place.

A2 - Budgeting

Because we had access to the equipment belonging to our school's media department, the cost of our film was greatly reduced. However, there were some things that did cost money for us to access.

The Airsoft guns we used cost £500 to buy, however Alex had bought them himself because he takes part in it anyway.

While we borrowed some of our costumes from the school's drama department, we had to bring our own for most of the footage. These costumes cost £50 to buy.

In terms of petrol money, it cost £45 to transport all of us and our equipment to each of the locations for filming and then get us back again.

We also had to purchase other props to create effects, including fake blood and the liver. Overall, the additional props cost roughly £15.

A2 - Representation

The main area of representation featured in our trailer is that of youth. One section of youth representation, as suggested by Hebdige, suggests that youth are seen as possessing the dual identities of fun and trouble. This is evident in the plot of the overall film, as the group of teenagers are going on a road trip, which represents the fun side of youth. Afterwards, they could be considered to be causing trouble by trespassing into a stranger's house, even if they have a valid reason to do so.

Another idea of youth has been subverted in our production. The theory that youth are misportrayed because the producers are not youth, as suggested by Medhurst with the quote "they are awful because they are not like us", is not true for our production. As we would be classified as youth, we are able to portray youth more accurately and fairly than other producers do.