Further Inspirational text - Prisoners - Deconstruction

Another inspirational text for the content and editing of my trailer is the trailer for a film called Prisoners, released this year, 2013. Click below to view the trailer:

Sound

I like how the intense music starts at around about 0.51 as the scene is set to be normal at first, and the kicking in of the pulsing type music changes the tone in the trailer, prepares the audience and warns them that the action is about to happen and builds suspense and tension. I will ensure that I do this in my trailer for that desired effect.

Transitions

Aswell as lots of quick cuts the trailer includes many of its transitions as black outs that pause for longer than a quick cut. I really like this transition and how it gives the impression of eyes watching, and since I want my film to be called the 'listeners' the metaphorical message is that someone is always watching/listening to them that they are un-aware of. The black out blinking eye effect will convey it as I feel it does very well in this film trailer, it also gives it a more creepy un-easy sinister feel.

From 1.54 minutes into the trailer, there is a significant longer blackout followed by a sequence of longer blackouts after each clip within the trailer, this changes the tone again slightly for the trailer intensifying the drama present and leaving the viewer more and more on edge and engaged.

 Logo 

This is the logo for 'Prisoners' the film, the puzzle included is a poigniant element of the film, and I like how it looks dark and creepy. I will ensure that the logo for the title of my film, The Listeners, is imspired by this one and looks creepy but also includes a poigniant element of the film within like perhaps the book.



Deconstructions - Posters

Following my problem with Flickr that I detailed in my previous blog post, I had to reconstruct my deconstructions for my website homepages and posters. I will do so using a mixture of voice memos, text and video footage.

Poster deconstruction #1

The first deconstruction I have decided to complete is a poster of Sorority Row, a text that is very relevant to my product for several reasons:

Below is a deconstruction of this piece as a voice memo via Sound Cloud, followed by a further deconstruction in text form:

The image itself bears a slight sepia tone tinge, allowing the image to take a darker look and feel. I will experiment with sepia tone and other colour effects when editing my poster to construct the freaky feel this way. Sepia tone tints are relatively typical to horror film texts and the reasoning for using so could perhaps to follow this convention. 

The title in this poster appears at the bottom of the poster and in white. The significance of the title being in white, allows it to stand out from the rest of the poster. In contrast to the darker colors, white connitates purity and innocence which, when clashing with the darker can suggest the connitations of evil and terror have corrupted this innocence. 

Poster Deconstruction # 2

The Conjuring

Below is a deconstruction of this piece as a voice memo via Sound Cloud:


Poster Deconstruction #3

Insidious

 
Below is a deconstruction of this piece as a voice memo via Sound Cloud, followed by a further deconstruction in text form:

 
Alongside the review is given a star rating, the fact the film has been rated five starts emphasizes the excellence of the film further encouraging those who are perhaps slightly unsure of whether to see the film, to go and view it.

The boys eyes have been fizzled out with a lightening/white effect indicating to the audience that the sub-genre of the text is possession as this hints that the boy has been possessed. This will attract those who are interested in this type of horror as the sub-genre is easily identified.

Progress and time management

Below is a video of myself talking about where I feel like I am in terms of progress in this project so far, and where I need to progress in the coming weeks and months:

Shot list:

This was my first draft of shots that I wanted to capture during filming. It is a rough draft and therefore contains no specific features of actions intended to be taken when filming the shot. This draft helped me to construct a further and more specific shot list.

This is the next update of my shot list, however, this time I colour co-ordinated it in terms of shooting at different times of the day. In the red is the shots I wanted to take in the day light, the green are shots I wanted to take as the day got gradually darker, and the blue are the shots I wanted to take at night. This will help with time management when deciding when to shoot each shot, as I'm aware getting each shot right will be a timely process, and, as we only have three days at Hamsterly Cottage, it is important that I utilize my time as best as possible. 

This is a shot list I made for the main shots I aim to get when filming at Hamsterly cottage. I gave a copy of this shot list to my actors to ensure they knew the basis of what shots we would be doing when at the cottage. I am also aware that not all of these shots may be used and I may decide to capture alternate shots/more shots when there. I aim to include other shots in my trailer however these are the shots that I need to film, as a priority, when at my location of Hamsterly cottage. I aim to do a mixture of 'home footage' and real film footage throughout, and my shots will be a mixture of each.

Type of Shot	Reason for shot	Characters in Shot
Mid-close up from behind	Show sarah looking vulnerable and locked in the toilet, from behind to create the illusion someone is watching her	Sarah
Long shot	Home footage - show lauren playing with torch and door slamming behind her - convey realism	Lauren
Pan	Establish location	none
Close up/incremental zoom	Zoom into a sign saying "You are being watched" establish freaky feel and again, convey feel that characters are not alone and are being watched and listened	none
Two shot	show a bond between two of the characters as they are both feeling the same emotions and have to establish a closer bond in order to find their friends	Lauren Sarah
Long shot	show location - forest aswell as the characters looking around - conveys the extent of the size of location - huge and hard to find	lauren and sarah
Long shot	emphasise contrast - show chatacters before disaster strikes - show forest in a good happy daylight to enhance the fear it brings when forest is shown on a night.	Kate Lauren Sarah
Medium close up	show chloe possesed - give audience a close up view, enhance fear	Chloe
Long Shot	Lauren locking Sarah in toilet - establish another one of the groups possession and clearly show how it turns them against one and other	Lauren and Sarah
Close up	Show a letter left by cottage owners saying "good luck" - sets freaky tone	Lauren
Medium close up	Sarah getting dragged out of bed - show freaky happenings in a realistic way	Sarah

Form

Below is a post on Prezi that I made regarding my chosen form:

http://prezi.com/e6gpfriw59tu/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy