Intertitle analysis

I analysed the inter titles of the trailer for The Spectacular Now, because this is an independent film that is of a similar genre to mine, a teen drama. 

The first inter-title that is presented in the trailer is telling the audience that the film's writers also wrote '500 Days of Summer', another independent film. This will engage audiences, especially those who have seen and like 500 Days of Summer. This targets a specific audience.

The next inter-title shows that this film won an award at Sundance Festival, which shows that it was widely appreciated at this festival. This also establishes an audience, those who like winners from Sundance or those who like the Sundance Festival. 

The next three inter-titles include reviews of the film, including positive comments about the actors and director. These reviews come from Rolling Stone Magazine, Collider and Filmmaker magazine. These are targetted at specific audiences and film lovers, therefore could attract a slightly more niche market.

The next inter-title is the title of the film. The title is in bold and the 'now' is really big, this draw attention to the title and look as if the text is jumping out at you.

The last inter-title is the date of release which is really important, notifying eager audiences when they can see this film. 

From this analysis, I have decided that in my trailer I'm going to have 'From the makers of...", as well as a few reviews from magazines/news papers/websites. I also need to decide a 'release date' for my trailer to put at the end. I might decide to use a colour scheme like this trailer, which uses white and yellow, although I will decide which colours look better when editing.

Institution research

After doing some research, I decided to use the institution 'Indian Paintbrush' to produce my film as I want to recreate the style of films that they create and produce.

Diary - Filming day 2

I decided to try and get the majority of my filming done with Casey today as it would save us having to keep arranging dates which could have been complicated or difficult to arrange. In these scenes I had to shoot myself and Casey sitting in her house, then looking through photo albums to find a list. That was my main aim for the trailer as I wanted to explain the storyline. 
Then I had to include the key scene of Ellie telling Casey that she is going to America, this scene was shot in Casey's room however, half through filming my camera ran out of battery and I did not have the charger with me. This was a bit of a setback as it would mean i would have had to go home to get the charger then wait for the camera to charge. However, I resolved this problem by using Casey's phone to film. Her phone is high quality, but the sound was a bit quieter than the camera, however this is easily changed in editing. Another scene we filmed was with Casey's mum.
After that Casey and I recorded ourselves doing the things on 'the list', for example eating ice cream, dancing and giving each other makeovers. I will try and find space in the trailer for a few of these scenes to show the friendship of the two girls.
Overall, we had a successful day of filming and the next time I will be filming is in America!

Diary Post - Filming Day 1

Today I went round to my friend Lucy's house to film some scenes with her sister, Daisy and her sister's friend, Tilly. Daisy and Tilly will be playing young Casey and Ellie in the trailer. I took a tripod and my camera to Lucy's house and we filmed in Daisy's bedroom. At first, the girls found it a bit difficult to stay in character as they kept laughing. However, it was okay to laugh in most of their scenes because they are supposed to be natural and like kids. Overall I filmed the beginning scenes where the girls write the list and then one of the end scenes where Casey says "We're going to be best friends forever". I also kept filming as the girls did things that they would normally do, like making music videos and playing with bears, so I might try and find space for these scenes in my trailer. The shots I got look great and I can't wait to edit them!

Filming Plan

I have put in some dates of filming that I am planning. I had to make sure the actors were all available on all of the days. Hopefully, there won't be any changes and I can stick to my plan so I can begin editing as soon as possible. When I am in America, I will probably film bits and pieces randomly if I feel it fits with the film, therefore this doesn't really need planning.

Lighting research

Lighting research from elliesmith1201

I did some research on lighting in films similar to mine, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and If I Stay. Both of these films differed in the way they used lighting to convey different emotions, however both used a sort of sterile white light because of the clinical settings and darker, warmer colours for happier scenes. I concluded that I wanted to use similar techniques in my trailer and I would do my best to achieve this in filming and editing.

Animatic Storyboard

This is my animatic storyboard for my film. I drew the pictures myself, taking into consideration camera angles, shots and locations. Then I used iMovie to edit them altogether and added intertitles that I might add in my film. I also added some music, however I am aware that this is probably copyrighted and thus, I wouldn't be using this in my real film. I added the music to get an overall feel to my animatic. One thing that I need to work on is the title screen at the end as I didn't think this one really fit or looked like a real film trailer. I want to make my trailer look as authentic as possible, so I will work on this.

I will try my best to stick to this and include all of the different shots and angles to make my trailer varied and interesting.