LO2: shooting schedules

I made these charts so that we as a group could make sure that we were on schedule for filming when creating our film. As can be expected when filming The White Room we were unable to follow these schedules exactly due to various obsicals and setbacks for example when filming pn the 24th of November Joe Facer was 20 minutes late as that he was caught in traffic. We decided that we would not waste this time and used it to film establishing shots and when he arrived we knew that we had an hour to create the scenes we wanted to with him. 

LO3: Following codes and conventions (Jacob)

One of the main conventions of a film trailer is the build up of suspense. In our trailer we achieve this mainly through the use of a ticking noise which gradually increases in tempo. The use of quick transitions also adds to the feeling of suspense.

Another convention of a film trailer is having a bold recognisable title, often shown at the end of the trailer. We have followed this convention by overlaying a cutout of our title (in bold) over a slider shot from our film footage; we added this at the very end of the trailer so it is the last thing the viewer sees which will help them remeber the name of the film.

It is common for film trailers to introduce the main character of the film in the trailer. We have done this by including dramatic close-ups of each character with a line of dialogue from the main characters so the audience can get a feel for what they might be like without giving too much away.

One of the more forrgotten about conventions of a film trailer is its run time. The average run time for a film trailer is around 30 seconds; this is so that the trailer can give enough detail about the film without giving too much away or the audience losing interest. We have followed this convention by making our trailer just over 30 seconds long.

A convention that relates to the genre of our film in particular (action/thriller) is having the action in the trailer interupted by titles at a number of intervals. We have followed this convention by adding titles of the related production companies associated with our film in between action shots at appropriate times so the continuety of the trailer is not affected.

LO3 : Planning matching production (josh)

Planning matching production:

This post is evidence that our planning match the final product. The storyboard is the main piece of planning that demonstrates that the appearance of the trailer. 

The scenes below are both in the storyboard. The top one is a short clip of Wayne talking to Aaron. We decide that this was important to put in there as it shows that they are "friends", as there is also a shot of Andrew and Christopher. This immediately shows the characters, who's side each character is on. It fits with the conventions of a Thriller as there is very often two sides in a Thriller film/trailer. 

This is a generic shot of Christopher opening the door to his house. This shot just adds to the flow of the trailer and works well with the audio of the ticking sound. There are a lot of quick jump shots and this is just an example of one of them. Below is the shot in premier as well as the storyboard shot. We needed some shots to set up the trailer and fit in with the ticking noise. This was an example of one that also created suspense and made the audience curious of who the hand belongs to.

We ended the trailer with the title of our short film "The White Room". This is a convention of nearly every trailer, not just a Thriller film. It was done basically so everyone knows what the film is called and it was on at the end so it is the last thing that people see before the trailer ends. 

There is also an interesting foreshadowing shot where people see the balaclava in the draw but not who it belongs to. This will intrigue the audience as they will want to know who the balaclava belongs to. This links to the theme of a thriller trailer as they often create suspense and leave the audience wondering. Although the shot type isn't exactly the same it is still based off of our original planned shot, only using a slider to make it more aesthetic to watch for the audience.

LO:2 Script (Josh)

The White Room Trailer

BY

JOSHUA GRAY, JACOB WYLDE, MATTHEW FROST AND FRAZER MCLEAN

AUDIO: TICKING NOISE IS CONSTANT THROUGH OUT THE WHOLE TRAILER.

INT. CLOSE UP OF CHRISTOPHER IN HIS BEDROOM. HE’S JUST WOKEN UP AND IS YAWNING.

CUT TO.

INT. SLIDER SHOT OF THE INSIDE OF AARONS BEDROOM.

CUT TO.

INT. STILL IN AARONS BEDROOM, HOWEVER, IT’S A PANNING SHOT OF HIM TAKING A BALACALAVA OUT OF HIS DRAW.

CUT TO.

TITLE: LIONHEART MEDIA.

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INT. LOSE UP OF CHRISTOPHER IN HIS BATHROOM COMBING HIS HAIR.

CUT TO.

INT. MIDSHOT OF WAYNE SAT AT A TABLE SPEAKING TO AARON.

WAYNE: DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION IS?

CUT TO.

INT. EXTREME CLOSE UP OF CHRISTOPHER GRABBING HIS COAT.

CUT TO.

INT. EXTREME CLOSE UP OF CHRISTOPHER PUTTING HIS SHOES ON.

CUT TO.

TITLE: IN ASSOCIATION WITH BRAIN FREEZE PRODUCTIONS

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INT. CLOSE UP OF AARON OPENING HIS DOOR.

CUT TO.

EXT. MEDIUM LONG SHOT OF CHRISTOPHER STOOD, TEXTING ON HIS PHONE AT THE BUS STOP.

CUT TO.

INT. EXTREME CLOSE UP OF WAYNES HEAD TURNING FROM FACING TO THE RIGHT TO TURNING TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.

CUT TO.

EXT. MID SHOT OF CHRISTOPHER WALKING DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS THE CAMERA/THE CAFÉ.

CUT TO.

INT. SLIDER SHOT OF CHRISTOPHERS FEET SAT AT THE TABLE IN THE CAFÉ.

CUT TO.

INT. MID SHOT/TWO PERSON SHOT OF WAYNE AND AARON SAT AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.

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INT. SLIDER SHOT OF ANDREW STARING BEHIND HIM IN THE CAFÉ SAT AT THE TABLE WITH CHRISTOPHER IN THE BACKGROUND.  

CUT TO.

EXT. MEDIUM CLOSE UP OF AARON STOOD AGAINST A WALL, GETTING READY TO KIDDNAPP AARON.

CUT TO.

INT. CLOSE UP OF CHRISTOPHERS PULLING A SAD FACE IN THE CAFÉ.

CUT TO.

EXT. OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT OF AARON FOLLOWING CHRISTOPHER FROM BEHIND.

CUT TO.

TITLE: THE WHITE ROOM.

LO2: treatment

Target Audience

The target audience for The White Room would be men between the ages of 18 and 40 from the ABC1 groups of the NRS social scale. The target audience will already have an interest in thrillers/intense films.

Audience Profile

Mark is a 28-year-old, lower-middle-class assistant manager at a local hotel. He earns around £32,000 a year so he has an average amount of disposable income, most of which is spent on films as he loves to go to the cinema. He spends around £30 a month on film-related activities, this includes going to the cinema as well as paying for streaming services like Netflix. He owns his own car, only a hatchback but it is relatively new. He also has a fiancé, so is saving a lot of his spare money for a wedding.

When he was younger he used to dream of being a film producer, he received a small camera for his birthday one year and used it regularly to act out scenes from his favourite films like Terminator and Goldeneye. As he grew up he lost interest in working in the film industry however he never lost his love for intense films. This is where The White Room comes in. Mark hasn't been to the cinema as frequently over the past few months as he is saving money for his wedding, so when he decides to go he wants to make sure he see's something he knows he is going to like. He remembers seeing the trailer for The White Room, he remembers the suspense it created and his desire to find out more about the narrative of the film.

Purpose

The main purpose of trailer is to advertise our short film “The White Room”. The purpose of the trailer is also to cause suspense as the genre of the short film is a thriller. This will be to get the target audience want to see the short film as they will be curious to find out how the events of the short film pan out. The main point of the trailer is to make the target audience want to go and see the film without ruining the main events of the film. 

What must be in the final promo to appeal to the target audience Matt

The trailer must contain ideal self / partner qualities to appeal to the audience and we should consider this when casting actors for the roles and aim for them to appeal to the target audience. We could use a range of camera angles to make certain characters look powerful and certain characters look venerable. 

Marketing / advertising techniques Matt

As a large proportion of our target audience will be working professionals using above the line advertising methods in city centres would make sense i.e. bus stops/billboards are accessible in built up areas. We could also focus on a social media campaign which targets the audience using web 2.0 and below the line marketing techniques, this is appropriate as our target audience is made up of digital natives and will almost all have social media accounts. 

Brief Synopsis Matt

The narrative that this trailer is aiming to portray is one about a 20 year old male who is kidnapped on the orders of a gang far bigger than them selves who us the poor and venerable to do their dirty work for them, in this case Wayne a 40+ year old war veteran left with nothing has befriended a young and good looking accomplice into his gang, Aaron. As Aaron is a new member to the gang the boss has requested that he proves himself and Chris is there to supply him with the details and make the location is secured.  

In this audio visual trailer we aim to not give to much away to the audience so we don't ruin the climax of the film. 

Chosen genre

We have chosen to work in the genre of thriller/crime/drama, As we have chosen to work in this genre we must consider the appropriate way to structure the trailer and manipulate the mise en scene to give the audience an indication of the style and genre.

The required crew

Actors

We will require actors to fill the following roles:

Antagonist - Chris

2nd Antagonist - Aaron

Protagonist- 

Side kick/partner-

Camera 

We require 2 camera operators for this production

Director

We require a clear sense of direction in this production to make the actors perform at their very best

Required equipment

• Tripod X2
• DSLR X2
• Slider X1
• Portrait lens X2
• Standard lens X1
• microphones X2
• Tie mic X1

Suggested locations

• Holland street
• Cafe creme 
• Sheffield and the surrounding areas

We must consider locations that are easy to locate and fit with the mise en scene and iconography of the narrative.

LO2: Legal and ethical and moral issues (all)

Legal and ethical and moral issues

Legal considerations:

There are several legal issues that must be avoided when making a trailer for a film. The six that are of most relevance are below. 

• Copyright, designs and patents act 1988.

This law protects the creations of people within the market place. It means that we are not allowed to take music which we have no claim to, or permission to use and other people are not allowed to steal scenes from our film and put them in their own products. 

For our product we will need to gain copyright permission from the owners of the music which we plan to feature in our short film.    

• Data protection act.

This law means that we have to be very careful to protect the contact information of the people who we have contacted for this film. It also means that we have to have our actors sign release and consent agreements so that they can appear in our film. This will include the actors in our film such as Joe Facer. 

Ethical considerations: 

• Discrimination

Discrimination refers to to the hiring policy of our film. We must ensure that the policy of the film does not exclude anyone because of their ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation as well as this we must do everything in our power to make sure that our product is diverse.        

• representation

Our film risks being accused of misrepresentation due to the protagonists being portrayed as middle class while the antagonists are to be working class (and are shown in the script to be struggling financially) To this end we will ensure that our characters are portrayed in a grounded and realistic manner which could not be considered offencive. 

BBFC AND OFcom: 

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) is responsible for the classification and censorship of films released in the United Kingdom. The promo for The White Room would receive a "12" rating from the BBFC as it would feature a moderate amount of threat and violence with little to no explicit language. We will adhere to the BBFC guidelines by not using an excessive amount of explicit language or any graphic violence.

OFCOM is the UK regulatory authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the united kingdom. OFCOM are relevant to the trailer for The White Room as it is being distributed online. This means that it must abide by OFCOM's regulations if it is to be advertised online on websites such as YouTube. There are rules set by OFCOM (section 3 of the broadcasting code) that state they must prohibit material that is likely to incite crime or disorder. Although our film does show part of a kidnapping taking place; it is not overly graphic and I believe it does not incite violence.

5.) Based on your promo – how could people/ places be MISREPRESENTED? Give examples and state how you avoid/ prevent this.


The cafe that we use in the trailer could be misrepresented as there is a kidnapping the takes place outside of it. Obviously there aren't kidnappings at the cafe (that I am aware of) so this could be a misrepresentation as the cafe as well as the surrounding area. Young men could also be misrepresented as they are shown to be kidnappers, however, we also use other young men in the story who are portrayed as kind and one of them is the person who gets kidnapped. This can help to counter the argument that we are creating a stereotype for young men.

6.) Based on your promo – where would you need to seek copyright permission – give examples. Be clear about how you  would seek permission.


If we have a scene that features a recognisable brand we would need to ensure that we seek permission from the owner for use of the product. We will also need to get rights to the music that we use (if any) or any sounds as we are intending to use ticking noises in our trailer to create suspense. However, we are planning to use copyright free noises and if we do use any other noises we will try to ensure that they are copyright free. To gain permission for our noises we can find the website/owner and email them for permission to use the content.

5. Based on your promo – which assets would need royalties for the intellectual property – Give examples. Be clear about how you would go about this.

We intend on having a ticking clock noise going over the video to build suspense, to avoid requiring to purchasing the royalties we will use royalty free audio track courtesy of creative commons, but may be required to give credit to the artist, this would depend on the terms and conditions of the provider, this must be checked before using the sound track. 

5. Value orientated frameworks – based on the purpose of your promo ( inform/ educate/ entertain/ promote/ advertise) – give  3 ways that you plan for your product to meet that purpose. How will this attract/ appeal to your audience?

• The trailer will entertain the audience by build suspense up into the climax of the trailer where is gives a great indication towards the style and narrative of the product.

• The video will promote the film by using title graphics to show the release dates and title of the product to build a brand identity and inform the audience on when they can access the product.

• this will advertise the media product "The White Room" a short film about a kidnapped victim through giving an indication of style to the audience to target the demographic.  

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LO2: Call sheets