Theme Music

The music we felt would be relevant for our film trailer would be a piece of music that followed a drum and bass genre.  We took inspiration from the Chase and Status End Credits.  We could  not use this song as our theme for the trailer as it is copy righted.  We attempted to create a piece of music on Garage Band on the Mac's.  After a few attempts we came to the conclusion that we did not have a range of sounds that we could access to create an effective track.  We then decided to look at websites that offer unprotected tracks that have been already created by individuals.  We browsed the website to look for a track that followed the theme of drum and bass.  We applied the track to the trailer and edited it so that certain beats fell on the cuts that occured within our trailer.  This emphasised the effect of the cuts and added tension and drama.  We insterted sound effects on top of the track eg. the phone ringing and the 'wooshes' from garage band to allow the reader to understand the events that occur throughout the trailer.

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Issues with Filming

We had an issue with our planned filming, as a group of three we rquired all group members to be present when filming.  One of our team members was absent on the day of filming therefore we had to require the help of another sixth form student to carry out the duties that our third team member would have.

There was also the other issue of conflict between the team members.  We had not delagated roles to all team members therefore there was a slight issue of deciding who would film as all team members wanted to.  W solved the issue by all team members filming each scene and then picking which one was most effective when it came to editing the footage.

The third issue was creating the effecs we had planned to include in the teaser trailer.  We planned to incorporate a scene where the antagonists would appear from behind a car that was driving past.  This effect was difficult to create with the materials that we had.  As we only had my car to use to drive past it did not look effective as the car was not tall enough to cover the actors therefore we will not use that particular piece of footage within our teaser trailer.

Plan for Second Session Filming

As we encountered difficulties with our first filming session that prevented us collecting all of our footage, we have planned to carry out a second filming session where we will gather all the filming footage we require to create our teaser trailer.

Problems with Filming

For our first session of filming we planned to capture all the chase scenes that will occur in the teaser trailer.  We managed to capturte one chase scene but still had problems with the footage.  We had to spend the majority of our time changing the camera settings to the correct ones and also figuring out how to direct the actors to create a effective and succesfull shot.  After an hour, we had to cease filming as the weather turned to a turrential down pour.

Camera Angles & Shots

I decided to create a short consolidation of examples of shots I am planning on incorporating into my teaser trailer.  I feel that a mixture of these shots will allow my camera skills to be shown through the trailer but they will also allow me to capture the footage in the most effective aspect possible.

Risk Assessment

Before we commenced with filming our trailer content we needed to fill out a risk assessment form.  This needed to be done to ensure that we were covered for any accidents that could of occured when off the school premises.  The main risk was due to the high angled shots that we wanted to incorporate into our trailer therefore the filming equipment and camera person needed to reach a high level to ensure this camera angle was portrayed effectively.  As this involved myself climbing onto a surrounding wall of a building that was atleast 6ft high it scored highlyon our risk assessment.  The other risks were just everyday accidents that could occur and were easily avoidable, therefore scored low on the risk rating.