I found some lovely friends to act as a couple for me which i think is great as they already have chemistry which can be seen in this image.
So far, i have altered the lighting, i want them to be light to show the goodness of their relationship. It's not like the clip from the hole when keira knightley is over her boyfriend inviting him to a party but i wanted a 'happy go lucky' romantic image.
For a task, we had to re-create 3 clips from trailers that we would possibly use and like. I have choosen three which i think i would use in my storyboard. One of boyfriend and girlfriend walking holding hands, which i have changed from the hole so instead of seeing the couple in the shower/changing room/dancing, they would just be walking. The next would be a close up or the girl, taken from Shutter Island when DiCaprio looks up in to the mirror, look of horror and fear that i want to recreate. Also one of the girl peering out the window like on of the opening clips in Single White Female.
Beofre researching film magazine and posters, i wanted to have a look at some films mentioned in my Vox Pop and the top ten stalker films to give me some ideas.
The top ten stalker film list is as follows;
1. Fatal Attraction (1987)
2. Scream (1996)
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
4. Cape Fear (1991)
5. The Fan (1996)
6. Fear (1996)
7. One Hour Photo (2002)
8. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1992)
9. Single White Female (1992)
10. Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)
Looking at the list i noticed that recent stalker films such as Hard Candy, have not made it on to the list, leaving an 8 year gap since One Hour Photo. This is ideally the best circumstance for releasing a film like this as there are no current films like this in the cinema at the moment. It has also been a few years since the last one meaning there is level for it to match up with current film releases.
I also looked at some pschological thrillers mentioned in my Vox Pop, here are the trailers and my comments or ideas i got from each trailer.
This Film is more of a horror film i think from looking at the trailer, however, i did find some aspects that i think can be used in a trailer involving stalkers.
There is no real music accompaning the trailer which i think helps effect the audience to captivate them and listen to sounds in the trailer, part of drawing them in.
They use text throughout (I said previously that i wouldn't want to do this but looking at the trailer for the hole, i found it very captivating and helps the audience keep up with the action)
Jumpy cut shots explain a bigger picture without focusing on one part of the film.
The main thing i noticed about this trailer was their use of a negative shot towrds the biegining of the Volta of the trailer. I loved how it left the audience in suspence but guessing if that person was the antogonist.
Single White Female is 9th on the top stalker list. Its very different to the typical thing to expect of a man or woman stalking the opposite sex but this film revolves around one woman stalking another.
I thought too much of the plot was given away in the trailer and not much was left to the imagination which is how i want my audience to be left.
But, i did like the clip added at the end of the trailer after the credits as i wasn't expecting it and it made me jump, i can imagine it had the same effect on many others.
Althought this isn't a film involving stalkers, it falls in to the pschological thriller section perfectly and had some aspects of the trailer i really liked.
The close up of expressions on Leonardo DiCaprio's face gave me an idea for an ending of my film, i want a close up of the girl sat in the corner hearing a knock on the door, so the end shot would be a close up of her scared face.
I also liked the faded transitions used in the trailer instead of jump cuts or fast cuts.
I have asked around my music friends and have found that one of my guitar playing friends knows some of snow patrols songs and could play what i needed, they can also play piano in case 'ways and means' doesn't turn out right.
Have also started looking at magazines and posters for films, as well as looking at some of the psychological thrillers that was mentioned in my VoxPops. To be posted at a later date...
I heard a song on my IPOD this morning that i think would work really well with what i want to accompany my trailer.
It is a song by Snow Patrol called "ways and means", I just want the music without the singing though to play quietly in the back ground so i can still have heavy breathing and camera shots heard in the trailer.
I would use the first 2 minutes of the song as that is how long I intend for my film trailer to be. I'm trying to find a way of getting just the music at the moment to see how it fits with the image of the trailer idea I have in my head.
I really liked this song because of the tranquilising effect it has yet it has a mysterious vibe to it which would work very well with a film trailer about stalkers. I need to write to snow patrol and ask their permission to use this song, if they don't allow me to, I want to find somebody to replicate this music so I can use it.
I will be loading my story board on soon.
I have had a lot of difficulty uploading these clips to this blog so I have put them on YouTube and linked them. This could work out better in the long run so that people can comment on YouTube as well as on here. This will enhance Web 2.0 that i want to use as much as possible with designing my film trailer, poster and magazine cover.
1.What is your biggest fear and why?
2.What would you like to see in a film trailer involving stalkers?
3.What is your favourite psychological thriller?
I have mentioned in my previous post what i would change and do differently next time but this was my first go at filming with a camera so next time i will know to set the white balance ect.. before filming.
After doing my vox pop mi am now trying to edit the clips together on a mac for the first time, its going surprisingly well just takes a long while to upload- main reason they aren't on the blog yet but will be soon.
Looking back over the footage i've noted some things i will need to work on in future with camera's;
Need to set a white balance before filming- the lighting on the camera makes the people look very yellow and bright which i will remeber next time. Also, would not work for my trailer, i need dark and mysterious.
I need to remeber to turn the microphone on, i had to do a few re-takes as i forgot to turn the sound on.
I also switched from hand held to a tripod half way through, i would have prefered to use a tripod for all the clips but was testing a few quick hand held moves before th vox-pop.
In the back ground, i should have used tighter frames or cleared the surroundings because of all the bags in the shot, it doen't look very proffessional which is dissappointing.
I have booked a mac to continue editing next week so the vox pops will be uploaded soon.
