Looper Trailer

This is an example of a trailer for a science fiction film.



Key Panning Tasks

Production Tasks

1. Complete your textual analysis of the film trailers that you have selected.

2. Post the 500 word plot summary of your imaginary film.

3. Complete the storyboard for your trailer.
4. You need to explain why you have created a storyboard and how you created it.

• Focus on how decisions were made during the development of the stroyboard.
• You should also explain how you intend to use the storyboard during the production phase of your project.

5. Create an animatic of your storyboard.

• Use a digital camera to photograph an image that represents each of the pictures of your storyboard.
• Download the pictures into Premier Elements and edit them into sequence.
• Add any relevant dialogue or music to give an idea of what the trailer is going to sound like. These do not have to be your final decisions about sound. This is part of the drafting process.

Film Trailer Anaysis

G324 Advanced Portfolio

Promotion Package for a New Film

Main Task· Construction of a film trailer (Group)

Ancillary Tasks· A film magazine front cover, featuring the film; (Individual)
· A poster for the film. (Individual)

Research and PlanningBefore you begin to plan your film trailer, you will first need to carry out important research in relation to the following:

· The codes and conventions of your chosen film genre.
· The function of trailers as a promotional device.
· The codes and conventions of trailers.
· The structure of trailers.
· The expectations of the target audience for your chosen film genre.
· How do film trailers work?
· Where are film trailers most commonly found?
· Why do film studios use film trailers?
· Are film trailers effective promotional devices?
Research – Textual Analysis

Analyse three or more film trailers by answering the following questions:

1. What is the genre of the film?

2. How is the audience able to identify the genre of the film?

3. How does the trailer target an audience?

4. How long does the film trailer last?

5. How many shots are used in the trailer?

6. What transitions are used in the trailer?

7. How is diegetic sound used in the trailer? – Focus on dialogue and sound effects.

8. How is non-diegetic sound used in the trailer? – Focus on music and sound effects.

9. How does the trailer represent characters and their relationships?

10. How does the trailer create a sense of narrative?

11. What does the trailer reveal about the plot of the film?

12. How does the trailer create a code of enigma?

13. How does the trailer use titles to communicate with the audience?

14. How does the trailer establish the mood and expectations of the film?

15. What types of camera shots and angles are used most commonly in trailers?

16. How is mise-en-scene constructed in trailers?

17. Why has the film studio used the trailer to market its product?

18. How successful is the film trailer in targeting an audience?

19. Make a list of 10 codes and conventions that you have identified in the film you have analysed.

20. How effective are film trailers as a promotional device for films?

A2 Media Studies

G324 – Advanced Media Production

A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options:

· A Website homepage for the film;

· A film magazine front cover, featuring the film;

· A poster for the film

Research, Presentation and planning MUST be presented in electronic format.

All research and planning must be recorded by keeping a log

Examination - G325 – Critical Perspectives in Media

The examination is made up of two sections:

Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production

You will answer two compulsory questions. The first question requires you to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio.

The second question asks you to identify one production and evaluate it in relation to one theoretical concept.



Question 1(a) requires you to describe and evaluate your skills over the course of your production work from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio. The focus of this evaluation must be on skills development, and the question will require you to adapt this to one or two specific production practices. The list of practices to which questions will relate is as follows:

· Digital Technology

· Creativity

· Research and Planning

· Post-production

· Using conventions from real media textsIn the examination, questions will be posed using one or two of these categories.

Question 1(b) requires you to select one production and evaluate it in relation to a media concept. The list of concepts to which questions relate is as follows:

· Genre

· Narrative

· Representation

· Audience

· Media LanguageIn the examination, questions will be set using one of these concepts only.

Therefore the first section of the examination will be based on your Coursework Production!
In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:

· In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

· How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

· What have you learned from your audience feedback?

· How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?