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Research into Viral Adverts | Amber Smales

Viral Marketing/Advertising is a marketing technique that uses social media services and other technologies in order to advertise a brand, product or a service. In recent years this marketing technique has become more common due to the popularity increase in social media sites and apps. Viral marketing can be through word of mouth or through companies paying for advertisements to appear online. For low-budget films viral marketing is very accessible as it doesn't always cost money. Therefore, it is a way for films to get more recognition without the company actually advertising it. However, big Hollywood companies have taken advantage of the power of viral marketing as well as their large brand name in order for adverts to be made for online. The film 'The Dark Knight Rises' by Christipher Nolan used a viral marketing technique in order to get fans excited for the final Batman film in the trilogy. Warner Brothers announced that in order for fans to see the trailer they w

Draft of a Film Poster | Amber Smales

Problems Faced

Filming for "Rendezvous " was far from simple as we faced numerous challenges and restrictions during filming and affecting our planning for filming. One of the first problems we faced and by far one of the most restricting and impacting was the issue we had in getting permission from Travel South Yorkshire to film in the Barnsley Interchange for the train station and train scenes in our film. We began filming, as we didn't think we'd encounter a problem, and had shot a few shots already before one of the interchange security guards came over and asked us "What we were doing?" to which he explained we were filming for our Media A level final film, to which he then asked us whether we had asked permission from the site manager. Due to not having asked permission to film at the Interchange we then could not use the footage we'd shot and had to move onto the next scenes we were planning to film; the scenes on the train. After discovering that we should

Film Poster Idea | Amber Smales

Analysis of a Radio Trailer | Amber Smales

Film Radio Spots 2013 - Gravity, Pacific Rim, The Conjuring & The Great Gatsby from Angell Sound Studios on Vimeo  Analysising Gravity - (0:00-0:30) The radio trailer starts with some dialogue from the film. The term 'houston' is used during this dialogue will instantly alludes to the genre of the film which is science fiction, this immediatly tells the audience what the film is about without going into lots of detail. Due to this trailer been on the radio it needs to be quick, a lot of detail doesn't need to be included in the trailer as they usually only last around 30 seconds, sometimes even shorter. After around 2 seconds of dialogue, the narrator begins to talk about what critics have said about the film. This is often done in order to attract the audience to go see the film as hearing reviews about a film generally makes someone want to go see a film. When the narrator finishes talking about one review a critic gave it, more dialogue from the film is use

Analysing a Title Sequence | Amber Smales

Analysing a title sequence from ambsmales

Possible Film Poster 1

Research into a Credit Sequence | Amber Smales

The purpose of the Credit Sequence is to credit everyone that has appeared, written, directed and helped with the creation of the film or TV show. Usually the credit sequence appears on a black screen with white writing in order for the names of people to stand out and to be recognised by the audience. Sometimes some films will include small images or videos that relate to the film within the credit sequence. These videos will be extra shots that were removed from the film due to not fitting in with the flow of the film or they will be small behind the scenes footage of an actor making a mistake or how the film was made. What is included in a credit sequence? Title of the film  Distribution company Production company Writer of the film ( co-writers) Director of the film  Cast (main and background)    Crew  Narrator (if one) Editor Sound Wardrobe Special Effects

Analysis of a Credit Sequence | Amber Smales

Jet by Jordan Chesney The screen after the sequence ends goes black and then the title of the film, Jet, appears on the screen. This is the first time that the title is shown on screen due to the sequence been a short film it is rare for the editor of the film to add in the name of the film more than once. The title of the film only stays on screen for around 6-7 seconds before disappearing. Although the title of the film is only on screen for an extremely short amount of time it will leave a lasting impact on the audience. The title then fades to black and leaves the screen black for a few seconds before the next titles are shown.  The next title shown is who the film is written, directed and edited by. This credits the person that made the film individually rather than putting them on the same screen as the cast.    An important piece of the credit sequence is listing the names of the cast members and crew. This credits everyone that its in the film and that has also

Research into Title Sequences | Amber Smales

A title sequence, or otherwise known as an introduction or opening sequence, are used at the start of a film or television progamme. It is most commonly used to introduce the people that are acting in the film of TV show as well as the title of the film. Also the title sequence gives an indication of what genre the sequence and can also give clues for the overall storyline. These title sequences can be done a number of ways such as an animation, live action, using music or graphics. Different genre films adopt different styles or title sequences. Normally a title sequence will involve: A title The main cast and crew (such as director and writer of the film) Non-diegetic sound Indication of the genre/storyline of the film Name/logo of company involved in creating the film Usually a title sequence will last between 1 to 4 minutes. Typical Order  Most title sequences in films and TV shows follow the same order during the title sequence.The first thing that usually appears

Analysis of a Radio Trailer | Kiera Tolhurst

Film Radio Spots 2013 - Gravity, Pacific Rim, The Conjuring & The Great Gatsby from Angell Sound Studios on Vimeo . THE GREAT GATSBY RADIO TRAILER The radio trailer begins with dialogue from the film. The first line is "Mr Gatsby" "I'd like to know... exactly who are you anyhow." This line is significantly placed at the beginning of the radio trailer as it directly links to the focus of the film - The character and the journey of Gatsby. The dialogue is spoken with an American accent, and the sentence "exactly who are you anyhow" has an upper-class, well-spoken tone. This relates to another theme of the film which is wealth and upper class civilisation in America. There is no non-diegetic sounds of music while this dialogue is said, however as soon as the first sentence ends the sound of Beyoncé's soundtrack for the film begins to play. Adding music from the film is effective and building up a certain mood, relating back to the film, wh

Title and Credit Sequences

Title Sequence A title sequence (or opening credits) is the animation or visuals at the beginning of the film where the film company introduce the director, cast names and title of the film to the audience. This can either be done as an animation before the film starts or as visual images being printed on the screen during the action of the opening scene. A title sequence is used to advertise the film company, director and actors in order to attract and engage wider audiences; hence why title sequence are often shown or have clips on the trailer. The opening credits don't specify what actor will be playing what character, however due to their names appearing in the title sequence, this more often that not, alludes to them playing one of the main characters. Title sequences, however, don't always solely introduce the cast and crew names, films such as Star Wars use the title sequence to introduce the plot and background to the plot so that the film can begin in almost medias

Analysis of a credit sequence

The credit sequence usually follows the action of the film to conclude the film and to literally credit the cast and crew who made and performed in the film. The title sequence on the other hand opens the film and introduces the cast names, often the director and film company (the conglomerate company and/or the independent companies that produced the film) and the films title. The credit sequence plays over an upbeat, memorable, catchy song that the audience will remember and feel good about the film they've watched and feel like they have enjoyed every minute, this is also used to emphasise the film ending on a happy ending. The credit sequence can either begin with the main characters and then work down towards the more minor ones, or will begin in order of appearance. After the acting cast have been credited, the cast of the production team then follows, the credit sequence then ends with the film company and most often its logo. If the film company has horizontally integrat

Planning PT 3 | Beever Media

Date & Time: Tuesday 16th January, 12:50-13:00pm begin filming What needs filming - Isaac's house - Next day of college - (whole) Journey of Isaac following the post-it notes to meet Harriet - Isaac & Harriet's date at the park - Classroom when Luke tells Isaac about his date (ending scene)