Editing Diary - Day 2

Editing Diary - Day 2

After sorting out the folders we wanted to ensure we got a high quality introduction as we deemed it to be the most important aspect of the trailer as it sets the scene and allows us to explain the plot of the movie through the use of narration. We decided that the shots at the very start should be prolonged as it allows particular focus on the voiceover for the trailer. The voiceover consisted of dialogue between Conor and Bill used to mainly explain the storyline of the Syndicate, we filmed both of them for the audio and visual side of things individually, the voiceover consisted of the lines:
Conor - "Syndicate, a crime organisation responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in cities around the world, so explain to me.........what happened in London?"
Bill - "he got away"
Conor - "track him down, no mistakes this time"
Bill- "he took me all round the world, i still haven't found him"
Conor - "if you don't find him, he'll find you"
Bill - "Leave it to me"
We wanted the narration to be effective and so focused on the timing of the words spoken, the music and the images shown to try and add the best sort of effect to our production. We added in a transition along with the gun shot to add fluency to the shots portrayed whilst the production titles were placed accurately with the music to highlight the production. We wanted to ensure the narration was placed in the right area and so we created a rough time in terms of seconds for us to place the narration on, this included:
- certificate rating
- bill walking to the dialogue shot of Conor, narration; 3-14 seconds
- "he got away", shot of chase scene; 20 seconds
- "track him down...", shot of bill in scout hut; 22 seconds
- gun shot, fade to black
-"he took me round the world..." plane shot of Iceland, car shot of Dubai; 26 seconds
- low angle shot of Matt shooting, fade to black; 31 seconds

Filming Diary - Day 6

Filming Diary - Day 6

We needed a few shots more to allow us to have enough footage top complete the trailer. After we roughly ordered the intro it was obvious we were lacking in terms of time, so when Matt and Bill were going to Iceland for a weekend and so we wanted them to get some sots of the snowy tundra to contrast what we saw in Dubai. They were able to get some shots from a plane, a car and one from the hotel room to add more depth to the film trailer as a whole. Once they got back we filmed more of Matt and Bill in a scout hut located in Oxshott.

We filmed a few shots at the scout hut mainly involving both characters with the use of guns as to adhere to the action qualities expected in that trailer type. We got both low angle and high angle shots of the characters to portray the balance of power between the characters. We also got some medium and long shots of the protagonist as he is the central character of our film and we wanted that to be prevalent throughout the scenes.

Evaluation Feedback

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Evaluation #3 - Presentation of Syndicate

Presentation of Syndicate

Syndicate - Magazine Covers

Syndicate - Magazine Covers

Magazine Cover

Our film is an action/ thriller so the poster and magazine had to be dark and mysterious. 

The title is red because it stands out against the black background and could signify the blood and love featured in the film from the fights and love interest within the movie. 

Within the cover we have featured some articles that are recent, for example: the Oscars nominations happens in February so it is very near. Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2 are still very recent films that are still talked about frequently over social media. 

At the bottom of the cover we have the title of out film 'The Syndicate', the slogan 'Thriller of the year' and 'The action continues inside.' These all relate to our film as they are all written in white writing and have a shine effect over them. They are also all in the same font.

To the middle right of the image is the barcode which is obviously needed to purchase the magazine. On the top of the barcode is a date and the price of the magazine.

Behind the two main characters is a strip of three images from London as a big part of our film is set in London. The two characters are central to the cover, signifying their importance to the film as they are the Hero and the Villain. They are both posed with their guns showing that they are prepared to fight each other, to the death.

We did create two more magazine covers but decided to use our original cover as it had the most information and looked the best out of the three.

Our second cover was inspired by the cover of Total Film magazine when Godzilla was on the cover. The reds of the image could signify the blood and the torture that the characters have to endure throughout the film. The London skyline is highlighted by a white mist which could signify the mysterious atmosphere that the film gives off. Our third cover was a sepia themed cover so we added a sepia filter over the black and white background. Both of the covers featured just the title and 'Limited edition collectors cover' on the bottom of the cover accompanied by two silver lines. On the third cover, we have also added 'What happened in London?' which is a quote from our trailer.

Magazine Logo Research

Magazine Logo Research

These are the Magazine cover titles that have inspired out magazine title.

Total Film's title has inspired ours the most as it is thick and bold so it is easily recognizable when it is placed on a rack of other magazines.

This is our logo, you can see that it is heavily inspired by the Total Film magazine logo.

Editing Diary - Part 2

Editing Diary - Part 2

After sorting out the folders we wanted to ensure we got a high quality introduction as we deemed it to be the most important aspect of the trailer as it sets the scene and allows us to explain the plot of the movie through the use of narration. We decided that the shots at the very start should be prolonged as it allows particular focus on the voiceover for the trailer. The voiceover consisted of dialogue between Conor and Bill used to mainly explain the storyline of the Syndicate, we filmed both of them for the audio and visual side of things individually, the voiceover consisted of the lines:
Conor - "Syndicate, a crime organisation responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in cities around the world, so explain to me.........what happened in London?"
Bill - "he got away"
Conor - "track him down, no mistakes this time"
Bill- "he took me all round the world, i still haven't found him"
Conor - "if you don't find him, he'll find you"
Bill - "Leave it to me"
We wanted the narration to be effective and so focused on the timing of the words spoken, the music and the images shown to try and add the best sort of effect to our production. We added in a transition along with the gun shot to add fluency to the shots portrayed whilst the production titles were placed accurately with the music to highlight the production. We wanted to ensure the narration was placed in the right area and so we created a rough time in terms of seconds for us to place the narration on, this included:
- certificate rating
- bill walking to the dialogue shot of Conor, narration; 3-14 seconds
- "he got away", shot of chase scene; 20 seconds
- "track him down...", shot of bill in scout hut; 22 seconds
- gun shot, fade to black
-"he took me round the world..." plane shot of Iceland, car shot of Dubai; 26 seconds
- low angle shot of Matt shooting, fade to black; 31 seconds