Finished Trailer....

This is the finished trailer. I used iMovie to construct it. I have had to make adjustments while putting the trailer together, I started to base it on the storyboard, but once I had finished putting the clips and titles together, I noticed that it didn't look right, so moved some of the clips around. I didn't include a voice over, as I felt that it looked better with titles, and the music added drama and I thought it would be too much with both a voice over and music. 

I kept the date, hash-tag and website at the end, but instead of having them on different title slides like I planned on my storyboard, I decided to have them on one. I didn't know how to organise them, so I looked online at some trailers and noticed that they had the date at the top with the website and hash-tag underneath. This looked professional and went with the sound effects I had placed over the text. I added a heartbeat sound effect over the text, I did this as it adds ambiance and brings a sense of calm after the dramatic music. I used fade transitions on most clips, and used cuts for the fast paced moments.

I have also included the green screen at the beginning of the trailer and have left the billing block out as I felt that it looked better without it, and just the release date and the social media - website and hash-tag, as when I looked at other trailers of films within the same genre of my film I noticed that they only had the release date, website and hash-tag.

I watched my trailer several times and I noticed little bits that needed improving. Things like cutting down some clips and making titles slightly longer. Titles were kept the same, however I moved the title; 'From the director of LoanShark' to before the film title near the end, I thought it looked better here and allowed for the other titles to draw in the audience. I used the billing block from my poster for my trailer, and used music from YouTube. I decided to use some dramatic trailer music for my trailer as it built up at the right moments, and went well with what my trailer was about. I thought that the other music that I had in mind wouldn't work well, and I would have had to edit it to fit in with the trailer. 

I think it looks really effective and well done, but no matter how many times I watch it I still feel like there's things that could be added! But I think it looks good and others have said that it's good so I'm happy with it. 

Movie Magazine Front Cover...

As with my movie poster, after I had looked at magazine covers from Empire Magazine and Total Film, I got an idea of how to layout my cover and what to include. As well as the research, after I had finished my movie poster I decided that I wanted my magazine cover to look similar to my poster, as to show a link between the cover and the poster, and to get people to buy the magazine if they recognised the style of the cover and the film. I then decided to do two different covers, one in colour, and one in black and white, then ask my friends which one looks the most effective.

From the photos I took for my poster, I decided to use the ones which involved my main 'actors' standing face on and back to back. I chose these photos as they looked the best suited on a magazine cover and they would match my poster seeing as there is the same background and they are wearing the same outfits. 

From there I starting doing some with the photo showing them standing face on, after a couple of try outs I felt that it didn't look right, so I then decided to use the ones where they are facing back to back. This looked a lot better than the other photo and looked more professional. 

My first drafts involved me using the same background as the photo, after a few copies, I decided it didn't look right. The first draft of my magazine didn't look right for me. I chose to keep the background as I wanted to keep the

magazine cover and poster the same or at least have them linked. I then chose a red, black and white colour scheme for the text as I felt that it worked best with the bold, green colour of the background. For my title, I decided to go for a themed font, and found this movie reel type font which goes perfectly with the theme of the magazine. 

For the cover-lines, I researched the latest news headlines, and chose the Oscars as they were fairly recent, and decided to include a round up of this years biggest summer films as I didn't really know what else to include.

While doing my first cover, I decided I would link it in with my poster. I did this by using a black and white effect on the poster, but keeping the foreground coloured. I did some research and noticed that there are a few magazine covers which do this. I thought it looked okay, but the background made it difficult to read the text. I didn't want to change the text colour as I felt this looked conventional.

I also decided to change the font my film title uses. I felt this looked too tacky and did not look professional. I wanted my magazine cover to have all the conventional features but look like it has come off the shop shelf rather than look rushed. I also decided to that I needed to change the background as it didn't look right. After more research I saw that very few magazine covers use outdoor backgrounds and most use gradient coloured backgrounds instead, so I thought I would try this myself.

So, following on from changing the colours to black and white, I then decided to experiment with plain backgrounds rather than using the original background. I also changed the colour of some of the text to make it easier to read. I found that it looked a lot more cleaner when using a plain background. Here I haven't got all of the features of a magazine as this was more of an experiment, a try-out to see what a plain background would look like. 

I think that the colour scheme needs to be worked on and that I might change the colour of the background to black & white, again to link this cover to my movie poster, the layout needs reorganising and in order to do that, I will research movie magazine covers and look at how they organise the layout of their information.   

This is my final magazine cover. I have kept the colour scheme to grey, white and red, used a gradient background of black and white, I also used a different photo this time as the other one didn't look right in the end. I felt this photo was more appropriate for magazine covers. I used a sans serif font, more specifically, Arial Black for my cover-lines as it looked clear and bold, good for getting the attention of the reader, I used a cursive font for the main text, I decided to use this type of font as I had seen it on other magazine covers and thought it looked effective. I have a slogan, issue number, date, website, price, bar-code, additional information and a unique selling point which is that my magazine is a blockbuster special issue, highlighting all the big movies coming out this year, this gives people a reason to buy my magazine and therefore read it. I like this layout a lot more as it's cleaner, professional, effective and almost matches my original plan. The text works better with the new photo, and the colour scheme works well with the background. I have also added some anchorage to give the main image a meaning and link with the main cover-lines. I felt that without it it looked bare, but also didn't make sense. 

I am now 100% happy with how it came out, I like how the text came out, how the colours work well with other and that you can read the text easily, the image of the actors work well with the positioning of the text and most importantly it does't look like an image with text posted on top, it looks professionally done.   

Since making this post, I have made a few adjustments based on the feedback I received.  In brief, I have added more photos to balance out the use of photos and text, corrected spelling mistakes, and altered the date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Final version of my magazine cover after audience feedback.

Movie Poster...

After looking at many movie posters and getting an idea of what to include within it, I started doing my own poster for my trailer/movie. At first I did a rough plan, with all of the conventional features of a poster. I decided not to put too much detail in the plan, as it gives me a rough idea of what to include. I decided to do one main poster, even though most mainstream movies have more than one, I thought I would try and be less conventional.

Before I started my poster, I needed to take a few photos of my main characters/actors who were going to be included in the poster. I had them stand in three different poses and chose a forest background as the forest was going to be a location within my film. In the end I chose the first photo on the right for my poster, the second/middle photo for my magazine cover, and chose not to use the last photo as I felt it didn't look right, and that the first two suited the poster and cover better. 

I chose to do a medium close up as I noticed that most posters use a medium close up, rather than a full body close up, and I thought it looked better and emphasised the closeness between the two characters, and also so that people can recognise them, like they do with mainstream posters and the actors. I will also include their names, the release date, film title, slogan, website, hash-tag, billing block and possibly a star rating. 

I also asked them to wear certain clothing to fit the trailer and genre, I based the outfits on the Twilight and The Host posters as they are the same genre of film as my trailer/film. It shows the type of person my main characters are, and gives the audience an idea of what they are like before watching the trailer. The female characters clothing suggests that she is  someone who is determined, is a fighter and is stylish. For the male character, you can tell that they are also stylish, by their facial expressions, they are focused and serious, and shows that this is a serious film, not a comedy



This was the first version of my poster. I chose to use a black and white colour scheme as I like the contrast between light and dark as it links in with the contrast of my two characters, one being part of the evil 'other' the other being a good person and them falling in love, this is shown through colour representation as White represents purity, light & innocence and Black represents power, evil and mystery. I made the text white to coincide with this idea and to also allow readers to be able to read what is on the poster. I have the actors names at the top corners, again like most movie posters, I have also included a link to my previous film 'LOANSHARK' which is conventional on most posters, as they can advertise to fans their previous works, 'you're a fan of this, you might like this film'. Underneath the film link, I have my film title, I used a glowing effect as I though it looked effective and matched the   theme of my trailer. It also works well with the background and makes it seem less plain. I then have my main image and underneath I have my slogan, I used a back-glow behind the text to give it a ghostly effect and looks like the words have been written in dust. For the billing block I used a condensed font, again I made it white in order for it to be visible against the background, I included the director, actors, executive producer, music producer, screen writer, writer, producer. I tried to keep it quite small and centred, like most movie posters, and underneath I had the date, on this one my date was 'Coming Soon', but I think it's too big, and I couldn't fit anymore information. 


After doing my first, I thought that there were some areas that needed changing. The film title, actors names, film link and slogan were fine, however the billing block I felt needed changing. I used a similar condensed font, same colour, but put less information and made it slightly smaller, I used the font Georgia for the release date which I changed to 'NOVEMBER 2014'. Because I managed to make my billing block smaller, I was able to add in the information that I couldn't fit on my first draft. Since twitter has become more mainstream for movies and film companies, using hash-tags on posters increases audience interaction and also adds media convergence. The hash-tag is #THECHOICE and this allows twitter uses to use this when giving opinions and makes it easier for others to find reviews on the film and others who also like the movie, it brings people closer. I have also added a website as well, again to further the media convergence and to increase audience interaction as most film websites offer exclusives such as exclusive trailers, behind-the-scenes footage, games, social networking, wallpapers etc. After looking back at some posters, I noticed that some had the production company logos on the bottom of the poster, so I decided to use the logo I created in AS for my production company and added that on the bottom of the poster. After I added these final touches, I felt that my poster was a lot. It looks much better, much cleaner and much more professional. 

I will ask people for feedback on which they think is the better version, and why. For my magazine cover, I shall use another image but have it black and white to match my poster. Overall I am happy with my refined poster, it's simple yet effective, it has all of the necessary information, and suits the genre of my trailer. 

Since doing this post, I have made a slight adjustment, and have changed the colour of the text for the slogan as it was difficult to read. 

The final version of my poster after making adjustments due to my audience feedback.

Evaluation Question 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages?

Like question 1, I have decided to do a video including a voice over and images demonstrating my points.  While doing this video, I realised that I had used quite a lot of media technology throughout this project. 

Evaluation Question 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback? - Trailer

For my trailer, I decided to film the class having discussion about my film, talking about what they liked, what they didn't like, what could be improved and so on. I felt this would be better than getting Facebook comments and would be much more reliable in terms of getting responses.


I decided to ask my mother and a couple of people from my class so that I could get a varied response from people who are different ages. My mother thought the trailer was well shot, the use of shots were effective, it told the story well, the titles were effective and that the music was appropriate and added that little bit of drama.

For improvements, she thought that the titles could have been made slightly longer, but apart from that she thought it was well done.

Fellow students thought that it was really good, and had similar opinions to the previous video. They thought that the use of sound was effective and that it fit really well with the genre of the trailer, they also thought that the slow motion at the beginning was effective and the shots that set the scenes were also well done. 

Improvements were that some of the clips be shortened down but apart from that, they were happy with the trailer. 

Other feedback was that I could have used a tripod for some of the shots as some were a little shaky, but the music was good and the slow motion effects were good,  and that the editing was good. 

From this, I have found that most liked my trailer. Additional feedback was that is was effective and that not much needed to be tweaked. Most liked the use of music, the shots used, and the titles and effects. Overall, it was mainly positive comments. I have made some adjustments based on some of the feedback I was given. I have made the titles slightly longer and I have shorted some clips down so that it shows the action only, and not random parts of the trailer.

Evaluation Question 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback? - Magazine Cover and Poster.

I have learned many things from my audience feedback, mostly that my poster is well done, and that my magazine should be more balanced in terms of photos and text. I have also learned that it can be difficult to please everyone as they may give suggestions, but I may prefer to do it another way. These videos show what people have said and how I have applied these suggestions onto my media products.

Audience Feedback - Poster:

Audience Feedback - Magazine Cover:

I have learned that most are happy with my poster and magazine cover.  The only issues were that for the poster, the slogan wasn't clear enough and wasn't easy to read, and for the magazine cover, there was too much text, there were a few spelling mistakes and to change the date from monthly to weekly as the title says 'Films Weekly' and so the date should be weekly as well.

I have changed the poster by adding a brighter glow behind the text, and changing the colour of the text from black to white. For my magazine cover, I have changed the date, corrected the spelling mistakes, and added more pictures to balance out the ratio of pictures to words. Apart from these suggestions, people thought that my poster and magazine cover were really well done and used the conventional features of magazines and posters really well. 

Final version of magazine cover.

Final version of my poster.

Evaluation Question 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

For this question I have decided to do a prezi explaining the effectiveness of the combination of both my main product and ancillary texts, in terms of reaching target audience, capturing audience appeal, portraying the genre and the promotion/selling of the film.

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

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Trailer

For my trailer I have decided to do a prezi, as I thought this would be better at showing how my trailer uses, develops, or challenges forms and conventions of real media products.

Prezi - Trailer Evaluation

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Magazine Cover

This is the video made for my magazine cover. As with the poster, I used annotated screen grabs and images of magazine covers I had looked at. I also used screen grabs of specific areas that I had looked at, all of which demonstrates the points being made within the video.

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - Poster

For this question, I decided to do videos with a voice over showing how my media products either use, develop, or challenge forms and conventions of real media products. I have done a video for my poster, magazine cover and trailer. This is the video for my poster, I used annotated print screens and images of posters and particular elements I had looked at to demonstrate the points made. 

Editing....

For the editing I have used iMovie. I have never used  iMovie before, so this was a new skill for me to learn. The only issues I had was with getting the clips uploaded, as it was difficult to do, but I managed in the end. 

I used my story board to help me with the organising of my clips. I used a cross dissolve transition on most of the clips and used quick cuts near the end as most trailers use quit cuts to make it seem like the trailer is speeding up. I also slowed down one of the clips as I liked this effect along with titles; 'What if not everyone was human?'. Additionally, I used a lens flare animation for the introduction of the production company as I liked how professional it looked and it looked like a company animation that you would see on every trailer for films made by that company. I used a sound effect for the 'punch scene' to emphasise the action and draw the audience in. I used a Baskerville font for the titles and kept them white on a black background. 

Fonts...

For my trailer, I have decided to experiment with different font styles. The colour of the text will be white on a black background to match in with my poster and the theme of the film. I think I will use a certain animation as well, to add to the professionalism of my trailer. 

These are just some of the fonts that I have looked at. I like the serif style fonts as they don't look too unprofessional like for example Comic Sans, but aren't too plain. These match in with the fonts on my poster, which then links the trailer and the poster effectively. I like the white on black as it looks clean and professional, and matches in with the genre of thriller/romance/action, similar to that of The Host, with a simple two tone colour scheme.

I really like the titles in the trailer for The Host, they are simple and the colours match my chosen colour scheme. I may just use a gradient on the fonts I use in my trailer, it looks quite effective, as well as the fade in and out and the sync in time with the music. 

I like the titles in this film trailer, but after editing it, I noticed that I liked the white text on the black background. It was similar to the trailers I have seen, but different. I also liked the link between the poster and the trailer through the choice of fonts. I have used the same type of font for both and the same colours for the text as well as the background. These colours also match the genre of the trailer as it's a thriller/action/romance, and the colours black and white contrast each other, it symbolises light and dark and the basis of my trailer is good versus bad, so the colours can represent light versus dark.

Titles....

The titles for my trailer will include the actors names, the title, release date, the slogan, a descriptive sentence summarising the trailer, the production company and the director. I went for these generic titles as I thought they worked well with the shots chosen, and I didn't want to have it all shot based, I wanted some text to balance it out. I shall also have a billing block type title at the end, I chosen to add this as after seeing multiple trailers, most if not all of them include this, as it's crediting the actors and producers. 

For the animations, I have decided to use a lens flare type animation for the introduction of the production company. It will read; 'Three Lions Productions', and will look like this:

I really like this animation as it looks really effective and professional. I shall add an ambient sound in sync with the animation to add to the animation, and to make it seem more professional. Most trailer tend to have their logo at the beginning of their trailer but I have decided to go against this and have my logo at the end of the trailer along with the billing block of information. I think this will look really effective, and the text will be white on black to link in with my poster. Not many trailers do have similarities with the poster, they tend to be more clip based rather than title based. I may change the font however, depending on what I find as I want to keep this style font as the font used for my main titles.

My main titles will have a generic title animation which involves it moving along the bottom of the trailer. It will look like this:

I like this generic animation as most trailers within my chosen genre use this animation and it fits in with the text I'm going to use. Again, the text shall be white on a black background and I shall use this font as it looks similar to the font that I used on my poster for the title. I might try and add a gradient to the text as used in the trailer for The Host, but I might just leave it white. I shall have to test it out.

My main titles are as follows:

Three Lions Productions

From the director of LoanShark

Megan Phipps

Curtis West

A story of love and heartache

Could You Choose?

The Choice

November 2014

#thechoice

Music....

Now that I have started filming, I've had to start thinking about the type of music I would want in my trailer. I am torn between using songs, or using backing music. If I was to use songs, I would use Imagine Dragons' music as I feel it fits in with the genre of my trailer, but I also think that backing music that you hear in most action trailers also goes well with my trailer. In order to see which one would be better, I've decided to look at trailers which have backing music, and trailers which have songs in the background to see which would go well, and then test them against my own clips/trailer.

The Host:

One trailer that uses songs is the trailer for The Host. It uses the song 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons, whom I want to include in my own trailer. I think the way it's used is effective as it relates well to what is being said, and is not taking away from the main dialogue which summarises the film. I think it uses backing music in some parts, only when the music doesn't need to be heard and what is going on in the scenes needs to emphasised. I just really like how this works, the film is similar to the type of film I'm advertising, so this makes it all the more influential to me, I think based on this trailer, my chosen song may fit.

The Other Woman:

This trailer also uses songs. I like this trailer, as the lyrics of the song match what the film is all about, and therefore gives the trailer a meaning. The song I have in mind matches what my film/trailer is all about, and that's effective as it then relates to the audience and persuades the audience to go and see the movie to see what happens in the end. Furthermore it's good advertisement for artists, but also makes the trailer unique as it's using particular songs, not the same style of background music heard in other trailers.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2:

I chose this trailer as it's a good example of dramatic music being used within a trailer, it starts off quiet, then builds up when action starts to build up, and emphasises the dramatic moments within the film. The pace of the music also matches the pace of the film, so the audience can see that the film is fast, dramatic and action packed. The music also helps the audience develop a bond with the characters, makes us sympathise, and therefore resulting in them going out and watching the film in order to find out what happens.

Twilight: New Moon

Finally, I decided to look at the trailer for Twilight: New Moon as it's similar to my film, much like The Host. However this uses dramatic music, which works well. It emphasises the dramatic moments and compliments the happy moments within the film. Because of this emphasis, it allows the audience to be drawn in and makes them want to watch it. I think this could work for my trailer as I have dramatic moments within it, and now that I have seen these trailers, I now feel that dramatic music could work in my trailer.

Possible Music I could use...

There are many possible songs/music I could use within my trailer, I have chosen one song, and one piece of trailer music music which I could possibly use, and explain why I have chosen these pieces of music. 

I chose Imagine Dragons 'Monster' as I felt the lyrics summarised what my film is about, fitting in when foreign creatures invade the planet, and whether or not someone would accept you for who you are.   I also liked the instrumental part in the middle of the song, which I can edit and use in my trailer, I think it works well with the genre of my film/trailer and it's a catchy song, so people will remember it, as well as my trailer. 

For backing music, I chose this. I thought it was dramatic enough, and it could really emphasise the dramatic moments, and the moments which are calm and are used to build up the later shots. The way it builds up is effective, and matches the pace of my trailer. This is also conventional music, as it's a type of music used in most if not all trailers, I also feel that it might be too dramatic, and may match an action film more than my trailer. I would have to test it when I start editing my film.

Filming Practice....

Before I started filming, I decided to go around the school and do some practice shots. I tried to experiment with different angles, shots, zooms and movements to get a feel for the camera and get an idea of what shots to use. I wanted to see how certain shots would look, and see what type of shots I could use in my trailer, before I went ahead with the actual filming.  I then decided to make a video showcasing these clips to practice with the editing software...

First group of shots were mainly tilts, pans and zooms, I wanted to practice holding the camera still while moving to do pans and such. I also decided to do some P.O.V shots of me walking towards a door and opening it to see how effective that would look. I did quite a few foot shots of me walking down the stairs, again this was to see what it would look like and experiment with different angles and shots. I did some medium shots of people walking down the stairs, over the shoulder shots of people reading, panning shots of the car-park to practice introducing a setting, I also did a pan of someone running, which was useful for my trailer as I show people running, so it was good to visualise my shots before actually doing them as I can what angles I want, where I want to film it and how zoomed in I should be. I also did a walk on camera shot, with the camera stationary and placed on a pole, again this could be useful for my trailer. 

I then decided to put all of the shots I had produced into a video, and practice editing with clips, as I had practiced editing with photos. I ordered them in a way which would tell a story of some sorts, that it would make sense when you watch it, and that they seem to flow when played. I used one type of transition called cross-fade as I thought it looked effective when transitioning from one shot to the next. I trimmed certain clips down as I thought some parts weren't as good as the rest and I wanted shorten the length of the video to be less than 3 minutes, which is how long a trailer is generally. Music wise, I used a sample song called Kalimba. I thought this went well with my video as it is upbeat and quick, and showcases my clips. For my trailer, I might use a mainstream song from a band, rather than sample music, as it may suit my trailer better, but for this practice edit, I liked the sound of it. 

The whole practice session was extremely useful as it allowed me to get used to the camera again, and also test out possible shots which I could use within my trailer. The editing practice was useful as well as it allowed me to get to grips with the editing software again, and gave me ideas of how I want my trailer to look, e.g. what transitions I want to use, whether or not I want it to cut, the type of music I want, how long I want each clip to be, effects I may want to use and so on. The practice also allowed me to practice trimming clips and fading the music in and out so that it doesn't just start and end abruptly. 

I have lots of possible ideas now, and the filming also allowed me to test possible locations that I could use in my trailer. From this, I have decided to not use inside the building for the majority of the trailer, but outside in the forest area. There will be one shot filmed inside the school building, but apart from that it shall be filmed outside. Shots I shall include will be close ups, pans, tilts, zooms, medium shot, long shot, wide shot, high angles, two shots and over the shoulder shots.

Locations....

In addition to my storyboard, I thought I would go and take photos of possible locations I could use for my trailer. I have decided that I would use a mixture of both out of school and in school locations. I took a variety of shots, some outdoors and some indoors, some high shots and wide shots. I found that there were several good places to film in the school that didn't look like in school areas, and looked like alley ways and town areas which suit my trailer idea perfectly.

My locations are:

• Forest (Sixth Form)
• School Building
• Town Center
• Railway Bridge
• Outside of school building

The first shots are of forest location ideas. I need a forest type location to not only match my poster, but to also coincide with a scene in my story board. I felt that the school forest was okay, but I may take some photos of other forest locations. The trees look too sparse, and there isn't enough forest. However this may be a good location for the running scene, and possibly the romance scene.

I like the ragged, demolished look, it goes with the apocalypse type feel I want from my movie trailer. The deserted feel as well adds to it, a place of refuge. I think the best time to shoot these shots would be during Winter while the trees are still bare. I also like where the massive mud field is, as again it adds to that depressing , apocalyptic feel and matches what my trailer is all about. Other scenes I think would look good shot here would be the fight scenes because there is a lot of space here, also a lot of movies have fight scenes outdoors, and the genre in which my film is based include films which have had outdoor fight scenes, films such as Twilight and The Host for example.

This location is good for the introduction shots of my male character, I can see him walking down the steps and past the camera, the buildings don't look too school like. so I can get away with them being offices or even a university. I think either sunny weather or possibly cloudy weather may suit this shot, I really think that this could be effective for that particular shot. These locations are also good for establishing shots, wide shots and panning shots introducing the setting, and possibly the running scenes.

These locations could be good for the running scenes as well. These areas could also be good for the fighting scenes as well, open space, building backdrop, hiding spaces. These settings look very urban which is perfect for my film/trailer. 

These locations are perfect for my running scene, the window on the top floor gives a perfect high angle shot as well. I like where the bins are placed as it looks more like an alley way rather than the back of a school, which is perfect for a couple of particular scenes within my trailer. The two levels of the high angle shots are great for choosing the right shot to use, but also gives a good selection of shots to use, the way they look, how effective they are etc. 

Again, I will probably shoot these scenes during the Winter as it looks better when the all damp and grey, rather than sunny as it adds atmosphere and matches the mood of the scene, danger and worry, it would not look right if it were sunny and warm. 

These classroom type areas are perfect for the cast introduction scenes. These areas are similar to what I pictured on my storyboard and in my head. They are open, light and don't look like school classrooms, again allowing me to get away with pretending it's an office or something similar.

After reviewing my storyboard, I was able to compare my scenes to their locations, and I felt that the locations worked well with my scenes. Also, my chosen areas don't look like a school, therefore I can get away with it being filmed in school, without the need of doing it outside of school. 




Finally, these panoramic shots are perfect for my pan shots and introduction of setting. I noticed that in a lot of trailers they have aerial shots of the city or town that the film is based in and introduces it in this way, I can't do aerial shots so I decided to take some shots from the top of a railway bridge which gives just as good shots. These are effective in introducing the setting of my movie. I have also got a town location for another introduction shot, showing a bustling town center and this will match the voice-over I currently have.  I really like the high angle shots of the rail way lines and buildings, especially in this clear weather where you can see for miles. It really adds to the establishing shot, and looks quite professional. 





I think I will use most of these locations, and I may add or change some locations depending on what looks right when I film. These locations are good as they don't look like a school so I can get away with filming it there, I will try and get angles which do look like a city area or university, and not look odd.