Although I recently posted a first draft of our film poster, I decided to work on a second, improving things we felt were lacking in the first. These things included:
- The font being too simple- we felt it was boring and didn't accurately convey the light hearted tone of the film.
- The lack of a certificate or date for the film, making it look less realistic.
- The arrangement of the text on the bottom- we felt it didn't look professional and would be better central.
So, with these things in mind, we created this draft of the poster (still on the simple Paint tool, so again, the picture is not high quality).
We feel that this poster conveys the comedic tone of the film more accurately, and with the inclusion of the certificate gives a greater indication of who the film is aimed at. The font is far more suited to the genre- it is bouncy and youthful looking, and shows immediately that the subject matter of the film is not serious.
In order to get audience feedback regarding this draft of the poster, I have created a discussion board on our group's Facebook page to ask our peers their opinions on the poster.
As people reply and give their views, I will print screen them and add them to the blog.
Although we managed to shoot some footage for our trailer in October, we have gotten to the point where we have begun to edit it and deduced that we need to refilm certain sequences. The problems we encountered were:
- Poor sound quality in a clip where our characters are running.
How we could solve it: We could either refilm the sequence and position the microphone closer to the characters, or try to use the footage we have and record the dialogue again in a voiceover, editing it into the scene in post-production.
- A shaky camera lens in a shot of our characters walking, due to our tripod being broken and thus not secure.
How we could solve it: Refilming the sequence seems the only option in this situation, as it isn't something we can easily disguise.
- Availability of actors- one of the boys we used in our trailer lives in Stamford four days a week, and this tightens our filming schedule.
How we could solve it: We could utilise the time we all have off from school and college by doing our retakes during the Christmas holidays, weather permitting.
- One of our actors, Sophie, has cut her hair since shooting, providing issues with continuity.
How we can solve it: We will have to either reshoot every scene invovling Sophie, or find a way to cover her hair in the remaining scenes- perhaps a comedy hat to fit in with the themes of the film.
UPDATE:
We need to refilm certain parts of our trailer, but have found issues with availability of actors and continuity (mainly due to our main actress having had her hair cut).
We were brainstorming ways of getting around this, and came up with an idea derived from the trailer for new teen film, Easy A. Although the plot is completely different, the dry humour and sense of parody may attract a similar audience, and a technique used in the trailer may be the answer to our problems.
Throughout the trailer, the main character, Olive, speaks directly to the camera, almost like a video diary. This would mean that we could film our actors seperately and when they were available, and it could also explain continuity errors, as it would be made obvious that the videos were made in hindsight.
Here is the trailer for Easy A to demonstrate what we mean.
As people reply and give their views, I will print screen them and add them to the blog.
