Magazine Cover Start

These are two of the photographs taken to be used as the main image on the magazine front cover. I chose to use the bottom one because the orientation fit a magazine cover without having to crop out parts of it, also because I liked the diagonal formation of the rose and the gun which would look attractive to a potential buyer and give me much space to put additional magazine information such as cover lines and features.

Final Trailer and Feedback

This is the final film trailer. I took the advice from my feedback and got rid of the voiceover which wasn't very easy to understand and replaced it with writing. I then put it on facebook for a final time and the comments were much more possitive. The people who had watched it with the voiceover all said that this version without it is much better and much more interesting as the writing makes you want to find out about the film. They also all said they would want to watch the movie. Here are some of the comments:

Public Feedback From Trailer

I put my trailer on facebook to get a public opinion on it, some of the comments are shown below:

Only a few of the comments said that the narrators voice wasn't understandable but mainly they all agreed that the voices at the end were too quiet. I will take on all the feedback from both showings and edit my trailer accordingly.

My reason for choosing to put it on facebook was because my target audience of 18-25 year olds are mainly the ones to typically use facebook and look at things such as film trailers, its is possible to make a page for the film on there that people can like and visit to find out about the film. The social network site easily allows people to post things and it is really simple to comment on a post that I can gain feedbak for on all my products.

Below is the audience feedback for the final trailer (post above not working and wont let me attach picture to the appropriate post):

Class Feedback and Plan

I showed my trailer to the class and the feedback I got was mainly positive. The comments on what didn't work were that the title of the film in the credits need to be on screen for longer which is simple to change.

They also commented that the plot needs to be better explained and it was only understood after watching the trailer the second time. This could be considered good or bad because it would mean that an audience would be interested enough to watch the trailer again and perhaps the film but it would be better to have the plot understood initially so that there is not a lack of interest in the film because the plot is not clear.

I think one of the factors that makes the plot unclear and also another comment made about the trailer is that the narrater at the beginning does not speak clear enough so it can not be heard what he is saying concerning the plot.

To solve this problem I am going to try two different things and see which one is most effective. I could re-record the narration and maybe even use a different person to try and make it clearer and then through doing that I could also change the scripting so the plot is simply understood. Another option I am going to try is using words on a screen to describe the plot in a direct and easy way. I'm hoping that by doing this it will also help the audience know the genre of the film as they said it looked like an action film rather than a dark fantasy. Without special effects I am relying on the plot to carry the idea of the genre.

The positive comments were about the music and how it fits well with the action of the trailer and the feel of the trailer, also that the imagery was very intriguing and would make an audience want to watch it which is a very good thing as that is the purpose of a teaser trailer.

Trailer With Credits

Improved Version

To improve the trailer I changed a few of the editing effects and made the clips shorter so that the trailer is more gripping and interesting to watch and I fitted the music in properly so it matched perfectly to the action. I think I need to make the actor credits shorter again as they are too long and not difficult to read quickly. Also I need to make the voices of the characters at the end louder.

Now I need to add some general credits about the director, producer, etc shown in a previous post.

My Trailer First Draft

The two trailers above are not much different to each other. Their editting are fairly similar but I changed the music in 'Trailer Catts 90 Lives2' to make it match more and be more dramatic in the compilation of scenes in the middle of the trailer. However it still has not worked very well yet and the scenes are too long so make the trailer less interesting to watch.
The feedback I got from it was mainly positive when the viewers were aware that it was only a first draft. I will ask for more feedback on the next version of the trailer so I can have a better idea on what I need to improve on from the viewers.

My Trailer Credits

These are the credits I made for my trailer. I overlapped the Credits for the actors names over images of them unlike in The Golden Compass trailer when they had it on a separate screen. I did this so I could introduce the characters and the actors so the audience can recognise them from the trailer. The font is the same like in The Golden Compass.

The clips I used reflect the character like in the George Murphey one it is a very dark image which shows that the character is dark. I did the same when choosing a clip for the other two named actors.

In the general information credits about producer, director and starring I changed the colour of the font and gave it a textured background using photoshop. This made it look more like credits for a fantasy film.