Feedback from rough cut and changes

After thoroughly going through my teaser trailer so far and getting a wide variety of audience feedback I have realised the amount of changes that need to be made to ensure that my teaser trailer works to the best of its full potential. After getting several bits of feedback I have found that the most common problem was that there was a narrative for the teaser trailer, yet this was only being told and shown through the titles I had produced and put in. Because of this factor it has made me realise that I need to come up with some more shots that are going to represent my narrative better. I will still have the same narrative but I will need some new footage and shots to represent the narrative clearer. 
Therefore I have come up with a new, more simpler idea that I think will work to my advantage as it means I will be able to get clearer footage for my narrative. I have slightly altered the narrative with this idea as I think it has potential. It will still include the main idea of a girl and boy with a diary, with the girl having a secret and it being found out, but this time I will show more of te secret being found out. I will include footage of the girls secret being revealed and how she reacts to this. I also think that I could progress by including a Voice over in my teaser trailer. There will be 6 main scenes, that will include some still shots and some footage. There will be some main titles that will be used of 'one girl,' 'one boy,' 'one diary,' 'one secret' and 'one nightmare.' I think that this idea will be more simplistic but will be beneficial and will work really well with still shots as well as some footage.

T.A feedback for Magazine and Poster

So far from the audience feedback I have received, the feedback I have been given has been very equally divided. Most of my audience that I asked, have a very split decision on which idea they prefer and as well as some suggesting that the ideas are merged together, when I asked if they would like to see something that included bits of each idea, everyone said yes.

From my audience feedback, 18 out of the 20 people I asked also preferred the strapline "where your secrets lie" and I therefore intend to use this. Audience feedback was important for me as I also got many suggestions and other ideas for my posters and also my magazine front cover; some of which were to use more buzz words and make the picture bigger.

I will take all of my audience feedback and start developing my initial ideas using Photoshop and InDesign before I then again ask for more feedback on the developing progress for my ancillary products.

Ideas for Magazine cover

 This is an idea I have produced for my magazine cover which I hope to get audience feedback on to get suggestions and ideas from the feedback I get. So far this is my only idea as I have drawn out an idea that includes many of the conventions on for a magazine front cover, but I still need to research into other styles of magazines. This initial idea, I feel could have great potential and is also very conventional for most typical magazine front covers that are already out there.

Ideas for Poster

These are 4 of my ideas for my film poster that I have come up with. I feel that all 4 could have potential to work and I could even develop them by mixing some of the ideas I have together. I am going to get audience feedback on these 4 ideas as at present I am unsure as to which idea my target audience will like and I think that all 4 could work effectively. I have come up with a strapline that I also think works well with the idea of my trailer and the poster, which I again would like to ask my target audience for feedback on as I have two possibilites of; "where your secrets lie" or "where your secrets live."

Research into ancillary products

Ancillary products

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Soundtrack Pro progress

   

So far I have been working on Soundtrack Pro trying to produce a soundtrack that will work with my teaser trailer and to create something that sounds like it is dramatic and has the 'thriller' side to it. I am finding using it this year is a lot easier than expected as I already had some knowledge from my previous year which is helping me progress my skills this year. I am finding it easier and quicker to find sounds and instruments that could work with my teaser trailer and am also finding it easy to create layers to my soundtrack and overlapping what I have to make it have a flow and smoother rythm to it. I have so far made something that I think has the potential to work really well and have played it alongside my teaser trailer so far and there are some minor timing issues that can be resolved and sorted. I have also got some audience feedback which the mojority think that the soundtrack could work well if I make the changes necessary.

Progress on Live Type

These are the titles I have produced on live type. I thought about the wording carefully as it needs to go with my teaser trailer and make sense. I have kept the titles fairly simplistic, although I think the font may be too much with all the titles in the same font. Therefore I thought I could adjust it so that it is only the name in this font. I will make sure I import this into Final Cut so I can see how it looks with the rest of my trailer first before I make more adjustments to the font and titles.

Final Cut

These are some screen shots from my working progress so far using Final Cut to produce my teaser trailer. This is my second time using Final Cut as I previously used it in year 12 to produce the opening of a film. So far I am progressing well with using the programme and have remembered all the resources and tools I have used from last year. I think it would be a good idea if I experimented and developed my skills by using more and different transitions, as well as trying to edit some of the clips my editing the lighting or putting filters over the top to see how this affects the footage that I have. The bottom screenshot shows a bit of the clip of the diary used within my teaser trailer and the extreme close up focusing on just a few of the words. So far, it has worked well and looks good where some of the shots zoom in and out. I will be getting some target audience feedback over the next couple of weeks so that I can make any amendments and changes I need to, to make it better and to appeal to my target audience.

I firstly started putting my clips together and putting them into a rough order by selecting all the clips I thought could work well and placing them on the lines. I then went through and chose the clips that were the best quality and cut down the timings so that I only had the parts of the clips that I wanted. Next I put the clips into a rough order and then added simple transitions to make the footage flow better and so I could see a rough idea as to what it was looking like when put altogether. I still need to add in and consider the text within my trailer, which I have already had some practice with on Live type and made some fairly simplistic titles which could potentially be added into my teaser trailer. A factor I need to make sure I remember is that this is a teaser trailer and they normally last around 30- 60 seconds, which at the minute I have a lot more footage and the timings is above 1 minute, but when I have my audience feedback I am hoping that it will allow me to make the changes and make sure that my timings are correct.

Another factor I wanted to make sure I got right was the lighting as this was something that I had trouble getting right last year. So far the lighting of my footage has been fine with the lighting and it is all clear enough. There is just one section with the girl within my footage that is considerably darker, but there is something about it that I think personally it could work really well. However, I again will wait until I get some of my audience feedback before I decide on whether or not that footage will be included or if it will need to be changed.

Week leading up to filming

As the week leading up to filming is approaching there are a few last things that I have potential worries about. The lighting is an important factor as I don't want my clips to be too dark, which is a problem I had a bit of trouble with in my previous work. I need to make sure I choose sensible times of the day (which I have stated in my call sheet) so that it isn't too dark. The weather will also play a part as it could hold out on the days that I have chosen to film on, especially if it is dark and rainy, this could again affect the lighting conditions.

Call Sheet

This is the call sheet I have produced and given to both my actors so that we all have a clear idea of when we all need to meet and where. The call sheet is an important document that will give the actors all the information they need about their costumes and props and also their locations. I have listed the dates that we will be meeting as well as the shots we will be filming. I have also included the times so that we will all be there on time.

I also have set aside back up dates which both actors know about, in case a problem occurs such as someone taken ill or due to weather circumstances. I have also imformed and agreed on back up dates with the actors. The back up dates are; Sunday 30th October, Wednesday 2nd November and Thursday 3rd November. The actors also have these dates on their copy of the call sheet with these dates included.

Fonts research

Apple Chancery font

Bickham Script pro font

Edwardian Script ITC font

Handwriting- Dakota font

Mistral font

Savoye LET plain font

Snell Roundhand font

Zapfino font

Here I have researched into possible fonts I could use for my teaser trailer. I have produced these on Live Type as this will be the programme I will be using to produce the text and titles to my teaser trailer. All the fonts I have chosen within these images are fairly similar. I have chosen fonts that I think look like they would relate to a Romantic genre film. I found out from my previous research that most fonts have been kept fairly simple, which makes them stand out without having to be overly bold and dramatic.

I think that all these fonts have pros and cons to them. All look like they could fit within my teaser trailer, although I feel some are too bold and dramatic looking, such as the 'Mistral font,' 'Apple Chancery font' and 'Bickham Script pro font.' I personally think that there could be a couple of these fonts that could work really well within my teaser trailer and think that the best way to choose would be to ask my target audience as this will help me choose the font that will be best. I think that a font such as 'Zapfino font' could work very well as it is fairly simplistic but has an italic and slight curled look about it which would have the romantic genre look but also a simplicity about it.

Another font I personally think could work really well is the 'Savoye LET plain font.' It has just the right amount of boldness about it which helps it to stand out but it doesn't look too dramatic which means it wouldn't take away from the rest of the poster or my teaser trailer.

LiveType

Here I have produced some rough titles for my teaser trailer on Live Type that I have made so I can start thinking of what wording I can put in and what would work along with my teaser trailer. For now I have just used one font for all of the titles, however I think that looking at them all together now, they look too busy and therefore I will experiment with some other fonts on Live Type and also get some audience feedback so that I know what will work and look best. The typography looks okay when there is not a lot of the writing on just one of the slides, however when there is too much writing it makes it look considerably busier. Therefore I could  cut down the amount of writing to the text tracks, but this is an idea I can again put forward to my audience to get their feedback on. I think that the font could work if I just used it on one of the titles such as the name which would make it stand out compared to the other titles. But this is something that I will also need to get feedback on. I think that the wording I have chosen would work well within my teaser trailer, but I think I will again get some feedback for it to see what my target audience thinks and I will then work on it from the feedback I am given. I do think that these titles will add to the more dramatic feel of the teaser trailer and will also make it clearer to the audience as to the narrative of it.

T.A feedback on names

I decided to get some target audience feedback on the name choices I have come up with as I think it is best that I ask a group of people who will be in the age group that my teaser trailer is aimed at.

 This chart show which name my audience thought was best. The majoirty of people said they preffered 'Dear Diary' compared to the other names I had thought of. From this feedback I have decided to use 'Dear Diary' which is also the name I most liked and I think it will work well.

This is the second chart that shows some feedback from my target audience. I was to see if they thought the name worked well with the narrative of my teaser trailer and wasn't just too ironic or stereotypical. However the majority of the people I asked said they thought it worked well.

Name Ideas

So far I have come up with a few name ideas for my teaser trailer which I will later get my target audience to choose the name that they like the most. I have decided to keep the names simple and relative to my movie as this is a typical convention that I have noticed for most of the romantic genre films I have looked into.
The names I have come up with are listed below:
-The Diary
-Dear Diary
-The Secret
-Diaries

Typography research

The typography that will be included within my teaser trailer and also on the poster will be a very important factor as it needs to show that it is a representation of the romantic genre. Below I have chosen several font styles that I think have pros and cons to them.

These first two fonts come from the trailer for the film The Vow. The first thing that I noticed about these fonts were the colour and the style of the font. The colour has been contrasted so that it is both black and white, which I think works well and is more noticeable to the audience's eye in comparison to just one of the colours. 
The style of the font is very simplistic, with all the letters in capitals and also there is a fair amount of space between each of the individual letters, especially within the first image.
I think a simple font like this one would work really well as it has a small and stylish feel about it, compared to being a heavy dramatic font, which therefore works well with the romantic genre. If there is one thing I would personally change about the screenshot, is the white and the black colour needing to have a more softer feeler and toning the background colour down to fit in with the titles clearer, in order for the writing to be the main feature. This is a factor I will need to remember within my own work and also something which I will experiment with.

This is another very simplistic font that has been used. I think a simple font would work better as it still grabs the attention of the audience and it has a softer feel than something which is very big and bold. The font within this trailer has been centralised and is therefore the main aspect. Again it has used a fairly dark colour, which I think for a romantic genre it needs to be either a more subtle 'happy' colour or it needs to be more bold and a darker/ more noticeable colour to add to the emotions and the dramatic side to the genre.

This is the film poster for The Notebook. I particularly like the typography of the name within this poster as I feel it has more of a symbolic look about it; when the audience thinks of the name 'The Notebook' the audience assumes it will have a literal notebook in the film, which I feel the font represents that kind of look for a notebook, diary or a letter.
I again like the simplistic font as it is immediately noticeable for the audience and it stands out within the poster.

Similarly to the other posters and screenshots, the font is again simplistic but it works along with the rest of the film poster. The colour works really well as it stands out on the background and is one of the main things the audience notices along with the photo.
I like the layout of this poster and how it appears as if there are two halves, the half with the picture and the other half with the writing and title. The layout of the actual title is different to most as usually the title is all on the same line, however this one is separated onto three lines which could link to the title and narrative through the 'time.'


The font for this poster is idyllic and suits the genre of the film. The font is simplistic but works well with the rest of the poster and links to the genre. I like that the font is the central aspect of this poster making the name just as important by being a main feature, as well as the cast and characters at the top and bottom. Although the typography is quite big and bold compared to the characters who seem to have had a filter used to soften the colours, the title and typography fits in within the whole outcome of the poster. Personally I think that a softer colour within the typography would have taken away from the soft, toned down look of the characters.

Target Audience

The target audience for my teaser trailer will mainly be females, teens and young adults as I have chosen a romantic genre which appeals to majority of females. One of the conventions of a romantic film I found through my research is that the women are usually more dominant and that there is an obvious love story present throughout the film and the audience usually knows what is going to happen. From this I was able to work out that the target audience would be mainly females as the genre relates to them.

Health and Safety

When filming I need to remember the health and safety, not only of myself but of the cast as well. The main health and safety factors are making sure that the area we are working in is clear and so there are no trip hazzards. Another element is making sure that there are no sharp objects left laying around.

Locations, costumes and props

Locations:
-Girls bedroom
-Park/ Fields

Costumes:
-Girl: Natural look; jeans, tops, jumpers, boots/ pumps

Props: Diary(s)

Storyboard

Below is my storyboard which I drew up on paper and then scanned in so I could add them onto my blog. I am arranging days and times when my actors are available so that I can start filming my footage and hopefully when put together my idea will work.

Development of idea

After discussing with my peers the idea of my teaser trailer, I decided to go along with idea 2, however I felt that the concept of it was a big idea and was something that was getting complicated and a big idea to achieve, considering I only have a small budget and my teaser trailer will be something that is more iconic of a independent film rather than a mainstream Hollywood production. 

I have decided to keep the object of a diary as my inspiration and play around with the diary being the main focus. The narrative of my idea is a girl has kept her diary her whole life. She keeps seeing a guy around that she is slowly falling for and as she's getting older she starts writing diary entries about the guy and how she likes him. Usually the guy doesn't acknowledge her and often just walks past her without even looking at her. The girl is out one day, taking a walk around her village and she sees the guy out in the distance, where she hopes she can talk to him, but again he just walks past without acknowledging her. While out on her walk she sits down to write another entry, however she soon sees that some of her entries have been ripped out. When she later returns home she sees that there is a letter waiting for her with some of the missing entries in with a note taunting her that someone knows her secrets. She also sees that there are quotes from her diary entries being posted online and the next day sees that they have been posted up at school. The girl feels humiliated as the guy she has started to fall for has also read the diary entries. Upset she runs back home, where later in the day, the guy turns up at her house, where he admits that he likes her too and they both end up spending the rest of the day together and they eventually end up being happy together.

My teaser trailer will only be short and therefore I need to break down my idea into smaller bits, so that its easier to portray the story within my teaser trailer without including all of the above. Below I have broken down my idea to show the bits that will be used within my trailer:

-Shots of the diary, will closely look at some of the pages and what she has written

-The girl writing in the diary

-Girl out at in her village, where she sees the guy she likes, but the guy doesn't acknowledge her

-Writing in her diary about the guy she's just seen and noticing pages have been ripped out of her diary

-Girl returning home to the letter of some of the diary pages with the note

-Shot of girl at school with quotes of her diary posted up on the walls with the guy reading them

-Girl returning home humiliated and upset

I think that although the points I have listed seem fairly simple, I think that the way in which they will be put together will work well and also with having titles up within my teaser trailer will help to get the narrative of my trailer across the viewer. 

Mood board

This is a mood board I produced of a range of romantic genre films' posters. There are several elements that I like from all these posters. The composition of the photo used is a key factor as it is one of the main aspects, along with the title of the film that the audience will first notice. One of the first things I noticed about all of these posters is the pictures of the characters and how they all represent the romantic genre as nearly all of them show the characters in some kind of embrace or staring at each other lovingly. I think this wrks well and it means that the audience can tell immediately as to the genre of the film, but I also think that the other covers such as '27 Dresses' and '500 days of Summer' also work really well as you can still tell the genre but it is a different take for the poster, which I think is unique and a creative idea.

Film posters

These are two film posters from the film 500 days of summer. Both of these film posters particularly appealed to me as I especially like the use of several photos within the poster, with several layers and compositions. This is an effect and style I like and I think could also work well within my own work.

The top photo is particularly effective as it is almost like there are several photos that could form a poster, put onto a top that the character is wearing to make another final poster. The pictures used within the top poster are all still shots from the trailer and the film itself which I find interesting.

The simplicity of the posters is another factor I like as I don't think that the poster needs to be really busy. Although the bottom poster does have a lot of photos layered on top of each other, making it look very busy, there is something simple and subtle about it which works well.

The top poster uses just one of the main characters although it then has several photos within the poster with both the characters which is something that I could produce for my own work. However the poster underneath has several photos of just the girl layered over the top, with just the man in the bottom left corner, suggesting that he is thinking about the girl, which could mean that the poster is holding a 'hidden message' about the film that gives the audience a clue to the trailer and the film.

This is the poster from the film The Notebook, another film within the genre of Romantic. The cover has the typical connotations of a romantic genre through the use of the two characters passionately hugging and kissing in the rain.

The use of the soft and subtle colours also make the poster have a nice and calm feel about it, compared to the fact that it is raining. However the rain is an icon within romantic films of either sadness to evoke emotions or an icon of kissing in within the rain, usually after the two characters have had a problem and solved it with the kiss. The blues and whites within the poster illustrates a calm feel about the people and the white gives of the connotations that there is a purity about them and also the film.

The font of the poster is another element I like and I think it looks idyllic and goes well with the genre of the film. The font looks simple but bold and stands out well considering the photo is so dominant. The colour of the font however is fairly bold and dramatic which could give the viewer insight into what the film is about. Personally I think that the black works well as it stands out, however I feel that it doesn't give off the connotations that it is a romantic genre with a happy typical 'love' story.

 

The Holiday is a well known film that is from the romantic genre. This film poster illustrates the genre well through the use of the iconic actors, the image and also the font of the writing. There are two images, both consisting of a man and woman in each, both having either one or both the characters starring at one or the other, lovingly. The fact that the characters are starring at each other in this way and the fact that there are four people altogether, suggests to the viewer that they are in someway linked to each other, which if an element I like about this poster.

The colour within the poster is fairly simple and the characters seem to be in everyday clothes. However there does appear to be a filter that has given the image a slight sepia colour to it which warms the image down, making the colours less bold and harsh, especially within their faces. The colour of the writing of the title, is very deep colour, which I think personally draws sightly away from the warmer feel from the rest of the poster and the image. The font is very simplistic which is ideal as he rest of the poster appears to be busier in comparison.

This is the film poster from Remember Me, which is a Romantic Drama film that I feel has been represented very well. Firstly the main photograph immediately draws attention to the viewer as it shows iconography of a romantic genre by the use of the close and happy embrace from the two characters. They both look happy and it lokks idyllic which contrasts to the colours used within the poster.There is a lot of black and white  within the poster which suggests that there are connotations of it being unhappy and sad, which suggests that there could be a problem or unhappiness presented within the filmandtrailer. This however would still be a typical convention of a romantic genre film as there are often problemms that occur to jolt the happiness and bring more drama to the narrative.

Alternatively, there is the red colour used within the title of the film,which brings a softer but also a harsh feel to theposter. The colour of red both represents two completely different ideas, one of which is love and passion whereas the other connotation is danger and being more dramaic and fiery. I like the use of the poster being inblack and white with just one bold colour used as I think it draws attention to the film name and also the image used. The black and white idea is something which I think I would like to experiment with as I think it does work very effectively and is quite dramatic and noticeable.

Ideas for my Teaser Trailer

So far I have decided on three ideas for my teaser trailer which I think  they could all work well. Below I have listed the three ideas I have so far come up with and I will then think about the ease, the pros and cons of producing the ideas for my teaser trailer. I want my idea to be strong and outline within them the conventions of my chosen genre of romantic. A teaser trailer usually lasts around a minute to a minute and a half and this is a factor that I will need to consider and look into when choosing my final idea.

Idea 1: A women has kept her diary for 5 years now, writing in it everyday. She gets the choice to go back to any single day from her diary to relive and to possibly change anything that could benefit her life now. She has the day to decide which day she wants to relive. She chooses the day when she was out visiting her favourite place in the country, a day when she got all her thoughts together, alone and started her diary. She realises that this day was the day she left her one and only true love and realises that when she gets back to reality she needs to find him again to resolve the problems they had both left behind.

Idea 2: A couple has been together for 3 and a half years and things were going well, until the boyfriend chose to go away to University whilst the girl is left behind at home. She decides that everyday whilst he is gone, she is going to start a diary/ write letters of her days; what she's done, her thoughts and her feelings. The first couple of months go well until she hears and sees rumors that her boyfriend has cheated. The girl decides to end their relationship but she continues to write in her diary. After a further 3 months of the boyfriend being away, he comes home to sort out their troubles, and the girl gives the guy her diary to read. He realises what he had done to her and how much he had hurt her and attempts to put things right again; taking things slowly for the next few weeks, gaining their trust for each other again and living every minute of every day together.

Idea 3: A group of friends go away together on holiday, celebrating the end of school and exams. There are obvious connections between certain members of the groups. Whilst they're away they all seem to separate into couples. The trailer would focus on one of the main couples, who have once before been in a relationship last year, although it hadn't lasted. They spend the whole of the trip together, on the beach, looking around the city/ town, going on walks and out for dinner together. They enjoy their time together while they can as they realise that things will be different and harder when they get back home. They get home and it is apparent straight away that their relationship will be hard due to both parents being unhappy. They resolve this problem by deciding together that they will meet in secret without anyway finding out.

5 Top Romantic genre films

Its kind of a Funny story is another trailer I find interesting through its originality of the concept of the film. I like the concept as I know that a lot of romantic genre films can be quite repetitive with their concepts, but I find this one completely original from the fact that the setting is set in a hospital and the concept allows them to 'break free' from their troubles and the fact that they are in a hospital. I like how the soundtrack and music used is fairly fast tempo, which I think could be a representation of how they feel their life is moving; at a fast pace. The use of a quicker tempo soundtrack also works well within this film as I think it connects to their target audience, who I think would be teens. The soundtrack is also original as not many romantic films would use such a fast pace track.

There is also an effect they have used where they have made some of the scenes look like its from a cartoon, mainly towards the end. This is an element which I find really interesting as it also gives the connotations of it being for 'teens' as well and how they go through the same situations with love.

The fact that the trailer shows that there is a light hearted element to the films is another factor that appeals, as the situation that the characters are in seems to be much more serious. I like the factor of having a slight comical feel within some of the scenes, as it breaks it up from all the seriousness of the film.

It also uses the typical convention for a romantic genre of the stock characters and iconography. The stock characters used are the friends of the main characters, which form little 'groups.' There are several elements that make up the iconography. The first is the use of the main character played by Emma Roberts, who is an icon of the romantic genre. Other iconography comes from the use of the romantic themes such as supportive family, location and their kiss.

5 Top Romantic genre films

This is the trailer for The Notebook which I really like. I like the use of the soundtrack, shots used and the concept of the film. I think that the target audience for this film would be mainly girls and teens as it is a romantic genre. The setting and the use of shots used also relate to the genre and it all has a 'nice' and 'soft' feel about it. I also like how some of the setting and shots are also quite simple and could be something that I would be able to achieve fairly easily. The use of the voiceover is another factor of the trailer that I particularly like as it gives insight into the concept and has an affect on the viewer that makes them really believe what is being said.

5 Top Romantic genre films

This is the 500 days of summer trailer, which is one of my favourite trailers; it has the typical conventions for its genre, the concept of the film is an interesting aspect, the shots and setting are interesting, but also simple and overall it is a really interesting trailer which grabs the viewers attention. I like the originality of the trailer; the use of the shots where it goes into a 'sketch' drawing instead of what looks like footage. The originality also comes from how they have used the lighting in certain scenes; its quite dark so you only get a slight light upon that scene or on the persons face, which I think makes the atmosphere feel more romantic.

Conventionally a teaser trailer usually last from around 45seconds to a minute, however this teaser trailer lasts around 1 and a half minutes which breaks the conventions of a typical teaser trailer. The trailer also uses several transitions, with the main two being a dip to colour dissolve and a fade in fade out dissolve, which I personally think works really ell as they last at least a couple of seconds and aren't sudden which flows with the music and the speed of the clips, allowing the audience to feel the romantic element of the trailer.

Within the teaser trailer there are several scenes from the movie included which suggests that there is a lot of progression from day to day and that the 'love story' that is happening moves at a fairly rapid pace. It sticks to the typical codes and conventions of a trailer by showing several scenes from within the movie, which means that it will appeal to their target audience by showing as much as they can from within the movie.

5 Top Romantic genre films

This is a trailer I have found for the film Before Sunset, which is a simple but effective trailer which I like. Because it is not a big Hollywood Mainstream film, it hasn't had the same amount of money put into the production, distribution and marketing, which means that the film is much simpler and it hasn't got all the big actors and actresses, big cities and locations and some of the effects and editing isn't at the same standard as some of the other trailer I have found. 

5 Top Romantic genre films

This is the trailer for the film 'The Last Song.' This films shows the typical conventions of a romantic genre film. I have selected this film as although it is a Hollywood mainstream film, which would have had a lot of money put into the production and distribution, it shows all the typical conventions for its genre and has elements within it which I like. 

I like some of the simpler shots within the trailer, such as some of the mid shots and two shots, which illustrate the genre well. I also like the softer music that is used to portray the genre of the film.

Conventions of Romantic genre

There are several typical conventions of the Romantic genre which I have listed below:
-Woman are usually more dominant
-Usually a happy ending, but not a 'Happy ever after' fairytale ending
-A boy meets girl and they fall in love is usually the stereotypical concept of a romantic genre film
-Usually the characters meet by chance
-There is often something or someone that 'rocks' the romance and makes the relationship more of a challenge
-The film will usually focus on both the female and male characters viewpoints
-The love 'story' is the main focus and usually the viewers know that it is going to happen

Chosen genre

I have chosen to produce a teaser trailer in the genre of romantic. I chose this genre as I have more knowledge within the genre compared to other genres. I feel that the genre is iconic and there are several conventions that I will be able to produce within my own trailer.

Top 5 trailers- The Holiday

This is the trailer for The Holiday, which is a romantic comedy. The genre is instantly recognised as romantic comedy through the iconography of the actors and actresses. Within the trailer we see Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jude Law, who all are recognisable for the romantic genre. We also see Jack Black, who again is known for his roles within comedy films.

This trailer again shows the typical conventions for a romantic genre film. The two women exchange houses for two weeks, they both find love; leading to complications as one has a girlfriend and the other its 'too complicated.' However at the end all the problems are resolved and sorted.

I like this trailer through the use of two shots and shot reverse shots as it shows the characters in their relationships and portrays to the audience the romantic genre. There is also the iconic kiss within the trailer which is another representation for the romantic genre.

Top 5 trailers- Bride Wars

This is the trailer for Bride Wars; a romantic comedy genre. The film has a closed narrative, which is one of the typical conventions for a romantic genre film. Having a closed narrative means that there has been a definitive ending and all the problems have been solved, which again is a convention for a romantic genre. Within the trailer we see that there are two females, both of whom are best friends and are about to become brides and are planning their wedding. However the viewer soon sees there is a clear problem caused when both of the main female characters weddings are booked on the same day, which leads to them both falling out and sabotaging each others wedding. The trailer then shows the conventions for the genre as both brides resolve the problem; on the day of the wedding, therefore having a closed narrative.

Top 5 trailers- The Vow

This is the trailer for an upcoming film called The Vow. This film has many of the typical conventions for a romantic genre film. There is a man and a woman, who get married and then an incident happens that threatens their relationship, in this case a car crash in which the female character looses her memory, which they both have to overcome in order to have their love again. There are several icons to show to the audience that this film is a romantic genre, the kissing, the two shots and shot reverse shots to show the characters emotions and passion towards each other.

Top 5 trailers- Mean Girls

This is another of my top 5 trailers which is for the film Mean Girls. The trailer uses a voiceover but using the voice of the main character, which I think is original as usually the voiceover is produced by someone not involved in the actual film. The genre of this film is comedy drama. It is a film aimed at teen females and is an iconic film for most teen girls. 

Top 5 trailers- Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a fiction fantasy collection of films. In total there are 8 films that make up the series. I have chosen Harry Potter as one of my top trailers as there is a lot of action and description of the scenes to narrate to the viewer as to what they are all about. The trailers are full of excitement, fast pace, dramatic and already create a vision and experience for the viewer before they have even seen the film. Because they are a series of trailers they all need to follow on from each other, developing on the stories, which is exactly what the trailers do.

The use of the soundtrack and music within the trailers also are an icon as they are recognisable as being from Harry Potter. There are titles within the trailers to illustrate the concept and give the audience a glimpse as to what will be happening in the film, which is a factor I like about the trailers.