Web Address

Quick note: I have added my wed address to the end of the teaser trailer. I’m not too sure why I overlooked this previously, but now that it’s present, it makes my trailer seem far more current and realistic. The web address also aligns my trailer with the branding I have been applying to my work.

Editing Update

Sepia: I have now decided on the colour technique I want to use for my clips, and that is sepia, layered with a decrease in brightness. This will give my teaser trailer a professional look and a feminine vibe, hinting to the audience that this is a film dominated by females.

For my final clip (Constance hanging), I am going to use a beautiful, jewel-like red sepia. I feel this will represent Shelly’s anger, Constance’s “pain” and again, the dominance females have. It will also show that this shot has nothing to do with the previous ones (change of scene).

Pan shot: I filmed a panning motion, but it fluctuates between fast and slow movements, leaving the shot looking awkward, so I have decided to cut it from my trailer. I am going to cover the free space with an intertitle.

Pitch

Couple of mistakes with this:

On the music slide, I say that “Porcelain” is my final intertitle, when it is actually not.  

On the layout slide, I talk about one scene that is intercut with dialogue, music and intertitles, when I should actually mention two scenes (the kitchen scene and the hanging scene). I think I made this mistake because the kitchen scene forms the majority of my trailer, and therefore I sometimes forget about the hanging scene.

Intertitle Animations

To make it absolutely clear, these are the animations I am going to be using for my intertitles:

Fade in/fade out: This will be used for all of my intertitles except the very last one (“She’ll break you”), and I like it because it’s spooky yet simple.

Quick zoom: This will be used for my very last intertitle, in order to complement the shock About to Detonate delivers.

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Increase in size: This is not necessarily an animation, but I am going to make my intertitles increase in size as they go along, to give a sense of something lurking and creeping up.

Representation

In this post I will discuss how mentally unwell individuals are represented in my teaser trailer.

During the finale of my teaser trailer, Shelly laughs and takes pleasure in Constance’s “pain”, which presents mentally ill persons as having a slightly sadistic temperament, even though the majority of psychological ailments do not entail an aggressive disposition. Another representation that can be drawn from this teaser trailer is that mentally ill people have stark and vivid hallucinations that are beyond their control, which gives a very limited view on psychological disorders, as not all of them involve wild visions or otherworldly experiences. Finally, due to Shelly’s bearing of a modest hairstyle and typical teenage clothes, mentally unwell persons are displayed as having a small obsession with being socially acceptable.

Storyboard

I went through a lot of creative glitches when creating this storyboard, therefore some of it has been blocked out. There may still be some problems or inconsistences however, but as this is for my own personal use I don't suppose it really matters (it still gets across the gist of my idea).

Filming

Today I filmed my production with the help of my friend, Philip Newsham. I directed all of it, but he was there to help me with any impossible shots (when working alone).

I feel the process went very well, as I made certain I was totally prepared before beginning. I had a bit of trouble getting my head level for the high angle shot, which wasted some time, and it was difficult to create the doll’s hanging scene (I had to make sure that I included the rail above the doll, and that the string was visible), but apart from these minor setbacks, I feel my filming day went very well, due to careful planning and an easy setting (it is simple to control the environment inside a house).