Newspaper Research

I have decided to include a number of close-up shots of a newspaper in my film trailer which will have been published during the film during the early beginning of the ‘zombie apocalypse’. Specifically, I will be including a number of close-up shots of the main headline of the newspaper which will feature a headline like ‘Infection’ or ‘Military Evacuation’. This will be similar to the newspaper included in the film ’28 Days Later’, a film which I have previously analysed and taken inspiration for my own film from. The picture above is a picture of the actual newspaper included in the film. I have chosen a UK newspaper that is famously known and recognised by my target audience to design my own created newspaper around.

The reason I have decided to include this in my film trailer is because I think it creates a sense of realism within the film to an audience – a main source of media reporting an important news story. I have created a rough draft of a front page newspaper article to use in my film trailer, based on a well known UK newspapers.

Filming Update

I planned, this weekend, to do some recording in my local area (in my garden and my tenfoot). I planned on recording two specific scenes of the trailer including my two little sisters being discovered as zombies by their mother. However, due to the recent change in weather, I was unable to record anything due to the snow ruining the shots as well as the weather making it far too cold to expect my three included actresses to wear dresses in the cold conditions. Changes in weather recently have made it very hard to record my film trailer as well as transportation. Therefore, I have decided to change the storyboard of my film trailer slightly to make it so it is a lot easier and realistic for me to record the footage I need in the time period I have

 

Digipak Research

This is the digipak for the films ’28 Days Later’ and ’28 Weeks Later’, two films which trailers I have previously analysed, both directed by Danny Boyle. ’28 Weeks Later’ is the sequel to the film ’28 Days Later’ and therefore, have been put together to be sold as a 2 DVD collectables film pack.

Continuously, the ‘virus logo’ has been used behind the titles of the films on the DVD disks, the DVD disk holders and on the back of the DVD case. This being an image which represents the theme and genre of the film which is instantly recognised by the target audience.

The back of the DVD case has been split into two halves, the two halves specifically focusing on each individual film. Each half presented with the film title and a brief synopsis of the film, as well as what special features are included on each separate DVD.

Blogger Problems

At the moment I am seeing a lack of blog posts on my blog. The reason for this is I am finding it difficult to get on with the work that I have to do at college due to the lack of computers and laptops as well as working laptops in the media/film department at my college. Due to this, I am finding it slightly difficult to balance my written blog work and the recording of my film because of the fact that I am only finding the opportunity to do blog work at home when I should be focusing on the recording of my film as opposed to having the opportunity to do this work during my film college lessons. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no real resolution to this as unless the college decided to purchase more computers/laptops or try and convince someone with their own personal laptop to let me borrow it during college lesson times.

Filming Update

At the moment, due to my transportation being limited (due to my parents being on holiday) I have been unable to continue with my recording from Christmas (because of this, I have been focusing on my storyboard, editing of script and film, genre and audience research). Therefore, I have decided that instead of my original idea posted previously about recording during a weekend and editing during the week, I have decided that onwards from the 25^th January, when my transport is available, I will plan a full weeks recording schedule every day for approximately an hour each day. This not meaning however I will have 7 hours of footage, but giving me and the actors included more than enough time to record whichever scene is being recorded, get the setting/props prepared, giving enough time in case transport is late (traffic, etc). I will write up this schedule on the 23^rd/24^th January  whilst sat with my Mum who will be my transportation to my setting.