Storyboard - Final Draft

Storyboard - First Draft

This is my first draft of my story board for my Romantic Drama Trailer. By doing this, has made me realise that I definitely need to think about adding more shots in, which will result in my trailer being longer and more interesting and telling a little bit more of a story, rather than just random shots. In my final draft of my story board, I also want to add in and vary the camera angles and shots that I am going to use when filming my trailer, as in this draft I have used the same ones the majority of the time, which would be boring when                                                                                      watching the trailer and also                                                                                            wouldn't get me to the mark I am                                                                                      aiming for.  

Camera Workshop

Today I took place in a Camera Workshop and learnt some useful tips to take into consideration when filming.

• I firstly learnt that using the rule of third when filming someone in a scene is very important as it would make the audience feel as ease and comfortable. Therefore, if positioning of the actor was centre screen, it would make the audience feel uncomfortable and awkward as they would feel the actor looking directly at them.
•  We then looked at zooming. We tested zooming in on one of our class mate's face - an extreme close up. This is so that the top of his head and the bottom of his chin were not in the frame. This would also make the audience feel extremely uncomfortable as the extreme close-up portrayed a sense of anger, fury and annoyance. Also you can see every bit of emotion on the actors face, so you can really get a sense of how they are feeling.
• Next, we looked at filming a scene of two class mate's, whilst one of our class mates was filming and positioning the camera in different ways - for example : two shot, close up on one of the characters, and close up then on the other character. This gave us all a better idea of what positioning's of the camera worked for what scene and how close your actors need to be together to get a decent shot of your actors.

Survey Results Data Analysis

Question 1:
When looking at the results from my survey, I was very surprised that the majority of the responses were quite similar – all suggesting those locations that are associated with a Romantic Drama are: either small, intimate locations such as a church or small town or big, open locations such as large fields, beaches or parks.
I am going to try out having sets in both small and large locations and see what looks better, if they both look effective, I will use both in different moments.

Question 2:
The results from the question “Describe Romantic Music” were also very similar. They were all saying soft, soothing music, almost Orchestral. There was one answer I particularly was drawn into which was: “Orchestral music heavily influenced with either piano or violin-like instruments that are composed to create a soft, gentle sound.”
From this, I am going to continue to look for a piece of music that will influence this answer for my trailer.

Question 3: On my third question, “If you were to watch a Romantic Drama trailer, what would you expect to see to encourage you to go and see the film in the cinema?” – the answers were again slightly similar, answers saying they wanted to see every main character so they knew who they was expecting to see when going to watch the film, also wanting to see an average amount of the film, snippets of the good parts, but not to give too much away and ruin the story for them. This has given me a clear idea of what my audience are looking for and would like to see, and I have more of an idea of what to now put into and show in my trailer.

Question 4: My fourth question was asking my audience “How many actors would you expect to be shown in a Romantic Drama trailer?” The section that got the most votes was: 4-6 actors should be seen in the trailer.
This has now given me a more clear view of how many actors I need to show in my trailer and now allows me to figure out exactly who my characters are.

Question 5: Again, the answers I received from my fifth question: “What sort of characters do you expect to see in a Romantic Drama trailer?” were very similar – the majority of the answers mentioned the “couple” that fall in love, and then people around them who create the scenes eg: friends, family.
This has now given me more of a clear idea of what my audience is looking for and has helped me realise who I now need to look for and cast for my trailer.

Question 6:Moving on to my sixth question, which was: “What colours do you associate with Romance and why?” – The answers were practically the same. Every one of my answers mentioned the colour red due to it symbolising passion, but also mentioned bright colours such as: yellow, pink, green, white – as they symbolised flowers, sunshine, happy things.
This has helped me and given me more of an idea of what colours I need to include my trailer, for example: what to dress my cast in, what areas to set my scenes in etc.  

Question 7: My seventh question was: “How much of the plot do you expect to see in a Romantic Drama trailer and why?” The answers to this question were very similar, the majority of the answers said that they wanted a rough idea of the story but they didn’t want to know too much otherwise it would give away the story and there would be no need for them to go and see it. This has made me realise exactly what I need to put into my trailer and leave out, so it has enough in to draw my audience in but not enough so that it ruins the whole story.

Question 8: My eighth question was: “Close-up shots are commonly used in Romantic Drama trailers. Why do you think these shots are important?” Again, a lot of the answers I received were particularly similar, saying that the close-up shots made you engage more with the characters aswell as realising their emotions more.
From the responses I got, gave me the impression that my audience thought close-up shots in romantic dramas were effective, so this has helped me realise that I need to add them into my trailer.

Question 9:
My ninth question was: “What does the pace of editing make you think about a Romantic Drama trailer?” The answers to this question from the survey were slightly different, some people were referring to the theme of the trailer, whereas some people looked at it overall, for example: someone’s response was: “It helps to portray the style and genre of the overall film, for example if the trailer is slower paced then you may get the feeling that it has a slightly sad tone to it whereas a fast paced trailer may convey a sense of comedy”. Whereas someone else’s response was: “What sort of love it is, i.e. slow editing would be passionate, deep, serious love. Fast editing would be happy, lively, exciting, fun love.”
From this, it has given me the idea that I need to decide what relationship my two main characters have and then that will help me with what pace of editing I need to think about.

Question 10:
My tenth question was: “What can high key and low key lighting tell you about plot and character in a Romantic Drama trailer?”. The majority of answers again, were very similar, giving me the idea that people thought if there was high lighting it was a fun, light-hearted moment – where as if it’s dim-lighting it can be used for intimate moments, or an example from the survey was: “Use high-key lighting over the protagonist (main character) and use low-key lighting over the antagonist showing the audience that we immediately shouldn’t like them”. This straight away told me that I needed to pick the correct key moments where I used my lighting.

Survey Results

Target Audience Survey

 

Plot Summary

I am planning on going for the genre of "Romantic Drama" trailer. The main plot will be about a young teenager who has been diagnosed with Cancer, and the trailer is going to show her falling in love, enjoying her life to full with her friends, lover and family but also show the dark side to her life and illness.