R and P Mark December 2011

Hi,

Your blog is coming together nicely - I think at this stage we have 20/20 marks which is excellent.

Well done, can't wait to see the trailer!

Level 4 16–20 marks
• Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed.
• There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience.
• There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
• Time management is excellent.
• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation.
• There are excellent communication skills.
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.

Superhero Trailer Research

As I do not have a very big budget for this trailer, I researched other student made and home made superhero trailers. Unfortunately there were not very many. However, I found these two videos that contain great action sequences and special effects. The action scenes looked well choreographed and that is something I will have to consider in my trailer. I really like the Legacy (short super hero film) as it has a great plot, the choreography is well rehearsed and the special effects are very good for a home made project.

Superhero Film Poster Research

Superhero film posters

View more presentations from Bobbie Brown.

Actor Casting

I needed an actor who could be taken seriously as a Superhero. I had to think carefully about who I was going to cast as I do not want my trailer to be a comedy. The person I have chosen has good height, and a good body structure that I think can be taken seriously. I will have to take into account his height whilst designing the costume.

Self-Evaluation

Research

•Soundtrack research (non copyright music)

•Costume and location research

•Actors and props photos

•Audience Research (typical audience member and similar films)

•Uploaded YouTube videos of teaser trailers and titles analysed in detail

•Uploaded YouTube videos of similar genre films analysed in detail

•Institution research (Paramount etc)

•Certificate research

•Font research for magazine/poster etc

•Film Magazines researched and analysed

•Teaser posters researched and analysed

  Planning

•Own film idea brainstorm

•Own film treatment

•Shot lists

•Questionnaire (and feedback)

•Photos etc of filming

•Diary of filming/editing etc with photos and screen grabs)

•Mood board

•Storyboard - animatic

•Script

•Practice titles created and uploaded

Self Evaluation

- Need more actor and prop photos

-Film magazines researched and analysed

-Teaser posters researched and analysed

-Upload comparable trailer (student made)?

16/20 marks.

Superhero Word Moodboard

If My Superhero Idea Developed Into a Film

The Tornado (Film plot) on Prezi

This would be the plot of my film if it developed further than just a trailer.

Superhero Formula

Almost every superhero movie follows a formula, walking us through the good guy's origin story and introducing his (usually his) entire universe. Clueless loser. Gets superpowers. Shirks his destiny. Faces his destiny. Meets super-baddy. Loses. Faces his darkest hour. Fights super-baddy again. Wins. The end. Yay! Or else they're sequels, in which there's less "journey of discovery," and multiple bad guys.

This was taken from the website: http://io9.com/superhero-movies/

I think that this formula is fairly accurate, however, there is usually a love interest mixed into the equation somewhere. I also think that there are a couple of exceptions to this formula like the ones analysed on this website.

I want my superhero story to follow the traditional formula to some degree but I want to find a unique selling point that makes mine original and different. This may be difficult to achieve as there have been many superhero films released so finding a USP that has not been used may be a challenge.