Camera

After using both an iPhone camera and the provided camera, which is now a Canon Legria HFR706, I have decided to use my iPhone 6 to film the final production.

On the left is a sweded film trailer, filmed on an iPhone 6.
On the right is an unfinished AS Media production, filmed on a Canon Legria HFR706.

iPhone 6 has:

•  1080p HD video recording (30 fps or 60 fps)
• True Tone flash
• Slo-mo video (120 fps or 240 fps)
• Time-lapse video
• Cinematic video stabilisation
• Continuous autofocus video
• Take still photos while recording video
• Improved face detection
• 3x zoom
• Video geotagging

The Canon Legria HFR706 has:

• 32x Optical Zoom, 57x Advanced Zoom and 1140x Digital Zoom give exceptional shooting range
• 1.4.85” CMOS sensor and rapid DIGIC DC 4 processor give professional quality
• Zoom Framing Assist mode keeps you in control of your shots
• Image Stabilisers keep your footage blur-free
• The fluid Audio Scene Select mode keeps the sound crisp, whatever your shooting

Storyboard

Reflective Comment
This storyboard allows an understanding and a plan for the production and filming stage of the teaser trailer. This is, however, not fully developed to the best of the ability as further description could be added, as a reflection.

Tripod

Three of us in the media class have purchased a tripod from Amazon.
Although there will be a lack of freedom as it will be shared, we can communicate to use our time effectively. The tripod extends and is adjustable to fit an iPhone 6 and iPhone 7.

The tripod was needed as we are all using iPhones rather than provided cameras.





The tripod is 75 centimeters tall, which is not that tall; to overcome the issue of height, I can stand the tripod on objects.

Gender Stereotypes

Reflective Comment
The exploration has allowed me to collect an understanding for my media products. To improve upon this, I should link the representations to my characters to fully take the most of the research for gender representation.

Representation of Colours

For my use of semiotics, I have been exploring representations; on Colour Wheel Pro I have found what different colours typically represent with the psychology behind them.

The Big Eight Brand Colours-

Red
Light red represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love. 
Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness.
Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.
Brown suggests stability and denotes masculine qualities.
Reddish-brown is associated with harvest and fall.

Orange
Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.
Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action.
Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolises high quality.

Yellow
Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy. 
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy.

Green
Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive green is the traditional colour of peace.

Blue
Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness.

Purple
Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration.

In relation to my product, dominant colours will be basic colours-especially white, grey, black, red. 

The main character will be wearing white as a symbolisation of innocence, which will be tainted.

Black will be used to foreshadow their certain early death.

Red will be used as a representation of love, but also danger.

Textual Analysis of Ancillary Task - Film Websites

Avatar

This is an example of a film website, Avatar is one of the largest grossing film so my website will obviously not be as interactive. Videos, images, purchasing of the film, downloads, and news are all available on this website alongside the soundtrack and the film's social media pages.

Arrival

This is a website for a film of the future (from the time of this post), it has links to the social media sites Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Three of the main actors are shown above the large title 'ARRIVAL', the release date is then displayed. All this website allows you to do is view the trailer. As my film will be a future production, it will be a good idea to base my website like this one.

The Lobster

This film website has very basic colours, cream and black. The page allows you to view the trailer, soundtrack (on iTunes),  a digital download version of the film, and websites to purchase.
This independent film is about single people, who fill out a survey to discover what animal they'd be, have to find someone or they become their animal.  The website allows you to do the survey and discover the animal you would become; I would be a cat. This website is basic, but very interactive and allows you to share the results on Twitter with the hashtag #TheLobster. It would be a good idea to include something like this, which relates to the narrative of my film.

Ancillary Tasks - Textual Analysis of Posters

http://voguesugar.com/movie-posters/
I will be gaining an inspiration for my ancillary tasks from previous films, below are some examples of film posters.

Submarine

This poster for the independent film contains the colours black, yellow, blue, red and white. The main focus is the main character who is photographed with a close up and a blue filter is given over half of the  poster. This is a very basic poster with a large title at the top and small credit-like text at the bottom.

This Is England

This is another independent film with a long shot of the main cast, it contains relevant colours to the theme of the film with red, white and blue text. However, the text in white below 'A film by Shane Meadows' is very hard to read, in my poster I will ensure that all text is clearly visible. The purpose is to display the characters within the film; there is a suggestion of gang culture and 'skinhead' culture with the Doc Marten boots, chequered shirts and braces along with the shaved head.
In the background of this poster, there is a metal wall and two blocks of flats; this displays a sense of 'rough' and 'urban' setting, where the working class live as well as the unemployed, with more chance of violence and crime.
The font of 'This is England' is bold and represents strength; the colours symbolises pride and the slight fade allows it to fit in with tatty surroundings and create some authenticity.

Previous A2 Media Teaser Poster

This poster is from a former student who also did a teaser trailer. This is a basic concept to a poster and is really 'teasing' the film to the audience. The poster contains conventional aspects with a large title, the Director's name, a rating and also, as seen in modern films, a hashtag for Twitter.