Sound

The sounds I wanted to use have to either be mae by myself or taken from royalty free msuci websites. As the software i have access to is limited and i am not quite familiar with its use, I chose to browse through different websites to find the sounds I wanted. I found that http://www.freesound.org/ was the most useful and this is where I got all of my sounds from. The babies cry was very straight forward to find however the main soundtrack to the trailer was more difficult. Using my mindmap I searched different key words such as 'eerie', 'nursery rhymes' and 'horror'.
I eventually came across the sound of a ropey music box which gave me chills and so decided to use this throughout my trailer. It wasn't quite long enough to accompany all of my footage so I looped it on the Sony Vegas Pro software and it finished at the right place. I slowed the song down a little to make it more creepy and feel that its connotation of being quite jolly juxtaposes the chilling atmosphere of the horror film.

Actor Profile

Name: Sarah Barden

D.O.B: 28.10.1993

Age: 18

Profession: working actress

Nationality: British

Place of Birth: Shrewsbury

Education:

- Shifnal Primary School

- Idsall School

- Idsall Sixth Form

Height: 5ft 6

Hair colour: light brown

Eye Colour: blue

I made the actress look more like a mum in the film trailer by dressing her in ordinary attire - jeans and a t shirt. She wore minimal make up and her hair was simply clipped in a no-fuss manner. I believe this is an accurate representation of a modern day mum and is something that an audeince would be able to relate to.

Prezi Teaser Trailer Storyboard

When I had drawn my first storyboard on paper, I discovered that some of the shots didn't have the same effect and so I created this Prezi Presentation to show my new and improved storyboard for my teaser trailer in chronological order.

Storyboard on Prezi

Camera Shots & Angles Research

I carried out research on different camera shots and angles that I could use in my teaser trailer. I found these websites very useful and also found a SlideShare presentation which gave lots of information about additional things to consider when filming such as continuity. I hasten to add that I DID NOT MAKE THIS PRESENTATION, I merely used it for my research and to gain more knowledge in order to make my teaser trailer as good as it can be.

Camera Shots, Angles, Movement - Camera Basics

View more PowerPoint from M Y

http://www.mediaknowall.com/camangles.html
http://solematesfilm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/research-camera-shots-angles-and.html

Teaser Trailer Mindmap

Again my ideas are clearly set out using a mindmap regarding everything I need to consider when making the teaser trailer.

Facebook

I created a page on Facebook onto which I uploaded my products and requested feedback from a selected audience. Here is a link to this page:
http://www.facebook.com/a2mediainstinct

Easter

I shall continue to post again properly after the Easter break. Have a lovely Easter!