Creating props- Story book paragraph

This is the final paragraph for the 'book scene' in one of the opening shots for our trailer. 

Creating props- 'Ward of oz' story book

This is the book that is meant to represent the 'Wizard Of Oz'  although i created my own paragraph for the story so that it not replicated completely or 'copied' from the book. This is the book in creation, using the simple word processing software 'Microsoft Office Word'.

Location ideas- News backdrop

Instead of using a PowerPoint, we could use this Youtube video, as the titles move, it would make the shot less static. It also looks professional and serious due to the colour scheme. The colour red has connotations with 'danger' and it will therefore highlight the danger of the tornado.

Location- News report scene

In the new report scene, we need a 'news' like backdrop. We will use a classroom 'Smartboard' to provide a digital, professional looking backdrop. Another alternative would be using the 'green screen' to make it look even more realistic and believable.

Dialogue research- Princess

After conducting research into various scenes from fairy tales and other films with our 'fantasy' like theme/genre we concluded that these are some of the characteristics that this character would poses. 

Dialogue research- Villain

After conducting research into various scenes from fairy tales and other films with our 'fantasy' like theme/genre we concluded that these are some of the characteristics that this character would poses.

Dialogue research- King

After conducting research into various scenes from fairy tales and other films with our 'fantasy' like theme/genre we concluded that these are some of the characteristics that this character would poses.

Possible dialogue- Word cloud

I created a word cloud to look at the possible dialogue that could be present in our trailer.

Shot ideas (pencil drawings) - Ending of trailer

 We figured that 'dramatic' or 'action' shots often occur towards the end of the trailer. These shots are often accompanied by the sound of a loud/uplifting/haunting/emotional or a dramatic score rather than dialogue. And if dialogue is present, it is either a paralanguistical feature such as a scream or shot. Often within these shots the characters have a meaningful expression showing the most dramatic points of an emotion, so either beside themselves, over the moon or terrified. It is important that our actors are able to show this emotion in order to make the audience connect with our characters.

Shot ideas (pencil drawings) - beginning of trailer

We decided that these would be shots we would use towards the start of the trailer as they aren't that 'dramatic' and the 'dramatic' scenes often come towards the end of the trailer. The first shot shows 'Snow white' with her 'fairytale' like horse and the second shows 'Snow White' holding the stereotypical 'apple', which directly compliments our 'theme/genre' and conforms to the stereotypical conventions of 'fantasy' or 'fairy tale'. Possible dialogue for these shots could be... 

1st shot- 'Who are you'

'A horse?! In my tower'

'What?! How did you get in here'

2nd shot- Rather than dialogue, in this shot, we would use a paralinguistical feature like a 'gasp'. In the script, this would be put in stars and in italics like this...*GASP*. This feature could also be classed as gramatical onomatopoeia.

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*Set back 20/1/14*

One of the horses we were planning on using as a character in our trailer had to be unexpectedly put to sleep, this has set us back very far not only in the casting process, but in the production of our trailer, we are yet to find another horse that fits the 'fanstasy' like description like the other horse did. We now need to arrange another time where all the actors and a new horse will be present on that day for the filming of our trailer.

Next step- storyboarding

Story-boarding is essential to create a film trailer, this will enable us to finalise the shots and know how and where to film them exactly. The storyboard doesn't just need to include images, but it must also include a clear description of the type of shot, movement as well as duration, dialogue references, music reference, lighting, props required, location, time of day etc to make creating a filming schedule realistic and easy.

To create our storyboard we will be using online software 'pixton' this storyboard will be detailed and enable us to have a solid understanding of the shots we must capture and the characters present in each scene and where they will be needed.

Here is some good example of a storyboard...

This storyboard not only has images, but has references to micro aspects that are essential in the completion of a professional storyboard.

Next step- casting

We need both young girls and teenage girls, here are some ideas of shots/actors that would fit our brief....

Influences- Mise en' scene

Myself and my production partner created this mood board of different shot ideas, due to the mise en' scene, all of these shots/stills are clear representations of the 'fairytale' genre and we could possibly replicate some of the mise en scene or cinematography in order to present the genre in the same way.

Second written treatment