Chosen Task and Initial Thoughts

I have chosen to undertake the task of producing a film trailer with James Scott and Sam Warren. The main task will be accompanied by two ancillary tasks and these will be a magazine cover and poster. The main task will be filmed and edited as a group, however we will create each ancillary task independently to show that we are all skilled and experienced enough to create content without the aid of someone else.

I have gained quite a bit of experience from filming and editing my AS coursework last year, so I am well aware of how long filming and editing will take, the different set backs we may encounter, how to overcome these, as well as the features of the editing software. Last year we faced problems with varying weather because of the time of year we chose to film at but this year we wont haver this problem as we have chosen to begin filming earlier. My aim this year is to make the filming sessions a lot less impromptu by creating a time table with the help of my team members as we each have out of school responsibilities. At A level I also do ICT which has provided me with a broad range of skills in design which will be especially useful when it comes to creating a poster.

Our groups chosen genre is British drama as we can easily relate to the genre, all being British, and since most of the films are low budget and set in lower, middle class areas we know a lot of locations where we can film the trailer. A good example of a low budget British drama film is Legend (£25 million) and another is Green Street ($346.830). Here are the trailers of the two films that I previously talked about that have given me some ideas on how I could set up the trailer I am going to help create.