PROMO PACK BRIEF

MAIN TRAILER 

TEASER TRAILER

Charlotte Coppellotti 1812

I worked with Jess Foster 1820, Ellie Smart 1859 and Millie Wyatt 1874.

We created a promotion package for a new film, which includes two trailers, together with an official social media page for the film and a poster for the film. We made the promo pack for a comedy crime film entitled DODGING A BULLET.

The synopses of our film is a comedy film with thriller characteristics. It is a story based around female criminals and the disasters they encounter while on a heist to steal a renound painting. It is not as easy as they expected as they stumble across a murder. Our film has 4 main characters who are women which is part of our unique selling point. It is aimed at young adults which may appeal more to women due to the female empowering element of our film. The big question is 'How will they escape the charges?' The criminals are all different in style and personality which gives the film some diversity. 

I took responsibility for some of the camerawork, in particular, creating the establishing shots in the office of the manision using a Canon 650 D camera and a manfrotto tripod in order to film without having shaky shots. I would help set up the shots and direct the cast from behind the camera. We made sure to let everyone have an equal opportunity to use the camera and film different scenes. I took responsibility for the directing of the scenes in the office and those outside the window of the mansion. I had to set up the tripod and direct the cast to stand in the right spot, to make sure they would not be out of frame, and have the right perspective. 

I took responsibility for helping the set design, and helping to control the lighting, I made suggestions about lighting which we implemented, in particular, the lighting in the scene of the phonecall, where I directed the actor to face the spotlight, with the camera behind to create rim lighting. This was so that the actors face would be hidden in the shadows of the darkness behind her, only highlighting parts of her head ans shoulders to create a mysterious and sinister effect. 

We edited both our main trailer and our teaser trailer on Final Cut Pro and iMovie. Millie had the most experience in editing and so she took the main role in doing so in order for the editing process to go quicker and smoother. I was able to help by giving ideas in deciding what worked well, and what should be tweaked. As we needed many voice recordings and music overlapped onto our footage, I was able to help in recording them and chose the music for our trailer. The iMacs made placing the recordings on top of the footage easy, as I was able to send the music via AirDrop. 

We all took responsibility for creating a social media account to help market our film to our target audience. We chose Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok as these were mainstream platforms which would reach our target audience. I was in charge of creating the TikTok account (click here).

Please find my Creative Critical Reflection in the link above. 

Poster Draft

 

Social Media - Tik Tok

 

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLffLRxW/

PLANNING: Risk Assessment

Hazard to Health and Safety

Risk posed and to whom

Risk Level (H/M/L)

Control measure to reduce risk

Further action needed to reduce risk

Transport: As we prodominantly filmed at school, we didn't need to leave the premises. 

Weather: On the 26th, it rained, the outside floor became slippery, there was a danger of getting clothing wet and becoming too cold. Wet camera when filming outside, we were unable to use the tripod, as it was raining. Students bring appropriate clothing suitable for all weather and be cautious when walking on slippery surfaces.

First Aid Issues: Trips/Falls – could trip over in darkened rooms. Possibility of tripping when running. Accidents when performing mild stunts e.g. falling down stairs, jumping out windows. Carry a first aid kit at all times, aim to have a first-aider on stand-by, close car doors carefully, identify areas of danger.

General Public (e.g. theft or assault): Low risk of potential assault or kind of incident as we are filming on school premises. Students causing incident with member of public. Students stay in groups when in public spaces (with mobile phones), do not approach members of public or respond to provoking comments, students to remain in supervised conditions, do not film late at night, follow guidance of emergency personnel.

Accommodation (e.g. risk assessment from centre): No overnight accommodation

Major Public Incident (e.g. terrorism): Not applicable as there is minor chance of a terrorist attack in a school. In the case of one: Ensure venue has assembly point and pupils know where it is, as well as giving pupils assembly points whilst on public transport. Ensure pupils know the national advice to run if possible and hide if not. Ensure pupils know to always follow police instruction. Issue pupils with printed emergency contact card detailing school landline and school mobile – instruct them to call if they become lost (as well as alerting security official). Ensure trip leader has a school mobile and also contact details for both the school and all pupils + families

PLANNING: TREATMENT

The title of our film is 'Dodging a Bullet'. It is a comedy film with thriller characteristics. It is a story based around female criminals and the disasters they encounter while on a heist to steal a renound painting. It is not as easy as they expected as they stumble across a murder... Our film has 4 main characters who are women which is part of our unique selling point. It is aimed at young adults which may appeal more to women due to the female empowering element of our film. The big question is 'How will they escape the charges?' The criminals are all different in style and personality which gives the film some diversity. 

PLANNING: TARGET AUDIENCE & SIMILAR FILMS

 

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PLANNING TASKS:

 

1. The name of our film:  The Act of Taking
2. The name of our Production Company and our co-production companies: Silver Screen Productions, MCJE Films
3. The name of the director that will appear in our trailers: Ellie Smart
4. The name of the 2-3 main actors that will appear in our trailers: Millie Wyatt, Jess Foster, Charlotte Coppellotti, Ellie Smart
5. (Optional)  "From the director of..." Camera-Shy
6. The names of the film festivals where our film will be screened (more festival names here): 
7. Pull quotes from reviews etc; wording: London Comedy Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival
8. Our location recce - take photos and collate in an attractive way + written explanation: Mansion CFC
9. Our target audience Mainly girls 18-25+
10. Social groups and issues in our film... Women, Criminals, 
11. Our props list - photos + stereotypes + clothing - ??? Painting, gun, computer, funny costumes,
12. Our social media - write down decisions about who is taking responsibility for which platforms: Instagram, FB, Twitter
13. Our music - we researched (this type of music) as the background track... and narrowed down our choice to include... , Voice-Over 
14. Our call sheets are being written by ... ALL 
15. Make your storyboard - include.... 

• how you plan to frame shots - identify establishing shot, wide shots, two- shots, three-shots, CUs, ECUs,
• words of any other inter titles - Actor names, Character profiles
• release date - decide on wording - COMING SEPTEMBER 2022, TO CINEMAS NEAR YOU