Evaluation

I have also looked back at existing media products and compared them too mine.

On the left is a screen shot from A Cinderella Story, and also from my trailer Delete You. A close up has been used to emphasize the emotion. The composition of the shot is also very similar.

On the right are another set of stills. The top image is from 17 Again. This is a classroom scene, it was for my classroom scene to represent an American classroom.



On the left are some stills of a long shot. The long shot has also been used in High school Musical 2. Like in HSM2 Troy is leading his group of friends like Nate in my trailer.



On the right is an establishing shot from Picture This, and below from my film Delete You. Like my trailer the trailer for Picture This also begins with an establishing shot.



This set of images are from scenes played out for comedy. In both scene a character walks into a locker. A midshot is used to show the character and the locker clearly focusing in on the comedy part of the scene.

Film Magazine Covers

Here are some examples of existing film magazine covers. These are both British film magazines, Empire and Total Film.

Voice Over

Many trailers use voice overs for the trailers to tell the audience more about the plot of the film so the clips seen make sense to the viewer.

I've decided to script two voice overs for my trailer;

1. From the P.O.V of the main character Mollie, like in the trailer for Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan narrates from the P.O.V of Cady.

2. From a narrator voicing the film, like in the trailer for Wild Child.

Mollie Voice Over

High School, it’s not so bad,

That’s me Mollie Fletcher,

I wouldn’t say I’m popular

I get good grades, good friends and best of all

My boyfriend Nate……

Until one day……………

DELETE

Voiced Over Script

In this High School Mollie Fletcher had it all

Good Grades,

Friends

And her boyfriend Nate

Until one day

Things didn’t go so well…..

And she deleted him for good

Now she’s on a mission to find Nate, and restore their relationship

More Trailers

Genre Research

My teen film touches on the idea of magical/un-explained theme. Many other films of this genre also follow this theme. Films such as Just My Luck, Freaky Friday and 17 Again.
In my film we see the character Mollie 'delete', her boyfriend Nate. In Just My Luck, the characters of Ashley and Jake share a kiss where their luck is swapped, Zac Efron's character Mike, in 17 Again transforms from a 37 year old man to a 17 year old teenager and in Freaky Friday the mother and daughter switch bodies.

Analysis of a Trailer: Picture This

The trailer begins with a long shot of a guy walking down a corridor and then cuts to a close up of a girl. The girls is wearing glasses so gives the idea of her being geeky and unpopular , she's looks fascinated by the guy and she sighs and is smiling. There is also a upbeat non-diegetic piece of music. She is then tripped up by a blonde girl, who yells 'granny panties', suggesting she's a bit of a bully, and the traditional bitchy girl. The film production company names then comes up on screen. A voice over then comes in over the top telling us about the main character, supporting the ideas we got from the first time we see out main character. Clips of the film continue whilst the narrator continues to tell us about the film. The music also changes in tempo to fit the clips. The narrator then tells us the film stars Ashley Tisdale from High School Musical. This is often used as usually the actors or the film will already have an audience that they can bring to the film. The film titles come up, saying Ashley Tisdale, then finally the film title 'Picture This'.

Common Stereo Types of a Teen Genre

Genre: Teen

Taditionally in a teen genre film there are two groups of friends, ushally in a schhol. One group is traditionaly the 'popular' group, who consist of the bitchy girls and the 'jocks' (popular boys). The other group is traditionaly the protagonist so 'the unpopular' group. Taditionally a group of people who don't follow the crowd and are seen as uncool, and reffered to as 'nerds' or 'geeks', they are ushally victims of bullying from the 'popular' group.

In the High School Musical triology, the lead character Troy Bolton is the popular kid in school, captin of the basketball team and the school heatthrob, this sterotypically is seen as antagonist but in HSM he is the protagonist. Troy is still hard working at school and also part of the drama club which is not stereotypical of a 'jock', his girlfriend is also the new girl at school and is seen as the geeky clever girl. This is a more traditional representation in this genre.

Analysis of Teaser Trailer: High School Musical 3

Starts: 25 seconds in

Breakdown of Teaser Trailer

Production Company name, logo – Disney
Heart beat – chanting
Establishing shots of a school – fade to black
Troy walking to his locker – mid shot from behind ‘BOLTON’ on his shirt, tells us who the character is
School bell ring
White flash
Over shoulder shot
Quick cut of several shots
Music continues of a series of shots from the film
Music slows down – Troy & Gabriella sing
Music picks back up
Cuts to titles – THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE
Cuts back to clips of the film
Cuts to titles – OF A GENERATION
Clip of Sharpay – talking (show must go on)
Clips of the film
Cuts to titles – BECOMES A MOTION PICTURE EVENT
Clips of the film
Clip of Gabriella & Troy – talking (goodbye)
Cuts to titles – FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Quick cuts of film clips
Titles – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR
Clip of Sharpay and Troy
Titles – Featuring 10 new songs
Graduation hats thrown into the air
ONLY IN CINEMAS

Analysis of Film Poster: A Cinderella Story

Like the 17 Again poster it uses negative space well creative focus on the subject of the poster, however the white colour background is more fairytale like than modern and professional. The poster is still professional, but the soft blues of the text give the fairytale softness. This is supported by the big white dress Hilary Duff is wearing, like a princess. The film title also supports this. She is also wearing pink converse suggesting she could be a tomboy, but because they are pink she is still girly. She is on Chad Micheal Murray's back suggesting their close, and a possible romantic connection. The poster also displays a quote from a film reviewer. The quote is possotive so it attracts audiences, to make them what to go see it.

Analysis of Film Poster: 17 Again

The poster has lots of negative space around the image so your eye is automatically drawn to the main image. The white colour give a professional simple look, with the simple black and red texts. The main image is Zac Efron who is the USP. Efron is dressed in casual clothing completed with a pair a sunglasses representing him as cool. Around his ankles is a pair of trousers and a shirt which looks as if they have fallen of him. He also has a tie around his neck. This gives a sense of a tranformation from where the clothing is on his body like it was a suit which has come of reveling a iner-person (17). This is also supported by the title of the film, and the tag line for the film 'Who says you're only young once?'

Analysis of Film Poster: Conventions

Common Conventions:
Film title
Actors
Production information
Release date
Slogan
1 main image

Trailers

17 Again
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2523529241/
Wizards of Waverly: The Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHwlJSoZxc&feature=related
High School musical 3: Senior Year
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1960509721/

Picture This

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4041802009/

Film Posters

Here are some existing film posters. These posters fit the genre of Teen/Tween films, a genre I am going to look at.

Film Websites

High School Musical 3
http://www2.disney.co.uk/DisneyMovies/high-school-musical-3movie/

Hannah Montana: The Movie
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/hannahmontanamovie/#/home

17 Again
http://17againmovie.com/