Chosen distribution

I have decided to choose the Univursal/ Working Titles distribution. I am using this because many popular romance films have been distributed by this. It is a well known institution which will make the audience confident that the film would be good after knowing of other films similar that has done well.

production companies distribution

 

I have looked at different romance films to find out the production companies who have made them to get find out which production companies are most popular.  

Dear john – Sony

About time – working titles

Letters to Juliet – Summit Entertainment

The proposal – Touchstone Pictures

Love actually – working titles

The holiday – Sony

The Vow - Screen Gems/ Spyglass Entertainment

The note book - New Line Cinema

Working titles

About time

Love actually

I give it a year

Definitely maybe

Pride and prejudice

Bridget jones

Wimbledon

Character profile for Tom

Tom was born in 1995 and grew up living in the countryside. He likes to spend his time boxing. In 2014 he met Louise online and asked to take her out on a date. This date turned into many more and they soon fell into a long time relationship. They enjoyed taking long walks together in the countryside and having romantic evenings. 

Full name: Thomas Barton

Nickname: Tom

Gender: Male 

Age: 18

Birthday: 19/12/1995

Place of birth: Kent

Lives: in the country side

Language spoken: English

Height: 6ft

Hair colour: Brown

Eye colour: brown  

Likes/ hobbies: Boxing

Dislikes:

font analysis

The font 'Century Schoolbook' would work as a conventional font for the film titles. This font works well as it is strong and easy to read. There isn't too much detail to the lettering which makes it easy to read. I don't think this font works too well with the genre of the film.

This font 'Apple Chancery', would work well for the titles as it fits in with the romance genre. This fits in with the romance genre as there is a lot of detail to it. However I think that this detail could look too over the top and could make it hard to read.

I like the font 'Handwriting- Dakota' as it looks quite simple and fits in with the romance genre. I think this could work well as it is easy to read and there is not too much is going on. The font is slanted which makes it look more romantic. However as the font is slanted this could make it hard for some people to read.

The font 'Optima' is quite bold and could be hard to read. I don't think this would be a suitable font to use for our trailer as it doesnt fit in with the genre at all.

I have looked at this font as i felt this looks more feminine which fits in with the romance genre.
looks more femine and romantic

looks romantic but hard to read

looks strong and solid it is different

film titles from About time

I have looked at the film title in the trailer for About Time to get an idea of what type of titles are used in a trailer. The first three titles are from the production companies distribution. They haven't included the whole of the institution just part of it so that the viewer can still see which production company.

The next two titles are showing the names of films from the same creators as this. The idea of this is to attract the audience from these well known films. By naming the films the audience will see the names and want to see this film. 

The next few titles are giving away the plot of the film slightly to help the viewer get the idea of the film. The viewer will see whats happening in the trailer and the titles explain it a bit more. However they don't give away the whole storyline as it is simply asking a question instead of telling. I think this is a good idea to question the viewer in the titles as it tell them a bit about what will happen and would make them think of what they would do.

The titles leading up to the end of the trailer give more away about the film. They are telling you that the film is about love, it is about life and it is about time.

The title of the film 'About Time' is shown in the next title. It is on its own on the screen to make it clear that that is the title of the film. Following after this isa screen showing where you could get more information of the film.

The font of these titles are plain and simple and it is easy to read.The font used throughout the film titles stays consistent. I think this is effective and I will take this onboard when choosing the font for my trailer.

Peer assessment by Kirsty Brown

• The blog is very visual 
• Lots of ICT
• Need more posts - you have 14, so needed a few more
• More writing needed
• More posts on your trailer, magazine cover and film cover
• Analyse and evaluate more
• Go into more detail
• More research and planning
• Storyboards 

Overall it is a very good blog. 

Storyboard

Creating this storyboard has helped us work out what will happen in each scene. This also helps us to get an idea of what type of camera angles we want to use and the length of each scene. 

In our first few scenes we first see the couple as their 40 year old selves. In this scene the couple are arguing about how much they argue. This results in the woman packing her bags. As she is doing this a photo album falls off the top of the wardrobe. The couple start looking back through the book and being reminded of their memories when they were younger. Some of these memories will be seen throughout the trailer. We will use a range of camera angles such as close ups, mid shots, over the shoulder shots, zoom, long shot, panning.

Trailer transcript

(Music)

(Institution)

(Shouting)
argument

TEXT
From the creators of About time

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And Love actually

dialogue

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can reliving a memory


text
help change the future
 dialogue

text
love the second time round
text
coming soon

analysis of About Time trailer