Evaluation of My Trailer

This is my blog post where I can evaluate my trailer.

Main intentions
Firstly my main intentions of my trailer was to attract a huge number of my target audience which are females, mostly couples and teen girls.

Showing my genre through the trailer. 
My genre is romance drama and after looking at many trailers and watching the films, I got a sense of the genre. With the shocking moments in the story line which normally defines a romance drama for example when someone has a terminal illness, they are doing something they don't want. Normally it is leaving the girl which in my case is part of the narrative.
 Also referring back to my codes and convention blog, I have also shown my genre through the non digetic score which reflects the feelings/ moods in the scenes.
Also as stated on the codes and convention blog, it is a convention that fades and cuts are used. I have used in the sad and information scenes, for example where my main character Aaron has started to cough blood. Also in previous romance drama trailers, at the very end of the trailer we see the characters name and face where they are smiling, I have conducted that myself in my trailer, which shows the genre off.
I have used Todrov's theory to structure my narrative. I have started with the equilibrium where I have my starting scene where my character are on a dinner date.
Then I created the disruption and recognition of where Aaron starts coughing blood and feels uneasy. Also the two shot where his best friend tells him to let go.
Then the repair was all the quick shots of him doing negative things like drinking, and having the medication.
I added my own piece to the theory which was quick cuts of the love, which I have spread from the start to the end.
Lastly ending it with a few shots of the problem and love, which I have done at the end of my trailer.

Other peoples opinion on my trailer
I have shown many people my trailer, mostly my target audience and have written down what they thought of it.
Natasha- Overall the trailer was put together real nice and flowed very well and understood the narrative. Also the shots that I used was good and were different which was good. Especially the shot in the cupboard where the main character is reaching for his medication. The transition shot was good. Also the shot where the main guy point of view shot was used when he was coughing blood.
To improve on, Try use capital letters for you questions in your trailer.
I tried the improvement and it just didn't fit. To justify I had capital letters for each starting word and left the rest lower case. The reason I have done this is because it gives the words a soft appeal to them and its not like the words are shouting to my audience when they read it. I wanted my trailer to have a gentle approach.
Maira- She thought that the whole trailer fit with the music, it flowed very well, it attracted her from the start and overall she staed, 'if the film was made, she would watch it.'
Mrs Jenkins( Media Teacher)- Overall she liked the trailer, she liked the variety of shots I used including the medication scene transition. Also the lighting in the first scene which allows the mood and sense of togetherness between the couple. However to improve on, she stated that there was a jumpy shot where my main character laughs at the end of the starting scene. I deleted that scene and re arranged the shot and it looked more better and seemed to flow editing wise better.
Shweta- Overall she liked the trailer and liked how it flowed and the narrative made sense. She liked the colour scheme I used- White and pink. Also she also liked the lighting throughout the scenes and the colours that the actors were wearing.It fitted with the mood of the scenes and the whole trailer.
Saira- Overall she liked the trailer, she liked how the voiceovers fit with the music with the emotions, also she likes how the trailer interwines with the shots.
Krishna- Overall he liked the trailer, he thought it flowed very well, he liked how the music corresponded and the final voiceover I choose was better than the other one.

My own opinion on my trailer.
Overall I thought it was a good trailer, I understood the narrative however that would be very biased of me to say as I know the narrative inside out. It flows the way I wanted it to. At the start of using Windows Live Movie Maker I was doubtful in editing my footage in the programme due to the lack of other effects I could've done. I thought that my trailer wont look professional enough... I was proven wrong.
Windows Live Movie Maker has done a great job and in fact the fancy effects weren't needed in a trailer as you just needs basic fades and cuts and simple transitions. Onto the simple shots and  the ease of editing, it did establish the characters and location the way I wanted to. I am thankful to my actors who have I have moaned constantly on getting the filming done and they have done a tremendous job on acting in very awkward situations.
However one thing I wish I can improve on  is that I wish I could have done more happy vs sad shots. It seemed my trailer started with all the happy shots and ended in sad shots which wasn't the way I wanted it to end with. However with the slow motion hug at the end I hope that has recovered that issue.

Finished Trailer

Here is my final trailer, I have worked very hard on this and trying to make it a good and understandable trailer. I have created two trailers which haven two different voice overs. One trailer's voice over is my main actor James voice and the other is mine. I am overall presenting my final trailer as James Voice over however I thought I should present my other trailer too.

Trailer#1

Trailer#2

Making My Promotional Poster

Here I have created my Promotional Poster on Photoshop, and I have documented on a word document and scanned it through.

Font Choosing

Font is very important in my project as it will be a key item for synergy.
On this Word Document I have some fonts which I have considered to use then narrowed down to 3 fonts which I trailed and see which one will work on my project and justified why I liked the particular font.

Overall I went for the Tekton Pro font as it was more visable from a far and it can be fancy and smart at the same

Response on Promotional Poster & Magazine Cover plans to my target audience

I have showed my magazine and promotional poster plans to my target audience which are females. 

Women #1
Magazine-  Liked the layout, the title was attractive, image was different and good idea for a white plain background also the film strip along the front magazine was unique.
Promo Poster- Liked the layout and how the released date is amongst the institution information, how the actors name is listed, also where the title is on the page, also the location of the tagline, and image.

Improve
The image on the promotional poster, have the actors facing each other and show the intimacy.

Women #2
Magazine- liked the layout and looks likes a proper magazine, colour scheme fits with genre, Also how the image is covering the mag names.
Promo Poster- Colour scheme, actors name location, location where the institution info is, also the image is different which is good as I am not following other romance drama posters. Normally others use actors face close to close but I am going to use another one which is good and makes my promo poster stand out.

Women #3
Magazine- Liked the layout of the magazine name and the writing around the picture, also she liked the image and the colour scheme.
Promo Poster- Liked the colour scheme, good idea about the image which portrays happiness and sadness at the same time. Lastly, the layout of the poster is clear and spacious which allows the audience not to be reading a lot, just giving the main info like release date and actors name.

Institution information on my promotional poster and trailer

I have looked at what is written in the institution information on promotional posters and trailer. So I zoomed on The Vow information and made note of what is included. This will help me in making my own institution info on the bottom of my promotional poster and on my trailer.
I chose The Vow promo poster for this because other promotional posters like Dear John, P.S I Love You were all blurry so I found  'The Vow' clear version.