Finalising Your Film Idea

Now that you have your audience feedback results you need to create a finished proposal for your film idea/concept. This can be presented in video format or as a document but it needs to include the following information:

• Working Title (this is a basic idea for the film's title - you will undertake title research and ask for audience feedback so this may change)
• Your Chosen Genre
• A Synopsis - a full breakdown of your film's plot and the characters

Blog Checking - October 2nd

I will be looking at your blogs in the week starting 2nd October.

All tasks set MUST be posted by this point. This includes:

• Trailer Recreation
• Year One Evaluation
• Codes and Conventions of Film Trailers
• Genre Conventions - Circle Map
• Codes and Conventions of Film Posters
• Codes and Conventions of Film Magazine Covers
• Pitches + Survey
• Audience Feedback - Results Analysis

Pitches and Audience Feedback

As one of your first planning task, I would like you to develop two or three film concepts and create a 'pitch' for each.

You will be filming these pitches and sharing them with the class (and perhaps the school) to gather feedback on which cinematic concept appeals most.

Your pitches should be engaging and sum up the concept of your film in under a minute!




Once you have some filmed pitches (like the excellent one above). Publish to your blog and create a survey (using Survey Monkey) to gather some feedback.

Film Posters & Film Magazines - Codes and Conventions

Your next research task is to investigate and outline the typical conventions of film posters and film magazines. Working in pairs, look at a variety of posters and magazines in an effort to establish the common features in each (e.g. look at a variety of genres of films and more than one film magazine - Empire, Total Film, Sight and Sound are some suggestions).

In addition to outlining codes and conventions, I would also like you to start considering how the brand/identity of a film is maintained between trailer and poster (and if possible, when featured on a magazine cover). Be thinking about use of colour, fonts, logos, actors, imagery etc...

Trailers - General Codes and Conventions

Looking at between 10 and 15 trailers from a variety of genres, establish the typical codes and conventions.

You should consider:

• Use of text

• Use of dialogue/voice over

• Editing styles

• Sound/music

• Choice of shots (cinematography and action)

• Information included (and where)

• Font styles

• Inclusion of studio names, actors, directors etc...

• Colour palette?

As always - how you present your work is essential. Think of an interesting way to get this information across and show off the thoroughness of your research.