Research and Planning: Questionnaire Results

Research and Planning: Questionnaire

This is the questionnaire which I will be handing out to the rest of the class.

Research and Planning: List of audience interview questions

These are the questions which we will be using to interview our target audience.

1.What is your favourite Romantic Comedy Film? Why do you think it makes a good rom-com?

2. What do you like to see in a rom-com? (i.e. obstacles, problems etc.)

3. Can you name a rom-com film who's poster/trailer made you want to go and see it? Why do you think that is?

4. What was the last rom-com film you watched? Did you enjoy it and if so why?

5. What do you think is important to see in a trailer for a romantic comedy?

Research and Planning: Audience Research

Research and Planning: Film Poster

I had to create a film poster to see what I could remember about using photoshop from having a break from it over the summer. I have definitely forgotten how to use some tools but hopefully it'll come back to me soon.

Research and Planning: 'The Chase' trailer sequence

'The Chase' - preliminary task to see what are filming and editing skill are already like - I was an actor for this task and also helped with the editing afterwards.

For this task we were put into small groups and had to film a sequence for a 'The Chase' trailer. Our final clip had to be at least a minute long so we had to make sure we had enough film for this. After editing and cutting all the clips, we had a lot less film than we were expecting, we didn't realise straight away how much we were going to cut out. But this is something that we will be able to greatly improve on with our actual trailer.
We edited the trailer in iMovie which I found quite simple to use but hopefully when I produce my trailer we will be able to see where I have improved.

Research and Planning: Trailer Conventions

Typical Conventions of a Romantic Comedy Film Trailer

The Proposal(2009)

The Back Up Plan(2011)

The Conventions:

• Narrative graphics or voice over
• Comedic parts
• Shows the problem
• Gives clues towards the solution
• Upbeat music
• Music stops for important and comedic parts
• Introduces main character
• Gives the audience a basic idea of the storyline 
• Mostly close ups & mid shots