Gaining Feedback on Social Network Sites

 
Sam put the youtube link onto her twitter

This was one of our feedback comments^





Nicole shared the link onto her facebook page which led to comments which will be helpful for our customer feedback.

 

We shared the link of our film trailer on our twitter and Facebook pages so we could gain some feedback. 

Film Trailer: Rough Cut 2

The improvements we made between rough cut 1 and 2 are:

• We added a title 'SSN PRODUCTIONS' at the start of the trailer
• Changed the song to 'let her go'- Passenger and '1,2,3,4'- Feist
• Took out the title 'time went on'  and added 'a love that would last a lifetime' 
• Added the scene of Ben writing ' Dear Lucy'
• Took out the scene of Lucy talking and added one of Lucy saying 'I think you're a bit too late'
• Added the scene of the close up of her Wedding ring
• Added the scene of Ben on the phone and took the other one out
• Added scene with the fire
• Took out scene of Lucy and friend walking
• Added scene of Ben declining Lucy's call
• Added scene of Lucy telling Ben she is leaving her husband
• Added scene of throwing ring off
• Added scene of 'flash back' to them as children
• Added titles of the release date and title of film and got rid of 'coming soon' title
• Added credit page at end

Ancillary Task: Magazine Draft

This is the start of our magazine front cover for our ancillary task, we still have yet to add in our own picture of our actor 'Sophie Jones'

* Picture used is only temp until we shoot pictures of our own characters from the trailer

Script: Second Draft

Trailer Script 

Dear Lucy

By Nicole, Sophie and Sam

Cast:

Lucy

Ben


Amy

*Titles of SSN productions*

*Camera pan from right to left- shows Lucy being dropped off in the car to the foster home*

*Voiceover of Lucy*- 'i was just 10 years old when i moved into a foster home'

*Camera in front with Lucy walking towards it, with her suitcase going into the foster home*

*Lucy walking through the gates of the foster home holding her toy* 

*Lucy and Ben running up the road*
VOICEOVER OF LUCY: 'And thats where i met my best friend Ben'

*Ben and Lucy walking through a field laughing together*

*Lucy and Ben having a play fight with stuffed toys*

*Ben chasing Lucy through the field*

*Ben and Lucy reading a book, Ben taps Lucy to show her a funny part of his book*

*Ben and Lucy running up the road holding hands*

TITLES- 'Childhood sweethearts torn apart'

Lucy: "I'm being fostered and i'm moving away"

*Lucy and Ben hug* 
VOICEOVER OF LUCY: 'we promised to write to each other'

*Lucy goes off in the car and Ben waves at the side of the road*

*Ben looks sad and walks up the stairs*

*Ben looks through and finds Lucy left her diary here*

*Ben writing a lesson to Lucy*
VOICEOVER OF BEN; "Dear Lucy"

*Lucy writing a letter back to Ben*
VOICEOVER OF LUCY: "Dear Ben"

*Lucy posting the letter to Ben*
VOICEOVER OF LUCY: "Im missing you"

TITLES- 'time went on'

*Older Ben comes into the trailer, knocks on Lucy's door*

*Lucy opens the door and sees Ben*
VOICEOVER OF LUCY: ' i never thought i would see him again'

*Close up of Ben holding Lucy's diary*

*Lucy and Ben sitting down speaking*
Lucy: "I think you're a bit too late"

*Extreme close up of Lucy's wedding ring*

*Ben on the phone arguing with Lucy*

*Ben gets upset and throws the picture of him and Lucy into the fire*

*Lucy rings Ben but he declines the call*

*Lucy is on the phone to Ben eventually and agrees to meet up*

*Ben and Lucy cuddling on the sofa*

*Lucy and Ben on the bed* 
Lucy; "I'm going to leave him Ben"

*Lucy takes off her wedding ring and throws it on the table*

CAPTION:  (wipes in from the left) "From the directors of The Committment" (fades out)

*Flashback of Lucy and Ben as children walking through the field*

*Then Titles of 'Dear Lucy' with the background of the older version of Ben and Lucy walking down the road in the dark*

TITLES: '12th June 2014'

CREDITS

Summary of our Fifth Day of Filming

Yesterday the scenes that we filmed were:

• Lucy telling Ben that he is 'too late' to make things work with her
• Ben having an argument with Lucy on the phone
• The camera movement of zooming into Lucy's wedding ring
• Lucy ringing Ben but Ben declining the call
• Lucy and Ben on the bed and Lucy tells him that she is going to leave her husband
• Lucy throwing the ring onto the table
• A re-do clip of Lucy and Ben walking towards the camera to end the trailer

Tomorrow we will spend the lesson editing it all and putting it all together along to our music. 

Health and Safety Form: Filming Day 5

Health and Safety Form:

Locations and planned day of shoot	Shooting day will be 27/1/14 All scenes today will be filmed at Sam's house and Sam's road and Sophie's house. We will film in her living room, her parents bedroom, her kitchen, down her road and Sophie's kitchen.
What equipment will be taken? Who will be present? What props are required?	The props required are the camera, the letters and the 'wedding ring'. Present on the day will be Sam, Sophie and 2 actors; Sophie Jones (the older version of Lucy) and Joe Enright (the older version of Ben)
What are the potential hazards associated with the location?	The hazards associated with this location is parts of it being film on a road, and therefore cars may be present and also when we plan to throw the picture into the fire but my parents will be around to supervise it.
Is there water at the location (pond, swimming pool, waterfall)? How will this be planned for?	There is no water at any of the locations we will film in today
What are the risks associated with the general public? How will these be dealt with?	There is no risk with the public.
How will the equipment be stored during the shoot?	Everyone is responsible for each piece of  equipment they use in that scene, so they will carry it from different locations. On 27/1/14, Sophie Nicholls will be in charge of the camera and Sam will in charge of carrying the tripod
How will the equipment be stored after the shoot/overnight?	In Sophie's and Sam's bedroom
Signatures/initials of group	Sam, Sophie, Nicole

Feedback from our Rough Cut

Good feedback:

• Well filmed
• Very clear
• Well structured

Improve:

• Change the music, instrumental track
• Lyric song towards the end
• Put the actors at the end
• Montage at the end of the characters
• Add more conflict

Film Trailer: Rough Cut 1

Ancillary Task: Poster

This is our final version of our ancillary task film poster. We used photo shop and indesign to create this. Since our last we improved quite a lot;

• We changed the background picture because our target audience said that it needed to show more relevance to the film, which the red post box has. 
• We also changed the 'Dear Lucy' title from white to black and changed its position so that is more central and eye catching. 
• We added the older versions of the children's names at the top of the poster
• Changed the caption from black to white and made it bigger and central
• The clothing chosen for Amy and James to wear were casual clothing but of the same colour scheme. The blue/ dark colours used were to present a hint of sadness in the romance genre and the postbox as the main catalyst of the film as their way of communication.
• We chose to change the picture so the two weren't looking directly at the camera as when looking at examples of posters for films like Dear John and The Notebook, the characters were not looking to the audience. This is a typical convention to make the poster look more professional and like a real poster.

Producing the Ancillary Task: Picture Editing

This is the background used in ancillary task. We changed the brightness and contrast to make it fade into our picture.

This was our main background picture in our film poster. When we edited this picture, we fade the picture into the picture of the letter and put it over the sunset/tree image. We decided to copy 3 of the letter image above and rotated them in different directions to make it look more effective and the poster more full without adding any unnecessary images to it, which were then faded to hide the solid lines. The letter was also added in for the reason it was a romantic convention, this is to get the genre of the film across via the poster. We decided to use this picture because it represents how Lucy and Ben write to each other throughout their life. 

Summary of our Fourth Day of Filming

We have nearly finished shooting all of our footage and we can now finish editing the clips together for our rough cut which is due on tomorrow. The scenes that we filmed today were:

• A few re-dos of clips that needed re-shooting
• Younger Lucy and Ben running in the field
• Younger Ben finding Lucy's diary
• Younger Lucy telling Ben she is being fostered
• Younger Lucy arriving at the foster home
• Younger Lucy hugging Ben good bye
• Older Lucy and Ben walking towards the camera outside
• Older Lucy and Ben cuddling on the sofa
• Older Ben speaking to Lucy on the phone
• Lucy's voiceovers

Although filming has taken longer than we all thought it would, each time we have filmed what we planned to. Planning it really helped us because it meant we could go straight into filming knowing exactly what we have to film.

Health and Safety Form: Filming Day 4

Health and Safety Form:

Locations and planned day of shoot	Shooting day will be 20/1/14 All scenes today will be filmed at Sam's house, the woods and Sam's road. We will film in her living room, Ruislip Rugby Club field and down her road.
What equipment will be taken? Who will be present? What props are required?	The props required are the camera, the letters, the diary and a reading book. Present on the day will be Sam, Sophie and 4 actors; Amy Jones and James Nicholls (the younger version of Lucy and Ben) Jemima (Lucy's younger friend) Sophie Jones (the older version of Lucy) and Joe Enright (the older version of Ben)
What are the potential hazards associated with the location?	The only hazard associated with this location is it being film on a road, and therefore cars may be present. But we will make sure we are aware of cars.
Is there water at the location (pond, swimming pool, waterfall)? How will this be planned for?	There is no water at any of the locations we will film in today
What are the risks associated with the general public? How will these be dealt with?	There is the risk of members of the public in the woods and down the road asking what we are filming, and we will then explain that this is a media project.
How will the equipment be stored during the shoot?	Everyone is responsible for each piece of  equipment they use in that scene, so they will carry it from different locations. On 20/1/14, Sophie Nicholls will be in charge of the camera and Sam will in charge of carrying the tripod
How will the equipment be stored after the shoot/overnight?	In Sophie's bedroom
Signatures/initials of group	Sam, Sophie, Nicole

Final Scenes To Do List: 20th January 2014

Amy and James

• Lucy being welcomed into foster home  ✓
• Ben introduces himself to Lucy ✓
• woods - running around, reading etc.✓
• Lucy leaving with suitcase and saying goodbye to Ben ✓
• Re-do clip of Lucy telling Ben she is moving away ✓
• Re-do clip of Lucy reading the book with Ben ✓

Sophie and Joe

• Ben and Lucy cuddling on the sofa ✓
• he returns it to her ✓
• Lucy's voiceovers ✓
• Ben writing some letters ✓
• Lucy and Ben walking up the road holding hands to end the trailer ✓

Summary of our Third Day of Filming

Today we filmed for the third time. The scenes we filmed today was;

• Older Lucy and her friend walking down the road speaking
• Younger Lucy and Ben having a pretend toy fight
• Younger Lucy posting the letter
• Younger Lucy writing 'Dear Ben' in her diary
• Younger Lucy and younger Ben running up the road

Behind the Scenes: Filming Day 3

Health and Safety Form: Filming Day 3

Health and Safety Form:

Locations and planned day of shoot	Shooting day will be 6/1/14 All scenes today will be filmed at Sam's house and Sam's road. We will film in her living room, her sisters bedroom and down her road.
What equipment will be taken? Who will be present? What props are required?	The props required are the camera, the letters, the diary and a reading book. Present on the day will be Sam, Sophie and 4 actors; Amy Jones and James Nicholls (the younger version of Lucy and Ben) Sophie Jones (the older version of Lucy) and Amy Fossett who is Lucy's older friend.
What are the potential hazards associated with the location?	The only hazard associated with this location is it being film on a road, and therefore cars may be present. But we will make sure we are aware of cars.
Is there water at the location (pond, swimming pool, waterfall)? How will this be planned for?	There is no water at any of the locations we will film in today
What are the risks associated with the general public? How will these be dealt with?	There is the risk of members of the public asking what we are filming, and we will then explain that this is a media project.
How will the equipment be stored during the shoot?	Everyone is responsible for each piece of  equipment they use in that scene, so they will carry it from different locations. On 6/1/14, Sam will be in charge of the camera over night.
How will the equipment be stored after the shoot/overnight?	In Sam's bedroom
Signatures/initials of group	Sam, Sophie, Nicole