Innocent Intentions

The feedback we got from Innocent Intentions was mixed.

All information we can take to our film trailer.

Good points that we will carry on doing.

Bad points that we will work on and improve.

Shots; through the bars received praise.

Sound; music was praised because it kept the scene tense.

Editing; that split the long, continuous shots got some recognition.

Long shots; we didn't cut up was slated like Mikey on the phone.

Continuity editing; where Mikey was looking right and the P.O.V. shot showed him looking left.

Saving private Ryan Trailer

The beginning of the trailer is unconventional, it shows images of world war two cut between zooms and pans of letters with non-diegetic sounds of people reading the letters out, they are telegrams of the reported death of three men. More non-diegetic sound is played, a messenger speaking to a colonel over the top of images from World War Two again being cut between captions of three brothers names who have died, linking back to the letters read out earlier. The voice over then says the Mother of these three men is receiving all three telegrams of her sons death at the same time and there's a fourth brother still alive. The colonel then says they will get the fourth brother out, alive. This shows us the inspiration from Robert Rodat and also sets up the plot of the film.

We then comeback to a conventional trailer with revealing the main character, Tom Hanks. Non-diegetic sound of slow paced classical music. Brief shots introducing characters and important scenes. Names of actors appear in the shot with the close ups and medium close ups of the actors to anchor each other. The title of the film appears and then in a separate caption shows the director clearly but discretely

Pulp Fiction Trailer

Non-diegetic of slow classical music accompanied by sound reads the captions at the beginning, declaring it's one of the most celebrated motion pictures of the year (1994), it's also the winner of the 1994 Palme D'or and the best picture of the Cannes film festival. The caption then receives special effects anchored with sound of bullet shots that start burning up the caption.
Then fast paced music is played with introductions of main characters and scenes introducing other characters. The non-diegetic sound then quiets down when a caption saying 'A Quentin Tarantino film'. We have more shots introducing characters and the parts they play in the film with different fast and slow paced songs to anchor the mood in the scenes. Non-diegetic sound is then brought in with a narrator introducing the actors; John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman etc. leaving Bruce Willis to the end to provide his name with more emphasis as he is a big star, this is then anchored with a one liner shared between Bruce Willis and John Travolta. The voice over also says it's directed by Quentin Tarantino. The title is introduced with flashes that are anchored by the last shot of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson aiming at the camera, indicating they fired.  

Pulp Fiction

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

The genres are; Crime and Thriller.

Director is Quentin Tarantino whose recently directed Reservoir Dogs.

Joint main actors include John Travolta whose biggest success is still Grease.

Samuel L. Jackson whose appeared in Jurassic Park.

Bruce Willis whose been in Die Hard and Die Hard 2.

Uma Thurman whose recently been in the TV movie of Robin Hood.

Estimated Budget is about £8,000,000 but could have a gross profit of £200,000,000+.

Saving Private Ryan

An idea created by Robert Rodat after seeing a memorial to four brothers who had died in the war.
The film is about a group of US soldiers who go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
The genres are; Action, Drama, History and War.
Directed by Steven Spielberg who most recently has produced Schindlers List.
Main Character is played by Tom Hanks who has recently been in Forrest Gump, Apollo 13 and Toy Story.
Tom Sizemore is a memorable tough guy character, sought after by the most respected directors in the business.
Matt Damon is a relatively unkown actor but has currently starred in Good Will Hunting.
Estimated Budget will be about £70,000,000 with a gross profit of £200,000,000+.

Nine Steps of Production

1) Idea - Usually comes from the Writer, Director or Producer.
2) Money - Development Finance.
3) Script Development - Step Outline, Final Draft, Sales Treatment.
4) Packaging Moment - Genre, Storyboard, Cast, Director, Spin Off, Budget.
5) Financing - Pre Sales, Insurance, Completion Bond.
6) Pre Production - Story Boarding, Casting, Set Design, Special Effects.
7) Shoot - Filming the clips for final cut.
8) Post Production - Editing the clips.
9) Distribution -