post production editing

due to varying weather conditions the amount of light varied in each scene.

we had to use tools on Imovie in order to correct this.

moreover to make the pace of our teaser trailer match the pace of our music we had to speed up some of our scenes by using this tool:

this enabled us to make out teaser trailer's speed slick.

Location

We chose this area to be one of our locations as it is a wooded, secluded area.

a perfect place or a muder to occur.










we also chose it becuase it is next to this open field, which was perfect for our chase scene:

Certification

We found it was best suitable for our teaser trailer to have a certificate of 15, due to the following BBFC certification guidelines:

Suitable only for 15 years and over

No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination

The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Drugs

Drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse. The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances (for example, aerosols or solvents) is unlikely to be acceptable.

Horror

Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour

Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language

There may be frequent use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’). The strongest terms (for example, ‘cunt’) may be acceptable if justified by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Nudity

Nudity may be allowed in a sexual context but without strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

Sex

Sexual activity may be portrayed without strong detail. There may be strong verbal references to sexual behaviour, but the strongest references are unlikely to be acceptable unless justified by context. Works whose primary purpose is sexual arousal or stimulation are unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme

No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence

Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

Thanks to the BBFC, we were able to make sure our teaser trailer was suitable for a 15 certificate.

Poster - Completed

We then added text to our poster and came up with a completed design:

We went for the image with the lips and eyes pixelated as we felt it was more striking and creepier than just his eyes being pixelated. We had the title at the top, and then just the portrait shot of the protagonist on a black background. We felt this was the most effective and simple way to attract our target audience. This also makes the text stand out, due to the luminous green colour. We chose this colour as it features heavily in some games, such as Call of Duty, so serves as an intertextual reference. We then included our slogan or tagline, "Some live to play. Others play to live" along with the date of our release. We then had the text at the bottom in a smaller size, with the credits about producers and directors etc. This was because it is a code and convention of film posters, so we needed it on ours.

Restricted

We felt that our film was a 15 certificate and also noticed that a lot of the films have 'Restricted' boxes on their posters and websites. So, we made our own restricted icon so that it fitted with the colour scheme of our film, which of course is bright green and black.

Typography

We decided to use the site http://www.dafont.com/ to find our font as it has much more varied fonts compared to the standard ones on programmes such as Word and Paint.

We decided on the font 'Terminator' which we felt had a game-like feel and was reminsicent of retro-games such as Pacman and Space Invaders but also had the modern feel of games such as Call of Duty and Halo.

Idents

We chose two companies to produce our film, these were Lionsgate and Lakeshore entertainment which produced a film called Gamer which we felt was a similar genre and concept to our film. The Lakeshore Entertainment ident also 'bounces' as if it were a game loading and this fits with our music and we were really pleased with this effect.

Completed webpage

http://www.wix.com/gameboythemovie/gameboy

The link above is for our completed webpage that we have made to go along with our film.

Idents Research

These are different idents for film companies. We are looking at these particular companies because they suit our film the best. We think that Lionsgate would suit our film the best as it has the most films in common with it that are alike to our film.