This trailer helped KJME Productions consolidate what we want our trailer to be about and the certain key features it should consist of.

VISUALS (EDITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY)

We are firstly introduced to various logos that were involved with the production of the movie for instance Revolver entertainment, Gun Slinger, Gateway films are just some of the companies involved, this is significant as it helps establish what the genre of the movie is before the trailer actually showing snippets of the film, for instance, Gateway Films is an independent London based production company and are specialised in producing crime and youth films.

This may also make the audience feel that movie is 100% British, so it's not an American production company producing a London/British based film.

We are next given an establishing shot of the scene, we can see that it is set in CBD London which is essentially the urban estates, in particular, shots of terraced flats and terraced houses. This is shown at night time so it can be used to create a particular effect that a crime might occur especially since most dangerous things happen at night and this is significant as dark black/gray colours are associated with danger, death etc.

Jump cuts are frequently used in this trailer, this is when different moments of the same scene is shot and embedded into one so it creates a sequence but it doesn't occur exactly in the order show, this helps create suspense and makes the audience why and how certain events occurred to that result so as a result, this will make them watch more.

MISE-EN-SCENE

The first scenes from the movie would make the audience believe that the movie is based on black male gangsters, due to the opening scene consisting a large group of black British men harassing a young white British female, she then witnesses an incident of where she sees another young female being harassed by her boyfriend, as she goes to stop it, she gets assaulted by him and therefore it results to her being killed.

This trailer shows that the actor performance changes depending on certain situations, for instance, the moment where the girl died, you could see that the young girl didn't help her, was due she was scared? However, later on during the trailer, we hear her mention about "Building out own empire" which shows that at some point the girls get their voice back.

The characters are all dressed casually, for instance, checkered shirts, hoodies, large hoop earrings; these are typical attires that you'll see teenagers/ young adults wear so it has some sort of realism to the trailer.

SOUND

At first,  the background music is fast pace, this all adds suspense especially since the scene is set in the dark and also there is only one girl surrounded by lots of young men who are trying to talk to her, you can see how scary it is for her. The music also helps add tension in the scene where the male talks about
The beeping sound is effective as it links well with the montage, it shows how stressful it is for the main girl and it also shows how time is running out for the girls - so we as the audience see the main reason of the girls behaving the way they are.
The choice in music in general links really well to the genre and the setting in the movie - they're really fast and jumpy, this could connote to the audience that the girls are also really young since it doesn't use suspenseful music and therefore this will attract younger people to watch is as it has music that they're familiar with.

Production Logo

Production Logo

Panzoid clipmaker was used to create the introduction and production logo for our trailer.

The first thing that I  did was set the time for the introduction. I think that 6 seconds is neither too long or too short. 

Next I added the particles that will be moving throughout the introduction. The texture I chose for the particles was 'rings' and I decided to make them different shades of purple.

I added a camera animation. By changing the position of the camera from 0.00 to 77.00 it created a zooming effect. 

Chosen font and colour

The next object I added was text. After attempting multiple fonts I settled on World of Water.

The colour I chose was a light shade of purple as I thought that it looked more aesthetically pleasing.

 

By Elizabeth Ogunsola

KMJE's Cast of The Vendetta:

Tia

 

Meet Tia played by Adetola Karunwi. She is the main protagonist of the film, a sixth former who has a group of four female friends. Her and her female friends are known as a "squad" aka a gang of friends, who are known to be quite deviant and troublesome. They get a lot of male attention and get into a lot of fights. However, they all have their own individual personalities that they bring to the gang. 

Chance

 Meet Chance played by Ladrie. He is the brother of the main protagonist, Tia. Ladrie is murdered by an off duty police officer when trying to defend his sister from a police officer. He is murdered by an unlawful stabbing that kills him almost instantly.

Shaniqua

Meet Shaniqua played by Peace. She is a part of Tia's gang of best friends, playing a part in coming up with a vengeance plan for the death of Chance, Tia's brother. Shaniqua is the loud, aggressive one of the group, always ready to fight and go against anyone who gets in her way. 

Denise

 Meet Denise played by Leila Ble. She is part of Tia's gang of best friends who all come up with a plan to get vengeance for the death of Chance, Tia's brother. Denise is the female known as the flirty, girly one who gets an awful, unwanted amount of male attention.

Michelle

 

 Meet Michelle played by Isabella Trujillo-Cortez. She is also part of Tia's gang of best friends. She is known as the smart, hardworking one who is always focused on school work and getting good grades. But when it comes to fighting for her girls and protecting herself, she's always prepared and ready for action. 

Thomas

Meet The Police Officer 'Thomas' played by Issac, the antagonist of the film, who murders Tia's brother, Chance. He is a married man with a ten month old baby boy. He has a drinking problem and tends to try to brush things under the rug in order to act like they're not there. When it comes to admitting if he killed Chance or not, he refuses to do so. He claims that it was self-defense and that Chance was about to attack him. 

Lola

Meet Lola played by Princess. She is the wife of Thomas, the police officer that murders Chance and when finding out about her husband murdering an innocent boy, her anger takes control of her. This causes her to lash out towards her husband and resenting him.

There are features within the poster that conform and/or subvert away from from genre conventions.

Conventions 

First feature of this poster that conforms to typical horror film posters is that it is set in a house, and house is usually dark and strange looking, all of this manipulation could show the audience that there is some sort of evil present.

This poster has the release date of the movie 'June 10th'  present, this will help the audience know when the movie will be in the cinemas.

We are able to see the main character of the movie which is a little girl, so this gives the audience an insight on who the supernatural/demonic experience is occurring to.

Colour Scheme

The colours used in the two posters are black, grey and white and they've been used very similarly in both posters. 

The majority of the two posters is black, the colour black is traditionally associated with evil, mystery and death and since majority of the poster is black, it gives off a feeling that an unknown presence is within them, almost like a black hole as the audience and the characters are unaware of how they/it will manifest within the characters.

As black is such a dark colour, the grey is used too show detail, for instance the torn off wall paper, the grey makes it more visable and this adds onto the mystery as we wonder what has caused all of the chaos.

In the first poster we see a grey figure emerging from the dark background, this makes that figure stand out especially since the character in the middle is dark, so it brings all of the attention to the figure in the corner.

There is a contrast between light and dark, the only light areas within the two posters are the light coming from the window and the rosey which is shown directly infront of the window, white of often linked with purity and safety, this may show that the rosey or through Christ it will lead the girl to safety, the fact that it is present twice shows how this icon is a significant object within the movie.

All of the important information are written in white so it stands out to the audience and also it makes it more easier to read since white and black contrast.

Models and Shots 

Since this movie is part of  franchise, we know that this movie is based on demons and exorcisms, the main character in both poster is made so seem vulnerable, firstly since it's a little girl and little children are shown to be innocent, so we feel more sorry that this is occurring to a young child, this is also shown by the mise-en-scene of the child as she is dressed in a robe which is red, red could show danger as it's the child being attacked by demons.

There is a close up shot of the hand, which helps make the icon of the rosary more visible which helps add onto the importance of the icon, and there is a long shot of the child, we are able to analyse the position she is in more clearly, in the first poster we see that she's standing in front of a window, which could possibly show that she might be attempting to jump out of it, and to the audience that could be seen as something is wrong with the child.

The child is on the floor and she looks frightened, however interestingly she isn't looking at the rosary, she is looking at something above it, which may be the demon.

These three posters from the movie Suicide Squad, there are various features that these three posters have that conform to and subvert away from genre conventions.

Colour Scheme

There is a repetitive use of bright colours in the posters, I believe they’re used so that it can grab the attention of the audience. The colour scheme of blue, purple and green subverts away from typical action and thriller movies, they tend to use dark colours and this helps give the audience the nature of the movie will mainly be filled with violence, suspense and drama.

However, it can be understood why the colour scheme was used, blue, purple and green can be seen as playful colours since they’re bright, this nicely suits the genre of the movie as it contains comedic elements and it can also reflect on certain areas of the movie, for instance the colour green is associated with great healing powers, in the movie, the villains were used by the U.S Embassy for a secret mission in order to help stop another villain – this shows a link between the choice of colours.

The first poster on the other hand does conform to thriller/action movies as it is quite dark, dark red is associated with rage, leadership, and with that you can see that it was deliberate for the joker to be placed as the main character on the poster as he attempts to launch his own evil agenda.

Models and Shots

In the first poster it is obvious that the main attention has been bought to the Joker, this may be due to the fact that out of all the characters, the Joker more known by people, so therefore it’ll attract them more to watch the movie.

The Joker has his typical pale skin and green hair, and this time he is tatted-up, and with the mid shot, the mise-en-scene (including the facial expression) of the Joker can be recognised even more making him appear evil, as we usually picture him, his iconography of the guns shows that he a murderous character, and the bullets shown on the background and on him (visible around his chest area) shows how he’s invincible, and this is how we expect him to behave.

The second and third poster shows the whole squad all in costume (more visible in the second poster), they’re all dressed in weird costumes and they’re all positioned standing together, however, notice how the joker is standing on one of the X’s, this could help show that he has a completely different motive compared to the others, even though the joker is positioned by himself, we do see all the characters together, so this enables the audience to see what type of characters are together which helps give them an insight of what the movie should be based on.

Conventions

All three of the posters are able to tell the audience roughly when the movie is releasing, for instance, even though the first poster with the joker has the least detail, we are able to know that it will be released in 2016, and with the other two we know it will be released on August 5^th 2016.     We are able to see the main actors/actresses of the film, this will help attract the audience as they tend to put the names of the more popular actors/actresses up on the poster, so it’s all for publicity, help it become more appealing to the public.  All of the cast are dressed in character so it helps give a connection between the real people are the cartoons (since the characters are based on comic characters)