Archive for November 2014

1. What sort of locations do you expect to see in action/spy films?

• Busy cities, train stations, busy roads, sciency places
• Other countries especially USA or Russia, urban settings
• Business districts, night times settings, slums, lawless places

• Blunt, funny, dark side
• Intelligent, ruthless, attractive
• Funny, witty, dark side

• James Bond or Bourne Films
• Skyfall - good music, or Alien - Strong female lead,no love interest
• Taken, Taken 2, Spy Kids

• Sometimes, I like action films and have watched so spy films.
• No, I tend to prefer less action based films.
• No, I don't really watch films often.

• Very young
• 8-10
• 10

• Lots of action, building suspense
• Fight scenes, witty dialogue,some plot exposition, mystery, love interest
• Witty one liner, action, hints of a sexual scene

• Same as above
• More witty dialogue, less plot exposition, more mystery, fight scenes
• hints of a sexual scene

• Dramatic, loud, building suspense
• suspense, fast, funk/rock style
• Dramatic scores, epic rap song

• Boring things, showing too much of one scene
• giving away too much plot, not enough action
• plot spoilers, the climax to a climactic scene

Beccy - 

Beccy's character uses her femininity to her advantage in a way that is very streetwise, as a result I have Beccy wearing a fair amount of make-up and fashionable clothing while in an urban backdrop. This character will be one that many of the target audience can identify with which would hopefully increase the draw to the film. This character subverts stereotypes in some ways, while she is quite a traditionally feminine character she isn't just there to look nice and is also quite tough.
I was having difficulty trying to give my first character poster a professional appearance so I did more research into fonts used by professionals. This is the main article I used for inspiration: http://justcreative.com/2008/09/23/top-7-fonts-used-by-professionals-in-graphic-design-2/

Before and after font change:

1. What sort of locations do you expect to see in action/spy films?

2. What characteristics do you like to see in action/spy film protagonists?

3. What is your favourite action/spy film and why?

4 .How old are you?

5.  What gender are you?

6. Do you watch this genre of film regularly? (explain why or why not)

7. What age did you first start watching this genre of film?

8. What do you expect to see in an action/spy film trailer?

9. What would you like to see in an action /spy film trailer?

10. What most draws you to a trailer?

a) Location shots
b) Hints to the plot
c) Character introductions
d) Action scenes

11. What sort of music would you like to hear in and action/spy film trailer?

12. What would you least like to see in an action/spy film trailer?

Well done Katy, you have several key ideas for your film trailer so far and have considered the setting, costumes and tag lines. Try and complete the following posts this week: