Planning Promotional materials Part A

Step 1   (* where they link)

Homepage

a mystery over the disappearance of a girl’s boyfriend. The disappearance, causes anger, irritation and resentment between all of her friends and drives her to someone she never thought she could become.

- Promotional Poster

* Technical Brief

  - Synopsis 

     Blaire is a teenage girl who one day wakes up to the news of her boyfriend, Dan missing. She then goes on a journey to try and discover the truth behind his disappearance but it may have been better if she never tried...

    

  - Credits

Editing Camille Chen

 

Actors 

 

Blaire       Abbey Bayliss

Serena      Stephanie Rutharford

Extra        Clara Hwang

Nate         Jarrod Harkin

Dan          Mitch Bayliss

**Characters 

Blaire: Blaire is the main character of the film and the story is set from her point of view. Normally she is a bright, well-mannered girl with a good sense of humour. Although after the disappearance of her boyfriend, Nate, she is driven to an unpleasant person, who turns her friends against her and stops at nothing to find the truth.

Nate:  Nate is Blaire’s boyfriend who disappears (actually dies). He had a loving relationship with Blaire and has always been there for her. He is a romantic and will do anything to make her happy.

Serena: Serena is the popular girl in this situation. She is good friends with Blaire and Nate. She can sometimes get out of hand at parties, and this leads Blaire to believe she has a fling with Nate eve though they didn’t. Serena is loyal, bubbly, outgoing and truly is a good friend.

Dan: Dan is Nate’s best friend, and is also pretty close to Blaire and Serena. He is a kind guy who is nice to everyone. He tries to be there for Blaire after Nate’s disappearance, but she only pushes him away and accuses him for her loss.

Blaire’s Parents: Blaire’s parents throughout the film are mysterious characters and you are always questioning if they were the ones who killed Nate. They are protective of their daughter, but some of their actions are quite questionable.

 

* Other

- Teasers

-Posters

-Music

*See the Film

Practice

Reflets

Genre: psychological
Actors:

Screenplay and realisation
Suki

Original music
Jerome Rossi
Sound design and mixing
Jean-Michel Collet

Voices

Stephanie Debureau
Peggy Martineau
Manuel Martin
Vanessa Mikowski
Jean-Michel Collet
Serge Chambon

translation
Richard Van Den Boom 

Storyline Brief
One year ago,
Thomas Bresson, a brilliant and ambitious lawyer, and Elise, his finacee,
hit a man on the street by accident and ran away.

from this time, every night, Thomas is haunted by the same nightmare.
Haunted by the guilt, Elise warns him
that she can't keep this terrible secret any longer. In a furious frenzy, Thomas begins
his way to Hell.

But his path is to take many turns...

1.    Separately discuss the overall feel developed for each film’s promotional materials (is it clean, crisp and bright or dark, moody and grungy etc.)? Be as descriptive as possible, you could discuss the colours, textures, tone and use of movement in the website to create interest in the film.

2.    For each film reflect on how the film’s website is laid out. Look at the links, font and how the information or promotional materials are presented. Create a ‘tree’ which diagrammatically shows how the pages are linked to each other.

3.    Identify the Target Audience for each site (who are they? what age, interests, etc.) and discuss whether you feel the website is effective in appealing to this intended audience.

4.    Talk about what you like/dislike about the promotional material for each film. Why?

5.    Find a poster or advertisement for each film, save the images in to your folder and insert here. In as much detail as possible discuss the following:

·      The colour scheme: cool, warm, analogous, complementary, sensitive, calming, exciting, vibrant, simple, etc. and how it makes you feel

·      The focal point:  where do your eyes focus and why?

·      Sense of Balance:  Is the advertisement balanced in terms of line, tone, layout?

·      Harmony:  Do all of the advertisements elements (line, tone, colour, texture etc.) work well together to create harmony or a sense of completion

·      Unity: which elements unite or make the advertisement effective eg.  Use of a dominant colour scheme and high contrast to create unity.

·      What is the overall message being communicated about the film through the visual language in the poster or advertisement?