Rough edit, Front cover

 

This is the first attempt at my front cover ancillary, I decided to follow the same style as 'Fabulous Magazine' which is free given in 'The Sun' sunday newspaper.

Third Edit

My new edit, still need to improve the editing cuts as they don't really flow as well and some of the shots look too obviously taken in college - I want to re-film the end scene of steph on the other end of the phone call too. But i feel like the shots aren't shaky, the music flows but the mise en scene needs changing.

Second Edit

I changed the song and editing order to match the theme of made in chelsea

Updated

This trailer made me realise that at the start of most 'Made In Chelsea' trailers the characters don't speak, they talk and then have an action which start the music. I've decided to change my trailer to match this as I find it works very well, however this will be my 2nd edit of the trailer with various changes (soon to be uploaded) The song is very difficult to choose as it is always up beat and fast - I used Two Door Cinema Club - Undercover Martyn. However I feel it may be a bit too upbeat for this kind of trailer.

Trailer 1

This is the first draft of my trailer, after finalising it i realised that i needed to post title cards to keep the audience aware of what was going on and what they were watching in the first place. 
I want to change the song to again further the point of the trailer as this song doesn't really fit very well with the trailer and drags on a bit too long. 
I want to include other shots like the first half of the phone call towards the end of the trailer, and re-film the scenes that are essential but un-usable. 

Ancillary Planning

This was our second piece of ancillary planning, we thought about names and different types of magazines, due to what type of magazine it was, this would change colour schemes and the amount of people on the front cover. We thought of various different combinations which would affect whether the magazine was 'classy' or 'trashy'.

We took these photos and used them as inspiration towards our main ancillarie's photo. For example wearing a suit instead of typical clothes, this will affect the audiences view of the character. We again want to further this by colour matching the title with a tie or shirt - this will keep a classy look to the magazine but still have features that stand out. 

Here we decided to plan out what the front cover could/would look like, this gave us a more realistic look into what photos and edits we were looking for. By doing so it made it a lot easier to design and follow through. We all made an input as to what we personally wanted and combined the ideas, for example the black and white back ground with one bright colour. We all liked the idea of the colour sticking out however others wanted to keep the background colour. We didn't want to think of features together because we all wanted something different but we made sure everyone was along the same lines.

This was the original piece of planning, as you can see there isn't much detail, it was just a basic brief bit of research more about the magazines than what we were doing. We were looking at what the magazine was trying to achieve, and how it would achieve it's aim. 

We wanted to ensure we made the storyline clear from the ancillaries, both front cover and poster needed to resemble a brief storyline which passing trade would understand at a glimpse. 

Planning

These are the storyboard briefs I wrote in preparation to plan the filming.

Planning

Due to being absent during the filming of 'The Mancunian Way' I didn't really understand some of the story line brief as it left the audience no cliff hangers, which is the opposite of what we wanted for our trailer. Therefore I cut some of the clips and edited some for example, I cut the clip where Henry says 'You've sacrificed everything for her, if it's just a game you're pathetic' and added a clip of Penelope during the second half of the speech, to anchor her face on the argument between the two friends which makes the audience feel that they have a better understanding of what's going on in the soap. To make the trailer my own I have changed around the original order of the storyboard brief to match a trailer like Made In Chelsea, for example:

I feel that I understand what the group was trying to portray a lot better now, and I have made my own planning notes along with the group notes we made today in the lesson (Photos to be uploaded).

Storyline brief

THE MANCUNIAN WAY

SCENE 1- Louise, Spencer and Jamie

Wide shot: Louise and Spencer walking together

Close up: Jamie- “Did you sleep together?”

Close up: Louise- looking disappointed

Medium Close up: Spencer- “Yeah”

Close up: Jamie- looking shocked/disappointed

Three shot: Spencer, Louise and Jamie, Jamie- “You’re so weak.”

Close up: Louise- looking upset and crying

Close up: Jamie- “I’m glad you’re crying, you should feel my pain right now.”

Wide shot: Jamie- walking away from Spencer and Louise

            SCENE 2- Caggie and Millie- In restaurant

Medium shot: Caggie- “I’ve decided to go back to London.’

Medium close up: Millie- reaction shot- “When?”

Close up: Caggie- “In a few days.”

            SCENE 3- Spencer, Millie and Cheska- In an iconic place

Three shot: Millie and Cheska walking to Spencer, Spencer waiting. Cheska- “He’s you’re best mate and you slept with his girl.”

Close up: Spencer- reaction shot- looking guilty

Medium close up: Millie- “You need to talk to him and while you’re at it talk to Caggie'

                SCENE 4 - Caggie and Millie- In restaurant

Two shot: Caggie and Millie (back of Millie’s head). Millie- “I’ve told Spencer he needs to speak to you.”

Close up: Caggie- “I wasn’t planning on telling him.”

            SCENE 5- Establishing shots

Wide shot: The Hilton/cafe/expensive restaurant

            SCENE 6- Jamie and Spencer- Having a heated talk

Two shot: Spencer and Jamie (back of Jamie). Jamie- “You sacrificed everything for her, if it’s a game, you’re pathetic”. (Jamie pointing while speaking).

            SCENE 7- Spencer and Louise

Two shot: Spencer and Louise (back of Louise)

Medium close up: Spencer- “I want you to be my girlfriend.”

Extreme close up: Louise (reaction shot) - “I’ve heard you say stuff like this to certain people before”.

            SCENE 8- Spencer and Jamie

Wide shot: Jamie- “Our friendship is over.”

Extreme close up- Spencer looking sad and upset.

            SCENE 9- Caggie and Spencer- Outside train station

Close up: Spencer- “How long are you going for?”

Close up: Caggie- “I don’t plan on coming back any time soon.”

Close up: Spencer (Reaction shot)- looking shocked and upset

Over the shoulder: Caggie- “I don’t want to do this.”

Close up: Spencer- “If it was up to me I wouldn’t let you go.”

Wide shot: Caggie walking away (into train station).

            SCENE 10- Caggie and Louise on the phone

Wide shot: The train timetable board.

Medium shot: Caggie answering the phone

Close Up: Caggie- “Yeah it is, It doesn’t matter anyway I’m going, he’s all yours.”

            SCENE 11- Spencer – In the train station

Wide shot: Spencer running to the train station board

Medium shot: Back of Spencer’s head, looking disappointed.

Rejected Shots

Shot One - The camera doesn't remain steady during the shot making it look unprofessional, as the shot continues the actor forgets the lines and the scene doesn't work during the beginning to end. (None of this clip can be used.)

Shot Two - The actor says the line too quick so the camera is still moving from the clip board shot to him, the camera still isn't steady during the shot and ends with someone else's arm in the shot. (None of this clip can be used.)

Shot Three - The background music (diegetic) is too loud therefore the actors can't be heard during the shot.

Shot Four - The camera loses focus during the shot, however the end of this shot can still be used during some part of the trailer as it does focus during the end.

Shot Five - The diegetic noise ruins the shot as you can't hear the actors properly, also the actress gets the lines the wrong way around. (None of this shot can be used.)

Shot Six - As the camera zooms and pans out of the shot it's really unfocused and blurred and continues to shake which gives the wrong message for this shot making it look unprofessional, this shot is supposed to be intense.

Shot Seven - The actress's facial expression doesn't portray the message wanted for the scene as she's supposed to be upset.

Front cover