Diary Post 4: Imaginary Friend

In our lesson we were divided into two groups of four to create a rough outline of a trailer for a film that our teacher made up. 

The film is named imaginary friend and it is about a young girl, named Beth who is having a tough time fitting in school. To make things easier, she gets a visit from her childhood imaginary friend Minerva who tries to make her feel better and look at her current situation in a more positive way. However, this could make her social situations at school a bit worse. 

In my group, I worked with Katie, Holly and Ellie. Ellie and I acted out Minerva and Beth whilst Katie and Holly were filming us. We were filming around school as this was a task given to us during lesson time, therefore being the only setting we had access to. However, we did try and  shoot in a variety of locations in school as this is something important to get used to for when we come to film our own trailers. A variety of locations is very important as it helps establish time, date and setting. This then further gets the audience involved and engrossed because it helps develop the storyline in much more depth, making them want to watch the film after watching the trailer. 

Our first location when filming was in the corridor and it was a shot of Beth (played by me) looking outside of the window, wishing she had someone to talk to during her lonely times at school. We additionally filmed by the stairs and outside near the bench. We chose these precise locations as we wanted to show how lonely and tough her time during school actually is. 

Our teacher gave us a camera shot check-list before we went out filming, to ensure we were including a variety of shots when filming to get different perspectives and make it as professional looking as possible. This will help for when we come to film our final trailers as while we were filming we were made more aware of each clip and how we should proceed with recording it in order for it to be the best it could be. Whilst filming, we managed to include all of the shots listed and this will help us when we come to edit the trailer as we will have a variety of footage to choose from enabling us to choose the best footage. 

During our next lesson we might be able to film more if needed or we might just start editing and putting together our trailer. I really liked this task as I feel it gave me the opportunity to see what I need to think about whilst filming. For example, I learnt that location, camera shots and angles are very important in a trailer because as mentioned above, they can help establish a narrative.