This is my completed mood board.

Today i am hoping to get my story board and mood board done. I finally have a vague idea of what i am doing. I want the trailer to be about a group of friends who go to the pub in the middle of a zombie invasion as the think, why not have a last couple of drinks before we die, kind of thing. After being at the pub for quite a few hours, one of them decides it would be a great idea if they be the heroes and get rid of the zombies once and for all.

As it will be an indie comedy, im going to aim for it too be hilarious and over dramatic. For example, when they decide to go after the zombies, rather go about it like the average person because they have had a few beers or whatever, they go home get dressed up as some sort of superheroes, grab the nearest sort of weapon and go forth the mission.

I think i want the title of the film to be, 'Super heroes Vs Zombies' as its short, sweet and to the point.

I have a few thoughts about a story line, im thinking something to do with supoerheroes and zombies.. it all sounds vague and stupid at the momnet but i feel like im getting somewhere.

I have watched a few more movie trailers more towards this idea now, here are some and why they are relevant:

Shaun of the Dead

 I love this film!! I got my idea of the zombies from this film, and i think the comedic side of the film is great.

Scott Pilgrim vs the world

 

With this film, as im such a fan of Micheal Cera (his social awkwardness is beyond fantastic), it was an easy descision to want to do an indie comedy like this. I want to use the idea of the superhero costumes, due to it being comedic but also different.

 

 

Kickass



 

Again, this is another 'Superhero' film. I love the adventure side of these films, and again with the costumes.

 

 

Zombieland



 

Zombieland is a film about a zombie invasion too, its a comedy where in the end its a fight to survive which relates to my ideas..

 

 

These films have been inspiration for my trailer thus far.

I have now decided to not do a Rom-com or a Horror. I think the idea of doing a comedy is just more appealing to me.. After some hard deliberation, and a brainstorm, I have obliterated my commendable effort to create such a masterpiece, now I must disappoint you all, but to make up for it I will bring you laughter with my own take on an Indie Comedy.

After scowering Youtube for Trailer inspiration..

On Youtube, i have come across many different types of A2 media trailers. Loads of great examples and a lot of rather terrible ones. At the minute, I am not too sure of the genre i want for my Trailer.. i am stuck between whether to choose a Rom-Com or a Horror. They are both the best types of films, well in my opinion.

Anyway here are some of the trailers i have just watched and have stood out:

The first one being 'BELIEVE', which is a horror trailer. From this trailer, i liked the dramatic music at the beginning and the feeling it gives out to the audience when the child starts to hum/sing.

 

 

The next one is called 'Abducted', and this one stood out because, the story line was clear and also the there is a fight scene when the abductor is punching a kicking a man, and the sound effects were really good and it looked really realistic.

 

 

I then came across a Romantic Comedy which makes me giggle, its called, 'Going Nowhere'. What really stands out to me is the music and the text and the way it comes across the screen as well as the colour choice. Its all round a classic looking Rom-com with it being relateable and funny.



 



The next youtube video i watched was an A-level short film, which I'm watching again currently, i find so interesting. I said how i wanted to base my trailer on a Rom-com or a horror, well this one is slightly different and its a short film about a boy who has agoraphobia. It is called, 'Bad timing'. It drew me in because it was tensionous and i wanted to know what would happen to him at the end. The music is also very fitting to the short film.

 

 

The next trailer is called, 'High school Detention Musical', it is a comedy. It is one of the terrible trailers.. I am cringing. I got the story line but it was due to my common sense as is wasn't portrayed clearly. I like the idea but it was too cheesy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKJjoX5JVI

 

 

Lastly, I really like this one comedy called, 'Reset' Its slight like the film,'Bruce Almighty' to the extent of a man being singled out to god. I think the use of music has been used in such a great way for example at the beginning when he falls asleep and the music slows down and then abruptly stops.

 

 









So after hard deliberation, i think I'm stuck between whether to do a horror or a Rom-com. Its difficult to find examples of them that are of good quality because most of them are either really serious and not in that genre or aren't taken very seriously, ie being a comedy.