Waterloo Road Alcoholic Teacher

This is a trailer of waterloo road series 8 where there is a new character who is an alcoholic teacher. It is important that me and Beca watch this series of Waterloo Road so we can pick up the characteristics of an alcoholic teacher to feature in our own trailer.

This Life Trailer

Beca and I have been looking through youtube at previous A2 Media Studies videos and this is our favourite. We have decided to re-create some of the scenes in this video such as themes of pregnancy, breaking into houses, drug dealing and the 360 camera turn. In particular, we found that the 360 degree camera turn was very effective and we hadn't seen that done before.

Eastenders Trailer

I have been researching a number of existing trailers on youtube. In particular, I like the eastenders trailers because they create their own mini film which is unrealistic but the viewers know what their trying to interpretrate. In this video in particular, they are showing Max Brannings affair with his sons wife. The tag line that is used is 'He's made his bed but will he lie in it? It is judgement day for Max'. The scenes show a prison where Bradley (Max's son) is a prison officer and Stacey (Bradleys wife) is a maid. This video is very interesting and it draws the viewers in to encourage them to watch the episodes.

Job Roles

This week Beca and I have been finalising the storylines and choosing music. We have been viewing existing trailers for inspiration and this has helped greatly! We have also decided the job roles for the filming. These are the following;

Director - Beca Smith
Main Camera Operator - Lauren Coleman
Editor - Lauren Coleman / Beca Smith
Storyboarder - Lauren Coleman / Beca Smith
Script Writer - Lauren Coleman / Beca Smith
Shot List - Lauren Coleman / Beca Smith

Most of the roles we have allocated we are working together because we are a small group and we can blend each others ideas together to create a better vision.

The characters we have chosen are the following;

Alcoholic Teacher - Mrs Griffiths
Alcoholic Teachers Daughter/Pregnant Teenager - Beca Smith
Potential Father 1 - Jordan Clarke
Potential Father 2 - Lloyd Glass
Drug Dealer 1 - Stephen Moss
Drug Dealer 2 - Lloyd Glass

Ideas

Beca and I brainstormed a few rough ideas for storylines, locations, props and cast for our Trailer. We are thinking about using the name 'The Vale' but it is not definite yet.

Teaser Trailers

We have been watching existing teaser trailers and I think this skins party trailer is my favourite. Me and Beca are going to re-create some of the scenes used in this trailer e.g. being sick, couples, wreckless partying, flashing lights, drugs, alcohol.

Timeplan for G324

	Completion Date	Date Achieved
RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
Teaser trailer	1st October	Done
Listings magazine front cover	1st November
Poster	1st November
PLANNING
Teaser trailer	1st October
Listings magazine front cover	7th November
Poster	7th November
CONSTRUCTION
Teaser trailer	30th October
Listings magazine front cover	30th November
Poster	30th November
EVALUATION
Teaser trailer	20th February
Listings magazine front cover	20th February
Poster	20th February