Test Screening Feedback

Positive feedback:
-The park looked like a good environment as the sun was out aswell.
-Fits into the conventions of a bollywood trailer


Negative feedback:
-Not to zoom in and out so dramatically
-Get more of a variety of scenes
-Better/more scenes to shoot
-Have mis-en-scene in mind e.g. Hassan driving on the street

What we are going to work on:
-Better lighting
-More scenery/different places to shoot
-More close up shots - to focus on facial expressions

Baldip & Kiran

...What we have so far...

Here's a basic summary of what we have been up to recently...

Well, we finally got our cast together, and got some great filming done in Ealing. Having mise-en-scene in mind we got some great shots with a range of angles.
ALSO we got some typical bollywood 'action' filmed with our two hero's having a little punch up... when it snowed we got got Hammad to have a thinking moment or two... And we had our vilian criusing in his car!

-Baldip

Blog Comments

1. What do you think of our blog?
What do you particularly like about it? What's especially impressive?
What could be improved? What's missing or could be added?
2. Based on what you've read on the blog (and maybe seen in test screenings in class) what suggestions do you have regarding what we could do to make our Practical Production really successful?

What other things could we include in the production?

How should we go about filming any remaining scenes or editing the footage during post-production (+ suggestions for music, etc.)?

Harpuneet's analysis homework!

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/trailer/7769.html

This trailer is from the film Humko Tum Se Pyaar Hai. It is similar to ours because there is one girl involved and two men. The conventions in this trailer will be adapted in to ours in the sense that there are many close ups involved. By showing close ups of the characters, the emotions of them are emphasised therfore giving our trailer a more emotional approach to the audience.


http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/trailer/7325.html (clip 2)

In this trailer, the conventions of bollywood dancing and singing incorporates which are the factors of a normal and successful bollywood trailer and movie. The way in which the two are dancing and singing has influenced us to also include this in our trailer. As we are still sticking to how we want to keep the movie name and storyline as a suspense, a trailer like this will be appropriate for this decision.

TRAILER ANALYSIS

SALAAM- E -ISHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3lIn_F7e_o

This is a very recently released extravagent film, it is running very successfully and is particularly unique as it features six couples. The trailer consists of several scenes, involving dance and romance, music is also played throughout the entire trailer- which has a dramatic effect, it adds the energy to the trailer.
The trailer involves high angle shots and fast paced cuts in rythem of the music aswell as disolves into the text. The texts tend to be simple, informative and effective - enough to let the audience understand the theme of the film 'love'. The audience can recognise happiness and saddness is involved, following the conventions and themes to a successful bollywood movie.

VIVAH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04x34IQsQQQ

This is a film about a journey from engagement to marriage. The film concers true love from an arranged marraige and the couples commitment to each other.
The trailer is a fairly short, one with diolouge to emphasis the romance of the movie. The male actor declares his love to his fiancee and tells her how she is set in his heart and how he is the fortunate one to gain her love.
As the music begins the audience recognises the conventions of bollywood as dance and romance is reinforced in the movie, attracting them to watch the movie.

FANAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po2bqp720hQ&mode=related&search

This movie follows the typical bollywood narrative of romance however differs as one of the lovers are blind.
The introduction of the cast is very effective, as they are shown and then their name in text appears to reinforce the standards of the film ( being very high, having successful actors). The actors are also shown to appeal to their fans, being shown first, as they are relied on more than the producers (as they are shown after), eventhough they are one of the best in Bollywood- emphasising the importance of the cast.
The trailer yet again features high angle shots, to show the big atmosphere also low angle shots. Cuts and dissolves are used throughout the trailer, along with a narrative voice by the actress to make the trailer more emotive.
'Coming Soon' is then featured, making the audience eager to await for the relaese date and to go watch the movie.
The introduction and the end of this trailer is similar to what we want to achieve, naming out characters, along with the producers and the upcoming date of when the film will be released.

*By BALDIP ATWAL*

AnJaLi's HoMeWorK! (02/01/07)

this trailer is from kabhi alvida na kehna. It is based on relationships and love. This my favourite trailer and contains loads of different shots make the trailer really good and overall the whole trailer creates an enigma. you begin to wonder how the story ends and why certain things are happening in the trailer.

a popular shot used in this trailer is close ups the reason they are used loads of times is to show facial expression and emotion and since this film is all about different emotions it would be affective to use close ups. there are close ups for the sad scenes the anger and love. the close ups really give the trailer a hard hitting impact leaving the audience curious.

the trailer uses medium and long shots to get scenery in the background as they show importance.

the sound is contrapuntal as it can be used in scenes of sadness and happiness. the music is very emotional. the music gets fast paced as the trailer progresses. when the trailer shows scenes of anger or when something wrong happens thunder sounds are played in the background which represent a bad situation. this is called pathetic fallacy.

This is a trailer from kaho naa pyaar hai. this trailer is long compared to normal trailers and has loads of different shots from different scenes. three different songs play in this trailer.

close ups are used here to show how much in love the girl is with the guy. with know she is in love because of the close up if her eyes looking all dreamy. there are quite a few action scenes in the trailer although this is a love film but we instantly know there is an obstacle they have to overcome they are fighting for each others love.

this trailer contains a lot of dance scenes which is typical of a bollywood trailer.

But in general this trailer is colourful with different scenerys such as snow, grass and mountains all which make the trailer persuasive to watch.

this trailer will help us because has some car scenes in there which will help us when we do our car scene. And it also contains some park scenes which look good.

OK so this my a trailer from kuch kuch hota hai my favourite film of all time (not because it has shahrukh khan in it OK just little bit though.). this trailer has everything to make a trailer good and make the audience want to see it. which is why it has been a very successful and popular film.

this trailer has scenes of sadness and happiness and brings them altogether. the theme of friendship is emphasized throughout the whole trailer and how love can grow from friends to lovers. there is so much colour in this trailer and i like the idea of the heart balloons.

the shots in this trailer are more medium and long shots these still get the point of emotions across however the background is more important and there costumes. there is a scene where kajol and a whole load of people are wearing brightly coloured saris and this represents happiness. another scene which portrays happiness is kajol and shahrukh dancing happily in yellow flowers. a scene where sadness is shown is when kajol is sitting in cave crying, the cave is dark and represents being sad and lonely.

DoNE By AnJAlI XxX

the links dont seem to be working woops well just copy and paste them to check the trailers out because i can't be asked to type the whole thing again thanks
Neelema

Analysis of Trailers-Homework

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CdjT1fQUpE

This is a trailer from Kal Ho Naa Ho. The narrative involves two guys who fall in love with one girl which is quite similar to the trailer we intend to create. This trailer is fairly short and only looks at one song within the whole film. I decided to add this trailer because it fits bollywood conventions as it shows colour and dancing which is popular in the bollywood industry. Finally, towards the end of the trailer the title of the film appears on the screen so the audience are aware of what the film is called. However, one criticism of this trailer is that it does not give the audience an idea of what the film is about as it only shows one song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wosi3LDB70

This trailer has been taken from Veer Zaara a film about a man and a women who fall in love with each other however can not be together because of their culture and religious backgrounds. The trailer follows typical conventions of Bollywood trailers. Firstly, the audience are introduced straight away to the main characters as they are both in the song which is being played. Secondly, the directors, singers and producers names all appear on the bottom of the screen which is important as this is a key aspect of bollywood and some people may view the film because of the playback singers. Also, the title of the film is revealed towards the end of the trailer and the third character is introduced to the audience who is walking into a room whilst opening the doors this is a good techniques as it causes an enigma as the audience will want to know what is the relevance of this particular character. Finally, the final shot on screen is the instituion which in this case is yash raj films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWoBmueSBo

This trailer is from a film called Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. This particular trailer last for 2 minutes which is surprisingly longer compared to previous trailers i have looked at. At the beginning of thr trailer the institution appears on the screen with music playing in the background. Then the two main characters appear on the screen in a dance sequence again only some scences from the dance have been chosen to be included in the trailer. This is a unique trailer because it includes scenes of dialogue which takes place in the film a series of different scences including different characters have been included. During the trailer there are various shots being used including close up, high angle and low angle which make the trailer more realistic. Finally it ends with the title of the film which is a powerful technique as this will be the first thing the audience remembers.

Neelema

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This is our choosen insitution. T-series. T-series are well known for there reputation for there music.Usually T-series release the music from the upcoming movie before the actual movie is released. This encourages the audience to come and see the movie because the music meets their expectations of a 'good' Bollywood film. if the audience enjoy the soundtrack then they will want to come and see the movie.

a history about T-series.

• been around for 21 years
• are a diversified group with $ 90 million in our core business of Consumer Electronics, CD’s, Audio/Video Magnetic tapes and cassettes.
• 42 Hindi Films on the floor for which T-Series holds the Audio / Video copyright.
• T-Series counts among the biggest film releases for 2004,2005 & 2006.
• Big banner films production and theatrical distribution.
• Merchandising & Big budget promotions.
• 1,482 exclusively signed artists.
• 35,000 + Audio titles.
  2,000 Video titles.
• Hindi film music – 5,800 Film / Combination titles.
• Extensive captive talent pool of authors, composers and performance artists – Himesh Reshammiya, Adnan Sami, Jagjit Singh, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Abhijeet, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Pankaj Udhas, Bombay Viking etc.
• New Titles of Music are added almost every day in our already existing vast catalogue.
• T-Series has been ranked as "India's No. 1 Music Company" by A.C. Nielsen-ORG-MAR.
• T-series has always been known for providing music to the audiences at the most affordable rates.
• T-series was one of the very few music company’s that gave a wide variety of music to the listeners ranging from devotional music to Bollywood film music and private albums to traditional folk.
• It was also one of the most successful labels in the markets.
• the T-Series has some of the biggest film albums under its label. Biggest music hits of recent times like Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Lucky - No Time For Love, Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, Main Hoon Na, Tere Naam and also some of the biggest albums of this year like Don, Jaan-E- Mann, Salaam E Ishq, Babul, Umrao Jaan and many more, are all under the T-series label.
• Apart from Bollywood, T-series though grown much bigger today continues to promote traditional folk music and also support upcoming artists helping them come up with their private albums. Something which the music label has always been doing. And now, with the T-series becoming a Rs.450 crore worth company from a Rs.40 crore entity, thanks to Bhushan Kumar, T-series is taking over the music world in the India market.

AnJaLi & neelema !!!

xxx

Homework

' Mujhse Dosti Karoge' trailer (CLICK ON THE BOX ABOVE TO VIEW TRAILER, OR VISIT http://film.virgin.net/player/play.asp?url=/film/fid2221/trailers/trid769/wm/low.asx&filmid=2221&partner=virgin&sec=trl)

This is a film about two girls and a guy. this is different from our narrative because in ours there are two boys fighting over a girl. This trailer is one minute long. The first image, that appears on the screen is the institution 'Eros', this lasts for two seconds. It is very eye-catching because it is in a white box against a black background. This was an important shot because it shows how good the standards are of the movie. The shots used are mainly long shots or close up shots, this is similar to what will be included in our trailer, we have done this to follow the conventions of a typicale Bollywood trailer. Most of the time the colours are dark. The shots are mostly of the dance scenes, this is to advertise the songs and persuade people to watch it as the songs are the most important aspect of a Bollywood movie. This will differ from ours because ours will have more light.

'Dosti' trailer http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/trailer/7978.html
This is the trailer of the film 'Dosti'. The film is about friendship/love. Trailer one is 44 seconds long, and trailer two is 29 seconds long. They both show a different side of the film, trailer one shows a more energetic side with loads of dance scenes. Trailer two is sadder as the songs are mostly love songs. Trailer two is more like ours because it is set outdoors as is our dance scene.

'Aitraaz' trailer: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/trailer/7325.html
The narrative of this movie is about a guy who is having an affair. One of these trailers advertise the songs the most. This is to help sell the movie. Tey are both colourful, we will try and make our trailer look colourful too. The trailer for this movie does not have the institution. There is a dance scene in the park, this is very similar to ours because our dance scene is also in the park.

Kirandeep Jheita