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