Problems

I'm having problems getting in touch with the producers of the Devlin song. The problem is i cannot find an e-mail or anything anywhere, I'm not even sure if it is the rite label. 5this label is Universal Music UK, which is an offspring of the Universal Music Group. They have off springs all over the world, i have an address and a contact number but i don't want to write a letter or phone them up about something so informal.

Universal Music Direct
364-366 Kensington High Street
Kensington
London
W14 8NS

Above is their address and below is their contact number. I've put these on just in case there are no other options.

0845 070 2036

This is their website, i cant find anything that will give me a clear e-mail address but i have managed to put the question to the support team some how so hopefully i will have a reply soon.

http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/page/home/

Ooops

I was talking a while ago about what music i want in my trailer. It was really hard and i managed to file it down to a few different songs. Well the thing is i was bored the other day so i was listening to random music and i heard a song which just clicked. The name of this song it

Devlin - Brainwashed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRob2t2PPek

gives a real urban feel towards it, i think it would suit it down to the ground. Now all i have to do is write to the producers of the song and ask if i am allowed to use it for my trailer. I will update this message when i have a reply. Just to remind myself i will leave i bold sentence.
UPDATE WHEN HAVE A REPLY

Collective identity within the media

I need to represent identity for each of my characters, identity within media can be a muddle, everyone wishes to have an identity, something unique about our self, representing this in my trailer will give the audience a feel of knowing with whats going on eg. ' I've been there before'. Interpellation - the social.ideological practice of misrecognising our self can be seen in today's media. the fact that people are seen as we want to be seen is a matter that is beyond peoples capability. What i mean by this is that, girls for instance look at a magazine cover, there is a beautiful model on the cover and they want to look like that. Matters like this is what is currently providing people their identity in my opinion. an example is shown below.

As you can see the picture above is gut wrenching. If these are the lengths people go to to have their ideal identity then it obviously plays a huge part in peoples lives. This will have a big impact on my trailer. I aim to stereotype each person ed Hearts and Danny will be in hoodies, urban associated and their physical performance will look different to Elizas which will be smartly dressed and posh. Hopefully taking the stereotypes to the extreme will convey to the audience in the way i want it to.

The types of identity in my trailer are shown below.

As you can see a Gangster a Posh Woman and a Thug. These are the stereotypes i wish to put into my trailer.

Damn

Turns out the day i wanted to do my shooting i couldn't, it was really wet and the fog was ridiculous, that bad you couldn't actually see anything, i tried to do it the next day but turns out i couldn't get my hands on a camera, hmm.

I'm going to try and get hold of one later today so i can shoot early tomorrow morning. At least then i can get my 1st scene shot. I now know that the majority of my shooting will be done on the Wed the 15th of December down London. I will be shooting places such as Waterloo, Camden and Hyde Park. I will be setting off early in the morning maybe about 8am due to it is going to take me 3 hours to get down there. I will be coming back at around 4 or 5pm so i will be back in Kings Lynn for 8pm.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

In this link it will show an area of London at the moment the computers aren't working so i couldn't upload the print screened picture, i had highlighted the areas I'm going to and the potential areas these areas are Greenwich, London Bridge, Regents Park and a few more.

Film Logo

At the moment I'm making Logos for my film, i was thinking of something catchy, i had a few random words down and what i liked the most was Slight Tilt Films. It has a buzz about it that i like so i am going to use this for my logo on my trailer. Also this name gives a ring to the sport of basketball, which you could think is ironic with what happens in the film itself. below are a few ideas of logos i will put what i like and dislike about each.

I like this idea because it gives a symmetrical look. I think the key is to not make it very complex that way it will look good.

I think maybe the logo itself can be different but that isn't such an issue. Maybe the font could be different.

I like the look of this one because it gives a very arty looks towards it. I like the font. I don't like the fact that is is all on one line i don't think i want it like this, i want it to dominate the screen so everyone can

see it.

I really like this one due to it looks great, as if a sword is going through the wighting. I like that the righting is black and the image is grey it gives a good backing look.

I cant see any bad points in this logo.

If I'm dead honest i like how the layout of the words are in the box as if its getting delivered. But i don't really like this logo compared to the rest of them.

The one that is highlighted in green is the logo that i am going to use. I will put this in my trailer at the beginning to introduce the film.

First Shoot

I will be doing my first shoot this weekend, i am going to start filming at around 6:45 am so hopefully i will catch the sun coming up. It will be the scene of Danny sitting by his mother and sisters grave. I'm going to use a circling hand held shot to close in on Danny. I will use a couple of cuts in the scene to go to extreme close ups showing a bit of personality in Danny with the he has by him and the way he moves.

This is a place called Long Sutton which is a town near me. This will be the grave I'm using to set the scene, this will be a good place to film because due to the trees i will get restricted lighting, this hopefully will give a great effect when the sun rises.

Backing Track

For a long time i have been thinking of songs to use as my backing music for my trailer, should it be rock? should it be hip-hop? should it be rap? All these have been taken into account below i will attack some links of songs from the website Youtube. i was thinking about rap songs and hip-hop due to it will stereotype the trailer, this may not be a good thing but it will get the point across to the audience which is what i want.

Lil Jon - All the way crunkd up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ovn62EK4uY

Lil Wayne - We be mobbin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6BkUqkbzcc

Trick Daddy - Lets go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7osb_J6EQb4

Shorty Da Kid - Wah wah waw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9WickIHOn4

Young Jeezy & Kanye West - Put on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aEImx74gLA

Soulja Boy ft Bow Wow - Marco Polo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi40powiPrc

This is the problem i have so many songs i like i cant pick one to use, i cant use parts off all of them either because then it will ruin the whole thing, the reason i cant is because it wont be fluent in the trailer and it could cause the audience to get confused thinking what has gone on here. The songs i have highlighted in green are the songs i think i will use i just need to narrow it down to one song. I need to use a gangster sounding track but the thing is they all fill that category.

Another massive point is that i need to write/ e-mail the producers to see if i am allowed to used their song for my trailer i will be doing this asap. hopefully i will be allowed to. if not then i need to find other song to use in my trailer that I'm allowed to use. i will be showing this e-mail on my block upon acceptance.