Conventions of a film website

• ·      Must be easy to navigate – people want the information in-front of them.
• ·       Must directly relate to aspects of the film – loading icon, menu etc in style of typography.
• ·       Title clearly shown
• ·       Release date clearly shown / ‘coming soon’
• ·       An opportunity to book tickets of find a local cinema
• ·       Some form of being interactive
• ·       Trailer must be easy to find or load automatically.
• ·       Critics reviews
• ·       Names of other films associated with the producer or writer in the same genre.
• ·       Production company name and logo shown.
• ·       Playlist relating to the film or sound effects.
• ·       Downloads or extra clips for the audience.
• ·       Make it relevant for target audience – social networking links or downloads.
• ·       Links to social networking sites.
• ·       Gallery of film shots taken from film.
• ·       Genre should be easily apparent.
• ·       Merchandise
• ·       Typography and images have to be the same as on trailer and poster– connections between all three
• ·       Clips between pages.
• ·       Moving transitions and animation
• ·       Twitter feeds
• ·       Games, apps and blogs – interactive for user

Website - background

To make the website look professional and follow the more interactive look used by Chernobyl Diaries and Death race I have made the back ground into a slide show so that the characters individual photos can all be seen on the homepage. 
This also creates a more professional look as existing movie websites have a moving background which makes it look more interactive and better linked with the actual trailer.

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These are the images on the website. They change based on a slide show system and are timed to change after 7 seconds on each image and then repeat the show. This is also shown on each page of the website. 

Website - Death Race 2

Death race 2 have a good website as it is easy to navigate, the trailer shows automatically and the background moves and is somewhat interactive. Games that appeal to the target audience (young adult males) are shown clearly on the homepage alongside the trailer so that they catch the users attention and reflect the feel of the film – a action film with girls in it.

There is all the information you need easily accessible on the homepage – social links, information about how to see the film or own it on DVD.

When loading each page, the loading icon comes up and is in the same style as the menu and so the whole website feels designed as a whole thing rather than in separate parts.

The social links are clear on the page and are actually repeated on the homepage and then on all other pages so that they are easily accessible and keep the website a social and interactive at all times.

As this is the website for the film which is now out on DVD, there are many different trailers and clips you can watch and these are easy to find and load on the homepage. 

http://deathrace2.craveonline.com

Film Ratings

12

Suitable for 12 years and over. No-one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

Theme: Mature themes are acceptable, but their treament must be suitable for young teenagers.

Language: The use of strong language (eg 'f***') must be infrequent. Racist abuse is also of particular concern.

Nudity: Nudity is allowed, but in a sexual context it must be brief and discreet.

Sex: Sexual activity may be implied. Sex references may reflect what is likely to be familiar to most adolescents but should not go beyond what is suitable for them.

Violence: Violence must not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated.

Imitable techniques: Dangerous techniques (eg combat, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on imitable detail or appear pain or harm free. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Horror: Sustained moderate threat and menace are permitted. Occasional gory moments only.

Drugs: Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or instructional.

Discrimination: The film or DVD as a whole must not approve of language or behavior that would offend a person’s religion, colour, gender, sexuality or disability. Aggressive use of this type of language and behavior is unacceptable unless clearly not approved of.

15

This would be the most suitable rating for our film as there are common references to violence, but this is not the focus of the film.

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Filming: Day 5

Day: 5

Date: 4/1/13

Time: 9:00am -12:00pm

Group Members Present: Summer, Farah

No. of Actors Present: 2/5 actors

Filming

• We filmed the final shots working with the rifle. We had to focus a lot on continuity as one of the shots linked to another that we had filmed on a separate day.
• The shots we took on this day were often very technical such as working with focus and exposure so took a long time.

 Location/Mise en scene

• We worked both on the industrial estate and on a yard. The yard created issues due to mise-en-scene and the shots had to frame only the actor to cut out inappropriate mise en scene which could not be moved.

Sound

• We used the zoom recorder to capture the detail of the audio of the shots and used the clapper board in order to sync these in post production.  We also mounted the sound recorder on the camera to record sound in the tracking running shots.

What to do next

• All we have left to do is record the voice over to edit in with the trailer.

Filming: Day 4

Day: 4

Date: 14/12/12

Time: 4:00pm -6:00pm

Group Members Present: Summer

No. of Actors Present: 1/5 actors

On the fourth day of filming, were working with 1 actor, working mainly on photography and not filming on any particular scenes. 

 Location/Mise en scene 

• We used the industrial estate as location mainly based at the tanker and the wall where our photo shoots are based 
• The tanker was used heavily as the actor was able to interact and climb it

Character head-shots

• We worked a lot on this on this day and took head-shots and body shots for the website/poster as well as taking pictures of the actors interacting with the set for the same purposes.

Complications

• Because we didn't have clearance at this point to film on the streets with replica weapons we could not film the scenes that we had hoped to on this day and so had to add an additional day of filming for this once we had permission

What to do next

• Film final shots with the last actor

Filming: Day 3

Day: 3

Date: 1/12/12

Time: 11:00am -6:00pm

Group Members Present: Summer, Farah

No. of Actors Present: 2/5 actors

On the third day of filming, were working with 2 actors, and this day required a lot of preparation. 

Filming

• We filmed many shots on this day, including scripted dialogue shots and interaction between the characters.
• Throughout the day we made sure we had at least three shots per scene and took stills with the actors throughout the filming including separate photo shoots at the end of the session for stills for the poster and website.

 Location/Mise en scene

• We used the industrial estate as location on this shoot, and used the Barrier animal clinic as a base to give the actors a green room
• We were also able to use an outside spiral staircase to achieve the extreme high angle used in the sniper shot.
• We also used a tanker quad full of industrial material as miss-en-scene which we rearranged for our purposes to film the dialogue scenes.
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Character head-shots

• We followed the theme of the previous week in taking head-shots and body shots for the website/poster.

Makeup

• Makeup was used on the actors to create the bruised and beaten up effect, which was different this time as we were working with different skin tones which required different types of makeup to create the desired effects.

Sound

• We used the zoom recorder to capture the detail of the audio of the shots and used the clapper board in order to sync these in post production.  We also mounted the sound recorder on the camera to record sound in the tracking running shots.

What to do next

• Next week we have one more actor to work with.
• We will focus on the character head-shots for our website and poster, so that all characters have a profile photo.
• We will film many short shots of the actor running, and  climbing on the industrial mise en scene
• We will be working with the fake rifle and so will need to apply for street permission.

Camera equipment

The cameras which we will be using are:

Canon 550d

This DSLR camera will achieve professional quality footage and allows total control over exposure, allowing us to shoot exactly as we wish to. It works with detachable lenses also allowing us more freedom over the shots that we take.

We will use a 18-55mm lens for wide angle, close up to mid shots.

We will then use a 55-250mm lens for mid to long shots. this lens will be particularly useful when taking the high angle sniper shot.

We also will be using a Nikon D6000 for still shots. This is a high quality photography camera that will allow us to capture professional imagery for use in our poster and website.