Twitter page

To get the word spread and to get people talking about our production, we created a Twitter page that people could 'follow' and directly communicate with. This enabled us to tweet frequently and keep the audience updated.

In the short caption about our production we explain the date of release and the individual 'hashtag' that we used for our production, '#SOMNIUMFILM'.

This was an effective way of targeting the specific audience through means that are common to them. We thought we would use this social media as many people can access it and it can be seen by anyone who tries to view it by having our profile unlocked.

It is a means of promotion and is a way of getting on a more relatable level with our audience by accessing them in their everyday, leisure activities.

This is a clever and cost-effective way of targeting the desired audience and the frequent ability to target the audience at any time we want to creates an efficient mode of advertisement.

Rough cut of our production

somnium from Gabrielle Royle on Vimeo.

This is a rough cut of the production so far. It is clear to see that this isn't the finished product due to a number of reasons. 
Firstly, regarding the sound we haven't yet found music that is appropriate to the production and consequently it is filled with all the background noise that was picked up during the filming of the production. There's also the aspect of sound effects that is a necessity to add - this should hopefully help the genre become easier to define and allow more of the conventions of this specific genre to be seen.
Not only this, but the screens where it fades or cuts to black aren't fully black. Unfortunately, they have two white lines on the right hand side of the image. This obviously needs to be changed and edited to a full black screen. 
Another aspect that needs to be edited is the order of the clips. Presently, the clips appear to be quite chronological which is an aspect or convention of any trailer film. Here, it is vital that these are mixed up and put in a more random order. 

There are some aspects that I do like - for example when Rosie slams the door and says 'Leave me alone!'. The match-on-action that is used here is done well, and is a scene that could be used to build up the pace to more of a crescendo. 
Not only this, but the scene when she is running down the alleyway could be used as the final image for the trailer. This could be effective as it can leave the audience wanting more and this could be aided by the sue of a billing block and either a 'coming soon' title or a certain release date. 

Overall, I think it's a good start, but title cards and sound are a necessity that need to be found and added. Not only this, but perhaps the order can be rearranged and sound effects can be added to create more of the conventions typically found in horror films. 

Production Diary 3. 3/12

For our final day of filming we had to ensure that the weather was okay as we still had some of the outside shots to film. This was only an option if the forecast didn't stop us. When we checked, the Wednesday was going to be clear but cold, which was the perfect type of condition to film in.

Our call sheet enabled us to see that we were all (cast and crew) free to film on the day required. Not only this, but the props we would need and the amount of time we needed each of the actors for. 


CALL SHEET

Call Sheet 3.12.14 PDF

We had to also go next door to film a short scene of our production. This was because of the location as it was more fitting for the production. We needed to film in a little girls' room and to create this as a whole scene would be costly and hard to do. Luckily, our actress for the start allowed us to use her room as it was a perfect scene.

We did have some input in the set design as we took a garland reading, 'sweet dreams' to hang above the sleeping girl.

We thought this was very fitting for the context used in the trailer as it is all related to nightmares etc. Not only this, but we do a close-up of the words so people understand the reference we were trying to make.

We also had to have two more actors that are involved in the opening sequence. We didn't need to cast for these, and instead just needed someone who looked similar to our main actress - Rosie. We got an actual mother and daughter to play these roles so the comfort and rapport between the two came across as natural and unforced.