1b) Narrative

In our film trailer we included a narrative that would appeal to the target audience and fits in to the fantasy genre. Throughout the film trailer it follows Todorov theory because it is has an equilibrium, disruption and shows aspects of a resolution but does not include the new equilibrium because a film trailer will not want to give away the ending of the film. Our fantasy film trailer setting is in a run down castle in a rural place, this is at the start of our film trailer and demonstrates how this links with the equilibrium of the Todorov theory as it is showing an idyllic scene and the hero sat peacefully on the rock again these scenes are demonstrating an equilibrium in the narrative. The disruption in the film trailer would be when the hero then starts to fight along with the appearance of the villain (the wizard) and how they are edited demonstrates that the two are against each other and therefore a disruption. The hint of resolution in the film trailer is when the hero is walking away through the wilderness; this is hinting that the disruption has been solved in the narrative.Our film trailer also links with Vladimir Propps character theory, the hero in the film trailer is Favian he is seeking the approval of his family members and he is also on the search for the potion that will cure the curse that is going through his village. The villain in the film trailer is the wizard and he is doing all he can to stop the hero from achieving his goal. This would also demonstrate the struggle between the hero and the villain in the narrative. The narrative of our fantasy film trailer will also link with the MacGuffin theory (Alfred Hitchcock 1939) the theory is that the plot is centred around one specific thing or character. In our film trailer the plot is centred around the hero on his quest to save the village from a curse. The narrative that our film trailer follows links with the target audience and we think that they would be very interested in watching the film trailer.

1a) Creativity

1.) How have your creative skills developed over time?

What you did in AS and A2 –FIRST Paragraph

1997 Bentley ‘The creative process is the rearranging of the old to create the new’

In my AS coursework preliminary task I created a college magazine front cover and contents page. The main task was to then create a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. My advanced portfolio consisted of making a fantasy film trailer, film magazine front cover and a film poster. Bentley (1997) said ‘The creative process is the rearranging of the old to create the new’. I did this throughout my coursework as I developed my skills in AS and then demonstrated them in my A2 coursework.

In my AS preliminary task: creating a college magazine front cover and contents page, did not express my creativity. The front cover and contents page were very boring and plain. There was no aspect that was creative in terms of imagery or layout; using Photoshop with little experience was complicated and difficult, this made it difficult to make the image look creative as I had little editing skills. I learnt from this going in to my AS coursework.

In the main task for my AS coursework I developed my creativity and this reflected in my coursework. Creating a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread it was important to express more creativity due to the genre of the magazine. I managed to improve my skills from the prelim task particularly in Photoshop; I could now edit the imagery to make it look more creative by adding particular effects. By gaining more confidence from the prelim task I felt I could now be more creative with the layout making it more interesting and appealing to the audience.

I developed my skills from AS and demonstrated them in my A2 coursework.

Moving in to A2 I had to create a film trailer, film magazine front cover and film poster. I chose to make a fantasy film trailer, which required me to be creative with the story line after developing my skills in AS it was a lot easier to put an original edge on to the story so it wasn’t similar to any existing products. With the film magazine front cover I found it a lot easier than I did in AS, as I could now use Photoshop to a good standard and this helped with making the front cover a lot more creative. This applied to the film poster also because it is using the same skills as the film magazine front cover.