Dreamz in the Hood Trailer: Draft 1

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This is the first draft of our trailer, which we intend to use as a guideline in further production of our actual trailer. We will collect feedback and try and improve on areas we lacked in.

Independent Film Magazine: Front Cover Selection

This is one of the photos I was considering to use for my independent magazine front cover. However down to a strong and hard thought about it i didn't end up using because I thought that my facial expression looked to serious which may put off some viewers. Also the posture may appeal to the male audience as it portrays a violence and aggression and disregard the female audience

With this photo I liked it because of the clarity of  it as it is vital to have a clear photo on the front cover. Also unlike the first photo my facial expression does not look to serious at all, appealing to both male and female audience which is the aim of every magazine, to try to appeal to as much people as it can to gain more recognition. However I did not use it because I am not giving eye contact to the camera, I'm looking away from the lens. I personally believe the best way to gain an audience attention is through eye contact which is why I didn't end up using the photo.

 This is the photo i chose to be for my front cover. I chose this photo for many reasons, the clarity which I said before is important, my facial expression is composed  and also the background. The difference between this picture and the others is that this picture has an background that connotes my genre which is 'social realism'  the leafless trees in the woods connotes poverty and struggle and through that there is a pathway which metaphorically leads me to my 'dreams' which relates back to the title of the movie.

Casting

Ramel, played by Sean Okpa – Protagonist - Perfect actor for the main role has good knowledge of the social realism genre conventions. He has a big decision to make, go to the talent show or go and back his boys that need his help. What does he chose? His hood reputation or his passion.

Femi, played by Solomon Ssenyonga & Keiron, played by Kortney Hudson – Boy with no ambition. Dragging Seans character into the wrong path. Back Sean’s character with his music but they are also heavily involved in the hood life and not intentionally knock Sean off the right path, or does he?

Stacey, played by Abena Amoako – 'Ramels' girlfriend who wants him to leave the life he lives and focus on his dream to become a rapper so that they both have a good future

Adam Deacon – A well known British actor; mainly known for his roles in British social realism films such as Kidulthood, Adulthood and Shank. Adam is very experienced in playing these particular roles because he himself came from urban London; he is a young actor and can act out various roles.

Ashley Walters – Known for his roles in Bullet Boy, Top Boy and even 50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. Ashley also came from Hackney which is known for being a rough area. So Ashley finds joy in acting in social realism films which explore themes of his past.

Noel Clark – Noel Clark would be a great asset to our cast as we would get a three in one man who directs acts and writes scripts. Noel is most known for his roles in ‘Kidulthood’ and ‘Adulthood’. Noel also known for his roles in 'Auf Wiedersehen', Pet and well-loved British Drama ‘Doctor Who’.

We have been inspired by these actors and wish to portray similar characterizations when acting in our trailer.

Script & Voice Over Treatment

*Sound track plays*

*After Kieron has been stabbed* 

Femi: Ay Kieron are you alright?

Kieron: Yeah bro I'm fine, go catch  Rymel, go catch Rymel.

*sound fades to silence*

*New soundtrack plays in background*

Kia: Rymel are you alright?

Rymel: How can I  be alright when them paigons touched Kieron?

Kia: Are you still going to do the talent show?

Rymel: I'm not trying to hear the talent show right now, I want revenge.

Possible Voice over..

From where they never make it, Realist Productions brings you the hard hitting, controversy riddled, drama of three friends, two paths and one girlfriend. Who are all Dreaming beyond the hood but in different ways..

Dreamz In The Hood, coming to a Cinema near you!

Importing of Footage

We imported the footage on After Effects and worked on constructing our trailer. After importing our footage, we consulted our animated story board to make our trailer as best and as structured as possible.
Importing our footage was simple enough as we filmed using a digital camera and through the advances in technology we were able to move the footage from the camera using a single wire.

Created by Kortney Hudson

Working Titles in Trailers

Here we see a mixture of working titles from social realist film trailers below. The use of different fonts and sizes which really do come out towards the screen is something the group will try to do. The first picture is a sneak preview of the trailer being made and how the group has tried to add working titles.
Created by Solomon Ssenyonga

These are all examples of working titles in Social Realism films we felt would be beneficial to analyse in order to develop our own. From these selected titles, it can be detected that the background in which they are displayed are of a plain and dark colour palette. I assume this is to enhance the effect of the title and to make sure that this stands out to the audience rather than being distracted from other features such as busy backgrounds.

We are also created our trailer on a low production budget, as of many other social realism films and so it is not necessarily expected of us to create an exaggerated title which wont particularly suit our genre.

Created by Abena Amoako