In reflection..

Now I have finished my teaser trailer: "Home", there are a few things that I wanted to mention; a few things that I came across during filming my trailer. The first is working with children. Whilst planning and filming my trailer, I had to take in to consideration that my main character is a child. Children have a short attention span and when in high pressured situations they have to have regular breaks to keep them on the ball and focused. So I took a risk by casting a child for the main character in my trailer, but it was a risk that I am proud of as I think it worked really well. I didn't encounter any major problems related to this during filming, but there were a few things that made me realise what its like to work with children in comparison to adults. For example; Lily (who plays Evie Becks in my trailer), is 9 years old, she played the part extremely well and I was really pleased with her performance. But because she is young, there were times whilst we were filming where she couldn't stop laughing and it took her many shots to get in to the role, I suppose this is because she is young and didn't really take the situation that seriously, because for her it was probably quite boring. Also, the filming process took longer than I thought because when filming with a child, she had to have regular breaks because if we went on for too long then she would get distressed, lose interest and not put as much effort in to the scene as before. Although I must say that overall when she got in to the character, she played her really well and fulfilled the expectations that I had of Evie Becks, I am very thankful.

Another thing that I came across was the problem of the weather. For my first shot of the mother and daughter in a home video effect, I wanted it to be outside so it looked bright and happy. But due to the weather, this wasn't possible as it was cold and quite dark. So as an alternative I decided to move inside and create a warm and cosy feeling there. Although it wasn't my first choice; I am still very happy with the way it turned out. It also worked well because there are a few scenes after this shot in the trailer of that same room but the atmosphere has changed; this gives it a contrast from what it was before to what it is now.

Overall, I am pleased with my teaser trailer and I feel that I have achieved my goals and hope to do so in making the poster and magazine cover for "Home".