We were split up into groups of three. My group consists of Drew, Scottie and myself. Our first short task was to get to know each other and find out each others strengths and weaknesses. Drew tends to be more confident behind the camera because she feels more confident recording the advert whilst me and Scottie act it out. my main strength is video editing so that's what our group decided that i would edit a majority of the advert. additionally drew has good make up skills so this could come in handy as she could make either me or Scottie really scary and there for draw even more attention to our advert.
Our second task was to research some freaky adverts that was used on Television. We went onto YouTube and found a video with a top ten scariest/freakiest adverts. The main ones that appealed to us was the two " Phones4U" adverts. They both shared a similar theme of a scary figure chasing them and then telling them about a certain phone. They used steady cam shots mainly to give off the effect of something chasing them however if we were to create this then we may use a variety of different camera shots. Our second and finally choice was an "Audi" advert which had an old battered car rapped up in webs and then a spider jumping down and then turning into a car. this advert used a variety of shots from panning to tilting and possibly some jibs as well. So over all i think we should use the phones 4 u adverts as our inspiration and maybe try replicate something similar to these. Especially the chase scenes as they tend to really draw they viewers in.
here is the link to the video we researched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qNhkw_Ah4U
Our main advert Product is to try and promote a mobile phone. to make it freaky we are going to use Drew as a ghostly figure who will be stalking Scottie , i will be the camera man. Scottie will be walking into college and as he walks in Drew will appear all of a sudden. then once Scottie turns around she will be gone. Scottie then tries to run for the elevator and is frantically checking behind him. once the elevator arrives he will think hes safe yet Drew as the ghost girl will be stood waiting for him in the elevator. she will then say something about the phone and then a slide with the slogan on will appear. our slogan will be something along the lines of "buy from us or it will haunt you" therefore tying the freaky element in with our advert!This is uniue compared to this advert because we are basing it inside college, somewhere that is easily recognised by people.
Some good notes here Dominic, you have made it clear what has inspired you.
ReplyDeleteYou were asked to analyse three freaky adverts in your group so please finish off your work. It would be a good idea to proof read your work as you are missing quite a few capital letters.