Conforming to Theorists

Todorov's Narrative Theory:

Franco-Bulgarian philosopher, Todorov, studied fairy-tales and established this theory about the stages a story goes through in a typical narrative: 

1. Equilibrium - A State of normality
2. Disruption - An event that disrupts the normality
3. Recognition - The hero recognises the disruption
4. Complications - The hero meets problems in trying to restore the equilibrium 
5. New Equilibrium - The hero restores a new state of normality

This influenced our trailer, as at the start there is a sense of normality when we see the couple in love. However, the introduction of the brother provides the disruption, and the break-down sequence shows both that the protagonist has recognised this disruption and also provides the complications. However, of course, being a trailer, we did not include the end state, as we wanted to keep the audience interested and intrigued to find out what happens. 

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Editing And Post Production

We edited the footage on Adobe Premiere Pro which was different to Final Cut Pro but meant that I was able to learn a new program with different effects. The Adobe Creative Cloud Package also came with After Effects and Photoshop. After Effects helped us with colour correction and adding grain and noise to create a sort of Super Eight, vintage effect whereas Premiere Pro gave us a very accurate and easily navigable program to create our trailer with.

We added images over the top where festival logos and our own production logo were edited so that the black was transparent and they could be placed over our own footage. 

Here is an example of layering footage during the montage sequence. We altered the opacity so that you could see both shots together in one frame. 

Choice Of Font

We chose a basic font, Avenir, inspired by the trailer for the Romantic Drama 'Carol'. We wanted to keep it simple to compliment the aesthetics and avoid something to bold and extravagant. 

Across all three of our ancillary products we used a variation of this font, from 'Avenir Medium' to "Avenir Light' and simply 'Avenir', occasionally placing it in bold for emphasis, and keeping it thin and simple for a more subtle effect. We made sure that we kept the font the same for continuity across our trailer, poster and website. 

Difficulties Encountered When Editing

Film Title

Deciding on a title for our film was a difficult task as we had lots of ideas, focusing on different aspects and themes of the film. Some of the ideas included:

Maybe One Day
White Lies
A String of Secrets
The Right One
Take Its Course

'The Deep End' was our final decision as it had a lot of meaning behind it. Firstly it reflects the dramatic ending of the film where, in the trailer, it is suggested that the protagonist drowns, thus 'The Deep End' is a literally reference to deep water. It also gives the impression of danger, reflecting the danger of our protagonists actions throughout the film, particularly her infidelity. 

Our Production Company Logo

This is the logo for our company name. It was created using Microsoft Word and has been designed so that the black in the logo above becomes transparent when placed over another image, which can be seen in our film trailer.