My research reflect 2, 5

With the research I hope to find review’s, getting feedback from my questionnaire. Another is to find new skills for using Adobe Lightroom and premiere pro that could help with making my cover better and the trailer as well. For my story, I hoped to find enough information I needed for my story so I'll be able to describe things.

I did produce both Primary and Secondary research for my FMP. For my primary, I did a questionnaire for my book and trailer I wanted to find out what people read what genre was most read and would they read a book if it had a trailer to watch. I will also be making another questionnaire once I make my book trailer just so I can get feedback and see about making it better. It was also used for when I picked out my front cover photo.

For Secondary, I read up reviews for different book printing websites so it helped to find the best one to go for.

For my FMP on my book, I found a website called Grammarly which came in very useful when writing up my story, it corrected grammar and some spelling mistakes. For my trailer I looked back at some old blogs with different camera shots we learnt since that's what I wanted for my book trailer. 

I did with the shooting and brightness. With the whole shooting style, I found that when I used shelves to have some objects placed on them, even though they're black like the background I thought it would show but thankfully it didn’t. I also found it better doing it away from a window because it gives it more of a dark, spooky look, so learning the right places to do the photo shoot.

With using my camera, even though I got good photos on my phone it always best to take photos on a camera as well since one it won’t print right and two because it comes out the same way it did with the other photo. I was worry that I wouldn’t get the same cool floating effect I got when using my phone but lucky I did get the same effect that I wanted.

I also found out that photoshop is not always the best and that Lightroom is very much useful since I used it for my cover and it helped a lot with the brightness and the colouring.

I did, I felt like I was more informed with what I need to do and with the extra research It made it easier to do my FMP. Maybe I was a bit nervous when it came to editing the trailer and writing the story because with the trailer once it was edited I would have to let other see it and most it's the feedback I'll be getting which make me nervous thinking about what they are going to say. With the writing, it was getting the information and then having to write it down, giving a lot of description which would take longer to write my book.

Book printing website - Because I will be able to print my book out and also I could get a quote on what I wanted and what the price would be.

Grammarly website - Because it can check my spelling and grammar to make sure I did nothing wrong.

Lightroom - Using the software helped with editing my cover making them look darker, and give it the right effects I wanted.

Changes were the book printing websites now with a different one, a video effect that I couldn’t figure out how to do. I had to re-shoot my book trailer again because it was hard to understand what the book was about and with the equipment, in the background, someone thought that maybe it was about filming because of the equipment behind it. 

Having my book proofread I did have to make small changes nothing major but now it should make a bit more sense. 

Filming

For the filming of the trailer, I needed to find the location and get the right equipment to do the recording. All this i found at college so that was really helpful.

A week before I wanted to start film I booked all the equipment I need like camera, recorders and tripod plus booking M011 room to do the recording in.

For the film trailer I came up with a small sketch of what I had in mind what I wanted it to look like. this is it


It has the different camera shots that I want in the trailer and the ending. It's changed a bit after recording what I need for the trailer. I've change it by adding some new shots and changed where in the wide shot there was meant to be a demon fading into the scene thats been changed to something else.

This is all part one the of the trailer, the second part is when I get the printed book I can then take a photo of it and the add it to the the trailer,m so it won't be completed til between .....

What I need to add to my trailer is music and sound effects

There has been a few changes, one is that because I haven't sent of the book yet so it's just a picture of the book cover. There are now music and sound effect added to the trailer both were from websites like

Free sounds and the background music was from incompetech.com. The music playing when Polly moves her head and in the background with the coming soon, is what actually plays from the doll.

This is the trailer for Polly. I might uploads another one if I get my book in time but this is basely the the trailer for Polly.

I think it could have been better if the equipment weren't in the background.

FMP Presentation

This is the link to my presentation on my FMP project, it explained that i will be creating a book and a book trailer.

Doing my presentation I also had Ed and Steve watching me as I presented it.

Feedbacks

Ed said that my book cover could be improved. It has now been edited and now I think looks better.

Steve said that because I had 12 chapters and the limited time i had, he was worried that I wouldn't get it all written in time. I actually got it all written the day before the last Thursday of college (Easter holiday.

Steve also mention about the book trailer and that I shouldn't leave it at the last moment because I was so focus on getting my book written. My original plan was to film it in the two weeks i had off college but then changed it a booked M011 out for a Friday and got all the filming done and out of the way and then edited it when I came back to college.

I do believe that the feedback were helpful and with the feed back I have used and change what needed to be changed and prove that i can get my whole book written.

My research 2, 4

I had to do a lot of research for my FMP, most for the book.

Story

Signs of possession- This is one that I was originally thought I would need but when it came to writing the chapter I ended up not needing it since instead of dragging it out the possession I did so that she get possessed there and then no sign or anything.

Different exorcism-Because I only know two types of exorcism the catholic way and one involving a glass goblet. For what I'm doing is a little bit different and I wanted to see if there is any exorcism similar to what I'm writing about. I also found different religious exorcism but I think I'll stick to the catholic exorcism.

Demon names- Because at first I didn't even think about looking for a demon name but when performing an exorcism when the demon reveals his name it can then be used against him in casting it out. Finding a name was hard because each one has an image of a demon with an animal part or it's a general in hell, so it was hard cause I just wanted a simple demon's name which I finally found.

Furniture (sofa and chairs)- This wasn't really important I just wanted to be able to describe what kind of sofa and chair so I just went on google, looked up sofa and chair shop's that have a website then just went thought until I have the one I wanted.

Book

Book printers- Finding a book printing website was very important because I want to get my work printed into an actual book and so I went on google and looked up Book printing Uk and looked. I did find one that looked good, had good reviews and gave you quote. Steve also showed me another website with is also good because it will cost a bit less to get print so I might use that one I'm thinking.

Props

For the trailer there is a demon wearing a mask so for research I need to look up paper mache for the horns. I went on youtube and found some videos on how to make them. I went for the easies one and I think what i did came out good, they could have been better I think. Another was the voodoo doll I looked up videos on to how to make them yourself but it looked a bit tricky so I ended up buying a plain doll and turning it into a voodoo doll.

Book trailer

For the trailer there are going to be different shot angles for the trailer so what i need to do is look back at my blogger to find past lesson on camera shot angles plus look on the internet to find angles that we may have not learn yet.

Music and sound effects-Because it a silent tailer it needs to have music, what I want is for the music to sound creepy, relating it to the book. For the sound effect I hope that it will make someone who's watching it jump plus to the part i want to be on i think we'll go really well with.

I will admit that describing he sound I wanted was hard because i couldn't think how rto put it into works, lucky i was able to find a sound a effect, a bit different from what I was going for but i think it will go well with it.

Added effect- one of the shots i did two separate glide shots like a cross and what i want to do is combined them together so that it look like a cross, I hope it looks good. I think it will also give my trailer that ghostly effect.

Last research is to get feedback from the trailer and that I will be making a questionnaire sheet with the trailer and asking people if they would watch it or not and give there reasons why and what I could have done better.


Link to survey 
Link to results

Primary and secondary research

Primary

I made a survey by using forms, In the survey were questions relating to my FMP like book and book trailers. I wanted to know whether if a book had a trailer would it make the book more interesting to read and whether people would read a book which the genre was paranormal, thriller horror.

Watching book trailers like the haunting of sunshine girl. Because she's a youtube they've only been seen on youtube not TV so it needs to be even better and thats what I need to watch to help see what makes her trailer amazing and how I can do the same with mine.

Another is for her book cover she made a behind the scene on how they did the shoot which could also help me with my research of my book cover.

Secondary

Research I'm also doing it to find a website that will print books, I will also need to read feedback to find out whether its good or not also with good pricing.

Book research is different exorcism which I could find on the internet but also documentary's that reenact catholic way's so I can see different religions ways to preform an exorcism. Another is demons name which again I can us the internet and documentary's.


Results

Primary

Watching The haunting of sunshine girl book trailer it help with what needs to be in a trailer what makes it eye catching and how to make mine maybe better then her with limited cast and location. Because her book is based in her house and they have more people working on the trailer. But it helps with giving me ideas on the music, the camera shots and it helps me, because her books are a big seller and seeing the trailer it shows that it also has to be as good.

With the different book cover pictures I had my mum to look over them to see what she thinks of them. Another reason was because I wanted another person's opinion on the photos and what she think of them, which lead to me choosing my book cover

I did a survey all relating to books and Book trailer and for the book trailer it did give me a good feedback to think about when recording the trailer.


  





Secondary 

For the book printer I found I a website with good reviews and the price look good, I've also been showed another website by Steve which he says is good and it's cheaper. This also shows that in future it's alway ideal to asked someone incase they have knowledge on it.

With the exorcism research I think it's better to with the catholic way because not only reading it I can visionally see it from 'A haunting' and another 'Paranormal witnesses' there's an interview with a real exorcise so I also to hear from a real person  who does it for a living which is good facts.

Primary and Secondary result's

Primary

Watching The haunting of sunshine girl book trailer it help with what needs to be in a trailer what makes it eye catching and how to make mine maybe better then her with limited cast and location. Because her book is based in her house and they have more people working on the trailer. But it helps with giving me ideas on the music, the camera shots and it helps me, because her books are a big seller and seeing the trailer it shows that it also has to be as good.

With the different book cover pictures I had my mum to look over them to see what she thinks of them. Another reason was because I wanted another person's opinion on the photos and what she think of them, which lead to me choosing my book cover

I did a survey all relating to books and Book trailer and for the book trailer it did give me a good feedback to think about when recording the trailer.


  





Secondary 

For the book printer I found I a website with good reviews and the price look good, I've also been showed another website by Steve which he says is good and it's cheaper. This also shows that in future it's alway ideal to asked someone incase they have knowledge on it.

With the exorcism research I think it's better to with the catholic way because not only reading it I can visionally see it from 'A haunting' and another 'Paranormal witnesses' there's an interview with a real exorcise so I also to hear from a real person  who does it for a living which is good facts.