media trailer - birds of prey planning: story board, media theory, locations, cast, mise-en-scene etc.

1. Trailer Planning

2. Implementation of media theory
• Equilibrium: Protagonist and his girlfriend are living a happy
love life
• Enigma: loses his job and is in debt
• An attempt at a resolution: he finds the briefcase of money at
the crime scene
• Enigma: the mafia are after protagonist to get the money back
• An attempt at a resolution: on the run
• Enigma: girlfriend is taken hostage and he has to make a
choice between greed and love.
Media theory
•Todorov’s equilbrium theory.

3. Storyboard
1. Crime scene - dead bodies, blood etc.
2. Ben takes the money
3. Daniel (friend) warns him, advices him not to keep the money
4. Takes it home to his girlfriend ‘solving all their problems’
5. She speaks to the detective about Ben’s actions (he’s corrupt and
undercover with the mafia)
6. Mafia member breaks into Ben’s home – no Ben, no money
7. Hit man assigned after Ben
8. Chase scenes (cat and mouse chase)
9. Girlfriend is taken hostage
10. Ben must decide between love and greed.

4. List of shots and angles
1. Establishing shot
2. Pan shot
3. Close up shot
4. Long shot
5. Mid shot
6. Over-the-shoulder shot
7. Tracking shot
8. Two shot
9. High angle shot
10. Low angle shot

5. Characters / Archetypes
• Hero- Ben
• Villain- Celina (The boss), Francois ( henchman)
• Donor- Daniel
• Helper- No helper
• Princess- (Girlfriend)
• King-No king
• Dispatcher- No dispatcher
• False Hero-Filip (Undercover Detective)
Propp’s theory of narrative - 8 characters
- trailer uses 5

6. Locations
Costume and Props
•East London - urban areas
- cafes
- pub scene
- parking lot
- apartment (protagonists home)
- alleyways
- bridge
•Costume - suits (mafia)
- casual clothing (protagonist, girlfriend, friend)
•Props - masks i.e. Nylon tights, balaclavas
- cars/motobikes etc.
- weapons: guns, knives, hammers etc.