After having created my poster ideas from my photo shoot, I have now edited my chosen photos to create my final desgin. I added fonts and texts to each design so it fits in well to the 'horror theme', and also from which reflected well from my research.
1. Poster - I changed the colour of my photo to black and white so it gave out a chilling effect to the audience. I added red text to the poster so it stood off the page; 'coming soon' and the actors names so they were presented as eye catching. The title 'snatched' is also in red to give a spooky and horror feel to it and I spent time giving it a professional looking by adding shadowing and a 3D effect with it being slightly slanted to make it look immediately effective. I also put the tag line in red straight below it to bring about a thrilling theme. I put the age certificate which is a 15 on the left hand side of the page which is a convention of a film poster plus with the small print at the bottom page, which includes director, the productions company, actors and copyright information. I chose the particular picture because she is looking away from the camera to show the audience there is something wrong with her frightened and scared facial expressions, which draws the audience in.
2. Magazine Cover - I chose this particular picture to catch the readers eye straight away as I think that her eyes make the magazine look effective, as they are wide open to show her shock and distressed state. I added typical conventions to a magazine such as the bar code, issue number, date, and price. I promoted the film 'snatched' and highlighted and used persuasuive wording.
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Filming Schedule
Filming/Shooting schedule
Thursday 2nd Feb - write a letter to the council asking weather we can film in the area.Thursday 9th Feb - Start filming the scenes such as the girl walking around doing her normal everday day things in her life such as in the park on the swings, plus walking through the alley way where she looks frightened.
Thursday 16th Feb - Continue filming show the back of the male and him running trying to catch the girl. Film both of there legs running to create the tension. Male grabbing the girl and her screaming to show how scared she is.
Thursday 23rd Feb - Edit our trailer and keep improving her trailer with the feeback which is given back to us - add music and a voiceover to our trailer to add the dramatic effects.
By creating a shooting/ filming schedule it allowed us to be organised and know when we will do what.
Photo Shoot
After having taken photos for my magazine cover and poster, I chose to use a model who represenative of an innocent victim and of the younger generation. For costume I dressed her in baggy clothing and a jacket to keep her looking casual. I chose a setting of a plain background to show she is isolated with a gag on her mouth to show her portray trapped character. I asked the model to look frightened with her facial expressions and for eyes to look shocked and scared so the horror/thriller genre is clearly shown.
story board
Created a number of pictures and wrote down notes to work out what will happen in our film trailer in order and we can further develop these ideas when filming our trailer.
Initial Ideas
Design 2: I then went on to draw another rough sketch. I drew a similar girl with a gag around her mouth to again show she has been taken, with a white background to present a chilling and cold effect. I gave the girl messy hair to give her a rugged look. Similarly, I did a bold title so it comes across as eye catching. I then drew an outlined black shadowed hand to the girl so the audience immediately can tell he is the villian presenting the convention of the genre. I captioned the actors names at the top of the page with the tagline positioned differently at the bottom of the title.
Initial Ideas - Poster Desgin
As part of my designing, I have created two posters to give myself of what I will create, I will develop these ideas further when I eventually create my final design.
Design 1: shows an innocent girl/ victim with a gag round her mouth to show she has been trapped/ snatched from a villian. I would like the colour of the picture to be black and white to present how her life has been taken away from her with the black/ grey and dark colours suggesting her depressing mood. Girl has big eyes because I feel this is an important feature and believe they will show her emotion well. The title is big and bold and coloured in red because I believe this represents danger and fright, and also so it can stand out on the page so it becomes eye catching. I have Highlighted who featured in the film as this is an important part of the poster. Tagline 'when the obsession takes over' because it sounds intruiging and attracts the attention of the audience well and I feel it brings dramatic tension.
I drew a rough drawing of what I might want my poster to look like.
Design 1: shows an innocent girl/ victim with a gag round her mouth to show she has been trapped/ snatched from a villian. I would like the colour of the picture to be black and white to present how her life has been taken away from her with the black/ grey and dark colours suggesting her depressing mood. Girl has big eyes because I feel this is an important feature and believe they will show her emotion well. The title is big and bold and coloured in red because I believe this represents danger and fright, and also so it can stand out on the page so it becomes eye catching. I have Highlighted who featured in the film as this is an important part of the poster. Tagline 'when the obsession takes over' because it sounds intruiging and attracts the attention of the audience well and I feel it brings dramatic tension.
Brainstorm
I brainstormed some ideas of what I would like my film to be called to help create and develop ideas in my mind:
POSTERS
positioning of characters is significant a sense of narrative is often created.
use of text is often placed in well with the genre
colour schemes are used to make the writing and text bold and to draw the reader in.
masthead - title of the film is usually much larger so it stands well off the page.
release dates and actors who are staring in the film- small print on the bottom of the page.
age certifcate such as 12, 12A, 15,18.
TRAILERS
The genre is normally established within the first 10-20 seconds.
the tone is often changed within the middle of the text into a more dramatic thrill.
the narrative is not given away which hooks the audience straight away.
Characters and the plot are introduced effectively.
MAGAZINE COVERS
one central images with catches the audiences attention.
bold texts and the use of colour.
the main characters in which will be part of the film.
dark colours which presents the horror genre.
website
things that will be in the magazine .
positioning of characters is significant a sense of narrative is often created.
use of text is often placed in well with the genre
colour schemes are used to make the writing and text bold and to draw the reader in.
masthead - title of the film is usually much larger so it stands well off the page.
release dates and actors who are staring in the film- small print on the bottom of the page.
age certifcate such as 12, 12A, 15,18.
TRAILERS
The genre is normally established within the first 10-20 seconds.
the tone is often changed within the middle of the text into a more dramatic thrill.
the narrative is not given away which hooks the audience straight away.
Characters and the plot are introduced effectively.
MAGAZINE COVERS
one central images with catches the audiences attention.
bold texts and the use of colour.
the main characters in which will be part of the film.
dark colours which presents the horror genre.
website
things that will be in the magazine .
what I have learnt from analysing magazine covers
What I have learnt from analysing magazine covers
- It shows that the photograph is the main feature of the cover which draws the audience in and to also for the audience to understand what genre it is. The persusaive language attracts the reader into what the film could be about.- Having looked at many thriller/horror magazine covers I found that the photo on the cover lookd efrightening and draw the reader in immediately by having a certain tone and feel to them
.- I learnt the eyes played an important role on the cover because this is what catches the readers attention. Colours throughout the cover is effective because this can portray ideas and the readers associate colours with a theme, such as red - danger.
- A quote from the film is effective- draws the reader in.
- Presenting other features on the magazine cover is significant also.
As part of my research into the horror/thriller genre. I have comepleted textual analyses which have been released over time, those being which have become increasingly popular. I have also posted what I have learnt and gained when analysisng which will help when I produce both of these texts. From this research I have given myself a clear understanding of what makes a sucessful film poster and film magazine cover. Including the marketing campaign, the text, use of colour, positioning of charcters.When I produce my ancillary texts I will refer back to my research when I create these.
what I have learnt from analysing film posters
What I have learnt from analysing film posters
From analysing film posters it has helped to establish many of the conventions which are used for posters for then for me to able to go on to create my own.- The picture is always relevant to the film itself, always seems intriguing and the genre itself comes across well from the picture which is an important part. The pictures seem dark and gloomy to give off a good effect on the thriller/horror genre which suggests it's going to be full of thrill.
- There is always a tag line on a poster to generate the hype for the film which is there to catch the audiences eye and for them to be persuaded into seeing the film.
- The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc to bring a huge awareness to the film itself.
- A graphic/ thrilling picture for the audience to immeditately tell it will a horror film which is I will create in my film poster.
what i have leant from analysing existing film trailers
What I have learnt from analysing existing film trailers
From analysing existing thriller film trailers it enabled me to build upon my knowledge on what I understand will make it a good film trailer. Throughout my research I found that there were many conventions of a horror/thriller trailer that I could see in many of them such as;- A innocent victim who are mostly in the younger generation, who is shown as unaware throughout the trailer. Whereas the villain is hardly shown in the trailer to make it more jumpy and catchy for the audience. I also noted that the character who plays the villain tends to be a male, which I saw in every trailer I watched.
- Many of the trailers follows Todorovs' theory by starting with equilibrium to set the mood/tone as 'normal' which gives the audience a thrill as they are waiting for something 'scary' or 'horrific' to happen.
- Alot of the trailers I researched on started with soft/calm music at the beginning such as everyday life conversations and then quickly made a sudden changed into dramatic and fast music- which is done to build the tension up to make the trailer electrifying.
- There are scary noises such as screams and dramatic movements such as fast running, plus glimpses of the villian by the use of shadows. There are jumpy points to the trailer to make the trailer seem frightening which attracts the target audience immediately.
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