Research & Planning: Film Trailer

This is our trailer so far, we're waiting for audience feedback in order to gain some more ideas on what sound to include over the middle section.  We have a few ideas of using wine glasses and feedback from guitar amps which we can produce relatively easily and record in college.

Research & Planning: Sound Experiments

During our lesson, we decided to play around with a few of the sound effects available to us and add them to our trailer to add themes and stings to certain areas that need heightening.

Research & Planning: Magazine Cover

Research & Planning: Change to Colour Scheme

I decided to adjust my white and red so they weren't as severe on the page, this makes everything work together well and makes my magazine cover flow more.
     This will work well with my poster also as my captions are in this type of grey, linking the two together.  It is also linked to my trailer as I highlighted my type with this shade of grey in order to make it pop off the screen.

Research & Planning: Social Networking Feedback

I asked a few people on which slogan they preferred, three people replied with the term "It's not just a game".  

Research & Planning: Editing My Magazine Photograph

Here is my photograph that I have already started editing.  I have added a duplication of the photograph over the top of the original, desaturated it of its colour and then used the 'Multiply' effect to make my original image much darker to give it a scarier feel.  I then used a mixture of the polygonal lasso tool and the eraser to delete the background on the duplicated layer to add depth to the image which contrasts well as it's quite bright.

 Due to the lack of make up for my photographs, I decided to photoshop some realistic cuts and bruises onto my photograph so that it links more to my film poster and trailer.  I took this image of a scab and used to 'Darken' effect and the eraser tool to blend it onto my photograph.

 I also added a black eye to my model with the brush tool set on a very low opacity because I didn't want it to look too severe as gore doesn't usually get included on professional magazine covers.

Here is my photograph at the moment with my masthead for my magazine cover.

Research & Planning: Titles

JANUARY 2013

4 TEENS ENTERED THE LOCAL WOODS

O RETURNED 

"Spine Tingling" - Empire Magazine

AND SO IT BEGINS

Research & Planning: Film Poster So Far

Research & Planning: Poster Ideas

Research & Planning: Film Trailer So Far

Research & Planning: Unedited footage

Research & Planning: Film Trailer Fonts

Research & Planning: Filming Location

This is the area in which we filmed our equilibrium / disruption stages for our film trailer.  We decided to film later at night so that it added to the creepy feel we wanted to achieve and the street lights added a glow in the background that created a sense of mystery as you cant really see whats behind our characters.

Research & Planning: Poster Dissected

Here is a small analysis of a film poster that is the same genre as my own.  It has given me a few ideas on how to structure my own poster in order to attract my target audience.

Research & Planning: Changes During Filming

Due to a change in weather conditions, the ground is incredibly damp due to large amounts of rain and snow.  This means we will be unable to use a campfire for our scene so we came to the conclusion of keeping our characters messing around with a handheld camera, but we will introduce nosebleeds to show that there is a problem as it still fits in with our general idea and will work well with the rest of our trailer.

Research & Planning: Unedited footage (camcorder)

Research & Planning: Unedited Footage

Here are some clips that we shot over the weekend that will be included in my montage.

Research & Planning: Location Images

Research & Planning: Photographs for my Magazine

Research & Planning: Make Up Shots - Filming

We decided not to add blood to our models for this so we didn't risk ruining clothes, it also didn't exactly turn out right anyway so we're glad we didn't use it.

Research & Planning: Poster So Far

Here is my film poster so far.  I've added a small logo for my production company at the bottom and an 18 certificate logo next to the credits.  I will also add a distribution company logo and a "Coming Soon" title somewhere along the bottom.

Research & Planing: Steel Tongs

 Steel tongs is the font used for the small titles listed at the bottom of a film poster.  Here is a small look at my poster so far,  I feel that the font may be slightly too big but I can adjust this later so that it fits my poster and its contents.

Research & Planning: Poster / Magazine Photo's

On Sunday, 20th January I plan to take some photographs that will feature on my magazine cover and poster.

I've decided to use the one character in my magazine that features in the trailer the most so that I can link the two together well.  I've also decided to use this character as my main focus for my poster, however, I may add some faded images of the other characters.

Research & Planning: Filming Organisation

We plan to film most of our footage on Sunday, 20th January.  We already have some footage, which is included in our rough cut, yet we may film these areas again with different actors. 
We will also film any extra areas on Wednesday, 23rd January to finalise our production stage.

We have established a location and we will be able to use it all day because it is one of our houses and therefore we don't need to book specific times.

Research & Planning: Poster Title Ideas

Here is my final development for this idea in which I kept the previous design but added my slogan.

 

I decided to add extra layers to the font by placing the same text behind the min focus and lowering the opacity to give it a confused feel.  I also used the multiply effect on various patterns to add extratextures to the image

I decided that the white didnt suit my genre enough and I therefore brought back the red.

For this font, I took away the red and added a gradient to the lettering along with an inner shadow to give it a three-dimensional look. 

Here is my first idea for my Film Poster, I've combined a font with various layers and a lens flare to add depth to my font.