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 this is my empire magazine cover for my film/ A2 project. i am comparing it to the dead pool cover as i tried to use some of the conventions they used for his cover. i went with the house style of red as that is the primary color used by empire which they change every now and again for different covers. i wanted to create a splash effect on the back of my cover like the dead pool cover but when i tried it the images didn't suit the background so instead i create a bar/ beams of light effect to act as my background which worked out quite well as the background doesn't obscure the images and it goes well with my chosen house colors of red and white. i used the ever present in empire magazine the above title pug as the empire magazine looks naked without it and it really ties the whole cover up as it uses up the empty black space that the background bars didn't cover so it is also there to fill in the space i couldn't fill within my background.

Drafting and Planning (Magazine)

this is my magazine cover for my A2 project. the cover was inspired by Empire magazine as shown obviously by the magazine title. i followed Empires conventions with the location of the bar code, lower left pug ext. i took a risk of with the main images as in every empire magazine cover the image is a person looking into or just away from the camera. i wanted to take the risk as the Polaroids are a large part of my story and it would be extremely difficult to get my three characters together for a solid image. the cover images work as they bring the attention to the cover as three faces attract more attention than one face will.

Drafting and planning

This is my ancillary product for my A2 project. i took the photo in the drama studio so i could target the light at what i wanted. i lowered the light in the studio but but it wasn't low enough so i edited the image to lower the lighting in the center and i raised it on the left so the audience can make out the character on the left but you can hardly see his face which is exactly what i wanted as in near to all horror movie posters if the antagonist is featured on the cover you can hardly make out their face or they are wearing a mask so i followed the conventions. the beam of light at the top had to be created as the camera provided by the school didn't capture the whole image so i duplicated the box of light created by a window and made it vertical to make the room look more eerie instead of making the light look like an obvious window. the production block was created in word and then imported in, i used other horror movie posters to figure out a shape and layout for the production block i followed one poster developed by my same production company so i could learn their house style and i found a separate horror movie poster so i could get two opinions and two points of view to make sure i didn't fully copy the one product.

Drafting and planning

to make my trailer longer and to add clarity to some of the story i have done some more filming in the drama studio. To make sure that i used the time i had in the studio wisely i also took photos for my poster so now with the deadline coming up next week all i have to do now is put the new footage, create my magazine cover and create my film poster. the image on the left is the very start of my poster for the film. it is near to complete as all that needs to be dont is lowering the contrast of the title and adding in the production block and release date which shouldn't take long at all. the image was taken using a video camera as i used a real smoke effect to create the smoke so i thought that it would be easier to pause on a long video clip so i can select the moment from a five minuet recording. the image came out a little blurry as the schools video player program isn't as updated as it could be and the camera isn't of the best quality but non the less i am still happy with the outcome.

Drafting and planning

Due to some unfortunate events i will need to do a bit more filming for my trailer with only 3 weeks until the final deadline. i have already drafted a new opening scene where pictures in the form of polaroids are torn from the wall and a close zoom into a fade of a poster describing the last known location of the missing girl. the new opening scene wont effect my current footage as the purpose of the new footage is too make the trailer longer and to give the viewer a better understanding of what the film is about as the new footage will give the viewer the information that the antagonist has some form of obsession with these kids.

Drafting and planning

this is my new idea for my movie poster as my last idea wasn't really the standard i was looking for. the idea will center around the Polaroids in the middle of the poster and the antagonist will sit aside to the left with a cloud of smoke coming from him. the cloud of smoke i wont add in using effects i will use smoke when taking the picture. the background will most probably be a black wall with and the whole picture will be shown with a low white light so the character doesn't cast too big a shadow that would ruin the image. the images on the wall will be of the protagonists and because there will be alot of images i will re use afew of them but you wont be able to tell that they are the same image as i will overlap alot of them so the wall will look legit.

Drafting and planning

the picture on the left gives the general idea of how my movie poster will look although it wont be as creepy. the idea for the movie poster is to have the antagonist on the left of the poster looking at the Polaroids of the protagonists. this will be able to indicate what genre of film im going for by the general disturbance of the image itself. for the movie poster i dont think i will use alot of photos as the two main focuses of the poster is the antagonist and the three Polaroids of the protagonists so if i include alot of pictures it will draw attention from the two main subjects of the image. if i follow this path for my movie poster i can just take the photos with more images and then some without alot of images. i mentioned in a past blog post that i would have a fourth main Polaroid that includes the missing character in the film but the photo will be ripped, i think i will add the fourth image but cross out the face of the character as if she has been ticked off the list this will mainly be done to force the audience to speculate what the antagonist wants from the situation which will force the subject of my film to be in their heads.