Drafting and planning (Finished Trailer)

This is the final hand in for my coursework and the video is my finished trailer for my A2 project. i added the end to my trailer so now it ends on the correct note to say the release date and a small advertisement to twitter with the #WeCanFindHer. the new footage was tricky to add in as i needed to make sure i could connect it with the rest of my trailer so the sound didn't overlap and i could continue the trailer as normal. the new footage has a repeated bang with the sound so it would add the suspense and it goes well with the repeated close up on the poster as it zooms on nearly every bang of the sound effects. i think the added footage has made my trailer make more sense as before i gave no clear indication of who Amy is which could be quite confusing for my audience as they probably wont want to see a film without the slight indication of what the film is about which i can understand.

Drafting and planning

this is my final draft of my poster for my horror film Astray. This poster was heavily inspired by the scream 4 poster as it was produced by dimension films which is the same production company that i have chosen to use for my project. i looked at posters by dimension films as they usually follow a distinct style with their film series so i tried to replicate that in my poster which can be seen by the way they layout there production block at the bottom of the poster. i chose to have quite a dark poster as i wanted it to reflect the horror genre easily so it would be obvious to the viewer what they were looking at. i used a generic font for the cast at the top of the poster as i want the names to be easy to read as if i used the same font as my title for the cast the names would be difficult to read due to the odd font choice and the size of the text itself. i am quite happy with the result of my poster as i was quite quick to change my mind about what i would do for it in the past so i am happy to see that this is complete, i asked peers who also act as my target audience due to their age what they think and the only criticism was that they wish the images on the wall were easier to see but they were fine with the finished result so i have achieved the aim of the ancillary.  

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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.