Saturday, 25 January 2014

Magazine Edits


This is the first edit of the magazine cover. The feedback that we got from this is that is is too bare and it should include taglines, sell lines and puffs, to make the cover look more professional. The font of the film is not clear enough and should be changed. The editing of the image is good and the lighting of the image has been well edited. 


This is the second edit of the magazine. The feedback that we got from this is that is is too bare and it should include more taglines, sell lines and puffs, to make the cover look more professional. The font of the film is not clear enough and should be changed. Not much has been changed.


This is the third edit of the magazine cover. The colours of the magazine contrast too much, they are too many different font styles. Shouldn't use Thor image or 'We're the Millers' due to copyright. Include New Year. Position text so it does not cover her. 

Poster Edits


This is the first edit of our trailer poster, the feedback we got for this poster is that it was too crowded and that it shouldn't have reviews due to the date that it is due out people wouldn't of seen it yet. Also horror posters are generally quite empty. It is also hard to read what the title of the film is so the font needs to be changed. 


This is the second edit of the poster. The feedback we received from this is that the slogan and the title should be in the original places which they were in on the first edit. There still shouldn't be any review as it doesn't look professional. 


This is the third edit of the poster. The feedback we received from this was that it looks better without the reviews. The use of twitter and Facebook logos make it look recent and professional. The title of the film is readable and but it should be moved to the bottom instead of at the top. The poster is too square and should be like the previous image length. 

Monday, 2 December 2013

3rd Trailer Draft


Feedback:
Improvements that we need to make are that some of the scenes are too light so we will be darkening them, we are still having trouble with the sound so we are trying to get that working, and some of the scenes are too long so we are going to shorten them.

Friday, 15 November 2013

Target Audience Feedback

We asked a group of 15-16 year olds to watch our trailer and give us feedback so that we are able to make suitable changes for our trailer, we will be taking the feedback into account when we make changes to our trailer. The general themes of the feedback are that the shots need to be made lighter and some shots need to be retaken and they are too blurry.

1.
WWW: Was really good
EBI: Need to include sound

2.
WWW: Good camera angles and looks professional
EBI: Shots too dark, couldnt see some of trailer

3.
WWW: Looked professional and shots were clear
EBI: Some shots too dark, needs sound

4.
WWW: Really good
EBI: Needs sound

5.
WWW: Good suspense
EBI: Better cimematograohy

6.
WWW: I liked the writing through the trailer
EBI: Some shots not needed, some were too blurry

7.  
WWW: I would go and see it in the cinema
EBI: Some parts too dark and blurry

8.
WWW: Camera angles were good and the places it was set were good choices
EBI: the title screen at the end was more proffessional

9.
WWW: Good use of shots, quite dramatic
EBI: sometimes shots too dark , add sound

10.
WWW: good range of camera angles used
EBI: add sound, lighten dark shots

11.
WWW: Good storyline was entertaining and made you want to watch more
EBI: Lighten some of the dark shots

12.
WWW: Good use of set, good acting
EBI: Add more light to dark shots

13.
WWW: It is a really good idea for a film and the angles make it tense
EBI: The shots weren’t so dark


14.
WWW: Good – seemed real, made us feel like it was real.
EBI: Make text on phone clearer, add sound and make shots lighter

15.
WWW: Good kind of “what’s going to happen next”
EBI: Shots were too dark

16.
WWW: The woods was really good setting, and I liked the running away section
EBI: The school part at the beginning didn’t seem to relate to her being captured

17.
WWW: It was good because of the dark background on the scary parts and they used the right shots

18.
WWW: It was really good
EBI: Longer and more sound also if it was brighter

19.
WWW: Very suspenseful more like a horror film very realistic
EBI: Crop the video of her opening the door as she does it twice

20.
EBI: The shots are scruffy at the start
WWW: But gets better at the end and end title was good

21.
WWW: good with the build-up, good title ending
EBI: beginning a bit boring, needs sound and needs different backgrounds

22.
WWW: Only bit in the woods was amazing
EBI: It don’t look real, need sounds

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Trailer Feedback

I have gathered feedback from friends, family and peers to find out what i can do to improve the trailer. I have asked my target audience (16-21) for feedback so that i can improve things to make it more realistic for them.
Jackie Murray // Age 46
Pros
Good use of lighting
Good use of locations
Cons
The font at the end of the trailer should be different
Where kayley walks out it should be cut so its smoother
Some of the scenes are too dark

Holly Orton // 17
Pros
Camera angles create good effect
Text between shots good
Leaves you in suspense
Cons
Phone text isnt clear enough
Some scenes too dark
Show that she is tied up first
Add sound

Rebecca Davis // 17
Pros
Gets darks as she goes into the woods
Good editing
Cons
Texts needs to be clearer
Cut classroom scene
Mke writing creepier


From this feedback we have decided to change the font at the end of the trailer, cut some of the scenes to make them smoother, I will be adding a scene of her hands tied up so that it is clear, I will be adding sound and making sure that it all works. I will be retaking the shot of the phone so that the text and phone call is more clear.

Monday, 11 November 2013

Magazine

For our magazine we are currently deciding our layout and logo, we have decided to merge text and image to make our magazine logo and we have decided to do this on photoshop or flash software to make the final logo, we will be using the audience feedback that we gathered from previous questionnaires for the font of the logo and we will be creating our own image for the background.


This is the font that people chose on the questionnaire.






So far for the logo I have created this and we will be finishing in and adding colours then using it within our magazine front cover.






From my magazine research I have found that we need to include puffs, tag lines, sell lines, mast head, barcode, main image as well as smaller images and text on our horror trailer magazine.


Final Logo;