Poster Template

From looking at other posters of horror films we have decided to create our poster with similar conventions to them. By using these conventions it will make our poster look more professional and less unorganized. We have decided to make the poster with as little writing as possible so there will be more focus on the image. The writing on our trailer will include a slogan, the title of our trailer, the release date and at the very bottom they will be the company and the classification. by making it simple it will attract the audiences attention and i a quick glance they will have everything the need to know.  

Analising 3 Magazine Covers

In this post I will be analyzing the conventions of film magazine covers, unfortunately while researching horror film magazine covers I have not been able to find three so I will be analyzing another genre to add to my research of the ideas of the conventions of a film magazine.

This is a magazine cover for the sixth Harry Potter film The Half Blood Prince. On this front cover they have used short punchy text so that the audience get some information of what is included in the magazine without there being loads of information to read this entices the audience to buy this magazine as allows you to see if you would like to read the magazine before you have read it. They have used a big picture of the latest most talked about film out at that time so that the audience are getting new and exciting information on this latest release, they have also included sell lines about the film to get the audience an idea of what they are going to be talking about before they have even bought the magazine, and gives the reader the chance to decide whether they are interested in the magazine and its contents. The title over the magazine has been made red so that it stands out against the dark and gloomy background this allows the audience to see the title of the magazine clearly and easily. They have also included an edited picture on three film characters into one picture, giving the audience an idea of what else is going to be included within the magazine. Also within the sell lines they have included a list of all the films that have been included in the magazine.

 

This is a magazine front cover for the horror magazine Scream. This magazine has a lot of the typical conventions of a magazine front cover as they have included the barcode and the bottom right hand corner, sell lines on both sides of the magazine, a puff at the top right hand corner with the issue number and price of the magazine and they have also got a slogan for the magazine 'blood, guts, gore and more!' the affect of the magazine including these things are that they have made it look professional and sell able. The Masthead of the magazine is a typical for a horror as it looks like blood dripping from it. They have used a main image on their cover giving it a focus point, also making the audience draw its eyes towards the ghostly eyes in the main image. They have also have a 'PLUS!' at the bottom of the page, making the reader interested in the little paragraph at the bottom of the page. Within the sell lines there are two interviews, one with and actress and one a director, by including these on the front of the magazine, for a reader that is looking for a specific interview they could have found it by looking at the sell lines of this magazine.

Magazine Title Fonts

These are the fonts we have chosen as a possibility for our magazine front cover. We are currently conducting a poll on which one people prefer, I will be posting the results of the poll later on when it has ended. We decided one these different fonts from our preferences.

Adobe Premiere Pro

This is a print screen showing us, playing around with some of our clips and figuring out what we are able to do with Premiere Pro. By doing this we are able to see where video effects are and how they work and respond to the footage. We are now starting to put different pieces of our footage together and see whether we will need to redo any of the shots we have already done. After looking at most of our footage a lot of it is quite dark and we have tried to lighten it on Premiere Pro and we have come to the conclusion its still too dark so we will have to be redoing a couple of the shots. 

Video Footage

In this post there is all of the video footage that we took on our first shoot, there will be another post soon with the rest of the footage in which we may or may not be using.

Green Band Rating Card

At the start of our trailer we will be inserting a green band rating card at the start of our trailer so the viewer knows the appropriate audiences in which the trailer has been created for. All trailers have to include a classification in which the trailer is and what it entails for example strong language and brief nudity. We are going to use this to indicate to the audince that our trailer is a rating 15.

This is the Green Band Rating card that we will be using;

We decided to use this green band rating card to make our trailer look more sophisticated and professional. We have also used to so we follow the usual conventions of a trailer.

Producer Logo

We have decided to add a producer logo at the start of our teaser trailer to make the trailer look more realistic and processional. We have decided to create our own producer logo and name as we are unable to use other companies due to copy right. We have used two different images for Google images and placed them together to make our own unique logo. The two images are;

 

 



After deciding to use these two images we was able to come up with this as our final logo;

 

 

We will be digitally tracing this image on to my computer using a graphics tablet. They we will be able to add this to the start of our teaser trailer, to increase the professionalism of our trailer.

Magazine Mock Up

Actors

In our film trailer we will be using a couple of actors, these are;

Rebecca Davis

We have decided to use Rebecca as she meets the criteria of height and type of person to do our acting. It is also easier as she lives close to Abbie and I.



 











Due to the three of us not having a lot of free time at the same time we have decided to change our main character to Kayley Saint-Clair. We have chosen Kayley due to the fact that she lives close by, she meets the requirements of the type of actress that we need for our trailer as she is the right height and build. 

 

Shot Types

Within our trailer we are planing to use different shot types to provide variety within our overall trailer. If we use the shot types correcting we will be able to influence the viewers emotions and make them feel empathy for the vunerable character. We will also be using the following different shot types so that the trailer doesn't get boring from the use of the same shot consantly and move it around to keep the viewer interested.

The shot types we are planing to use are;
Long shot
Close up
Over the shoulder shot
Paning shot
Establising shot
Mid shot
High angle shot
Low angle shot
Point of view shot
Extreme close up
Zooming
Tracking Shot

We will also be using the rule of thirds to help give us guidance of where to place our objects and people.

Target Audience

Our target audience is from 15 upwards, for the research we have conducted a questionnaire. By asking them the following questions we are able to see what the audience want and expect from scary films, from this we are able to collect the information and incorporate it into our trailer. It will help influence the trailer and make it better.

In this questionnaire we have asked a range of questions from "does the sound effect your emotions?" to "What do you prefer in a trailer.. -very little revealed -best parts shown -cliffhanger" to get the audiences opinion on what they would like to see in a trailer so we as the producer know what to include to make the trailer successful. 

 

In this question we have asked people what they like to see in trailers and a lot more people would rather have cliffhangers making you then want to go and see the film than see all the best bits as it ruins the film when you actually go and see the film. 

 

In this question we have then asked whether the sound of the trailer effects your emotion, from this we have found out that sound effects the viewers feelings and emotions while watching the trailer.

 

By finding out these different pieces of information we are then able to incorperate it into our trailer, so then we are able to reach the expectations of the viewer.

 

Trailer Ideas

We have come up with a few different ideas for our final teaser trailer we will be picking one of these for our final idea and I will be making a mock up story board of how the trailer is going to be set out, this will be a rough idea of how it is going to look and we will be making small changes while we are filming and when it comes to where then place will be.

The first idea was that there was house party and these guys pick a group of girls and ask them if they would like some drinks, so they lead them down to the shed and the end of the garden where apparently "the drinks are" and when they are all inside and one of them has locked the door they spike their drinks so that they are unable to be aware of what they are doing, when they wake up they have no idea where they are and the guys torture them.

The second idea would be that there would be a girl and she goes to school but she gets bullied a lot for being quite and not having any friends, so as she is sitting in class she get a text at first she ignores it and tries to concentrate in lesson but then the three girls start picking on her so she reads the text that she got saying (meet me in the woods) from her odd and creepy boyfriend. Then the girl throw some paper at her and pushed her past the breaking point. Then she walks out the lesson and walks into Scadbury park, looking for her boyfriend and she starts hearing something moving though the woods towards her so she starts running and then she gets taken by someone, they tie her up in the basement of somewhere, and she is frantically trying to get out, and as she gets out she hears them coming from up stairs and the floor boards are creaking as they walk.

The third idea is that a family have just bought a new house and the parents decided to go away for the weekend and leave their child of around 6 years old and they hire a nanny for the two days and while they are away paranormal activities occur. The baby sitter sets up a camera and finds that someone is causing the activities and discovers that he has the parents as well as them two trapped.

We have chosen to do the second idea as when we thought about it we realized that the other ones are typical scary film plot lines and they have already been done and our other one hasn't been done.
I have made a story board of how the trailer will go, this isn't definite as we may come across complications, or may change our minds of how we would like the trailer to be.

Location

This is a selection of locations that we maybe use within our teaser trailer.

Scadbury Park (Moated Manor)

These are pictures by the Scadbury Park Moated Manor, we will be using this location during our trailer as the main location of the trailer. With this location we would have to wait until it was dark to give the shot effect and mystery within the shot.

Forested Area Within Scadbury

These are pictures from a forested area in the Scadbury park area we may be using this location for a part of our trailer as it has a good lighting as the trees let though little light so we are still able to shot the scene even if it is quite light. It allows us to shot the scenes at different times during the day and we would have to rush the scene and get good quality shot. The mise en scene will make it hard to get the shot right as it is a natural forest area and we will be unable to move certain aspects of the shot.

 

 

Woolwich Church

 

These are pictures from Woolwich Church, we are using this place because it has a creepy atmosphere and look to it, lighting will not be an issue as we will be able to add as much light as needed as there aren't any windows to counteract the light we are adding into the space. We are able to correct the mise en scene within this space due to any things withing the area are able to be moved around and arranged to how we would want them. There are cobwebs and dirt within the church basemant making it look creepy and old, by using this dirt it makes it seem more realistic. There are certain characterics which makes the place ideal for our horror trailer.

 

 



Abbie's Shed

These are pictures from Abbie's shed we could use this if we are unable to get the right shots within the Church, if we was to use this area we would have to wait until it is dark to get the right lighting due to a window. After it is dark we are able to add any lights to make the lighting right for the shot, we are able to move any items out of the camera shot to correct the mise en scene.

 

 

Things To Do

Upload location pictures
Start filming trailer
Story Board
Questionnaire
Story line ideas
Final idea
Shot list
Props & Equipment
Actors
Poster Ideas/Drafts
Magazine Ideas/Drafts
Script
Actors