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. 

Draft 4

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.

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

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.

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;
 

Problems with Premiere Pro

While making our first trailer edit we encountered some problems with premiere pro, with these problems we was able to work around these and solve some of them. These included our trailer not plaiying on the premiere pro software so we had to create the rest of our trailer without being able to see it, we also had a problem with converting the file from the premiere pro file to a MPEG2 file as there was a pronblem with the software. We was able to fix this by looking on Google for answers.

 

 

We also have a problem with rednering the project, so we had to render the file on my home computer instead of completing it at school. 

Horror Trailer No1

This is our first final edit of out trailer so far, we will be collecting reviews from peers, family and our target audience so that we have points that we can improve to make our trailer better.

Reviews of trailer so far

Rebecca Davis // Age 17

Positives
- Good editing
- Good camera work on the bag
- Mise en scene is good as the teenager is wearing stereotypical clothes for her age and so is the killer as in films they never show their faces/identities

Negatives
- Use a still image for the end image instead of a moving video as it takes away effect
- The colouring on the video needs to be darker

Jessica Harris // Age 17

Positive
- Camera work and positioning is good

Negatives
- Suggest that you take out the second walking clip so it flows better
- Have writing shown i.e. reviews/storyline

Survey No 2

We have decided to carry out a second survey to make a final decision on which magazine font we will be using, the survey only consists of one question. Below I will be uploading the results of the survey and I will also wbe uploading picture of the final font.

The results of the survey have shown that the most popular and most prefered font out of the two is the first font with a 68% result rating. So we will be using the first font on the front of our magazine.

My Poll

We decided to use a poll to get some feedback on what people would like the magazine font title to be on the front of our magazine cover. From the poll we have got the following results;



 



From this poll I have come to the conclusion that the 2 most popular fonts are the forth font and the seventh font. Now that I have this information I with be carrying out a second survey to determine which font we will be using.

I have created a pie chart to make it clear what fonts were the most popular with the audience.

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