Evaluation Question Four

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Evaluation Question Three

Evaluation Question Two

Evaluation Question One

Questionnaire for Final Products

Trailer:

Poster:

Magazine Front Cover:

Above are my three products which I have created. I would appreciate if you could take a look at these and then complete my questionnaire below. Thank you

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Feedback on Trailer

As I have now completed my final product and uploaded it to Youtube, the members of my class have watched it and evaluated it so I can receive feedback from my trailer. What they said was that the sound I have included is effective and creates the right atmosphere for my trailer and that I have made good use of the different shots I have obtained from the limited locations. As my class are my target audience it was important that they felt I met their needs with the element of entertainment. It was important that my trailer appealed to the right target audience which from the feedback I received, this was true and appealed to them as I had followed conventions of typical horror films which make people want to watch it and also the actor which has been used is a similar age to my target audience therefore they can relate. As well as this the mis en scene used is also typical of the character and their age therefore reflects the same locations as to what my target audience would be in which makes it more relatable and appealing to them.

Final Version of Trailer

I have now completed my trailer and have proceed the final edit of it. I have made changes from the first draft such as changing the sounds to some parts of my trailer and adding in more headings to create more of a storyline. This will help my viewers to follow the trailer as well as being inquisitive about learning what happens within the film. My final trailer version is below:

Magazine Front Cover & Poster

After going through various drafts of my magazine and poster and changing different aspects to the, I have produced a final product for each part. I have made sure that the right conventions have been used for both the poster and the magazine front cover. These products fit in with my trailer which is essential into the branding of my overall film.

Filming Update 8

Audience Theory

3 Main Theories

-The Effects Model or Hypodermic

-Uses and Gratification

-Reception

Effects Model:

-Dominant Theory

-Passive audience who are powerless to make an impact

-People could follow the actions of what has happened in my trailer, makes it a bad influence

Hypodermic

-Audiences are tricked

-The film Childs Play 3 in the murder of James Bulger in 1993

-The film Severance (2000) in the murder of Simon Everitt

-Moral Panic, out cry from these films, not just violence (sexuality), books also

Uses & Gratifications:

-We have control on how we consume text

-When we watch violent things, people are not effected by it

-Active text, audience use text for gratification or pleasure

-Audience has the power, make our own readings, can reject media

Categories:

Diversion, Escapism, Information, Pleasure, Comparing Relationships and Lifestyles with ones own & Sexual Stimulation

My trailer is a horror genre, so people can escape reality, want adrenaline from watching a horror trailer. They get pleasure and adrenaline. Audiences are actually in control. Contains Learning,  Relaxation, Emotional and Satisfaction. By watching media we satisfy our needs.

Reception Theory Stuart Hall (1970)
Texts are encoded by producers, the audience then de-code the message. Although it is not always decoded to the main meaning, can fail to take it in - impact is larger on audience.
Three main ways that messages can be decoded: Dominant or Preferred, Negotiated, Oppositional.



                                                                                      

Filming Update 7

Postmodernism within Film

First Draft of Trailer

I have been working on Final Cut Pro to produce my trailer and as the deadline for this is approaching I chose to make my trailer all linked in order to have a first draft of my trailer. I will still need to add in different scenes, titles and music changes to my final product but this is what I have produced so far:

Filming Update 6

Developing Ideas

As I have started to film parts of my trailer, I discovered that my storyboard was not as strong as I thought and to make my trailer the best it can be I need to add in different scenes and make my narrative stronger. From filming, I have been able to shot good scenes which I think will work in my trailer. Other shots I have taken were not as good and need to be re shot or improved. To do this I need to brainstorm new ideas. Below are ideas I have came up with to include in my trailer.

-Moving away from the idea of a 'Hook man' and moving more towards the idea of a follower. I think this will be better as it is hard to convey the aspect of a Hook man in my trailer with both the limitation of props and the actor that I have chosen.

-The follower will still follow the same story line, however I will add a twist into my story where the person who the followers is stalking, turns out to be following them too. This will help improve my narrative and will allow me to shoot more shots.

As I have been filming, I noticed I have been focusing on more artistic shots rather than the narrative, therefore need to focus on the narrative more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Filming Update 5

Filming Update 4

Research into horror genre magazine front covers

I have decided to look into a magazine which is for a specific genre, the genre I am basing my trailer on which is horror. I found a producer of horror magazines called 'Fangoria'. These magazine feature horror films specifically. Previously I have only looked at main stream magazines rather than genre specific magazines. These magazines are different as the main images and secondary images are all about horror. The colours used within the front cover are related to horrors, dark colours are used and red and orange as all these colours connote darkness, anger and danger, all things associated with horror films. All the sub headings include information about horror films to keep the theme. These sort of magazines are very specific to the genre therefore the audience range is more narrow and can be seen as niche. The layout of these two magazines, which are from the same producer, have the same layout. The barcode has been placed in the bottom right hand corner on both magazines and the sub headings only on the left hand side. This is different to main stream magazines as these have sub headings on both sides of the main image  instead of just the left hand side. These magazines are good as straight away, anyone who sees this magazine will know that this is related to the genre horror. 

Poster & Magazine front cover i've took inspiration from

On the left is the teaser poster for the film 'Deliver us From Evil'. I chose this poster to use as inspiration for my first draft of my poster and will be used as inspiration for my final poster too. I decided to use this poster as it had a similar layout to what I had in mind for my poster. This is a teaser poster and although I am creating a main poster I still used the same style for mine. As this is a teaser poster, the date is not included but on my poster the date is. I have added in a credit block and created a suitable title. The image on this poster is of two characters, one being the villain, who are in the film and my poster will include the villain in my film and possibly another character just like this photo. The main colours used in this poster are black, white and green and my poster follows a different colour scheme which is black, red and white.

On the left is the magazine front cover which I chose to take inspiration from. I chose to follow the same layout as this magazine as I felt it was effective and related to the type of layout I wanted to go for with my own magazine. The magazine on the left is a general film magazine whereas the magazine I have created is within the genre horror therefore contains different content but the overall look is similar between the magazine front covers. I have chosen to use the same film magazine producer for my magazine which is in the other magazine. There are aspects of the magazine front cover which I have followed such as where the title and mast head are placed and the barcode.

Research into three magazine front covers