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

Filming Update 7

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.

Draft of first magazine front cover & poster

Mood Board of Magazine Front Covers

Magazine Front Cover & Poster

 In class, we started to look at existing people's work who have created both a magazine front cover and a poster. The magazine front cover was level 3 and the poster was level 4. We analysed both the poster and the magazine front cover and found the strengths and weaknesses. This magazine front cover was effective as the image stood out. The title of the magazine was in the right place although it could have been bigger. The side quotes were also very small and could of been made bigger. The car code was on the wrong side too. The main storyline was good though as it was large enough to see and grab the viewers attention but also fitted in with the theme and worked alongside the image. This magazine from cover was overall successful as they have followed the codes and conventions of a magazine from cover and have made theirs stand out and look appealing to the right target audience.

This was the poster that we analysed in class, and this got a level 4 as it was very good. The overall image which has been used is effective and works well with the theme of the poster and the title as it makes the audience aware that this is a horror film poster. The only problem with this poster is that although they have included the line 'coming soon', they have also included the credits which wouldn't be included on a teaser poster which would feature 'coming soon'. Therefore they have become slightly confused with what the right conventions are for a magazine front cover. The editing skills used for this poster are very good and one aspect of the poster that I particularly like is the words coming soon and how the effect used makes the word blend into the image.

Filming Update 3

Film Posters for The Conjuring - Purpose and Analysis

Main Poster

Teaser Poster

                                                                 Character Poster

Similarities & Differences between the three posters:

The three posters I have analysed both have similarities and differences. All three posters contain the title of the film to ensure the audience know the poster is related to the film. With all three of the posters, the title has been placed at the top to make it stand out so the viewer can remember what the film is called. As well as this all three posters have chosen dark colours to make the poster more sinister and scary, this is effective as the genre of the film is horror. The main colour used on the three posters is back which connotes danger. All the other colours included on the three posters are dim colours and no bright colours have been used which would have created the wrong impression. All three posters have focused more on having a poster which is filled with an image rather than text making them more visual than text heavy. This is done to create an impression about the film and words cannot do that whereas the correct image can. Each poster has followed the right conventions for it such as the character poster containing the character as the main image, the teaser poster containing the line 'coming soon' and the main poster containing a tag line at the top.

The difference between the posters is noticeable. The character poster has focused the image just on the character whereas the main poster has no character in it, and is just a location shot. Then the teaser poster has combined both of these and has established the location of the shot but shows the back of one of the characters, most probably the villain as no face has been shown. The main poster and character poster have located the title at the top however the teaser poster has placed it at the bottom which is different. Another difference between the posters is that only the character poster has promoted the date of the film, the teaser doesn't have it and the main poster have not made it big which means it doesn't stand out.

Filming Update 2

Filming Update 1

25 Word Pitch

Above is my 25 word pitch which I have created as a YouTube Video to convey my ideas. I have done this in order for the viewers to see what my trailer will include/ a generally idea of what to expect.

Once I had produced my pitch, I then had to show it to my peers to get feedback from and how I can improve. One of the points which I did was show the narrative of the trailer, you found out from the pitch, what the initial ideas and what was going to happen in the trailer from the edited parts of the film. My pitch also showed the genre I was doing, all my peers knew what the genre was by the clips and narrative used within the clip. One part which I wasn't very clear on and need to delve into more is the target audience for my trailer. Within this pitch I have made, there is no clear target audience and this is a very important part into my film. I have already done research into the age restrictions for films and from this, it helped me to choose a age restriction for my trailer which impacts the target audience. My target audience is for older teenagers aged 15+ and also young adults. I have targeted this audience as older teenagers will be able to watch the film by the age restriction and both teens and young adults merely like films which create adrenaline and scare therefore my trailer/film will appeal to them and they will want to watch it, making my trailer a success.