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

Camera & Film Workshop

To help with research, our media class went to a camera & Film Workshop. We learnt new information and ideas from someone called Robert Foster who had helped with filming on The Bill and Hollyoaks. The workshop included him explaining his own experiences and giving the group helpful hints on camera work and lighting. He had brought along his own camera which was a high range one which although I will not be using such a advanced camera to film my trailer, the techniques that he showed us were very useful and can help me to produce my horror trailer. We learnt about different ways that lighting can help you to produce the right scene you want such as adding a sheet over the light to make it more balanced and change the perception of what time it is when you're filming. He also told us about positioning for the lighting and how changing it can change how you view the character. With this, he also told us about different techniques with the camera we could use such as positioning it in different ways to show a character being a victim (by filming upwards to the character) or making them a villain (by filming downwards to the character). Over all the work shop was beneficial and helped me for getting prepared for filming. Robert Foster also talked to us about continuety and how this is important to keep a film looking consistent. With my trailer I will need to make sure if I have a scene which I am shooting on different days, I make sure I keep things consistent and looking the same in order for it to not impact my trailer.

Risk Assessment Viewed & Checked

To make sure my risk assessment was ok and everything had been thought about and precautions made, my teacher viewed my risk assessment and gave me feedback. One aspect of my risk assessment which needed to be re thought was the timing. A lot of my shooting time was later in the evening and will probably already be dark therefore I would not be able to film anything as it would be dark. From this I have now changed the timing and moved everything earlier so it's in the evening time therefore it will not be as light but also will not be as dark. Another issue was the fact about filming later at night and being in a location like a woods therefore again, I have made sure all my timings have been moved forward so they're evening time not night time.

Risk Assessment