Research: Draft poster.

This is my draft poster for my ancillary task. I have had a few issues with my previous poster, as to the connotations of it. So I felt that it was necessary to change the poster and create a new draft.


I like the font of this poster, it is clear and easy to read and immediately grabs the attention of the audience. I feel it is very simplistic yet would be more effective if there was blood there which would suggest to the audience that the genre of the film was horror.


It has main actors names which is conventional of film posters.
The image however, does not relate to the content of my film as it doesn't suggest anything social about it. I will need to change this so my audience can relate to it and it will be recognisable.


It also has a credit block which gives it more of a professional look to it and is conventional of film posters in general and horror film posters.
The release date is also clear on the poster so the audience will immediately know when the film is being released.

Research: Filming: Shot types & techniques.

Shot types to consider when making our trailer:


- Establishing shot: This can also be an extreme long shot. This is used to establish mainly location or setting. Also could introduce a character.


- Two shot:  Usually two people. This is used to detail the relationship of the characters in the shot.


- Extreme close up: Enables the audience to understand the characters feelings and emotions.


- Close up: Something of relevance takes up the majority of the shot.


- Medium shot: Shows the character in more detail, can see some of the surroundings.


- Point of view: Shows the shot from a characters point of view.


- Over the shoulder shot:Looking from behind a person at another person or something else.




Camera techniques to consider when making our trailer:


- Panning: Horizontal camera movement in which the camera moves left and right about a central axis.


- Tilt: Vertical camera movement in which the camera points up or down from a stationary location.

- Tracking: A shot in which the camera is mounted on a cart which travels along tracks.

- Zooming: Altering the focal length of the lens to give the illusion of moving closer to or further away from the action.

Research: Conventions of film magazines.

The typical conventions of a film magazine are:

- The magazine name

- Week/date the magazine in released

- Barcode

- Relevant image relating to the feature article/story

- Price of magazine

- Tagline

- Possible website

- Other articles to entice the reader

Research: What Lies Beneath poster analysis

I wanted to look at the conventions of the "What Lies Beneath" poster, to see what conventions on this poster I could have on mine as I would like my poster to be effective like this.

Research: Research for my poster.

After creating my draft poster, I felt I needed to research more into film posters and conventions that they have and I feel are necessary to have on my poster.

My poster will be a portrait style, as this is conventional of most film posters. It will obviously have an image and the film title so the audience understand what is being advertised to them and they become familiar with what the film is advertising.
The stars of the films name is also important as the audience can see who is starring in the film.

 

Iconography is important to my film poster as the audience can see what the film is without being told what it actually is, it doesn't leave them thinking about what it is for too long.The image for my film also needs to be consistent with the content of my film or the image on the poster becomes irrelevant.

Colour schemes are important as it connotes the film genre and provides an outlook for what the film may include, for example, black and red could connote death and danger.

The poster also needs to be recognisable and the audience need to instantly be able to relate it back to the film.This is essential for targeting my audience.

Credit blocks can be seen as not a typical convention of movie posters, but I may want to include one as it gives added information about producers, directors and actors of the film. This is effective as it entices audience and shows a professional element of the poster.

 
These are some examples of credit blocks.

Planning: Original photos.

Planning: Social Book

 Here is our first draft for our created website "Social Book" It will incorporate the features of Facebook and Twitter. We couldn't use actual Facebook and Twitter as there would be copyright issues and we would be causing bad publicity for Facebook and Twitter as in the trailer it is responsible for deaths.


This image, and others will be used on phones and laptops.

Planning: Narrative. Finalised.

Film name: Social Killer.
We liked this name as a group as it's telling our audience exactly what it is and shows it's relevance to our target audience as social networking is very relevant to our audience. As this is such a relevant topic in today's world, it will hopefully reach our audience. Also, social networking can be quite controversial  It also suggests the horror genre as there are killings, it also suggests blood and gore if there is death in the film. 


Characters:  Two females & a killer. Also, students used to film when using computers. Also, a woman's voice for the voice over.


Settings: A bedroom, The City of London Academy (for the toilets, halls and study areas) - As we don't have a high budget, we have to make use of what we have.


Camera: We are going to use handheld cameras for our trailer. Handheld cameras are easy to use and portable to take to any other locations that we wish to use.


Props/Costumes: We will all wear our own clothes as we do not have a high budget. We will use some fake blood to show deaths. We will also use a knife 


Tagline: Is a friend really a friend?




Narrative:  As I am going to create the trailer on my own, I will have my own ideas on how I would like the trailer to start.


I want to have the production company at the start of the trailer. If the company have produced other good horror films, then the audience will think that this one will be good as well and may wish to see this one because a good company have produced it. I will most likely use "Twisted Pictures" as this again immediately suggests the film will be of the horror genre.


The trailer will begin with a woman's voice over. I want to use a woman's voice as women are unexpected characters for voice overs, so I would like to be unconventional with this to make my film different to any of those out there at the moment. At the same time I will show students using computers, phones and talking to eachother. At the start of the trailer I will be showing normality, which is conventional of horror films, and then I will show the quick change of how easily realism can be taken away and turned into something nasty. I will show a laptop with a flashing screen on its own in the dark to show this change.


As the trailer progresses, there will be two deaths. These will not be shown as I don't want to give away too much to the audience but there will be blood and weapons to highlight the genre of the film.
I want to also show the eye of someone killed, to show lack of emotion. I would like for the camera to swirl, like in the Hitchcock film "Psycho"- but this may be difficult to do. 

Planning: Narrative (post-it notes)

These are our ideas for the narrative in note form on post-it notes. They are in quick note form in case we need to add any further detail.