Saturday, 26 February 2011

Movie Poster



Here is our finished film poster. By looking at other film posters we have been able to include features that made those posters a success into our own poster.

Some of the most common conventions used in film posters included:
1) The title of the film being clearly displayed
2) The tag line of the film being displayed
3) A billing block full at the bottom of the poster including studio information, the BBFC rating given to the film and the directors, producers and actors in the film.
4) Reviews about the film and a rating out of 5 displayed on the poster.

We believe by including these conventions in our own poster, we have been able to make our poster look realistic and professional.

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Second draft


Second draft of teaser trailer.

Improvements needed:
1) The music at the end cuts suddenly, so needs to be changed so it fades out.
2) No release date included in the trailer.

Friday, 28 January 2011

First draft - Movie




This is the first draft of our teaser trailer.

Improvements that we could make:
  • Could feature a voiceover
  • Maybe a bit of dialogue from the film

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Production and editing

The project was filmed over 2 days. By planning each day of filming and by using the checklists, we were able to get straight into filming on both days.

We worked well as a team by each having a role to play; Me being the actor, with Adam and Tim being the camera/sound men. We were able to use some of the skills and camera shots we used in are AS project,as well as some new shots; to show how we have developed our media skills.

We used the 180 degree rule and shot reverse shot methods in our trailer. An example of the shot reverse shot, is when Valeo is looking at the grave stone in the grave yard; it then cuts to a medium shot of him from distance and then back to a over the shoulder shot of him looking at the grave again.

Overall, both days of filming were successful. This year we used iMovie on the Mac's to edit our trailer part of the project. This made the editing process much easier compared to last year when we had to use Adobe premier which constantly crashed.

I combined my ICT and graphics skills to create a magazine front cover and film poster which we are really pleased with. By looking at other film posters and magazine covers we able to incorporate the same features that made those posters and covers successful into our project; to hopefully make our project a success as well.

We were really pleased with the soundtrack we found, which we felt fitted our movie perfectly. Our target audience research stated that a good physiological thriller must create suspension and tension and we believe the soundtrack on our trailer helps do this; by having dynamic volume changes to keep the viewer on edge and by being fast paced.

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Feedback from Questionnaire

The most common age group was the 15-20 bracket, so we our aiming are film at people of this age.

We asked an equal amount of males and females are questionnaire, as we want are film to be suitable for both genders.

Suspension, confusion, and tension were the three most popular answers that people thought created good physiological thrillers.

A soundtrack that creates suspense, fast paced shots and suspension.

Inception was the most popular movie choice.

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Questionnaire

1) How old are you?
10-15
15-20
25-30
35-40


2) Male or female?

3) What makes a good physiological thriller?


4) What would you expect to see in a physiological thriller?

5) Which of these physiological thrillers is your favourite?

Shutter Island
The Dark Night
Inception
Psycho
The Sixth Sense

Thursday, 2 December 2010

Storyboard video


This is our story board that we scanned in and edited on iMovie. This allowed us to add transition effects to show what the trailer could roughly look like when finished. This will hopefully help us with our timings and make the shots and order we could use.