Film Poster

This is our current film poster, although this may change due to audience feedback. The quality of the photo could also be better too.

Film Trailer

This is the final version of our film trailer.

Final Magazine Layout

Final Magazine Photo

After our first idea not working as well as we hoped we took another set of photos for our magazine and we chose this one and made the background darker and faded it out. This photo is a lot more effective than our first one as is it centred and follows the magazine conventions we found from our research: 

• Posed photo
• Character from the film in costume
• Photo takes up most of the space on the magazine

First Magaizne Draft

Film Magazine - First Draft
This photo was originally chosen for our film poster, but we decided to add text and a general magazine layout to it to see if it would work. From this we found that a more centred photo would be better so that we could work the text around the photo to frame it and add a focal point/

Possible Film Poster Photos

Possible film poster ideas

In todays lesson we edited a few of the photos that were taken, these might be used for our film poster: 

Film Name Ideas and Decision

We had been trying to decide the name for our horror trailer for a while, these are the names we have come up with:

• Unmasked
• Masked
• Concealed
• Under the mask
• From the shadows
• Out of the shadows

We decided on the name 'CONCEALED', as this word represents the fact that the main character/stalker is concealed behind a mask.

Media Lesson - 12/12/13

In todays lesson we edited our film trailer once again, after knowing it lacked pace and a real link between the killer, detective and the girls who are kidnapped we asked our teacher for their advice. Some of the things we need to reshoot are:

• The female detective looking at the camera saying 'there wasn't one'
• The male detective looking at the camera saying 'what was the outcome?'
• The female detective saying 'Who knows when he'll strike again'
• Shot of the bottom half of Amara's face pulling down the mask - To make the audience question who the stalker really is
• A knife dropping for the trailer end build up
• Extreme close up of Jodi and Chelsea tied up
• Mid shot of Chelsea in the boot
• Close up of Chelsea talking into the phone saying something along the lines of 'I'm scared'
• Shot of stalker looking up with the mask, black to the mask
• Phone call between female detective and stalker
• The stalker saying 'You have till midnight'
• Silhouette of stalker walking towards/away from camera
• Extreme close up of stalker with/without mask 
• Chelsea saying 'watch it' or 'what the hell' when the car pulls out

First Ideas for Film Poster

This was our first idea for our film poster. We have other ideas on the film poster photo, these include:

• Stalker looking into the mirror
• Side of stalkers face
• Side of stalkers face on the phone
• Stalker holding the mask/ready to take it off

Final Storyboard

Magazine Name Ideas

The magazine names we have come up with so far are:

• Taped
• Negative
• Studio

Media Lesson - 22/11/13

In todays lesson we started to re-plan our storyboard as after putting what we had filmed already together it seemed very slow-paced so we decided to add a lot more shots and take some out so the it was more like a trailer.

Filming - 10/11/13

Today we went back to re-film the parts that didn't work well the first time (car park and swing scene), We chose a completely different location for the car park scene as the yellow/orange tinted lights seemed to be more effective. We also had to focus on the lighting and how to add light to certain shots as once they're uploaded they seem to be darker.

Media Lesson - 8/11/13

After looking through all of the footage we have so far, we tried to put together our idea based on our storyboard. Although we found out that it seemed to be more like a film opening as the shots seemed to drag on. We also made a list of thins we needed to add or re-film to make if more effective: 

1. Establishing shot of police station
2. Close up of police woman "A numerous amount of girls have been taken"
3. Door bell ringing, close up of Jodi opening the door
4. Text screen, saying something to make the audience think, for example - 'What if no one knew you was gone..' etc
5. Shot from the side looking at Jodi peer out of the door and looking around
6. Panning shot of Jodi walking into the living room and turning off the Tv covering up the man in the mask, follows Jodi turning off the tv and stops on the man in the mask
7. Extreme close up of police woman "This has to stop"
8. Close up of Jodi's leg being grabbed
9. Long shot of Jodi being pulled away from the camera screaming
10. Text screen
11. Establishing shot of traffic going by

Filming - 22/10/13

Today we started to film some of the scenes we had come up with so far, we need to get a lot more shots filmed and start to edit before we can decide if we need to change our sequence of shots again

Film Poster and Magazine Cover Ideas

With our new storyboard and trailer ideas, we came up with these ideas for our poster and magazine cover:

SecondStoryboard

After coming up with our new idea we decided to put together our final storyboard:

New Idea

Horror Trailer
We put together our thoughts of what should be in our trailer developed from our new direction of an investigation. We thought of  few settings, ways the girls could be kidnapped and what props we would need:

The Call - Film Trailer Insipraton

The Call

This film trailer helped us a lot with refining our original ideas and making them a lot more effective. From this we decided to carry on using multiple girls and we decided on using an investigation as part of the plot. We also really liked the sequence of shots used of the girl nearly getting hit by a car in the car park so we decided to include this sort of thing in our own trailer.

First Film Poster and Magazine Cover Ideas

Film poster and front cover magazine ideas:
After starting our second storyboard, we then wanted to think of different shots we could include based on our ideas so far.

Second Storyboard

Second Storyboard
After our first storyboard, we wanted to keep the same concepts but add more detail and make it more into a trailer we started re-planning the beginning of it to make it more like a trailer and less like a film opening.

First Storyboard

First Storyboard Plan
We decided on a potential plot, the idea of this story board is it starts off as a break up between both a boy and a girl, after the girl tells the boy that she doesn't think it is working anymore, the boy then begins to get angry and because of this angry side he makes it his personal mission to make the girl pay. 

After this start of our storyboard, we then started to replan it and storyboard our ideas again:

Film Trailer Ideas

Film Trailer Ideas
After thinking of ideas for our film trailer, we then decided to go into more detail on each of the different things, you can see our thoughts and ideas on each topic below:

Initial Ideas

We decided to put together all of our initial ideas and brainstorm them together, we came up with all of the different types of horror films (Kidnappings, suicide) The very first idea we came up with was the idea of basing our horror film on a real life story that has happened in the past but change parts of it. From our research we also found out a weapon use so we listed the ones we saw in the trailers we analysed.

What makes a horror trailer?

These are some of the main aspects that a horror trailer needs :

• Build up
• Specific scenes of dialogue
• Text
• A good/spooky variety of sounds
• A killer/murderer
• A main character
• An innocent character
• A twist
• White flash
• Black outs
• Fade out
• Lighting
• Well thought shots
• Voice over

Media Lesson - 23/09/13

After finishing analysing the film trailers, film magazine  covers and film posters we are finally ready to start bringing up ideas for our film trailer and thinking of possible plots we can do. These are the things we have come up with, the ones circled are the ones we prefer the most and are interested in using as main ideas:

Film Poster Analysis - Sinister - Chelsea Neil

Film Poster Analysis
I have analysed the film poster of Sinister, Sinister was created in 2012. It is under the horror/mystery/thriller genre. The story plot is: A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s. 

Film Poster Analysis - The Uninvited - Chelsea Neil

Film Poster Analysis

I have analysed a film poster of the uninvited film. The uninvited was created in 2009 and is in the drama/horror/thriller genre. The plot of the film is the following: Anna Rydell returns home to her sister (and best friend) Alex after a stint in a mental hospital, though her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her cruel stepmother, aloof father and the presence of aghost in their home.

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Film Poster Analysis The Woman in Black - Amara Bullen

I have chosen the poster for 'The Woman In Black' as it caught my eye as effective and interesting.
It includes everything that is needed to explain the film as a still image which I will be talking about.

For a start, the main character is displayed and takes up the majority of the page. He is positioned to the left of the page using the rule of thirds to make the display look aesthetically pleasing. His face is pale, giving a ghostly affect. The expression is minimal not giving any hints as to how he's feeling to make people to watch it to find out.

His eye colour is emphasised as a very light blue to make people feel cold. This links in with his pale face. 

The background around him is dull, making the man's face stand out more.
In the darkness a ghostly figure is shown, blurred for a mysterious affect. 

Daniel Radcliffe's name is showed at the top of the poster in the same font used as the rest of the page to keep it consistent.

The title 'The Woman In Black' is in capital letters in a bold font that stands out. The haze of a cold, blue colour surrounds the text, drawing attention to what it's saying so that people will remember the name. The name of the film is short and easy to remember.

More text saying 'Do you believe in ghosts?' is shown slightly smaller that the title. This rhetorical question appears to be shown over the image of a ghostly face. The question makes viewers answer it in their heads but also gets them to feel like they do or will do if they saw the movie

Magazine Analysis Entertainment - Chelsea Neil

Front Cover Magazine Analysis

I have analysed the front cover of a film magazine 'Entertainment' that is basing their front cover around the film The Hobbit. Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine that covers film, TV, music and books.

Magazine Analysis Total Film - Chelsea Neil

Magazine Front Cover Analysis -

Total film magazine is a UK magazine published every 4 weeks (13 times a year), the magazine offers cinema, DVD and blu-ray news, reviews and features.

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