Research & Planning - How To Improve

I have recently received my moderator feedback, and was quite pleased with the result. :D

Improvements on....

Film Poster

• Change the Tag Lines font

Film Trailer

• Include an Establishing Shot at the beginning

• Shorten some clips

• Change some of the clips screening e.g black & white for the introduction/past moments

• Edit the sound bridge

• Add more dramatic music using Garageband

These are my targets for now, I will post some ideal fonts to my tagline, and ask some friends for their opinion. 

Also I will be working with my group and we will try to compose a fitting song to play throughout the trailer. Also film an establishing shot for the beginning of the trailer.

Research & Planning - Deadline

Here is my groups trailer. 

My official Film Poster, for a clearer image click on this FLICKR link. (The photograph fades and looks blurred after saving from Photoshop to posting on my blog, so I used Flickr to view the clearer version.

And here is my official Film Magazine cover with the protagonist, please click on this FLICKR link for the clearer version.

Research & Planning - Film Magazine Draft to Now

This idea I drew up on Photoshop was for a Film Poster idea, but when I was really struggling with coming up a background for my magazine cover's background I suddenly remember this.

I took a photo of our memorial wall to show the moderators what it looked like, but then i realised it would be perfect for my magazines background, as it looks quite similar to my draft.

And here is what my film magazine looks like right now, I faded the photo of the wall so that audiences can still see the protagonist but also what's written on the posters.

Research & Planning - Film Poster: Improvements

After been given the audience feedback, I was told mostly to brighten up my Film Poster as it was too dark and the tagline was hard to read, I agreed with their honesty so I went on to Photoshop and started working.

Tagline was hard to read, lighting was too dark and couldn't see detail. The Steel Tongs font was slightly big than usual. (Moderators comment)

As you can now see I have added some light onto the poster with the airbrush tool, changed the font and colour on the tagline and date. Included my groups production logo, included social networking site logos for marketing, and included a rate 'R' certificate for Restricted.

Research & Planning - Magazine Cover Update

This was the rough draft presented to the class for audience feedback. They informed me that I needed to add a photo of a model, which is when the photoshoot with Gemma took place 3 days after.

I really like the way the protagonist is posing while clutching onto the axe, it shoes that she is brave, yet afraid while gripping tightly on to the axe. The medium shot shows off her bruise, bloody shirt, bloody bandage, axe and scar clearly for the audience to see. I have also included a sub-heading informing the audience what type of issue this one is, I have also included a sell line to persuade readers to buy the magazine. 

Then I include a 'Plus' to inform audiences what also in the magazine, which the leads us to the coverlines. I have also included the magazine's website under the masthead.

I have copied the film titles effects from the film poster, just to keep up with the continuity. I changed the sub-heading again, because I wanted grab the readers attention mentioning that my magazine was the best one in 2014.

Using a photo I took of the memorial wall, I placed it behind it Gemma's body so that audiences can still see the posters but still see the model. I even faded the memorial wall a little as it was taking away the focus off Gemma. I have inserted some Coverlines of the latest films coming up this year. To make the stand out I used the shape tool to bring them out.

I shrunk the films title because at the time I thought it was taking over Gemma's pose.

I darkened the photo of Gemma as it was too bright with high key lighting, whereas I wanted low key lighting to give off a ghoulish feeling.

I have made Gemma's skin paler, as if she wasn't well in the circumstances she was living in within the apocalypse, my media teacher helpfully informed me too enlarge the films title to make it stand out, change the previous sub-heading to make it the same length as the masthead and just to shrink the barcode a little to keep it in line with the coverlines in the bottom left.

This is what the cover looks like now, I just had to cover up some un-even skin tones using the cloning stamp and using the blur tool to smooth down her skin, bruise and hair.

Research & Planning - Protagonists Voiceover

This is the voiceover of our protagonist informing the audience what she is doing and hinting, but not revealing to much information about what has happened. The voiceover will be played at the beginning of the trailer when we first see her.

I used my iPhone to record Gemma's voice as it makes the voiceover clear and blocks out any background noise.

Film Magazine Cover: Which One?

 I have asked a couple of my target audiences on which magazine cover photo they like best.

They have both decided that they like the second photo:

Research & Planning - Filming with the Whole Cast (Pt II)

Here are some photos of us filming, behind the scenes and applying the make up.