Looking at Others Projects

Brendan's A2 Media Blog.

I looked at this blog because although it is not the asme genre as my movie, I thought that by looking at another person's blog I could compare what I have done with what they have done and see what extra things I could do in order to make my promotional package the bets it can be.

Strengths:
1. This person's photoshop skills are really good and clearly he enjoys doing this kind of thing, which pays off as the final product is clearly of a proffesional standard.

2. The overlapping sounds are really effective in making the audience on edge, it evokes a scared emotion in all who watch without even something scary happening at this point.

3. The light that moves but just allows you to see the moving hand is incredibly scary and really makes this trailer believable and makes you want to watch it.

4. The shaking camera is brillient and makes it as though even you as an audience are in trouble.

5. The bloody hand that runs down the wall is very creepy and fits well with the magazine cover.

6. The squiffy screen that looks like its on a t v is really good and effective. in many ways it reminds me of the ring, but this trailer is very unlike the ring and therefore makes this film trailer very different.

7. The heart beat moniter sound effects are really good in keeping with the title, and it makes sure that the trailer doesnt drift away from the theme of the movie.

8. As an audience you dont really know what the story is about, which therefore makes you want to go and see the movie to find out why this person seems to be demented or strange, this makes this trailer very effective.

9. The movie poster is very effective in making it clear that it is a gory and bloody film. it fits really well in the trailer and also with the magazine cover. All in all the poster is very effective and attracts the appropriate target audience.

10. I like the way the subheadings on the magazine are layed out, it creates a magazine that fits well with a movie like this one.

Weaknesses:
1. The scream in the trailer doesnt really fit the sound of the scream, this could make it seem unrealistic.

Other than this though I think the whole package is very successful and very impressive.

http://enorfmcmanusb.blogspot.com/search/label/A.%20Final%20Product%3A%20main%20product

Above is the address for the blog that the Brenden's project is on.

And here is the Trailer:

Gun

You may have seen this shot in the trailer, This is actually a plastic gun and there was no danger to any of the people around or any of the actors when this was being filmed. However it is important to remember that although it is fake it does look very realistic and adds to the scene very well.

Music

I had previously decided that I was going to use a Florence and the Machine song. However, I have found that the song that works much better in my case is Ellie Goulding's 'Your Song'. This song works really well I think, as it fits perfectly with the transition of the shots. However I have found that I am going to have to change the music soundtrack as it could breech copywright laws. As an alternative I have decided to look for either an instrumental, or maybe another version of the same song. It is unfortuante to not be able to use this song however it would not be able to work or be used if this trailer was actually going to be used on TV or in the cinema.

Trailer

This was the version of my film trailer that I have showed to the people who gave me comments.

After showing it to some more people I will do the following changes to my film trailer:

1. I will remove the shot of the female protagonist as it zzoms in as it appears to show her laughing.

2. I will also hold the shot of the two army officials for longer, to establish them as characters.

3. I will also add in titles of the two main characters, Georgia Higgins. It is also worth mentioning at this point that I have changed the character names on the movie poster. it now says Steven Thurley, Georgia Higgins and Max Nordigian.

4. I am also going to have to look at the music of my film, as currently there could be a copywright problem with the 'Your Song' music I have got in the background. As an alternative I will look for a non-copywright instrumental version or another version of the same song that is not under any copywright laws.

5. I will also remove the repeated close up shot of the two as it is unecesasry and looks repeptitive.

Audience's feedback on Film Trailer

1. Cleo, Very Good well-paced movie which you've filmed thoughtfully. The genre is clear, the characters edfined, the soundtrack appropriate. Titles are attractive and well placed. Well done. (Mr Breese - Teacher)

2. I liked the music, the trailer was very moving and did make me want to watch it. Although it seemed like your sister was laughing when the male protagonist got taken but apart from that it is very good. (Harry White)

3. Very Good. I thought that the use of captions was good, and I could easily follow what the film concerned. I liked it, and i would definatly go to see the movie. (George Hopkin)

4. Good Soundtrack. Good shots. I like the fact that the door opens on the girl and you see her reaction to seeing the man and how the door opens the second time and you think its for another good thing but it turns out to be opened for the army who are going to pose a problem to that love. The only negative is the smiling girl when shes meant to be sad but its not very obvious so its fine. (Oli Adewusi)

5. The add displayed a clear anf effective juxtaposition of the military/ war and then the tenderness of the relationship shown in the music etc. The fade effect used on the text inbetween clips blended very well with the overall feel of the film. It leaves you wanting to know the outcome and already evokes empathy for the characters situation.(Grant Sterry)

To get these reactions to my film i simply used an opportunity sample of who was available to look at the film at the specific moment in time. I am aware thast therefore this may not be representative of my target audience so I will be conducting further audience feedback research to develop a cleare understanding of the pros and cons of my movie trailer.

Help From The Actors

sorry for the swearing.

Filming Part One

I have now completed all of the film clips that I had set out to do, on my shooting plan. I found when I was doing this that the other people around you, the actors, could help you with shots, telling you what might look better, or what could be done differently. This was very useful in the sense that I had given myself a firm image in my mind of what each shot would look like, having other people tell you what might look better made it easier for me to look at alternative ways to shoot each clip. This will mean that the actual shots themselves might be slightly different to what we had originally anticipated, however the main effect of the story will remain the same. The only thing that has really changed are the camera angles.

iMovie

As I previously mentioned, I have decided to use iMovie on an Apple Mac computer, here are the reasons why I have decided to do this:

1. It is a great editing tool to useto create a movie.

2. iMovie allows you to easily add music, effects, title, graphics, voice over and transitions to create a polished looking movie very quickly and effectivley.

3. It is easy to share that movie. it has one click exports for iTunes, iPhone and YouTube, meaning that I will be able to upload my video to YouTube to gather peoples opinoins on the end product and whether I need to change any of the trailer, to recieve feedback and critical opinoins of what the general public think.

4. The user interface is in one window, which is split into five sections:

5. The project library, allows you to open and work on more than one movie/ film/ trailer at any one time, which are all clearly visible in the project library.

6. The project Storyboard, here you create your movie and are able to easily add new sections of video, move things around and make video clips longer or shorter,

7. The viewer, this is where you view all of your video, you can watch here the movie itself or individual clips that are in your movie, or clips that you are considering to add to your movie. This is very useful in ensuring that you are putting clips in the right sequence and it is large enough to notice problems or other flaws that will need to be rectified.

8. The event library, this groups all of your video clips usually based on the time they were added/taken. This is very useful as it enables you to automatically see what clips you have taken and orders them in a systematic fashion. For the camera that I am using, it enables me to group the clips i take into an order that i will be able to quickly find and locate in order to add and adapt to the final movie cut.

9. The event browser, this shows all of the clips that you have taken, which are in the event you selected from the event library, Here you are able to preview and selected the clips you want in the final movie, in order to determine that you are choosing the correct ones suited for the film. Each clip is disblayed in an easy layout, in the form of a film strip.

10. The toolbar, which is in the middle of the screen as a splitter for the five sections, The toolbar allows you to easily add voice overs, effects, transitions text, etc. very easily, and quickly at the touch of a button. you are also able to adjust the audio you are using, and any video adjustments that need to be done.

As you can see, iMovie, is a very easy to you user-friendly interface, that is well suited for what I am aiming to do. It allows me to complete all of the effects and edits i want to make to create a film trailer worthy of the big screen.

This is a screenshot of what iMovie looks like, as you can see the layout is very understandable, the project library where all of the shots will go before you choose them and edit them is positioned at the top of the screen, with a screen to watch the edited filmn on the top right side of the page, The panel at the bottom is where you edit the shots and turn them into a film. The buttons above and below all give the user different editing toold that will ultimatly turn your production into a very proffesional looking film.

This is the iMovie symbol.

The Filming Process

The Filming Process
Equipment?
To film the various clips for my teaser trailer I used,
• A Tripod
• A Video Camera
I have decided not to use any lighting equipment as this can be edited in the editing process on the computer if necessary, and the location I have chosen for the filming of the trailer has both dark and light rooms, and an outside space to film outside scenes so I should be able to find a room appropriate to the scene according to the lighting. Also, no sound equipment is being used as there is a song playing over the top of the film throughout. Although I have not decided at the present time whether the speech at the end ‘ill never leave again’ will be diagetic or non-diagetic. As I have non-diagetic sound running throughout the film, I am considering a diagetic voice being heard at this point. However I do not want this to affect the quality of the production, so I will have to see what each shot looks like before I decide. If I choose to use the diagetic sound I will be using the microphone device that is installed in the camera that I am using. I am not using any crew as such to help me, although I do have a friend who has made a teaser trailer before who has said that he would help me in the filming process as this is new to me. Other than that however, it is just me.
Locations?
Finding a location for every clip of the teaser trailer was quite difficult, for some of the scenes I used my house, as it has quite a big field for the grassy scenes, and the running scenes, and a house I used for the inside shots, I used different rooms in the house to act as different places, and this worked very well. For the street shot I used my school as this as the easiest and most suitable place I could find. Both of these places will appear in the final teaser trailer, however since the original storyboarding I have cut down a lot of the filming I originally set out to do, due to time and to make the trailer more concise. This will mean that you may not see as much of the locations as it was previously thought.
Actors?
For the main protagonists I managed to get Thomas Staton Georgia Higgins who both have experience in acting and dancing, Georgia played a very important role in the school production of Bugsy Malone, and Romeo and Juliet where she played the two leading ladies, and Thomas has played Othello in Othello and Doctor Faustus in Doctor Faustus. More directed at this particular genre Georgia has recently played Cinderella in the Hertford production of Cinderella, and Thomas played Prince Charming in the same play, so you together they are perfect for the roles in my film trailer.

Before The Filming

I am now going to start the first section of my filming, hopefully now, having cut down the number of shots I want to make, I am hoping to be able to complete the majority of the filming in one day. Although this may be optimistic, I am aware that there are a number of clips that are captions, which will be created in the editing process. If you take these shots out of the number of shots I am hoping to film, I have only got around 10 shots to complete. Hopefully making it possible for me to complete it in one day. Although in the real media world it would be near impossible to create a teaser trailer in one day, for me i think this is a goal to reach in order to complete the process as quickly as possible. This will then give me lots of time in the editing process, and if needs be iIcan always re shoot failed shots again.

I am filming the outdoor grass scenes, where the man is looking as though he is in the army, in my back garden as this will give the right mise-en-scene for the film. Hopefully then giving us the right image in the final product.

For the actual filming process I am using a Panasonic video camera, which has a memory card that can easily be inserted to most computers, in order to complete the editing process. I am using an Apple Mac Computer for the editing process as this is the best editing tool around at the moment, it is also what alot of the proffessional companies use. That is why i will be using this.

Looking at Conventions

From looking at the teaser trailer for "500 Days of Summer" I also noticed alot of attention to the name of the film, as this is a caption that comes up on five different occasions. Generally also, it came up in approximatly equal intervals of 10 seconds. Although i may not be doing this as frequently as this particular trailer, I think this is something to definatly consider, as this is a very effective way of creating awareness and a strong brand for the film. Which is the role of a teaser trailer, as not all films have been made when they create the teaser trailer. In a way a teaser trailer is a form of 'testing the water' in order for you to test your market to determine whether or not it will be a success. By repeatedly putting up the title you are increasing the awareness and therefore giving yourself the best possible chance of success.

Generally, from the trailers I have looked at the timings are all relativley the same. Within the last 10% of the time of the trailer, they will show the Title of the film, and usually the release date and perhaps the credits. They also all usually begin with the first scene or clip, between 5-8 seconds in, with the first voice over, or sound heard around 8 seconds. when music is heard or it is a slower paced trailer this time will be increased, and I think that my time will be increqased for this to give the audience time to create an idea of the emotion that will be in the film. I have chose to do it this way as I feel that there is more of an emphasis in my teaser trailer of the emotion the two feel, just like we see in the trailer 'Dear John'

Checking the Conventions

I think that it would be a good idea to have a look at some of the trailers, and more, to see the timings of the film. To present this I will make a time line for you to see how the conventions of a typical film trailer and my film trailer will compare. Once I ahve done this I may find that I will need to reconsider the structure of my film trailer. This is all part of the planning process and is a step that is vital in ensuring the teaser trailer is the best it possibly can be to appeal to the target audience.



This movie trailer, like the other ones I have looked at will still be much longer than my trailer, however I have gone through this, "500 days of summer", "Twighlight" and Dear John have all given me a good indication for the timings of my film. And I will be making a few changes to the plan as a consequence of this.



This twighlight teaser trailer, is more the kind of length I will be aiming for in my editing process, however this although a romantic story line is not the type of genre that my film will be, yet it does still give me a good indication for the timings of captions etc.

Shooting Plan Revisted

I have been checking my plans for filming, in order to be totally prepared for when I do come to filming, as a result I have found that my film trailer tells too much of the story, or has too much narrative rather than teasing the audience, and enticing them into wanting to find out about the narrative of the plot of the film. To deal with this problem I am going to cut out irrelevant shots in order to reduce time and create a trailer where the audience wants to know more.
Here is my new shooting plan:

1. Close up of man's face who is smiling looking into woman's eyes (possibly over the shoulder shot)

2. Close up of woman's face who is also smiling looking into man's eyes (possibly over the shoulder shot)

3. CAPTION = "When Love"

4. Shot of man in military clothing

5. From an embrace the man lets the woman go and begins to walk away (over the shoulder shot from woman to man)

6. CAPTION = "Is Taken Away"

7. Shot of a hand, writing a letter (to the man) [VOICE OVER]
A) FADED OUT

8. Shot of another letter again to the man [VOICE OVER]

9. CAPTION = "The Love"

10. Shot of man in grass with camoflage on face looking up

11. Shot of man at door of house - coming home (smart dress)

12. Man opens door to two army officials

13. Letter writing from man to woman [VOICE OVER]

15. CAPTION = [VOICE OVER] "Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Jude Law"

16. CAPTION = "Love Never Leaves"

17. Man holding woman, whispers "I'll never leave again"


As you can see from my original plan to have 30 shots I have become more realistic, and seen the realities of a movie trailer. I have halved the number of shots I am going to be filming, decreasing the time spent on it, and increasing the quality of the teaser trailer as it will no longer depict the entire narrative of the film, instead it now gives you a little idea of what is to come. I have also tried to ensure that there is the possibilty of the ending to be happy or unhappy, this is left for the audience to guess, as it gives them a sense of mystery and meaning/wanting to go and see the film.

Notting Hill Trailer

In this trailer I really like the shot of the woman in the bath, like an over the shoulder shot.  

Filming Part Two

After filming, and looking over the clips I had captured, I have realised that some of them arnt as high quality as I had orginally anticipated. These clips will be re filmed as soon as possible, and the clips which may not be as high quality as I had hoped may be changed. For example the shot of the man looking down to the woman will be re shooted as something similar, yet not at this angle as this doesnt create a high quality clip that I would have liked.

Letters To Julliet Trailer

In this trailer I like the soundtrack that goes with it, I also like the story that this trailer tells us. I think the voiceover too works really well, and gives the whole thing a kind of heart-warming feeling about it.

Film Trailer Sequence

The basic plot of the movie is a man and woman fall in love, they have a short while together and then the man has to go away to fight in the war. The woman writes to the man every day for a year with no reply. She eventually presumes that he has either died or does not want to write to her. The man is injured in the war, and while in hospital he is able to receive all of the letters she has sent. The man is close to tears when he reads the letters and decides to desert the war effort and return to the woman. When they are reunited they are so happy, but the army officials have to come and get him again because he was not allowed to leave the war. After 3 years of writing to each other they are finally reunited and they all live happily ever after.

1. The first shot is of a woman walking carrying lots of books. With the song ‘Cosmic Love’ by ‘Florence and the machine’ playing in the background. (2)

2. Shot of man walking looking at his watch. (1)

3. The two walk into each other and the woman’s books fall on the floor, they both bend down to pick them up and their eyes meet.(4)

4. Close up of woman’s face as she looks into the man’s eyes, a smile comes across her face. (2)

5. Close up of man’s face who is also smiling looking into the woman’s eyes.(2)

5.5 caption- ‘When Love’(1)

6. You see the couple laying on a grassy field together(2)

7. The woman is running down the field holding the man’s hand.(2)

8. A shot of the man wearing military clothing holding a big bag.(1)

9. A shot of the woman who looks very sad, possibly with tears in her eyes(1)

10. The two hold each other.(2)

10.5 caption – ‘Is Taken Away’(1)

11. Shot of a hand writing a letter, that begins ‘Dear Freddie,’(1)

12. Shot 11 is faded out and then a longer letter is seen. A voice over is heard saying ‘Dear Freddie this is my 30th letter, it has been a month I hope you are ok…’(1)

12.5 caption – ‘The Love’(1)

13. A shot of the man looking up into the sky, he is dirty and is still wearing the army outfit. (1)

13.5 caption – ‘Never Leaves’(1)

14. A shot of the woman writing another letter, you hear ‘It has been seven months… I still love you.’(1)

15. Shot of man with bandages around head laying in a bed.(1)

16. A Nurse comes over and hands him 3 piles of letters.(1)

17. Reaction shot of man who looks up to the nurse and slightly opens mouth in shock (2)

18. Shot of woman opening door as if to the camera (1)

19. Shot of man at the door of the woman. Holding a bunch of flowers. (1)

20. shot of the two in bed. (2-3)
[could possibly be 2 shots]

21. man opens door to 2 army officials. (1)

22. man being dragged away by the army men. (2)

23. woman collapses in hysterics as man is dragged off. (1)

24. shot of paper and a man writing, the letter says ‘Dearest Molly, its been two weeks...’ (2) [voice over saying what is written]

25. Shot of paper, ‘Dear Freddie, I miss you ...’ (2) [voice over saying this]

26. Shot of paper, ‘Dear Molly, I’m coming home soon I promise,’ (2) [voice over saying

27. Lots of letters are seen fading from one to the other, with a voice over saying some words from the letters seen’

28. Shot of the woman running towards the man, the man drops his army bag and the women jumps into his arms.

29. Caption – ‘Love Never Leaves’ (2)

30. Man holding woman says ‘I’ll never leave again’ (2)

As you can see i have focussed alot on the emotions coming through in the film trailer, as this is something that i feel will appeal to my target audience.

Creating A Story Board

I decided to create the story board to give me some direction. It allows me to have a good idea of how the production of my film will go, and the way in which it would be most time effective to film the trailer.
When creating the story board, I have found that trying to think about how you are actually going to film the final product is very difficult. With little or no filming experience it has been an eye opener in the difficulty in envisaging what you are trying to portray.
I am aware that some of my clips in the film trailer are quite optimistic, and although I will try to do the clips as I have drawn them into the story board there is a chance that it will not look right and I will have to think about and change the way I film those certain clips. The shots which I can see problems are shot 25 when the two are laying in bed together and the camera is above them looking down. Also the circling shot of the couple holding each other in the final clip, number 31. Although this can be done I am aiming to keep the filming looking professional, if I find that the circling around the couple is jerky and does not look like high quality I will change this to a still shot.
I have also realised how long filming is really going to take. Before beginning the story board I had the idea in my mind, however I did not understand length of the process, filming a 1 second clip might take up to an hour because of preparation and repeated takes, this is why planning everything is key. I am hoping that the fact that it does take so long to film will not affect the continuity of the film.

Creativity

Creativity
Where did you get your ideas from?
After watching a number of romantic film trailers, I was able to develop a lot of ideas. Two of the trailers that stood out to me as best representing the conventions of a romantic film were ‘Dear John’ and ‘The Last Song’ These two films represent what a romantic film is all about, and from this I got a lot of my ideas for my teaser trailer. For example in ‘Dear John’ the way the two were separated is something that I have picked up on in my film trailer prospects. Also the way in which the scenes flow, I think I will use the fading effect as a transition from clip to clip as this effect was soft yet allowed the trailer to move rapidly to create a desire to want to know more about the film and to want to go and see the film. After watching ‘The Last Song’ I also saw the way the two people who had fallen in love faced a problem and this was a convention of most romantic movies, I liked the way this was shown in this trailer and I would like this to be shown in mine, also the way the characters seem to go on both an emotional journey, and a personal journey finding out their downfalls in this film was something that was key and I would like to try and use this in my film trailer as far as possible.
Did you find originality difficult?
A lot of love films have very similar plots and themes, this makes it quite difficult to diverse from the usual conventions and create a love film that isn’t similar to other love films. In many ways my teaser trailer will be very similar to the other romantic films I have mentioned before, although in other ways mine is much different and I think that my romantic film trailer gives a new edge to this genre of films.
Did the use of the internet help you in any creative way?
As mentioned before watching film trailers on the internet helped me a lot, creatively. Without watching these I would not have been able to look at romantic film trailers from a media perspective, and been able to come up with the typical conventions from this genre, in which make up the trailer.

Genre

Genre Decision

Why did you choose your genre?

When deciding what genre to use for my teaser trailer I thought about what I liked and what I thought would be enjoyable to do. If I had chosen to create a sci-fi trailer I would not have enjoyed the filming, nor would I have had an idea of the conventions of that kind of genre. Also I found that the majority of students chose to do a Horror/Thriller movie, so I also wanted to do something a little bit different. I am a big fan of Romantic films, and so a genre that I enjoyed, new a little bit about, and was enthusiastic over seemed to be most suitable to me.

Do you think it present any problems?

Once I had chosen the ‘Romantic’ genre I found that when you look at a genre from a media perspective, it’s not all about love and kissing which defines a romantic movie. In actual fact what makes a romantic movie trailer is the music, the actors, the lighting, the speed of the trailer. I found that what seemed to be quite a simple and easy idea at first was much deeper and did require a lot of thinking in order to make a film with two people kissing into a romantic film trailer.

What other movie trailers from the genre did you watch?

When looking for romantic film trailers I found ‘Dear John’, ‘Notting Hill’, ‘Love Happens’, ‘Valentine’s Day’ ,’The Last Song’, ‘Remember Me’, ‘The back-up plan’, ‘Letters to Juliet’

From watching these trailers I have managed to create the plot of the story, I have based the story of the trailer on ‘Dear John’ although I have not copied this; it is quite similar to the story of this film as I felt it typified the conventions of a romantic movie. You can watch ‘Dear John’ further down in my blog.

The Notebook Trailer

In this trailer I really like the faded transitions between shots, and I think what makes this trailer really special is the way that the voiceover not only relates back to the shots when you see him speak, but also how it tells the audience about what the film is going to be about too.

Eat Pray Love Trailer

After looking at this trailer I like how it gives the sense of a journey to the audience. I like how the audience are taken through the emotions of the characters. I also like the soundtrack, and the way the voiceovers work really well. This is something that i may consider in my film trailer.

The Last Song Trailer

 
After looking at this film trailer, I like the way that the audience know that this film will be sad without even have going to see it. It evokes emotion in the audience which I think is important in any romantic movie. I would like to try and reproduce this in my trailer as I feel that it is important and will attract my target audience to come and see this film.

Dear John Trailer

31/10/10

Research

Research

What is a teaser trailer and what purpose does it serve?

A teaser trailer is a short trailer used to advertise an upcoming film. They are usually between 30 and 60 seconds, and usually contains no actual footage from the film. They will usually be released well in advance of the actual release of the film. The purpose of a teaser trailer is to advertise the film and its release; it reveals the genre through it music and sometimes even through its actors and it reveals if there are any special of specific actors in the film. Both these revelations will attract audiences. They are usually part of a promotion campaign to launch a new film.

In what ways are teasers different from the movies themselves?

Teaser trailers are unlike movies themselves because they are short clips of film, that are used to give an insight to what the film is going to be about, in a sense they are a taster. They rarely contain actual footage of the film and do not tell the story. They are not narrative and will usually have non diagetic sound running throughout the trailer. They are used generally to get the theme across to the audience, and to attract their particular target audience. I have ensured that my teaser trailer will attract the specific target audience I have decided upon by following some of the regular conventions of romantic teaser trailers, for example the music that is used in the background will be typical or expected from this kind of film, which as a result will lead to the target audience relating this music to the type of film I am aiming to create. I am however still going to try and differ from other romantic movie teaser trailers as I do not want it to seem dull or seen before.

How much of a problem was the concept of narrative in your work?

When I began to first plan out the different shots in my film, I realised that deciding what is going to be in the clips was difficult because you automatically want to tell the story. As it stands I am pretty sure that I will have to edit my trailer down because I think that it tells the story too much already. This is a real problem because teaser trailers are not designed to tell you the story of them film, as then there would be no point to go and see the film because you will already know what is going to happen. A teaser trailer should do exactly that, tease the audience and make them want more.  In my teaser trailer I have used a strategy often used in the marketing of products, AIDA. This stands for Attention, Interest, Desire and Action; I will use this model as a way of making sure that my teaser trailer reaches all of these points, to ultimately lead the consumer to the ‘action’ stage, where they make the move or decision to watch the end product. The audience will be taken on a kind of journey through which they find a love, a problem a solution and ultimately they will reach a conclusion or ending. Although not being told the story they are being led on a journey where they need to see the film to fill in the gaps. This is what my teaser trailer will do, and ultimately will show. This is shown in the teaser trailer for the film ‘Dear John’ where the two meet, fall in love, however they encounter a problem that could break them up, they come up with a solution and ultimately an ending all from the trailer that you watch before watching the film.

Magazine Cover Spelling Mistake

After looking over my magazine cover I found that i had spelt Ritchie wrong, Richie instead of Ritchie. here is the adjusted cover.

Continued Changes to Magazine Cover

I have now finished changing the Magazine cover. I have now swapped over the sin city sex and the city title with the LOVE NEVER LEAVES title. I have also added in a glow around the outer edge of the NEVER as this makes it stand out more and will attract peoples eyes much more easily. I have showed around teh various copies of the magazine that I have created and everyone was in agreement that this final version was the better and more appealing version.

Changes to Magazine Cover

I have now decided that with the background on the magazine cover looks far better than without. I have alos tried out a few changes ot the magazine to see what looks best as after some feedback i found that the positioning / sizes of the text was not really the best that it oucld be. The firsat thing that I have tried out is Increasing the size of the LOVE NEVER LEAVES text to size 60 for Never and 55 For love and leaves. this makes the title tof the feqature film stand out far more. I ahve also changed the positoning of the sin city vs sex and the city title, it is now staggered down the page from the lower third to the bottom. I have also changed the SIN and SEX colours to a darker shade and a pinker shade to represent the films in a better wat. The feedback i got from this change was that the Sin city vs. sex and the city article lookes like the feature article as it was far more promiant on the page. Perhaps it would be better to switch these titles around in order to make the LOVE NEVER LEAVES title stand out more and represent the feature article in this issue of tha magazine. They also said that they liked the background and the picture because it gave the right kind of message and idea of what the movie is about and whta they could expect to find in the magazine.


Here is a picture of what the cover looked like with these initial changes:

Magazine Continued

after looking at the new movie poster, I have realised that the poster is a much higher quality than the magazine cover. This is a problem as I would like the magazine cover to be just as high in terms of quality as the poster. I think that the problem is with the image mainly. To rectify this problem I have considered putting a similar or the same landscape background in behind the magazine, as is behind the poster. My aim of doing this would be to make the edge of the models heads blend in more rather than look harsh against the pure white background. it would also make the whole thing more appealing and stand out more.
Although having this background here would not necessarily make my magazine fit in with the conventions of other movie magazine, who wouldn't necessarily have a background like this on the cover of their magazines. This could then be used to break the rules of conventions and be used as a tool to entice new audiences towards looking at my movie. However this may be difficult as the rest of the promotional package I have created does not force the boundaries of romance movies as far as a new audience may like.

I have also noticed a few more problems with the magazine cover, these include:
1. the spacings between different lines of texts.
2. The fonts of the different texts, as I have some which is Times New Roman, yet the rest remains to be Arial. Ofcourse, I will be keeping the masthead as Times New Roman as that works well, but I have decided to change the rest of the subheadings in the magazine to Arial. This will make the whole magazine look thought through, and not so 'mish mashed' together as it might have before. This will include changing the text underneath the masthead to Arial also. However I have also considered leaving the 'Love Never Leaves' title in TNR as this is the biggest of the headings and so will stand out more. It will also make the magzine look more 'together' with the masthead.

I think if i make these changes, the whole magazine will look alot more appeailing and stand out more. This will ultimatley be more beneficial for the film in the long run. However I am still at this time unsure as to whether the background fits with the magazine cover. I have decided to turn to my target audience and find out what they think, and see if they can come up with any suggestions as to what they think might look better, or what they might like to see on the cover of a magazine which is promoting a film that they would be likely to go and see.

Pixels.

When I was looking at the printed out version of the magazine cover, I found that unfortunatly it was very pixelated, both the image and the text. To find out why this was I went onto photoshop, opened up the magazine cover publication and clicked on image, and then Image Size, from the drop down menu. Once I clicked this I found that the pixels were 72 in an inch. I needed 300/inch for a non pixelated image. So to change this I deleted the 72 and typed in 300. The computer was then able to chnage the resolution of the image and it is no longer pixelated.

Creating the Magazine.

1. To create the magazine first of all I took the image that I had previously decided on and cut out the image of the two from the back gorund. Obviously because I took the image without a backdrop this was a little more time consuming than it could have been, however it was still accomplished relativly quickly and eeasily. To do this I simply used the background eraser tool.

2. I then used the auto contrast, auto tone and auto colour tools to optimise the colourings of the image as I have already decided that the image will be in colour and not black and white like the poster. This is because, by having the magazine cover picture in black and white the magazine itself would not stand out. And I feel that the magazine needs to stand out to compete in this highly competitive industry. I also used the colour balance and brightness/saturation tools found in 'Edit' - 'Adjustments', to adjust the brightness and colour of the picture. Overall the final edited version of the two came out very well.

3. I then opened a new page on photoshop, and created a page that was the same as that of an actual magazine, and of a movie magazine. 20.99 cm / 26.9 cm. This then allows me to automatically have a white background, which again is what i want for my magazine cover, as this is the most sutibale for the end product. Also by doing it like this i am allowing myself to be able to change the colour at a later stage if i find that the background would be more suited in a different colour.

4. I then began adding in the text, starting with the Masthead, or the name of the magazine, which as you know is 'PREMIER'. For this all I did was literally opened a text box on the page across the top band of the page, and typed in 'PREMIER' from there I chose an appropriate font, Times New Roman, in Bold size 129.
For the colour I decided to pick out a colour from the image, so I used the dropper tool on one of the stripes on the shirt of the male model. This gave me a good, bold colour for the magazine, which will stand out against other magazines on the stands. The colour I chose was:
c=100
m=93
y=29

k=17

5. I then chose subtitles appropriate for the magazine, Which would appear around the front cover image. The subtitles I have chosen to go around are :

Love never leaves - First interview with cast of the oscar nominee

Guy Richie - at the top of his game

Sin city Vs. Sex and the city

2012 - unseen ending INSIDE!

These will all be in the font Times new romanian bold or Arial Narrow bold at either size 33 26 or 48 in either black, the blue colour used on the Masthead or a colour I picked out from the lips of the female. This colour is:
c=4
m=87
y=82
k=1

These texts have given the whole publication a much more proffesional quality, with an end product that is very suitable for my target audience.

I have also placed the mast head in the background of the image, so that you can still see the title, but so that the most important image that you see is the image of the two protagonists from our film.

I used the paint tool to create a circle paint mark on the right hand side of the page as a stamp like tool on which i placed text which reads 'WIN tickets to london premier on the red carpet' this is a tool some of the other movie magazines had, mine aims to entice readers to read this magazine, it has the professional classy feel also which adds to the overall feeling of the magazine. I have also tilted this text around slightly to look more liek a stamp than just plain text.

I have also put two features at the top of the magazine saying 'EXCLUSIVE AVATAR 2' and 'NEW QUENTIN TARRENTINO' seperated by a dot made in the same way as the stamp, which is used to appeal to readers from far away who may only be able to spot this part of the magazine on the magazine stand.

Also, underneath the masthead have put the text 'The Premier Movie magazine ... Issue 250 February' so that readers and the audience know more about this magazine and what issue this version is. In the lower right hand corner I placed that barcodw which I flipped around and placed a price above it at £3.50 as I found earlier that this was a conventional price for movie magazines.

The final outcome of the magazine at this point is very strong, and I am very pleased with the way that it has come along. Ofcourse I am sure some changes will be made when I ask for audience feedback on it, however any changes now can be made quixkly and easily, hoping to create a publication that is much stronger.

Magazine Image

For my magazine cover I could use a variety of different shots. Here are a few that were options:

I decided no to use this ^ shot as the girl's face seemed a bit squashed and alsmost forced, I did not think that this portrayed the right feeling/ideal that I am aiming to put across to the audience.

I feel that this ^ is one of the strongest images that I have for the cover of the magazine, I like this one because the male is not in army clothing like on the movie poster, yet the image still suggests that they are in love because the woman is embracing the male, also the man is facing away which suggests he may have to leave the woman. Also the way she is embracing him suggests that she wants to hold on to him. I feel that this gives off and suggests everything that i wanted for an image to on the front cover of the magazine.

This is the image that I have used on the poster for the trailer. I have decided not to repeat the use of this image. Firstly because I think an image when the man is in plain clothing will be better for a magazine cover, to symbolise a more relaxed atmosphere about them and about the movie rather than trying to suggest the story of the film. Also this image being repeated would not show off all of the other great images that I have of the two, and for a magzine cover there are stronger ones, although this was perfect for the poster.

This image ^ I have decided not to use also. This is because once more, I do not like the way that the male is wearing the army clothing, I feel that in this instance it would be much stronger for him to be wearing plain/ everyday clothing as it is for the magazine not for the film. Also by having him in his own clothes it shows that he is not filming right now and therefore the filming has already been done. It woudl show that the image was for the magazine not the magazine was for the film.

Considering all of these pictures I have decided to go with the second one as this fits the guidelines of what I want the magazine to be like far better than the alternative options I have.

Magazine Name

I have been looking at different names that would be appropriate for my magazine, which would be used to promote my film. Considering this I would have to make the magazine appeal to:

My target audience
Movie Fans
Critics
Other people interested in buying this magazine

The magazine I design will have to appeal to a wider audience beyond my target audience as it's sole purpose is not to advertise my film, they will also want to talk about future films, feature films, horrow films and comedies. So when I come to creating my magazine I will have to create a project that represents all of these aspects.

I have decided on the name PREMIER for my magazine. I decided on this because I wanted a classy sounding magazine, something that people will look at and think 'Quality'. Yet also I wanted them to know that it was a movie magazine, and not, for example a fashion magazine. With this name you automatically think of a movie magazine as 'PREMIER' is a word you associate with films, also a word you may associate with glamour and celebrities, ultimatly leading to the image that i desire for my magazine.

I have showed this name to a few people who regularly buy movie magazines, the majority of whom have a subscription to one of the big branded international magazines, 'EMPIRE' here is a few of their comments:

"Premier is a great name it will look good on a magazine"
"You automatically think of movies and the red carpet when you think of it"
"I think hollywood"
"Some people might not like it if they dont like hollywood movies"
"Does it appeal to the audience you want? I think it does."

These are just a few examples of what people have said, the other people i asked said the same or similar things to this.

I think it is fair to say that this is a good name for my movie magazine as it sets up the audience for twhat they expect to find in the magazine, and it is also one of the first things you see when you look at a magazine.

Comparisons & Conventions of Film Magazine Covers

Comparison of the magazine covers seen below:

1. In all of the Front Sheets the colour of the mastehead is repeated in both the text and it is also seen in the image on this page.

2. There is never more than three colours used in the text, and all of these are found in the picture itself.

3. The actor/actress of the film title, is always the biggest text on the cover, or if none of these are, it will be the name of the article relating to the picture on the front.

4. The bar code is usually on the bottom right hand corner of the page.

5. The bar code can also be seen rarely on the bottom left hand side or on the right hand side of the page.

6. They are generally all priced at around 3.50, in whatever currency they are brought in (or the equivilent)

7. The main image on the page can either go infront or behind the masthead, however the image will reach the masthead in all cases.

8. Mnay of these magazines have a banner at the top of the pageadvertising various aspects of the magazine. This will be used to attract their target audience's attention, as this section of the magazine will be seen on any magazine stand in a shop.

9. The banner at the top of the page, if there is one, will not contain information about the film that is featured in the image, or the main title on the cover. 5/7 have this.

10. 5/7 of the covers have a plain background. 2 have edited background. My magazine cover will not need an edited background. A plain white background would look much better for the type of film I would be creating, this will then also match the movie poster that I am creating, allowing the audience's image of this to be confirmed if they have seen these. Also by having a white background in my image I will be able to easily change the colour of the background if I decide that another colour would be more suitable.

Ideas For Magazine

As you can see from these magazine covers below, creating a magazine cover for any genre can be difficult because the possibilities of what you can do and the content you can do are endless. From looking at this selection of Magazine covers, I have decided to either, use the male protagonist on his own, or the male and the female protagonists together. By having the male and female protagonists I will probably have the two holding each other in a similar way to the poster. Although maybe looking towards the camera, with the article titles for the rest of the magazine around them. If I choose to use just the male protagonist I would probably use him wearing the army clothing on his own, Perhaps smiling. Alternativley I could use him standing on his won in his own clothes if the article/feature was more about the actor rather than the film. I could also do this if the front image was of the two, have them maybe in a more relaxed state, perhaps wearing their own clothes. This would be suitable for a film magazine which would be getting to know the actors. However as i am aiming to promote a film rather than the actors, I think it would proabbly be wiser to have the two characters in the role that they were in during the film.

At the moment I think I will take the pictures, both of the man in army clothes and in casual clothes, and the woman in the same dress as was used in the filming. I can then take pictures of them seperatly and together, and decide the most appropriate way to use them, probably depending upon how the picures look against the rest of the magazine.

I will produce two versions of the magazine and decide which image and format looks better at the time of producing it.

Magazine Preparations

Now I have started to look at movie magazines, and their conventions.

Here are some magazines that would have articles/features of the movie I will be intending to create.

Changes to Poster

I have been looking at the movie poster that I had created, and found that there was something missing. So I have decided to try the same poster with an added background of a landscape. This is the landscape image I will be trying out:

So to add this to the image I changed the resolution to fit the same size as the rest of the poster. I opened the image up in photoshop and went to 'image' and then 'image size' and changed the resolution to 300 pixels per inch and size of the image to 42 cm by 29cm. i then faded out the background so that it wasnt so bright. To do this I selected the landscapes layer, I then went to 'image' - 'adjustments' and then clicked on 'lightness' and dragged it to make the image lighter and faded.

I then decided to drag that image into the poster screen again opened on photoshop, the landscape image appeared and I was able to move it to the correct position. The image of the two actors however then looked to harsh against the background and the line between the background and the image was far too severe for the poster. To recify this problem I decided to add a gradiant to fade the picture into the background.

First of all I selected the picture's layer (of the two people) and then clicked on 'mask' which is at the bottom of the right hand toolbar, I then selected the masked layer, and clicked on the 'gradiant' tool in the left hand toolbar. I chose the gradiant 'Black to White' and then dragged the cursor from just below the image to half way through the picture of the two. This then gave the gradiant I need for the image to look much softer and more telling of the genre I am trying to create.

To ensure that the line between the end of the picture and the picture of the landscape was still not too harsh i moved the cast's text three spaces higher to blend the harshness into the text also.

This I feel has created a poster which is far more proffessional and far more appropriate for my genre.

I think that the landscape make the whole poster stand out more, it looks far mopre happier is more conventional of a typical romantic movie poster. For example the 'Dear John' poster that we looked at before.

Poster Changes

After talking to my teacher about the way my magazine poster fits or rejects the conventions of other romantic film posters, I have decided to change the black and white image of the couple, into a colour image of the couple. Still with the red text at the moment. We both agreed that the black and white image, although looked very nice did not send the right image to the audience, the black and white sent a message of sadness arther than a happy ending to a film which this film does have. By having a colour image it does make the whole poster stand out alot more, and thereby creating a much more worthwhile publication for the movie.

Once I have finished the editing of the movie which in progress, I will give out my movie poster, movie magazine cover and film teaser trailer to a sample from my target audience to get an idea of what they think of the whole media package and how the whole thing is viewed by the people that i think would be most likely to view the film as an end product. I will be able to gain understanding of the pros and cons of all of the publications, and hopefully then will also be able to make any final adjustments and changes to all of the peices to ensure they are perfect for the audience I am targetting.

Font Colours.

When I was looking over the poster I realised the font colour was a lot darker than I had originally anticipated. In actual fact it is nearly black, however I decided not to change it to a lighter colour as although it is very dark, it does not have the harshness that a black text would have, the very dark grey colour matches the picture and the girls cardigan, however keeps the whole image and poster quite soft and does not make it look hard, like this, it makes the image look alot more suitable for the genre and tarket market i am aiming for.

Final Poster Version

From showing the final version to a sample of my target audience and others, the comments that I have recieved back is that the image is clear and well suited for the poster. The colourings and enhancements/adjustments that I had done have payed off and give the image a professional quality, but also a quality unlike other posters that are around or have been round. - I have done this intentionally. I did not want to stick to the normal conventions of a romantic film poster, my film wanted/needed to be different to stand out, and to express across to the audience that this film is unlike anything you have seen before therefore you should want to go and see it. That appeal is what I wanted to create and I think that I can justify my reasoning, and I think I can safely say that I have achieved it well.- However there were some criticisms that i will take on board. The Cast text at the bottom of the page is not suitable, a more approriate text at the bottom would have been one that is used in other posters for films. As a result of this observation I will be changing it, however this will not necessarily change the out look of the poster at this time. Someone else pointed out that there was no background, perhaps the poster would be better suited if it had a background to bring out the scene and to make the poster more eye catching. However I do disagree with this statement, this is because the shot/ image that I have used in the poster is a medium close up of the two protagonists. It would be incredibly difficult to photoshop a scene behing them that would fit around the fact that there is no bottom half of the image. This would cause huge problems for me, and as I am not a professional I do feel that this task would have been far more superior to my skills that I have developed since I began using photoshop. Also, the person who made the criticism suggested havibng a field scene behing the two, well this would again be unsuitable as at no point in the trailer that I have created is there a field where the two of them are. This then would be a poor idea to put into the film as there would be no reflection of this in the rest of the project. Therefore I feel that having no background behind the two is far more dramatic, far more focussed on the models and far more fitting for the trailer that I am creating.

Red Vs Cream

After conducting more market research into my target audience, on whether they preferred the cream or the red text here are the results:
The red text seems quite aggressive.
The cream text doesnt stand out therefore the red text is better as it gets the name of the film across more effectivley.
The cream text is quite 'wishy washy' and you might forget it easily.

After looking at these comments and looking at the previous comments that I had been given, I found that the majority of people in the sample I looked at preferred the red text. Therefore this is the colour of text I think I will be going with.

I will be sending this version around to my target audience to gain feedback and responses on what they think.

Poster Decision

After analysing the feedback I recieved from my target audience about the black and white version with Red text, and the full colour version, it is clear that the black and white was more desirable. However there was some conflicting results concerning whether the text should be red or cream. As you can see I have looked at both options. And with both posters i will again go around another segement of the target audience and see which they prefer and which is most suited to the genre and feeling of the end product.

What do the audience think of each poster design?

When I showed people the COLOUR version of the poster, along side the other different versions people's responses were:
The picture is quite bright so distracts you from the title, which is probably more important as it promoted the name of the film. This was noted by a number of different people.
The colour reflects the title more, gives off an idea of happiness.
Other people said that this version was much brighter and therefore more eye catching, and that this colour of text was more appealing for this type of genre and to this target audience.

With the BLACK AND WHITE version with RED TEXT people's responses were:
The title stands out more.
The red title stands outand from this version you can tell what the film is going to be about, love and war.
This version looks more professional.
The red text stands out more, makes it more eye catching.
The picture is quite dark, is it then a dark movie?
Stars and review text is more spread out on this page which is much better.
The faces could be lighter.
Clothes look good in the darker shades.
The red text might symbolise blood or death. although it does still represent love, could be misleading?
Colour cream might be better?
The red text matches/blends well with the rest of the poster. Looks Good.
The red text might look better with lighter faces?

Poster Continued 2

I have now, edited the pictures. I did not have to do much to do this. All I did was delete the background. You may have noticed that I did not use a white backdrop in the pictures that I took. In my planning I had decided to use a white backdrop. However, when it came to the implementation of the pictures, we found that we were missing a pole for the stand in order to hold the back drop up. And as I was taking pictures at school, where the two protagonists dont go, therefore they had come out of their own free time, I felt obliged to make do without a backdrop. This however worked out fine as I found a plain wall, that did not blend with any of the clothing that the charcters were wearing. This then enabled me to easily delete the back ground on Photoshop, using the magnetic lasoo tool. I decided on using this tool as it is very quick to do, and it also allows you to go around block colours which worked well with the background I used. Once I had deleted the background accuratley, I

was then able to enhance the lighting of the photos, and remove any blemishes from the skin of the two models. On the hand of the male there was a big graze that was quite prominant on the page. I used the blemish remover tool to remove this and I think it is fair to say that now you would not even know that there had been anything there. Once I had changed the lighting etc, I then looked at the different options I had to display the final product. I then went around with the three different versions and aksed peoples comments, from my target audience, on what they thought.

Poster Continued

I have now taken the pictures for the magazine and the poster. I found this very easy to do, as the two actors were very comfortbale in this environment. I also found that finding the right position for them wouild be harder than anticipated. The male protagonist on his own did not give off the right image of love although did give a message of war. However the war aspect of the film is not the main focus and I did not want this to be the aspect that was focussed on from the poster and magazine as this would not be reflected in the trailer. I decided on a photo of the girl hugging the man from behind. However there were a few photographs that i could have chosen. Here are some of them.

Poster So Far

As you can see from this image of my poster so far, I have also added in cast text at the bottom of the page. I decided to do this as this is a convention of all movie posters, and without it, my poster may have not looked right. I have placed the text at the bottom of the page, in font 'Franklin Gothic Medium' size '18' in smooth and regular. I kept this in the same grey as i have previously used throughout the poster page. Having this here still allows me to have the image to the right of the page, this will not effect my plans.

Poster

I have now begun the preparations for my Poster, although I have not taken the pictures yet, I have looked through other movie posters within the same genre, romantic, and target audience, generally females between 12 and 65 that I am aiming for, and I have used them as inspiration for my own. I have created a template for my poster that will enable me to put in the shot desired easily and quickly. Through doing this I found that by making a template I know exactly what position the shot will need to be, and exactly what the requirements of the picture will have to meet. For example:
• White background
• Medium Close up
• Capturing expression on character
I have not as yet decided whether I will have one or two characters in the shot, although I think two will work better as it will tell the audience more about what the film will be about and therefore will hopefully appeal to a wider audience.
I will follow this idea and go for the two people medium close up, where the two are close and looking towards the camera from an embrace, perhaps the man leaning slightly over the woman. As this should hopefully attract my target audience to the poster and to the name of the film, hopefully then reaching my target audience and beyond if possible.
As an alternative I could have the man looking towards the woman and the woman looking towards the camera smiling. This is quite similar to the P.S I Love You poster, and I don’t want it to be too similar, however this does convey the right message towards the right target audience about the two who are in love and cannot be separated.
Now that I have options for my shot that will be placed into my move poster I am much more confident and focussed about what the end product will look like, and the desired outcome that the poster will have.
To create the basic template that I have made:
1. I decided to use Adobe Photoshop for my Movie poster, as this is very useful with the available tools that is has e.g. text tools and picture editing tools like background remover, and it will enable me to create a publication more easily and effectively using professional equipment used in the industry.
2. I then opened a blank document and set my dimensions to standard A3 measurements, 420mmX270mm
3. I then decided to keep the background blank and white, as this is typical of a romantic movie poster. I did not want to break this convention as I do not feel that a coloured or black background would have suited the theme and look of the poster that I was going for. I also feel that the outcome would not be the same, for example I want to convey a message that this film is suitable for a wide range of ages, by having say a red background, this message may not have been put across quite so well as having a white background, as the red would have seemed to have given the poster a sense of sexuality and promiscuity, this is something that I wanted to avoid. Also by having a white background I am presenting a strong image of the protagonists which will come across on the page well.
4. With an A3 White background poster, I will add the text. To do this I click on the button with the letter T. I then dragged a box open on the left hand side of the poster page, and chose the font “High Tower Text” in italics size 105pt, it was also set to smooth. I chose this font as it stands out but it is also quite soft and so fits the genre perfectly.
5. I then wrote in ‘LOVE NEVER LEAVES’ after each word I decided to go down a line. As this spread the text out and made the name of the movie clearer and more substantial on the page in order for it to be remembered more easily. It also gives the effect of a poem or a song, which again reaches out and will speak to the target audience I am aiming for.
6. For the colours of the text I decided to have the two outer words, ‘LOVE ‘ and ‘LEAVES’ as a separate colour from the word ‘NEVER’ I chose to do this after looking at some of the movie posters suited for my genre this was something that caught my eye. After asking a group of 20 participants from my target audience how the text should be coloured, either a)all black b)all one colour but not black nor white or c)one colour for ‘LOVE’ and ‘LEAVES’ and another for ‘NEVER’ over 67% of them decided that option C was better in this case. So I decided to do this as this is what my target audience want.
7. The colours I chose were, a dark grey and an orangey cream. The numbers that these colours were are:
a. DARK GREY – red=61 blue =60 green=60
b. ORANGEY CREAM – red=240 blue=195 green=123
8. I also went in by one space each time I went down a line for the next word to give it a staggered effect as this looked very professional and I think unlike any other movie poster I have seen. I am aiming for the protagonists in the image to lean out to recreate this angle against the text.
9. I chose these colours because they are soft, representing the genre again and putting across the theme of the movie. Yet they also stand out against the white background making the poster ‘POP’ out of the page. This is exactly what I was looking for and I think that this will ultimately make this publication unique and fabulous.
10. I have also decided to put names of the famous actors who I would like to star in my movie at the top of the page. For this I used the dark grey colour as I this is at the top of the page it will make the poster stand out and make the names clear to attract more customers or more views of the poster to create awareness of the film. This then is also in keeping with the rest of the colour scheme used in the film.
11. I have chosen these actors to star in this film, as not only will this then mean that many fans of these actors will decide to have a look at this film, but it will also create a message about my film as all of these characters have had some experience playing similar roles as the role that I would like them to play in my film. Thus creating an experienced cast that will be able to make my film the best it can be.
12. I have also decided to put 5 stars underneath the word ‘LEAVE’ with a quote next to it saying “Unmissable”-Daily Mail. This is to show the audience that film critics have actually seen the film and given it the highest of ratings, resulting in a film that more people Want to watch because they respect the views and opinions of their much trusted film critics. To do this I used the stamp tool, with a pattern of a star in the colour #929292 and placed them underneath the word a specific space apart from each other, I used the guidelines and rulers tool on photo shop to provide me with accurate readings of where I should place the stars.
13. I don’t want to make my movie poster too busy so at the moment this is all I am going to put into this publication, other than the picture that will go in, in due course. I will also add in a section at the bottom of the poster about the companies that have been involved in the production, distribution, and editing processes of the film as this is a convention of all movie posters.