Photographs for Front Cover

I have taken some photographs for the magazine front cover, the one I have chosen is the image of a girl chained to a pipe. unfortunately I could not get the photographs I wanted for the other magazine front cover due to lack of props and authenticity. I could not find an appropriate scene to shoot the photos without them looking tacky and unprofessional. Therefore I found an appropriate scene to get the photos for the other front cover, and think that they have turned out very well and I am very pleased with them I will be using the first picture for my front cover as this is the one that fits my plan the best.

Developing our magazine front cover

I am also beginning to plan my film Magazine front cover. I have come up with two mock ups of how I want my front cover to look. After learning from the previous task of the poster I have began this ancillary with two plans just in case the first did not turn out as successful as I had hoped.

Having to assess my film poster

After looking at other film posters I have found that the current design for my poster looks tacky, and does not fit at all with the trailer in any respect-as you can see below. There for I have decided to re-evaluate my options to see what will fit best with my trailer. I have re drawn a mock up of a poster in which I feel is most appropriate, and taken the photographs already.

Splinter Film Poster

The poster for the film ‘Splinter’ is extremely successful in getting across the genre of the film to the viewer. Immediately the eye is drawn to the hand grabbing the glass at the bottom of the poster; we then see that the top of the poster is clear, showing a light blue background, this is an immediate contrast to the dark grimy dark green of the hand at the bottom.

The hand indicates the genre of the film to be a horror, due to the green, rotted colouring of the skin and the long sharp objects protruding out. It is not only this element that implies the film is a horror, but also the font of the text used in the film name also suggests this too. We see the film name mid way down the poster, using capital letters and a bold font; however the writing contrasts the other colours, showing the title in a blood red, with blood splatters around it.

At the top of the film poster there is a tag line in a slightly darker blue than the light blue background, it talks directly to the viewer and by doing this it entices the viewer more to come and see the film. There is no release date displayed on the poster, however at the very bottom of the poster, there is a block of credits in white tall writing, and below this are the production logos.

I think that overall this poster is successful and fits with in the horror genre, the poster also fits well with the film and also the trailer.

Saw VI Film Poster

This is the film poster for saw VI released on Halloween 2009. The shot for the poster is taken from an Ariel position showing six people in a circle. In the centre of the circle there is a red and white spiral, which suggests to the viewer these people are targets for something. At the top of the poster we can see a shot gun which suggests to the audience the genre of the film is a horror; also other than the red of the spiral the poster is in grey and black doing this allows the poster to look very effective. The background of the poster is pure black with tarnished areas shown in grey.
Another element of the poster that is successful is the way the images are linked with the writing; for example there are six people in the circle and the film is the sixth film. The tag line is “the game comes full circle” and we are shown a circle; personally I find those elements very successful within the poster.
There are no credits on the poster but there are two logos either side of the “VI”; all the writing is in large bold text and easy to read; the poster never displays the name of the film but expects the viewer to already know which film this is for due to the style as it matches the previous 5 films. I think that this poster is very successful and fits with the film very well.

Haunting in Connecticut film poster

The poster for the film ‘The Haunting in Connecticut’ is extremely successful in getting across the theme and genre of the film. This is achieved through the lighting and the arrangement of the images in the poster; the angle of the shot allows the poster to look as though it is 3D with the room travelling back through the poster.

The foreground of the poster shows the walls, floor and ceiling of the room; immediately the eye is drawn to the boy that is lying on the ceiling. It become apparent that he is dressed in old fashioned clothing, this could suggest the film is set in modern day; the dark colouring of the poster also suggests this too.
We then see four people sat around a table in the midground of the poster, from what we can see they too are wearing old fashioned clothing. The table is covered in a long dirty looking table cloth with a cluster of candles in the middle. At a closer a look we can see the table is surrounded by black silhouettes, this immediately hints that the film has elements of the supernatural within it. It is not only this that indicates the supernatural; the title which is displayed at the bottom of the poster in white tarnished writing also suggests this, “The Haunting in Connecticut”.

Below this there is the credits in very small thin writing, highlighted within these are the words “coming soon” in bold white writing however still small. In the centre of the poster there is a tag line in small white writing outlined in a brownish colour; this piece of writing talks directly to the viewer with a rhetorical question. The final piece of text on the poster is right at the top which says “based on true events” this entices the viewer, due to the fact that if it is a horror story based on a true story it is more likely people will want to go and see it. Overall I think that this poster is very successful and links well with the actual film.

Film Poster

I have planned and drawn a rough image of how I want the film poster to look, this will be linked with our film trailer. I have begun to do a mock up of the poster on photoshop, and I think that so far the outcome is successful; all I have to do is add the text to it, when doing this I will need to ensure it looks authentic for our film genre to allow the poster to look like a professional poster.

Beginning to Edit

I've been putting together a rough cut of the final film trailer with the clips gained from the 26th of January. During the editing I came across a small problem that my partner and I did not have enough footage, therefore on Friday 5th of February we both went to location to get some more footage. I think that the trailer is currently looking very authentic, and I am currently organising some music to accompany the trailer.
Whilst editing the all the shots to create my trailer I have had to think about all the conventions that make a horror film these could include:
-Murder
-Blood
-Gore
-Fast editing
-Loud music and non-diegetic sounds
-Darkness
-Ghosts
-Killer
-Murderer
-Old houses
- Death
-Screams
-Old houses
-Forests

We also need to look into finding some appropriate music to go with our trailer. So while editing our clips into place we shall also be creating music at the same time to ensure the music will fit when we need to add it in.

Here is the first draft of our trailer we have so far, however we want to add music and edit the clips to make the trailer seem authentic: