Updated Poster

We took into consideration all of the feedback that we received from our target audience.

It is clear to see that we have made the title of the film larger, and coming across the whole width of the page; we hope now it is more clear that this is the name of the film.

We made sure our fonts were consistent and not random, therefore we have used no more than 2 fonts to make our poster look more authentic.

It was also suggested that the names of the actors should not be scattered around the page therefore we decided just to position the names to one side of the face, and not scatter them across the page.
Finally it recommended that the actor names looked very basic and not very professional therefore we have added strokes and drop shadows to ensure that they look professional and eye catching

Final Magazine Front Cover

We have fitted all of the text properly around the image, and the magazine front cover is finally finished. We showed our target audience and they all felt that the magazine front cover fitted the theme of the poster, and our rough cut trailer.
Here is the image of our final front cover:

First Draft of Poster

This image shows our film poster; Emily and I thought it would be best before declaring it finished; to go to our target audience to see what their opinions were on the poster, to see how they thought we could improve our poster.
We received some helpful ways in which we could improve our poster, some of the comments we received included:
The title of the film needs to be larger, and possibly coming across the whole width of the page, also it was suggested to do this to make it more obvious that this is the title of the film.
Another person we asked suggested that there were too many fonts used across the poster and we should maybe just use 2 to 3 fonts and no more.

It was also suggested that the names of the actors should not be scattered around the page it makes it look very unprofessional and that the names should be lined up across the side of the page the opposite side of the face so that they don't cover up the facial features.

Finally it recommended that the actor names look very basic and not very professional to look at, and they could also have an effect added to them, to help them stand out from the background of the poster.

Emily and I will look into improving all of these points to make the poster look more authentic and fit the theme of horror; we also want to ensure that our poster is appropriate for our target audience.

Poster Problems

When going to create our final poster Emily and myself found that the original images we had were not appropriate, and did not tie in with our trailer. Therefore we went away and studied our trailer so we could begin to plan in what form we needed our photos to look.

The pictures still fit the plan for the photos that we original wanted, however they now fit with the trailer and look authentic. We can also still use the drawn example of how we want our poster to look, however just adapt it to fit the images we now have.

Problems encountered when creating the magazine front cover

When creating our front cover we have experienced some problems with the authenticity of the photographs, and we have decided that we are going to still use the layout of the magazine front cover that we have created but change the picture.
To ensure that this is the right thing to do, we asked our target audience what they thought.
We showed them the magazine front cover that had the first photograph on, however then showed them the other magazine front cover with the new picture on it. We then presented them with the two covers together.
Out of the 12 people we asked only 3 people liked the first cover, and the remaining 9 said they felt the new magazine front cover really stood out, and highlighted the genre of the film. We also found that these people thought the cover looked more proffessional and authentic.
Emily and myself also thought it fitted best with the teaser trailer, poster and theme of 'total film' the magazine we are using. When the new picture has been fitted properly and the text fits well around the image I will then post the final poster image.

Beginning to add music

We have finished the final editing of our trailer, and we have begun to mildly colour correct the clips. Also we have added some music, finally we want to adapt the sequencing of the music to create a more eerie effect when the killer is on screen.
Here is the second draft of our film teaser trailer:

Analysing and finding the conventions for current magazine front covers

I have been looking at some current magazine front covers; I am doing this to ensure that when creating my own front cover I can make it look as authentic as I possibly can. Below you can see a magazine front cover which I have analysed and annotated to find the conventions(To view the text enable the "fullscreen" option):
Magazine front cover analysis

Here I have looked in detail at a film magazine called "FilmStar" to see what codes and conventions the magazine uses; and how it is successful:
FilmStar magazine Analysis

Problems encountered when trying to add our music track

We have finally finished editing all of our clips, and now looking into adding our music. After creating our music in garage band, we transfered it into itunes to then put it into final cut express. However when we transferred the track it did not initially fit with our trailer, and some musical effects we added into our track did not fit in the correct places; therefore we will have to go back into garage band and re arrange our music clips to ensure that they fit perfectly with our trailer.

Another element we have stumbled upon with the music, is that we want to have a certain tone or small clip of music to play every time the suspected "killer" is shown. Therefore we went into garage band and found a clip called "evolving atmosphere" and cut the clip so that it would play in time when the "killer" is shown in the trailer. Finally we wanted an eerie sound to end the trailer, therefore we have allowed the music to get very loud and fast nearer the end, we have then suddenly cut the music at the climax, and replaced it with a very slow melodic tune called "escape", this shows an immediate juxtaposition between the two pieces of music. To end the trailer we have added an effect on the last piece of text to look as though a television screen is being switched off, accompanied with this we have added a static sound to suggest that the television has been turned off. I personally think that this looks very effective and ends the trailer leaving the audience wanting more.