Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Monday, 29 March 2010
Uploading our film trailer
Unfortunately, Me, Amba and Jade had problems when it came to upload our film trailer. Any waiting for several hours for it to be upload to our blogs it did not do anything.
Thereofore, we have decided to burn the trailer onto a CD so it can be viewed that way instead.
Thereofore, we have decided to burn the trailer onto a CD so it can be viewed that way instead.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Our film trailer
Me, Jade and Amba are now editing our trailer. We wanted to wait to shoot in the dark and when it was not raining to create greater suspense and fear throughout our trailer, however we did have to put filming on hold for a while due to bad weather conditions. We have now finished editing the majority of our tailer but we want to ask some people for some feedback so we could be sure that it is suitable for our age group.
While editing our footage we came across a number of difficulties such as finding suitable music without the problem of copyright. The music available to us we found was extremely dull and limited. We then decided to have a quiet noise in the background to create suspension rather than music. We firstly used a piece of music which was fast paced and eerie, but however after gaining audience feedback we decided to put this at the end of our trailer which builds up a dramatic impact and instead used a more subtle tune at the start to keep it simple and ease you into the trailer.
Another problem we came across was getting each clip to run into each other smoothly and easily. This required us to do a lot of cropping and changing for quicker clips which made it ore fast past and exciting for the audience which is what we wanted to achieve.
In our earlier research of analysing film trailers we came across a number of factors which we also wanted to appear in our film trailer. This included credits at the end, more snappy words and phrases which informs the audience more about what is going on and hightens the scary element. However one problem we came across when adding the titles was that we was not able to add them over the top of clips in the trailer so had to make individual slides.
While editing our footage we came across a number of difficulties such as finding suitable music without the problem of copyright. The music available to us we found was extremely dull and limited. We then decided to have a quiet noise in the background to create suspension rather than music. We firstly used a piece of music which was fast paced and eerie, but however after gaining audience feedback we decided to put this at the end of our trailer which builds up a dramatic impact and instead used a more subtle tune at the start to keep it simple and ease you into the trailer.
Another problem we came across was getting each clip to run into each other smoothly and easily. This required us to do a lot of cropping and changing for quicker clips which made it ore fast past and exciting for the audience which is what we wanted to achieve.
In our earlier research of analysing film trailers we came across a number of factors which we also wanted to appear in our film trailer. This included credits at the end, more snappy words and phrases which informs the audience more about what is going on and hightens the scary element. However one problem we came across when adding the titles was that we was not able to add them over the top of clips in the trailer so had to make individual slides.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Original image for website
This is the original image which I am using for my horror website.
I am now going to edit it on Photoshop to create a more sinister effect to the image.
First idea for my website
This is one idea of my website for 'PLAY'. After gaining feedback from my class I am able to improve and make changes to this website.
From my audience feedback I found out that:
I could make the image more sinister to highlight the horror genre
I need to make the boxes around the links more clear and noticable
The title 'PLAY' needs to be a brighter colour or placed in a more obvious spot to attract audiences.
Website - Idea One
What I do not find effective:
The image of the play button is not very frightening. Even though this image links in with the title 'PLAY' it does not promote that the film is a horror.
The links are not particularly clear, even though they are underlined they are still not completly eye-catching.
I feel the layout is not very interesting and I could make it much more exciting.
I am now going to design and make my website for our film 'PLAY'. I have drawn out three different ideas of how my website could be layed out and what images I could use.
From my research of analysing real horror film websites earlier on in my coursework, i was able to gain ideas and information about what the websites contain.
From my research of analysing real horror film websites earlier on in my coursework, i was able to gain ideas and information about what the websites contain.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Final Image
After taking copious images for my horror poster, I have finally decided to use this image to create my poster.
The reason I decided on this one was becuase it has a sinister feel and I find the path leading into darkness extremly effective.
I will now use photoshop to make my poster and edit this image.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Poster: Idea 3
What I find effective on this idea:
On the ‘Coming Soon’ I feel the barbwire effect works very well as it creates a creepy effect and also it fits in with the plot of the film (Escaping)
The actors names at the very top I feel work well, using different coloured fonts allows it to stand out and also makes the poster interesting as it is mainly bland colours.
What I do not find effective on this idea:
My main image I feel is not big enough, I feel if I had a larger image which took up more room would allow the poster to be a lot more attractive an eye –catching.
The title of ‘PLAY’ I feel needs to be larger in size. If I want to attract audiences I need to ensure everything is as big as possible, not leaving much free space like in this sketch.
My main image I feel is not big enough, I feel if I had a larger image which took up more room would allow the poster to be a lot more attractive an eye –catching.
The title of ‘PLAY’ I feel needs to be larger in size. If I want to attract audiences I need to ensure everything is as big as possible, not leaving much free space like in this sketch.
Poster: Idea 2
What I find effective on this idea:
Out of all my poster ideas, this is my favourite image. I find it works very well as it creates a sinister effect and by filling the image over the whole poster it allows it stand out. I find the path leading to the unknown is very effective and from my feedback, lots of people commented on how it created a frightening effect.
The stapline I feel works very well, as it makes the poster more interesting and also allows the audience to have a little clue on the film.
What I do not find effective on this idea:
Where I have placed ‘Twisted Pictures’ I feel it does not stand out enough and is not very clear and the image is behind it. Therefore in my final poster I will ensure I place a black background behind it is completely clear for the audience to read.
Poster: Idea 1
What I find effective on this idea:
From my audience feedback, I got lots of positive comments on the style of the title. They all said it grabbed their attention right away and also fits in well with the horror genre.
What I do not find effective on this idea:
Even though the image links in with the word ‘PLAY’ it is not a very sinister or frightening image, as it is a horror film, I need an image which will stand out to the audience I create a mysterious and terrifying effect.
Ideas for my film poster
Above our 3 ideas for my film poster, which will promote the film we our making 'Play'.
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
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