This is my second draft, however this is an incomplete second draft because I have filmed other stuff but I am having technical difficulties and therefore couldn't edit the sequence. I also haven't designed a production logo just yet.
This draft doesn't quite follow my story board and it's also quite long but I don't know what to delete because In my honest opinion I kind of like what I filmed and edited.
Friday, 20 February 2015
Thursday, 12 February 2015
Anciliary Text- Poster analysis
Conventionally posters are very simple and less detailed because they don't to give too much away. However in my research I've realised that the iconography of horror genre still remains the same even in a different text format.
In a horror film poster the colours are very dark, conventional colours such as black, red and white are seen. The text is usually written in white . At the bottom there's all the names of institutions, directors and other technical information. As you can see from the posters above; they are very simple but appealing. This could be because they don't want to give too much away. However, demonstrating the key element of the narrative such as main characters or important props are seen on the poster to give the audience an idea of the film would be about . The conventional layout of posters are very basic they include features such as masthead, main image, listings, reviews, release date technical information and tag line. The main image is usually dark to connote fear and and death. Dark colours are iconic in a horror genre and therefore it is used on posters so that the appropriate audience can identify the film genre just by looking at the features.
There's always one image at the front, this could be because the object featuring is key to the narrative which will get the audience intrigued to know what the film has in store for them. The similarities between all these posters would be that they all have more or less white fonts. This is a contrast to the dark main image and this could because they give an opposite connotations of victim and innocence. This could also just perhaps be that it stands out because from a distance dark images are seen not clearly therefore the font needs to be noticeable. The technical information at the bottom always has it's opacity down this could because the information isn't that important as the masthead, tagline and main image however it saves the company from anyone stealing the poster and claiming it's theirs.
I like the Trick R Treat poster because of the house style of orange connotes Halloween as well as the pumpkin because this narrative matches my Halloween themed narrative however I'm following the conventions of a recent horror film which is Ouija because it's simple and effective.
In a horror film poster the colours are very dark, conventional colours such as black, red and white are seen. The text is usually written in white . At the bottom there's all the names of institutions, directors and other technical information. As you can see from the posters above; they are very simple but appealing. This could be because they don't want to give too much away. However, demonstrating the key element of the narrative such as main characters or important props are seen on the poster to give the audience an idea of the film would be about . The conventional layout of posters are very basic they include features such as masthead, main image, listings, reviews, release date technical information and tag line. The main image is usually dark to connote fear and and death. Dark colours are iconic in a horror genre and therefore it is used on posters so that the appropriate audience can identify the film genre just by looking at the features.There's always one image at the front, this could be because the object featuring is key to the narrative which will get the audience intrigued to know what the film has in store for them. The similarities between all these posters would be that they all have more or less white fonts. This is a contrast to the dark main image and this could because they give an opposite connotations of victim and innocence. This could also just perhaps be that it stands out because from a distance dark images are seen not clearly therefore the font needs to be noticeable. The technical information at the bottom always has it's opacity down this could because the information isn't that important as the masthead, tagline and main image however it saves the company from anyone stealing the poster and claiming it's theirs.
I like the Trick R Treat poster because of the house style of orange connotes Halloween as well as the pumpkin because this narrative matches my Halloween themed narrative however I'm following the conventions of a recent horror film which is Ouija because it's simple and effective.
Photo-shoot and Make Up For The Magazine Front Cover
Date 11.2.15
After I applied some makeup to my actress, I had to quickly take some pictures to feature it on my front cover. My colour theme on my front cover is purple and black, to match the purple make up that I had initially planned when planning my costume and make up. However I was rushing through and managed to get couple of pictures. I already knew the conventions of a front cover main image; close up is key and therefore I honestly didn't bother trying different angles because I had to film too.
Another problem I had was the lighting, I wanted it a bit dim but after playing around the lights I still couldn't manage to get it how I wanted it. Also when I was rushing my brain stops working and I completely forgot that I could have used the black backdrop instead of the white wall. Now when i'm editing I have to carefully remove the background which is quite difficult to do when there's the actresses hair's out, whereas if I used the black curtain behind her I wouldn't have needed to crop her out the background because my front covers background is black anyways.
(unedited pictures)
This is the make up look I created inspired by Glam&Gore. I recorde myself applying make up on my actress by leaving it on record and on a tripod. I edited this recording on Final cut pro as that's the programme I feel comfortable with. To save time I just retimed the recording to 2x faster. As you can see this clip had already started with the actress with eyeshadow on that is because I forgot to press record. I t doesn't quite look like what I saw on YouTube but I can edit the pictures on PhotoShop.
Monday, 26 January 2015
Anciliary Text - Textual Analysis
This EMPIRE magazine front cover is very old, I believe it's from 2001. I am going to do a textual analysis of this front cover and compare it with another EMPIRE magazine from 2009.
I have annotated the conventional features of the magazine; which without wouldn't look very appealing. The Masthead of the magazine is the magazine name; the font of the masthead is sharp as well as round. The sharpness of the pint connotes evilness where as the round connotes soft and gentle. These connotations are opposite in meaning and therefore could cause confusion for the audience.The colour scheme of the font is just red; this colour connotes blood, danger and devils. However this colour could also symbalise love. Similarly on the Empire magazine of Twilight the masthead also has the colour scheme of red and the alphabet 'M' is still the same font; sharp and chunky. This suggests that this magazine is still carrying on its iconic style but the only difference is the font has changed a little.
The main image, is on the right side of the front cover and it's only showing half of the face to make the cover look more creepy. The red eye colour matches the colour scheme, which indicates that the magazine is about his character. There's low key lighting on one side of his face and high key lighting on the other side. Once again this gives ambiguous connotations and suggests the character has two personalities. The main image also also informs the audience that he's the main Character of the film. However, on the Empire magazine of Twilight is different, the main character is seen making direct address whilst the camera angle conventionally is a mid close up. This tells me that the style of Empire magazine has changed over the recent years. However the background; low key lighting hasn't changed, this could be because the iconography of horror/fantasy uses a lot of black to connote death.
The Sky line is always above the masthead and usually advertises important information such as 'free posters' and other information. Magazines always have different features and styles when it comes to the sky line. There isn't a iconic style that gets carried on.
From the 2001 EMPIRE magazine the sell lines/cover lines have decreased a little bit, this could be because the magazine doesn't want to give too much information away and keeps the audience focused on the main image. However the colour scheme has been carried through as the colour of the writing is still white. This is so that the black background and its deathly connotation is emphasized.
The date and price hasn't changed its position on the magazine and it's still placed on top of the 'M' even after 9 years. However the price has increased rapidly from £2.95 to £8.95, this could be because the magazine has developed and improved in its quality, over time. This is also a very conventional feature on any types of magazine, because without it the audience would not be able to decide whether they should buy the magazine or not. This also suggests that the audience are going to be C2 (possibly D) and above as this table below demonstrates. This is simply because they'll be earning and it'll be easy to accept the price. However, the price also identifies the target audience of the magazine as to be a skilled worker you need to be 18 and above in age. Twilight the film has age certificate of PG 13, the young audience would have not been able to afford an £9 magazine because they're not earning.
The bar-code is still at the front left bottom corner of the magazine. This is also a conventional feature which without it wouldn't look like a front cover but rather a magazine. Also the web address is also a conventional feature which allows the audience to read the magazine but in a different format. One thing that has changed about the web address it would be that it's gone from '.co.uk' to .'com', meaning that the magazine's institution has developed and improved and have gained audiences worldwide.
I have annotated the conventional features of the magazine; which without wouldn't look very appealing. The Masthead of the magazine is the magazine name; the font of the masthead is sharp as well as round. The sharpness of the pint connotes evilness where as the round connotes soft and gentle. These connotations are opposite in meaning and therefore could cause confusion for the audience.The colour scheme of the font is just red; this colour connotes blood, danger and devils. However this colour could also symbalise love. Similarly on the Empire magazine of Twilight the masthead also has the colour scheme of red and the alphabet 'M' is still the same font; sharp and chunky. This suggests that this magazine is still carrying on its iconic style but the only difference is the font has changed a little.
The main image, is on the right side of the front cover and it's only showing half of the face to make the cover look more creepy. The red eye colour matches the colour scheme, which indicates that the magazine is about his character. There's low key lighting on one side of his face and high key lighting on the other side. Once again this gives ambiguous connotations and suggests the character has two personalities. The main image also also informs the audience that he's the main Character of the film. However, on the Empire magazine of Twilight is different, the main character is seen making direct address whilst the camera angle conventionally is a mid close up. This tells me that the style of Empire magazine has changed over the recent years. However the background; low key lighting hasn't changed, this could be because the iconography of horror/fantasy uses a lot of black to connote death.
The Sky line is always above the masthead and usually advertises important information such as 'free posters' and other information. Magazines always have different features and styles when it comes to the sky line. There isn't a iconic style that gets carried on.
From the 2001 EMPIRE magazine the sell lines/cover lines have decreased a little bit, this could be because the magazine doesn't want to give too much information away and keeps the audience focused on the main image. However the colour scheme has been carried through as the colour of the writing is still white. This is so that the black background and its deathly connotation is emphasized.
The date and price hasn't changed its position on the magazine and it's still placed on top of the 'M' even after 9 years. However the price has increased rapidly from £2.95 to £8.95, this could be because the magazine has developed and improved in its quality, over time. This is also a very conventional feature on any types of magazine, because without it the audience would not be able to decide whether they should buy the magazine or not. This also suggests that the audience are going to be C2 (possibly D) and above as this table below demonstrates. This is simply because they'll be earning and it'll be easy to accept the price. However, the price also identifies the target audience of the magazine as to be a skilled worker you need to be 18 and above in age. Twilight the film has age certificate of PG 13, the young audience would have not been able to afford an £9 magazine because they're not earning.
The bar-code is still at the front left bottom corner of the magazine. This is also a conventional feature which without it wouldn't look like a front cover but rather a magazine. Also the web address is also a conventional feature which allows the audience to read the magazine but in a different format. One thing that has changed about the web address it would be that it's gone from '.co.uk' to .'com', meaning that the magazine's institution has developed and improved and have gained audiences worldwide.
Hand Drawn Magazine Front Cover
This is my first draft on my magazine front cover I will produce in the up coming week. The background will be black and it will look like a horror magazine. I was inspired by EMPIRE magazine as it's very simple but appealing. My main image would be of my main character in her Halloween costume; because it's conventional of the magazine to have the main actor of the film featured on the magazine front cover.
I have also included conventional magazine features such as; Masthead, Main image, bar code, price, web address, cover lines, tag lines, sky line, date etc. Without these features, the magazine won't look like a magazine as it will lack in detail and information.
The colour scheme of the masthead and tag line is orange because it's a Halloween theme colour. However there would also be other colours such as red and black blended in with the colour orange on Photoshop so that it looks more professional and not cheap. My overall colour scheme would be white for font, orange and red and hints black.
Research; Film Magazine Questionnaire
Film Magazine Questionnaire
1) Age?
2) M F
3) Do you know of any film magazines? If so, which one?
4) Can you suggest me a name to call my magazine?
5) At which price would you buy the magazine for?
1) Age?
2) M F
3) Do you know of any film magazines? If so, which one?
4) Can you suggest me a name to call my magazine?
5) At which price would you buy the magazine for?
- £2- £4
- £5-£8
- Non above
7) Would you buy a film magazine based on a horror film?
8) What would you like to see in my this film magazine?
9) Do you prefer a digital magazine or a hard paper copy?
Thank you for your time
Although it's personal, I've chosen to ask about age and gender because it will help me judge on the price as it will define which age belongs to a social group as they choose the price. I've also asked for magazine name suggestions because I can't think of any. I gave them a list of prices because stereotypically, I know that teenagers would choose the low price and adults who are possibly employed would choose a high price. Also question 6 might sound weird but what I meant was that sometimes the audience choose the magazine because of what's featured or sometimes they're just a regular customer. Question 9 will tell me which age range commonly use web 2.0 and proliferation.
8) What would you like to see in my this film magazine?
9) Do you prefer a digital magazine or a hard paper copy?
Thank you for your time
Although it's personal, I've chosen to ask about age and gender because it will help me judge on the price as it will define which age belongs to a social group as they choose the price. I've also asked for magazine name suggestions because I can't think of any. I gave them a list of prices because stereotypically, I know that teenagers would choose the low price and adults who are possibly employed would choose a high price. Also question 6 might sound weird but what I meant was that sometimes the audience choose the magazine because of what's featured or sometimes they're just a regular customer. Question 9 will tell me which age range commonly use web 2.0 and proliferation.
Thursday, 22 January 2015
Potion Tutorial and Inspiration
These are some videos I found on YouTube on how to create a potion using juice and dry ice for the extra effect. It's easy and harmless and will not be dangerous to be carried out in college. However if I 'm doing it in the green room then I must be cautious for safety reasons, I don't want to spill any juices when there would be wires around.
I will have to purchase the dry ice from online somewhere and buy juice from local shops. I quite like the idea of the twigs in the bowl so I might also find some twigs outside and stick it in too. To make the fog green I might have to use green spotlights which I can get Ben (Media Technician) to help me with the lighting.
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