Front Cover 1 - Beki

Here is my first and unfinished draft of my front cover for a film magazine:

I decided to use this photo because it was the only suitable one which we already had. I have made plans to  take more photos of the protagonist, keeping in mind that they will be used for the front cover of a magazine. 

The name of the magazine came from a brain storm of ideas within out group, we wanted the name to connote strength and knowledge of the film/movie industry and we felt the name, 'Kingdom' portrayed this effectively. 

I have attempted to create a colour scheme but this will be more evident as the poster is nearer completion. I have included a plug to gain attention and replicate features of a professional magazine.

For my second draft I would like to add a banner or more text at the bottom of the image. I will also include a date, price and bar code as well as other features which are typical of a magazine front cover.

Production company designs, Dan

These are two production company designs I have created to put into our film trailer. They will be placed at the beginning of the trailer to help give the effect of a real and professional trailer. These may also be used in other parts of the project to help create a synergy between all aspects of our project and trailer.

Film Poster Feedback - Emily

I handed out photos of each of our film posters, and asked people opinions on them:

The top poster was this one:

This was the bottom poster:

Which film poster is your favourite? Top or bottom?
Person 1: Top.
Person 2: Top.
Person 3: Top.
Person 4: Top.
Person 5: Layout of bottom but picture and quotes from the top.
Person 6: Top.

What do you like about it?
Person 1: Faint ouija board.
Person 2: Colours, overlayed images, the title looks better on two lines instead of three.
Person 3: I like the ouija board in the background because it relates to the trailer well.
Person 4: Overlay of ouija board on top of girl image.
Person 5: Love the halve colour text linked with background of image.
Person 6: More threat, less like a DVD cover.

Do you think the posters portray the horror genre well? Which one does is it better?
Person 1: Yes, font & imagery, good top one!
Person 2: Top because of the colours and the girl looks scarier.
Person 3: They both portray horror well with the colour and images.
Person 4: Top, because picture is scarier and colour scheme.
Person 5: The bottom one, dark colours make it eerie.
Person 6: Yes.

Do you like the text used?
Person 1: Yes, like how they overlap.
Person 2: Yes.
Person 3: Yes, very fitting for the genre.
Person 4: Yes.
Person 5: Yes.
Person 6: Yes.

If you saw these posters, would you want to go see the film? Which one is more effective?
Person 1: Top one more effective. I would!
Person 2: Top. It looks more like a film poster.
Person 3: I would see the top one because it tells you more about what you are going to be watching with the ouija board.
Person 4: Top one, yes.
Person 5: Top one, yes. Because bottom one doesn't tell you anything.
Person 6: Could the top one work with a big close up?

Film Posters 2 - Emily

This is my second poster idea, however this is unfinished, as I need to add a review and film certificate. I used a photo of Megan rather than Soraya in this poster. I turned the image black and white and then I added a new layer. To that layer, I applied a lens blur. I then changed the opacity to make the image clearer. I then clicked layer mask, and with the brush tool, after I'd lowered its opacity and flow, I highlighter her eyes to make them stand out. I then made this whole image a new layer, and added a block of black to the left hand side. I then put the text in the top right corner, near hers eyes, making her eyes and the word "eyes" in the title have a connection. I made half the text grey and half black, and that created a sort of mirror effect that I love. I then added the tag line below.

Magazine Cover Photos - Beki

After reviewing the photos we currently have taken from the video shooting, I have decided we do not have any suitable images to use for the front cover of the magazine. As a result of this we need to re-shoot some images and this is on our agenda.

However I have edited one existing image which I feel perhaps could work well as a magazine cover.

I used the Burn tool to add definition to her eyebrows, I also used this tool on the bottom of her eye to make it appear as if she has eye-liner one. I then used the same tool but on a less intense level to create an effect of darkness beneath her eyes, this effect makes her look gaunt and inhuman. Lastly I adjusted the saturation and lightness to make the photo look more professional.

Editing 2 - Beki

After previewing our trailer to the rest of the class, we noticed many people commented on the music: some people felt it did not fit in well with the genre and others said it was effective yet too intense from the beginning.
We have decided to make the music quieter at the beginning, making the trailer much more eerie at the start, when the action kicks in it is much more scary.
Another aspect which people commented was the ending where the candle gets blown out, it was not instantly obvious that the candle was blown out at the end, so we decided to add back in the sounds of the candle being blown out. When we had done this the sound effect was very effective and it fitted well with the other music.
We new feel the music is complete and makes the genre clear to the audience.

Glass movement set-up, Dan

Firstly, the set up is simply a wooden chair, a gorilla tripod, a Ouija board, a glass and Blu-Tack. From the photo above the tripod is placed at the top of the chair. Then the Blu-Tack is used to keep the board stuck to the chair.

After the lighting was correct and the set up was established I then mounted the camera to the tripod. Seen from a reconstruction above I then picked up the chair and tilted and moved the chair about. As a result the glass then stared to seemingly move by itself. The reason why this works is that because the camera is mounted to the chair, the movement of the camera was perfectly synchronised with the movement of the glass, evidently giving the glass the effect of complete independent movement.