Final Movie Poster

Evaluation question 3

Evaluation question 4

Evaluation question 1

Evaluation question 2

Final Movie Magazine

Film trailer

Below is my final film trailer called Ouija:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT1dufdsCAY

Creating my magazine front cover

Audience feedback for trailer

Creating my poster

Film magazine mock ups

Mock up 1:

Here are my three magazine mock ups, although they are very similar a lot of alterations have been made 

photo editing

When editing my film poster and magazine front cover, I just decided to use the features on photoshop:

Music for trailer

Music in a trailer is vital, especially for one in the genre mine is in being horror, as it heightens the tension. I looked through many sites where there was copyright free music which i could use. 

I needed to choose music which constantly emphasised the tension for the audience and to do this I used online websites to browse, were copyright free music was available. After listening to many pieces of music, I came across a song called 'Unseen Horrors from the website incompetech.com. This is quite a quiet piece of music although it really enhances the horror theme of my trailer. As I want to have a voiceover, I made sure that the music didn't have words in. I have used the platform of imovie to edit the music to fit the trailer as  I have some knowledge on how to use the programme.

Audience feedback for poster mockups

Poster Mock ups

Here are a few poster mock-up's I have created to see what features I want to use on my final poster, I will also get some feedback to see what my target audience thinks about them.

Photoshoot for poster and magazine

Below are some images I have taken which I can use for my film poster and magazine, I had to constantly keep in mind the sort of shot angles which would be most effective for a horror magazine.

Changes to my trailer plot

Due to unforeseen circumstances I am going to have to change my plot for my trailer, so the concept will now be: -two girls go to a haunted house to play a Ouija Board
                     - One of the girls dissapears, the other feels like she is being chased by someone
                     -The girl starts getting very scared that someone is following her
                     -Bad things start to happen to the girl and in the end she becomes possessed

Questionnaire Magazine Analysis

I decided to do another questionnaire so that I could find out what my target audience would expect to see on a magazine front cover.

 

Here is a pie chart of my results from finding out how often my target audience read film magazines. Half of the answers were about 'once a year' which illustrates that film magazines don't have as much influence as a film poster does. Similarly over a quarter of people 'never' read film magazines, this is something which I want to try so I will have to make sure my film magazine is able to capture the audiences attention so that people feel inclined to read my magazine.

 

 

Here I wanted to know what kind of colours people would expect on a horror film magazine. I received practically the same answers as when I asked the question in my film poster questionnaire. This highlights to me that the colours really do expect to see are black and red.

 

 

I was struggling for ideas on what to put on the front cover of my magazine, the question I asked about 'what to expect on a front cover of a film magazine' has given me a lot of ideas about what to include. As you can see the suggestions will enable myself to get a clear idea on what to include so that more people will feel inclined to purchase a film magazine. A few of my favourites are; photos of the main character and secondary pictures.

 

 

 

Here I wanted to know what colours for the font would be expected on my film magazine front cover. As you can see the majority want dark colours as it fits into the category of a horror film.

 

 

I wanted to ask this question to gauge how much influence people feel about a film after reading an article about it. It is evident that it depends what people read as to whether they are influenced to watch it. Although I also think this relies heavily on the front cover of the film magazine as if it doesn't grab the attention of the reader people are going to be less intrigued on whether they should read it.

 

Questionnaire for film magazine

I have decided to send out a questionnaire to my target audience to analyse their thoughts on a film magazine front cover

Analysis of 3 film magazines

Questionnaire Analysis

Here is the analysis of the film poster questionnaire which I handed out to my target audience:

Questonnaire Poster Analysis

Questionnaire for poster

Here is a questionnaire I created to get some peer feedback so that I can cater for my target audience when creating my poster.

Poster Layout

This is a layout I have designed for my poster, so that when I start creating it I have a strong idea on how to design it which will save myself time later on.

 

Schedule revisited

Below you can see my original schedule which I have now adapted as I have realised I am not sticking within the time frames. So now I have added an extra 'completed' column which will enable myself to see what else I need to do before the final deadline.

Shot description

I wanted to upload several images using different shots to try and establish what would be the best to use for my media project.

 Mid-Shot

 

 

                               Close Up


                              High Angle Shot

                             Low Angle Shot


                                Two Shot


                                Long Shot

                                Over the shoulder shot

Pan

 

Tracking

 

 

                       

Character profile and location

Script/Voiceover

Voiceover's are extremely important in a trailer, it is one of the main conventions I have noticed in every trailer I have researched and therefore I feel it is important in my trailer. 

-It primarily sets the tone of the film 
-It helps the audience make sense of the narrative as they are being shown different clips from the film 
-Helps build suspense and anticipation

As my trailer is in the horror genre, it needs to have someone who sounds very scared to intensify the trailer. These are a few of the sentences which I want Lizzie (protagonist) to say: 

'Someone is following me'

'Please leave me, leave me alone' 

'who is that' 

'what is happening to me'

Film Name Choices Audience Research

I decided to ask a target audience of 18 year olds which film name they preferred so I took to Facebook to find out. Below are my results.

 

 

 

Here is the question which I sent out I took a screenshot of the name choices so that they could visually imagine the film.

 

Below are some answers that were given by my target audience as you can see the majority favoured the name 'Ouija' which I favoured from the start.

After a lot of thought and audience research I have decided the name for my film. I will call my film 'Ouija' as although it suggests what the film is about there leaves a mystery as to what could happen. However I have decided the tag line will be called 'The Unknown' as there are connotations of uncertainty.

Film Name Choices

Below are a few names which I have chosen for my film, I have reflected the narrative of the film by keeping with the horror genre. Most of the names will be related to the Ouija board that the characters take part in during the trailer.

photo shoot

billing block research

A billing block is the list of names which are usually found at the bottom of a film poster. It mainly features the names of directors, the production company, actors, costume director etc. Conventionally the font of a billing block is well known, it is written in capital letters with the all being the same size.

However some films don't stick with the conventional billing block style, which could make it more pleasing to the audience

call sheet

Call Sheet

poster ideas

production company for film

As part of the production for my film I have created my very own production company. The company is called 'Limelight Productions'. I devised the name as I think it is iconic for films as they will are in the 'limelight' They will produce films based around the horror genre, which is why 'Ouija' is perfect for the company to produce. Although the logo is simple it will be easy to distinguish.

 

 

 

font choices and colour scheme for magazine and poster

I have done a lot of in depth research as to the kind of colours and fonts I wish to use in my poster and magazine. By researching fonts and colours on different websites and analysing different images, I now have an idea on what to use when creating my poster and magazine.

story board

Below is the storyboard I created to help guide me when I am filming for my trailer, I have used character A and B so that it makes sense to me and I don't get confused. It isn't in much detail although it gives me a rough idea on what I need to film in each scene. I decided that character B will be the one that comes possessed which means bad things will happen to character A throughout the trailer.

Poster analysis

I wanted to analyse a horror film poster which related to the concept of my trailer, I chose to analyse 'The Orphan' as it uses similar features which I want to use in my movie poster. I really like the dark colours and serious eye contact, whilst there also only being focus on one character leaving it a mystery as to what happens in the movie.

 

 

 

 

Here are two more posters which I have analysed to get some influence for my movie poster. I decided to analyse 'Saw' and 'Shutter Island' as they have very different colour schemes and images.

Movie trailer pitch

Risk Assessment

 

This is a risk assessment form I made to identify all of the hazards and restrictions I may face when filming for my media trailer. These are the main problems which I have stated but have also followed with a solution to demonstrate how to overcome these problems.