RESEARCH: BRONSON MOVIE POSTER

RESEARCH: AMERICAN HUSTLE MOVIE POSTER

RESEARCH: POSTER CODES AND CONVENTIONS

I analysed the movie poster of The Twilight Saga in order to investigate the genre codes and conventions It gives the information of:

the casting
the costume designer
the music
the music supervisor
the visual effects
the executive producer
the producer
the director
the editor
the production designer
the director of photography
the co-producer

My group and I decided to use the same people's names for the cast and crew.

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The poster will also require at the bottom the social networks used to promote the film. I created a folder with the social networks logo on one of the apple computers in the media room so when I come to make my poster, I can drag the logos for the social networks onto my indesign poster. This is so the audience can check the social networks to get more information about the film and get exclusive content.  I am currently working on a website for the film, which is where most of the information will be for the film,  which is going to be called www.aquestionofidentity.com and this will be placed at the bottom of the poster.

PLANNING: INDESIGN MOVIE POSTER

On Friday of last week, I was taught how to use a programme called InDesign for when we finalise our ideas and prepare to make our own individual posters. Below shows my experimentation of using the various tools in Indesign to familiarise myself with the software. My group and I are going to make individual posters in InDesign. Having read the last two Examiner's Reports to centres, I am pleased to be using their recommended choice of software in InDesign which is industry standard. 

From what I learned with movie posters in general, they all contain the title of the film in large and bold text at the top of the poster, followed by the main characters in the centre frame where most of the attention is displayed. The information of the cast and crew is at the bottom.  

I also worked on a word document and I looked at the movie poster of "The Twilight saga" and I looked at the various information it gives. It gives the information of:

the casting
the costume designer
the music
the music supervisor
the visual effects
the executive producer
the producer
the director
the editor
the production designer
the director of photography
the co-producer

My group and I decided to use the same people's names for the cast and crew.

The poster will also require at the bottom the social networks used to promote the film. I created a folder with the social networks logo on one of the apple computers in the media room so when I come to make my poster, I can drag the logos for the social networks onto my indesign poster. I am currently working on a website for the film, which is going to be called www.aquestionofidentity.com and this will be placed at the bottom of the poster.

PLANNING: LOCATION RECCE RE-FILMING THE GRAVEYARD SCENE

Last week my group and I decided to re-film the graveyard scene due to technical issues. The idea was to portray the right angles to represent the right emotions in order to engage with the audience. At the scene where I kneel down in front of the gravestone, our primary focus was to use a close up shot which would show this and also start to introduce the main characters in the movie.

This shot was taken by Kate Bradford where we revisited St George's Church Cemetery in Esher, Surrey.  The next stage was to find the right spot to film this scene in order to capture the right feel and concept of the storyline. We came across an area where the stage design fitted correctly with what we were looking for as you can see in the image above. We wanted a deeper meaning with the use of these objects to make the trailer more interesting and have more variety to explore the different camera angles to create the right sense of feeling for our audience.

My group member Kate created a YouTube account to show the process of filming behind the scenes. Below will have a link to her channel.

HERE IS THE YOUTUBE ACCOUNT

RESEARCH: PIKTOCHART PRESENTATION FOR SHORT FILMS AND WHAT THEY ARE

I HAVE PLACED THIS PRESENTATION IN MY BLOG POST FROM SEPTEMBER ON THIS SHORT FILM. YOU CAN ALSO DISPLAY THIS PRESENTATION ON WHAT SHORT FILMS CONSIST OF HERE:  https://magic.piktochart.com/editor/piktochart/9671010#

CONSTRUCTION: THE GHOST AND AARON CONFRONTATION SCENES

Saturday of last week, my group and I filmed some of the remaining scenes that were left to film, such as the fighting scene between the Ghost and Aaron and the gasoline scene, which are the more intense scenes in the film trailer so for us it was going to be challenging yet exciting.

The fighting scene we filmed in Weybridge. We needed to take precautions of other people as it was narrow pathway and we didn't want to draw unnecessary attention. Luckily, it was very discrete and in-between a car park. It was useable throughout the whole day as hardly any people used the alleyway and was a perfect place to film as the lighting was excellent.

We also filmed the gun scene where the Ghost raises the weapon to a migrant's head. This scene fitted well with this location as the small pathway looked very sheltered and hidden. This scene is a breaking point in the trailer to create the sense of sympathy for the migrant as she is innocent and is treated as a sinner. This was a powerful two-person shot showing the emotions of the characters.




On the same day, we also filmed the gasoline scene involving myself who plays Aaron and Jay who plays the Ghost. We decided as a group to film in one of our group member's garage's as it offered the perfect space we needed and was very hidden and gave the eerie and mysterious vibe. In this scene, we see a turn of events of dominance, as Aaron is depicted as vulnerable and unguarded tied to a chair. The ghost circles around Aaron pouring gasoline all around the chair. This scene alone questions the audience as to whether it is a case of the bad guy wins as this scene alone shows complete domination and no chance of escape, again hinting questions to the audience what is going to happen next.

Following on from this scene. We have a blackout, followed by a strike of a match with the camera zooming in. This hypes the fear factor in the trailer and is trying to make the audience feel uneasy as Aaron is in grave danger. This will leave a imprint for the audience and will riddle them with questions which are will Aaron be able to escape the clutches of the ghost.