Magazine Front Cover - Final

First Cut - Class Feedback

My class watched the first cut of our trailer and offered feedback on how to change it to improve it. These changes are small things which will make it more tense and more true to the horror genre, rather than more filming. The class also pointed out things they liked, such as the contrast between the 'chick flick' introduction and the horror scenes as well as the music choices and the connotations it comes with. They suggested we change a few things however and these include:

-Cutting the length of the trailer so it is much more tense and makes the audience on edge

-Adding more sound to the middle section of the trailer

-Putting in writing throughout the trailer to build suspense

Trailer - First Draft

Auxiliary Products Feedback

My teacher has emailed me feedback on my first draft of my auxiliary products, and this is what she suggested I change.

Poster
Girl in background – cut out needs work.
If you’re using stripes (like camera footage) then need to think about how this is displayed on poster (look at Paranormal Activity posters).
Credit block needs work – needs to be more complex, smaller, not on black background.
Tagline font is a bit bland.
Title – make bigger?

Magazine
Something strange happening with ‘biggest movie magazine’ text at top.
Think the chairs would work better on the magazine front over – you could use green/blue fonts and similar style of lined effect as poster.
This years’ best horror – punctuation issue.
Empire – needs to spread across page equally.
Price and date is out of line.
Unfinished.

Production Update

We have filmed all the footage we believe we need now and are focused heavily on editing. We are using Final Cut Pro well and with ease now, and are currently trying out different filters and effects to make our trailer as effective as possible. As we've gathered house of footage and refilmed some scenes, it is important to watch them all and see which is the most effective.

First Draft - Magazine Cover

This is my magazine cover, which I have completed the first draft of. I need to change the bullet on the front as it offers little information, and also add more information on the main story. My class have offered me feedback, in which they suggested manipulating the photo further to make it clear it is a horror film, however said the stylised approach worked okay because this is a magazine, which often focuses on the star rather than the film itself.

First Draft - Poster

This is the first draft of my poster. It is obviously incomplete, as I have to add a credit block and a tag line or review at the top of the page. This is an issue because of licensing at our school, and getting a realistic font is difficult. I have also showed this to people in my class and received feedback on my basic idea. People liked the layout, however said it lacked any fearful image which is typical of a film poster, so this is something I will change with the image in the background, by either taking a new one or manipulating this one.