My Magazine Cover

My Film Poster

Poster Final

front Cover Final

Final Front Cover Idea

Front Cover Ideas

Extra clips we need to add to our trailer

Extra clips to film

In the process of editing our horror trailer, we realised that we needed to add extra footage to complete the trailer. We need to add footage which will make the story line off the film more clear. This means we will have to go back to our filming location and film more footage which will fill the gaps.  Our ideas which we need to film are:

-A clip which shows the audience that my character has been transformed by the demon. This will make the story line more clear for the audience.

-We also need more scares in our trailer, so we have an idea to add more kills and big jumpy moments to make the trailer suit our film genre.

-We also need some fast clips which will be put together to build up tension throughout the trailer.  

Location Recce

Final Poster Idea

Poster Ideas

Story Board Page 2

Story board Page 1

Film Poster Ideas

Magazine cover ideas

Script

EXT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

Sound effects over it all.

 

CLOSE UP of DVD sitting in the DVD player closing. Sound effects scary, confusing music.

TITLE: Just when you think your safe

MEDIUM SHOT of girls sat on sofa, eating popcorn dark, light reflecting off the TV on their faces. 

TITLE: you can't always trust them closest to you.

DUTCH TILT of living room, big French doors, showing garden light come on.

 

OVER THE SHOULDER showing no one is there, girls turn to look at the TV, gone off showing grey screen.

PAIGE AND ABBIE

Aurghh!! (Reaction)

 

MEDIUM SHOT of TV fuzzy.

 

TITLE: Now its your turn to be the star.

 

Camera speeds up showing the clips faster.

 

EXTREME CLOSE UP of windows being locked.

 

CLOSE UP of doors being locked.

 

 

EXT. GARDEN – NIGHT

Sound effects over it all.

 

LONG SHOT ABBIE stood in the garden, at the end of the garden, looking different.

LOW ANGLE of the whole house showing ABBIE stood in the top left window looking down in the garden; PAIGE sat on sofa in the bottom right hand corner through the French doors.

EXT. STAIR WAY/CORRIDOR – NIGHT

 

Sound effects over it all.

 

HAND HELD PAIGE running up the stairs, turns left, freezes ABBIE is stood at the end of the corridor.

 

OVER THE SHOULDER PAIGE slams door in ABBIES face.

 

Camera effect two shots, flicking from a CLOSE UP of ABBIE normal to how she’s looks now she has a demon in her.

 

TITLE: HOME

 

EXT. BATHROOM – NIGHT

 

PAIGE brushing her teeth in the mirror, ABBIE appears behind her as she looks up.

 

TITLE: COMING SOON! 31st October 2013

 

EXT. KITCHEN – NIGHT

 LONG SHOT of PAIGE laid dead on the floor covered in blood with ABBIE walking over her carrying a knife walking down the corridor towards the door in blood footprints.

 Black screen. 

 

Actors and models

For the movie trailer:

For the film trailer we will need me (Abbie Holt) and Paige Singer as our on screen actors because we are the two main characters in our movie.  Both actors costume will be P’js because its set Paige’s characters house at a sleepover.

For my film poster:
No models needed for my film poster because it will be an image of Paige’s house from the outside. The picture will be taken in the evening so the picture is dark to fit in with the genre horror.

 For my magazine cover:

The models needed for my magazine cover are Me (Abbie Holt) and Paige singer.  

Production schedule

Scene 1:

Actors used: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Director: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Location: Paige’s living room

Time: Evening

Health and safety: Be careful around sharp objects and glass in the living room.

Crew: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

 

Scene 2:

Actors used: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Director: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Location: Back Garden  

Time: Evening

Health and safety: uneven floor, or rain because of the electrical equipment.

Crew:  Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

 

Scene 3:

Actors used: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Director: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Location: stairs and landing

Time: Evening

Health and safety: Careful running up stars

Crew:  Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

 

 

Scene 4:

Actors used: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Director: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Location: Bathroom

Time: Evening

Health and safety: careful to not slip on wet tile floor

Crew: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

 

Scene 5:

Actors used: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Director: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

Location: Kitchen

Time: Evening

Health and safety: careful around kitchen appliances/ don’t slip on wet tile floor.  

Crew: Abbie Holt & Paige Singer

 

 

 

Budget

Props, Costume, Equipment

Props- 

Knife- To use in the end scene to show what has caused the death, the scene on the crime. 

Toothbrush – to set the scene in the bathroom and see why Paige is in there.

Popcorn/Drink – to show that the girls are having a girly sleepover, with the typical popcorn and movie.

Costume-

The scene is set at a stereo typical girl sleep over, both girls where the typical long pjs, in very girly colours such as pinks and purples. This shows the audience that at the start of the film it is a typical girl sleepover because of the props used and how the scene is set and also what costumes which they are wearing.

Equipment –

-          Apple Mac, Garage Band, Final cut pro, Photoshop
-          Camera, Video and image,
-          Tripod,   

Film Magazine Cover Analysis

In my post production research, I have to do an analysis of a film magazine cover. This is so I can use all the codes and conventions when I make my own magazine cover.

The first thing I notice on this magazine is the large main image of “the joker”. This straight away tells the audience that it is a film magazine, and inside will have a big section about the new film “The Dark Knight”.  They have made the image take up most of the page and it is also covering the “Empire” title. This gives the image a sense of overpowering. This is okay because they always use the same colour and font for the title so it will still be recognisable to the shoppers when the magazine is on the shop shelf.  

The second thing I notice when looking at this magazine cover is the title which is always the same for “Empire” magazines.  They always use a large red font which is placed at the top of the page. This makes it very recognisable for the “Empire” fans and also makes the magazine stand out on the shop shelves.  

At the very top of the page it says “The Dark Knight World Exclusive” the “world exclusive” is a puff. This persuades the audience to buy the magazine because they don’t want to miss out on the “world exclusive” which is inside.

On the left hand side of the page the text which says “meet the joker” has been edited in a sharp pointy font to match the evilness of the cover. It has also been coloured in purple and green to match the jokers colours, they have done this so that the colours all blend together to make the magazine cover look dark.

Each magazine has the date and price on the cover. Empire has chosen to put it in the middle of the letter “M” in the title.

There are also some plugs on the right hand side off the page. Plugs are extra information which is put on the cover to tell the audience what else is featured inside this magazine.

Magazine Frount Cover Anylsis

For my reasearch I also had to anaylsis a frount cover of a music magazine, I found that Empire magazine do not advertise horror movie, the genre which I am foucusing in. So I decided to anylis the frount cover with the joker on because it will be dark and have the same scare effect as a horror movie would. The target audience for this magazine are film fans, they chose the main image from the a big up coming film in the industy in this case it is ‘The dark knight’ so by advertising this magazine they have chose to make the main image the villian on the film, looking very serious and also staring towards you making you feel like they are looking at you.

 The mast head is the name of the magazine and is in froun of the main image, this makes the magazine more noticable by the target audience. The fount which the mast head has been wrote in sans serif, and is very bold and has a highlight of green around the edge making it very easy to stand out. This shows that it is not going to be a girlly film as it links in with the main image with the sharpe edges and how cut off the lettering is.the colours that which the text has been written in are black,green and white these have been chosen well as they go together very well making the magazine look high and perforessional as the colours look good togther. 

You will find that the magazine Empire will often use the main charcter from the film as this will then add to the advertisisment showing who the main charcters are going to be within it. ‘The jokers’ head is tilted facing down this gives off the effect also that he is trying in scare yo of be in power giving off the impress he thinks that he is better than everyone else. When you first catch the magazine it looks like ‘the joker’ is just a normal scary clown but by the lighting wehich has been used highlights his face showing us what he really does look like under the face paint and we can see hes true identiy.  

The colours of this magazine are linked with the main image using the colours of his hair and also the purple jacket which he is wearing.( Purple, Black and Green ) these are the main colours which have been used on the magazine expect the colours of the jokers light up face this attracts the attention. The main cover line on this magazine is aqbout the image but does not mentin this charcter within, the cover line is not as obvious as you would think it would be on this magazine because it almost looks like it is part of the mast head as of the colours and fount which has been used.

Plugs have been used throughout of the frount cover these are here to give you some extra informtion about what you are going to see in the magazine. Here they have put the words in white which would catch the target audience eyes they have done this with the names of films. The target audience see that these words are different from the rest of the sentence making them want to read more and look inside or buy the magazine to read the informtion as they may not be intrested in the main image film but others.

                                     

Synopsis

Start: To start the film we are introduced to the main characters who are these two best friends who are having a sleepover. We are told more about the storyline as we find out there having a weekend long sleepover because one girl’s parents are away for the weekend and have left her home alone. Like every start of a horror film we start the film in a “happy” atmosphere like everything is “normal”, which makes the audience suspicious. We see the girls start to watch a scary movie while sat on the sofa; they have popcorn and everything seems to be just like a normal sleepover. While watching the scary film, the unusual activity starts to happen. The first strange activity to happen isn’t very scary, but the girls notice that the garden light has turned on. This indicates someone’s in your garden, but when they go to look no one is there. The girls just suspect it’s a cat and go back to watching there film. Then while watching more of the film the TV just turns off while the remotes is sat on the TV stand, this starts to make the girls suspicious. The girls start to here strange sounds coming from outside and start to get scared.


 Middle: Now the girls are extremely scared and they rush around the house making sure every window and door is locked. A lot of strange activity starts to happen in the middle of the film; doors slam, objects move, strange sounds are made and the girls get extremely scared. We also find out in the middle of the film that it’s one of the girls who are actually doing all this strange activity because she has been taken over by something. The girl starts to go crazy and takes over, her aim to kill her friend.


 End: At the end of the film is when things get really bad, and for most horror films people die. We have loads of scares while we see ‘Paige’ trying to escape from this house. We wanted our film to match the stereo typical scary film ending where someone dies. So we decided that we wanted ‘Abbie’ (who is the friend who has been taken over by some demon) to be the one to kill her friend. At the end of the film the words “Abbie’s whereabouts are still unknown” appear on the screen.

Proposal

Our media task for A2 media is to create a horror trailer, a poster to advertise the film and also a front cover of a film magazine to advertise the horror movie in a different way. We decided that our target audience is for older teenagers from 16 year olds all the way to 30 year olds. The reason the teenager age is so high is because we decide that our movie would need an age restriction on it as the images are very graphic and violent and would not be suitable for younger people.

  In my research I have analysed two different film trailers one from a film which is the same type of horror film that we are doing such as a paranormal film called ‘Paranormal Activity’ and one completely different from the series of horror movies ‘Scream’ which I compared the two film horror trailers in my analysis. Also in my research I had to analyse two different posters in my research I found that they both advertised there film in very similar ways to say the style of the horror movie was very different. I will use cameras, computers and editing program called photo shop on the Macs which will be hired out in a suite with all the technology which I will need to produce it. We will produce my magazine I will use photo shop on the pcs. We will have a budget of £600,000 to complete all of these tasks.

Analyst of a Horror Film Poster - Scream

• The film poster for scream is very different to the paranormal activity poster within the image but not very different between the layout or the colours of the poster, 
• The scream poster is in a grey and black colours giving us a dark and scary feel to the poster, but also does not give off a lot of information about what is involved within the film because the image is such an extreme close up,
• As the image is so close up its very hard to get what the image is about but what we can see the image is of a young girl again like the paranormal activity poster. The eyes are shown is the crystal blue which makes the audience think that this is a blonde girl as its a stereo typical blonde young girls, blue eyes showing us that she make be vulnerable or need help and saving.
• We can also see by her facial expressions that the model looks shocked or is looking at something which she is scared of because of the way she is covering up her mouth and how wide her eyes are. 
• Compared to the paranormal activity poster where the girl is also vulnerable but she does not know what is going off showing two very different ways how the girls made need saving. Also showing the audience how weak they actually are that they cant fit for them self showing that really they are useless and probably will be killed in the film also playing one of the main characters. 
• The title stand out in a very different way to the paranormal activity poster title did because this is in lard bold writing in a white giving a plain and empty feel towards it. But the letters within the word are very spaced out I think that this gives off the effect of they are trying to make the word 'scream' look bigger and longer as they dragging it out also showing us its not just a small scream. Therefore within the film its going to be a long death that the victim could feel.

Analysts of a Horror Film Poster - Paranormal Activity 4

• When you take a first look at this film poster, I first noticed the dark figure on the back wall, this is shown to be a shadow in the shape of a human figure. The light has been created by what shows to be in front of the image you cannot actually tell where it is coming from but as there is a light reflecting and lighting the room up it shows you that the scene is set at night.
• The second lighting on the poster is coming from the crack in the door which looks like when someone comes into the room or has been and hasn't shut the door properly. In this case it makes the audience think that this has happened because the girl is sleeping so they don't want to wake her or even the fact that they might not want to know they are there. 
• the colour of the image is a blue glare, not a typical camera lenses colour meaning  that it is a different type of technology which is catching the image maybe a mobile phone, tablets, TV or a laptop on some sort. 
• The girl is the image looks to be a very stereo typical teenager looking pretty, blonde hair, not wearing my many clothes with no covers on. The image is making the girl look like a stereo typical character which we expect to see in a horror movie a pretty, helpless girl who needs saving. 
• If you look to the right and left of the image it shows to dark doorways, I think that this gives off the effect that the girl looks like she is being cornered by the two dark doors and the shadow in the middle. Making her seem small and weak and that she has no escape. 
• The film name is in bright red at the bottom of the image which is very eye catching drawing us in to remembering the name of the film. Also as the colour is red is also could show the danger that the girl is in because its so striking and red is the colour of danger and blood. 

Our Survey Results

The results from our survey show that the most popular type of horror movie is paranormal, this is perfect results because our horror movie will mainly be based on paranormal. By having good results it shows that our trailer will relate to our target audience as more than half of the people which answered our survey was the age our target audience is based as. From looking through the results that we have resulted from our survey 95.24% that a trailer persuades them more to watch the film than a poster. This shows that I need to create a poster that makes my target audience want to watch our movie persuading them more than most posters usually would.  

Our Survey Results

Film Poster Analysis. Insidious

When looking at horror film posters, I can see that just like horror film trailers, they all use the same codes and conventions to make their poster stand out and fit in with their genre. All posters have a main image which will represent the main story line, for example in this Insidious poster the main image is off the main character.

 

·         The first feature I notice on this advert is the main image. We have a picture of the boy (who is the main character) and behind him is his house. This tells us straight away that this film is about this boy and will have something to do with the scary looking house behind him. The house and the boy both have a dark colour to them which makes the poster fit in with the genre horror.

·         There are many different types of horror films like Religious Horror, comedy horror,  Serial Killer, Ghost Stories and Monster Movies.  By this poster were not sure what the type of horror film it is but we do know it’s not comedy horror.

·         The text on this poster is all in white large font apart from the two letters in the title (S and I) which are the colour red. In horror films red always represents danger or blood which fits in with the films genre. The title on this poster has been positioned vernicle and other test has been placed in a smaller font around it.  The other text around the title has important information like the release date and the film makers. And lastly underneath the title there is a tag line which says “it’s not the house that’s haunted” this makes the audience question what is scary about this film.

·         The colours used in this poster are all darker colours apart from the bit of red in the title and the red on the little boy’s shirt. The colour red fits in with the horror genre because people relate the colour red as danger or blood.
 

Film Poster Analysis/ The Conjuring

·       When I first looked at this poster the first thing I noticed was the scary looking tree (with no leaves which makes it look more scary) and the noose rope which is hanging down from the tree. This straight away tells me that this is a horror film.

·       Next I noticed the title was in a serif font which matches the genre because it’s sharp and pointy. If the font was more girly and round it wouldn’t fit in with the genre.

·       Just like the Insidious poster, this poster also tells us the makers of this film. They add this so if we have liked a film the makers have previously done, it will persuade us to go see another film they have made. 

·       The colours used in this poster are just like the other poster, mainly dark. They have also used a mist effect on the yard to make this “garden” look more mysterious.

·       Because the main image is a tree, this doesn’t really give us any clues to whom or what the villain is. But the noose rope does tell us that someone might be killed by being hanged in this garden. There also is a shadow which looks like a small child below the tree which is there to look like the shadow of the person who has been hung of the tree. But they have tricked the audience by only showing the shadow and not show us the real image, this makes the audience question what or who has been killed and why.  

·       The most text on this poster is the film information at the bottom of the page. This will tell us the film makers and actors. There is also the release date at the bottom of the page.

 

Target Aurdience Survey

http://surveymonkey.com/s/PJPBJST

This is a survey which I have created and put it up on socail networking sites. This will give us some research about what people like with horror movies and giving us some help to make our trailer fit with what our target audience like/enjoy.

Horror film Analysis of "Insidious"

In this work I will be writing a review on the horror film ‘Insidious’, Trailer and comparing it with another trailer which my partner has evaluated. Horror film trailers always have the same layout; they start by telling the story. Then they show the main scary parts of the film, then the clips speed up and the music gets louder and then it goes silent. Then just as you think the trailer has finished, they end with a massive scare. While watching the ‘insidious’ trailer I could see that they had used the same layout and had kept the same codes and conventions of a horror film. At the start of the trailer it starts with the typical scary music, which is mysterious and starts to build tension. Then we are introduced to a main character and straight after the name of the film appears.

Then like many films we are told that the film is made by the same makers as some other popular similar films. In this case we are told “By the makers of Paranormal Activity and Saw”. This is shown so that people know what kind of standards it is, and if they have seen the example films they will know if they like the film makers or not. For example if a film is created by a director which the public likes they will go and see another film made by them because they like their movies. Next more of the story line is set as we go to a happy period and clips of this happy normal family moving into their new home. Then some more mysterious music starts and the words “Insidious is” pops up onto the screen with a red background and black text. These colours have been chosen to match the movie genre, for example the colour red can simple blood which relates to horror.

Then more of the story line is set when we find out that the child is in a coma. More creepy music starts. Then get dialogue from the mother who says “He’ not in a coma, they don’t know what to call it”. This starts to add mystery to the story as we all think that something not normal has happened to the child. Next in the advert is when all the main scary clips start to happen, this includes clips of a rocking horse rocking by itself. A shadow in the corner of her son’s room and lots of load screaming sounds to make you jump. I also noticed that they had used use of repetition by repeating the text “insidious is” throughout the trailer; this is done for effect and also to get the audience thinking ‘what is insidious?’ At the end of this trailer the clips are extremely fast and the music is getting faster and loader to build tension. Then just like most horror films it goes dead silent and ends with a big scream to scare the audience.

Horror film Analysis of "The Conjuring"

This horror film is very similar to the Insidious trailer in which they use the common codes and conventions of a horror film trailer. To start off this trailer we are shown the two film companies/makers which made the film. This is joined by some scary tension music in background which immediately tells us this film genre is horror. Then just like most horror film trailers, at the start we are given the story line and we are introduced to the main characters. Who in this film are called “Ed and Loraine Warren”. Then some happy/guitar music starts to play as we are told this is “biased on the true story of the Warrens”. Then just like the Insidious trailer and all horror film trailers, we get the part of the trailer where we are shown loads of fast clips of the scariest parts of the film. These clips are joined by fast scary music which usually has screaming sounds involved, to scare the audience.

Later on we then have text which pops up to excite the audience. For example in this trailer, we have: • “It’s not a haunting” • “It’s not a possession” • “But the truth” • “Will consume you” These are all used to scare the audience, and to leave the audience wanting more. Next we are told that it’s the same director as the films ‘Saw’ and ‘Insidious’ which is important for the audience to know because if they have seen and liked them films, it will interest them to go and watch it because they have liked the other films he/she has directed. Then more scary footage is shown and we get up to the stage of the trailer where it speeds up and the music gets louder to build up to a massive scare. Which then doesn’t come, the music goes quiet and the title and date release is shown. Then just like most horror film trailers, just when you think it’s over there is a big scare at the end. In conclusion these two trailers both use the key codes and conventions of a horror film trailer which makes them similar even though there two different films.

 

Horror Trailer Analysis - Scream

Scream is a very opposite type of horror movie to Paranormal Activity, throughout the trailer there was a voice over, telling you different parts of the story but within this trailer it didn’t give you the full plot it just gave teasers throughout the clips with the voice over telling you what’s happening or what is about to happen. Although you would think in a stereo typical horror trailer, they start with the good life and everything is normal but the difference between that and the scream trailer is that as soon as the trailer starts the horror kicks in with a mysterious voice which the is used as the voice over throughout of the horror movie showing that it’s the villain telling the story and not the victim like a stereo typical horror trailer would usually do.

From the trailer we see the characters that we expect to see the young blonde pretty girl who usually plays the victim that needs saving also the killer who will look scary or in a mask of some sort to scare you. From this trailer by showing us who the actually demon is, is very different to paranormal activity because there is no villain therefore showing you the different types of horror movies. The trailer imminently highlights who the main character will probably be based on by the first clip, being about and around her also putting the suspense on the audience why this creepy voice has rung her at this time of night. Also showing how deserted and alone she is because she is I this massive house on her own in the middle of nowhere, setting the séance within the trailer.

The stereo typical horror movie trailer kicks in after the scène has been set by one line said by the voice on the phone “because I want to know who I’m looking at”. As soon as the line is said showing how the transition changes to the main plot of the story where the scary clips are added. By these been added it brings the audience in because they want to know what is going to happen at the end, building up the tension giving them the feeling that they would like to watch the movie. The difference between this trailer to paranormal activity is that the paranormal trailer follow the codes and conventions of a horror trailer starting with normal house life usually with a family or someone on their own in a house, then switching to clips of the scare throughout the film ending with the big scare at the end. But on scream there are just clips of quotes throughout the movie at the end of the trailer showing the difference between the types of movies because they did not end with how we expect showing the difference between the two trailers. Making us and the audience think that they are two totally different films.

Horror Movie Analysis – Paranormal Activity 4 Trailer

Horror trailers are structured in the same style, starting with the story line everything normal, something changes within the lives of the victim, moving onto the scary moments giving parts away usually showing the best bits which they will use to attract the audience. Towards the end of the trailer comes the big scare which finishes the trailer off, summing the movie trailer up giving the audience a taste of what to expect within the trailer. Between the clips at the start of the paranormal activity trailer cut away are used but they are not used within the same way as we know them a clean cut away.

There has been an added effect which has been incorporated within the cutaway (white noise). This gives the audience of some effect which links into the title ‘paranormal activity’ giving the first sneak preview, already starting to make the audience weary about what is happening. The noise starting to also build up the tension using loud screams to make the audience jump as soon as the trailer begins this also gives us the idea that the trailer is about to get worse as the tension has already started to build and its only just began. The trailer then switches back to day time where everything is back to normal, showing clips building up the story by using one line dialog from the film showing us what the story is based on and what the plot of the story is. This gives the audience the basics of the storyline also this gets the audience thinking about what could happen throughout the rest of the movie, showing them when they see more of the trailer because it may not be what they expected.

By using different dialog from throughout the movie it is then showing different scenes and conversation between a short periods of time using contain containing 30-40 seconds. Breaking the trailer up, text has been inserted which is on a black background with very plain white writing almost in a typewriter font which you may think the which also adds to the plot giving more of an inside to what the movie is going to be about. By doing this it makes the audience piece all the information which they have given together creating the horror movie which they want to watch. Loud noise are used throughout the trailer to give the target audience a fright, by only using them at certain parts it builds the suspense making the audience feel nervous and on edge as they do not know what to expect next. To build up the tension between the trailers after watching a happy part of a normal trailer the scary tension building parts start.

Finishing the horror movie with a big build up to the end scare but using little scary clips which start very weak but then building up the tension throughout when the clips start the trailer is using the codes and conventions of a stereo typical horror movie. Ending with the big scare towards the end which maybe gives you a clue of the demon or what happens to the victim. Showing on the end of this trailer which is showing who the demon is and that something is going to finish with a big scare at the end showing the viewers that it’s going to be a stereo typical paranormal activity film, with a demon and also it have control and has processed the human.