2. Skills Audit
I have learnt many technical skills since is started at York College, mainly in Photoshop
and Premiere Pro and some audio software. In Photoshop I have learnt many things
such as how to cut out certain things from images and change the saturation and hue
of images. These skills transfer over to my FMP project. I also know how to create a
timeline and make pixel art in Photoshop as well but these skills don’t transfer to this
project. In Premiere I have learnt how to add some useful effects and do other things
such as transitions and adding sound. This skills transfer over as this is the program I
will be editing the main part of my project on.
4. Mood Board Analysis
How does your mood board inspire your project?
My mood board shows me about different colours for my poster and my
trailer. It shows that the colours of the villainous characters are usually darker
colours and they also use colours such as red to demonstrate blood and
danger. It also shows me what kind of things people find scary such as clowns
and masks as masks hide identity so it creates a sense of mystery and a lot of
people are scared of the unknown so that’s why masks scare them.
How will your mood board influence your final product?
I will tailor my product to make it appeal to my audience so the mood board
shows products that they already enjoy so I need to tailor my trailer and
poster towards those in order to appeal to my primary audience.
5. Key Influences
I have enjoyed watching horror films for a while now as it puts you on the
edge the entire time and they keep you gripped, I’ve watched plenty of horror
films in my time but my favourite was the 2017 It film. This film has helped
influence this project as there are a lot of key components in that film that
make it so tense and entertaining and I will try to include these in my trailer.
Music is a huge part of films and trailers so I need to make sure I have a good
backing track selected as the film It did. I think James Wan is one of the
greatest horror film directors as he has made such great horror film such as
the Conjuring series, the Insidious series and the Saw series. His style of
directing is very impressive and has a great imagination of what he wants his
films to look like which is why he is so effective. I also think Bill Skarsgard
played his character of Pennywise extremely well by portraying his character
as very realistic and embraced his insanity to create a truly terrifying clown.
Editor's Notes
Identify at least 3 key influences and discuss how and why they will influence your project.
