2. Poster
First Draft
I liked the first draft of my poster because it follows all
the typical conventions of a horror poster. Which are a
dominant image in the centre, the title in bold, cast
members and other details about the film a the bottom.
The reason that I made another draft is because the
image isn't my own I put it their to see what it would look
like with an image that I had in mind.
Final Draft
This is the final draft of my posters
I have kept the colours the same
because I think that they represent
a true horror film black and red I
decided to rearrange the title and
the cast members because I think
it looks more sophisticated with
the title at the top. The image is
my own it is the killer in the film
because he is the main character
in the film and it gives possible
viewers an idea of what the film is
about at a glance.
3. DVD
This is my final draft of my DVD it consists of the DVD front, side, back and disc.
4. DVD Cover
This is the final draft of my DVD Cover I have
used the typical conventions of a DVD horror with
a main image that dominates the page the title
positioned at the top of the DVD and the age
certificate at the bottom right corner. I have
decided to add a little slogan at the bottom “enter
at your own risk” to give the viewer a little inside
scope of what it is about now they no that
something happens if they enter. The colours that
I have used are also conventional (black and red).
The black indicates that it is a horror film because
it is dark and scary, and the red indicates danger
and blood which you would expect to see in any
horror film.
5. DVD Back
This is the final draft of the back of my
DVD. I have also used all the typical
conventions that you would expect to see
in any film, which is a blurb which is a
little bit of information about the film to
get people wanting to watch it. Also I
have used pictures from scenes in the
film so people get an indication of what
the film is about. And also all the other
details about the making of the film like
directors editors sound people etc. also
the logos of all the companies that are
involved in the making of the film and the
age certificate.
6. Magazine
This is my final draft of my film magazine
I have followed the usual conventions of
magazine covers which is have title of
the magazine at the top and an image
dominating the page. The convention
that I have not followed is having a
splash I have decided to locate it on the
bottom of the page. I will go into more
detail on this over the next three slides.
7. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• I have gone for the conventional look for all of my products that you would
expect to see in real media products of horror films.
This is my poster it follows typical conventions of other real media
products like for example, an image that dominated the page usually a
main character, in this case I have decided to use the killer of the film.
However a convention that I have challenged is having the title of the film
at the top of the page so people are instantly aware of what the film is
called most posters in real media locate their title near the bottom of the
page so the image is the dominate one on the page. The last convention
that I have used that you would expect to see in all real media products is
the cast members at the bottom of the page because certain people only
watch films for the people that are in it like for example Richard Curtis
always has Hugh Grant in his films.
This Is an example of a poster that is similar to mine
as you can see they have decided to have the
convention of a main image in the centre of the poster
pretty much taking up all of the poster. However I
challenge the conventions because they have put the
title at the bottom of the page and added additional
text like director etc.
8. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
This is my DVD cover. On this I have also followed the typical
conventions of real media products. Some of the examples of
this is a main image dominating the cover. The title at the top
of the screen, the age certification located at the bottom right
corner, and cast members at the top of the cover. I have also
added a slogan or phrase at the bottom of the page to give
possible viewers an inside scope of what the film is about. I
have used a conventional colour scheme for a horror film using
the colour black for my background to represent darkness and
fear, and the colour red for some of my text to represent
danger and blood, so people instantly know that it is a horror
film.
This is an example of a real media
product that is similar to my product
it follows the typical conventions that
I mentioned earlier, like for example
main image dominating the page,
title at the top of the page and the
colours black and read.
9. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
This is my magazine advertising my movie. I have followed
the usual conventions of real media products which is having
the title at the top of the page and an image dominatring the
page. I have also made it clear on what it is I am advertising.
However I have not done this is the most conventional way
usually the splash goes across the centre of the page but I
have decided to put it at the bottom of the screen
This is an example of a film magazine that follows the
same conventions that I have followed. Even though
this is not advertising a horror film it still follows the
conventions. Like for example main title at the top of
the screen, image dominating then page and a splash.
However there splash is located in the conventional
place which is through the middle of the page, whereas
I have put it at the bottom
10. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary
texts?
Location
In my film trailer I have used the location of a field with an old shed on a farm. I have
used this theme on my Disc cover. I have done this to show that they are related with
each other.
Fonts
I have ensured that through all of my products that I have used the same fonts this is to
show that all of the products that are related. It is key that I use all of the same fonts
to make it look professional and sophisticated.
Colour Scheme
My colour scheme is the same as my fonts I have ensured that I have used the same
colour schemes in all of my products to make it look professional and to show that
they are related. The colours that I have used are the conventional colours that are
used in most horror films which is black and red.
11. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
• DVD feedback- after constructing my DVD cover I printed off nine
copies of it to give to the rest of my media class to give me inspiration of things that
they would change and I also asked on things that they really liked
Likes
• I like the colour scheme for all your products you know it’s a horror.
• The consistency of all your products is good.
• Looks very professional like a real media product.
Dislikes
• Picture on DVD and poster could be of better quality.
• The font of your title “no entry” is to plain needs to be more horror themed.
12. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
Poster feedback- after constructing my poster I printed off nine copies
of it to give to the rest of my media class to give me inspiration of things that they
would change and I also asked on things that they really liked
Likes
• I like the colour scheme really fits the horror criteria.
• Not to much detail so the poster really describes the film just by looking at the picture.
• It follows conventions of real media products so it looks professional.
Dislikes
• Picture could be of better quality
• Title could be a bit bigger as it doesn’t really dominate the page enough.
13. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
Magazine feedback- after constructing my
magazine I printed off nine copies of it to give to the rest of my
media class to give me inspiration of things that they would change
and I also asked on things that they really liked
Likes
• I like the colour scheme really fits the horror criteria.
• It follows conventions of real media products so it looks professional.
Dislikes
• Picture could be of better quality
• Needs more detail as it just looks like a poster.
14. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages.
• Whilst constructing my DVD Cover, Poster and magazine the main media
technology that I used was the software Fireworks. I used Fireworks to construct
my products putting them all together and editing different pictures to make it look
more professional and sophisticated. This is a screenshot of the software
Fireworks.
15. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research,
planning and evaluation stages.
• When I was making my film trailer there was two main media technologies that I
have used to make my trailer. My video camera and windows movie maker. The
video camera as allowed me to go to my location and film all of the scenes for my
trailer. Windows movie maker as allowed me to put all of my footage onto the
software and put it all together and edit it to make it look like a real media product.
This is a screenshot of windows movie maker to show the software that I have
been using.
