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The document discusses design choices for a film magazine called "Filmi" and promotional materials for a horror film. It recommends using red text around the sell line to draw attention, as well as white text that contrasts nicely. Black text for main headings is also a convention. The magazine cover will feature a close-up of a scared girl's face to represent the antagonist, in line with horror genre conventions. Rather than include the film's name, the promotional materials will use the catchy slogan "2014's hottest new horror" to generate interest without revealing details.
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The document summarizes the process of designing a poster for a short film project. Key points discussed include:
1) Researching conventions of short film and independent movie posters for inspiration and understanding layout techniques.
2) Choosing a simple, neat text layout with title as the largest font and credits as the smallest.
3) Liking posters that create mystery or have simplicity and effective use of text and photography.
4) Selecting a feminine, eye-catching font that also relates to the author's name.
5) Choosing the best photograph taken during filming for the poster.
Unit2andunit3 ,task 2
This document contains summaries of three media products:
1) Indiana Jones (1981) - An adventure film meant to entertain all ages through thrills and suspense following Indiana Jones on a treasure hunt.
2) BBC Life of Mammals - A documentary about Siberian tigers aimed at informing animal lovers and young tourists about the species.
3) Fairy Liquid (1991) advertisement - A promotion of the dishwashing liquid targeted at housewives, portraying it as the best choice for keeping hands soft.
Film Poster Evaluation Sheet
Tia Sin Sawyers created a film poster for her movie "Everything's Changed" targeting female teenagers. The poster featured pictures of female teenagers with bright fonts over the photos. Tia was pleased with attaching the pictures but felt the poster could have looked more professional with additional text and design elements mimicking real film posters. If the film did not attract enough viewers, Tia would create a new poster targeting male teenagers or young children with a single stretched photo and text matching the new story and audience.
Paranormal Activity Poster Evaluation
The poster uses colors like black, white, red, and blue that are typically associated with the horror genre to set the right tone. It immediately draws the eye to the large, scary image of a couple in bed with a night-vision effect, posing the question of what they are afraid of. Below is the title "Paranormal Activity" in a font that conveys danger. The tagline "Don't see it alone" and quote at the top claiming the film will cause "nightmares" and is "one of the scariest films" aim to stir interest and hype. Overall, the evaluation finds the poster very successfully advertises the film's scary nature and increases the likelihood of commercial success.
Summary of ancillary products
The document discusses conventions used in film posters and magazines. It notes that posters typically feature large central images of the main characters to represent the film. They also use bold fonts, popular colors like red, and slogans or tags related to the film's plot. Magazine covers usually have a full-page celebrity photo to attract readers and relate to the publication's topic. Both posters and magazines aim to clearly display their title in a prominent sans-serif font that stands out from other text elements.
Paranormal Activity Poster Analysis.
The poster for Paranormal Activity uses colors like black, white, red, and blue that are typically associated with the horror genre to set the right tone. A large image of a scared couple in bed at night grabs attention and poses the question of what they are afraid of. Below is the title "Paranormal Activity" in a font that conveys danger. The phrase "Don't see it alone" and a quote calling it "one of the scariest films of all time" aim to stir interest and hype for the film. Overall, the poster effectively advertises the film through its visuals and text.
Mag analysis 2 (2)
The document analyzes the front cover of the "Total Film" magazine. It notes that the large red masthead stands out against the blue, grey, and white background. The masthead color matches the blood on the character's hand, suggesting it is promoting a horror film. The main image shows actress Megan Fox in a cheerleader uniform, holding her bloody hand and making eye contact with the viewer. While some elements like the red color and bloody hand reference horror, the cover overall does not strongly promote the film as a horror and seems to maintain a broad audience appeal. The analysis aims to create a more targeted cover that will appeal specifically to fans of the featured horror film.
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The document discusses how the media producer's horror film and promotional materials conform to genre conventions. Key points:
- The film uses conventions like young actors in casual clothing to portray characters and informal language to imply youth. This stays within traditional horror tropes.
- The teaser trailer follows standard formats seen in research, including only including key details like director and date rather than actor info.
- Inspired by research of other horror trailers, text is used rather than voiceover to provide information.
- The film poster aims to look unnatural through photo manipulation and uses of subtle colors commonly seen to create an eerie impression in the genre.
- Elements of magazine covers are followed, while
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The document summarizes the process of designing a poster for a short film project. Key points discussed include:
1) Researching conventions of short film and independent movie posters for inspiration and understanding layout techniques.
2) Choosing a simple, neat text layout with title as the largest font and credits as the smallest.
3) Liking posters that create mystery or have simplicity and effective use of text and photography.
4) Selecting a feminine, eye-catching font that also relates to the author's name.
5) Choosing the best photograph taken during filming for the poster.
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This document contains summaries of three media products:
1) Indiana Jones (1981) - An adventure film meant to entertain all ages through thrills and suspense following Indiana Jones on a treasure hunt.
2) BBC Life of Mammals - A documentary about Siberian tigers aimed at informing animal lovers and young tourists about the species.
3) Fairy Liquid (1991) advertisement - A promotion of the dishwashing liquid targeted at housewives, portraying it as the best choice for keeping hands soft.
Film Poster Evaluation Sheet
Tia Sin Sawyers created a film poster for her movie "Everything's Changed" targeting female teenagers. The poster featured pictures of female teenagers with bright fonts over the photos. Tia was pleased with attaching the pictures but felt the poster could have looked more professional with additional text and design elements mimicking real film posters. If the film did not attract enough viewers, Tia would create a new poster targeting male teenagers or young children with a single stretched photo and text matching the new story and audience.
Paranormal Activity Poster Evaluation
The poster uses colors like black, white, red, and blue that are typically associated with the horror genre to set the right tone. It immediately draws the eye to the large, scary image of a couple in bed with a night-vision effect, posing the question of what they are afraid of. Below is the title "Paranormal Activity" in a font that conveys danger. The tagline "Don't see it alone" and quote at the top claiming the film will cause "nightmares" and is "one of the scariest films" aim to stir interest and hype. Overall, the evaluation finds the poster very successfully advertises the film's scary nature and increases the likelihood of commercial success.
Summary of ancillary products
The document discusses conventions used in film posters and magazines. It notes that posters typically feature large central images of the main characters to represent the film. They also use bold fonts, popular colors like red, and slogans or tags related to the film's plot. Magazine covers usually have a full-page celebrity photo to attract readers and relate to the publication's topic. Both posters and magazines aim to clearly display their title in a prominent sans-serif font that stands out from other text elements.
Paranormal Activity Poster Analysis.
The poster for Paranormal Activity uses colors like black, white, red, and blue that are typically associated with the horror genre to set the right tone. A large image of a scared couple in bed at night grabs attention and poses the question of what they are afraid of. Below is the title "Paranormal Activity" in a font that conveys danger. The phrase "Don't see it alone" and a quote calling it "one of the scariest films of all time" aim to stir interest and hype for the film. Overall, the poster effectively advertises the film through its visuals and text.
Mag analysis 2 (2)
The document analyzes the front cover of the "Total Film" magazine. It notes that the large red masthead stands out against the blue, grey, and white background. The masthead color matches the blood on the character's hand, suggesting it is promoting a horror film. The main image shows actress Megan Fox in a cheerleader uniform, holding her bloody hand and making eye contact with the viewer. While some elements like the red color and bloody hand reference horror, the cover overall does not strongly promote the film as a horror and seems to maintain a broad audience appeal. The analysis aims to create a more targeted cover that will appeal specifically to fans of the featured horror film.
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The document discusses how the media producer's horror film and promotional materials conform to genre conventions. Key points:
- The film uses conventions like young actors in casual clothing to portray characters and informal language to imply youth. This stays within traditional horror tropes.
- The teaser trailer follows standard formats seen in research, including only including key details like director and date rather than actor info.
- Inspired by research of other horror trailers, text is used rather than voiceover to provide information.
- The film poster aims to look unnatural through photo manipulation and uses of subtle colors commonly seen to create an eerie impression in the genre.
- Elements of magazine covers are followed, while
Question 1 magazine
The document discusses the conventions of film magazine covers and how the student's media project both followed and subverted some of those conventions. Some key conventions included having an instantly recognizable masthead, unique selling points to advertise content, featuring the main characters and title of the focused film as the main visual, and using color/mise-en-scene to reflect the film's genre. The student generally followed these conventions but subverted one by emphasizing both main characters equally in the photo rather than one character, to convey the film's theme of equality between the two sisters.
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Evaluation question 1
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Question 1 magazine
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The filmmakers used props, locations, and storylines that would appeal to and attract their target young audience. They dressed the characters in clothes similar to what young people wear to help the audience relate. Props like cigarettes and alcohol showed young people socializing at a party. The main scene took place at a house party, a common setting for young people. The storyline followed relationship problems, jealousy, drinking, and partying - aspects of modern youth that most young people could relate to. They posted the film online where their target audience engages to get feedback, which was mostly positive and showed the audience understood and wanted to see more of the stalker-themed story.
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The document discusses the design process for a movie poster. It describes researching conventions like centering the main character and including the movie title, date, and tagline. The poster will use dark, gloomy colors and easy-to-read text to match the thriller genre. Feedback is provided on using a plain black background versus a gradient, changing the main character photo, font choice and color, and adding a tagline to draw more attention. Further drafts will incorporate these suggested changes to create an eye-catching final poster design.
Question 2
The document summarizes the similarities between a movie poster and magazine cover created by the author for a horror film. Both pieces use a dark color scheme of black, grey, and red. The same font is used for the slogan and pull quotes to maintain consistency. Identical images of the main menacing actor are featured to emphasize his key role. The language in both is effectively terrifying and aims to make the audience feel helpless by imagining what could happen in the film.
Beyond silence poster research
The document describes a movie poster that promotes a film about a woman who discovers her love of music but must choose between pursuing it or caring for her deaf parents. The poster uses blue and black colors to represent the character's emotions and decision. It features an image of the main actress in the foreground of a cityscape. The poster's layout, fonts, and inclusion of an award and tagline are meant to attract audiences. Key takeaways for designing effective posters include using colors that reflect the film's tone, having clear readable text, an appropriate image, and elements to draw in viewers.
Lesson 5 audience 2 film poster evaluation sheet
The document discusses a film poster evaluation for a horror film called Dark Angel. The target audience for the poster is teenagers and young adults. To appeal to this group, the poster uses dark and shallow colors, an intriguing image, and a font for the title that catches the eye. The most pleasing part of the poster is the eye-catching image. To make the poster more professional, credits could have been added. A second poster is proposed for a romantic film targeting teenagers and young adults, with a different genre and tone than the horror poster.
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Andrew Malpica designed a logo and poster to represent himself. For the logo, he chose the color purple because it represents qualities like calmness and creativity that reflect him. The logo features his initials in a bold font to make them stand out. For the poster, he included a Jackie Robinson quote about significant lives because baseball is important to him. The poster features a daisy photo representing the quote and a font in purple for contrast against the yellow background as recommended by color theory.
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The target audience for this media product is mainly teenage girls aged 15-23. The characters and story were deliberately created to appeal to this age group by drawing on typical high school experiences. Four female characters with different personalities were used so audience members could relate to one of the characters. While the film may appeal to broader audiences, it was primarily aimed at teenage girls so they could easily identify with the main characters.
Evaluation question 3
Sophie and I created multiple cuts of a trailer for our film project, getting feedback from friends and classmates between each iteration. Based on feedback that our trailer needed more clarity and drama, we added an "obsession wall" with creepy details. Additional feedback helped refine the film poster and magazine cover to be more intriguing and visually appealing to our target age group of 15-21. Gathering input from a variety audiences helped us improve our work and catch details we had missed.
Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience ?
The document discusses how the author addressed their audience when creating an opening scene for a film. They aimed to attract viewers of thriller films by incorporating conventions of the genre, such as using different camera shots and background music to build suspense. Feedback indicated that flipping the stereotype of the stalker's gender was unexpected. However, some shots did not clearly show the character's identity or relevance to the story. The author concludes they could improve by adding more scenes to the opening without revealing too much.
Ancillary question 2
The combination of the film trailer, poster, and magazine cover effectively conveyed the intended themes of horror, comedy, and friendship between a human and zombie. The trailer established a plot about a girly zombie and her unique friendship with a human. The pink-background poster featured scarred white text to reinforce the zombie element against the girly tone. The magazine cover incorporated elements of the trailer through montage and used a purple, black, and white color palette to highlight the hybrid genres.
Evaluation
The document evaluates how the media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real media products. It summarizes how the magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread borrow conventions from magazines like Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. These conventions include layout of text and images, use of buzzwords and headlines, and application of Laura Mulvey's “male gaze” theory through images of models. However, it also discusses one way the writing style challenges conventions by avoiding heavy use of swear words found in some magazines to achieve a more formal tone.
Rorys Evaluation Presentation
Rory Parker evaluates their media products which include a magazine cover and movie poster for a horror film called "The Cure." Throughout their work, they focused on using conventions of the horror genre such as font size, color, and imagery. Red was predominantly used to signify blood and evil. Feedback from audiences was positive and indicated the products successfully conveyed the horror genre. Rory learned that while genre conventions are effective, some aspects like obvious endings are unpopular. Overall, the evaluation found that by using research and genre conventions, they created successful media products that promoted the film.
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Evaluation
The document discusses how the student's media project of a movie trailer uses conventions of real movie trailers. The student researched their target audience of teenagers and created a horror movie trailer. Their trailer, poster, and magazine cover follow conventions like strong visuals and fonts but also challenge some conventions, like having the main character face away from the audience on the magazine cover. The student analyzes how their project aligns with theories of narrative structure and character roles but does not fully follow the theories since only a trailer is shown rather than the full movie.
Making magazine cover
The document describes creating a magazine cover for a movie using photo editing software. The creator used different photos for the movie poster and magazine cover, adding text and additional photos to the bottom of the cover. Bright colors and a competition were included to attract readers, and the magazine was priced at £1.50 with an October 2013 date to coincide with the movie's release.
Making magazine cover
The document describes creating a magazine cover for a movie poster using photo editing software. The creator used different photos than the movie poster and added text boxes for the magazine title and other elements. Additional photos were included at the bottom to resemble real magazines. The magazine cover was designed to promote an upcoming mystery movie release in October 2013 by making the movie seem like the main focus.
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Horror poster analysis for ancillary task
The document analyzes horror movie posters to inform the creation of a promotion poster and magazine cover for a project about a little girl. It discusses conventions of horror posters like using children as victims and dull color schemes. Specific posters analyzed include The Possession, Sinister, and Mama. They use techniques like worn fonts, blurred images, and taglines to draw in audiences while hinting at the plots without revealing too much.
Film ink magazine analysis
The document analyzes the design elements of a film magazine advertisement for The Hunger Games. It discusses the masthead, color scheme, image, structure, plugs and puffs. The analysis concludes that these design choices effectively convey information about the film and intrigue audiences, and these techniques could be applied to a magazine advertisement being created for a new film.
Evaluation question 1
This document provides an analysis of how the author's thriller opening uses, challenges, and develops conventions of real media products. The author drew inspiration from films, TV shows, music, and social media to create their opening. Professional music and footage from shows like Broadchurch and The Missing were analyzed and certain elements like costumes, shots of children, and symbols of missing persons were incorporated into the opening. The opening challenges conventions by focusing on the disappearance of a young girl rather than following a typical thriller storyline. Feedback from sharing the opening on social media was also used to further develop and refine the project.
Question 1 magazine
The document discusses the conventions of film magazine covers and how the student's media project for a magazine cover about the film "To My Twin?" followed or subverted those conventions. The conventions included having an instantly recognizable masthead, unique selling points, emphasizing the film title, reflecting the genre through imagery and background, and making the film title a focal point. The student aimed to follow conventions like these while also subverting the convention of emphasizing a single main character by instead depicting both main characters as equal.
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Disney would be an ideal institution to distribute the media product because they have successfully produced and distributed similar transformation movies in the past, such as Cinderella (1950 and 2015) and The Princess Diaries. The document analyzes Kenneth Branagh's 2015 version of Cinderella, which served as a main source for research, planning, and inspiration. Some reasons for focusing on this version include that it holds key conventions of a transformation story, translates a fantastical concept into a realistic one, and targets an audience slightly younger than the media product.
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The filmmakers used props, locations, and storylines that would appeal to and attract their target young audience. They dressed the characters in clothes similar to what young people wear to help the audience relate. Props like cigarettes and alcohol showed young people socializing at a party. The main scene took place at a house party, a common setting for young people. The storyline followed relationship problems, jealousy, drinking, and partying - aspects of modern youth that most young people could relate to. They posted the film online where their target audience engages to get feedback, which was mostly positive and showed the audience understood and wanted to see more of the stalker-themed story.
Poster blog powerpoint
The document discusses the design process for a movie poster. It describes researching conventions like centering the main character and including the movie title, date, and tagline. The poster will use dark, gloomy colors and easy-to-read text to match the thriller genre. Feedback is provided on using a plain black background versus a gradient, changing the main character photo, font choice and color, and adding a tagline to draw more attention. Further drafts will incorporate these suggested changes to create an eye-catching final poster design.
Question 2
The document summarizes the similarities between a movie poster and magazine cover created by the author for a horror film. Both pieces use a dark color scheme of black, grey, and red. The same font is used for the slogan and pull quotes to maintain consistency. Identical images of the main menacing actor are featured to emphasize his key role. The language in both is effectively terrifying and aims to make the audience feel helpless by imagining what could happen in the film.
Beyond silence poster research
The document describes a movie poster that promotes a film about a woman who discovers her love of music but must choose between pursuing it or caring for her deaf parents. The poster uses blue and black colors to represent the character's emotions and decision. It features an image of the main actress in the foreground of a cityscape. The poster's layout, fonts, and inclusion of an award and tagline are meant to attract audiences. Key takeaways for designing effective posters include using colors that reflect the film's tone, having clear readable text, an appropriate image, and elements to draw in viewers.
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Andrew Malpica designed a logo and poster to represent himself. For the logo, he chose the color purple because it represents qualities like calmness and creativity that reflect him. The logo features his initials in a bold font to make them stand out. For the poster, he included a Jackie Robinson quote about significant lives because baseball is important to him. The poster features a daisy photo representing the quote and a font in purple for contrast against the yellow background as recommended by color theory.
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The target audience for this media product is mainly teenage girls aged 15-23. The characters and story were deliberately created to appeal to this age group by drawing on typical high school experiences. Four female characters with different personalities were used so audience members could relate to one of the characters. While the film may appeal to broader audiences, it was primarily aimed at teenage girls so they could easily identify with the main characters.
Evaluation question 3
Sophie and I created multiple cuts of a trailer for our film project, getting feedback from friends and classmates between each iteration. Based on feedback that our trailer needed more clarity and drama, we added an "obsession wall" with creepy details. Additional feedback helped refine the film poster and magazine cover to be more intriguing and visually appealing to our target age group of 15-21. Gathering input from a variety audiences helped us improve our work and catch details we had missed.
Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience ?
The document discusses how the author addressed their audience when creating an opening scene for a film. They aimed to attract viewers of thriller films by incorporating conventions of the genre, such as using different camera shots and background music to build suspense. Feedback indicated that flipping the stereotype of the stalker's gender was unexpected. However, some shots did not clearly show the character's identity or relevance to the story. The author concludes they could improve by adding more scenes to the opening without revealing too much.
Ancillary question 2
The combination of the film trailer, poster, and magazine cover effectively conveyed the intended themes of horror, comedy, and friendship between a human and zombie. The trailer established a plot about a girly zombie and her unique friendship with a human. The pink-background poster featured scarred white text to reinforce the zombie element against the girly tone. The magazine cover incorporated elements of the trailer through montage and used a purple, black, and white color palette to highlight the hybrid genres.
Evaluation
The document evaluates how the media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real media products. It summarizes how the magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread borrow conventions from magazines like Q, Rolling Stone, and NME. These conventions include layout of text and images, use of buzzwords and headlines, and application of Laura Mulvey's “male gaze” theory through images of models. However, it also discusses one way the writing style challenges conventions by avoiding heavy use of swear words found in some magazines to achieve a more formal tone.
Rorys Evaluation Presentation
Rory Parker evaluates their media products which include a magazine cover and movie poster for a horror film called "The Cure." Throughout their work, they focused on using conventions of the horror genre such as font size, color, and imagery. Red was predominantly used to signify blood and evil. Feedback from audiences was positive and indicated the products successfully conveyed the horror genre. Rory learned that while genre conventions are effective, some aspects like obvious endings are unpopular. Overall, the evaluation found that by using research and genre conventions, they created successful media products that promoted the film.
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Making magazine cover
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- Placing the film title prominently in a contrasting color to stand out.
- Including taglines or subtitles that provide additional context or intrigue audiences.
- Featuring the release date in red to draw attention.
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Ancillary research 2.1
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In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...
This document discusses how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real psychological thriller media.
It uses conventions like urban settings, normal costumes, quick cuts, close-ups to build tension, and a plot involving a stalker/victim. However, it challenges conventions by having no dialogue, using popular music instead of eerie tracks, and brighter colors in the trailer and poster rather than the typical dark tones.
The poster further develops conventions by showing the frightened lead character turned away from view rather than facing the camera, and includes glowing reviews to intrigue audiences like other posters. The magazine cover closely follows Empire magazine's layout but uses whiter colors to match the trailer.
My Magazine Deconstruction
The document summarizes the design choices made for the cover of a magazine called "Scene". It discusses elements like the masthead, coverlines, selling line, color scheme, and main image. The masthead uses a thick border to stand out from the background. The coverlines promote upcoming horror films and use exciting words. The selling line above the title boasts that the magazine provides essential coverage of modern movies. Black, red, white and grey were chosen as the color scheme to suit the horror genre. The main image features the actor from the featured film to engage readers.
Evaluation trailer
The student produced a horror film trailer for their media product. They researched existing horror trailers, posters and magazines to understand conventions of the genre. They created a trailer, poster and magazine cover using a consistent font, color scheme and image of thorns to represent the film title "Thorn" without revealing the plot. The student gathered feedback from their target audience through polls to improve their work, learning which elements were most popular. They used various software and online tools at each stage of production, research, planning and evaluation.
Rorys Evaluation Presentation Completed
Rory Parker created various media products for a course that followed conventions of real media in the horror genre. This included a magazine cover promoting a horror film with appropriate fonts, colors, and layout. Feedback indicated the cover was effective at conveying the horror genre. For a film trailer, conventions like ominous music and editing techniques were used. Audience research found that horror fans prefer films with death, violence and ambiguous endings. Modern media technologies supported the planning, production and evaluation stages.
Evaluation Question 1
The document discusses the conventions of movie posters, movie magazines, and movie trailers. For the movie poster, the author aimed to follow conventions like including the movie title and credits while challenging conventions by keeping the design simple. For the movie magazine cover, the author took inspiration from different magazines but challenged conventions by including more stories and text. The movie trailer aimed to include film techniques like different shot types but challenged conventions by excluding dialogue and only using soundtrack. Overall, the author's products both challenged and followed conventions of real media.
Ancillary task
The student analyzed short film and independent movie posters to understand conventions for layout, font usage, and inclusion of credits. They chose a flowery font that also related to their name and selected a photo from their film shoot to use. Through experimenting with brightness, contrast, and saturation, they edited the photo and mirrored it to fit an A4 size. Text was arranged from largest at the top to smallest at the bottom. Additional details like logos and a tagline were included to provide context without fully revealing the story. The final poster was assessed to have a romantic and slightly aged look that creates mystery around the film.
Evaluation Media Studies
The document discusses a student's media project where they created a movie trailer, poster, and magazine cover for a horror film. For each piece, the student aimed to follow conventions of real media products in the genre while also adding some unique and challenging elements. For the movie trailer, they researched what their target audience of teenagers and young adults liked in horror films. For the poster and magazine cover, the student used bold fonts, prominent imagery, and color schemes typical in horror media to draw in viewers, but placed the imagery in an unconventional way on the cover. They took inspiration from real movie marketing while putting their own creative spin on the elements.
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Evaluation question 1: In what way does your media product use, develop or ch...
Evaluation question 1: In what way does your media product use, develop or ch...
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conv...
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Trailer production
The document discusses the production process of creating a horror trailer using Adobe Premiere Pro software. It describes how the filmmaker imported footage, ordered clips, adjusted lighting and transitions between scenes. Effects like "bleach bypass" were added to darken the image. Fades to black were used between clips to make the trailer seem more authentic and scary. Sound effects from online sources were imported and synced to clips. Finally, a voiceover was recorded and added at the end over credits to complete the trailer.
Ancillary feedback
The document discusses changes made to a teaser poster based on feedback received. Feedback led to changing the font from "Coming Soon" to "Windsor Hands", removing color from the skyline font as it looked too "cartoony", and repositioning various elements as the original design was "too crowded". Additional changes included brightening the page by adding a yellow color and repositioning the masthead from the middle to improve attention on other elements based on feedback.
Combination of main and ancillary products
The document discusses the creation of a promotional package for a horror film that includes a magazine cover, teaser poster, and teaser trailer. It analyzes the use of mise-en-scene, language, fonts, images, and colors across the three pieces to establish a consistent brand identity. Costumes, props, lighting, and colors create strong continuity, while inconsistent fonts and language between the magazine cover and other pieces weaken the overall brand identity. Overall, the teaser poster and trailer are most cohesive while the magazine cover could better link the promotional elements into a unified brand.
Comparing conventions
This document compares the author's movie teaser poster and magazine cover to professional examples, analyzing how well conventions were followed. For the teaser poster, conventions like centering the main image and including information below are followed, though a non-black background was used. Both posters include taglines and production company logos in conventional areas. For the magazine cover, conventions like using a central mid-shot image and masthead placement in the top left are followed, though the masthead design and sell lines could better match industry standards. Overall, the author's designs generally adhere to conventions but also take some non-conventional approaches.
Conventions of form & genre
The document discusses how the magazine cover follows conventions of form and genre. Key conventions used include placing the main image in the center, using bold fonts, including a barcode and issue details, and using colors like red and black associated with horror. Following these conventions helps the audience easily identify it as a magazine cover and understand it is advertising a horror film. The teaser poster also uses conventions like minimal text, continuity with the trailer through imagery and tagline, and fonts and colors that stand out to draw the audience in while maintaining mystery about the film's title. Conforming to genre conventions clarifies this is a horror product for viewers.
Ancillary production
The document describes the process the author went through to create a teaser poster and magazine cover for a film. They started with original designs but received feedback that prompted changes to fonts and layout. They tried multiple designs, getting feedback at each stage from test audiences. This led them to further refinements of fonts, colors, positioning of elements and other design details to improve the overall look and make it feel more authentic to the horror genre and format of a movie poster and magazine cover. The iterative design, testing and refinement process helped the author arrive at final products that achieved the serious, creepy and professional style they were aiming for.
Trailer production
1) The document discusses the production process of a horror teaser trailer using Adobe Premier Pro software.
2) Key steps included editing footage by cutting, reordering and adjusting lighting and sound, adding transitions between scenes, and making the overall image darker to achieve a low-key horror style.
3) Sound effects and theme songs from Warner Bros. were added by converting video files to mp3, importing them into Premier Pro and placing them under the corresponding video clips. Voice over was also recorded and added at the end over closing credits.
Ancillary production
The document describes the process the author went through to create a teaser poster. They started with an original design but had to deviate from it as it was not working. They tried different fonts and layouts until finding one that looked right. Feedback also led them to further changes to improve the balance of elements and make it less crowded. The creative process involved experimenting with different designs and taking feedback into account to develop a final design that achieved the intended serious look and felt more professional and authentic.
Badabook outline
This document provides a summary of 9 shots from a film. Shot 1 introduces the main characters of a mother and daughter sitting closely on a bed, showing their close bond. Shot 2 introduces the theme of "The Badadook" through a child's rhyme read by the mother, with disturbing background music putting the audience on edge. Shot 3 shows the mother alone in bed looking through the book, with continuing unsettling music. Shot 4 establishes that the child's popup book will put the audience on edge by giving innocence a negative connotation. Shots 5-7 use lighting, camera angles and quick shots to build tension and a sense of lurking danger as a door mysteriously opens. Shot 8 emphasizes the character's
Ancillary photos
The document discusses photos taken for a magazine cover and teaser poster on the theme of Bloody Mary. For the magazine cover, the first photo was in the wrong colors and angle, while photos 3 and 6 were too blurry. Photos 2, 4 and 5 made the final three choices. Photo 5 was ultimately selected for the cover due to the facial expression and potential for editing. For the teaser poster, photos were taken of rosary beads and blood. Photo 1 was blurry while photos 2, 3 and 4 were liked. Photo 4 was chosen for the poster due to the positioning of elements, clarity, and impact of the blood and claw marks.
Poster outline
The document discusses elements of a movie poster, including placing the main image in the center to attract attention, using religious symbols of rosary beads splattered with blood to intrigue audiences for a horror film without revealing too much of the plot, and positioning the film studio logo and tagline strategically to establish authenticity and professionalism.
Self evaluation of production work
This document is a self-evaluation by Charlotte Bowerman of the production elements for her horror teaser trailer. She analyzes the locations, lighting, cinematography, props, costumes, shots, script, characters, fonts and poster design compared to the horror film "The Conjuring" to ensure she is using appropriate horror genre conventions. Bowerman identifies areas where her initial ideas did not fully match conventions seen in "The Conjuring" and other horror films, such as using more dramatic lighting, focusing costumes on characterizing vulnerability, and using bolder white fonts on a dark background for the teaser poster.
Following conventions
The document discusses conventions for characters, mise-en-scene, location, and cinematography in horror trailers. For characters, it recommends making them relatable to audiences by having characters similar in age. For mise-en-scene, it suggests using low-key lighting to create atmosphere and tension, as well as everyday props. The location should be the woods to create a dark atmosphere and allow audiences to associate with characters. Shot types like close-ups and mid-shots are recommended to show character emotions and allow audiences to sympathize with characters.
Film trailer script
A psychiatrist is treating a patient named Elizabeth who has a debilitating fear of urban legends, specifically Bloody Mary. In their initial session, Elizabeth tells the psychiatrist she can't eat or sleep due to her fear. Later, Elizabeth is seen in a wooded area attempting to overcome her fear by repeating Bloody Mary's name aloud. She hears a noise and looks startled, suggesting her exposure therapy may not be effective.
Production outline
The production outline summarizes the key shots and scenes for a trailer. It begins with an establishing shot to set the location and tone. It then cuts between close-ups of two characters discussing something, while cross-cutting their dialogue. One character then leaves and walks alone through creepy woods, growing fearful from what she hears. A jump scare occurs, making her scream in terror, followed by a black screen with the words "Coming Soon" and a warning voiceover.
Horror audiences
This document discusses research into horror film genres and audiences. It finds that the primary horror film audience is males aged 15-24, though the female horror audience is growing. Horror films appeal to audiences by playing on archetypal fears and evoking strong emotions. Advertising plays a key role in promoting horror films through trailers, cinema and online promotions, and print media to target different audiences.
Survey analysis
The survey results show that the target audience for the horror film is people aged 16-24 who have an interest in films and reading. Respondents expect to see common horror conventions in the film like jump scares, blood, gore and supernatural villains. They also expect the teaser trailer to include tense music, scary scenes and jump scares while giving an idea of the plot without revealing too much. The audience wants an authentic horror experience with a believable storyline and scenes that will genuinely scare them rather than include unrealistic or predictable elements.
Research summary
The document discusses conventions of form and genre for film trailers and ancillary products such as posters and magazines. It outlines various cinematography, editing, sound, and other technical elements that are commonly used to effectively represent the horror genre and create tension. These include fast pacing, jump cuts, low lighting, ominous music, and the colors black and red. The conventions aim to attract audiences and give a sense of the film's tone and content without revealing too much of the plot.
Promotional Packages Analysis: Trailer, Poster, Magazine cover
The document analyzes various elements of the trailer, poster, and magazine cover for the film The Woman in Black. The trailer uses long shots to make the main character seem vulnerable and alone. Shots of a creepy, abandoned house establish the film's setting. The poster features a mysterious close-up image and minimal text to intrigue audiences. The magazine cover maintains consistency with the trailer by featuring the main character and creepy house setting, further establishing the film's horror genre elements and mystery sub-genre.
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Promotional Packages Analysis: Trailer, Poster, Magazine cover
Promotional Packages Analysis: Trailer, Poster, Magazine cover
Magazine cover outline
- 1. The idea of the sell line being surrounded by red is something I have seen used massively throughout my research as it is fantastic as drawing the audience’s attention, and is something I well definitely use. The white font is another convention I have seen used as it goes well with the red, creating a nice house style, and also stands out against it. The idea for the name ‘Filmi’ was inspired by the idea that this magazine is simply about all things things film, and it stands out independently and gives people the information they want. I like the idea of having the main heading in a black font, it is another convention I have seen throughout my research, as I know it goes well with colours like red and white, creating a house style and making it look professional The main image as expressed before will be a close up of a young, scary looking girls face, expressing that she is the antagonist. This is conventional for film magazines and the horror genre. I have decided to not give my horror film a name as my promotional package is all about teasers. So I felt it would be more suitable to keep the name of the film anonymous in order to keep the audience guessing. So instead of the main anchorage text being the title of the film, I am going for the catchy slogam ‘2014s hottest new horror’. It is catchy and very direct, it will draw peoples attention to both the magazine and the film. I have seen this kind of advertisement used through my research so I know how effective it can be.