2. Introduction
Whilst creating my ancillary double page spread film
review, I will also be making a production log for this so
that I can record the steps that I have taken to actually
create the final outcome of this ancillary product.
The software‟s that I will be using for this ancillary
product will be Adobe Photoshop CS6 and CS5.1 just like
my poster ancillary product. However, I will also be
using InDesign to create this film review as this software
is great for creating magazines due to its functions for
making columns and all other sorts of double page
spread techniques.
3. Incorporating Grids & Guidelines
into InDesign
Before I began creating my double page spread I
decided to implement some grids and guidelines
onto both pages so that it would make the
organisation of my work much more simple. This
will allow me to line up all my images and text in
an appealing way to attract my target audience.
The first step that I had to take to incorporate grids and
guidelines onto both pages of my double page spread was
that I had to right click the mouse which would appear with
this menu as shown in the screen print I have used. Then I
had to select the Grids & Guidelines function which then
appeared with another menu as shown.
When this menu appeared I then had to
select “Show Baseline Grid” & “Show
Document Grid” so that the guidelines would
appear on both pages.
4. Stage 1: 1st Page-part 1
The first step that I have taken into creating my double page spread film
review was to create the background for the first page of the review.
Due to the fact that this page will contain a lot of text and images I have
decided to make this page white so that it is easier for the audience to
read. Furthermore I have chosen specifically to make the first page
white and the second page black so that it will link into the conventions
of an actual silent movie being black & white. Doing so will also, go well
with the other ancillary I have created which is a poster for the film
“Patty Take” which is also black & white.
I am going to edit this border slightly as I feel once I
place this background onto InDesign my review and
images may collide with the border. Because of this, I
will erase some of the border to create space for the
organisation & structure of my double page spread.
I have decided to incorporate a black border around the white
background that I will be using for my double page spread film
review. I feel this border will work well as it will coincide with
the colour scheme I have chosen which is black & white. Also,
using this border breaks conventions due to the fact that
conventionally the borders used in silent movies were white
when used for captions but I have decided to do the opposite.
5. Stage 1: 1st Page-part 2
To edit the border I had to use the eraser tool to take away some of the
unnecessary border markings, as I feel it will get in the way of some of the text
for my review which is a prime factor of this ancillary product. As you can see I
have rubbed away most of the main areas where the border overlaps the white
background and also rounded off the border so that it looks much more neat and
organised.
6. Stage 2: 1st Page
The next step that I had to take was to
incorporate several stars so that it would
show the ratings for films. From
“excellent” which is four stars to “poor”
which is one star.
To incorporate the ratings stars I had to
create a boarder to go across the page. I
decided to fill this boarder in with the
colour black because it will link in with
the original conventions of a silent movie
as I have stuck with the black & white
conventions.
Once the boarder was made I then had to open one star on Adobe
Photoshop and then drag it to the sheet where the background for
my film review double page spread was being made. Once I had
done this, I just had to transform the star to the right size and
position that I wanted it to be on the boarder and then I
duplicated the layer a number of times so I could retrieve more
stars for the rest of the boarder that would be the same size as
the first star. This will allow this area to look much more
professional.
7. Stage 3: 1st Page
The next stage was to incorporate a image into the first
page of my double page spread. The first step I took was
retrieving a border from www.google.co.uk that matched
the same colour scheme as my poster and film review
which are both black & white. Once I had done this and
positioned it in a suitable area I then print screened and
image from the actual silent comedy „Patty Take‟ that
Marcus & I have created from Final Cut Pro. After this I
then turned the image black and white the same way I did
for the ancillary poster and transformed the image so that
it would fit into the black & white border. Furthermore, I
feel that the border works well as it blends in well with the
border used for the background of my double page spread.
8. Stage 5: 1st Page For this stage I decided to incorporate the title of the
actual silent comedy into the film review due to the
fact that the film is the whole topic of my double
page spread. Because of this I decided to make the
title of the film quite large as it will help market
Marcus and I‟s silent comedy. However I didn‟t make
this section larger than the masthead that I had made
previously, otherwise they would end up clashing with
each other due to the fact that both aspects use the
same font which is “Adobe Garamond Pro.” I felt that
I should stick with the same font because if not it
would make my double page spread look to
complicated which would distract my target audience
form the actual review.
Get the print screen of how I
However, some issues did occur when creating the
changed the size of the title. title on the double page spread. With the
organisation of columns that I had assembled when
using InDesign I noticed that the end of the title
“Patty Take” it was on the verge of colliding with
the column next to it which is where the text would
be placed so I had to find away to improve that
area.
9. Next, I then saved the background that I had
created for the first page on Photoshop and then
Stage 4: 1st Page had to place it in InDesign so that the images would
not look too pixelated. Once this was done I then
decided to write the headings for each section on
the page. So to start with I decided to make the
masthead of that page “Film News” as I have seen
it before during my research into double page
spreads however, I did not know what font to use
for this masthead. That‟s when I looked back at the
actual film that Marcus and I had created and
decided to use the same font for the masthead as
we did for the captions used in the film which was
Adobe Garamond Pro.
I feel that this font works well as it is very
easy to read for the audience but it also links
in well with the actual film that the review is
about which allows my double page spread to
look much more professional towards the
audience. Furthermore I decided to also put
the masthead in italics so that it looked much
more sophisticated like most silent movies
during the 1920s. The size that I had used for
this font was 72 so that it would stand out as Also, due to the fact that the software InDesign works best with text
much as the rest of the techniques that I will and columns, this is where I decided to add text to the border that I
be using. had previously made on Photoshop. The font that I had used for this
was also Adobe Garamond Pro just like the masthead except I kept the
size at 14 so that each rating could fit on the border without coming
near the edge of the page which would make the film review look
quite rushed. Furthermore, I kept the font colour the same as the
stars used so that it would stick with the colour scheme.
10. Stage 6: 1st Page
The next stage that I decided to do was to create
a caption for the image that I have used for the
first page of my double page spread. I felt that
without including a caption for the image would
confuse the reader as they wouldn‟t of actually
seen Marcus & I‟s silent comedy yet so therefore
the image would not have any affect on my
target audience.
The area highlighted presents the caption that I
decided to input underneath the image that I have
used. The caption used simply describes the image
used to give the audience a little insight into what
the film is actually about. I feel that doing this
will appeal to my audience more and leave them
in suspense which would be an advantage because
this means that they would want to actually see
the film due to the fact that they have been
Furthermore, I decided to incorporate some slang such as
hooked by the caption.
“teefing” to appeal to my target audience as the silent comedy is
aimed at Afro-Caribbean‟s so doing so would appeal to them even
more. This will show my target audience that the short film will
actually cater to their needs which will make them want to
watch the silent comedy even more.
11. Stage 7: 1st Page
The next stage that took place was to actually
incorporate the review that I had created previously on
Microsoft Word. However, due to the limited space I was
insure whether the whole review would fit in these two
columns. However, with the assistance from my teacher
Mr Pillai I realised that I could let the review continue on
the second page of my double page spread.
I decide to use a drop cap to start off the review
for my double page spread. However, where I
have used this technique is only for the plot of
the review so I have thought about using another
drop cap to start the actual review of Marcus &
I‟s film “Patty Take.” I feel like doing so will
organise this page of the double page spread and
make it look less cluttered and busy towards the
audience.
I came across an issue with the organisation of
the text for my film review. The issue was that
the beginning of each line on the second column
seemed too close to the first column therefore I
had to decrease the font size of the second
column as I wanted the plot to be slightly larger.
Decreasing the font size of the actual review
would allow me to transform the text box so that
there would be a slight gap between each column
which would allow the page to look much more
structured and organised. The font type that I
used for the review and plot of the film was also
“Adobe Garamond Pro” due to the fact that I
wanted to keep things simple for the audience so
they would not become confused.
12. Stage 7: 1st Page-Part 2
Furthermore, for the second column that I
have created I decided to make the
background of this column black so that the
text incorporated into the column would not
clash with the black and white border that is
around the whole first page. Also doing this
will make my double page spread film review
look much more exciting and adventurous to
my target audience.
To create the black background for this column I
had to use the rectangle tool and create the
same rectangular shape as the column showed
and then I had to fill this area in black using the
swatches function on InDesign. Doing this allowed
my text to look much neater which would be an
advantage for the audience as it would allow
them to read the actual review much easier.
14. Stage 1: 2nd Page
For the second page of my double page spread
film review I decided to also keep this page
white as I felt that I would make the main image
the whole page as I have seen it done with many
double page spreads. However, due to the fact
that I needed some more space for my review I
decided that the image could not take up the
whole space so instead I decided to make it half
text and the other half the main image.
15. Stage 2: 2nd Page
The next step I took was to incorporate the rest of the review into the next two columns on the
second page of my double page spread. Like the first page I decided to use the same black &
white affect for both columns so that the two pages do not look as if they are separate from
each other. Furthermore, to fit in all of the text that I had created I had decrease the text also
from size 14 to 12 so that every single part of the text could fit on the page without looking to
messy.
I came across the same issue as before here. It seemed as if the text was about to overlap the borders
I had made on InDesign on both pages therefore I had to rearrange the text slightly and narrow down
both columns so they both didn‟t collide with each other.
16. Stage 3: 2nd Page
The next stage that I had to implement was that I had to incorporate my main image onto the second page of
my double page spread film review. For this stage I had various ideas of what my main image could have been
however, I decided that I would use “The Wolf” as my main image due to the fact that I wanted to use both
of the main characters as images for my film review so that it would give the audience an idea of what the
silent comedy will be like.
The main image that I have decided to use for my
main image I feel goes very well with the actual
genre of Marcus & I‟s silent comedy. This is because
the image that I have used I have chosen specifically
due to the fact that the original fairy tale also had a
main character who was a wolf however, in the
original he was considered as threatening. Whereas
with the wolf in our movie he is quite clumsy and
dumb so I decided to use this image from our film
due to the fact that the wolf doesn‟t look that scary
at all. I also incorporated a full moon to symbolise
that the character is actually a wolf which I thought
would appeal to my target audience.
17. Stage 3: 2nd Page Part 2
This is the image that I screen printed from our silent
comedy on Final Cut Pro so that I could edit it and use
it for my main image. Once I retrieved the screen print
I saved the image and opened it onto Adobe Photoshop
ready for editing.
The next step I had to make
to complete my main image
was to actually incorporate a
full moon into the cropped
image of the wolf to give the
audience a little insight into
who the character is and
what his role will be in the
silent comedy. Furthermore,
for the full moon which I
have used I used the blur tool
The next step I had to take was to actually erase the to actually blend the two
background of the image using the eraser tool. To do images together so that the
this to the best of my ability I had to actually zoom in main image would look like
into the main image so that I could erase the just one image.
background out accurately so that the main image
could look professional
18. Stage 4: 2nd Page
This screen print is of the the pull quote that I have
created for my film review. The reason why I have used
this for my pull quote is because it will present to my
target audience how great Marcus & I‟s silent comedy is
which will draw our audience in even more.
This screen print presents the page numbers
that I have decided to incorporate into my
film review so that it looks professional to
the audience as the majority of magazines
incorporate page numbers so that it looks
much more organised.
