Final Poster, Magazine Cover and Trailer

Final Magazine Cover

Overall I am pleased with my magazine cover as I think that it advertises our film really well and it fits the conventions of a magazine cover. I also think that it fits in well with both our trailer and my poster and that they all work together to represent our film. I used a full body shot of the main character for the cover as I didn't want to make it too similar to the poster and it left more room around the edges for the text. The only thing I don't like about my magazine is that the image of the main character is very similar to the picture I used on my poster, even though they were originally taken at different times.

How I made My Magazine Cover

How I Made My Magazine Cover

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Magazine Cover Design

This is the design for my magazine cover. I created my own magazine title rather than use a pre-existing one as I thought that this would add authenticity to my magazine and would be more creative. I am going to use a full body shot of the main character in the middle of the cover with a background of trees behind her to show the setting. The title and tagline will be in the middle of the page in big eye-catching writing to try to generate more interest in our film. I will also include information about other popular films as this is one of the conventions of a magazine cover as it encourages people to buy the magazine.

Conventions of a Magazine Cover

Conventions of the magazine front cover

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My Final Poster

This is my final poster. I think that it represents our trailer quite well because it has the trees in the background which show the woods setting and it also incorporates the pentagram which is the main motif throughout out trailer/film. Although I was originally going to make a portrait poster, I decided that it looked better landscape as it seemed cramped, especially with the fairly long tagline which stretched over two lines. Overall I am pleased with the way it looks and the way it advertises our film.

How I Made My Poster

How I Made My Poster

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My Final Billing Block

This is the final billing block I used on my poster. Using the example I got off of the internet, I typed up all of the information on word and changed the font size on the names to make them bigger. I then copied the picture onto Paint Shop Pro and reversed the colours so that the background was black and the writing was white before removing the background and copying the image onto my poster.

What to include in a Billing Block

 I got this billing block off of Google to use as inspiration and a guideline for my own billing block that I would use on my poster. I noticed that all of the names were in a larger font so I tried to recreate this in my billing block. I also used this list as a guideline of what I needed to include in my billing block:

·         Production Company – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Actors – Samantha Kent, Hannah George and Charlotte Southam

·         Music Composer – Hannah George

·         Casting by – S.G. and Co.

·         Costume Design – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Editing – Charlotte Southam

·         Director of Photography – Hannah George

·         Props Co-ordinator – S.G. and Co.

·         Written by – Charlotte Southam

·         Produced by – HCS Horror Inc.

·         Co-directed by – Charlotte Southam and Hannah George

In our group we wanted to split up all of the titles equally as we had both worked on everything together so we worked out that I did most of the editing whilst Hannah did the music. However, we didn't want to just have our names repeated for everything so we came up with another company name - S.G. and Co. (the initials of our last names) to add a bit of diversity to our billing blocks.

Fonts

I experimented with different fonts and text sizes for the title and the tagline to go on my poster as I find one that looked both elegant and slightly creepy. I also wanted one that was clear and easy to read so that someone glancing at the poster would be able to read the title.

Film Poster Design

This is the design for my film poster, I hand drew it and then scaned it onto the computer. The trees in the background represent the forest location and the way that they are looming over the main character represents her isolation and helplessness. The next layer of the image will be the pentagram which is directly behind her head, I included the pentagram as it is a key symbol in our trailer - it represents the past and present summoning of demons and is also used in our trailer to show the point when everything changes. The third layer is a picture of the main character, only her head and shoulders are visble to keep all of the focus on her and her face shows how scared she is. Finally, the title and tagline will be on the top. The title will be in a bigger font as it is more important than the tagline. This picture has the wrong tagline on it as I drew it before we had fully decided on the tagline - the final tagline is "If you go down to the woods today... You're in for a bug surprise..." This picture is also missing the billing block which goes at the bottom of the poster with all of the production information on it.

Conventions of a Film Poster

Conventions of a film poster

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Final Film Trailer

This is the final version of our film trailer, we had to change the order of some of our shots as one of the conventions of a film trailer is that it isn’t in a linear order and to begin with, our trailer was in chronological order. We also added more transitions during the running scenes to increase the tension and to make our trailer more exciting and added a voice over at the beginning to tell a bit more of the story. Overall, I am pleased with the end result as I think that it would encourage our target audience to view our film and I think that it represents the genre of Horror/Thriller really well.

Age Rating Screen

This is the age rating screen I made to go at the beginning of our trailer, it is important as it shows what age group our film is aimed at – late teens and adults. I created this image on ‘Microsoft Word’ by changing the background to green and inserting a table. I then merged some of the columns in the table and typed the text, using an American version as inspiration although instead of putting ‘By the Motion Picture Association of America’ I instead put ‘By the British Board of Film Classification’ as this is more relevant to our trailer. Finally, I got an image of the ‘15’ off of the internet and the logo used in the American version.