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Tuesday

revenge evaluation

in media studies i was asked to create a teaser trailer for a film of our own choice and genre.


my film was a drama/crime genre based on the film 'fatal attraction'.
my media product uses forms and conventions of real media products by using the influence of other trailers like fish tank and fatal attraction, my film narrative comes from these real dramas.
i wanted my media product to consist of genuine influences of the outside media world in this sense my media product that i created was the magazine cover, i researched two contrasting magazines these were sight & sound and the empire magazine. i had to make a choice to set my media product on one of these magazines, so i came up with a final decision and chose the sight & sound magazine as it suited my ideas and target audience also my theme of my trailer. for my media poster and my magazine cover the main image used is the same. this was taken with a digital camera of me with particularly my eyes and mascara dripping of them looks like this character is crying. this sets the audience a image to question about as the face isn't revealed so the facial expressions aren't shown and nobody is able to tell the real story behind this image but they can only wonder, therefore the viewers want to find out more.
the combination of my main ancillary texts are very effective as they do not contrast deeply and do not irritate the audience and confuse them. my film poster and magazine cover are very similar but assembled in different ways, i decided to do this for the reason that the audience would recognize this film and would be seen more around for example when advertised either the magazine or poster it would be widely recognized even though its an independent product. they fit in the main product as they use same fonts and colour themes. if viewers were to see any of these products they will identify the film quickly.
media technology plays a big role in the construction and research in my planning stages. what i found really useful is the Internet as i had to research many trailers to see whats rally successful and give me ideas in what to include in mine. YouTube was one of the main sites to go on as i had to get the videos to upload on my blog. i also had to be processing to blog whilst planning everything and posting it up on the blog so this was very essential. also for the planning and research i had to create the poster and magazine cover which were scanned onto my blog. with my poster and magazine cover the programme needed was Photoshop and this was really important for editing all my features. on the mac Imovie was vital for editing my trailer and get all the components right.
overall i think my trailer was successful even though i had many more ideas to include but i did not manage to complete them. i wanted to have a black and white effect in the begining to seem like the characters were in the past them it switches to colour, but i didnt include this as i changed some if the original plot. i thought it would be better to change to how it is now because it suits my audience better because i carried out a questionnaire and my feedback made me change the trailer to suit the viewers more and suit what they wanted to see.

Monday

film poster analysis 'Trainspotting'


this poster was created for the film 'Trainspotting' this is a British crime/drama , first of all you can see the 5 main characters being introduced in the poster by writing their names and pictures of them as this film contains crime genre who ever created this poster was really clever as the pictures taken of the characters emphasise on their head size and it makes it look like they've taken mug shots. and also the fact that they are in black and white effect makes it seem that the characters life isn't pretty. also each character was given their own pose for the picture this shows their personality and position in the film.
the background colour is in orange this suggests to the viewers that there is dangerous scenes in the film as the colour indicates fire and awareness. the title of the film which is written in a simple font and places in the middle of the pages shows that the film greatly implies to this title. overall this poster is very striking as it uses very bold colours and draws the viewers attention and they would want to read the poster then if they are intrigued more they would want to watch it.

Wednesday

revenge sight & sound magazine cover






This is my Sight & Sound magazine cover for my film 'Revenge'. I chose the Sight & sound magazine because i researched two main magazines, an independent magazine and a known commercial magazine these were sight & sound and empire. as sight & sound isnt very wideley known but recognised by people who are specificly keen to know the inside arts of a film and how its produced. this gave me an idea to set my film on the cover of the sight & sound as our film is ranged as an independent film and more suitable to our target audience. the empire magazine focuses more on selling their products and advertising more of films and dvd's but i only wanted to specifically focus on our film and the producing of the film. the cover is designed to be simple but also seeks attention and uses a colour palette so this became simple for me to design my magazine cover as i didnt use many graphic designs or really striking images like empire magazine uses. i chose my tagline 'threes a crowd' to divide the center image of a character into three parts this also draws the viewers attention to the characters facial expressions. before i made any changes or any ideas about my magazine cover i done a little questionnaire for my classmates about these two magazines and which one they would prefer to set their film in, most of them chose empire magazine but this showed me to be different and create another look about my film and make the audience want to watch it. this was created in photoshop the same way as the film poster as i got taught in the clc. i found it this time a lot easier as i got the hang of it this time. in conclusion the magazine cover reveals the the emotion through the main picture and the secret in the film by the tagline and at the bottom of the magazine cover there are titles of directors and producers of the whole film which is the highlight of this magazine, so i covered all the main point i had to about sight and sound and im pleased with the outcome. i think if this magazine cover was to be sold it would be successful.

Revenge Story Board

My story board isn't in the right order but it shows shots of extreme close ups as this trailer is going to be based on a drama ( real life situation) so to make it match to this genre i want to use these close ups because it would show the emotion and and expressions of the characters face and would interact with the audience more, also it would make the viewer feel sorry for protagonists in the trailer. there are 3 main characters in this film so it don't confuse the viewers and also to make the story a bit more complicated. every shot lasts about 3/4 seconds and they are flashes to make a real life effect for the trailer and i want it to be very dramatic. the story board is going to guide me to film my trailer the way i want it and it helps me to work around it but my story boards seems quiet infectious.

Friday

Film Magazine Analysis

Sight and Sound is an independent film magazine targeted at an audience more knowledgeable about low budget, classic or independent film. Sight and Sound is also targeted at an older audience as the magazines content includes more textual pages and articles, than imagery. It also draws a more international audience as it advertises more foreign films, and subtitles.

The front cover of Sound and Sight magazine displays mainly names of film directors rather than famous actors that feature in the film. This indicates that the target audience must be more interested in the making of the film.
The magazine knows that it has an audience who will buy it regardless of whether it is popular or not.

The colour themes of Sight and Sound magazines are always simple and always use a colour palette, nothing too extravagant it tries to appeal to readers who know what they are looking for.

A specific cover that showed me this was from the Sight and Sound magazine cover of 'September 09, volume 19, issue 9' that has a big title 'The mad, The bad and The dangerous' in various fonts, main colour being red and purple. The main background colour is green and this seems to be the main attraction to the magazine cover. It also has no images this shows that the target audience must know what the cover is portraying without images this goes back to a knowledgeable audience. Throughout the magazine there still isn't many images in articles. Their main selling point seems to be the film directors and producers etc. suggested in the front cover because that's the only information displayed on the front cover about the inside of the magazine.

Tuesday

Target audience questionnaire

1. Have you seen a trailer that really stands out latley?

2. If you were able to create your own film/trailer what kind of genre would it be? and why?

3. If the trailer is to be a drama/action genre what would interest you?

4. Would you suggest any ideas about what type of settings/scene would be good for a drama genre film?

5. How many main characters should be involved in a drama?

6. When making a trailer, characters have to be introduced especially in a drama, would you suggest various ways this could be done in?

7. In conclusion what would be your perfect trailer and would love to see the film of and what features of it did u mostly like and would recommend to people who are creating trailers?

Friday

final film (revenge) poster



This is the final poster for my film 'Revenge'. the main photo that overtakes the background is photo taken of me the character 'Alice' covering her face with both of her hands showing that she is miserable and crying. the photo was also chosen to be edited on photo shop and used a black and white effect for the poster this is because i wanted a dull and sad mood effect to be seen by the audience, it shows the characters emotions and 'black and white' feelings. our colour theme for the poster is black, white and red, we thought this will be very affective colours for the poster as these colours are very bold and stand out to viewers. the font used was courier new this is a simple font but also adds a seriousness to the poster, its not very glamorous or fancy.

The heading (film name) title is in a big bold font to make the word 'Revenge' seem like its going to be an extravagant event in the film. The main event.
the quote underneath the title ' three's a crowd' conveys to the audience there are 3 main characters in the film and something goes extremely wrong to tarnish their relationships, this immediately shows in the quote that there is mischievous activity in the film to do with this quote. this also makes the audience curious, which then makes them want to watch the film to find out if anything is going to be resolved.

The titles at the bottom were manipulated to look like real poster titles in photo shop the include the directors name