Filming.

On this day, I filmed the scene outside, where Simran was walking. I only wanted this scene, just to get the diversity of locations. This took one shot as it was relatively simple.

On this day I also filmed the scene where Simran screamed into the camera, and in which I utilised at the end of the trailer where I scare the audience. 

This day also consisted the scene where Simran was looking up at the stairs and climbing them slowly. This was easily done however the manoeuvring of the camera was difficult, in which I had to experiment with the space which was open to me. 

Filming.

On this day of filming we shot the breakfast table scene. From the camera workshop

I took into account the rule of thirds, and I incorporated that here whilst shooting. With this scene I had to shoot it 3 times in order for the shot-reverse-shot editing to looks effective as I need the conversation from one characters view and another shot from the other characters view.

Also on this day I shot the scene where Simran was sitting in the living area on the sofa with her legs up and laptop. With this scene I only had to shoot it once as the space in the living room is very spacious therefore it was easy to manoeuvre the camera around – on the tripod and handheld. 

Filming.

To film the footage in order to produce my trailer, I will have to use a video camera. The video camera in which I will be using will look exactly like this...

Blocking.

The images shown are the areas within the house which I want to shoot in. The first image is where I shot the main character looking into the mirror, and her sitting on the bed rocking back and forwards. I have done my shooting in a house, as most people in my first questionnaire which I carried out preferred a horror scene to be taken place at a house or apartment. So I took this into consideration and shot it all in the house in different areas of the house. The second image is where I shot when Simran was swinging the necklace watch.

It was a bit difficult shooting in this room a there was limited space. The room was a decent size however manoeuvring around the bed to get the arch shot around the character was difficult and took 3 shots to get it right, as I kept on tripping over. The third image is of the sofa in which Simran had her legs up and typing on her laptop. You can see on the wall there is a canvas painting of an Indian god. I wanted this in the frame as i wanted to send across the message that these couple are religious and do adopt the traditional Hindu culture. The Stairs is where I used for Simran to climb. It was mildly difficult to shoot this scene but was successfully done in one take. The last place is the scene at the breakfast table, where we first see the characters in action. The audience first see Simran and Raj interacting and talking about their careers.

Shot List

Extreme Close-Up

I have used a close up here as the audience can see the full detail of the necklace watch. This is because the necklace watch is the main focus of the trailer as the character gets possessed by it.

Close-Up


It is a close up here as I wanted to get the detail of the laptop, as this electronic devices now a days can judge the character and personality of a person and how they are.

Medium-Long Shot


A long shot is important when showing characters on screen. Here I have used a long shot because I wanted the audience to see the surroundings of that character.

Medium Shot


I have used this shot here as I wanted to have the main focus on the upper half of the character’s body. This is because I want the audience see the character’s face and the emotion that she is portraying.

Long Shot


I have used a long shot here as I wanted the audience to see where the character is walking. The audience can also see the clothing that the character is wearing and the body language of that character.

Camera WorkShop.

Before attending this camera workshop session, I didn’t know how to use the video camera effectively. By going to this, it helped me understand some of the techniques used about shooting and what rules to follow so you get successful results each time. After attending this workshop I learn about the rule of thirds- how and why the character is placed where they are in a shot. I also learnt about how to set up the tripod and camera the correct way.

Characters And The Storyline.

This is the main character of the film and she is the kind of character who is pleased with her life as she has gotten a new job along with a fantastic promotion. She is middle class Indian girl who works hard for her money a being a Marketing Director. She cohabits with her boyfriend Raj who she loves dearly with all her heart. Soon to be getting married she buys a unique authentic necklace watch online. By constantly wearing it she possess the evil spirits which were locked within the necklace watch and unleashes it without her intention. The evil spirits gradually overtakes her mind and she begins to acts accordingly. She notices this change and she tries to fight it and overcome it but it is not possible.


 
She goes through endless days where she becomes depressed b the way she is Throughout the trailer she always has the necklace watch in her possession and carries it everywhere. Not being able to overcome the possession she is possessed into killing someone, whom she loves dearly. This is the story. When the characters are talking to each other I wanted them to talk in a normal middle class accent. A clean crisp accent

Planning and Drafting - Storyboard.

Frame 7:  In this frame I wanted to convey the emotions of the character by using a mid shot of her and then gradually zooming into the characters face, as this will portray how she is anxious and scared.

Frame 8: Here is the title text and the name of the film. the title will be spinning round having a washing machine effect. I drew this idea from watching 'my beautiful launderette' which in the beginning used a spinning text. Hopefully I will be able to photoshop the text and then import it into my editing and place them and increase the speed so that it spins fast.

Frame 9: Here is where the character is sitting on the sofa whilst using her laptop, the angle of the shot is slightly higher than eye level so that the audience can see the whole body and what activity she is doing.

Frame 10: This shot uses the stairs within the house, and uses a mid shot. when I am filming this part of the trailer, I want the character to be slow and anxious.

Frame 11: In this shot I want the character to portray that she is insane and how the watch necklace makes her insane. When filming this scene in the trailer, I want the caracter to be swinging the object. I feel that this action would make the audience think that she isn't herself and that somebody else is doing the actions and not herself.

Frame 12: In this shot is a close up of the characters face. This is wherewe see the character in a state of insanity. She has redish eyes and her make up has run down her face. This makes the audience think that she is not sane. When producing my trailer, i would like to edit this shot as a subliminal message. I would like to edit this so that the audience can see it for a split second.

Planning and Drafting - Storyboard.

Along with the trailer i will have to do some planning and i have drawn out and made a storyboard of roughly what my product will look like. I have tried to make it as accurate as i can and included a few notes about the camera shots and movements, the mise-en-scene, and the editing/effect/transitions which will be used in order for my trailer to meet the expected genre conventions.

Frame 1:

The camera movements which will be needed for this frame is a close of up of the watch - necklace do that the audience can see the main object which will be featured in the trailer. Whilst this is on screen the voice over which i will do will be playing. In my trailer i will be using many close ups and mid - shots, as this is a common convention which is used in the horror genre for trailers and films.

Frame 2: 
In this frame the camera movements which i will use is an extreme close - up of the necklace watch. I have decided to use this shot is so the audience can see the detail of the object. The extreme focus on the watch can also connote that this object has real significance within the film.

Frame 3:
In this frame I have decided to use an over the shoulder shot, as i feel this is a crucial camera movement to use when filming a conversation between 2 people.

Frame 4: 
Here is the other end of the over the shoulder shot. i will begin my trailer by introducing my characters whilst having a conversation.  
In addition to using an over the shoulder shot, not only can we see the other character speaking, the audience can also see the environment that they are in. In this scenario, it is filmed at the kitchen table.  

Frame 5:
This is where the audience will see the main character in action. I will be using a long shot, and then zooming into the character slowly as she is walking towards the camera. This is where the audience will see the whole body and understand what type of person she is.

Frame 6: 
This is where the main character begins to notice and hear the sounds coming from the bedroom upstairs. The camera movements will be a mid shot of her and then slowly the camera will zoom in towards her.

Final Finished Film Poster.

This is the finished film poster, complete. Now all of the subsidiary task is complete.

Film Poster.

This is the writing that goes on the bottom of the poster. This is to make it look more realistic and professional. It similar to the credits of a films. IT states the actors name, the director, producer, and the music effects etc...
The way that I done this is in photoshop. I used a typography of Times New Roman, and changed the length of the letters, and changed the spaces in between each word.
I then copied and pasted this onto the poster and aligned it in the desired place. I then changed the blend mode of the layer from normal to multiply, where this took away the black background of the writing and just shows the white writing.

Film Poster.

I then imported the title of the film, where I copied and pasted it onto the page from the front cover of the movie magazine i did.                                                     
After importing the title of the film i then added the tag ling of the film by using a photoshop featured font called cracked, and changed the whole text to white and the 'IT/IT's' in black. I have made it like this so that the audience is informed that the tag line is about the psychological character within the film. I also wanted to put emphasis on the 'IT' because that is what the tag line is about and the film.

Now that all the main text is in place and looking good, I have added the final text which will be on the poster. The typography for this text is from the website which i have been using throughout doing the subsidiary task. I then opened it up in photoshop and using the magic wand tool i clicked on the background of the text, and clicked on inverse and copied and pasted it onto the poster. I then included an outerglow around the text, and changed the fill opacity to 0% so that the glow on the outside brings outlines the words.

Film Poster.

Now that the magazine front cover is out of the way, I have to no produce a film poster which will promote my film and trailer.

The first thing i did was to import my photograph which I captured, into photoshop and dragged it onto the background which i painted black using the ink bucket tool in photoshop. After doing so, i changed the blend mode of the image from Normal to Darken and this is the result that i got.

Here i have included the names of the actors which will feature in the film. To achieve this i used Times New Roman font and duplicated it to get 2 of the same. With the first text, I set the fill opacity to 0% and included an outerglow around the text. After this i changed the size of the text, so that it would contrast against the overlapped text. The 2nd text however, was done in the same way. It looks different as it is smaller than the text behind it.

Final Finished Magazine Front Cover.

As the title of this post speaks for itself, I have also included another plug which tops of the front cover nicely. Here it is part 1 of the subsidiary task complete.

Film Magazine Front Cover.

Now i have added the title of the film and the 'tagline' to the film as well. With the title of the film i found the font on 1001fonts.com and manipulated it using photoshop tools to achieve this look. The tools i used was the magic wand tool to select the font, the opacity tool in which i made the fill opacity 0% so the middle of the text is 'hollow,' and i also used the jitter effect on the outerglow of the typography.  As for the typography of the tag line, i used a simple text that is featured in photoshop. I used Times New Roman as this is clear and easy to read, it also matches and goes with the plugs of the magazine as well. The main effect of the text was the outerglow. This is because I wanted it to have the same impact as the plugs.

Here I have included another plug, which features an existing film that is already out in the market. The image of The Matrix film i got from Google and re-sized the image so that it would fit onto my front cover. I also titled it at an angle so that it looks more interesting to the eye. The way i done this was to simply hold down CTRL + T and it will take you to a transform box where you can stretch, re-size and rotate any image/text.I have also changed the opacity to the image as i didn't want it to divert the attention from the main image on the front cover. Also with the text that goes along with the plug image, i used the same style of text as the text below the film title.

Film Magazine Front Cover.

Now that the masthead is there i have also included the relevant information around the masthead such as the date, website, and price of the magazine. The typography that these elements use is Tahoma - which is featured in photoshop.  The plus sign plced in the bottom left signifies what else is in the magazine - This is known as a plug. the way i got the plus sign looking how it is. I took the image from Google and imported it into photoshop where i changed the fill opacity to 0% and put a red outerglow around it.  For the plug i used a different font, just so that it separates from the other fonts and subtly draws the reader in towards it. I have also put a glow on the outside to emphasize it. The typography that the font for this plug uses is Times New Roman. This also goes for the other plug which is placed above the bar code.

Film Magazine Front Cover.

With the masthead, i have taking a font off of a website which I found which feature and include a range of fonts.(http://www.1001fonts.com/ )

To make the masthead looking how it is I imported the text into Photoshop and used the magic wand tool. I then selected each letter while holding down the shift key to select all the individual letters. I then copied and pasted it onto the poster and edited the effects of the text by holding down the Alt while double clicking on the layer. The effects that i made on the masthead is a colour overlay which is red, bevel+emboss with contours, and a drop shadow. All these effects combined together make the masthead.

Brief For Film Poster.

For my film poster which i have to plan and produce. I will be using Photoshop to design the film poster and use the tools within the software to create a dynamic front cover which will represent the horror genre successfully.

Film Poster Drafts.

Along with analysing existing film posters that have already been release in the past, i have also taken the same images of a film (In this case The Eye) and manipulated them and played around to see what would look good where and what message will it send to different audiences.

To produce this draft, I have used Photoshop and it's tools to create and play around with different fonts, colours, and effects etc...

In this draft I like the red glow around the date of release. It stands out as the poster is mainly black with a white glow. The red outer glow enhances the text - diverting our attention to it.

I also like how the 'Jessica Alba' text is overlapping another text. The faint ghost like text effect may connote that this film could be a spiritual/psychological horror.

When I will product my final film poster i will consider the overlapping text and a glow behind/around text to bring it off the page.

With my film poster i am aiming to make it attractive enough for audiences to look at, but still maintaining that element of mystery, as i don't want the poster to give away the story line.

Analysing Film Posters.

The Grudge Poster:

This poster is relatively simple they captivating. It draws people in as it shows the characters eyes. Eyes are very expressive, therefore to use this in front covers of magazines and posters captures the horror genre perfectly. This is because eyes can convey a range of emotions such as evil, hatred, sadness and joy. The Grudge poster has a photograph where the character is looking directly at the audience. This sense of direct contact can make people feel awkward and uncomfortable therefore to use this for the horror genre is perfectly precise. As The Grudge is similar to a psycological horror, and my trailer has elements of psychological horrors, I personally feel that using an image such as the one used on the poster can create the same impact however different.

The Ring Poster:

This poster is very basic, but the image editing effects are immense. The poster doesn't show ant specific character that would be in the film, but however uses an element which the film mainly reflects off on. For example, for my trailer I have used an object such as a necklace - watch. Therefore i could maybe use this on the poster as my main image and will be the main focus on the film. The Ring poster also reflects a sense of mystery as it doesn't give away the story line of the film or show the audience what the characters are, thus this draws them into the poster and manipulates them to go and watch the film to see what all the hype was about. Both Posters use dark intense rich colours. For example, with The Grudge poster it mainly uses black and then an intense blood colour like red for the typography for the title of the film. With The Ring poster, it uses a very dark midnight blue to connote for the sky, and a bright white colour to represent the moons contours. The white glow also emphasizes the clouds around the moon, thus creating a dark night.

Film Posters.

In addition to the subsidiary task, I also had to produce the promotional poster of the trailer. Below are some examples to promotional film posters which have been released.

Brief For The Film Magazine Front Cover.

For my film magazine front cover which i have to plan and produce. I will be using Photoshop to design the front cover of the magazine and use the tools within the software to create a dynamic front cover which will represent the horror genre successfully. I will be taking images and using images similar to the feature article photograph on the second draft i had produced previously.  I will also be using an editing sotfware called aperture where I can change the image to make it more intense to suit the genre.