Film Posters

For part of my Ancillary task I have to create a poster advertising my film, below is the research I have done; 

Twilight

The poster below is recognized widely around the world becasue it is such a popula film.  The poster features the two main characters  , the way they are situated within the picture highlights their actual characteristics. The male is dominant and protective as he leans over the female. The woman is present below the male she has her hand placed upon his chest, suggesting she wants his support. When analysed this poster portrays the role of the characters within the whole plot of the film.

The title of the film is placed in the bottom left hand corner, this perticular text is used again on follow up series of the film. Because this house style is kept the same it means that audiences can recognize what film it has orginated from.

Along with this is the erary atmosphere and theme portrayed within posters of this style. Because the theme of the film is on vampires , it highlights the depths of darkness that are ususally associated with vampires as they are "Night Walkers". Conventions of the Gothic are evident within the posters.



Film Magazines

Because I am creating a short trailer for my ancillary A2 task, I will also need to construct the front page of a Film magazine featuring my film. I have decided to start researching into the conventions of film magazines In order to gain wider of knowledge of how I should start piecing one together. 

 Total Film

 The front covers of this particular magazine tend to only contain an image of the featured film, as it is situated all across the cover.

The magazine contains the Masthead which is the name of the magazine, the main image usually overlaps over this text. The date , issue number, price and barcode are also conventions that will always be seen on the front cover.  Lures are tend to be situated either at the top , bottom or both ends of the magazine , In this case its the offer of a free “Giant Iron man poster”

Empire

The first thing i notice here is that although the Masthead of Empire is still the colour red its also been edited slightly to fit the theme of the featured film. It appears as though the title has been etched in blood upon the wall and acts as a reference toward the cut on the actors face.

The neon green Cover line is also the title of the film and matches the word “Fold Out” which is in fact a lure. Because the colour jumps out from the page it will also enable the audience to match the particular colour with something that they believe is a positive selling point, again matching the colour with a positive feeling.

Electric Sheep Magazine

Personally I don’t think this magazine cover appears to be very exciting, however house style is kept consistent which makes it seem neat and organized. The Masthead style and text matches that of the text on the featured article.

The issue number, date and price is presently clear situated at the top of the page. There is a plug in the corner telling the audience about the featured film, although unlike other film magazines I’ve researched there’s a still picture that would usually be in motion taken out of the film, whereas on others it’s a posed picture set up for advertisement.

 

Practice Shot of Tracking Feet

In order to achieve a good quality tracking shot I decided to practice filming with the camera . I asked a classmate to volunteer in walking and running up and down the class room , I then bent down low on the floor which enabled me to achieve this shot. After I tired this a few times i began to feel more comfortable in filming and ultimatly improoved my skills.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/4/xymk7lI5KH0
The first video i shot was very shaky so i decided to do another one.


http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/7/urmCrbl4bNI

Schedule of next filming session

I now plan to continue the rest of my filming stages on Thursday 25th November, this will take place at home in my back garden. Because I need a close-up shot of the vampire girl’s face in the forest, my garden is the perfect environment for this.

I plan to keep the same clothes and makeup when filming, I wish to achieve a close-up shot of the vampire girl as she glares her fanged teeth toward the camera and this shot is alternatively known as the turn-around-scare.

I will also attempt another tracking shot of her feet on the grass, as she walks steadily. The previous shot was not very successful.

I plan to use my own digital camera to take image of the vampire girl and I hope to upload these within my blog in order to provide evidence for my work.

Completion of first stages of filming

Over the weekend I managed to start the production of my film. In a previous blog I created I set myself a series of goals. Below is a list of things I completed including the goals i did and did not achieve;

I shot the opening scene were the two girl bullies walk out of the school gates , while the vampire girl is walking alone in front of them. The two girls barge past the vampire and cause her to spin veraciously as she is pushed to the side and out of the way.

The first footage I shot wasn’t very focused as the top of the bullies heads were cut off, so i re-filmed it again and then once more so I had a range of consistent shots.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/16/OwCm5q8cGPc


This shot seemed to work well than I expected I to have. I stood diagonally in front of the three girls which enabled me to achieve the establishing shot that I wanted. Once the girls had pushed the vampire out of the way I followed them with the camera. This way we could see a close-up on their faces and the back of their heads as they walked away.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/17/2C8jnsiXW3I

The weather on the day was very cold, wet, rainy and foggy. It began to get dark quickly. However this helped more than it did hinder, as it enabled me to achieve that gloomy dark eerie atmosphere that stereotypically you would find within a horror film.


http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/14/owMdGED1I6g
I next began to film the tracking shot of the girls feet, I found this to be harder than I had anticipated, although did achieve a couple of shots I was happy with in the end. I filmed the feet of the vampire on the pavement and then of her running. I didn’t manage to take any on the grass however because it was too slippery due to the wet weather.


http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/10/tAzw5THXD1k

Because it was so cold I insisted the other girls stayed inside as they were not needed anyway, while I filmed one of the bullies. The shot i wanted to achieve was a point of view, as though there was someone ie; The vampire girl, running after the bully.  The camera footage for this shot is extremely unsteady as it appears as though its through the vampires eyes enabling the audience to almost feel like they are running with her.

The first few seconds are of the bully walking steadily with her bag on her arm , then she suddenly looks around as she realises the vampire is picking up pace in her walking and then begins to run. The bully returns her focus forward and begins to run , as she drops her bag from her shoulder when doing so.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/11/zjxHPbEqzGE

http://www.youtube.com/user/dancergal1909#p/u/13/YiLsPM0-q0Q

I didn’t manage to take pictures of my actresses as I was not as prepared for doing so. I had no plan of how to position the girls and decided to complete this another time when I had more time.

Bullying in Schools

Within my short trailer the issue of bullying arises as the vampire girl is bullied by two girls, they follow her into the forest and she then gets her revenge on them by capturing one of the bullies. The audience become aware of this as they can see the girls pink bag thrown amongst the leafs and the other girl running away from forest.

Children will bully for a number of reasons ;

Children may be frustrated and will become resentful because the source of their difficulty has not been identified; child feels they have to perform at a level that is required of them by the school.

The child bullying has been bullied them-self meaning the responsibility adults hold for their child have failed in their duty of care. The child tends to slowly and reluctantly start exhibiting aggressive behaviours because they feel it’s the only way to survive in an bullying-entrenched environment.

Either there is no role model or the child has parents whom are poor role models, as they themselves may not have had the opportunity to learn behaviour skills.

Abuse and neglect may be present within the family household causing the child to rebel as a means of escaping. The child will feel inferior and un-loved if they are not cared for.

Its easy for a child to fit in with the wrong crowd particularly within a school environment, they feel the need to conform and find a sense of identity.  Those that socialize amongst the a ‘bad’ group of people usually indicates that they have low self-esteem.

Bullying in schools can include:

Verbal harassment
Hitting, hair pulling and kicking
Teasing and name calling
 Spreading rumours
damaging posessions
Intimidating

Plan of Filming 1

I have decided to use 2 girls to play the role of the bully characters, rather than two boys and two girls. Although the original idea shows diversity between the two sexes it also means that it’s harder to get that many people to commit. However I will now research the issues involving bullying between the female sexes, this is a very serious common problem that happens day to day in social environment’s, in particular schools.

I have arranged to continue filming on Friday 12^th at 3:20 outside of my school and told all actors to meet me at a certain place. I will bring the costumes and makeup into school in the morning and leave them in a secure place for me to collect and use at the end of the day.

My goals:

To shoot the opening scene where the bullies (2 girls) are walking out of the school gate whilst following the vampire girl whom is in front walking slowly along the paved path. I wish to get an establishing shot of the gate, fence, grassy embankment and paved path, along with the three characters.

To film the tracking shot of the vampire girls feet walking and then building up to a pace.

The Bullies feet running as they do so out of the forest

The back of the bullies as they run out of the forest. I may run whilst filming as this will then come across
as a point of view shot, because the camera focus will be jolting and unsteady.

 Finally take full length/ profile pictures of my characters which I may use when producing my promotional creations and it will also establish what they appear to look like in case I forgot when next filming other scenes involving them.