My Research- Film Poster 2

This film poster advertises the famous 'Texas Chain Massacre'. The poster itself is very dark which created tenions and horror.  The picture of the person is very faint which makes the audience a feel a bit uneasy about what the character is. The background being dark also makes the picture more apparant. Again as the bakgroundc is ompletely black this makes the  picture of the man is very blurred, which created an atmosphere that the man himself doesnt want to me seen. This makes the audience un easy and confused. The white writing stands out  and this catches the audiences attention and makes the audience read the writing. The I like this very as the writing stands out very well and the background is simple but bold. The picture of just the man is very simple but is very effective. The dark area around his eyes denote a sense of horror. Not being able to see the mans eyes adds to the effect of not knowing his identity. The only thing that I dislike about this poster is that there is hardly any colour involved, in which is comes across a bit dull and boring. It may not be eye catching for the audience and people may not stop to look at it. Although I do like the idea of the dark background and the light coloured picture it does go across a bit full. Although They contrast against one another and it does work well, the colours are slightly boring but it does work. I will hope to use idea of dark background and light coloured writing and picture for my Film Poster 

  

My Research- Film Poster 1

For my  task I will be creating my trailer, but also I Will be needing to create a film poster. I will be doing my research on various film poster magazines which I will find on goggle. I Will be focusing on colour, titles, text and the picture itself to help me create my own Film Poster.

This poster is the poster the advertises the film, 'Nightmare on Elm Street'. The colours on this poster are very defined and dark. The colour consists of reds, browns, oranges and whites all to enhance the character himself and also the 'horror' genre. The writing is is red and white. The red writing can symbolise blood and also can symbolise attention and the action to 'stop'. The effect of the film title being bigger than the over text defiantly draws the audiences eyes to it. The picture itself is very effect. Freddie himself who is the evil character in the film, his eye site is facing down and the hat is covering his face. The denotes a sense of hidden secrecy, of hidden overall. It makes the audience want to see whats underneath the hat, and to see whats being hidden. Also he gesture with his hands are effect, his hands and cross and he knife finger on his right hands is his weapon. His hands being crossed creates a 'job done' effect. It makes him seen harmless and not afraid of anything. There is a light behind his head makes the audience want to also see whats behind him. It denotes a sense of him in the dark, and him being an evil character, and behind him is light and life like. Overall I think that this poster is very scary and advertises the film very good. As I have seen this film it fits with the genre very well. Also bellow the film title the date on the film coming out if written. All these little extra bits help the film poster very successful!

What is a film poster?

A movie poster is a poster used to advertise a film. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature photographs of the main actors. Prior to the 1990s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on movie posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tag line, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_poster

SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!

During the summer holidays it was are task to start creating and making or chosen task. I finally decided to create a teaser trailer genred at horror. I had to start thinking about a lot of things! I had to come up with a believable story line and also one that would leave the audience on the end of their seats. I had to start thinking about actors, the set, makeup! I found this very hard but I managed to get there! Most of all I  had too purchase a video recorder to film it all on! My story line that I chosen is something that scares me! It has been done in alot of horror movies and I decided to be creative and have ago at creating a similar but different story line myself. My first shot, is a door shaking as if someone wants to come in but is not welcome, the door then starts to shake alot more stronger. During this shot I will be having words/sentences coming up on the screen aimed to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. E.g 'At night when your home alone, there's always someone not welcome' 'However hard you tell yourself that know ones not there..... what happens if there is?' these are not the exact line but i would like something like this, this will be the beginning of my trailer! I have a lot more things to do and add into my trailer but this is the beginning. I hope my trailer will be as scary and as good as I hope it will be! Since the holidays are over, I will now be concentrating more on the work and also the making of my trailer!

Past students teaser trailors

Today in media we looked at and discussed students own teaser trailers from last year. Seeing as I have chosen this option it was defiantly a great help to me. We discussed about the pro's and con's and also about the conventions of it, if it made sense, if the lighting was correct, the area setting etc and how little eras can really either make or ruin it! The sound/music/voice that is put into the trailer can really make it good. One of the trailers had a dramatic scream during the end, which made the class scream and left people on the edge or our seat, this really was an excellent idea and I would consider using this in my own personal teaser trailer. There are a lot of extra things I personally think that ‘make’ a horror teaser trailer effective. ETC music, sudden effects, the lighting, a false sense of security. I now know with my horror teaser trailer that I have to gain the audiences attention very quickly for them to pay attention to the rest of my trailer! I hope to be looking at some more horror genre teaser trailers before I begin to make mine. I am looking forward very much to making my teaser trailer!

Examples of music video's

 

Today in media we watched past students music videos. We discussed the pros and cons of each of them from our point of view. This really helped me because it showed me how a finished music video looks, and how much precision it takes to create and music video and also how little mistakes can totally throw the audience. Looking at and discussing other students music videos gave me a good idea of how much work was needed to be done. I helped me to understand a lot about all the different shots, and all the different things you had to think about. I discovered that for a lot of the students they had trouble with filming their music videos outside, due to pedestrians always walking past. Before I didn’t realise that this was a problem. It shows me how hard it is to film outside! Also a music video is a lot longer than a film trailer! From looking at past students  music vidoe’s I hope to be creating a teaser trailer!

Examples of teaser trailers

In this lesson of media we were shown examples of very successful teaser trailers. We discussed  what made they interesting to watch and what also drew are attention to wanting to go and view the film. We watched ' Transformers 3' and 'Twilight ' Breaking Dawn' which are all very good trailers. I know I will go to watch both as these films as the trailers left me wanting to no what happens next. We also watched the 'horror' genre of teaser trailer which caught my attention! The theme’s for the teaser trailer’s we watched were; action, horror, sci-fi and Rom-com. They all caught my attention straight away and believe that, this is the key to a successful trailer! At this point in time I am swayed more towards making a teaser trailer! I hope to view other trailers before I begin to make my trailer as it defiantly helped me a lot