Manipulated images for poster and magazine

I manipulated a few potential images for the poster and magazine on photoshop to see what effects looked good and worked well with our horror film.

For this image, i made it blacnka nd white as i feel darker images fitted in alot better with our horror genre. I then used the burn tool to create the dark effect around the body.

For this image, i used the lasoo tool to cut the body out as the background made the image less effective. I changed the hue and saturation in order to create a darker image as bright colours didn't work well with our genre. I then used a tool which allowed me to select parts of the image and change its colour which is what i did with the rose. This stands out alot against the dark image and also shows the significance of the rose in our film 'Torture'.

Production Logos

These are the production logos to be used at the beginning of our 'Torture' teaser trailer. We have decided to use production logos because we feel they will add a professional and realistic like appearance to our trailer, as they are nearly always displayed at the beginning of real trailers. We created these very simple logos in Adobe Photoshop by just adding text on top of an image. For the 'Casper Productions' logo we inverted the colours from a black ghost on a white background to a white ghost on a black background, to add a more sinster feel.

Third Draft Poster

This is our groups second draft for our poster created by emma. The image used is effective and will catch the audience's eye. By changing the image to black and white, i feel a though it fits in more with our horror film and also makes the red title 'Torture' stand out alot more to the audience and look more effective. It shows both of the main characters and gives an insight on the storyline of the magazine. The title of our film 'Torture' needs to stand out alot more. The font could be changed to a more gothic/horror font in order to fit in with our genre of film and to also make it stand out to the audience. This poster also lacks a few details such as production logos. age certificate and the main actors; these are all features that need to be included in roder for the magazine to look professional.

Third Draft Magazine

This is our second draft magazine cover which was created by me. It includes the main features of a magazine and also an original image which links to our film trailer. The cover looks very simple and lacks alot of detail, it just includes the basics. The main headline 'Torture' needs to stand out alot more and look effective so it stands out to the audience and is also recognisable to the film. The font of the name of the magazine is again very simple and doesnt stand out, this needs to eb changed in order the catch the audienc'es attention when on a shelf. Magazine covers usually include pictures of other new films that are out and information about them. Our magazine also needs to include more about what is featured in the magazine in order to look like a professional film magazine.

Second Draft Trailer

Untitled from Annie Byrne on Vimeo.

This is an improvement on our first draft trailer as we were able to use high quality filming equipment and also able to use imovie which is software that allowed us to cut clips, rearrange them and add transitions etc. This film trailer doesn't really build up tension. It cuts from each clip to the next. Fade to blacks need to be added in and the pace of the film trailer should start slow and get quicker in order to add tension. The close up of the eyes adds drama to the trailer, showing the audience how to feel at that moment in time. Keeping the storyline simple adds suspense, simple storyline for a horror trailer makes it easier to play on fear.
To make this film trailer more memorable to the audience some key features need to be added. Text inserts puncuate the trailer. Music over the film trailer helps the build up the tension of the film. To make this mroe effective, the sound needs to fit in with what is happening in the trailer and make certain parts of the trailer to stand out to the audience.
Our second draft trailer was edited by Emma and me with input of decisions from Jamie and Liam.

Potential images for poster and magazine

This image is a death threat from the killer to the teacher. It is clever as it says 'teach you a lesson' which links in with the victim being a teacher. This image isn't a good image to use for the poster or magazine as it doesn't include the main characters and the picture isn't very appealing. It wouldn't draw the audience'es attention in.

These are images of the main props in our film trailer which are a death threat and a rose. Again these images don't include the main characters in our horror film so it wouldn't be very recognisable to the audience.

These are all images of the the teacher, victim, and the killer. These are effective as they portray that the killer is stalking the teacher which gives an insight of what the horror film 'Torture' is about. The clearer images of the two main characters would be good to use for either our poster or magazine. They would catch the audience's eye and the audience would be able to recognise which film is being advertised.

This image shows the main characters but doesn't look very effective so wouldn't be a good image to use. Also, we decided not to use the death threat in this image in our film trailer therefore, it wouldn't link in.

Final Decisions for Location, Costume, Props and Cast

Cast

Location

Fourth Team Meeting

In our fourth team meeting, we came to the decision of changing our storyline. We felt as though the clown was too 'typical' for a horror film. We decided to go with emma's storyboard about the teacher being stalked. We decided to use Emma as our teacher and Liam as the killer. Me and Jamie are going to do the filming.

Film Schedule

For our teaser trailer we decided to go with our second draft storyboard. We will be filming in our lessons on Mondays and Thursdays and also using the media suite in our spare time.

Second Draft Storyboard

Second Draft Storyboard

Third Team Meeting

For our third team meeting my group and I discussed the setting, props and costume to be used for our horror teaser trailer. We decided to use the school grounds and the leacture theatre for the classroom. The costume will be casual clothes for the victim and a clown costume for the killer; this is particually familiar to the horror genre.