Poster Draft Feedback

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This is the feedback on the poster draft I have created. Overall the feedback was fairly positive and "does what it is supposed to do" as mentioned by Mr Matthews. The font of the masthead/title is one of the audience's favourite as I have successfully followed the convention of a thriller through the use of red which serves as the title's shadow. Another is the main image. Neto has mentioned that the use of low key and hard lighting made the model mysterious as "you don't know if it's a good person or bad person" therefore I have captured another convention of a thriller genre. Mr Matthews pointed out a design principle that has stood out which is the model's tie being at the centre of the poster. The main advice the audience was to enlarge the credits font size to make it clearer to read. And one last minor improvement was to perhaps change the white font colour on the masthead as "it's a bit too harsh". In this case, I may consider changing the colour to grey or something that still connotes the convention of a thriller.

Nina 
31. 01.18

2nd Film Trailer Feedback

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In conjunction with the previous post, I have asked a few people to give in their feedback on the 2nd trailer. Overall, the main focus is the audio of the trailer. One suggested adding a diegetic sound or foley on top of scenes (eg: intercom voice scene) making it more intriguing and fast-paced. The next is miscellaneous shots that are not needed/ does not comply with the trailer, as suggested by one. In terms of successfully following the conventions of a thriller genre, the trailer has shown it.


Nina
22. 01.18

Film Trailer Draft 2

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After considering the feedback we got from the first draft, I have edited another film trailer draft with a few adjustments such as adding fast-paced editing, more clips to add tension and rearranging some clips. Below is the second film trailer draft and similar to the first draft, we will ask an audience to give feedback.


Nina
18.01.18

Why I Chose Entertainment Weekly

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Entertainment Weekly

• US Entertainment Weekly magazine is produced and made in America and published by Meredith Corporation.
• The magazine contains all the latest gossip on the best new films, TV shows, and music.
• Each issue delivers the most exciting entertainment news around.
• It is designed to keep their readers up to date with everything.
• Currently, it is huge in America and becoming even more popular in the UK.
• They regularly provide previews of the biggest upcoming film so consumers do not miss out.  

These are factual information about the magazine, Entertainment Weekly and serves as a summary of why I chose this magazine to feature the film. Our film trailer's target audience is young adults ages 15 and above. This age group is drawn to the latest trends, gossips, TV shows, etc which Entertainment Weekly can follow. Digging into more research, I have picked out a few of their magazines to see if they follow a specific house style or scheme throughout the magazines. After thorough scanning, I notice they do not follow a specific colour scheme/ house style in each magazine issue. Instead, they follow the convention of the main topic's genre.

For example, the main topic of this magazine is about the TV series, Stranger Things. Its genre is supernatural, science, horror fiction, and historical period drama; hence the use of grey and cool undertones, retro font, model's messy hair and stationary gaze towards the audience.

 In this issue, the topic is Outlander and its genre historical fiction, romance, and science fantasy. They showed this through the mise-en-scene: historic clothing, medieval outdoor location, gold font colour, use of sophisticated font style for "Outlander".

The final one is about Avengers: Infinity War. Its genre is action, adventure, science fiction, and fantasy. This subeversion of genres is evident through the use of a galactic background, Black Panther 'demonstrating' his power, and a lightning bolt across the page.













Overall, Entertainment is the right magazine that can feature our film genre appropriately. Through following the conventions of our genre, Entertainment Weekly will be successful in portraying this.

Nina
15.01.18

Poster Draft

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Below is the draft of my poster.  Following the conventions of thriller/crime genre, I used various techniques such as low key lighting and using an ominous and daunting font. To welcome room for improvement, I will be asking a few people to feedback on my poster.

Nina
12.01.18

Poster Mock-Up

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Below is the mock-up of my poster. This will guide me on where to put (for example) the tagline/quote at the right appropriate and suitable place in order to achieve the desired poster.

Nina
11.01.18

Poster Image Editing

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Following up my post on the selection process of the cover image, below I have presented and explained the step-by-step editing of the final cover image for my poster. With the help of research and knowledge, I feel that I have achieved the right product at the end that is suitable for a thriller/crime genre.



Nina
11.01.18

Cover Image for Poster

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After analysing a film poster of the same genre, I have conducted a photo shoot and chose photos that will be appropriate for the cover image for my poster. Below is an explanation of each photo I have taken as well as the final image.


Nina
09.01.18

Semiotic Analysis of a Thriller Poster

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Below is a semiotic analysis of a film poster of the same genre as my film trailer. I chose a simplistic poster as these posters normally carry more value through distinct editing, colour scheme and vocabulary. And as mentioned in the film pitch, we chose author Stephen King (who has written 'Carrie' and 'IT') as part of our unique selling point. Through this analysis, I have gained a better insight on what to include to my own poster.

Nina
07.01.18

Semiotic Analysis of 3 Film Magazines

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Part of the coursework is the ancillary which is to create a magazine and poster for the trailer. Whilst still in the process of finishing off the trailer, I have started to think about what my magazine would look like, taking into consideration that it has to fit with the genre, target audience and overall theme of the trailer. For this, I have chosen 3 film magazine covers of different genres to able to explore and see what would go to my final magazine cover. But as the final magazine to feature my film, I have chosen Entertainment Weekly and I will be explaining why in a separate post.

Nina
05.01.18