Magazine Editing Process

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Below is a presentation of the editing process of my magazine cover where I have explained the reasons why I have chosen each step.


Nina 

03.03.18

Magazine Draft

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Below is the draft of my magazine cover following up the selection process for the magazine's cover image. For the magazine, I have decided to use one of the plotlines 'suspects' to intrigue the audience as to who the real murderer is. I gained inspiration from American TV show's posters (as seen below) where each student had a dialogue about what they said about the protagonist's murder.

Instead of plastering the words on the cover model's face, I thought of having the texts on the sides for the audience to still recognize the character.

 The follow-up post will be an audience feedback to help me on what to improve or add on.

















Nina 

28 02.18

Cover Image for Magazine

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Part of the ancillary task is to create a magazine cover in conjunction with the poster and film trailer. I have stated that I will be choosing Entertainment Weekly as the magazine which will feature my own film because they follow the genre of the main topic. In this case, the genre of my product is thriller/crime. To capture this genre for the magazine, I have taken pictures for my magazine cover and below I will be choosing the final cover image that is most suitable for this genre.

Firstly, I chose one of the 'suspicions' from the storyline to leave the audience question whether she is the true suspect of the crime.

The use of medium long shot and her hands gesturing as if she is handcuffed on this photo makes the character quite menacing and could possibly fit as the cover image of the magazine. The reason for not choosing this is because of the character looking too distant from the audience.










The low key and harsh lighting make the photo quite dark and the character less visible, hence, I will not be using this.

 

I have decided on this image as the soft lighting makes the character more visible compared to the previous photo.  This is the perfect camera shot as it is medium shot and enough for the audience to capture the model's menacing and suspicious gaze.

Nina 
04. 02.18

Magazine Mock-Up

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Below is an outline of the magazine cover I will be creating as part of the ancillary task. This will guide me through the editing process to know where each element falls under (eg: masthead at the top, a barcode on the bottom of the page, etc.)

Nina 
02. 02.18

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

Day 4 of Filming

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The final scene is when the 'murderer' (Freddie) stands in the middle of the woods, holding a knife. One of our peers, Sam Lewis, helped us scout for the location and found a very suitable place down Reynolds Lane which perfectly captured the aura we were going for.

Nina
16.12.17

Day 3 of Filming

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On the third day of filming, we shot the classroom scene wherein the five main characters are introduced. There were some difficulties during the filming due to the audio and SD card of one of the cameras. However, in the end, the filming was presumed and went smoothly. Also, our media studies teacher took the role of the teacher since he is quite good at acting.

Below are the production schedule and snippet of the footage we filmed.

Nina
15.12.17

Day 2.2 of Filming

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After we filmed the protagonists' scene, Freddie (Sam Brown) and Zack (Connor Terry)'s was next. Tamryn actually suggested us to film a scene wherein the audience will question whether Zack has cheated on Anna Marie with Freddie and/or Freddie secretly has feelings for Zack, therefore, puzzling the minds of the audience to think whether Zack or Freddie killed Anna Marie to gain what they want.

Below are the production schedule and snippet of the footage we filmed.

Nina
14.12.17

Day 2 of Filming

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We filmed the next scene of the protagonist, Anna Marie (Tamryn Scott). The main locations for the scene are in the sixth form and north buildings and we will be filming Anna Marie running away from her murderer. It was a perfect weather for filming because it wasn't raining nor was it sunny, accurately capturing the mood of the scene.

Below are the production schedule and snippets of the footage we filmed.

Nina
14.12.17

Day 1 of Filming

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We started filming the scene of the intercom voice, Josh Chadwick. Since the main location for the whole film is in the sixth form building, we decided to use the lecture theatre to film this scene. This is because we could easily change the lighting in order to set the scene.

Below are the production schedule and snippet of the footage we filmed.

Nina
12.12.17

Storyboard

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As part of the planning process, it is a requirement to create a storyboard to help and guide us in the making of our film trailer. Below is the continuation the storyboard.

OPENING SCENE (Act 1)

Acts 2 and 3

Acts 4 and 5

As mentioned, this will help guide us in the making of our film trailer. We may or may not change the scenes throughout the filmmaking.

Nina
30.11.17

Script

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Below is the script the characters will have to read through for their scenes. The ones italicised in red are the stage directions. This is script overview of the film trailer and an insight of what will be happening in each act and scene.

Nina
28.11.17

Location Recce (Part 2)

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This is the second part of the location recce and here I will be talking about the locations we will not likely film for our film trailer.

1. This is the south building which looks like the perfect place to film trailer. However, we want our film trailer to focus on students our age which is mainly sixth formers, hence why we chose to focus on the sixth form building.

2. The car park would have been another great place to film our trailer, however, because the times of when we will be filming are mostly during the school hours until 5:00 p.m and the numerous cars around this area, it will be hard to set the atmosphere to match our genre.

3.  Although we have incorporated locations where stairs are available, we did not choose these two because (1st picture) it did not seem too eerie and (2nd picture) you could see a chunk of the north building which may deter the audience's attention.

Nina
08.11.17

Location Recce

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Part of our planning is to scout locations for our film trailer. Because my group has chosen to solely focus our film trailer at school, St Gregory's Catholic School, our location recce was straightforward to do.

1. This is the exterior of the sixth form centre and we chose this because it is great for an establishing shot at the beginning of the film trailer for the audience to recognise the prime location of the film trailer.
Alongside this point, we took this at a low angle to be able to evoke an empowering and intimidating aura and the eerie atmosphere, if filmed during dusk, will be able to entice the audience.

  2. These 3 images all share the same aspect of having leading lines which draws attention to the audience to the focal point of the image and it perfectly fits gives off a mysterious uncanny vibe fitting in with the genre of the film trailer.

 

3. Chiaroscuro is an effect caused by the contrast between light and shadow and we were looking for locations that would be able to match this description. The entrance of the north building hallway, wind tunnel, and south building lavatory evoke this enigmatic and perplexing representation.

4. Stairs are often used in mystery/ thriller films as a gateway for the plot to lead a character to the unknown. We have found various locations not only around the sixth form building but also around the courtyard and south building.

 

5. The balcony in the middle floor of the sixth form building is a great place to shoot any intense scene such as someone forcibly pushing another off the balcony or any heart-racing arguments.

6. These are miscellaneous locations where we could film scenes which involve a character running from someone or an establishing shot to introduce the beginning of the next scene.

7. Lastly is the gate outside the corner of the south building. Although it looks quite serene and peaceful during the day, when filmed at dusk it will be a sinister place to film the death of the main character or any flashbacks.

Nina
08.11.17