I annotated this 'Mean Girls' film poster to show and point out what main conventions were important when creating my own, I stuck to fairly all of these and stuck to the main features to include.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Monday, 27 February 2012
Ancillary Tasks
Film Poster
I have looked and researched on the internet for film posters on romantic comedy films to try and get a sense what my film poster should look like and how professional it should be, here are some examples:
I looked at 4 main romantic comedy film posters that catched my eye and looked appealing to me. These all stood out as the main image was very catchy and therefore want to know what the film is about.
The movie 'Bridesmaids' is an American comedy film which centers the plot on Annie who suffers a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honour for her best friend Lillian. I like the conventions of this film poster as it doesn't look like your 'typical' "bridesmaids" as they all seem slump in a way and slightly lazy maybe? this of course adds to the humour behind it and draws the audience in. The long shot captures the stance of all the main characters and their poses so we get a clear view of their 'personality' already without watching the film. We know by the poses of these characters and the colours that this is a 'girly' comedy film with the fusha pink standing out with the white to represent marriage and being a bride. By the bridemaids all wearing pink we know this is not an everyday wedding therefore it is more interesting and appealing.
Secondly the film poster for the movie 'Arthur' has a comical feel to the image to put the comedy feel across to the audience. The storyline of this film is about a drunken playboy who stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.
I have looked and researched on the internet for film posters on romantic comedy films to try and get a sense what my film poster should look like and how professional it should be, here are some examples:
I looked at 4 main romantic comedy film posters that catched my eye and looked appealing to me. These all stood out as the main image was very catchy and therefore want to know what the film is about.
The movie 'Bridesmaids' is an American comedy film which centers the plot on Annie who suffers a series of misfortunes after being asked to serve as maid of honour for her best friend Lillian. I like the conventions of this film poster as it doesn't look like your 'typical' "bridesmaids" as they all seem slump in a way and slightly lazy maybe? this of course adds to the humour behind it and draws the audience in. The long shot captures the stance of all the main characters and their poses so we get a clear view of their 'personality' already without watching the film. We know by the poses of these characters and the colours that this is a 'girly' comedy film with the fusha pink standing out with the white to represent marriage and being a bride. By the bridemaids all wearing pink we know this is not an everyday wedding therefore it is more interesting and appealing.
Secondly the film poster for the movie 'Arthur' has a comical feel to the image to put the comedy feel across to the audience. The storyline of this film is about a drunken playboy who stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Filming: Changing ideas
Throughout the process of filming we had to cut back a lot of our ideas and change some things that we thought would work better in the final trailer. Things we had to change were scenes that we plannned to do from our storyboard planning and prep but they were only minor. Everything else we kept to what we had originally had planned and thought of.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Editing
We have started editing now with all the footage we have taken over these past few weeks which we have collected and downloaded on the computer to start cutting bits of it. This is harder than we thought as some footage wobbled and sometimes there was laughing from people in the background so we have to cut the film perfectly so none of that is showing and we only show the main bits that are relevant to the trailer.
Because our trailer is based on a romantic comedy I have made sure that the text and style font fits the genre we have chosen. For example, here is a rough draft of what I have made for pauses during the trailer to give it a storyline and to keep reminding the audience of what is going on.
Because our trailer is based on a romantic comedy I have made sure that the text and style font fits the genre we have chosen. For example, here is a rough draft of what I have made for pauses during the trailer to give it a storyline and to keep reminding the audience of what is going on.
These will appear after a clip of the trailer to keep the audience on top of what the movie is about and keep their attention and interest on the trailer and storyline so can entice them to go to want and go and see it. They will be edited into the film for around 2 seconds which is just enough time for the viewer to get a glimpse and understanding of what is going on.
Friday, 9 December 2011
Ident
When thinking about our ident we wanted to make sure that it associated with our trailer so we came up with the name of 'Shooting Star Productions'. After a lot of thought we decided that the star tied in with the whole point of being a 'star' and shining in the school show. The name signifies stardom and fame and the background image which is the mellow moon in the night sky suggests a 'romantic' vibe, this is good because it's what we wanted to achieve as we have chosen to do a romantic comedy. We used a publisher and photobucket found the background that looked suitable.
This is our final outcome of our ident. I like the overall effect and think the atmosphere it creates is very much a part of what our film is meant to be about. The most difficult thing was to edit the shooting star going through the sky because it consisted of moving it up each time in each shot.
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