Main Task: Final Trailer

Ancillary Task: Magazine Cover

Ancillary Task: Movie Poster

Question 1: In which ways does your Media Product use, develop or challenge forms & Conventions of Media Products?

Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

Question 3: What have you learn from Audience feedback?

In addition to conducting audience research on social networks such as Facebook I then asked a questionnaire to individuals that are what I'm considering to be my target audience age.

I asked questions based around their understanding of the narrative behind the trailer.

I learnt that the one downside to having a trailer without speech can result in the narrative not being as clear as a trailer with speech.

After watching the first section of the trailer

After watching the second section of the trailer

After watching the remaining minute of the trailer

Question 4: How did you use Media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Added Media Trailer Convention

I print screened the credits that are shown at the end of my style model 'The Possession' film trailer on youtube. Then edited it on photoshop changing the names of the companies and film title area to match my film trailer.

Here is the convention of credits in my trailer on iMovie.

Convention of the use of a hashtag for twitter promotion

Further finishing touches on my trailer

 I have made a few changed to my trailer as I felt it was a bit long winded. So I have shorted and cut certain shots to make the time scale shorter.

In addition to that adjustment I have polished up the change in the music section of my trailer. I wanted to make the change over even more subtle and fade out less harshly. But I still want the audience to be fully aware that the change in music means there has been a change in the scenes, there is a difference in atmosphere/tone since the first half.

Magazine Cover Update

This is my magazine PSD. file in photoshop next to my style model 'Total Film' magazine which also consist of a extreme close up with bold thick text.

New Pictures For Magazine

Taken with my Canon 5D Mark II camera with 17-40mm lens using the manual focus along with my lensbaby sweet 35 lens on the first two images that creates a smaller depth of field focus ring to create an eerie atmospheric photograph which is what I was planning as the film trailer the magazine is promoting is of a thriller genre so I want that to be portrayed through the magazine and poster too.

Magazine Font Ideas

I am wanting a bold font in capitals. As my magazine name is short; 'Elite' I need it to be big so it covers the right amount of the front cover. Due to me using a small word I am able to have it big instead of a long name being squeezed onto the page.

Film Magazine Draft Sketch

In the next few days I am planning to take new pictures for my film magazine.
I am wanting either an Extreme Close Up or a Medium Close Up. Both options containing the important strong eye contact with the camera.

Style model being 'Total Film'.

Magazine Style Model Ideas

 

                          

 

Improving the music changeover

After conducting my audience research questionnaire with the target audience I took on board some of the comments and have altered the changeover of two of the songs in my trailer to have more of a gradual gradient in pitch rather than a sudden change in song which comes across a bit too harsh and obvious.

So within iMovie I have spread out the fading of the first song down to silent and made the build up of the second song more steady, so the entrance of the song is no longer the only thing you notice as I do not want the song to take away what is making shown through the shots.

Poster update with style model

This is my main style model when it comes to text placement and text size in scale with the rest of the poster. I am considering moving the 'the' text more central on top of the word 'Isolation'.

Font Choice

I have decided that I want a typewriting font for the title of my film on the poster. I liked it as it suited being a lower Opacity as I made the 'The' more faded than 'Isolation'.

Photoshop Work

Preliminary task update print screen of my work so far in photoshop.

I am continuing to look for the right font to put on the film poster. I am wanting a spooky/eerie font that shows the genre with clarity.

I have found a few that I like the look of whilst browsing 'dafont.com'

   

 

   

 

   

 

Target Audience Research Questions

(Ask target audience questions after filming them watching the trailer in three sections) Location is my house; original better quality version with tri pod)

1) Within the first 30 seconds are you able to understand what genre the film would be?

2) What age group do you think it would be aimed at?

(After watching the next 30 seconds of the trailer)

1) What is your favourite shot and reason behind it being your favourite?
2) Can you tell what is possible happening in the shots?

(After watching the remaining trailer shots)

1)  Has the narrative been made clear?
2) What could be improved?

Target Audience

The main target audience of my trailer/film will be both genders; male and female. With an average age of 15-20. As the actress used is in the trailer is within that age the same age group will want to watch.

I have decided it will be an american PG13 and a United Kingdom equivalent of a 12A or 15.

Style Model Examples

 

I have posted these images of film posters as examples because they all have a faded second image in the background likewise to mine. 

My text placement and the feature of only having one main photo as the focus point came from the horror/thriller film (which is also the same aimed genre of mine) poster that is underneath;