Audience feedback of film poster

It was very good to see that from the audience feedback that the Ward 13 film poster was being compared with other movie posters. With the help of formats such as Photoshop, it is very possible to design something making it look real.

Editing

Whilst filming, we made sure to have as much footage as possible, so that there would be a variety to choose from. We then chose the best bits of footage and began editing on iMovie HD;

iMovie was quite easy to use as it could a range of things such as organising, editing, sounding and cutting parts of each clip. It was also very reliable to use as if you accidentally deleted a clip, you could click on 'undo' and the clip would re-appear.

I used Final Cut Pro to do the special effects, sounds and the 'complicated' things. I was lucky enough to have this software of my personal computer so it was easily accessible and I could have more time to work on it.

Movie magazine cover

We chose the name 'Cinema' for the movie magazine which is very suitable for any genre movie, it doesn't necessarily have to be a horror movie magazine because just by looking at the photo, the reader could tell straight away what genre.
We used quite an effective picture taken from the movie for the magazine cover to freak out the reader a bit.

We already had some experience of magazine covers as from year 12 work, we learnt the basic things needed on a front cover;

A big, bold title

A main use of colours e.g. cinema - red,white and black [like NME]

A lot of text/ information luring the reader to buy the magazine!

Film company film poster design

We still stuck with the creative film company name 'Light Scream', btu we thought that the design was a bit bland and needed to be improved so we ended up with this design which was much better

Photoshop was a very helpful device to improve the look of the film company on the movie poster. By looking at this alone, it would definitely look like it belongs on a film poster

Ward 13 film poster

EXAMPLE;

This was the first example of the Ward 13 film poster. We decided to make another different example so that it would show the progression of the appearance of the movie poster, and so that there would be a variety; we could choose from one to the other and plus we had time.

Starting the film poster wasn't bad as I was already aware of how to use Photoshop. After seeing the result of the film poster, me and Eleona realised that the image wasn't powerful enough. We still decided to blog this to show different examples of film posters for Ward 13. To produce the text on the film poster, I also looked at other film posters for inspiration such as 'Let Me In'. All film posters HAVE to include;

-The title; of course

-The production company

-A tagline

-Age certificate

-Any useful information i.e. actors or directors

Filming

With the help of the action planning sheet we were given in class, we were able to organise WHEN we would be filming, WHO would be needed, WHERE it was and WHAT would be needed.


The first filming we did was the 'Torture room' scene which was the last bit of the trailer but since it was easily accesible to film at, that is why we decided to film there first. Me and Eleona took turns whilst filming and it went well. The main character, Doctor Lemmings was obviously needed for this part.

The second part of filming we did took place in Homerton Hospital; where the film is based on. David (Doctor Lemmings) and Myself were needed for this part and Eleona was the camera person. This part of the trailer is very chilling for the audience as the 'dead patient' appears to haunt Doctor Lemmings.

The third part of filming was the 'office' scene when Doctor Lemmings is informed by co-worker Donna, that his favourite patient Maya has died. This part of the scene contains dialogue and basically tells a bit of the content of what has happened and explains the storyline. Every word in a trailer counts - especially the trailers we see today that can last up to 20 seconds. Me and Eleona both filmed as I playing Maya wasn't needed in this scene.

[To see all filming pictures please click on following link]

Shot List

We made sure that our shot list wasn't too confusing and that we would be able to follow it well. It included in columns the scene number, the location, the shot type, framing, the cameras POV, and the action/dialogue included in each shot.
This was also very helpful for editing on iMovie as we would know how to organise the footage

Film company

We found it quite enjoyably making up our own film company name since I knew a lot of groups in our class would most probably use the company 'Twisted Pictures', so it was good for us to do something different. We chose the name 'Light Scream' as there is something quite mysterious about the name and it suits the introduction of a horror movie trailer.

Evaluation of my Research and Planning

Research and planning contributed A LOT to the production, analysis and note taking of producing my horror movie trailer as it covered almost EVERYTHING needed to be considered whilst undergoing filming and brainstorming. We definitely USED conventions of the horror genre with the use of props we had. Bits of costume such as scabs on the face, blood and a patients suit really convey the hospital theme in ‘Ward 13’ and was really effective, especially for the character Maya who is the antagonist. At first Me and Eleona were just going to put a mask on Maya, making her look more like a monster but blemishes and cuts on her face really completed the ‘look’ we imagined her having, since her character had risen from the dead. This developed the forms and conventions of the horror genre by improving the looks of the character Maya to make it look more professional. We definitely challenged forms and conventions of the Horror Genre. As me and Eleona noticed, in the other groups in our media class, the characters were teenagers whereas in Ward 13, the characters came across as older and mature and since the age certificate for most horror movie trailers in our class were aimed at a 15+ audience, it would obviously appeal to people aged 15 and above. However, after doing some research on film and age certificates, its not always certain age groups that would go to see certain films, most of the time it depends on the characters in the film. Our main target audience were aged 15-28 as it isn’t necessarily a mature film, it is just the characters that are mature and this film would be quite understandable for this age group as the storyline isn’t too complicated.

Age certificates

We chose to make our film a 15. This would mean that anyone over 15 years old can legally watch, so we have already limited our audience. However, our core audience is 15-28 year olds and the secondary is 28-38 years old. We should be able to reach a large audience, which would help to maximise publicity.

We decided to have the certificate as 'TBC' as it doesn't necessarily target a certain age group - it targets a range of adults

Action planning

The organisation of this film trailer really had to be precise and the work had to be efficient. We made sure that we knew the days of filming, what we would be doing on these days, what would be needed, and we also set ourselves targets.

The action planning schedule was as follows;

05/11/10 - Prepare props(Hannah)

Prepare camera(Eleona)

Take photos(Eleona)

Targets/action - Finish this scene of the trailer by Monday as it takes place outside of an hospital - an open space.

08/11/10 - Prepare camera

Prepare costumes (Both Eleona)

08/11/10 - Prepare camera (Hannah)

Display props around room (Eleona)

Since there were three settings; the office, outside of the hospital and the torture room, we only needed