Sunday 26 April 2015

Our Horror Trailer



Myself: I was assigned the role of the camera and capturing the shots and I shared this role with Jodie Birkbeck.
 
Ashley Billingham: The editor of the film.
 
Charlotte Park: in charge of the script writing and the story boards.

Tuesday 14 April 2015

Evaluation Question Four Answer Part One

Evaluation Question Four Answer Part Two

Media Technologies

Within this day and age of WEB 2.0  I am considered to be a prosumer rather than a consumer as I am producing work that can be seen through a wider audience across the world on the internet. This will be the case since I am publishing my work to YouTube which is an online major networking site which almost everyone in the world goes on and watches numerous amounts of  videos and by publishing my work to this site this means that there will be a larger audience for our horror trailer and this means that I am entering the prosumer stage by publishing work on the internet which is important for our trailer to be published to a larger audience.


WEB 2.0 is important and must be taken into consideration as vast advances which have been made in the use and content of the internet. This is considered to be a relatively old term, however it best related t the changes which have made everything we have done possible within the promotion of our trailer and each element within my blog. The element which have been possible to use through WEB 2.0 are social media websites, video sharing, web application, blogs etc. This has allowed large paths of the internet community to lead towards a prosumer mind set which has been inspired by the success of fellow users who are considered to host many successful blogs or popular YouTube content. The term prosumer can relate to the work in which I have done and I have been inspired by the success and entertaining qualities or horror movies and online horror trailer which I have seen through the use of affordable and accessible technologies such as YouTube to produce my own content as a consumer.

Monday 13 April 2015

Filming Day Four

Filming Day Four:

This was the final day of filming which we got told to add by our teacher which was to record our final scare. We did this by going behind our school stage where it was pitch black and recording Charlotte walking up the camera slowly as she looked possessed and then the light would disappear and she would be at in the camera again using an extreme close up. We had planned to get this shot for a while but when we were recording at my house in the loft we couldn't get the correct spacing which meant we needed a different location and our teacher told us we needed to get this shot as soon as possible so we decided to come in during the holidays and get this shot due to the fact that we were already in during this day.  

Friday 27 March 2015

Showing an Audience My Ancillary Task

I decided that I would show my ancillary task to audience in order to get their opinion on my work to see if it reaches my target audience and to see if this attracts my audience which is highly important. It also allows me to see what I have done corrects and whether they though it followed the conventions of real horror magazines and poster which is again important. These audience responses will help me during my evaluation as I will be able to see what the audience think of my work in order to get audience feedback. 

Tuesday 17 March 2015

Showing Our Preliminary Task to an Audience

We decided to show our audience our preliminary task in order to see what they thought about this and we got them to compare this to the horror trailer in order to see how we developed our work and this allowed us to see how basic our preliminary task was compared to our trailer which was good for our analysis and evaluation  as I will be able to use this for my audience feedback question within my evaluation. 

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Pitch - What I'm Going to do Next

What I'm Going to do Next!

The next thing which I need to do within my blog is show my audience responses which will help me during my evaluation to help me understand my audience response. I will first show the two different audience responses for our horror trailer, I will then show the two different responses for our preliminary task so that we understand how the two are different and what the audience thought were different about the two different pieces. I will then show an audience response on my horror magazine cover and poster to see what my audience think of each one so that I can again gain feedback from my target audience.

Friday 6 March 2015

Horror Poster Questionnaire

Create your own user feedback survey

Horror Magazine Questionnaire Analysis

Tuesday 3 March 2015

Horror Magazine Questionnaire

Create your own user feedback survey

Horror Trailer Questionnaire Analysis

Friday 27 February 2015

Horror Trailer Questionnaire

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Tuesday 24 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Questionnaire Results




Ancillary Task - Questionnaire on Which Poster is Best

This is a short questionnaire asking my audience what they think of my posters and which one is best in order to see which poster grabs my audiences attention so that I can attract my target audience.

This is the questionnaire:



Sunday 22 February 2015

Filming Day Three

Filming Day Three:

This was the third day of filming and today we decided to get some shots which we thought were missing and the shots in which we needed to re-film in order for it to look better and clearer. 

Due to certain circumstances Jodie and Ashley couldn't be there at the beginning of the day so me and Charlotte decided to commence the filming in order to get as much done possible. The first thing we decided to do was get a long shot of Charlotte squirming under the covers as if something was irritating her and then she wakes up and covers her ears. This shot was used to tie in the whispers to the trailer and we believed this looked successful. We then decided to experiment with shots where it looked like someone was hanging over Charlotte holding the book. In order to get this shot I had to make sure that the camera was set in the correct way so that it didn't get my feet or legs in the shot and that it was low enough to just get my hair hanging over her, this took many shots to get it perfect. 

Once Jodie and Ashley arrived we decided to get the bathroom shot where Charlotte was standing behind Ashley in the mirror. In order to get this shot me and Jodie needed to work together as I held the camera over the bath screen Jodie had to tell me if you could see both Charlotte and Ashley in the mirror without the camera or us being seen which was successful after a number of time trying to get this shot. We then had to go up into the loft to try and film the shot where Charlotte jumps out at the individual who tries to take the book of her and we decided to do it in a different area which mad it look more professional. We then decided to get a shot where Charlotte was again reading the book but this time behind the banister bars which had connotations of horror and her being trapped in a possession with the devil's diary. 

After this we felt that we had all of our recordings in which we wanted to get in order for the trailer to have all the shots we needed.  

Saturday 21 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot Three

Horror Poster Screen Shot Three:

This is the last stage of my poster and this shows that I have finally added the image to the poster which I have manipulated to make the diary stand out and this makes the audience want to know its importance and makes them want to go see the film to see why its so important. Because the image is all black and white and then the diary has colour instantly draw the audiences attention which I feel was more successful than the other posters image.


Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot Two

Horror Poster Screen Shot Two:

This is the next stage of my horror poster and this shows that I have added the institutional information on the bottom of the poster which is a common convention with posters as this is a way to promote the people within the film if they are known celebrities. I have also added the release date of the movie on the poster so this enables the audience to see when they can go and see the film on this day which promotes the film. There is also the website of the film on the poster so the audience can go onto this website and find out a bit more about the film and possibly get involved in the promotion of the film contributing to the promotional aspect of the film. 

Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot One

Horror Poster Screen Shot One:

This is the beginning element of my horror poster and this show that I have put the title of the film at the top of the page which is not thought to be a common convention within horror posters as they often place them just above the institutional information making the image on the page stand out for the audience. I have also added additional information stating which other films the directors have created which allow the audience to see whether they think this film will be good. I have placed a tag line under the title which often grab the attention of the readers which make them wonder what this means and will interest them into going to see the film. I have also added the common conventions of the placing the age of the film at the bottom left hand corner of the page and I have also added our production company logo which we created to show who the production company of our film is in order to give them credit.

Friday 20 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Second Horror Poster

This is my final horror poster after I decided to change and manipulate the layout and image within my horror poster in order for it to look a lot more professional and more like a real media horror poster. I am going to show the process of my horror poster through screen shots of different stages within my poster showing what I did at each stage

This is my final horror poster: 


Friday 13 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot Three

Horror Poster Screen Shot Three:

This is the final screen shot within the progress of my horror poster and this shows that I have added the image to the page. The image takes up the whole which is a common convention within horror posters at the image is usually the main attraction within horror poster. As you can see the image is not very clear and the writing takes over most of the page which is something that I needed to consider in order to make it look much stronger.

Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot Two

Horror Poster Screen Shot Two:

This is the second shot of the progress of this horror poster and this shows that I have added the institutional information just under the tag line which is again a common convention within horror posters. I have then added the release date of the film which is important for horror poster and almost all horror posters will feature this on a poster for a film. There is then a recommendation at the bottom which makes the audience want to know more about the film and they will want to see for themselves if this recommendation was true. I have then added the website of the poster on the very bottom of the magazine which is again another convention on the magazine. As you can see having all this information at the bottom of the page it makes the poster look quite crowded and it might not catch the audiences attention as much which is not what I want, I want to be able to grab the readers attention more which was a weakness within this poster. 






Ancillary Task - Horror Poster Screen Shot One

Horror Poster Screen Shot One:

This is the first stage within the process of my first magazine and this shows that I have placed the title of the film on the page which really stands out against the black and if the largest writing on the page. I have then placed a tag line which is just under the title which is a common convention within horror poster. I have then placed what other films the producers have produced on the page. There is also a line which reads 'welcome to catville' which grabs the readers attention and makes them wonder what's wrong with catville. I have also placed the company logo on the page and the age declaration on the bottom right and left corners which is a common convention within horror posters.


Tuesday 10 February 2015

Ancillary Task - First Horror Poster

This is my original horror poster which I was going to use before I decided to change some elements of it. I am going to show you the development of this poster and what things I though looked poor and what I needed to do to make it look slightly better than it was in order for me to get the best marks possible.

This is my first horror poster:


Friday 6 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Magazine Screen Shot Three

Magazine Cover Screen Shot Three:

This is the final magazine cover with everything on it and as you can see the last thing I did was add the image to the page which my audience felt looked the best. As you can see I decided to manipulate my image so that it was in black and white which denotes aspects of horror and I then decided to make her eyes red so that they draw the readers attentions and allow them to see that she has some kind of evil within her which the audience an see through this image with they said grabbed their attention hence the reason as to why I decided to use this image within my horror magazine cover as it stands out against the page.

Ancillary Task - Magazine Screen Shot Two

Magazine Cover Screen Shot Two:

This is the second shot within my horror magazine cover and as you can see I have added two different sections within my magazine cover. The first thing that I have added is buzz words at the bottom of the screen which allow the readers to see what else is featured within the magazine which is another convention of horror magazines. I have also added a tag line showing the featured film of the magazine within this issue which is our horror trailer, 'Dear Devil'. As it is featured under the title it means that this instantly grabs the readers attention and makes them want to know more about the featured article.

Ancillary Task - Magazine Screen Shot One

Magazine Cover Screen Shot One:

This is the first stage of my horror magazine cover and as you see this is where I have placed my mast head at the top of the page following the conventions of real life media magazines. I have placed the bar code at the bottom left hand corner of the page which is another convention which contains the price of the magazine, the date and the issue number of the magazine. Since I have took inspiration from the real magazine of Starburst I need to do almost everything that this magazine does in order for my magazine to have aspects of real media and I done this by also placing a slogan for the magazine above the mast head which is what the real Starburst magazine does. I then placed a selling line at the bottom of the page which tells the readers what other aspects of the magazine that are incorporated which will again catch the readers attention. I have also placed the website of the magazine on the page which will allow the readers to go onto the website and find out more about this issue of the magazine which is again a common convention of horror magazines.    

 

Tuesday 3 February 2015

Ancillary Task - Questionnaire Results




Ancillary Task - Questionnaire On Which Image Looks Best

This questionnaire was short because I only wanted to see what people thought on which image looked best on my front cover in order for me to grab the attention of my audience.

This is the Questionnaire:


Saturday 31 January 2015

Ancillary Task - Horror Magazine

This is my horror magazine cover after I had changed and manipulated some elements within the magazine cover. I am going to illustrate the process of how I decided what to make my horror magazine cover look like through screen shots of each stage. But first I needed to take a questionnaire on which image the audience thought looked best for my horror poster in order for me to grab my audiences attention.

This is my horror magazine cover:


Ancillary Task - Choosing the Font for the Title

Within our ancillary task our group had to decide on what font we wanted to use for our poster and magazine cover and we all had to decide what we wanted to use together. There were multiple choices we decided to choose from for the font and these were: 






Friday 30 January 2015

Pitch - What I'm Going to do Next

What I'm Going to do Next!

Then next thing I'm going to do is show the process of my ancillary task and what I added through each stage, I will first show the development of my horror poster then the process of my horror magazine cover. Whilst I show the process of my horror magazine cover I will create a questionnaire to show how I came to deciding on what image to use for the cover as there was two possible choices and I will also make a questionnaire for the audience to see which of my posters are best out of the two different ones.

Monday 5 January 2015

Getting Permission to Use the Music Choices

Within our trailer we decided that we wanted to use the sinister sound track and in order for us to use this we needed to get permission from the owner of these tracks which was Christopher Young. 

This is Ashley emailing the production company for us to get permission to use these tracks within our trailer:



Saturday 3 January 2015

Filming Day Two

Filming Day Two:

Today we decided that we would begin to film actual scenes within our trailer as we now had a good idea of what we needed to do within our trailer and what shots which we wanted to get in order to make our trailer successful. 

Today we filmed almost everything for our trailer. We began by getting shots of us walking into the room where Charlotte was tidying her things ans we decided to get a speaking scene as we had planned to do this on our story boards and we need to get all four of us within the shot so me and Jodie figured out a way in which the camera could stand in order to allow all four of us to be in the shot and in order to do this we had to keep the camera rolling as we went out and sorted ourselves out for the scene. We also go shots of Charlotte walking up the ladders into the loft by placing the camera on a board which stood just over the stairs so that we could get a behind the shoulder shot of her coming into the attic, we then got a shot of her from the front coming up the stairs placing the camera on a high angle which is common within horror trailers. The next thing we needed to do was get Charlotte about to find the box by going down into a dark hole where there there is just a box lying there. This show was hard to get as me and Jodie couldn't stand behind the camera as the roof was triangular so we had to curl up behind the camera to see what we were getting within the shot each time. 

The next thing we wanted to do was dress Charlotte up so that we could get shots of her whilst she was getting possessed. We decided to use an old costume of mine which looked like an old fashioned dress which is typical to have the victim of the possession in within trailers. We decided to get a number of shots where Charlotte was on her own. The first shot in which we wanted to get was Charlotte sitting on the rocking horse, rocking back and forth with the book in her hand. We decided to place the camera on a low angle shot to show that she had the power and authority, and we then decided in order for the shot to make the audience jump we would get her to throw the book at the camera. We then decided to get a shot where she was sitting looking through the book at the back of the dark cupboard which looked quite creepy. We then decided to get a shot where Ashley tried to take the book off of Charlotte and Charlotte would jump at her creating a sense of tension making the audience jump. We then decided to get a shot of Charlotte walking towards the camera with a saw and the book and we had the camera on a low angle which could only see her feet walking towards the camera with her dragging the saw and this makes the audience wonder what she was going to do with this. We then decided to get a shot of Charlotte sitting with her legs hanging over the edge of the stairs with the book and us going in trying to get the book off of her, to add to this shot we decided to film an over the shoulder shot of the book getting took out of her hand and then we decided to zoom into the book on a certain page which was the 'I have your soul' page which could create suspense. 

After all of this filming we decided to leave it for that night and see what Ashley could do in order to begin to put the shots together within the trailer and she could tell us whether we need to get any other shots.