Posters

Posters

We had to do some research on posters as well because part of this project was to create a poster which has the purpose of advertising and promoting the movie. So we researched the posters and looked at the detail that was put in and what the codes and conventions are for this.

Looper Poster


The poster is split into the future and the past. As you can see, the older character may have to face his past whilst the younger character may have to fight his future. The film is all to do with time travelling and shows the older person as the future of the younger person. The older character is pointing his gun to the left which represents the past whilst the younger guy is pointing it to the right which represents the future. The poster makes you think as you don’t know if they are fighting each other or working together.

What publishers do when they have made a poster, they mention all the companies and sponsors that they have at the bottom of the poster. It is not the most important feature on the poster so it gets put in a small text so your eyes are more focused on the design and image of the poster.

The title of the film is in a large font. They have done this for you to put focus on that title. It is the largest font on the page so it shows that it is the title of the film. The letters are widely spread from each other and this may have been done to show the time gaps between the two characters. It is representing the time travel.

Bourne Legacy Poster

 

The postershows a large image of a character. This represents that he is the main star in the film and that is who you will be focusing on throughout it. It is not a still image as it is showing him in action. This is good as it is representing a genre in the film. Showing you that there is action.

The black lines that there are on the poster that say “There was never just one” may suggest that there is a code that needs cracking. That might be the plot of the film and the purpose of it all. Posters give hints with the way the features have been represented.

As you can see on many other posters, the title is once again large and bold to attract attention to the poster and to show the film title. Also what some posters do is put the actor’s real name on and whoever else features in the film as well. Then there is the small font at the bottom of the page which shows the companies and sponsors that have been involved in the film making. There are many codes and conventions in posters and these are the main ones.

Skyfall Poster

 

This is the Skyfall poster. There have been many of the James Bond films that have been released and there are different posters for each of them. But one feature that they keep and include on most posters is the spiral background thag you can see. It is going round and in the middle there is James Bond. This instantly shows that he is the main guy in the film. Then there is the title of the film which has a large text and bold font towards it. The sizes of the film title show that this is a code and convention when making a poster. You need a large font in the title to show that it is the title of the film. At the bottom of the poster there is the name of the companies and sponsors. Once again they have been wrote in small text because they are not as important as the design of the poster. Too much text on the poster will take away the creativity of it.

 

Avengers Assemble Poster

 There is a wide range of main characters in this film. You can see that as it has been included in the film poster because there is more than one main character there. This film is to do with a group of superheroes and instantly you cna see how they are there to stop the world from being taken over by villains. The title of the film is in large text and is bold as well and this is done to stand out to the audience and show them what this film is called. Also at the bottom of the page you have the sponsors and companies that have been a part of the creation of this film. It has the date that the film is being released at which most posters do. If they audience like the look of the film then they will need to know when it is being released.

Conclusion

 Overall, the majority of posters have the same codes and conventions. The main codes and conventions that I came across was large font, large background of the film that covered the page, release date and the sponsors and companies. These are the main features that are mosly compulsary to have in a film poster.










 

Prison Bound Script

Prison Bound Script

Scene 1

EXT EVENING CITY

SFX (serious engaging music)

There is an establishing shot of the city with a rising camera shot.

Scene 2
EXT DAY TRAIN TRACK

SFX (serious engaging music)

Quick shot of the train from a low angle 90 degree pan.

Scene 3

EXT DAY TRAIN TRACK

SFX (serious engaging music)

Three separate pan shots of the prisoners escaping and jumping off the train in synched with the music. All three prisoners land in different areas alongside the train tracks.

Scene 4

EXT DAY TRAIN TRACK / SURROUNDING AREA

SFX (serious engaging music)

Three prisoners are shown running away from the hijacking scene in separate tracking shot in synched with the music.

Scene 5

EXT EVENING

SFX (serious engaging music)

Long shot of two prisoners running into an alley way finding clothes in an industrial bin. There are three separate close up shots of opening the bin, opening the bin bag, finding clothes.

Scene 6

EXT EVENING

SFX (serious engaging music)

The third prisoner runs away from the police in-between alley ways in a tracking shot from behind. Whilst he is running we can hear police sirens approaching him as they get louder and louder. As soon as it gets extremely loud, the scene and the sound stops and fades out.

Scene 7

EXT NIGHT

SFX (no music)

A medium close up of a police officer stating who has escaped.

Police officer ‘listen up; we have three dangerous prisoners on the run, moving at an average foot speed of 8 miles per hour. At this time, they would have reached the city border. I want every entrance to the city shut down and guarded 24/7. Go get’em’.

Scene 8

TEXT ON SCREEN

SFX (serious engaging music)

Narrator

They needed to prove their innocence

Text: They needed to prove their innocence

Text fades on to the screen

Scene 9

EXT DAY

SFX (serious engaging music)

There will be 50 close up shots all in synch of delivering flyers to people house doors. All the shots will be fast paced until the last shot which it slows down to a slow motion shot where you will see what is being delivered. The music will be in synch with the speed of these shots. On the last shot the music will slow down and the scene will fade into the next.

Scene 10

INT DARK ROOM

SFX (no music)

Shows an unknown character in steps which builds up to the suicide of hanging. As soon as the character kicks the chair the scene blacks out in a cut.

Scene 11

INT SECRET ROOM

SFX (fast paced music building up)

We hear fast paced clicking on a keyboard on social networking sites as the camera bends round to view the computer screen. The computer screen will view the prisoners creating pages on Facebook stating their innocence.

Scene 12

EXT DAY, STREET

SFX (fast paced music)

The two prisoners who were together are seen running away from the police, a month into the future. The camera will track the two prisoners running until they run past the wanted poster which then will stay still and view the wanted poster. 

Scene 13

INT NIGHT

SFX (serious engaging music)

Blake and Rick hacked into a radio station which they used to approach people to prove their innocence. Jackson otherwise is in hiding and here’s the broadcast.

Narrator

Blake: “we are innocent”

Scene fades out into pitch black.

Understanding the Course Requirements

Understanding the Course Requirements Through Previous Student Work

Before I started the pre-production work for our project I looked at previous work from other students so I can understand the course requirements and what is needed to achieve the highest grade possible. I looked into detail and broke things down to make it easier. For each poster I rated it and looked at specific things such as the layout, colours, title and if it links in with the film itself.  Then i gave the overall rating of what I think and a comment of what was good and bad. This helped me to understand what I need to do for my project.

Posters

	Mark /10	Comment
1	5	It is hard to understand what the film is about and it isn’t clear an recognizable to the human eye. The photo although has been edited very well and has worked with the background.
2	7	I thought this was a good poster which had some good effects to it and I’ve given it a 7 because it instantly tells you what the film is based on. It could make some improvements such as the text and the photo. The text looks like it’s been put anywhere on the poster and the photo doesn’t stand out as much.
3	8	The photo that has been placed goes well with the background but I don’t think the title font goes well with the poster. Think it has been used for the wrong type of genre. Also it shows straight away what this film will be about from the title and the text above saying ‘a true story based on Andre 3000’.
4	0	I don’t think anything in this poster goes well together. It looks very unprofessional and it just looks like it has been cut and pasted on a background. It doesn’t link in together and the font doesn’t fit either.
5	8	There’s not much wrong with this poster. The only thing wrong is the title because the font doesn’t fit but the photo and the background are outstanding.
6	7	This is good as it shows what the film is about, the title goes well and the person who is in grey also shows what the film is about. I’ve not given it a higher mark because it looks more of a magazine than a poster.

Magazine Front Covers

	Mark /10	Comment
1	4	The magazine doesn’t fit in with the poster. The background has changed. It’s a bit immature when he made eyes where it said ‘first look’. One good thing that I like about the magazine though is the clips from the movie at the bottom
2	3	He has ruined the poster by completely changing the colour scheme on the magazine. It doesn’t go together and it doesn’t do a good job of selling the film
3	5	It is not clear and you can’t see much at the bottom or the title at the top. Once again it doesn’t meet the same expectations as the poster.
4	4	I quite like the font of the magazine but the colours have been changed which is wrong to do
5	6	The photo is good and goes well with the film but there are some mistakes such as the font title and the combination of colours. You can’t see the red text because it blends with the background and the title font is not the same as the title font of the actual film.
6	7	This one actually looks like the actual magazine but there is no relations with the film when you look at the font and the colours that have been used

Trailers

	Mark /40	Comment
1	34	I liked the effects that there were in this trailer and the music was perfect for it too. The music synched in well with the trailer and I liked how when there was a heartbeat, it moved on to the next shot
2	29	The trailer shown the main parts which will be in the film which is good because it catchers the viewer’s eyes more. But it ended too quickly and I didn’t like the font that was used
3	37	The music goes well with the trailer and I like the effects that were shown with it as well. But the audio when they are speaking isn’t at a high quality
4	29	I don’t think the music goes together with the trailer. The film is meant to be a serious type of film, yet it had a very upbeat song to it
5	33	The music goes well with it and I like how she uses the words to explai9n and describe what is going on. one bad thing about it is that the music changes for a bit when she is dancing, but it’s not the right music for the right movie
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Schedule

Schedule



This is the schedule that we did to help us with what times we need to film so we can finish on time and meet the deadline. we wrote down what specific time we need to film and what we need top film in those times.

16th November

4pm - 6pm: Shots of passing trains at different angles for scene 2 in the trailer

4pm - 6pm: Take photos of the trains + surroundings for the recce

5pm - 6pm: Take pictures for magazine and poster


7pm - 8pm: Clips for suicide scene, scene 11

7pm - 8pm: Take photos of the room used for the suicide scene for the recce


8pm - 9pm: Clips for the Facebook page scene, scene 12

8pm - 9pm: Take photos of the area used for the scene to be put into the recce


9pm - 10pm: Create the 'Wanted Poster' for scene 13

9pm - 10pm: Take photos of the poster for the recce


17th November

7am - 9am: Record the sunrise in Nottingham for scene 1

7am - 9am: Take photos of the area used for filming scene 1 to be put onto the recce


9:30am - 10:30am: Clips for scene 13

9:30am - 10:30am: Take photos of the area used for scene 13 for the recce


11am - 12pm: Clips for half of scene 10


12pm - 1pm: Clips for the first part of scene 14

12pm - 1pm: Take photos of the area and everything used for scene 13


2pm - 4pm: Clips for scene 3 & 4

2pm - 4pm - Take photos of the area used for scene 3 & 4


4pm - 5:30pm: Clips for scenes 6 & 7

4pm - 5:30pm: Take photos of areas which scenes 6 & 7 were filmed in for recce


6pm: Sort the clips and photos out on the computer



 30th November (Predicted Schedule)

2pm - 3pm: Film clips for scene 5

2pm - 3pm: Take pictures of scene 5 for recce


3pm - 3:45pm: Film second part of scene 10


4pm - 5pm: Film scene 8

4pm - 5pm: Take pictures of area scene 8 was filmed in for recce


5pm - 6pm: Film second part of scene 14

5pm - 6pm: Take pictures of the scene for recce

Proposal

Proposal

Title of the film:  Prison Bound

Who am I working with?

1.                   Fraser Abbott

2.                   Christos Dickman

The genre?

Prison bound is a typical crime thriller film with an exciting plot that involves crime. It has periods of built up dark tension and sudden rush of emotions throughout. It keeps there audience on the edge of their seats wondering what motive the killer has next.

What is your brief?

To create a teaser trailer for a thriller film, the trailer will last upwards from 1 minute to a maximum length of 2 minutes. We also have to produce a film magazine cover which will feature our film and include a main focal picture then text on the front cover and a poster will be produced as well including all the codes and conventions that would usually be required to create three elements. All three of the members in the group will participate together in creating the trailer, poster and magazine front cover. We will make sure that we have done an equal amount of work as we are all focusing on getting a roughly same grade. To do all of this equal we have decided to be together when creating these or if there comes a time where we can’t meet up then we do it separately then put our individual work together to create one final piece for the project.

How are you splitting the roles?

All 3 members of the group will contribute equally to filming, editing, designing etc. This will enable us to all get similar grades and hopeful achieve an A. We will all sit down together and create them together to make the finished product. The film is to do with three men and it will show there day separately. So all three of us will participate to be those three actors in the film. We will make sure that we have done an equal amount of work as we are all focusing on getting a roughly same grade. To do all of this equal we have decided to be together when creating these or if there comes a time where we can’t meet up then we do it separately then put our individual work together to create one final piece for the project.

Who are the audience?

The target audience for our trailer will be mainly for young men aged 15-40. However the trailer is suitable for anyone aged 15 or above, unisex. The film will be a 15+. This film will be most suitable for the male gender but it still can be suitable for the female gender. When creating this film we will be focusing on this target audience but because it is a thriller, it is a more male specific related film. We have a big range for the specific audience we have targeted it to. With the research we have done as a group, we have realised that this type of film we are creating have a large target audience.

What have you found out about your audience?

To find out more about our target audience and what they want to see we will produce questionnaires and from the questionnaire we will see what is most wanted to be seen in the trailer. Questionnaires will help us to identify and pick up results of what the audience think themselves. Reading the answers that the audience wrote will help us to please the audience by answering the questions and it will give us a benefit of what the audience think. We can meet the expectations with this method. A lot of companies have made films which have not pleased the audience so for us to please our audience then this is the best method to use. We will get direct answers which will give us a greater chance of creating the film that everyone will be talking about.

Research about existing products

As the film we are creating is a crime thriller, we have analysed similar types of current movies. One of these will be The Fugitive which Harrison Ford stars in. his is convicted of murdering his wife. He gets sentenced to death but during his transport the bus crashed and he is able to escape to mount his own investigation while trying to avoiding Tommy Lee Jones. Our film has a similar outline to the fugitive and works of a successful thriller. We have also looked at the Bourne series, these appeal to us as they are action filled but with moments of tension and many thriller like scenes throughout. We also analysed and annotated magazine covers of films which will in a way be similar to ours, and at some point we will annotate some trailers to see which parts are most exciting and effective.

We have watched two Quentin Tarantino film trailers (Reservoir dogs and kill bill vol 1) the filming intricacies of all the films techniques are brilliant and we hope to convey then in our portfolio of work. The reason on why we have watched this wide range of trailers is so we have a clear idea of what our style of trailer will be like. The clearer our ideas are the better imagination and creativeness that we have to create this trailer.

How will you make the film inventive?

For us to make the trailer strong and inventive we will aim to not go for the traditional conventions of a thriller film but add a twist to the trailer to confuse but interest the audience. We are hoping to make the trailer as thrilling as possible. We would hope to have a Quentin Tarantino style to the trailer if possible. Having traditional conventions will mean that the audience will have some ideas of what they will expect. But when it comes to not following the traditional conventions we can create a film which will surprise the audience and give them something they have never seen before.

Synopsis

The film will begin and end on a” prison bound” train with 3 characters that have been “wrongly” sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 3 young men. The train is then hijacked by prisoners and the characters escape. The 3 set up Facebook pages and turn to social network sites trying, while on the run to prove there innocents, however the outlook becomes bleak and police start gathering more evidence together to suggest they had done it. Did they do it? Will they get caught? And did anyone actually die?

What resources will be required by this project?

The resources that will need include personnel, equipment such as props, costumes and cameras and also facilities. These are very important as this is what will help us to create this film trailer. The main characters will be three people. There are three in our group and we will all be the main characters in this film.

How long will this project take (schedule)?

1.                   Proposals

USP, Genre research, Synopsis, Market demand, Proposal submission. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28^TH

2.                   Pre-Production

Sequence Analysis and follow-up, Genre Elements (reminder bullet-points), Specific Textual Examples and how you will ‘borrow’ from these, Target Audience Statement (Demographics/Segmentation etc.), Draft layouts (print), Storyboard, Recce, Scripting, DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10^TH

3.                   Production

Rehearsing and Filming, Capturing Photographic Images, Formatting Layouts, Collating and Recording SFX/Soundtracks/Voice-Overs/Audio-Dub, Writing Print Articles DEADLINE: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9^TH

4.                   Post-Production
Editing on relevant software & creation of final three media text DEADLINE: FRIDAY 14^th DECEMBER 2012

5.                   Submission of Research, Planning and Evaluation

In relevant multi-media forms – to including evidence of all three stages of production, critical analysis, genre analysis, audience identification & theory, media techniques, technical knowledge, audience reaction, personal contribution DEADLINE: FRIDAY 14^th DECEMBER 2012

6.                   Advanced Portfolios returned to students

Re-draft opportunities: A final opportunity to alter practical and evaluation work according to formal feedback from subject staff.

Improved work to be submitted for final Assessment

FINAL DEADLINE FOR COMPLETED PROJECTS: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27^th 2013

Codes and Conventions of magazines

Codes and Conventions of Magazine's

The title is always placed at the same place which is at the top in the center of the magazine.

At the front of the magazine they will always have the title of the film that is being advertised. It is larger than any other titles on the front cover. The large film title shows the importance of the film and also the talking point.

The barcode is placed at the bottom right of the magazine which is very common in plenty of magazines.

All the small fonts on the front cover show what else is included within the magazine.

This magazine has made everything into the theme of the main film 'Inception'.

The title is in the same place again. So you can see that this is the main part of there house style. The person at the front of the cover is set infornt of the title.

The house style is the same but they change the colour and style of the title to match the theme of the film on the front cover.

There is the website of the magazine as well which is within the house style. The webiste is a way for the audience to get the most out of the magazine and be updated regularly.

Once again they have previews of other films but this ime there are images from scenes within these films. It is showing you a lot more than just a text.

The Joker is at the front of the title. even though the character is the, the title is dtill set at the same place just like all the other Empire magazines.

The magazine has been given a theme to the main film on the front cover. This seems to be a continuous thing from all the magazines. It is a way to show the importance of the film and also it gives it a different style which attracts multiple audience.

When they are thinking about the theme for the magazine they are also looking at the background, font and the colour as well.

The barcode has been placed on the bottom left which is different from the codes and conventions that the magazine has. They have done this because as you can see there is text over where the barcode would of been.



The front cover for this is a bit different compared to the other magazines. The camera shot is different as this one is a medium close up of Hell Boy. His face gets the attention of the audience becuase of the character he is.

Hell is related to fire so they have made the title of the magazine look like it ahs been set on fire. This links in with the character.

The title is on the bottom left of the magazine as there are text and objects in the way from where it is supposed to be originally.

The smaller text shows what else is included in the magazine and that they are not as important as the main film 'Hell Boy'.

This next magazine i have chosen is very similar to my first chosen magazine. There are very similar codes and conventions. The title has been set in the same place as the 'Empire' magazine. Also with the title they have kept the same theme going with the main movie.

There are not many different codes and conventions as they also have the same layout. They both have the title of the film in the middle of the page then everything else that has been included around it.

The barcode is on the bottom right of the magazine and from the research that i have done i have acknowledged that this area is the main area for the barcode to be set at.

This is similar once again as the character is set in the middle with the title of that film right in the center but at the bottom of the character.

There are quotes used such as "World Exclusive" to show how big the film is and words like these grab the audiences attention.

The barcode has been set at the bottom right of the magazine which is a code and convention of many magazines. They are following the crowd so they wont be seen as different to others.

Also at the top of the magazine title, there are pictures of scenes that were in other films and this has been done to grab the eye of the audience. It helps the audience understand what type of film it is by the picture.

This is quite different from both the codes and conventions of 'Total Film' and 'Empire'. This is a close up of the characters face and this shot is not always used. But this has given the audience to see the full expression of the face.

The title is at the front of the character and it is in white as this colour is bold and stands out the most. Especially when the background is grey. This is yet again something that catches the attention and makes the audience want to pick up the magazine and buy it.

This is pretty different from many magazines. Normally there is one character in the front of the magazine who is the main character of the film. But for this one there are two which it looks like there is more than one main character.

They have placed the title in the background again so you can see the full look of the film. For you to know what the magazine is about, they have placed robotic heads in the image to give you a view of what it is about.

The colour red can represent evil and blood which gives the audience an idea what this genre of the film is and what would be taking place in the film.

On the left and the right side of the image, there is small font of what else would be included in the magazine.