My final production

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

Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

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

Question 1: How does your media product use, develop, and challenge the forms and conventions of real media products?

Application of poster design

 

Ancillary tasks

CPU Final Cut

Final version of my trailer.

CPU (Rough-cut trailer)

A rough cut version of my final trailer.

Magazine front cover analysis

Magazine covers are drenched in conventions and clichés which run throughout the various genres. Film magazines are no exception. Below I have analysed two well known magazines, Total film and Entertainment magazine, in order to study the various conventions.

It is clear that these two pieces of media text are very similar to one another but there is one more type of magazine cover. Uncluttered, these special edition covers (Generally presented by empire magazine) will contain one main image and the name of the magazine. These sparse covers are by far my favourite and the most aesthetically pleasing.

 

 

Movie poster analysis (Inception and Chappie)

When it comes to advertising one of the film industries key tools is the film poster. Whilst not as flashy and in-your-face as a trailer, a poster being subtly placed on a billboard or on the wall of a well established fast food chain is the ideal way to ensure that people learn about your movie. With this in mind a poster must be able to immediately convey key information about the film without bogging the viewer down with lines of text. To do this the poster is often broken into sections:
-The title of the film in large print.
-A tag line, conveying the concept of the film in a single catchy line.
-(Key) Actors names should they be well known.
-An image showing the main character or conveying the concept of the film.

 

Font Research

Font is an essential part of a films licence, it is used to tell on franchise apart from another and to insure that an audience member knows that the film they are viewing is part of said franchise. Take any line of films and, regardless of who directed each film, the fonts will match. Take for example the Terminator franchise, any film, book, or game produced under the terminator name will have the name of said product in the Terminator official font. This allows for the films to almost ensure to their audience that the product is not only genuine but is guaranteed to be a high quality film.



With this in mind I must ensure that my film has a memorable and unique font as font is often an iconographic part of the film making process. With this in mind I have selected 6 various fonts as my potential design.

This font is used for the 911 Porsche and is very similar to the initial idea I had for my font design, this means that it is already a strong candidate for the potential font of my product.

Next is a font under the name "Aerospace". I found this font not only had a futuristic nature about it but also had an edge which I felt reflected the nature of my trailer.

This is the font used for the film "Batman Forever", and whilst the film itself is held as almost a marmite of the Batman fanbase the font would serve it's purpose for my franchise.

This font is used for the "Deadspace" franchise, pretty much already ruling it out for use on my project. I added this font for the static like flicks on the letters. I feel they link well with my project.

This font listed under the name "Dodger" seemingly combines the Porsche font which was close to my initial idea and Aerospace which I felt was a frontrunner for use on my product.

Finally the "Drive" font feels like it belongs more on a racing game than a psychological thriller, feeling it does not properly reflect the nature of the product.

All fonts were sourced and downloaded from dafont.com, a free site with thousands of available font designs.

Having ruled out the "Drive" font from the line up I questioned 20 people, explaining the premise of the film and asking them which font they felt would work best on my poster. These were the results:

With this in mind I will be using the "Dodger" font on my product.

My Mood Board

Certifications and the BBFC

Narrative theories

Request for permission to use photography room.

An email requesting to use one of the rooms in my school for shooting my short film.

Target audience

Women and their role within film

My script

It can be said that the most important part of the movie process is the script. Not only is it the easiest way to convey the story, thus gaining the backing of a studio, it is also used throughout the entire process. After researching some of the conventions of cinema scripts and the way in which to structure them I produced on of my own. Below Is a two page extract from said script.

CUT to a man tied to a chair, he is in almost complete darkness with the exception of one light directly above him. As the camera slowly pulls back the back of a computer screen is seen. The screen begins projecting a red light. CUT to a close up of the computer screen. There is a spinning loading icon and the words “CORE JUSTICE SYSTEM” written above it.

 

CPU

An original screenplay by Joshua Askew

 

CUT to a man tied to a chair, he is in almost complete darkness with the exception of one light directly above him. As the camera slowly pulls back the back of a computer screen is seen. The screen begins projecting a red light. CUT to a close up of the computer screen. There is a spinning loading icon and the words “CORE JUSTICE SYSTEM” written above it.

DAVID

 

Where the Fuck am I??

What is going on here!

 

David is sat in chair, crudely restrained with rags. He thrashes around frantically until he hears a synthetic voice coming from the screen; words also appear on the screen.

JUDI

Hello David, I’m afraid you are very much

Restrained for the foreseeable future

Please do try to make yourself comfortable.

 

With a somewhat perplexed expression written across his face David slams his head on the desk before moving closer to the computer screen. He begins laughing in disbelief.

 

DAVID

 

Alright guys you can come out now. Rachel

Was this your idea? Fuck guys seriously,

STOP IT!

 

The image on the screen seems to stare back at David before the voice returns.

 

JUDI

 

This is no joke, it seems you’ve been burning

The candle at both ends but your… other life,

Has finally caught up with you.

 

DAVID [CU]

 

What are you talking about, what other life??

Please just let me go, I’ve done nothing to you.

 

 

 

JUDI

 

[CU on screen] I know what you did last night.

 

The computer screen abruptly switches off. David starts to cry.

 

DAVID

 

Please… What’s going on?

 

The screens burns back into life, it begins to play a video. It appears to be CCTV footage. It shows David outside the back of a building. There is a woman throwing up. He walks over to her and begins making conversation. Flash back.

 

DAVID

 

ARE YOU SURE THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?

 

WOMAN

 

YES I’M SURE! JUST [WRETCHES] GO AWAY

 

CU on David’s hand as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a knife. He moves closer

 

DAVID

 

YOU SEEM TO BE IN A LOT OF PAIN, LET ME HELP.

 

Two shot of David and the woman as he makes a thrusting motion off screen, blood splashes up on him as the woman falls to the ground crying.

 

DAVID

 

SHHHHH… DON’T WORRY, IT WON’T HURT FOR MUCH

LONGER.

 

The shot mirrors that of the CCTV footage and then transitions back into black and white.

 

DAVID

 

HOW DID YOU GET THAT? ARE YOU GONNA TURN ME

IN TO THE POLICE? LOOK I CAN MAKE IT WORTH

YOUR WHILE… JUST LET ME GO.

The Movie Industry: A Short Guide

Pre-Production

Pre-production is essentially the planning stage of film. The initial idea of the film will be decided. The film will be scripted, storyboarded and pitched to various film companies. Furthermore the cast will be decided upon with an extensive auditioning process (a process I will be undertaking in the coming week.) props are bought, designed and created and a shooting schedule is decided.

Production

The production stage is the section of the production process where the text is filmed and sound is recorded. Some elements of the film score will be made now but most of it is actually scored in post production. The production stage is probably the most stressful of the three as there is always a demand to tighten the schedule and going weeks over being frowned upon.

 

 



 Post Production

This is the final stage of creating a film and involves the scoring of the films soundtrack the editing process. The film is finalised with excessive scenes removed and the film cut together in a way that is deemed best to convey the narrative. Below a video can be seen listing some of the best ways that editing has been used in cinema.