Adding My Main Character To My Poster | DRAFT #4

After trying a few of the images on the poster I finally went with one of the last that I tried which was where Sasha had her head tilted to the slide ever so slightly but almost her eyebrows were the most narrowed in this photo which helps with the sinister and dark atmosphere I am trying to create with this poster whereas, the others just didn't seem to be as effective.

I had to actually edit the photo before hand to get it to fade into black around the edges by using the gradient tool within Photoshop CS6 which is something I have become very skilled in since this production. I also used this technique to darken Sasha's face to help remove any parts that remained of the orange, warm colour from the original JPEG, something that I found worked to highlight the darkness under her eyes which actually makes the whites of her eyes stand out more which would actually draw the audiences attention as they look at her eyes to see she is starring back.

I have also made the colour of the slogan, production logos and 'in cinemas' section a brighter red to make it stand out slightly more, but also so that it matches the colour scheme with more other ancillary a bit more giving it some consistency which could even be associated with the brand. This colour also closely matched the colour of my production company logo at the beginning of my main task, reinforcing the idea of bran image.

Lastly, I changed the font of the 'In cinemas' section because it got lost within the credits and didn't stand out like it conventionally should so as a result I make it the same font as the slog and the title as I didn't want too many different fonts on the poster which could make it look too busy or less aestehtic. As a result, I think it looks much better and I am very happy with my decision.

I still have a few things to add on but I very close to being done, I think I am going to add more scratched into the background as I feel they got lost as I edited my image in and I really like the effect they had on the image but also, looking at real-media texts of horror film posters I think I need to make the credits slightly smaller as they're very close to the edge of the poster which isn't the usual look.

Taking Pictures For My Poster!

During one of my filming days I took photos of my actor Sasha Webb whom is portraying Claire. I took these photos so that I would later on, be able to edit them onto my already existing template/draft of my film poster. When taking them I had in mind the stock imaging I had used initially, so I had Sasha positioned her head down while look up and directly into the camera to make it seem as though she is looking at the audience and her eyes will follow them. I did a couple of shots at different distances, some getting all of Sasha's hair in while in others I cut it off but also in a couple I had her have her hair up to see what impact that would have and I came to the conclusion that it made the image itself look less sinister.

The lighting of the images do look slightly orange giving it a warm tone to it which is the opposite of what I want however, I can easily change the settings for this in the editing software therefore it's not a problem.

The Blood Drip

While doing my storyboarding I had come up with the idea of not actually showing a character being stabbed by the Antagonist but rather you see the blood fall/splatter connoting the injury or event. I wasn't 100% sure on how I would film this so when it came down to it I decided to pick out the most popular and well know symbol and tip fake blood onto it from a high angle to connote the blood from the injury and thankfully it worked perfectly! The impact sound on the blood also works well and the way that it's highlighted on the white paper really helps to connote it's importantance of the scene and what has just happened.

DoublePage Spread Film Review | DRAFT #3

A big issue was filling in the gap below and next to the images I has chosen on the second page of the double page spread however, after looking at some real-media texts I did think about include a scare-o-meter but then felt as though it wouldn't go with the atmosphere that my review page was trying to create so instead I decided to only include the percentage of which it would be scary, I also decided to make this a separate font which I downloaded from DaFonts, I went for a more pixels font re still represent how the scare-o-meter would of appeared, another reason I did this was the make it stand out yet I kept it a dark, pastel red so that it didn't draw to much of the readers attention away from things such as the title and images as that isn't very conventional however, it would grab enough of their attention to help them make an impression for the film without reading it. I also overlaid this on top of a blood splatter to help to connote the conventional use of blood of the genre.

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θάνατος So Far! DRAFT #1

This is my Main Task so far, there is a small shot at the beginning that I haven't filmed yet due to changing my storyline which is just what is on the note and a shot of it beginning taken off the bag. I still have music to add etc. And the next scene is the bathroom one where you get the first glimpse of the real antagonist which is the last thing to film.

Edited First Part Of Dialogue

So due to my slight change in the storyline to limit the amount of dialogue I finally got to edit the first section which I think worked really well and looks really good! Also, I feel as though not having dialogue a the beginning means that the audience have no speech pattern to compare 'Claire' to before and after the 'possession' happens so it will seem as though nothing it wrong.