Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Friday, 15 March 2019
Making My Poster for The Lost Key
For The Lost Key, I knew that I would need to create a poster that could help advertise my film trailer. This form of synergy is used in film and other media texts and it is a way to create excitement for upcoming productions. They are usually released alongside the release of the film's trailer.
At first I had a more basic idea for my poster where I had a few pictures on the black background but not as much information as a poster should. For example I did not include a release date or actor's names. However, I ended up using this as a screensaver on my website.
However, when I had made this I was disappointed because there were many conventions of a poster that I left out, so using the same pictures, and adding another, I managed to create a much more realistic poster that I was happy with.
I was also happy with the fact that I kept with the gold and black colour scheme that I had used in my trailers, as well as the same font of text. I also included things such as my actor's names and changed the layout from landscape to portrait, which is the norm for a film poster.
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Feedback on my trailer drafts
After presenting my trailer drafts to the class, I asked for some feedback sheets. These are some of the responses I got:
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What I
should keep:
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What I
should improve:
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“the genre is really well presented”
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“does not yet have a clear house style”
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“Font/title, tree shots, costume aspects worked
well”
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“lack of action involved”
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“camera angles, good ideas, logo, trees aspects
worked well”
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“Some panning is a bit fast “
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“Costume is good”
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“Make sure music flows with footage”
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“The Fonts are really good”
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“Some of the panoramic shots are not smooth, redo
the panoramic shots”
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“I liked the shot of the woods”
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“Rushed panning”
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“Better ending (in the Theatrical)”
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“needs close up of face at the end”
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“very good music”
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“Make the contrast and saturation slightly darker,
would look very good”
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“I like the dragon scene effects”
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“Slow down a few shots”
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“Liked the genre, title(typography) and clips of
woods”
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“Make title at end longer”
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“Loved the Dragon!”
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“Have a bit more action”
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“Costume & panning aspects worked well”
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“Try and have a look at contrast”
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“Liked the costumes & Fonts”
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“Shorten blackouts and slow down filming”
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“Shot of Ollie (actor for Malus)”
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“Fast panning over trees”
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“Love the dragon”
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“No narrative so far”
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“Music is great”
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“Needs voiceover”
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“Costumes & font titling aspects worked well”
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“Leave out the really long black pauses, they took a
very long time and were very frequent”
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“Great shot of main character in the sun”
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“Correct colour balance”
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“Fantasy and historical genre are clear”
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“Maybe some more action scenes, as there isn’t much
to it”
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“Title suits the genre alongside the setting and
costume”
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“Panning shot of trees is confusing, random, too
fast and out of focus”
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“Good lighting of introduction to antagonist”
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“Have it in a letter-box”
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“I like the dragon”
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“Have a colour palette”
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“I Like the title”
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“Have some quick shots to show more interesting
stuff”
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“I like the Symbolic code”
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“The voice of the man too loud"
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“Costume and fonts give the symbolic codes”
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“Not finished, too many cuts”
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“Shot of trees from below and costume were nice”
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“Add the music and change the fast panning shot”
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“Good dragon”
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“more mid-shots showing protagonists”
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“I like the logo”
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“Needs sound”
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“Good costume”
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“Too bright”
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“I like the dragon shot”
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“Transition to long”
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“I like the font of the title- Typography”
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“Black screens too long”
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“Dragon added to the last scene”
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“the scene where Annie (actress for Juniper) holds
up the key- Lower angle”
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“Costuming”
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“Too many tree shots”
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“Costumes great!”
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“Too much fast panning”
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“Dragon!”
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“Be careful with focus”
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Sunday, 3 March 2019
Special Effects in my trailer (theatrical)
One of the main codes and conventions of the Fantasy genre, is the inclusion of mythical creatures and animals. So I came up with a way to include something like this in my trailer:
Friday, 1 March 2019
Theatrical Trailer Draft 1
I also have made progress on my theatrical trailer and, although it is also incomplete, I feel that I have made more progress with it than with my teaser, However, I feel that the character of Juniper, the main female protagonist of the film, needs more screen-time.
Teaser Trailer Draft 2
After more filming and editing I have uploaded another draft of my teaser trailer, however it is also incomplete and there are still edits I would like to make- More updates to follow
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