magazine front cover

Step by step - how the magazine front cover was made.

 

 

 As a group, we decided that Jamie and Josh was going to produce the magazine front cover, while Lela and I was going to make the film poster for our film. Although Josh and Jamie produced the magazine front cover, Lela and I contributed to some of the idea's.

We found that on most film magazines such as empire, they have a circle with imformation that will attract the audience's attention. We thought that the film strip at the bottom of the page clearly identified that the magazine is a film magazine.

We decided to call the magazine 'MOTION' as it is origional and catchy. We researched other magazine's and found that no-one else has a magazine called motion so we decided that this was a good name for our magazine. The font of the masthead is big and bold, this makes it stand out on the page and catches your eye first. The connotations of the colour gold is 'number one' so by having a gold title, it could connote that it is of good quality.

We found that almost every magazine has a skyline at the top of the magazine, it gives the audience more of an insight to the magazine.

 

The name of the film is essential to have on the front cover as it is the main feature of a film in which the audience will recognise. The white text stands out on the black background which also makes it stand out further. The price and the date of the issue is not a main feature of a magazine, therefore it does not need to be in a big font.

 

As a group, we really liked the idea of the film strip at the bottom of the magazine as the audience would instantly be able to identify the magazine was obviously a film magazine.

The first image of the film strip, we got off of google, so we decided to be original and design our own on paint so that we could insert our own films into the white spaces.



The first film that we made up is called 'Santa baby'. We used the website 'fontspace' to create this font. It initially stood out to us because it looked like a festive font so we decided to create a Christmas film to go with it. Also, the colour red connotes Santa clause and his red suit.

We then chose an image of Santa to go with the font. The picture we chose looks like an old photograph which could connote that it is a traditional family Christmas film.

 

 This is the film we did for our AS project, we thought it would be a good idea to include it within our film strip so it gives a variety of film genre's.

 

This is what the film strip looked like after we had inserted the two film pictures.

For the third film, we chose to do a romcom to add even more variety. We decided to call it '10 ways to say goodbye'. We chose the font from fontspace. The colour of the text is a sky blue, this connotes freedom as the sky is an open space.

 

We decided to put the '10 ways to say...', on top of this image so that it flows. The use of the 'good bye' being written with a pen could mean that the person is writing what they feel.

Shot wound is based on an action adventure genre. We chose the font from font space as it is big and bold so it could mean that it is going to be a film which stands out. It is clear that the target audience is more likely going to be male because f the title of the film and the dark colours.

The image we chose to go with shot wound is a silhouette figure of someone holding a gun. This image is mysterious and would leave the audience wondering who it is holding the gun and the motive behind it.



For the final film to put into our fil strip, we chose to do an animated cartoon film. The colours connote happiness and the font is clearly aimed at a younger audience because of the swirls.

This is the finished product once all of the images were inserted into the film strip. The films in which we created are of all a different genre so that it appeals to a mainstream audience.

This is our finished copy of 'MOTION' magazine.

 

character profiles

Character Profiles.

 

 

 

 For our character profiling, we used a photography room to take the pictures in so that we could experiement with the white and black background and also the lighting. For this photo we used a white background which makes the colours of both of Josh's and Jamie's clothing stand out so that you could see the contrast.

 From this photo we took of Josh, it look like he is keeping himself to himself by keeping his arms crossed to his chest so it looks like he's not giving much away.

 The white background also connotes innocence and a nice side to Josh's character Stuart in the film.

 This photo shows Josh and Jamie in their normal clothes so that you can see the difference between their clothes in real life appose to the costumes they wear in the film.

                                              

 We chose the background to be black for Jamies character as he has a dark side to him as he goes round killing people in revenge for his brother. The arms crossed to his chest show that he also may have something to hide.

 This is Josh in his normal clothes.. being his normal self.



influential directors

Influential directors

 

 

The director that I have found most influential throughout the production of making our trailer, is Shane Meadows. Shane Meadows moved to Nottingham when he was 20 and found a passion for making short films, however, he was unable to show his work as there wasn't any film festivals around the area. eventually, one of his friends started one in a local cinema which made Shane Meadows films really popular. He has won numerous awards for his work such as, British Independent Film Award, Douglas Hickox Award, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, The Edinburgh International Film Festival Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film.

 

Some films that Shane Meadows directed:

- This is England

- Dead mans shoes

- A room for Romeo brass

film pitch presentation

Film pitch presentation



 

This is the powerpoint that Lela and I created for our film presentation. We included codes and conventions which feature in the genre of our film, character profiles, the plot, our production logo, the font we have chosen to use and the target audience. Josh and Jamie presented the powerpoint in front of an audience which we recorded.

audience theory

Audience theory 

Two step flow:

The two step flow theory is where there is a main opinion leader and they share their views on a song or a movie trailer on facebook or word of mouth and then other people take note of what they say and then look at it themself. By promoting the media through the two step flow, it gets across to people faster because the followers of the opinion leader become opinion leaders themself if they go on and spread the word.

Hypodermic needle:

The hypodermic needle theory implies that the media has a fast and powerful influence on the audience through the mass media by injecting them with information that is usually false which influences the way the audience think and feel about a subject.




Uses and gratification:
The uses and gratifications theory focus on why people use a particular mode of media rather than judge it on content. Blumler and Katz (1973) came up with four reasons as to why people may watch television:

1. Information:
People may watch it in order to find out about recent/relevant events which are happening in the area or around the world. People also might watch it to gain knowledge to learn about new things.

2. Personal identity:
People might watch it because they are finding models of behaviour. Or it might be because you develop 'celebrity crushes', so you follow a certain programme because you like an actor.

3. Intergration and social interaction:
Some people may watch it because they feel like they can relate to specific circumstances or events and relate to it. It can also be watched because everyone else is watching a programme or a film and you don't want to feel left out so you watch it aswell.

4. Entertainment:
Finally, media can be used to escape from your problems and just simply relax!

Todorov's narrative structure

Todorov's narrative theory. 

Using Todorov's narrative theory, we have linked the plot of our film in with this theory. The equilibrium is where one of the main characters, Stuart, is getting bullied by his step brother Jake and his friends from college. The disruption of the narrative is when Stuart commits suicide by over dosing as he can't deal with the bullying he has put with for so long any longer. The recognition of the disruption is that Jake realises that him and his friends driven Stuart to taking his own life. The attempt to repair the disruption is when Jake kills all of his friends because they bullied Stuart, that is why our film is called 'Redemption'. Finally, the return to the equilibrium is where Jake is faced with the dilemma 'Should I kill myself?'. 

production logo

Production logo.



 This is the production logo for our film, 'THRILL' ER CLOCK productions'. With planning by the whole group, we decided that this is ideally how we planned our logo to look like with the clock and the writing in front of it. Joshua made the production logo on photo shop by getting a picture of a clock and then edited the background colour of the clock so it is yellow/brown. Initially, we didn't plan for the writing to be brown, we wanted the writing black so that it was bold and stood out. However, when it came to it, we decided that we couldn't really read it very well as it merged in with the hands of the clock. The brown writing creates an old looking title which creates mystery and suspense. The cropped image of the clock creates a feel that because we haven't shown the full clock, we are not giving much away to the audience so it keeps them guessing. The name of our production logo 'THRILL'ER CLOCK' is a play on words as it is making it sound like a time so it is catchy and would stay in people's mind.

 

The image of the clock which we taken from google:

 

 

 

 

 

We used photo shop to edit the clock and create our production  logo:

 



 

font choices

Font choices for Redemption

Our film is called Redemption. As the genre of our film is a thriller/drama hybrid, we thought that the best type of font for our film would be big, bold and in capital letters. We thought that the best colours to have the title of the film were either red of black as they have the best connotations. Black connotes dark, mystery, unknown and death. These all fit into our film so black is a good colour to use.

This font is also big, block capitals. The colour of the writing connotes blood, death and warning which also fits in with our film. By using big letters, it makes the title stand out more which makes it more memorable for the audience.

This font is similar to the first one, it has the same connotations as the font is still block capitals and big.

Although this font is big and in block capitals, it has more of a country and western look to it by having the gaps in between the letters. 

We made this title on font space. The font is big, red block capitals which stands out and catches your attention. The stratches at the bottom of the writing makes it look mysterious and create a rough looking effect.

This title was also made on font space. We have chose this one for the title of our film as the white writing on the black back ground has opposite connotation. The white connotes innocence and purity while the black background connotes danger and death. These are the main feaures in our film.