Friday, 1 May 2015
Evaluation Screening: Cold Blood
This is the final evaluation screening for Cold Blood. Our group received some positive, as well as some negative comments. The majority of the class liked how well the music and the footage synchronized with each other, and how the second half of the trailer was more tense in preparation for the jump scare at the end. The use of the inter-titles also allowed the class to understand the narrative much better. They also said that the trailer doesn't give the overall narrative away, therefore there is still room to surprise the audience in the actual film. Our trailer averaged a nine out of ten, and we are extremely happy with this score considering all of the hard work we put into the making of Cold Blood.
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Side-By-Side Poster/Magazine Work
Both my magazine cover and my poster fit to the trailer because of the use of the colour green, as well as the use of scales to connote a lizard-like creature. Also, the use of black throughout all three images create a sense of mystery, which would lure the audience in to find out what happens, and how someone can become a lizard-like creature. The selected target audience that Cold Blood is aimed at is predominantly males between the ages of 18 to 24. The trailer is aimed at this target audience because the horror trailer features elements of sci-fi, and sci-fi is stereotypically more appealing to males in comparison to females. The trailer does feature elements of a psychological horror, which is more appealing to females, so some females would take an interest into our film, but more predominantly males. My magazine would appeal to a more mainstream audience, rather than a niche audience; this is because horror is quite a mainstream genre amongst teens aged 18 to 25, therefore the magazine would mimic the conventions of Empire magazine, but with a horror twist. The use of corresponding colours and images allows the viewer to associate the magazine cover, poster and trailer together as being part of one overall product - a film.
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Choice of Trailer Type
I and my group have decided to focus on creating a psychological
horror trailer with elements of a gory horror. We, as a group, have also
decided to focus on a highlights trailer rather than a scene trailer; this is
because we felt that a highlights trailer would be more intense, and promote
the genres within our trailer. We also wanted to include a jump scare at the
end of the trailer to heighten the suspense and draw the audience into watching
the entire film. A trailer that we have been inspired by when making this decision
is the trailer for Sinister (2012), we liked how it displayed the narrative of
the film, whilst making it tense and scary. We also liked the jump scare at the
end of the trailer.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Cold Blood Poster
This is the poster made to promote my horror trailer Cold Blood, I have a dominant image on the front cover, this is to pull the viewer in and provoke them to watch the film. I have stuck to the same colour scheme as I used on my magazine cover; this was so that when people look at both of the products, as well as the trailer itself, they can see a relation between all three products. The colour scheme also reflects the genre's that are present in the film, therefore the viewer will get an idea of what the film will contain before watching it.
Aversion Magazine Cover
This is the final edit for my magazine cover. I have decided to call it Aversion because I wanted my magazine to be called something that related to a dislike of something, or a word relating to the horror genre. I settled on Aversion as I felt that the word was short, but to the point. I have used a colour scheme that would reflect the genre's that appear in my horror trailer Cold Blood. I have used the colour green to represent how the sci-fi genre is seen within my horror trailer through the concept of the lizard and the way in which a human transforms into a lizard-like creature. I have subtly used the colour red on my magazine cover to reflect that it is primarily a horror trailer; red connotes blood, and blood links to the genre of horror. I have used a black background to give my magazine cover a sense of mysteriousness; the viewer can not see what is behind the model. Also, the black background allows the viewer to focus primarily on the model, rather than some sort of background image. The use of black also connotes a sense of seriousness. I have included four lots of sub-headings on my magazine cover, I didn't want to add anymore than four because I thought that it would look too 'busy'; also, I didn't want the attention to be taken away from the main image. The advertisement of the free posters draws the viewer into buying the magazine. I have added a quote from one of the students that helped to make Cold Blood, to make the magazine look more authentic; and also, when I was researching magazine covers in preparation for the production of my own, I found that the majority of the film magazines had a quote from one of the people that either helped to make the film, or saw the first screening of the film.
Overall, I think that my magazine cover is successful in what it is selling, and also looks authentic, The use of a colour scheme made my poster look less busy, and focuses on what genre/s the film is promoting.
Saturday, 28 February 2015
Cold Blood Poster
Our group has designed a new poster to replace the Daddy's Little Girl poster. We have been unable to get feedback from our class because we had designed it late. We decided to stick to a simple, yet detailed poster. We wanted the viewer to get an overall idea of the film, without giving too much away. We coloured the poster a blue/green to connote that it has elements of science fiction within the horror trailer. We also used a close up of the main character so that the audience get a brief idea of what our horror trailer includes.
Group Photo
This is a group photo of everyone that was involved in the making of the Cold Blood horror trailer. Everyone has played a significant part in the trailer from acting, to directing, to the making of the props.
We worked very well as a group. Myself, Lauren, Michelle and Brad were the directors; Kayleigh and Alex helped with setting up the props; and Harold and Lewis were our two main actors. None of us wanted to appear in the trailer as main actors, but we made sure that we where shown at least once throughout the trailer, either as background people, or extras.
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