Editing Film

I have been editing the scenes of my trailer using Serif MoviePlus. When focusing on the title of the film I have chosen to use the same font here as I have used in some of the text in my ancillary tasks as to create a connection and flow between my pieces of work. This font also has the creepy, gothic feel that I would like my trailer to have and so it creates the desired atmosphere. These scenes are shot in black and white at first then red for the second part after the title is shown. This part of the film will most likely be at the end of the trailer as from my research I have found that most trailers put the title at the end in an attempt to draw the audience in before giving any information.

Second Ancillary: Magazine Cover

These are just preliminary ideas for the positioning of the aspects of the magazine. I will not be using this background which is the same as that of my movie poster ancillary and obviously nor will the text be the same. This is purely a stage to help me to picture how I would eventually like the finished picture to look. I already do know how a magazine should be set out due to the magazine I made at AS so it should not be too difficult to produce this piece of work however I am aware more planning is needed to achieve what I would like to.

Ancillary One Cont.

I have now decided I would like to slightly change the layout of my poster by moving over the picture so its not centered. I feel that it currently looks too busy in the middle of the poster as this is where all of the writing is such as the title and movie information. By moving the background picture so the statue is at the side gives a slightly more sinister feel to the picture as it looks as if the stature is hiding, a theme of the movie which would then be continued on this. However in order to do this I will have to reshoot the picture with the statue at the side as there would be no background on half of the picture if I simply moved the image to the edge. This should not be too difficult though as I now know exactly what I want from the picture.

Ancillary: Movie Poster

These pictures show the stages of development in my work on the film poster leading to the finished product (the last picture). In the first image I only included what I thought was the most important information, this being the title, tag line and actors/ production information which is always found on these posters. I then decided it also needed a release date as this is crucial information which I had overlooked until this point.Also then included was a website which many posters now include and an age certificate in order to target the correct audience as there is no point in enticing under 18s the the film when they will be unable to view it and in the case of horror films the idea of it being over 18 may lead people to want to see the film as there will be inappropriate or damaging content which is viewed as a plus to some in the horror genre.

Final Scene

In this scene I needed a simple filming of a close up of the characters face for around 5 seconds to put at the end of the trailer. This part acts as a twist and a jump as it will be very sudden when all parts are put together. Keeping to the same wardrobe and continuity were not issues in this scene due to it being a close up of the face and clothing was not included in the shot. A few of these versions do slightly show the coat, these are not the ones I plan to use therefore this does not affect my work however I will need to be more careful when I film in future.