Film Poster Mock up

Film Masthead

This will be my masthead for my film. I have not yet experimented with colour.

How I made this:

I used; Paint.Net and Word.


Rubber Training Knife



Firstly, I used word to type out the word 'HUNTED' using the font 28 days later. I then pasted this into Paint.Net. Using google I found a picture of a knife - it's only a rubber training knife but it's the exact copy of the real thing. I liked it because it was black, and to me, more sinister looking. I also thought that this would look better in synergy with the rest of my masthead. I pasted this into a seperate Paint.Net document, cut it out of it's white background so that it could go over the 'T' in 'HUNTED', and feathered and rotated it. I then pasted this into a new layer in the space left for the 'T' in my masthead. 

I used the select tool to make the knife slightly larger, and then proceeded to change the brightness and contrast to make it more 'grainy' looking - like the font of the rest of the title. I used a black thin paint brush to harshen the horizontal part of the knife, as this had been softened through the feathering and the changing of the contrast. I then saved this as a PNG so that it can be imported over any document.

Ancillary Product Plans

FILM POSTER

The style I have chosen for my film poster is quad. This is because I want to use the Halloween-style-shot from the previous post (shot 14 in my teaser trailer, http://hannahmaxwella2media.blogspot.com/2011/11/final-story-boards.html) and this style will be most effective for that.

FONT: 28 days later

The film poster for The Lovely Bones was a strong influence for the 'two shot' of the victim and the villain idea that I have.

In addition the shot from the film Halloween was a great influence too.

FILM MAGAZINE

I have decided to use TOTAL FILM magazine, because I feel that my film could fit in with the ethos of the magazine because it will be a mainstream film.

Their cover features include a wide range of films - but they are all mainstream. They can range from teen-flicks to thrillers to action and adventure. They include film star interviews and other enticing features that film lovers will love. It is a very good magazine for people who enjoy films and are interested in a range of genres.

Ancillary Product Research: Film Poster ideas

Using the picture I posted previously, (http://hannahmaxwella2media.blogspot.com/2011/11/research.html) I have come up with a mock quad-style film poster.

I changed the brightness and contrast on the image to make the colours more vivid, but the overall tone of the image darker. I used my film title, just as a guide as to where to put it, as I have not finished developing it yet. The credits would then run along the bottom of the poster.

I think this would be an effective poster, when done properly, because it has a sinister feel to it, doesn't give away much of the story line and also it is visually exciting, because we want to find out who the people are and what the relationship between them is.

The shot I would use from my teaser trailer, to replace this picture from 'Halloween' would be from shot 14 on my storyboard. (http://hannahmaxwella2media.blogspot.com/2011/11/final-story-boards.html)

HUNTED: Typography Ideas

In this sketch, I have chosen to make the 'T', in HUNTED, into a knife shape. This is because the Stalker/killer in my 'film' uses a knife to eventually kill the victim. It also makes the film seem more sinister, in terms of marketing, because the title will suggest that there will be violence and therefore death. I think it will be an effective title.

Film Magazine Ideas: drafting

Ancillary Product Research: Film Poster

Concrete Target Audience

My teaser trailer will be aimed at the age group of 15-21 year olds. The certificate will be 15. Both males and females will be interested in this film, but predominantly females will be most interested because they will be more able to empathise with the female character - especially given her young age. Potentially, it may only appeal to a niche market because the main character is of a 'niche' crowd herself, however, I don't think this would be a problem because most females will still have an interest in the film.
Culturally, females aged 15-21 will be interested in films about stalkers/murderers that have targetted women, because of cases such as Milly Dowler and Madeline McCann that are so shocking and so accesible on the news/ in newspapers etc.

Filming Itinery

Itinerary – HUNTED 27^th November 2011

Fran: You are playing the victim in HUNTED. You will need to do your make-up as normal and wear your school uniform.

Dad: You are playing the stalker in HUNTED. You will need to wear dark jeans, a dark top and a dark coat. You need to be wearing your watch too.

House Shots/Location

·         Est. shot of Fran walking down the drive in her school uniform (way back from school) drive

·         Fran in her bed drawing Fran’s room

·         CU of Fran’s drawing Fran’ room

·         Phone turning off

·         Fran walking into the bathroom, Dad slides into the shot Bathroom/Landing

·         Front door slamming Porch

·         Fran tied up Living room

·         CU on blueprints Living room

·         Poster on Fran’s bedroom door

Park

·         Beans on the floor

·         Dad picking them up (hand)

·         Fran being tapped on the shoulder

·         Fran spins round scared

·         CU of Fran – Dad has hand over her mouth

Ancillary Product Research: Film magazine analysis

Sound for my Teaser Trailer

From my Teaser Trailer analyses I know that the non-diegetic sound has to create/build tension, with stings to emphasise certain shots. I have been looking at a site called http://www.freesound.org/ to see if there is anything that I can use in my teaser trailer in terms of; sound FX, build-ups, 'stings' and atmospheres.
   Similarly, my diegetic sound has to be equally good at creating tension, so that I can create a successful teaser trailer. These will obviously be recorded on camera and I can choose whether or not it is more effective to have limited diegetic sound, which will be something I can play around with in the editing stage.

I have found 6 tracks that I like on http://www.freesound.org/, because they have a tense atmosphere and they have the potential to fit in well with my teaser trailer. I made a soundcloud account to upload these onto,
Here is the link to my soundcloud page; http://soundcloud.com/hannah-94 .
On here you will find all of the tracks that I have found and be able to play them.

Ancillary Product Research: Film poster image ideas

Shot & Editing List

 

Props and Costume

Props:

• School Bag
• iPod/earphones
• Bed/pillows/duvet
• Sketch pad/drawing
• Pencils (for drawing)
• Tin (beans)
• Watch
• Mobile Phone
• Front door
• Rope/Material for tying someone up
• A hand-made blue-print 

• Bedroom door
• Poster for above mentioned bedroom door

Costumes

• Victim: School Uniform
• Stalker: Jeans, dark top, dark coat, hat/hood, work boots. 

Final Story Boards

Draft Story Boards

Drafting and Planning - using my narrative to plan shots

I pasted my narrative into a word document, printed it out and then highlighted parts of it as an idea of what to have my shots as in my teaser trailer. I then complied a list of shots and completed a draft of my storyboards. Here is my highlighted narrative:

 

This is a shot list that I complied to aid my draft storyboard. I added a lot more shots than written here into my story board (on the next post);

Deciding a Title for my Teaser Trailer

Potential Titles:

• Stalked
• Stalker
• Wanted
• Watched
• Haunted
• Don't turn around
• Alone. Watched. Wanted
• Watched. Alone. Wanted
• Wanted Watched Alone.

As you can see, none of these were very good. So I decided to go on http://www.visualtheasaurus.com/ and see what I could get from there. Here are 3 print screens from what i researched;

From this, I really liked:

• Obsessed
• Hunted, and
• Prowler

For my title, I have decided to use 'HUNTED because I think it creates a sense that the girl is mor than a victim, she is the stalker's 'prey'. It also dehumanises him and presents him as a predator.

Set Locations and Photos

My House/Drive
This will be where the victim lives and the road she walks down etc.

Rubery Park (St. Chad's Park)
This will be where the victim is taken by the stalker/had connection with him outside a home