Update Week 9

This week, we have started on the ancillary task of the poster. It isn't complete yet but there are only few more thins to add to it until it is complete. We have also started the editing of the scenes we have shot on the softare Final Cut. 

Poster Update 1

Poster Update

Here in our first poster update, we have started constructing the poster by including the image we have all decided would be best for our genre, and by adding a title which we all decided to call 'A Crimson Horror'. We decided to call our movie this, as in out research we found that it was a shade of dark red, and thought it would be perfect for our trailer. We didn't want to go too cliche with the name, so we decided to keep it it simple. We followed our flat plan by placing the title just under half way down the page, as we also found this a common technique in other successful horror movie posters. 

For our main image, we decided to go with  half the clowns face with little light shining on his face to give it a simple yet really effective sinister vibe and to help match the image with it's genre. We also chose this because it was a popular option within most typical horrors which all look really effect also. To make out poster, we used Adobe Photoshop. The advantages of using this software was helping us to be able to enhance the hue of the image, helping the red become brighter, and the yellow on the mask stand out a little more, and eye sockets of the mask seem darker. When doing this, we were also able to match the colour of our title to the same colour of a particular part of the clowns nose. We thought this would be effective so then out poster wouldn't be clashed with different shades of the same colour, that didn't match.

We have also added in a slogan with a typical pun such as 'A Circus You'd Die For'. We decided we liked the idea of making the slogan into the pun as in our research we found the horror 'Prom Night' pulled off their pun 'A Night To Die For' successfully. We decided to make the font smaller and spread out a little with white text font so that it differed from the title.

We also plan to follow the flat plan by including a two/three lined cast and crew list like on most posters with tall/squished font, to be a realistic as the other trailers. For this we plan to take off another trailer poster so we can have the same order. We also plan to add in the chosen production logo and a release date of our trailer. 

Update Week 8

This week we have started doing some of the rough company logo's and carried out a photoshoot for the images for the poster. This week I have also uploaded the images of a past filming day.

Photoshoot pictures 
Photoshoot Planning

Ancillary Photo Shoot

Here are some of the images that we have taken for our photoshoot. At first we tried taking some close up's of our clown's face with one lightbox from the side with a small light of 2.3.We liked the idea that you could only saw a bit of the clown's face as we found it quite creepy and therefore effective, however. We noticed that there wasn't enough light on the clowns face as it was too dark.

For this image we moved the lightbox in front of the camera so it would give off more light. We thought this was really effective but we still liked the idea of only having a bit of light on one side of the clowns face for a creepier effect.

Next we decided to try use something more powerful than the lightbox. This time we decided to use a phone light underneath the clowns face to give a brighter light on the clown as highlights. We all agreed that this was quite effective and definitely creepy enough for the poster, however. We found that the only problem we seemed to have was the shadowing of the clown's nose and his face.

To try improve our shadow problem, we tried adding another phone light to the clown's face but further up and further away so it wasn't as bright as the other light. We thought that this was an improvement and looked really effective.

As part of our experiment with the lighting and positioning of the clowns face, we decided to move the phone light back to the side of the clown's face because we liked the idea of the light half on is face. We really liked this idea, especially with the close up of his face.

The final part of our experiment, we decided to take more close up's of the clowns face only showing half of his face. 

Overall, we thought the most effective photo's and possible images to be used for the poster are:

Photoshoot Planning

Media Studies – Foundation Portfolio Photo shoot planning document 



What emotional impact do you want your photography to have upon the reader and how will you achieve this?
I want the images to come across quite creepy and eerie so that it will reflect a horror. For this we have planned that we would like to take close up's of the clown's face as in our research, we found that close up's of the antagonist was a popular choice. 


 What personnel do you need? Who are you going to photograph? 
For our photoshop, our old friend is going to pal the part of the clown, so we are going to use him for the images. 


 What props will you need? 
All we plan to use is a lightbox and the clown's mask. 


 How are you going to emphasise colour? 
The colours we would like to emphasis in tis image will be the typical horror colours of black and red, with the white on the mask. This way the poster will look dark, scary and appealing to a horror-audience. 


 Have you briefed your personnel/models? 
Yes, we have spoken to our clown, so he knows that type of photo's we plan to take and the overall idea of the poster so he knows what is in stall for the photoshoot. 


What lighting will you need? Any other equipment? 
We will just need a lightbox for our images. Possibly use a phone light for a more intense white light on the clown, but this would be depending on the images off the lightbox. We 
would like to experiment using different light so we have a wider variation to choose from. 


Where will you shoot? Will you need a backdrop? 
We plan to just use the plain black background in the collage's photography studio, as it will help bring out the red and yellow in the mask. This would also give us the darkness we want in out poster. 


Mise-en-scene - Make-up? Costumes? Props? 
The only bit of make-up we will need for our clown would be some white face paint for the clown's neck to blend the mask in with his t-shirt. The costume and props would be the Clown's mask.