Final Storyboard

This is our final storyboard. Since the first draft, our trailer has changed immensely which meant that our original storyboard needed to be updates so that the trailer matched with the storyboard. This is now the updated and final version of the storyboard although it does not include the text on screen, just raw footage.

Filming Schedule

Filming for 3rd Cut

 From our second draft, we received feedback that one of our scenes had bad audio from where we filmed outside and it was a windy day. We decided that instead of playing around with the sound, we would completely re-film this flashback scene as although it probably took more time, we felt it would be easier and discovered that a re-film would benefit the trailer a lot more.

As you can see, Georgia and Sabrina are operating the camera whilst I am starring in the trailer.




Here are some 'behind the scene' images of the filming process. As you can see from these images, we decided to try these scenes in two different locations. The photo here on the left, shows the two actors (myself and 'Adam') sat in 'Faye's Bedroom' which is actually Georgia's room. This location was the safest option as there was no effect on the sound quality, in fact the acoustics proved to be quite nice. On the right, you can see that we also filmed this scene in an outdoor area. This was also filmed in Georgia's back garden but we will claim it to be some kind of outdoor park or greenery if this is the location we choose to use. The risks we had to take with filming outside again was the wind. To avoid this as much as we could, we tried to wait until the wind had settles down for us to begin the recording.
However, it is likely that we will use the bedroom location as not only does it have better sound, it shows a contrast to our other locations where as we already have a scene that is based outdoors. When filming in the bedroom, we filmed from two different perspectives of the room to show the versatility of camera angles. This will help when it comes to [possibly] editing in this scene as it will allow s to switch angles so we are able to see the important parts of this scene. For this re-shoot, it did mean that we also felt like a re-write of the script was relevant as the first script dialogue for this scene didn't really add much effect to the trailer so we tried to make it more intense between these two characters to confuse the audience as to 'who did it?'. This script re-write will be posted when the third draft of the trailer has been edited together as we don't want it to be spoilt prior to the viewing.

Filming for the third draft was quite a rewarding challenge as it made us realise this is likely to be the last footage we ever record for this trailer as the rest of the feedback was related to the digital aspects that had been added in, not the actual footage. This was a nice feeling as we finally felt like we had a good piece of footage for this scene to add in.

In conclusion, we feel like this process went well and was extremely beneficial to us and the trailer. The next step will be to sit and edit for the third draft.

Poster Mark-Up

As a group, we have now reached a stage where we have drawn up our ideas for the Film Poster and have pictured how we ideally want it to look. We figured that we wanted the image of the main character to be the main focus of the poster as this follows the conventions we researched. We also wanted the film title to be in a bold, captivating font towards the bottom of the page so that it stands out but also doesn't distract the attention away from the main image. We have also added space at the bottom where we would like head-shots of the four other characters to show they are included in the film. However, with these images, we have an idea that we would like them to be faded into the background so they don't take the focus away from the main image. 

Within our poster, we included various other features that are features of a stereotypical film poster. For example, we have entered the BBFC rating in the bottom corner, a review and other works the director has produced.

We are well aware of the fact many things are likely to change in the process of putting the film poster together electronically. 

Poster Designs - 5 (First Drafts)

This is an image of the five final poster designs we are left. With these designs, we will carry out a questionnaire and see which one is most successful and use this as our first draft to then apply feedback and changes.

We are well aware that this is only a first draft and that whichever poster we decide to use will only be a first draft and feedback will need to be applied to make changes and there will be other drafts to follow this before the final product.

Poster Drafts and Process

With the poster, it was quite a tough decision when it came to deciding what photo to use as we had a variety of options to chose from. This meant that many versions of the poster were being created at once. We designed two options and decided to then try other images with the design I most liked. Here are some images of the process to making the Poster.
To create the poster we used Serif DrawPlus x6 as we are familiar with the software and know how to use it.

An idea we had before even putting pen to paper on design for the Poster was that we knew we wanted the main focus to be an image of the main character and we wanted the faces of 'the suspects' included on the front but we didn't want them to be as definitive as the main image. As a result of this we decided we wanted to fade the images. When we started the poster design, this was therefore one of the first things we did and then hoped everything would come along nicely after that was then visually a success.

Here, you see a screenshot of the four 'suspect' characters that we wanted to be imported onto the poster.

This is an explanation of how we faded the image. This wasn't as hard as we initially thought it would be. There is a brief explanation on this screenshot of how we did the fading. It was a simple process where we changed the colour opacity of the image and brung it lower down to then fade the image. We wanted this to also look similar to head shots that are normally taken of criminals as this is a crime-drama trailer we are advertising.

Once we had done this to one image, we did the same for the other three then aligned them up and grouped them together. This was so it became one unit and if we wanted to move the layout around we wouldn't have the line them up each time.

After this, we imported the photo onto the document and also added the other text aspects. For the title of the film on the poster, we used the same font we are trying to use throughout the whole process.

The text and the image were then placed together and this is what the first draft looked like.








On our poster, we decided to add all the conventions as we wanted it to be the best it could for a first draft. For example, we included the billing block, however it is typically at the bottom and we have placed it at the top. We included the names of two actors that can be seen within the trailer so that the audience will recognise these names and then want to watch it even more. We have the release date, an indication as to who our primary audience will be as we've included an image of the age rating the film will be. We have the title of the film being advertised, mentioned work that the director has made before to lure audience in as if they've seen previous work and liked it, they are more likely to watch this one too. Also, we have included a rating from another magazine on the film and poster being advertised.

As I briefly mentioned, there was a disagreement as to which photo we were going to use. This is the design 2/3 members of the group preferred. With this in mind, we then took this layout but changed the image. There were three other photos we were left with.

First Draft - Magazine Cover

Here is an image of our Magazine cover first draft.