Research on Credits: The credits in a trailer is important for the audience to be aware of the main people who were involved in producing the movie trailer in any way. The layout for most film credits are at the end of a trailer are similar, and the titles of the job is written in smaller size text, and the names have a bigger size font to stand out. The distribution company names and exhibition company are also included in the credits, in some ways to promote the company too. The screenshots above are from horror movies, such as, Eden lake and House of willow. I choose to look at trailer with the same theme as my trailer to get ideas on how to present my credits. I particularly picked out these credits because I liked the way the text was spread in the centre on the page, rather then looking like a list. Another common convention of the credits is that the text if placed onto a black background, with the text being a lighter colour, usually white, in order for the text to stand out to the viewers.
Underneath the text, there are several promotional logo's of the companies who have worked with the film producers, and these logo's are placed to make the logo of the company become more recognisable to the audience. It also makes the movie trailer look more professional. After looking into these common conventions I created my own credits using Sketch. I downloaded a legal font from 'Dafont' website called steel fish as it fitted in perfectly with the type of common font used for credits. My Trailer Credits:
For my trailer, when finding music , I used certain effects from iMovie, and builded upon these sound effects to create more of a suspenseful sound. At first I choose one sound track to use for the first part of the trailer, however I then added other more dramatic effects, at the parts in the trailer, as seen in the screenshot
After the introduction of the trailer, I used a 'thunder clap' sound effect, to set a dark atmosphere. by adding a black screen background at this point also shows the audience that something else is about to happen, making them feel like they she continue watching, as they would be drawn in by the first few shots of Spencer.
Throughout my whole trailer, I decided to add one piece of music, which I found from a channel on YouTube. I picked this music because it fitted in perfectly with my trailer, as they music started of soft and calm, and the atmosphere built up gradually, the same way the excitement in the trailer grows. I added a second piece of music, but cropped it down, to use only where I wanted extra suspense and tension to be created. For my voiceovers, I used a professional microphone to record the voiceovers to add in certain parts of the trailer. When I planned the voiceover, I wanted them to be very confusing but to add tension too, which is seen in the trailer. When adding the voiceovers to my trailer, I lowered the music in the background, so that the voice is heard clearly. I left the music running in the background as a settling effect.
When editing my movie trailer, I realised that some of many shots I have planned are flash backs, and in order for the audience to understand, which scene is flashback scene, I decided to use features of an recording camera settings, to make the shot look like it is footage of the past. The purpose of this is to make the audience be more aware of the narrative. The Green Screen: Created using Sketch, adding a green background, and then adding in other features of a recording camera picture, such as Recording feature, date, time and battery level.
Editing the shots: When editing the shots, I used the crop tool to crop any unnecessary filming, making each shot fit into the trailer nicely. I used the colour effects tool, which allowed me to change the contrast, brightness, saturations and hue. Due to this tool I managed to make the different shots look in a different way, for example, the flashbacks scenes, look like they are old because of the effects used in them, as seen in the screenshots below. I also adjusted the clips by stabilising the shaky videos, making the filming look more professional. I cropped the clips, to fit the screen, focusing the centre of the clip where I believed was most appropriate, achieving the type of shot I was looking for.
Inter titles Research : For my inter-titles research I viewed other existing movie trailers, with a similar theme to my movie trailer. I looked into movies trailers such as, Gone Girl, The Black Swan, Prisoners, and Shutter Island. In the Gone Girl, I particularly picked out the way the inter-title was placed in the same shot with the actor/actress, showing clearly the name of which actor is starring in the movie. In Shutter Island trailer I like the way the titles were bold and easy to read, making them stand out. In The Black Swan trailer, I picked out the different effects used at the bottom of each inter-title, which linked in to the theme of black swan, as features were shown. For the Split trailer the inter-title were placed in the middle of the page, centralised to emphasis the attention, and the text was also very large, and bold. These inter-titles were also placed on black background, and with the writing being white, it was easy to read. Common Features of Inter-title:
Bold and simple text/ stands out
Easy to read
Placed in a certain position continuously in each shot
For my movie trailer, I did some research into existing movie trailer, such as Gone Girl, The Black Swan and Split. I particularly liked the way that the trailers structure was very straight forward but did not give away too much information about the narrative at the same time. I also looked into the film trailer of The Black Swan, and liked this one as it gave me inspiration for my trailer and how to structure the different shots. The mise en scene is shown to be revealing but not very clearly, indicating the excitements and thrill of watching the whole movie. I also liked the way the music and diegetic sound was presented as it was a fair balance of both. In the Split trailer, I was inspired by the lack of knowledge shown to the audience about each character, as the main character has a deeper focus and I plan to use this technique in my trailer, as the character of Spencer Hastings is going to be the main character who is talked about throughout most of the trailer. I was also inspired by the voiceover of different characters, showing an insight into each characters mind, which also builds up on informing the audience about the narrative of the movie.
For my magazine feedback I used voice recorder to record what the audience thinks about my mock ups.I have posted the audio recording through 'Soundcloud'. The feedback I received from my target audience was mostly positive, as this is my final magazine and I have previously made many improvements such as change of fonts and image editing. Feedback Results:
Great use of colours: unisex colours (blue, red and white) makes the magazine stand out
Colours:Blue helps with the background image stand out, as it links to the theme of mystery
Image- character looking straight on at the camera- builds emphasis on theme
Image draws in attention and layout is well presented
Making my magazine poster For creating my final magazine, I used Photoshop to edit my final image. I edited my final image by adding more colour to the eyes, making them send out, as seen in the screenshot below.
I also adjusted the contrast and brightness, and went through each section of the image, to clear up any blemishes, making the image become visibly more attractive I used the magic wand to remove the background, and replaced the background with a cropped image of dark clouds, which builds the emphasis on the mood the cover is trying to set. I then placed my Masthead underneath the image, as typical this is a common convention of magazine covers.
Next I added my text into the cover, and used a variety of similar fonts such as
I decided to go for the house styles of orange, blue and white, as they are unisex colours, and stand out on the background. I changed the font sizes so that the most important words which would be able to grab the readers attention were in a larger size, and the smaller text, giving a small insight into what is provided in the magazine. After adding the title, "THINK TWICE", I went through all text and added drop shadow where it was needed, in order to make the text stand out more. Then after adding my banner and small essentials such as bar code, date and issue number and price, I created my pug. When creating the pug, I used the shape tool and added layers of circles to create a pattern for effects.
