Planning, planning, planning

 

If there is one thing I have learned during doing my coursework, it is that planning is the key. Shooting my short film was so easy with having the storyboard by hand. If there are a2's in the future who read this: plan every detail out before you start filming and editing!! I just looked at the storyboard and did exactly what I wrote down. 

Music copyright E-mail (Proof)

In my short film I used a turkish instrumental song called 'sonsuza kadar' which I had heard on a soap on TV called 'intikam' (revenge). Since the owner of the music is Turkish I have written a Turkish e-mail.

TRANSLATION:

Hello,

I am a 18 year old student and I study at a college in England. I have to make a short film and would like to use your song 'sonsuza kadar' which is used in the Intikam series. Could you please give me permission to use your music? I will give your name and copyright.

I am looking forward to receive a response,

Ecesu Ozevin

Short film poster PROGRESS

Today I have started to make my short film poster. Basically this is a draft, but as soon as I have my images (there have been difficulties with my actors again!!) I will be done. This is what I have done in one lesson. 

I have added gradient to the title, 'know your enemy' and the date. Also I have mirrored the R in 'MR' but I'm not sure if I'm going to leave it that way since I don't think it looks too nice. 

This is a close up of the credits. I am written everywhere :) 

Today I did the photoshoot with albert, however I forgot to take a screenshot of all the pictures. It just came to my mind while deleting the pictures to put this on my blog. However, the shoot went well and I believe I have managed to create a similar effect to wha tI wanted. Albert didn't have much time, therefore it took us only around 15 minutes to take the pictures. Also the photoshop document is deleted from my computer, so I have to start over and finish it today. I will make exactly the same page as I had before (above). 

I have put one light on above albets head, to create a dark effect. I will change the image in photoshop. 

Magazine film review PROCESS

I have started to select stills to use in my double page spread magazine review. The reason I have chosen these is because they reveal the most identity there is shown in the short movie. In the end I have chosen the still with the couple and the extreme close up of his face. 

I have chosen the extreme close up because this is the only shot that reveals a sense of identity of mr. Brown. Also you can see his red eyes which show that there is something wrong with him. 

The reason I have chosen the shot of the couple is to mislead the audience in that mr. Brown is the good guy he portrays himself as from the start until the last scene. Seeing a still like this will make the audience think that there is a happy family picture while the plot is that there is not. This refers back to the fact to my misleading plot in the short movie; this is reflected back in the film review. 

I have started to fill in the lay out for my double page spread. The colour sceme I have chosen is yellow, since it is a colour that stands out. I am not going to use the colour black, I have reduced the blackness to 90%. This will give the page a softer look, also it will look more professional. I have placed two stills on the page, one bigger than the other. The reason I have chosen the extreme close up shot to be smaller than the other image is because there is only one person seen. The still with the happy couple reveals more and gives the audience more clues on what is in the movie. I have photoshopped the extreme close up of mr. Brown's face and deleted the spots, since this will look more professional. 

After the lesson I went to the library and I have started to write the journalism. The only part left is the writing and some details such as pagenumbers etc. This is what I have now. 

My double page spread is ALMOST done. I have finished the writing (but I'm still thinking about a last sentence to end the page with). The only thing I need to do is fill in the 'did you know' box and add something under the extreme close up of Albert's face, which will probably be a quote. I feel very happy about what I have now and I have managed to do this in two days which will give me more time to update my blog and start my film poster. Also I have decided to use two colours, yellow-ish and dark red, since the yellow suits the top image and red suits the little image. The colours contrast nice together, and it doesn't make the page too crowded. Also I found that only one colour would be too boring.

MAGAZINE REVIEW: Case Study 1

The reason why I have chosen this page for my case study is because the big title (name of the movie) grabs the audience's attention straight away. The reason for this is because it is big and bold, on top of the page and the first thing the audience will read. Therefore I am definitely going to use the same technique by writing the name of my film in caps lock big and bold on top of the page. The font here is simple with no curly edges because that would be 'too much' etc, which makes it simple and not too-crowded. 

 The column in the far left is something that I want to use too. Here it uses a bright colour which suits to the image, as yellow and orange go good together. The reason why I want to use the same column is because it informs the audience about the most important aspects such as the plot, director, release date and main/famous actors. It is put in the left hand upper corner because again people start reading on from there. The words 'JANUARY 20' and words on the left such as 'released, certificate and director are put in bold to make it look more organised.

The stars on the right hand corner show the rating of the movie. However, I think this should be put on top of the page or in a brighter colour, to draw the audience's attention more. I would personally flick over a film review with a low rating. Yet that might be another reason for them to put it in little: for people to read it and then look at the rating. But the reason why I would put it on top is to inform people up front on whether it is a good movie or not (according to the magazine). 

I really like the 'LOOKCLOSER' part. The reason it is put on the image is to make it look different and outstanding from the text, making the reader wonder what is written. Since some people mind find it difficult to be focussed on a big page of written text, they might start reading that bit first since it looks more eye-catching. The colours used in the round font 'LOOKCLOSER' are colours which are used all over the page, so it does not stand out too much as it grabs enough attention due to the fact that the bright white background contrasts with the darker background of the image. I definitely want to put this on my magazine review. The line around the page makes the page look more professional and organised. If it did not have the line around it, it would make the page look empty since there is so much space between the text and the edge of the paper.The big 'INCINEMAS' written on the left hand top corner grabs the audience's attention due to the white arrow symbol on it. This makes the reader understand immediately that it is a film review, since it talks about 'films playing in the cinemas'. Also this is something I want to use in my film review since it informs the reader about what this article is about, especially if it is in a (e.g.) music magazine where the main focus is not films.

The font used for the review is simple and not curly. This gives the page a relaxed feeling, together with the block letters written in big. The reason for the written text to be in a arial-type font instead of Sherif is because if it was in a curly sherif font, the title and big titles should be the same for it to suit together.

I like the fact that they have put the still image in the middle of the page. This draws the audience's attention to it without making the page too crowded, and there is enough space for text. I want to put my still on the same spot. The image used is an image in action, giving the page an excited atmosphere, as you see them 'at work' to make their movie. This is an image from backstage, however I want to use a still from my movie to give the people a sense of what it is about and what kind of scenes it includes. This image does not give the reader insight of the movie, except for that they are working hard for it. Yet the fact that there is written on it that 'it's a thriller' gives the audience a clue together with the dark background of the set.

Example of Film Poster

This is an example of how I would like my film poster to look like. (Imagine the white lines being a broken mirror) 

PITCH ON MAGAZINE POSTER