Research and planning: Film magazine analysis 1

I will analyse this magazine for its effectiveness

First the effective parts:

• The picture is over lapping title, this is a good arrangement of layers as it shows the importance of the picture. The man looks like he is protecting the women and this fits in with the headlines. 

• There is good use of three colour rule, the bright yellow stands out against the grey and even the clothes in this magazine follow the rule too.

• At the top stars used to show other films, this is a great way of using symbols as to clear up empty space as this magazine wastes none of the space its given. 

Now the ineffective parts:

• The way the barcode has been placed looks wrong and is odd it could have been put in a more discreet place as not to take any audience view that should be concentrated on the headlines or picture. 

• The text over laps the picture this takes away some of the effect the strong picture has on the audience as it should be at the very front focus. 

• The picture is not central, this means it is not in the usual eye line the audience views things, this could take away from making the audience stop and look at the magazine. 

Research and planning: Film poster analysis 2

I am going to analyse this poster for its effectiveness:

First the things that are effective:

• All the important people involved in creating the film are listed at the bottom of the poster this means that many peoples names have been stated and this would help in the marketing of this film as if anyone saw a previous film by one of these people and liked it,they make be encouraged to go and see this film too. 

• The road map over the top of the main image is effective as it gives some insight into the films plot, you can read into what it could be about therefore this intrigues you to watch the film.

• The fact a tagline is used is very effective as this gives something other than the title to recognise the film by. therefore not only the name but the tagline of the film will stick in your head, making you wonder what it means.

Now the ineffective: 

• The colour scheme is ineffective as it is mainly a red block colour, this makes it difficult to see the text and makes the photo seem unrealistic when this film is in a realistic genre.

• The title is in two separate colours this means that the title does't flow and therefore may cause people to forget it, this is never effective as the purpose of a poster is to make sure the film name sticks in your mind. 

• There is too much empty block colour space, they haven't laid out this poster to use its space wisely. This impacts on the overall look of the poster making it ineffective. 

Research and planning: film poster analysis 1

I am going to analyse this poster in its effectiveness.

First the things that are effective:

• The size of the title is effective as it is what catches your eye first, this is good as it means the film name is the most important as this is how you get your audiences attention.

• The colour scheme is very effective as it follows the three colour rule. Especially as the red filter is over the main characters face. 

•  The fact that the main characters face is the main image gives a great insight into the actors in  the film especially when there name is above the title of the film, showing they are a great source to the marketing of this film

Now the ineffective things:

• The poster doesn't give enough insight into what the film is going to be about as there is no tag line or short explanation which would improve this posters effectiveness greatly. 

• The way the directer is displayed is ineffective as it looks out of place the layout of this could be improved by maybe putting the directors name above the actors name to show his importance rather than being put in a box. 

• The production companies logo is poorly placed as well as it is not very visible and is no where near to the distribution companies logo. 

Research and planning: Film name ideas

We discussed film names today the ideas we came up with were all in relation to cards as our plot is based around cards.

Our first idea was: The Game we chose this as it is simple and states exactly what our film is about without giving too much detail. We want them to be intrigued therefore leaving them wanting more.

Our second idea was: Ace of Spades we chose this we know that this is one of the most iconic cards and will attract people as many people play cards.

Our final idea was: Ace is high we chose this as we thought this was the most appropriate to our plot idea. As the higher the card gets the most valuable to the detective the murder is.

Research and planning: Costume and props lists for trailer

We had a meeting today about props and costumes, and we decided on certain things we will need to have for our trailers:

• Playing Cards
• Casual clothing for the victims, depending on the age of the victim for example the young children will be in bed therefore have pyjamas on where as the elderly would have much warmer clothing on as her death swill be outside. Also depending on the time of the day depends on wether we will include coats  or just jackets
• Smart clothing for the killer and the detective for example a black trouser pants
• A brick for one of the deaths 
• Dark make up to create the bruises on some victims faces 
• Fake blood
• Recording machine
• Torch for light on detective in the interrogation scene
• Gambling chips for poker scene

Research and planning: equipment and software list for all my tasks

This is my list of Equipment i was be using: 

• Slr camera

• Sony camcorder

• Iphone

This is my list of Software:

• Poll junkie
• Gif
• Slideshare
• Google
• Word it out
• Imovie
• Garage band
• Quicktime player 
• Facebook
• Youtube
• Prezi
• Microsoft word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Blogger
• Photoshop

Research and planning: Distribution company logo ideas

I researched distrubution company names so that i had a general idea of what they sounded like.

I then thought about ideas for my own distribution company name which is moon light pictures. I decided on this because i thought it was very unique.
I choose to use a logo creator on the internet as i thought this would help me with design to create this the link to this is: http://www.flamingtext.co.uk/LogoMaker/

The end result was this: