The ancillary tasks that I have produced will be combined with my main product (Short Film Production). These ancillary texts will be a film review and a film poster. I found that the final products linked in well with my finished short production, they complemented it well and represented a proffesional modern approach, that could be compared to those that meet the professional requirements within the industry.
To begin this evaluation, I will start with the creation of my film review. As seen in an earlier blog post, or by looking at the slideshow seen to the right of this blog template, I have used a consistent red and yellow colour scheme. I chose to use this colour scheme as I felt it reflected a modern review, that of Empire and UK Film magazine. Red and yellow have always been contrasting colours being popular within a variety of different media texts. My research into the Music Industry for last years foundation also helped me within making the decision to use this colour scheme, as from seeing NME's scheme being presented in a magazine format, it allows the font, and text to be presented easily. Back on topic you can see that the written word is within a black font, contrasting with a white background. I felt this was the best option to compliment the yellow and red scheme, as too much colour would be too distracting and the focus on the review wouldn't be as strong. I feel that it is important and a vital convention for the magazine itself to be eye catching and aesthetically pleasing for the audience, but at the same time being able to read the writing is the most important aspect of a film review. Below I have listed the key conventions that my Film review follows and have shown these conventions, demonstrated in the image below:
With my short production 'The Following' I felt that the film review above complimented the film in terms of style and keeping to the consistency of conventional elements. My film review complimented the film's storytelling, the ambiguous plot and how the story isn't just straight forward, it has a level of creativity.The review highlights all the aspects of the film, explains the structure and gives an insight into what the film has to offer,without revealing too much as this will spoil the film. The plot summary and description of a film that makes up the majority of any film review can have an important impact on whether people decide to see a film, therefore I have summarised the plot, not giving too much away as readers will then feel the need to watch the film and see the conclusion. I have included two scenes from the film within the film review as a way of gaining the readers attention to the visual effects present. These screen shots will be effective as it will demonstrate the atmosphere found within the film, the reader will view these scenes, see the actors/actresses and gives them an idea and an appetizer for the upcoming film.
The final film poster compliments the film review and my final short production as it links to everything I have stated within the review and with its simplistic modern design it reflects its intended genre. As I have stated within my film review my film focuses on the simply storytelling, it doesn't rely on action scenes or complexity seen in other productions. I felt as though it resembled an old fashioned story, being shown to a modern day society. An example of this can be visible within 'Shutter Island' the story is all simple until the last remaining scenes in which the audience is shocked to find out the truth, then by watching the film for a second time they can then see how the plot links with earlier scenes. As my film contains elements of mystery, a murder, and the theme of psychology nature, I felt it would be suitable to create a poster using the elements and conventions of film noir. Again below I have listed the key conventions of a film poster and have demonstrated how they appear on my poster below:
Within the poster you can see our main character (Jack McGrath) being shown in front of our supporting actor (Stephen Maguire). It was a lengthy process in creating the film poster as I went through a variety of stages of photography and editing. I was inspired by many film poster's that could fall under the genre of our film, and with this I decided I wanted it to appear that (Stephen Myself) was in the background, looking and being represented to be more casual in stance, to demonstrate the sense of no stress or worries, whereas with Jack, and our ambiguous psychological plot, I wanted it to represent that he is doubtful, scared and worried. Therefore him looking at the ground in a distressed manner with Stephen looking onwards with no signs of emotion, allows us to use and represent the psychological thriller genre. The film poster in conclusion with the combination of our films plot, allowed me to use the style of film noir as the typical elements of this genre would be murder, mystery and lies, all being seen within our protagonist and his actions.
Film Poster Photography
As stated earlier, creating the poster was a lengthy process to which I have gone through many different stages of planning and photography to find the correct images for my film poster. Below I will share with you the best photos that went through the editing stages in order to represent effect I wished to achieve.
So the photo you see above was the first intention I had for my final film poster. I thought that if Jack were to be my main character it would be good to represent him through the use of his emotions. To show that he is distraught and looking into the distance. However this was the first photo taken and I still needed to edit the image in order to gain the representation I need. There was also the problem that the corner of the green screen was visible, however this wasn't too much of an issue as I could of edited this out.
The photo above then shows me editing the first photo taken. I started off by editing the area in which the green screen corner was visible, as this looked unprofessional if I were to use this image. I then went into the brightness settings and changed the ratio scale of brightness and contrast. I then achieved the image above, and while still showing a protagonist in clear view, I thought the colours were too dark and it seemed to represent that of a horror/ghost genre, which wasn't intended for the genre of my film, therefore I were to carry on the editing process.
The above image was the final one that I would have used. It reflected that of 'Fight Club' a psychological thriller that shares some of the conventions and elements that our film contains. After researching this type of artwork and photography, I realised that my film poster could be portrayed and would reflect my films plot more if I were to include both main characters on the film poster, in a similar fashion to how 'Fight Club' has achieved their aim, of having both protagonist and antagonist presented to the audience. With this in mind I then decided to re-take photos and I was at stage one once again.
Taking everything into account and from my past experience of research and editing, I then decided and chose the above photo for my final film poster. I thought it represented the similar effects that 'Fight Club' achieved, with the main character standing in front position, with supporting actor being present in the background looking upon. I also liked the idea that, due to our film having an ambiguous psychological element, this photo allows the target audience to decide whether the supporting actor's (Stephen's) Character is a figment of Jack's imagination or whether he has came back to haunt him in the form of a ghost.
Film Review Ancillary Images
When choosing the images for my film review, I would need to choose images that would represent demonstrate my genre while at the same time the scenes that I would include within the review would have to be appropriate, appealing and resemble the visual effects, such as camera angles and filmography throughout.
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For the larger image (dominating image) that would be featured on my film review, I decided to use the image of Jack walking up the stairs to investigate a noise he had heard. I felt that the emotion he portrayed during this scene, being worried while investigating, it portrayed that of many established thrillers. An audience could look at this image knowing that there is a distraught, suspenseful tone to this film, and linking to the written word in my review it will clearly represent the genre even more.
The image above then shows what I have used for the corner of my film review. I decided to use this image for the corner of my review as it would give readers another suspenseful scene to view, and to further encourage them to watch the film. The scene above was inspired by a film called 'Mirrors' it featured a very similar scene, this type of camera angle and scene is also apparent in many horror films, which shows that there is some horror elements to our film in the build of suspense and tension.
I dedicated an entire blog post to creating the font and title used within my film poster, Please click on the link below to view the progress and edits I made in achieving the final font used for my poster's billing block and title.
CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW THE FONT CREATION PROCESS
In conclusion together I think that the combination of the main and ancillary texts are complimentary to each other and represent the genre and overall feel that I wanted the viewers to gain when seeing them. Overall I think they all work well together, featuring the key conventions presented in established films within the industry. If I were to change anything differently I would perhaps use a different editing package rather than PhotoShop when editing my images for my final poster. When editing certain aspects of my images, PhotoShop would sometimes not perform certain tasks which made editing a more difficult and longer process.
- Main image (usually from the film)
- Overall view and star rating
- Main article (review)
- Film Tagline
- Release Date, Certificate, Director, Cast, Running Time, Plot Summary
The final film poster compliments the film review and my final short production as it links to everything I have stated within the review and with its simplistic modern design it reflects its intended genre. As I have stated within my film review my film focuses on the simply storytelling, it doesn't rely on action scenes or complexity seen in other productions. I felt as though it resembled an old fashioned story, being shown to a modern day society. An example of this can be visible within 'Shutter Island' the story is all simple until the last remaining scenes in which the audience is shocked to find out the truth, then by watching the film for a second time they can then see how the plot links with earlier scenes. As my film contains elements of mystery, a murder, and the theme of psychology nature, I felt it would be suitable to create a poster using the elements and conventions of film noir. Again below I have listed the key conventions of a film poster and have demonstrated how they appear on my poster below:
- Title of film
- Leading actors names
- Central image of characters
- Billing block
- BBFC age certification
Within the poster you can see our main character (Jack McGrath) being shown in front of our supporting actor (Stephen Maguire). It was a lengthy process in creating the film poster as I went through a variety of stages of photography and editing. I was inspired by many film poster's that could fall under the genre of our film, and with this I decided I wanted it to appear that (Stephen Myself) was in the background, looking and being represented to be more casual in stance, to demonstrate the sense of no stress or worries, whereas with Jack, and our ambiguous psychological plot, I wanted it to represent that he is doubtful, scared and worried. Therefore him looking at the ground in a distressed manner with Stephen looking onwards with no signs of emotion, allows us to use and represent the psychological thriller genre. The film poster in conclusion with the combination of our films plot, allowed me to use the style of film noir as the typical elements of this genre would be murder, mystery and lies, all being seen within our protagonist and his actions.
Film Poster Photography
As stated earlier, creating the poster was a lengthy process to which I have gone through many different stages of planning and photography to find the correct images for my film poster. Below I will share with you the best photos that went through the editing stages in order to represent effect I wished to achieve.
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| Portrait (Medium close up) |
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| Altering Brightness & Contrast |
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| Sketch Effect (Photo Shop) |
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| Sketch Effect (Fight Club) |
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| Medium Long Shot |
Film Review Ancillary Images
When choosing the images for my film review, I would need to choose images that would represent demonstrate my genre while at the same time the scenes that I would include within the review would have to be appropriate, appealing and resemble the visual effects, such as camera angles and filmography throughout.
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The image above then shows what I have used for the corner of my film review. I decided to use this image for the corner of my review as it would give readers another suspenseful scene to view, and to further encourage them to watch the film. The scene above was inspired by a film called 'Mirrors' it featured a very similar scene, this type of camera angle and scene is also apparent in many horror films, which shows that there is some horror elements to our film in the build of suspense and tension.
I dedicated an entire blog post to creating the font and title used within my film poster, Please click on the link below to view the progress and edits I made in achieving the final font used for my poster's billing block and title.
CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW THE FONT CREATION PROCESS
In conclusion together I think that the combination of the main and ancillary texts are complimentary to each other and represent the genre and overall feel that I wanted the viewers to gain when seeing them. Overall I think they all work well together, featuring the key conventions presented in established films within the industry. If I were to change anything differently I would perhaps use a different editing package rather than PhotoShop when editing my images for my final poster. When editing certain aspects of my images, PhotoShop would sometimes not perform certain tasks which made editing a more difficult and longer process.
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