FILM MAGAZINE - MASTHEADS

I have chosen the name Bijou for my magazine as it is a synonym of the word 'cinema' and connotes hard work, being delicately worked and tasteful much like most films. Above are a variant of mastheads they I will present to my target audience to vote which one they prefer.

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

PRINT PRODUCT PLANNING - PHOTOS

Things I need to take into account when planning my front cover photo shoot;

• Costume - Clothing, accessories, Shoes, Blood? 
• Lighting - High key, low key, shadowing 
• Props - items in hand? Sitting/standing on
• Hair & make up - protagonist(s)
• Angle - side shot, above, below?
• Shadow - linked with lighting? Silhouette?
• Shots - Mid, close up, extreme
• Effects - negative, grayscale, sepia filters
• Expression - emotion?
• Body Language - Pose 
• Backdrop - white sheet/ garden/ building?
• Positioning - Where's the model standing, surroundings?

Taking into account the above, the below Images I think conform to this and the type of high quality images I want to produce.

FILM MAGAZINE - LAYOUTS

RISK ASSESSMENT

FILM & INSTITUTION LOGO AND TITLE IDEAS

FILM TRAILER CONVENTIONS

Release date

Soundtrack

montage of small clips

Narrative

Main actors

Teasers

Reviews

Voiceover

Dialogue

Title

House style

Credits

Special Effects 

Jump Cuts

Cuts

Highlights

BBFC rating

AUDIENCE THEORY

Audience theory

More presentations from Paige

FILM PRINT PRODUCT ANALYSIS

FILM MAGAZINE FRONT COVERS

FILM MAGAZINES CELEBRATE FILMS TO PROVIDE FOR IT'S TARGET AUDIENCE OF AVID FILM FANS, GIVING THEM NEW INFORMATION FROM ANTICIPATED RELEASES AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS WITH BIGGEST ACTORS AND DIRECTORS OF THE MOMENT.

MASTHEAD - FEATURES ON ALL MAGAZINE COVERS, USUALLY AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE, INDICATES WHICH MAGAZINE IT IS. SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE LARGEST TEXT ON THE PAGE.

IMAGE - SHOULD REFLECT THE AUDIENCE AND THE STLYE OF THE MAGAZINE. USUALLY A MID-SHOT OF THE MAIN ACTOR FROM FEATURED FILM. 

BUZZ WORDS - "FREE" "EXCLUSIVE" CAPTURES THE READERS ATTENTION AND PULLS THEM TO BUY.

BANNER - OVERALL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CAN BE FOUND INSIDE THE MAGAZINE.

EXTRAS - BARCODE, DATE, ISSUE NUMBER - EVERY MAGAZINE NEEDS

The majority of film magazines have a focus on one film with an image that covers the front page. The title of the film is usually written in large block text and sets the theme throughout the magazine. With several cover stories to give an idea of what is contained within. These all tend to follow the same font themes, size, colour and style.  The image essentially covers the whole front of the magazine. More often than not, it is the protagonist in the film.

FILM POSTERS

MUST BE EYE CATCHING AND CAPTIVATE THE AUDIENCE

IMAGE MUST HAVE A FOCAL POINT 

TITLE IS DISPLAYED IN LARGER FONT TO EVERYTHING ELSE

MUST CLEARLY DEFINE THE GENRE OF THE FILM

INICATION TO RELEASE DATE OR 'COMING SOON'

DIRECTOR AND PRODUCTION COMPANY INFOMATION NORMALLY IN BILLING BLOCK 

SOMETIMES REVIEWS OR OTHER TITLE LINKS 'FROM THE CRETORS OF...'

BILLBOARDS

MUST INFORM 

TITLE

DATE OF RELEASE 

TAGLINE/SOLGO

LARGE CLEAR IMAGE

SOMETIMES ACTORS NAMES

DIRECT ADDRESS

CLEAR LAYOUT

COLOR SCHEME MUST SUIT GENRE

DVD COVERS

Tagline – draws the audience’s attention by asking them a question.

Iconography – relevant to the genre or images of famous actors, or even places – because the audience may recognise them from other films.

Industry reviews – gives the film critical acclaim.

Sequel – audiences may have seen the first one.

Blurb or synopsis on the back of the DVD cover – wording is sensationalised mentioning actors names and giving information about the narrative.  It also asks questions to the audience to create enigmas making them want to find out more.

Bonus features – the audience is getting inside information about the film, the actors, crew.

Awards – gives the film recognition to the audience. Audiences want to watch successful films.

The production company – audiences recognise them from previous films and give them an indication of the style of the film.

Director – audiences might recognise the name from other films they have made.

Film classification – may attract the audience to watch an older or younger film.

Screen grabs – gives the audience an insight into the film.

Also includes: Title, Central Cover Image, Actors Names, Classification, Rating, Running Time, Synopsis, Tagline, Certification Information, Technical Specs, Special Features? Producer&Distributor Information, Barcode.

PLANNING OF KEY SCENES FOR INTENSE TRAILER

Ree and Paige meet up beforehand to pack, testing the camera is working and brainstorming pranks.

1. Establishing shot - Paige's house.
2. Tracking Shot - Ree walking towards the house. 
3. OSS - Paige answering the door. 
4. CU - Both going upstairs. 
5. Two Shot - Ree and Paige sitting on the bed talking.
6. FF - Ree and Paige making sure the camera is working. 
7. MS - Ree and Paige with toilet Roll and glow sticks.
8. CU -  Ree cutting up the toilet roll. 
9. LS - Paige opening wardrobe and taking out clothes. 
10. CU - Clothes going in the backpack.   
11. LS - Girls walking down the stairs with bags. 
12. FF - Ree and Paige meet Nisha and Phoebe at the station platform.
13. POV/FF - Train station entrance.

Date: 28/11/14

Time: 13.00 - 14.30

People: Myself and Paige

Equipment: Camera, Tripod, Phones, Trolley acting as dolly

Props: Suitcase/backpack, Clothes, Phones, Toilet Roll, Glow-sticks, scissors

Location: Paige's House 

Evidence:

We haven't set up a script for this scene as we want it to appear as natural  as possible.

REFILMING ANTIMATIC 1

1. LS - Opposite platform, Ree, Paige, Nisha and Phoebe standing on with their luggage.
2. Establishing Shot - The weather changing.
3. Low Angle - getting off the train.
4. FF - The group all walking to the park messing around with the camera.
5. MS - Paige picking a spot for the tents.
6. OSS - Group sitting conversing before setting up camp.
7. MS - Paige and Ree walking off to collect the water
8. LS - Phoebe and Nisha setting up the tents.
9. POV - someone watching them from the bushes.
10. CU - Hooded figure walking away.

Date: 03/12/14
Time: 13.20 - 14.00
People: Myself, Paige, Nisha and Phoebe
Equipment:Camera, Tripod, Bags
Props: Bags, Water Bottle
Location: Sutton Train Stations 

PERMISSION OF MUSIC

In my trailer I would like to have music in order to do this I need to ask for permission to use it. This is the letter I have sent to Virgin Media Records to gain permission to use the track:

PHOTO/ANIMATIC FOR FIRST 2 KEY SCENES

Key scene1: The group set off for the train station and arrive at Sutton Park. They decide to start drinking immediately to get them in the mood.

Shot List:
1. LS- Opposite platform the group are standing on with their luggage.
2. CU- Group messing around with their cameras on the train and getting off.
3. Establishing Shot- The weather changing.
4. Low Angle - Groups feet standing in the middle on the the campsite with all their kit.
5. POV - Ree taking a shot and pill.
6. CU - Paige drinking.
7. ECU - Tom's eye, drugs taking effect.
8. Two Shot - Reece and tom laughing.
9. OSS - Group conversing.
10. MS - Paige and Ree walking off. 
11. LS - Tom and Reece setting up the tents.
12. POV - someone watching them from the bushes.





Key scene2: Reece seeing the glowing eyes prank that the girls made up and placed in the bushes, he then starts to freak out. Ree goes to take down the prop but something grabs her and the rest attempt to pull her out.


Shot List: 
1. POV - Reece sees the glowing eyes in the bushes.
2. ECU - Reece's scared facial expression.
3. Two Shot - Toms hand on Reece's shoulder.
4. Establishing Shot - Ree walking toward the glowing eyes.
5. POV - looking at Ree from the bushes.
6. CU - Ree's hand out of the bush.
7. OSS - Tom and Page laughing.
8. High Angle Shot - Ree trying to claw out of the bush.
9. MS - Rest of them looking worried.
10. LS - Group running over to save Ree.
11. POV - Pulling Ree out.

Planning: 

Time - 15.00 - 16.30
Date - 30/10/14
People/role - Myself, Paige, Tom and Reece as heightened versions of ourselves
Equipment -  Tripod, Camera, IPhone
Props - Bags, Vodka, Drugs, Sticks, Phones 
Costume - Normal everyday wear
Weather - Cloudy, slight showers 
Location - Sutton Park& home garden

Weather Evidence 









Positives:
When filming these key scenes for the animatic myself and Paige got a feel of where we would like to film at our location to get the best outcome for our trailer. We decided to cast ourselves in the production to minimize reliance on other people as we may need to plan last minute outings to re-film parts. As this was our first time filming I think it went quite well, we got good shots at the locations and were able to get everything done with no hassle. Shots show clear progression of the scene, varied shot types. After taking the shots in these couple of scenes we know what we want to create for our trailer.

Negatives to develop on: 
At the train station we decided not to use the tripod which may have been a mistake as parts are shaky. As we are still trying to get more practice on the camera, learning how to focus and zoom etc some shots are out of focus however with a bit more practice camera work will get much better.

After filming and editing these key scenes problems were highlighted. Following these events we have decided to change our cast members Reece and Tom due to conflicting schedules to Nisha and Phoebe people who are willing and committed to our project. This may have hindered our production by about a week however this change has made our narrative stronger. 

CAMERA WORK IDEAS

I think found footage recording has a greater effect on the audience as more emotion is presented. Above I have embedded the trailer for Chronicle(2012) which is a found footage film. This film is one of my favorites, It follows 3 mismatched friends who come together after experiencing weird happenings in a hole and gaining the power of Telekinesis. The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity are also FF films and have been hugely successful. The found footage genre lends itself particularly well to horror movies, I plan to use elements of found footage in my horror trailer as my film follows young people and I think it will create more of an atmosphere as our film is aimed more to young adults I think a new popular route of story telling would entice the audience.

TREATMENT

PRODUCTION MEMBERS: PAIGE MANNING & RIANNE MURRAIN

COMPANY NAME: SUPERNATURAL STUDIOS

GENRE: HORROR

TITLE OF PRODUCTION: INTENSE

SYNOPSIS: 

A group of friends decide to go camping in order to celebrate the end of exams and getting into Uni. Rianne, Phoebe, Nisha and Paige plan to make the weekend a night they wont forget with a host of drugs and alcohol. The weekend starts with harmless fun and pranks however things start happening which neither of the girls planned to happen. The group are left terrified when discover a dead body by their camp, with no signal and no way of escaping will the friends discover the truth and survive?

NARRATIVE OUTLINE: Rianne and Paige decide to go camping inviting Nisha and Phoebe their close friends, this will be the last group outing before they all head off to different Universities so they want to make it one last celebration they each will never forget. In the hype of the trip the girls decide to make it a true dark night in the woods each planning typical school boy pranks to unleash upon each other as the all claim to be 'un-spookable.' The group all meet at the train station and set off to Sutton Park; a notoriously known site for campers. On arrival the group decide to 'get the party started' straight after setting up camp. The weather starts turning, the howling of the wind is getting stronger on the break of the trees and the sky is turning grey. Uncaring about the weather they each take a pill downed with shots of vodka.

Nisha and Phoebe then offer to set up the tents and then Paige says they'll go off to 'fill up the water canisters.' Unknown to the other two this is their cover to set up the pranks starting with Ree and Paige amateur-ly covering the bottom of the tap with tape so it will squirt out and soak the girls, they return to their pitch and tell Phoebe and Nisha the water source was unsuccessful. The boys tell them to carry on putting up the tent and they'll find water as obviously they will be more successful. They find the pump in seconds and laugh at Ree and Paige's incapability of anything, they go to turn on the tap but it wont move, both of them try at once -  shifting it little by little suddenly a thick, red ooze shoots out of the tap followed by a child's giggle, freaked Nisha and Phoebe look around them and see a figure run away. Ree and Paige unknowingly are continuing their 'terrorizing' acts, cutting out eye shapes into toilet roll cartons  and  inserting glow sticks to create the illusion spooky eyes and putting them into the bushes. Nisha and Phoebe return covered in the red substance panting from running, claiming there's something out there. The other two girls tell them that they won't fall for their tricks and that it was them that rigged the tap. Nisha and Phoebe ask them how they got it to look like blood to which the girls give each other concerned looks but decide to go along with it as they think this is their trick. Nisha says that its all a pitiful yet hilarious attempt to try and scare them and to stop attempting. They all gather around the campfire and continue drinking and consuming drugs.

Phoebe notices the glowing eyes and starts freaking out because he thinks its moving, Nisha tries to assure her that it's all fine  and just another one of the Ree's and Paige's silly tricks and she's just having a bad trip. Ree feels bad and goes to take down the prop as she does, something drags her in suddenly. Nisha and Paige start laughing and tell her to stop messing about. Ree's shouting that she's not playing around and that something has a hold of her. The three of them then grab on her to pull her out. Again a child's laughter is heard, followed by the sound of a whispering voice is calling each of their names from the darkness. Paige lends Ree a hand to get her up and asks her if she planned what just happened, Shocked at the accusation Ree erupts saying of course it wasn't her. Phoebe then steps in and starts having a go at the other two girls telling them that it's pathetic and that she's come to have a good time and that's what she intends to do, she storms back to their tent to take some more pills, Paige goes in after her to try and calm her down and stop her from taking anymore however she fails, without warning she suddenly starts foaming at the mouth and choking, Paige shouts for the others but its too late. She's stopped moving. In a panic the group all start screaming. Nisha goes to call the emergency services however she has no signal, she turns on his phone light around the tent to try to find what Phoebe had taken and finds that the bag of pills are red. 

The three remaining decide they need to urgently find signal, Ree doesn't think its respectful to just leave Phoebe body alone however Paige and Nisha suggest its the best thing to do at the moment if they all want to survive the night. As they walk, they hear the laughter again followed by the winds howling. Shook, the group start to run. Nisha recognizes its the figure that was at the water pump earlier chasing them and tells the the other two to carry on running until they find a signal. The girls do as she says running away from whatever it could be, Ree stops as she thinks she can see Nisha hiding amongst the bushes, Paige and Ree call her name but there is no response. As the two get clsoer they realise it isn't Nisha and it isnt Phoebe, who could it be? The girls find the park ranger, dead. The two girls panicked and shocked they look around for Nisha. Nisha is no where to be seen. Panicking shout Nisha again and again they hear no answer. The girls then attempt to retrace their steps when they were running with Nisha, they find her phone on the forest floor, Paige goes to pick it up as she does she feels something drop on her head, blood. She looks up and Nisha is hanging from the tree.  

Looking around for help, the two friends see the dark figure that has been terrorizing them all night. Scared Paige runs away to find her way out, thinking Ree is behind her however when Paige looks back, the figure is standing with Ree, Paige can see a silver object in his hand, startled and not looking where she is going Paige knocks her head off a branch and falls to the ground unconscious. Nobody knows if what happened to Ree that night, is she still alive?

INTENDED TARGET AUDIENCE: 

15+, Male & Female, Group C1C2DE, Enjoy Horror productions Mostly aimed at students that have free time to go to the cinema and watch films, of all ethnicity types.

MISE-EN-SCENE:

Props: Tents, Torches, Camping Gear, Glow Sticks, Toilet Roll, Rope, "Pills", Phones, speaker.

Lighting: Low key lighting from torch and phones, darkness from the night sky.

Sound: Minimal sound as it is a forest, rustles in trees and leaves. Non-diegetic sound - eerie music.

Costume: Normal, everyday mainstream teenage clothing such as jeans, jumper, trainers and beanies/scarves.

Mood: tension and suspense.

LOCATIONS: Sutton Park and Train Station. No permission needed.

PRODUCTION IDEAS AND RESEARCH

We have chosen this idea because it had the strongest feedback from the target audience. we will develop this idea in order to create a stronger narrative.

Brainstorm of our potential institution names

Our chosen Institution logo and name: SUPER NATURAL STUDIOS

All the above information we go from making an online survey and posting it on our different social media channels such as Facebook and Twitter.

We received 36 responses; 

21 being female and 15 being male from the ages 15-26+.

23 were aged between 15 and 18, 10 between 19 and 25 and 2 who were 26+. 

As the most of the responses were from the age range 15-18 this will reflect our production as they will be our core audience.

D GRADE TRAILER - STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

As a class we viewed a film trailer posted from a previous year. Discussing the strengths and weaknesses we noticed that the weaknesses were easier to find.

VERBAL FEEDBACK PROGRESS

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

MY TARGET AUDIENCE 

For most Thriller/Horror films the certificate usually at the lowest of 15 due to violence. Horror films interest young adults as they find the plots interesting, they like feeling the suspense and mystery. Males are interested in horrors s due to the action as they like to see something that gets their heart beating, and females are usually attracted to thrillers because they like to watch something that plays their heads, wondering what will happen next.

My target audience will be, both female and males ages ranging from anything above the age of 15, Horrors/Thrillers are suitable for all groups of the JICNAR scale most importantly group E being students.

Questions I will ask my target audience:

• Which pitch do you prefer and why?
• Can you see it being an actual movie you would pay to see in the cinema?
• In thrillers/horrors what do you expect to see?
• Would you included anything else in the trailer
• What category of horror films do you like the most and why?

Hannah // Aged 18 // Student // Favorite Film: Rent 

OUTLINE IDEAS

GENRE: HORROR 

I have chosen to research into psychological horror and a thriller as I feel these types of films have the most impact on the audience. When tension rises, so do their pulses.  

The dis-equilibrium is the event most played out which is what I will try to show. The 'Norm' will be disturbed, leading to the main conflict then to the main character restoring the peace. These types of films are mostly shown through clear binary opposite of Good and Evil. To which the good always prevails but with consequences e.g. someone dies. 



SITTING CLOWN

Jennifer is just your average teen with hopes and dreams of becoming the next Anna Wintour. She's very smart, responsible, friendly and comes from a stable home. The she babysits for Hans-Wilson's (David and Lisa) a respectable family with very demanding jobs; Lawyer and Doctor with 3 children (Micah, Elsa and Breeze.) Jennifer notices odd things happening around the house for a few weeks; things moving when no one is looking, heavy footsteps upstairs, loud bangs from the basement but lets it boil down to the fact that she hasn't gotten much sleep lately. One night sitting watching TV she feels uneasy like someone is watching her, the clown statue in the corner she hadn't noticed before. She calls the Lisa and requests to move the statue into another room, to which Mrs Hans-Wilson is alarmed and tells her they don't have clown statue and to get the kids and leave the house immediately and await their return. Puzzled and panicked, Jennifer can only find Micah and Elsa. She tells them to leave the house and wait on the driveway for their parents. Jennifer starts to check all the rooms armed with a frying pan as 'protection.' As she comes to one of the bedrooms she notices it is locked and barricaded and she can hear Breeze's muffled screams from behind the door. The parents return in a frantic state to retrieve Breeze from the room. After calling the police they are informed that the 'clown' is in fact a recently escaped mental patient. Dr Hans-Wilson becomes aware that the 'clown' is Daniel Craig who was a patient of his, Daniel believes that he wasn't actually crazy and David had given him so much medication that it changed him as a person and now he is out for revenge. 

Jennifer - final girl 
Breeze - princess
Daniel - villain 
Lisa - dispatcher 
David - False hero  

PITCH




ISLAND DEMENTI 

A presumed cursed island that has been abandoned for years is set up by united governments as a site for all 'unstable' humans, prisoners who have the sickest minds and mental patients with the blankest. Hannah Page is sane and far from a serial killer. She has been wrongly admitted to the island by director Clyde Decker - a narrow minded government hit-man. Hannah had been on his hit list for a while as she was spreading tapped government secrets on social networking sites. She wants revenge and to do that she needs to escape the island, which is far from easy. Weird stuff happens on the island including the fact that its filled with raging delinquents out to get her. She builds acquaintances with some of the islanders Rocco & Elijah in which she has to gain their trust and vice versa to get off Island Dementi.

Hannah - final girl 
Decker - villain
her life back - princess
Rocco & Elijah - helpers

PITCH
 

REPRESENTATION TASK IRON MAN

IRON MAN 3

Vladimir Propp’s theory of characters having a specific role can be applied clearly in this film. For example we can identify that Iron Man is the hero as he is shown in the establishing shot. However, we can also identify that the Mandarin is the villain as right after we are introduced to him, there are shots of destruction.

TONY STARK – Unconventional Hero
(40s, American, Male, White, High class, good)
Costume: Cool wear, t-shirt and jeans – pulls off the ‘no effort’ look well. As Tony he also wears suits that give him power as the lead character and also a typical male. As Iron man however his suits are ‘indestructible’ and again bring power however with the suits Tony practically becomes robotized which may represent his lack of emotion in previous films relating to the end of the film of him destroying the suits in order to become ‘normal.’

JARVIS – Helper

(Talking operating system created by stark that aids him constantly)

HARLEY – Helper

(10yrs old, American, white, low class, good) Costume: t-shirt, winter-coat. Naïve child however is smart in the sense of him helping Tony out. Kind of buddying in the film, Tony isn’t the type to like kids however over the course of the film they share a close bond and help each other over come fears.

MANDARIAN – False Villain

(50s, British Indian, low class, misinformed)

ALDRICH KILLIAN – Villain

(40s, American, low to high class, evil) Costume: tailored suits, slick hair, this reinforces his power and his rich business status.

HAPPY – Dispatcher

(40s, American, working high class, good) Tony’s right hand man informs Tony of Aldrich’s intentions with pepper. Body guard dresses smartly in suits.

PEPPER – Princess

(40s, American, high class, good) Business woman, she dress well and is Tony’s true love this is reiterated by him saving her and creating a serum to stop her self-destructing.

Todorov’s Equilibrium Theory:

Equilibrium: Tony dealing with the events after New York (linking previous film The Avengers) suffering from insomnia coming up with new prototypes for the Iron Man suit.

Disruption of Equilibrium: Mandarin first attacks the Chinese theatre in Los Angeles then directing attacks personal on Iron man after Tony calls Mandarin out.

Restored Equilibrium: Iron Man restores peace and continues with normal life with Pepper with the shrapnel removed from his chest.

Levi Strauss’ Binary Oppositions:

Hero vs. Villain
Good vs. Evil
Iron Man vs. Mandarin
Peace vs. War

Roland Barthes’ Enigma Codes:

Who is Iron Man after?
What is the Mandarin’s plan?
Why has he damaged the city?

McRobbie’s Gender Stereotype Theory:

Pepper (female) becomes the victim, stereotypical job as a personal assistant. Tony/Iron man the hero, rich, big house, fancy cars. 

Iron Man 3 is a certificate 12A; this means that the film may be too violent for young audience. The demographic that the film is aimed at is families, adult males and teens. Adult fans of the Marvel comics may be able to connect with their childhood. Even young comic book fans would want to see this film; this is because the story is based around the stories from the comics. Teens will also enjoy watching this film as they have been brought up on a long line of action packed superhero films.

The target audience for Iron Man 3 is males between 16 and 25. This is because males are most likely to enjoy the action scenes and the futuristic technology. Parents may also want to take their children as they are brought up on the comics or television programmes. Gwyneth Paltrow is an actor that males find attractive and sexually appealing so the male audience may be drawn to the film even more. The women in this film also have a lot of screen time; this may anchor female audiences, although the Bechdel Test is failed in this film Tony’s lack of self-competence is the main theme which is eventually overcome.  

FILM THEORISTS