Dear Moderator,

This is my A2 media blog. I have created a trailer for my film idea 'The Grim Truth' and I have also made a magazine and poster. These can be found below and my research and planning starts in September, http://gabysa2mediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2012_09_01_archive.html and my evaluation can be found here, http://gabysa2mediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2013_03_01_archive.html

Thank you,
Gabrielle Murphy

Monday, 31 December 2012

Research & Planning: Magazine Inspiration

I have decided to make my film magazine a 'horror film' special edition. This issue of Empire is a Harry Potter special edition and has been helpful to see how the magazine has kept its original house style.



Research & Planning: Shooting Schedule

Research & Planning: Poster Research


 


 



These are some posters that contain elements I would like to incorporate into my poster. I like the idea of having my poster in black and white as I feel it represents the genre quite well.

Research & Planning: Auditions

Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Research & Planning: Christmas Action Plan

During the Christmas holidays I am going to:

  •  Do some test shots for my magazine cover and film poster
  • Make sure my blog is update especially with social networking feedback 
  • Auditions   
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Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Research & Planning: ishow u

This an ishow u of me completing some work in media.

Research & Planning: Rough Cut Trailer Feedback

This our rough cut trailer. We presented this to the rest of our class on Friday and received feedback.

Strengths:

'Good acting' This has shown that our chosen actor is a good choice and therefore we will continue to work with Harriet.

'Logo's are good' Beth created the logo's using photoshop are fit with the genre of our film and look professional.

'Editing Transitions were good' The editing process was done quickly however it worked well and fitted with the genre and we are going to use some of similar transitions especially in the asylum scenes.


Weaknesses:

'Storyline was unclear' This was something a lot of people said and we realized it looks unclear to the audience as they don't know the rest of storyline. We do need to film more scenes that include other character will develop and show the story a lot more clearly

'Change location/make more convincing' This is something that I agree with and want to improve however talking to our teacher she suggested cropping some of the shots. We could look for another location however this may be difficult.

Research & Planning: Cover Line Ideas

This is a word it out on some ideas of cover lines for my film magazine.

Friday, 7 December 2012

Research & Planning: Rough cut of our trailer

This is a rough cut of our trailer, using some of the footage we filmed during this week. We are planning to film the rest of our trailer during the rest of this month.

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Research & Planning: Production Documents Risk Assessments

These are the completed Risk Assessment forms for each location we are planning to film in.







Sunday, 2 December 2012

Research & Planning: Magazine Masthead Fonts

These are some idea's for my film magazine masthead font.The fonts were chosen from da font.

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Research & Planning: Sound Research

For our trailer we want it to have a distinctive sound track that will create atmosphere and tension and let the watcher know when something bad is going to happen.


These are some popular soundtracks from horror films: