Analysis of Poster; Two

The Ides of March

- It includes the main characters names at the top

- Basic font which is in either white to stand out or red to connote evil (plenty of letters in capitals)

- Contains a caption to intrigue the viewer to investigate the film

- Font under the title (which is the largest font except ME) contains other details such as further names and the company

- The date of the release stands out

- Picture of the main character(s) - one looks innocent while the other looks threatening to promote the idea that it is a thriller

- No dark colours making the likelihood of the movie to be less dark and more realistic in the fact that the it is a daily occurrence

Analysis of Poster; One

What They Say

- Red writing to stand out and connote danger, evil and such - all in capitals

- Captions and title the largest font to interest the viewer by suggesting the basic idea what the movie is about

- Smaller font contains details such as actors which may interest some people and make it more professional (but small as it is not the main focus)

- White bath contrasts with the red which may promote innocence and that this is possibly realistic in some aspects by it including everyday items

- The girl is the main focus and may intrigue the audience to watch the film to answer why is she behaving so - she is grinning manically and with her dark hair may promote evil

- Blood is in the bath and hands/arms making it likely that the film will include plenty which may interest plenty of people

- The second caption suggests that this may be a psychological thriller which people can relate to if they know someone suffering any mental capabilities. It interests the viewer as its a question which will only be answered if they watch the film

Update of Short Film; Twenty Nine

Today I started looking at thriller based film posters to analyse and eventually found two that appear to my interest. During the search I was discussing with my partner some ideas we could use for our own which were inspired by some of the ready existing posters. For instance, two faces split in half but joined together to represent two people together.

Update of Short Film; Twenty Eight

We added the gig of Seven Days but we first added other scenes of them before the titles appearance. However, after watching it after being edited we thought that the audience would be confused when watching it in regards are they memories or currently occuring. We also made the gig 'ripple' at the beginning and end to make it seem more of a memory instead of our intended plan of it occurring.

Editing; Six

Update of Short Film; Twenty Seven

Today we finished the scenes of the car scene. This means that we have nearly finished the process of editing our movie and would later need to put the music onto our piece. We are still undecided what song should be in at as well as 'Voices' however.

Editing; Five

Update of Short Film; Twenty Six

Today we finished the editing of the running scene and everything that contains Hannah only in each of the shots. Another thing is that we also added the credits towards the end but before the shot where the hand falls out of the cupboard.

We still need to finish the remainder of the car scene and add Seven Days.

Editing; Four

Update of Short Film; Twenty Five

Today we continued our editing process and included some of the shots for the Ireland scene. For instance, the plane shots and on the way to (and in) Dublin Airport. We also finished the editing of the shots inside the house.

Another point, is that due to iMovie not having the chiller font and the transition speed being to fast, we will use Windows Movie Maker for the credits.

Lastly, we discussed what music we are going to use briefly and are unsure what to use for the running scene and the shots inside the protagonists house.

Editing; Three

Update of Short Film; Twenty Four

Today we discussed what scenes we would have to reshoot and decided that a few we were originally going to do is not necessary for instance the taxi driver. Most of the shots we were most concerned about we can then crop during editing. In fact we will not do any further filming as we could change some shots on our storyboard. For instance, instead of Hannah getting up, showing me running to give the audience the understanding when they next see Hannah (running) that it was enough time for her to get up.

Also, we started doing more editing, mainly in the car scene.

Poster

After doing our final production shots at my house we started to think about our poster for our piece. We already noticed that thriller based posters are dark and have basic text below, usually with a caption or logline. Currently we thought our main picture, which we could blend in with a black background on photoshop, would be of the cupboard. Due to the fact it represents our film a lot and could connote mystery and danger. This is just a general and basic idea for starters.

In different camera angles:

Us Filming in Action

During all of the scenes we recorded we took photographs to show how we did some of the specific shots and how role in each. These include; running, car and dragging Hannah towards the cupboard.

Editing; Two

Update of Short Film; Twenty Three

Today when me and my team looked at the footage we conducted the previous week and realised that we missed a shot of Hannah getting up after tripping. Also, we realised that the figment of the taxis imagination was looking directly at the camera rather than the taxi driver and that some shots do not look effective with the camera lens being dirty. On top of this, we had people in the background.

This means that yet again we have to record some shots. In the mean time we continued doing some of our editing.

Equipment and Technology Using

- Windows Movie Maker (credits for short film)
- iMovie (editing short film)
- Photoshop (poster)
- Microsoft Powerpoint (magazine review page)

- Camera
- Tripod
- Car
- iPod/earphones
- Photographs
- Knife
- Fake blood
- White top to connote innocence
- Red tops to connote danger
- Mobile phone

Update of Short Film; Twenty Two

We conducted further filming containing the running of the taxi driver, the shots of the figment of her imagination (and the shots of the car seat) and also the weapon. Due to us not being able to find a toy gun that looks like a small handgun, we decided to use a knife instead. Also, for the figment we put make-up around her eyes to enforce the idea that she is dangerous, cruel and abnormal.

After, we went to record the shots in the house which include the stairs and dragging into the cupboard. To decrease the seconds in the short film we decided to not track the taxi driver dragging Hannah and positioning her in the cupboard to a few cuts in exchange.

Update of Short Film; Twenty One

Today we looked at the forecast and it was predicted that it would have sunny outcasts. With us being available most of the day, especially during the lunch period where there would be more light, that we would record some scenes.

However, only one volunteer was available so we decided only to do the dialogue shots in the car of the taxi driver and (redo) the protagonists. We decided to do the shots of the taxi driver running and showing the gun in the car another day to us needing to receive one. After a while we decided the 26th November as another volunteer is available (even though not the original as they are not free in the near future).

Storyboard - With Times

The complete and finished storyboard: