Film Trailer blog : 2014

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

New magazine cover images

We decided that we wanted to retake our magazine front cover images, due to the fact that our original photos weren't very suitable for the genre- a white blank background is useful as it makes everything stand out (your model, typography, colour scheme, etc.) however it didn't connote a sense of fear or horror. Therefore we took another range of photos; experimenting with lighting, camera angles, setting, body language and facial expressions. For example we positioned the lighting equipment from different angles- above Abi, to the side of her face, looking up at her, etc. We also tried different camera angles such as neutral (in order to create more engagement with the viewer) and high angles (to make Abi appear vulnerable).

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

New poster images and Audience feedback

Myself and Alice decided that we wanted to take more photos for our poster image, due to the fact that we felt our original photos were not that effective. Our first photo shoot took place within the forest area, which is an appropriate setting that produces a sense of isolation and fear; however we recognised that our image would be more frightening if it focused on the supernatural entity as opposed to our innocent and heroic protagonist (Morgan).

We also realised that our original photos were taken during the daytime, therefore the high key lighting connoted a sense of happiness and security- but this would be inappropriate for the genre of our trailer. This is why we decided to redo our photo shoot later on in the evening, in order for our images to convey emotions of danger, evil and enigma through the use of low key lighting.

By conducting a survey we gained results that were useful in helping us decide what images were most appealing to our audience, so we asked the key questions “what are your favourite images?” and “what images need improving?” in order to gain a wide variety of responses and constructive criticism. The survey results displayed to us that the most popular images were numbers 1, 5 and 10- we were happy with these results due to the fact that we’d put a lot of effort into these images in terms of getting the positioning of our model and the lighting affective.