15 December 2010

This week we finished our poster, the final result can be seen below:

Here is a link to the full sized version:

http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb393/haylz4000/FINALFINALPOSTER.png

When making the poster we decided that we wanted a dark theme, due to the poster research we did a few months back. We both really liked the photo we used as the character looked vunerable due to the high angle used and we also liked how the chracter seemed to be trapped behind the fence as it matched the title 'Mind Trap'. Also, by making the character look straight at the camera it made her look desperate to get out. To make the character seem more vunerable we changed the contrast to enhance the characters pale skin, making her look ill, to a degree. To make the character stand out we made the background black and white while keeping her in colour.

8th December

This was the third and final attempt at taking photos for our poster as these ones turned out the way we were aiming for from the start. We did face difficulties, however, this being in the form of the cold. As you will see in the photos below I am wearing very few layers so shivering and tensing up caused issues however we worked around them. Some of the photos we took are shown below along with the final one we chose to use.

Mind Trap - Poster Shoot 3

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Final choice:
The quality of the photo is, of course, better when the image isn't shrunk down. But we chose this picture because we like the high angle we used, as it made the character seem more vunerable. Also the way the character is gripping onto the fence makes it seem like she is "trapped" which relates to the title. Finally, due to the initial gloom of the picture, it will be easier to edit to look darker.

We intend to make a poster each based on our joint ideas so that, in the end, we can bring together the best aspects of each and make a better poster overall. We are going to use photoshop to make our poster as wehave troubles with other adobe programmes such as InDesign, as well as this InDesign is mostly used for magazines rather than posters making it unsuitable.

1st December

The snow has delayed our progress as we were unable to get the equipment we needed. As well as this, the snow was unsuitable for our poster photo shoot as we felt it would convey a more romantic vibe than the unerving scary vibe that we are hoping to achieve. However the gloomy, dark weather that remains would be effective on our poster as it will cause more shadows and make the shot look more sinister, which will make it easier to edit.
when we got back to school we had a production meeting to see how we could catch up on lost time:

24th November

Shown below is the second attempt of our photoshoot. Even though the photos are better focused this time the shoot was, once again, unsuccessful. We decided that the photos would be best taken outside and now that the now gloomy weather would help set the right mood and make it easier to photoshop. In These photos, it was also impossible to achieve the idea we wanted so by taking the shoot outside we would have the resources we needed.

Below is a link to the album: http://s1143.photobucket.com/albums/n621/rosies13/Mind%20Trap%20-%20Poster%20Shoot%202/

17th November 2010

This week Rosie and I completed the script for our radio advert and we also recorded it. We decided to stay ture to some of the conventions of a radio advert but we wanted to be mysterious and make the audience ask questions.

The conventions we stayed true to are as followed:

- Keeping it short

- Name the stars of the film to attract an audience

- Include all of the needed information e.g. certificate, date of release etc

In our production meeting we brainstormed points we should stay aware of to make an effective advert:



Out of all the tasks we need to complete for this coursework we found the radio advert to be the least problematic. It was the least problematic as we had all of the equipment we needed and we were able to reuse the voice recordings we did for the film.


The script is shown below:

Mind Trap - Radio Advert Script

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The radio advert is shown below:

10th November

On 3rd November we went out to try and take photo's for out poster. Before we went out to shoot we brainstormed ideas:


Due to lack of experience concerning the SLR camera we were using the photos didn't turn out as planned. As well as this after the shoot we thought of better ideas for the poster and therefore the photos were scrapped.
The photos we took are shown below:

Below is a link to the album with the photos in: http://s1143.photobucket.com/albums/n621/rosies13/Mind%20Trap%20-%20Poster%20Shoot%201/

All of these pictures are unedited, which is why they are so bright. We were, if the photos worked how they wanted, going to edit the photos to make them darker and more shadowed as out brainstorn suggests.

3rd November

Over half term we managed to film everything we needed for our short film. However, when we got back to school and rewatched the clips we realised that many shots needed to be refilmed. As well as this we felt that we needed to film more content (Lucy running, extra angles etc) to ease worries of not having enough footage and to make the overall resulting film flow better. We have arranged a 3rd day of filming and arranged everything we need with the actor playing Lucas and made sure that he will be wearing the same clothes. As well as reshooting shots we have decided that we are ready to take photos for our poster so we have borrowed a flip camera, tripod and SLR camera from the school. We made sure we could use a SLR camera as even though Rosie's digital camera is high quality we had issues with it last years coursework as the pictures were not properly supported by adobe programmes