Poster: Locations List

Locations List

The film is going to be set in a house which is going to be where all the filming is going to take place. The house is located in Bodmin. This is a suitable location for the filming to take place as the storyline and plot all takes place in a domestic, house setting.



The house looks almost too big for the person living in it as he is still very young but, the plot and voice over in the trailer explains that his family have died and now he lives seemingly alone..

Poster: Equipment List

Magazine: Equipment List

• Canon 6d DSLR
• HAMA Star 61 Tripod x2\
• Softbox Photography Lights x3
• Apple iMac Computer
• Apple MacBook Pro Laptop
• Canon 50mm portrait lens 
• SANDISK SDHC 16GB memory card

Poster: Crew List

 Camilla Sloan - Writer, Producer, Director, Actor

Kathryn Davies - Writer, Producer, Director

Poster: Cast List

Lewis Vosper - Man
Lewis is 18 years old, has long hair (normally tied in a bun, is slim, and around 6ft in height, his face is very structured with angular cheekbones and jawline. Lewis is going to be the main character and star vehicle of this trailer and film. He is attractive which means that the cover will be nice to look at and attractive to all audiences.

Poster: Three Flat Plans

These are three flat plan ideas that I created an an idea for my poster. I got these plans from looking at conventional layouts and current products to create looks that are successful. For my actual product I chose the second design where Lewis is sat on the sofa in the setting of the film with the ghostly apparition behind him and the whisky in his lap.

Poster: Survey Monkey

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KNGKZ7X

This question shows me that the people who answered my survey are in the right age group so the results from my survey are reliable. The results from this question show me that 100% of the people that took the survey are between 11 and 24.
 

This question shows me that 66.67% of the people are male which works well considering my target audience will be male so the answers from the survey will work well.

This question asks what the ethnicity of the people taking the survey are and the majority were White/Caucasian which is the target audience of the magazine and film so shows that the results of the survey will be reliable.

My fourth question asked what their hobbies were, the most popular answer was 'Watching TV / Films' which means that there are some avid film watchers that answered so the answers will be somewhat reliable.

Question 5 is asking about the genre of film that they like the most. the results were very variable but the top four choices were Music, Film, Fitness/Sport and Technology.

The sixth question asks them what they look for the most on film posters and the majority answered either image or layout, showing me that they are very important when it comes to the film posters.















Question 7 asked if they even look at posters, 21 out of the 24 answered yes, and 3 out of 24 answered no. This tells me that it would be useful to promote the film using posters as the audience will look at them.













The eighth question asks them what colours they like the most for the colour pallet, the most popular 4 colours were Grey, Red, White and Black which fit in well with conventions.

















Question 9 asked how much text they would like to see on the poster. The main two options picked were 'One Sentence' and 'Minimal' showing me that my poster should have a low amount of writing on it. This fits well with conventions as the other posters I have seen also have a low amount of text.

Poster: Common Conventions

There are many common conventions that film posters use to appeal to the target audience and to make sure the poster they create is up to the same or better standards that the other film posters are at the time so they can compete. As Bentley said in 1997 'The creative process is rearranging the old to create the new' and that is what I will do with the conventions I see on the magazines I analyse.

• Dark colours are very conventional for thriller, black and white are very common and then a themed highlight colour such as one in this image is used as they are very gothic and dark colours. Usually there is a use of bright red to highlight some of the text on the poster too, which connotes aggression and passion and also brings attention to the word/s. 
• The masthead is usually underneath the main image and isn't extremely large as the image is usually the focal point of the poster. The smaller masthead size also plays a part in the hierarchy of the poster, to guide the audience's eye down the poster. 
• The layout of the poster is usually an actor's name at the top, followed by a heavily edited image that looks really interesting, hints at the plot line and intrigues the audience whilst showcasing the star vehicle, sometimes there is a tag line written beside the main image. The masthead then conventionally follows underneath the image, followed by the credits block at the bottom of the poster which is small white writing showing all the company and business details.  Then conventionally the release date of the film follows the credits block. 
•  The main image is conventionally an image of the star vehicle/s and is heavily edited to intrigue the audience. The image can sometimes set some of the plot by showing the location of the film, or it hints at the plot line. The image is always of a good quality and the star vehicles usually have quite a blank expression to connote what their character feels throughout the film.