Film Poster Analysis

In Time Poster
 In time is an action film based on two main characters. Due to their being two main characters they are both displayed on the film poster. Their is a use of a prop to indicate what the film involves for example the gun and the numbers on his arm. The location is used as the background, with the title of the film in bold coloured letters placed at the bottom of the poster. Actor names are above the titles and producers and other titles are placed at the very bottom. The image takes up the whole poster with the text placed at the bottom not covering anything important in the scene.

The Avengers

The Avengers is a Fantasy film involving multiple action super heroes. The multiple main characters are all displayed equally on the poster. Location of the film is in the background with flames and dark colouring to display that the film as lots of explosions, action and makes the audience want to see the film. The colouring shows a sinister side to the film and much like most film posters the text is displayed at the bottom of the poster with actors names across the top. The title is in the films own typography placed near the bottom not covering anything important and stands out amongst everything else on the image.

Total Recall

Total Recall is a popular action thriller. This poster displays multiple images to display what happens in the film. The use of pixelation on the character and the use of small text 'whats is real' indicates a sense of un realism in the film and futuristic. As you can see from the other posters, nearly every one places the text and Title of the film at the bottom of the poster so the audience pay more attention to what is happening to get an idea of what the film is about. The colour contrasts against the film poster for example the title is easily visible and the colour matches the background with the grey skies.

Film Credits

When adding our film credits we had two options to choose from, we could either have our credits at the start of our film shown with the films opening scenes, or we could have them added at the end of the film using the traditional style as shown below. 

Both of these styles can be use to great effect but and both different styles could be used in our film. Many short films decide to have the credits on the opening scenes as they might not have a large cast list to display as more mainstream films will.

Editing Day 1

Friday 21st November

We had practically filmed most of the scenes needed to begin editing however one scene is still missing due to actress issues. All the beginning scene is coming together well however we are finding a few issues with props being the wrong way and also some shots are missing which you would expect to see if you were watching a professional film.

Shots Missing

• Close-up of bottle due to it being the wrong way round.
• Close-up of actor placing posters.
• Close- up of face when character falls.

The shots mainly missing are close-ups, adding these will keep the shots flowing and not too boring. So the plan next would be to film the argument scene and all the missing shots.

Film Day 4

Today we arrived on location at cameron's house with every member of the group, we had the props required to film the other scenes not involving the little girl. The initial plan was to film all the poster scenes. We did this but were unable to move forward after because all that is left is the little girl scenes. So therefore we need to plan a day at the weekend where everyone is available. Productive day but we are now able to start editing on a later date.

Location used

• Cameron's House
• Cameron's estate

Issues

• Pedestrians coming into shots.
• Cars and vans parking ruining continuity.
• Lack of group cooperation.

Actors/Actress

• Cameron Farrell

Shots Used

• Pan
• Over the Shoulder
• Long Shots
• Low angle
• Tilt
• Close-up

Viral Advertising Research

Viral advertising is the use of media to advertise a product cheaply for example using social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube e.t.c. Viral advertising is a cheap way of using technologies for brand awareness. Many companies use viral ads due to the fact technologies are popular so social networks are more likely to gain more views for a brand so the use of videos and flyers or games have a huge impact on the audience.


Videos are a main use for viral advertising as this is seen over YouTube, Facebook and other places. This is an example of Evian and Spiderman using each other to promote their brand, so Spiderman advertises the film at the same time as Evian water.




Another example would be James Bond as this involves a machine which gets you involved with the film for example a 'james bond' experience. This is also an entertaining video so this video also advertises as it will become popular at the same time as promoting the film.








One of the biggest viral campaigns would be The Dark Knight. This contained a range of videos, games, flyers, actual audience involvement, Phone campaigns e.t.c this was a huge hit as worldwide audiences got involved and the film had a huge profit from this.

Film Day 3

Today we had three group members turn up to film, So we all gathered at the location 'Cameron's house' where we then set up to film. Due to a slight weather change we re-filmed the shot of the character walking out of the house onto the street so that we had continuity and the lighting didn't change when we edited. the plan was to film all the extra scene including the shop as the actress was still at school so we were un able to film the scene including her. The day was productive as we managed to film all the way to the shop and get quite a few different shots in.


Issues

• When filming the shot where the character leaves the house, the door was supposed to shut however the door had actually got stiff so it wouldn't shut properly so we had to fix it using a lubricant.
• The actress wasn't available.
• We had left some props behind so set us back as we weren't able to film this scene.
• Bins were on the street so we had to make sure they weren't seen on the way there and didn't see them on the way back so we had continuity.

Location

• Cameron's House
• Cameron's Estate
• Huddersfield road
• Shop

Actors/Actress

• Cameron Farrell

Shots Used

• Pan
• Low angle
• Tracking shot (in car)
• Canted angle
• Close-up
• Point of View
• High angle
• Tilt

What's next

• Still to film the scene including the little girl.
• Editing current scenes, to see if there are any issues with the clips.
• Blogwork

Week 2 film plan in accordance with the weather

Here is the forecast for the week. As the weather is fairly consistent for the week this will be a good week to film in. As a group we have concluded that we will film on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; the weather can be unpredictable so we have chosen multiple days to film avoid a loss of time and lack of progression.
The similar conditions in the weather mean that we can have continuity with the shots taken on each day, following this post we will have plans on what to do on the individual filming days. Within this picture there is a prediction of rain which is the biggest problem for the filming equipment but we will avoid this to our best capabilities.

Film Pack Day 1

Character Needed

Name 
 John Mathews -  actor Cameron Farrell
Age 
 33
Appearance

• Brown Hair
• Height 6ft
• Blue/brown eyes
• Average Build

Apparel

• Informal Casual clothes
• Scruffy Hair
• Facial Hair

Accent
Barnsley Dialect
Family/Friends

• No Wife - Dead
• One child - Daughter - Dead

Race
British White

Current Job Status
Laid Off

Health Status
Alcoholic
Smoker


Props

• Bag
• Bottles
• Photos
• Missing Poster
• Coat

Equipment

• Camera 
• Tripod

Shot Plan

• Point of View -  Actor wakes up
• High angle
• Mid Shot
• Pan of Room
• Long Shot
• Close-up of bag
• Close-up of door handle
• Mid shot through bannister

Filming Day 2

Friday 14th November
This day all group members were available for 2 hours so we intended to film more scenes. However, we didn't pre plan this film day so unfortunately the weather had turned with a horrid down poor so we are now unable to film which is a set back to the rate at which we were getting things done. Also, we now need to plan forward on the weather forecasts for the days we need to film and also work around actors and actresses. So we need to film after 2:30 pm through the week and maybe the weekends. For today the two group members which are here are continuing with blog work and planning.

Filming Day 1

Thursday 13th November

We had progressed to the stage where we began filming. We set up location with props and got the actor ready to start filming with costume and hair e.t.c. Initially we set up first shots starting in the living room where we also had another camera filming behind the scenes for how we set up shots. Using the focus on the camera we created a point of view shot of the characters eyes opening and closing to show him waking up.  Due to the actress being at school we had to film the beginning scenes which didn't involve her. It was a productive first day of filming as we managed to film up to the character leaving the house.

Issues with Filming

• Actress was at school so we had limited parts to film.
• Most props weren't available as some were left behind.
• Some shots were challenging as we didn't have the correct equipment so we had to improvise and try create the shot we wanted which was time consuming.

Production Diary

24th October
We are still continuing with blog work.

27th October
The filming of the journey sequence is starting to take place and we will be finishing this next lesson.

3rd November 
We have edited our journey that we filmed before half term and is getting ready to upload to youtube.

10th November
Our blog work is coming to an end and we are getting ready to film. We have completed all group tasks and are moving onto the individual research. We are looking to film on Thursday. We have also started to make a filming diary.

13th November

This was the first day of filming. We filmed the begining of the film inside the house and the male character walking towards the shop.

20th November 

This was a week later and we have filmed

Missing Poster

Script

Viral Advertising

Viral advertising is the use of using social media and the internet to promote a new product. This is a very cheap way to promote the new release as it does not cost anything to make social media account such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube etc.

  A successful way of promoting new releases can   be in different ways such as online videos, hunts in set locations of the film.

Batman the Dark Knight Rises used a viral advertising method of a hunt in a city. They used clues around the city and at the end of the hunt they saw a billboard with the date of release.

Credits Research

Credits are mainly used at the end of a film to show everyone who is involved in the film from the production to music e.t.c. Character names and the actor playing them will be shown also. Some credits involve just a black screen with scrolling white text where as others tend to be more adventurous with moving images and in some cases bloopers often used in comedies.

An example of a simple set of credits would be 'Remember Me' which is a Romantic film has just a black screen and white scrolling text. Accompanying this is a slow quite emotional sound track as the credits are shown.




Comedies use credits accompanied by bloopers to add to the humour of the film for example shown in Talladega Nights. Credits are shown along the bottom of the clips to make the credits less boring and people tend to pay more attention to the end credits.



Similar Film Credits
A similar film to ours 'Butterfly Effect'