Research and Planning: Production Company Logo

This is our Production Company Logo for the film trailer we are making, this will appear on the film poster and in the trailer.

Research and Planning: Magazine and Poster Progress

Today, for my film magazine I made Polaroid photo frames for my story lines. I realised that I would need a main frame in the middle for the main picture of the actress that will be the focus of my magazine.

I did all the steel tongs part of my poster, so now I need to take my pictures in order to decide where I want to position everything.

Research and Planning: IShowU My Editing

I have made some progress on my film magazine cover today so I though I would make an IShowU of me editing.

Research and Planning: Meeting About Filming

Me and my other group member Alice Jones have met up and discussed the best time to film the other scenes for our trailer. We need to organise getting a car to the car park on time and making sure that the actors we have are all available and can be on scene for the correct times.We have organised to film our car scene on Sunday 6th January 2013. The camera is charged and ready to be used. This is just an estimate day for filming as external factors may prevent us from doing so. 

Research and Planning: Magazine Front Cover Shot Types

When looking at magazine covers for research in the making of my own film magazine cover, I saw these three covers and I liked the shots and the positioning. 

Research and Planning: Cinema Visit (Wednesday 2nd January 2013)

Today I have been to the cinemas and watched two films of different age ratings, I wanted to see what types of trailers were shown before the film started.

The first film I watched was 'Pitch Perfect' which is rated a certificate 12A. The trailers that were shown alongside this film were 'Wreck it Ralph' PG, 'Cirque De Soleil' PG, 'Warm Bodies' 12A and 'Les Miserables' 12A these are all films of the same age ratings or just under. All these genres are quite varied which suggests it is attempting to show a range of films in order to attract a broader audience to visit the cinemas again. 

The second film I watched was 'Life of Pi' which is rated a certificate PG. The trailers shown before this film were also PG films. Although neither of these films are the same genre film of mine or the same age rating I found it interesting to see what recent films were out and the way other films are advertised around these films. 

For my film magazine I am thinking about using other films to promote on my cover, I haven't decided whether to use a range of film genres to get a wider audience or focus on my specific genre films to make a special edition. 

Research and Planning: Film Magazine Preparations

Over the christmas holidays I was unable to take an SLR camera home with me as they were being used by other classes. So I am planning to take my photos when we get back to college, I have bought everything I need for the photo shoot and organised with Jess when and where the photo shoot will be.

I have purchased black tape which cost £3.99, lip liner £5.00 and red paint £1.99.

I want the photos to be taken with a plain background so that I can cut out the photo from the plain background and place it on the magazine cover. I could then take various photos of scenery and use that as the background.