Vanish front cover

Below is a prezi explaining how I have constructed my magazine front cover.

 

 

Movie Magazine Front Cover

After extensive research into front covers of movie magazines I have begun to produce the cover for an edition of 'Total Film' promoting my movie 'Vanish'.

I begun with using the original logo from 'Total Film' as I decided to work around this. I have noticed that movie magazines tend to adapt the their logo to fit the specific themes of the movie that they are promoting on that issue. As shown in the examples to the left and right. For this reason I played around with the logo for a while until I found an effect that I feel best fits my movie. To create it I just used the recolouring effects on Microsoft Power Point on a plain white version of the 'Total Film' logo. The effect that I have selected, I feel, gives the impression of blood splattering across the bottom. This I feel is appropriate as it fits with my horror genre.

Once I had produced this logo I then when about producing a suitable background. Again, I decided to play around with the effects on Power Point, however, I was very careful when selecting the background that the colours did not detour away from or wash out the main logo. I felt that all of the potential backgrounds produced this way made the front cover look cheap, low budget and very unprofessional. After much experimentation I thought that it may work if I were to use a screen shot of the film footage that I had already gathered. From this I used a screen shot of the outside of my house as it is a central location of the film and adds a very eery feel to the poster. In addition to this I have added a black and white filter to it for more impact.

Feedback and Adaptation of Poster

Movie Poster

After conducting extensive research into the production and construction of movie posters I have started to create my own poster. From the very beginning of the production of my movie trailer I have had a clear image of what I wish to produce for my poster. From research throughout this task I have discovered that keeping the design simplistic has a higher impact on audiences so, again, I have decided to keep the features of the poster to a minimal.

I have stared production for the poster by sourcing an image of a van with an open door from a copyright free website

 I then created the background of the poster simply by colouring in a textbox on a PowerPoint document. I felt as though the light fading around the front of the vehicle gave the subtle impression of headlights during the night time.

My next step was producing the text along the side of the van, 'more than meets the eye'. I have selected this tagline because it is a very common saying and, I feel, is applicable to the film. Before using this catchphrase I decided to do some research to check whether or not it has been used as the tagline for any other movies in the past. From what I have discovered no other films have used it as their tagline, it has only been used for a series of 'Transformers' comics. after this I went about producing this text so that it would be appropriate to apply along the side of the van. I wanted the font to resemble blood, however I wanted it to appear more hap-hazard than the font and style that I have used for the main title of the film. I wanted this affect so that it looks like the blood has been written on the side of the van in blood rather than the text just dripping blood. I decided to use the same website as I used for the title and after playing around with different fonts, decided on the one shown below:

To make the text look like it had been written on the side of the van I used PowerPoint again to make the left side of the text smaller then the right to give the illusion that it is coming in from the distance.

I then placed the main title text 'Vanish' towards the bottom of the page and enlarged it so that it is the first thing that the eye is drawn to when first viewing the poster.

I still need to add all of the information about the film at the bottom of the poster, such as production companies and names of actors. However, before I do this I plan to have it peer assessed so that I can make any improvements or be made aware of any fundamental errors.

Post Production

The following PowerPoint presentation consists of all of the post production that I did regarding my trailer. It includes, in-depth, step by step detail of how I edited and constructed the movie trailer and how I have added the music to it. Within the presentation I also explain why I made the decisions that I did and whether or not I find them to be effective.

Moovly

From my research I have also found that institutional identifications are always included in movie trailers and so are a central feature.

This is clearly demonstrated with the use of the Warner Brothers logo within the Harry Potter movies, as shown below.

For this reason I needed to create my own institutional logo for my own movie trailer to display at the start of it. To do this I found a nice little website called Moovly.

Moovly allowed me to have a moving logo that fits with the theme and genre of my trailer. I specifically wanted this to move as I feel that if I were to have used a still image would have been very boring for the viewer and not look as professional.

Film Trailer Planning and Filming

 

The following Prezi consists the production of my movie trailer, including;

planning

filming

explaining decisions that I have made

and preparation for the trailer

 

 

Change of Font

 I was unhappy with the previous font that I used for the title of my film, as after editing it appeared to be fuzzy and made the trailer look very low quality. Due to this factor I have decided to change the font that I will use to improve the quality of my trailer. I have decided to use the same font generating site that I used for my magazine coursework last year. The link to this website is given below.

http://www.1001fonts.com/search.html?search=blood&page=1&items=10

I think where I went wrong with my previous font was attempting to make it too complex. For this reason I have now gone for a more simplistic approach, using one block colour and a simple font. I feel as though, while it is more simplistic, it is more effective and has a higher impact.

After discovering this font on the font generating website I also thought that it might be a good idea to play around with the text that is used in-between scenes in the trailer to see if I could make that more effective too. To carry the theme through I decided to use the same text as the main title 'Vanish' (as shown above) as this too is more effective and as more impact than the previous font and text used, that could be seen as boring. In making these changes I have discovered that it can be much more effective and have a higher impact on the audience if it is kept simple and manufacturing kept to a minimum as this avoids complex confusion.

Title

The title for my movie trailer will be 'Vanish'. At the moment I am exploring different fonts and styles to use that will best apply to my movie trailer. I have been using the following website to help me cooltext.com So far I have looked at the following:

After doing some peer assessment I have decided that the middle version of the title is the most suitable. However I am going to try and get rid of the dripping blood, and space out the letters so that they can gradually come back together and then the blood can begin to drip afterwards for more impact.