Final Poster

Film Poster - Final Idea 1

This is my first design for our film poster. It includes all the basic fundamentals for our film including title, tag-line and information about the cast. However after a group Discussion we feel that it doesn't work as well as it could for our film, therefore we are working on a new design.

Film Poster - My Final Design

After sketching an initial design, and completing an example of a poster, I decided to create a poster of our film, which we could possibly edit and use as the final product.

Here is the final design:

I have included all of the essentials which are needed to advertise the film, such as the tag-line, detailed information about the production team, and cast, and also includes my initial tag-line, and certification. However, I feel that perhaps the certification should be presented in a different colour, as presented on many other film posters, as the red stands out against the black and white theme of the poster. The replicated photograph, combined with the faded effect, is really effective in showing the invisibility which is presented in the narrative of the film, and the photograph also looks professionally created, rather than an amateur film. I didn't include the red lizard production logo, as I believe it is not needed on the poster, as the production team is already presented, but also it stands out too much from the poster, and pulls the focus away from the main image. Overall, I am pleased with my final design, as it is efficient in portraying the narrative of "Shadow", through the use of an image and text.

Radio analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOZW2GzO98g

I will be analysing this radio trailer to look at aspects and and features that could be used in our own trailer. I will be analyzing a trailer from the popular psychological thriller film Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese and starred in by Leonardo Dicaprio The trailer contains a narrative voiceover, direct quotes from the film and information of the film's cinema release, starring actor and famous director.

The voiceover in this trailer is split between 3 characters, the first voice heard is that of a prison guard welcoming people to shutter island, after that the character Marshall is narrating discussing prisoners and theyre crimes, claiming they are 'all violent offenders, theyre hurt people, murdered them in some cases', also stating 'whatever the hells going on here, its bad'. This sets the mystery element into play using the serious worried tone of his voice. cutting to comments from one of the islands resident psychologist stating 'men of violence are my specialty. This line sparks connotations of the films violent background and also adds the proffesional and psychological element to it.

There is then a high pitched screaming/shrieking sound effect used to invoke fear and more mystery into the trailer, followed by the Leonardo Dicaprio character Marshalls narration 'let me see your face, let me see your damn face' followed by a shout of 'dont move!', also including another shriek at the end of it. As Marshall says each line he raises his voice and his tone gets more and more aggressive, suggesting a sense of urgency as things get more complicated.

The sound of a match being lit is the next sound, followed by a whisper of 'oh my god', suggesting horror and discreteness. Some information of the film is then stated 'Shutter island rated R in theatres febuary 19th', signifying the end of the trailer whilst informing the audience.

The music throughout the whole trailer is quite quiet, deep and dark, with sound effects adding to its effect, it steadily gathers pace getting faster and faster up to the line of 'oh my god' where it then cuts out with the sound of the match being lit. The music overall is minor key, and the music is non diagetic whereas the utterances by Marshall, the prison guard and the psychologist is diagetic as it is all taken directly from the film's audio.

The trailer overall uses its music to match the genre of the film, steadily gathering the musics pace to match the thriller genre, using the audio from the film to add elements of mystery and horror.

Audience Feedback - Review

After reviewing all of the audience feedback which our group collected, I found it interesting how the audience's opinion varied upon the invisibility effect used in our film. The majority of viewers said that it wasn't realistic in the sense that invisiblity is a realistic subject, as it doesn't happen in reality, but it was realistic in the belief that it was effective in showing how the character felt. These particular scenes are effective in showing how the protagonist disappears, and how she her feelings are presented:

1. Canteen Scene

The audience said that up until the canteen scene they would not have known that the character turns invisible. The cross dissolve which we used in effective in realistically showing the audience that she disappears due to the necklace, but it also creative. However, this does not happen until 2 minutes into the film, so perhaps we could shoot another scene, or include the invisiblity effect earlier in the narrative, so that the audience's understanding is curren throughout the film.

2. Corridor Scene

This scene is imperative to the narrative of the film, as it allows the audience to see that the character is being bullied. From the audience feedbackwe found that they found it engaging, and easy to understand. Furthermore, they also felt that they could relate to the character, as bullying is a huge issue in most schools, and the issue was portrayed well. However, after viewing the film back, I feel that some of the shots could be reframed in order to engage the audience further, but also to make the film look neat, to match the continuity.

3. Toilet Scene


The audience found that this was the most effective scene in the films entirety at showing the invisibility effect. The majoirty of viewers said that they were "shocked" and "suprised" to see the character physically disappearing in the mirror. I am really pleased with the way in which we have edited this scene, as I also personally believe the continuity and effects used,such as the fade, work succesfully. However, I feel that the delay after the character disappears, in mid long shot, should be shortened, as I feel that the continuity could be better.

4. Pond Scene

The ending, the audience said, was filmed particularly well, as the location is both eerie, but has a sense of beauty. The desolute area is also effective in isolating the character, and her emotions. The contrast and brightness has been purposely increased in order for the scene to have a mysterious element to it. Also, the over exposure enables the scene to be recognisable in the film. The non-diagetic music also enables the eerie effect to be enhanced, creative tension, and suspense.


Overall, I feel that after a few corrections such as framing, and lighting, the invisibility effect with look realistic, and the characters emotions can be succesfully shown.

Radio Trailer - Analysis

This is a radio trailer for David Tennant’s final episode in BBC1's Doctor who series. It was played on well known radio stations and helped produce a large audience for the final episode. It lasts 38 seconds and contains several common elements of radio trailers, these are;
Quotes from the show
Information of the show (where it’s shown, the times, and the date)
Music
Voiceovers

As soon as the advert the BBC jingle is played with a female voiceover telling you the date the show is been broadcasted “On new year’s day” and the channel it is on “On BBC one”. This straight away tells the audience when it is on, and telling the audience what channel it is on, pulling in more of an audience as they will know when it’s on and audiences that like BBC programmes.

On the advert it continues with quotes from the show, ones that draw in the audience like, “it’s the time lord” this will make the listener want to know what’s happened to him, or what’s going to happen to him. Also by referring to this character by ‘The Time Lord’ it hints at what the show is, and also what genre the show is, and could bring in audience who like the Sci-fi genre, as Doctor who is in the Sci-fi genre.
All throughout the piece non-diegetic music, in minor key, is played, it starts off quiet and low but as the advert continues, it gets louder and more drum beats are included creating more suspense as dramatic quotes are used from the show.
All of the quotes from the show are from male characters and even a few are from the Doctor himself. The female voice over from the beginning, is heard again throughout “The 10th Doctors final chapter” this give the audience some more information about what’s going to happen in the show, but also the line is dramatic and causes suspense, making a listener wanting to find out what happens to him.
As with most radio trailers they end with the main information about the show. The same female voice gives information about where the show can be seen and at what time. The music never stops, getting louder and more intense as the voice over speaks, also in the background there are still quotes from the show, making the ending more dramatic than the rest of the trailer, and this would make the listener want to watch it more, as the show seems to be full of drama and suspense.

Radio's can only project sound to their audiences, so therefore radio trailers have to engross a lot of interesting and captivating sounds. This trailer does this effectively as it uses voices, music and sound effects from the show. These make the trailer more interesting and appealing to listen to and will therefore help produce a larger audience.

Radio Trailer Script Idea

This is my idea for our radio trailer, it will last approximately 30 seconds.

Female voice: Sometimes your biggest wish can be your worst nightmare.
Minor music fades in
Voice 1: “Rubbbbbbyyyyy”
Ruby: “Just leave me alone”
Ruby: “why are you ignoring me?”
Ruby: "How could you do this to me?"
Male Voiceover: A Red Lizard Production, Film 4 presents...SHADOW...Coming to a cinema near you.
Minor music fades out