Todays Lesson

Today we have made the final changes to the film poster by adding stars which Billie has done and we decided that the film poster needs a bit of colour so we have changed the release date and 'imax' to red so it stands out a bit. Also, we have said that we will add different adverts at the bottom.
Nathan is working on the film review.
I have come up with a slogan for the film poster which will be 'Caught in a world of the unknown'.
In the following posts I will upload images of the review and poster.

Film Poster, complete

This is the complete version of the film review. We decided that it would look better if we added a splash of colour, so we chose to stick to the colour scheme of grey, black and red with a white background. Billie also added star ratings, and the sponsors at the bottom of the billing box. 

Film Poster - Almost done

This is the film poster with the white banner. I think that it does work for us, however we may make a few changes to colour scheme and positioning of the quotes etc.

Film Poster- Points to consider.

As our colour scheme is blacks and greys, it was difficult for us to add the writing on to the image as it all blends in into the background. Therefore, it was suggested that we research other film posters to help us with our own.

We then looked at three different film posters that all had banners.

Above is the film poster for the film 'The Eye' this film poster looks good combined with a banner as the banner blends into the white background. The small print is easier to read and it generally fits in well with the poster. We could add a white banner to our poster or a black banner to our poster.

The second poster that I looked at was the 'Gravity' film poster: 

This poster works well with a black banner but once again it blends in with the background of the poster. For us it will be a little harder as our photography is done on location. So it will be a little difficult to add a banner that isn't the same colour as our background. 

The last poster that I looked at was the 'Ferris Bueller's day off' this poster uses a white banner but it sticks to the colour scheme of white, black and red. I think that in order for ours to work, we need to add a little bit of colour so that the banner fits in well with the poster. 

In the next post i will upload the updated version of the film poster, changes may be made. 

Construction- Fonts

Above are the three fonts that Billie created. I liked the first and third one and the group agreed. We then made a joint decision to use the third font. This is because the writing has a blurred effect. This connotes how drugs can affect people, causing everything they do to be a blur. Another thing that Billie mentioned is that as it looks like you are seeing double, It connotes that there are two brothers in the film and Aaron is following in his brothers footsteps. With the writing being slightly faded, it shows how Aaron is merely just a distant memory. These fonts were created on Adobe Illustrator.

What we did today- Planning

Today we all got on with out individual tasks. Nathan was researching different reviews to help with journalism. I made a start on the review and then completed the photography call sheet which will be uploaded in the next post. Billie made a start on the different fonts in Illustrator. 

We will all be continuing with these. 

Print Products- Roles

We have decided that for the print products (film review and poster) we will all contribute to each of the stages.

While Billie will be focusing on Photoshop making sure that the layout and conventions are correct, Nathan will be doing the same on Illustrator/InDesign. I will also be contributing to that.

I will be focusing on the Journalism for both of the print products but Nathan and Billie will be also be contributing to that.

We will all work collaboratively to ensure that the deadline is reached.

We have also booked the camera for stills for Friday 9th January.

Pitch feedback

The feedback received from the pitch that we presented to the class was that they liked the idea of a double page spread for the film review. They also liked one of the stills we mentioned that we would use which was the still where Nathan is sitting on the bench near the willow tree. He is in deep thought which shows that he is thinking about what has happened to him regarding his brother and his mother.

The class agreed that we should use darker and dull colours and there is a possibility that we will use one lighter colour to highlight some of the important features. This is for both he film review and the film poster.

The class suggested that we should use a full body shot of Nathan and we should only have Nathan on the cover of the poster. With regards to the Shank film poster, where some actors are faded into the background. It was said that we should try to fade Aaron (Nathans Brother) into the background.

We will incorporate these suggestions into our work.

Pitch for Film Poster and Film Review - Video