Animatic

(Warning: May contain terrible drawings)

Basically this is my Animatic (of sorts). My scanner isn't working so i had to take photo's of the drawings i wanted to use.

As i dislike my drawing's and because of time constraints etc... I used images from the internet for the scene's in my montage. (all drawings are done by me but some have been drawn before)

Production Update (17/02/10)

In terms of filming and shooting, i managed to do some more filming on the 7th of february so i have got all my scene's for my montage at the end of my trailer shot. I still want to film some more people wearing masks for the start of my teaser trailer as that would mean i could use more and that i have a big selection to chose from, I am seeing people on the 21st of this month so i will be filming them there as well as starting to take shots for my poster. My poster shots will more than likely continue into the next couple of weeks. They should be finished by mid march.

As for other production work, i have been having difficulties with my scanner for my animatic. I have decided to re-draw my storyboard but my scanner is currently not working so instead i will take pictures of my drawings. Hopefully this will be done within the hour. Saving the animatic and uploading it to a site will take the longest time but i'd imagine it shouldn't take too long.

Movie Poster Analysis (In Depth)

In some of my other posts i have talked briefly about other posters and analysing them. Here is a more in depth analysis of 3 posters. 1 of the posters is from a similar genre to mine (Baz Luhrmans Romeo + Juliet) whereas the others are have a similar style to what i would like to do.

This poster uses 6 shots from the film all of which involve one of the lead characters. The varied shots establish what type of genre this film is as it shows scene's of the two making out as well as showing romeo with a gun. The bullet going along the bottom also does that.

Over 4 of the pictures it has text which also help sum up the tone of the film.

The billing box is in the trail left behind by the bullet. The title of the film stands out as it is the biggest text used on the poster. The "+" in the middle resembles a cross so that also suggests that their is a religious element to the film (which there is).

For the star trek poster they also use more than one photo. As star trek is a recognized brand and it's logo is recognizable, they didn't need to use much text on their posters (they had a series of posters for the film). As well as having all 4 of these photo's combining to make one photo, they also had each one on it's own. (for example one using just the yellow one). The colours match the colour they wear in the film. Each shot is a close up of one of the lead actors. The colour effect was added in post production, and when you look at the other posters for this movie you can see that they used the same photo's for their black and white series. This has given me the idea to do similar, use the same picture for multiple posters with different effects. Also to have one poster where they are all joined together but also have a poster where they are separate.

(In another one of my posts i have a tutorial of me re-creating this poster)

This poster just uses 2 close ups of the main actors then uses photoshop to start to merge them together. The title overlays the bottom of the picture with the billing box underneath that. This poster has the actors names in a slightly bigger text than the name of the film as audiences will recognize the actors (from their last names alone) and go to see the film because they're in it. The title of the film is the second biggest text on the page so it will be noticed second, The release date (simply left as summer) is bigger than the text in the billing box so we will notice that too.

Photoshoot Plan (Welcome to the masuqerade movie poster)

Plan for Welcome To The Masquerade Posters

Agency Name: Maxtremists Entertainment Production

Model(s): David Johnson, Aisling Fahey, Tyrone Lewis, Derek Bampoh, Nancy Harper, Taiyo Leyenda, Lizzie Siu (and others)

Camera height/angle/distance: Close Up, Eye Level

Location: Various. (infront of a plain colour background each time)

Lighting: Natural Lighting

Mise-en-scene (incl. props, costume): Masquerade masks – something hidden or secret.

Attempted connotation: Masks – Something surreal

Planned denotation:

Contingency (in case of model absence/weather): Other actors/people for shots.

Alternate angle: Mid Shot, Eye Level

Thinking points: Rule of thirds, White background shot

Comments: I will take two shots of each of my models, one of them wearing a mask and another of them not wearing a mask. I will then use photoshop etc... to merge half of the image with them wearing a mask with half of them not wearing a mask, this split will be directly down the middle. (inspiration: Face Off).

In terms of models, i will aim to use my main actors from my film but as it’s just for the masquerade i can take pics of any model i can use. This will show that it’s a masquerade full of lots of varied people.

Poster Research (Star Trek)

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/star-trek-poster-effect.html

This poster was based on the star trek poster. Despite being a different genre to my trailer i am going to use a similar style/design

Poster Research (The Dark Knight)

For some of my poster research, i looked for tutorials on how to make some of the other posters i like or enjoy, one of the tutorials i found was for a Batman : The Dark Knight tutorial.

http://www.tutorialsphere.com/homemade/design/recreating-the-dark-knight-poster/

This is the tutorial i was working from.

Here are the pictures i used for my poster and underneath is the finished product.

Welcome To The Masquerade Planning And Research

Welcome To The Masquerade

View more presentations from Jokerlove.

This is the presentation of all my planning and research, unfortunately this website doesn't allow me to upload my desired font for my film.

Teaser Trailer Analysis (take 2)

Trailer Analysis

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Here is the teaser trailer analysis to the 3 videos i recently posted onto this blog.

Teaser Trailers... Further Analysis

Analysis of these 3 trailers will be posted later when i can upload my powerpoint presentations onto slideshare

Contacts Organisation/Time Management

The lead roles of my film/trailer are being played by David Johnson and Aisling Fahey. I have the two of them on Facebook and am in regular contact with them so organizing shooting and other things have been simple. I also have their phone numbers so staying in contact with them hasn't been a problem. I also see Aisling every other wednesday at The Barbican for a poetry course so i have used the time there to get neccessary shots. I have organised times to meet up with David using facebook and Texting to try and sort out the shots i've needed him for.

In terms of my other actors, i also have them on Facebook and i also have their numbers so i have sent texts to them asking when they are free and fitting that into when i can film them for scene's for my trailer.

My masquerade mask scene's at the start of my trailer haven't used planned people as such. I needed to film at least 25 different people wearing masquerade masks so, i carry the masks with me in a bag so i'm able to just ask friends etc... to wear a mask and be part of the montage. I ask them during theirs and my free time which means i have been able to fit it into my timetable.

Welcome To The Masquerade - Teaser Plan

•My teaser will start with a Mid-Shot of the main character putting on his masquerade mask (from behind) then turning to face the camera.

•The video will then zoom out to reveal a video wall of various people wearing masquerade malls (similar to the Brady Bunch opening)

•The video zoom out and video wall will last for 20 seconds, then followed by 10 seconds of shots of various people getting ready for the masquerade, fading out after each shot of them. Overlapping these will be text asking, “What would you do, if one dance, could change your whole life?”

•There will then be 20-25 seconds of a montage of various scene’s from the film (all the previous scene’s are purely for the trailer).

•The last 5-10 seconds will be the title reveal and the billing box

Media Coursework, Update.

As of 01/02/10 i have finished my primary filming for my teaser trailer. I have shot all the shots needed for my teaser trailer and have been logging them on final cut pro as well as getting a basic timeline for them done.

I have seen that some shots may need to be re-shot so i will be keeping my camera until after half term to try and get them done but this is due to actors availability etc...

As for filming and my work up until now i have faced some chanllenges and obstacles. My original teaser plan had to change as i was unable to get the roundhouse hub to film my masqeurade scene. My back up plan also didn't work as i was planning on using the crypt for the masquerade scene instead, my church was using the crypt on weekends which meant i was unable to use it.

This meant i've had to change my teaser plan accordingly without changing my idea. I will post an updated teaser plan after this.

In terms of actors, it would have been difficult arranging for all of them to meet up as it would of required a lot of them and the main actors had re-takes etc... to revise for and do so i have had to function that into my revised teaser plan. This has meant rather than people coming to see me when it suited me, i chose to go see them in their free time as it suited them better and i planned enough time in my day to go and see my actors.

Filming itself has been simple as in my new teaser plan, the first 20 seconds are shots of people wearing masquerade masks and just, essentially, looking at the camera so filming that has proved simple and with editing will be good as i can use after effects to make a video wall of all the people wearing masquerade masks. The other shots have also been simple and will be described in more depth in my teaser plan.

The sound had been an issue but i have found a few free music sites which provide good music which i can use and i plan to use 3 different tracks for my final trailer.

I have also started research on posters and been practing editing posters.

There have been some problems with me making my animatic and also my uploading powerpoints onto slideshare so i can post them onto here but hopefully those issues will be resolved soon