Ancillery task 1 - Movie Poster

Risk assessment

Each time we went to a new location we checked the spot to assure it was safe for filming and checked all the possible things that us filming could effect to deem wether it was an okay spot to film.

Film poster research and planning.

I have researched some film posters from other surreal feature length films that have a similar vibe to our film.

i looked at film posters from;

Donnie Darko

Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

and Filth

As you can see all of the posters have a general feel to them in terms of the instant impression such as the colour and composition of the central image. Most posters also follow most main conventions such as central image, title of film, credit to actors etc, more from the producers, age rating, and a quote. But one poster doesn't for filth, just showing a central image and the film title. I like this simplistic change in conventions in this example although i do not think it would suit our film.

The general colour of the poster heavily depends upon the tone of the film, for instance, donnie darko and filth are both very dark films depicting death, crime, drug usage and the effects of mental disorders. The posters for both of these films are very dark and have a blue tint. Whereas fear and loathing in las vegas is a very bright comedic film depicting surreal drug usage in a bright, neon or desert atmosphere.

I think that adding a dark blue filter to my film poster would suit the general dark atmosphere of our short film. I would like to follow most main conventions including title, credit to actors etc, tagline, age rating, and production company.



I took this still on the set of one of the scenes showing the sillouettes of the 3 main antagonists so to speak, i like this shot and wish to use it as the central image for my poster.

Radio trailer progress.

We used a lot of sound effects and added both studio recorded vocals and audio from the movie itself. We used garage band on a mac as it is a very easy piece of software to use and we could get a lot of desired effects.

By using a lot of layers of different sounds and effects, we were able to make the trailer very realistic. By using vocal clips from the movie we also created an enigma which will pull the audience in and make them want to watch the movie to see how the enigma is resolved.

editing update 2

We are mid way through completion of the editing of our short film, we have finished filming and predict we will soon be completed and can start working on the advertising side.

Filming Update 4: Final Scenes.

Today our group filmed the final scenes of our film. I did most of the filming and thought up quite a lot of the shots for these scenes. We have now started editing and putting all of our stuff together on final cut pro.

Editing update 1

We have started editing on final cut pro and are all getting used to the software gradually. we predict that it will be completed fully in a couple of weeks.