A2-Media

The feedback I received:
-The shot were well thought out and carefully planned.
-Horror is clearly the genre and there is a great build up of tension.
-THe music needs to be smoother

The picture above was taken at the same time I shot the shots for my trailer.I knew that I wanted there to be hint and little give aways that there will be a supernatural element.Therefore I had the idea to turn the water red to symbolise blood therefore to do this I took the original image which you see in the bottom right hand corner and used a tool called instant alpha and removed the water and the sky.This the enabled me to put the original images on the page,then a layer of red.I did this by creating a regular shape and then changed the opacity from 100% to 34%.I then layered the images with the cut out part over the red.I have done it this way so I still get the sort of water texture to try and keep the image as authentic as I can even thou there are supernatural features within the poster.The image underneath is a more cleaned up and more neatly cropped.












The pictures above were of me experimenting with potential magazine images.I knew that I wanted red to be quite a predominant colour throughout the promotional package.To create the images above I have changed the hue& saturation in order to make the image black and white and I have also changed the temperature and exposure slightly to bring out the eyes more.Going back to the theme of red I decided to duplicate the pictures and then crop the tears out so I could then layer then over the black and white image.The results as you can see in the picture furthest to the right is a mono picture with a hint of eye escaping the eyes.This could suggest demons or the supernatural like I want to achieve in my promotional package.However going back I don't think i'm going to use this image on my front cover because I feel that there is to much going on in the picture which makes the front cover look crowded which is not the look I was going from.I want the same sort of idea however I feel just the face may be more effective for my magazine front cover.

Therefore I have picked a photo from the same shot as the previous picture however cropped it slightly so there are no hands or arms in the picture.I have then changed the exposure to then darken the face and I have also changed the contrast so that the hair will face into a black background which is what I wanted as it will then make the reader focus more on the face.This is the picture I will use on my final magazine.

I have made the changes due to my feedback on my first draft and above as you see is the result:

This is the second draft to my trailer.Taking the feedback from my first draft of my film trailer and adapted it to produce this version.I have increased the amount of eye catching shots at the increase the enigma  about what the films about and therefore make people want to watch the rest of the trailer.Within my trailer now I have also picked up the amount of music used throughout my trailer and added an extra bit in to add a shock and creepiness to my trailer.Within the second draft of the trailer I have also decreased the amount of title shots I originally had as it was just to much for the audience to read and also it made what narrative I was trying to establish confusing and bewildering to the audience.

I order to now start to bring the production of my trailer to a close I will start to make sure my promotional package ties all together nicely so my film,'Ava' will have a promotional package just like the professional films do in the industry.

I now plan to ask a wider audience by creating survey's and questionnaires and handing them to a wider range of people in order to get a broad opinion and then taking the feedback and make the final tweaks.

• Barcode is blurry
• Weird line around Empire
• Pictures in film tape boxes have white lines around them
• Picture behind cover lines is blurry
• Text for coverlid is a bit bland
• Avatar feels a bit out of place of my magazine
• Headlines don't really relate to film.
• Relate the writing inside the circle more to horror.

• Red eyes edges need straightening
• 'A film by Charlotte Green' Maybe rephrase it to 'From the director who brought you' or 'The producer of'.I could maybe even try to move these to different locations on my poster as it might fit somewhere a lot better,
• Credit Block-I need to look more accurately at a credit block on a professional film poster.
• The red of the water needs softening around the edges.
• There's a stage bar down the sides of the poster.