Film Magazine - Final

I have made several changes:

• Included magazine name and issue number on barcode
• Cover lines redesigned to look more like a traditional magazine.
• Selling line quote added below masthead.
• Reorganised layout.
• More textured background.

Film Magazine - Draft

This is a draft of the front cover of my film magazine, "Fifty Shades of Film". Designed to parody the popular adult book by E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Film features a similar colour, font and style layout to the front cover of Fifty Shades of Grey, with the image of a gun has replaced the image of the tie.

However, I have added some slight differences:

• A skyline at the top of the cover, with the date of publication, issue no., editor name and price.
• A barcode towards the bottom left.
• A content block, similar to the 'film block' credits that appear on commercial film posters.
• Instead of a production role in larger letters, with the name of the person in smaller letters, the content block has subheadings in larger letters, with content 'teasers' in smaller letters. I have also added an "ALSO:" line at the top.

There are still some changes I need to make. The layout of the barcode and the content block do not complement each other (the space between the barcode and content block is too small), and there is only one image (though I probably will not add others, the background of the cover does not look very appealing, due to the amount of space available.)

Film Poster v2 - Draft

Though similar to my previous draft, this poster has multiple differences:

• Landscape image.
• 'Gun' image instead of 'viewfinder screen' image
• Four 'award wreaths' above the credit block
• YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, BBFC Certificate and QR code have been removed.
• Overall layout has changed.

I do not know, at this point, which image to choose as my final ancillary. Although this version does look 'busier' (ie has more content), I fear there may be too much content (another draft may be made.)

Film Poster - Draft

 This draft includes many conventions of a film poster, including

• The title
• Tagline of the film
• Main image
• Social networking links
• A credit block
• Production company logos
• Age certificate
• website link (I have also included a QR code for smartphone users)
• Release date

The background image is the blurry grey static of a television, which links to the found footage style and television static transitions I will use in the film/film trailer

First Cuts - Ten Seconds and Thirty Seconds

Rushes from 30/11/2012

Casting Issues

The main problem in a large filming project such as this is an organised and dependable cast.

I have a full cast of students, with one teacher, all playing roles in the film/film trailer similar to their real life roles.

However, sometimes you can't depend on everyone, due to unforeseen circumstances.

Last Friday, I organised a filming schedule with my media teacher, John, to film the scenes he is involved in.

However, due to certain issues, I could not film with him on that day. This has meant that I am behind schedule and I have missed my Monday deadline for the thirty second trailer.