Final story line

The storyline is;
Two friends having a picnic one pleasant evening. As the couple were about to enjoy their food on the outskirts of a forest, at this point they have no clue of the dangers that lurks within. Before anything has a chance to happen, they hear a scream heard from within. One of them wants to go to find out what it’s all about. Consequently the curious friend gets dragged away out of sight and causing the remaining friend to panic. Frantically, in a distressed state, the remaining friend calls out their name searching, in a disorientated frame of mind. At this point friend has nowhere to go and feels as if the whole world has collapsed around them . . . . . .

Insanity: Story boards

These are tha storyboards that have been drafted up

to help us understand what effect we are trying 

create. Using these should allow us to have a clearer

 idea of what shoots are needed as well as props

location and cast.

The different shots that are needed are detailed within

the story boards which alows us to focus on the

 quality of fimling opposed to thinking of what shoots are

 needed and how they will eventually be going together.

 Instead we can look at framing shots camera movement

 and the overall feel and look of the production.  



The main goal of this production is to 'hook' the audence into the storyline and create a want to know how the story ends. This compells the audience to pay to watch the film. 

Mag development

This is what I created as my initial mag cover idea. I later found that this is much more like a Movie Poster. However this is a good thing to know as that is the second ancillary task that I have chosen. 

After moving on from the previous idea, we looked into how mag cover looked and created the guide lines in the post above to create the more suitable format.

This is my first attempt at creating a design that was developed with the concept of being a mag cover firmly in mind. However still needed further development to bring it up to a acceptable standard.

As I further developed the design I incorporated elements from mags that I has looked over and felt the design techniques within them to be effective and appropriate with in this genre. The thing that was mostly commented on was the ability to tell what was the name of the 'new' film in comparison to the rest of the cover. The another thing that was most misunderstood was the reason for the arms.

Acting on the comments made I used a star to make the title stand out above everything else and a solid colour bar that gave a definite colour contrast to the writing. I also gave a reason for the hands as they play an important role in the feature film that is being advertised. 

Carrying on with the idea of the main design being influenced by the film being featured in this mag. I changed the background to the forest scene that is the film is set in, this coupled with the use of colours and borders in the title of the mag and the slogan to draw maximum attention to them as possible. 

The final changes that were made were small details like finalising the use of space by reorganising things like the stories, barcode, showing Issue number and filling space that was usable without the design looking over crowded.

After looking over the design I realized the arms where irrelevant and therefore replaced with eyes giving the sense of being watched. This is mainly due to the fact that we want the scene of being watched and disappearing without a trace...............

The editing package that I used to create all of these covers was Serif PhotoPlus X4

Mag Cover plan

After looking at current horror Mag covers we deduced the common characteristics throughout out the HORROR genre. With this knowledge we created this plan to follow, this will help us get the best effect possible.



HAMMER FILM PRODUCTIONS (David Baverstock)

Hammer Film Productions is a film company that is based in the UK. It was founded in 1934 and they produced a series a 'Gothic' Hammer Horror Films which were made from the mid-1950's to the 1970's. Hammer tended to dominate the horror market and they enjoy worldwide distribution and having significant financial success. Hammer produced a variation of film genres such as Sci-Fi, Thrillers, Comedies, and Film Noirs, they also created television series.  They had more success after they partnered up with United States studios/distributors Warner Bros.
The Horror Thrillers that they created were The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mummy. Hammer were producing these film when horror was groundbreaking.

Celador Film Company; The Decent 2006

Celador Film Company

http://www.celador.co.uk/

‘Global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected seven masks at the BAFTAS, four Golden Globes and eight Oscars including Best Director and Best Picture in 2009.’

One of Celadors greatest film productions was British Horror film; The Descent (2006) directed by Neil Marshall. The synopsis of the film follows six women who, having entered an unmapped cave system, become trapped through a series of unfortunate events, and are hunted by flesh-eating humanoids who seem to have been trapped inside for hundreds of years.

Neil Marshall realized that horror films almost never have an all-female cast, and with The Decent Marshall wanted to defy convention. Casting all women into the role, Marshall was aware he needed to avoid making them clichéd, so simply asked basic advice from his female friends and family. He explained that the main difference was, "the women discuss how they feel about the situation, and where as a group of men wouldn’t."

When it comes to producing and scripting our own film, I feel I should learn from The Decent when portraying the female character. As I’m aiming the film towards a female target audience I need to make the character relatable.