Poster analysis 3 - War Dogs

The masthead taking up about 1/3 of the poster is normal for them as it follows convention the font used is customer for the film the way they have used a bright pink also helps the masthead stand out. The text has also been made bold and of a reasonable size to allow it to take up more space and be more visible.

The purpose of this poster is to create a explosive scene showing the 2 main characters of the film in action. With the image being low angle it makes the two men look great and powerful but then one of the mans actions contradicts this by having his hands over his head putting him in a lower position than the guy with the gun.

The colours on the poster are pink orange and then a mixed background colour for the photo as its set in a rural area.  Which makes the film seem for a younger age demographic.

The font is curved which make it seem for a young audience as its not smart like you would expect from a film with adults in and guns.

The poster layout has the font on the right hand side to keep the feature article photography clear and allow you to see important parts about the photo such as the gun. Also the size of the man compared to the other guy.

Poster analysis 2 - Bad neighbors 2

The masthead has been made in a custom font that matches the genre of the movie.  The masthead also has effects added to it such ad 3-D layering by having the "2" behind the main text this also helps maintain space over the front cover and keep it in the the center. The font used for the "2" is also replicating paint and with the fence behind it it goes well.

The feature article photograph has been taken in a low angle but side on shot of all 6 characters looking into each others eyes each face to face and in line with one another. By all of the characters starring at each other it creates tension in the image and makes the film seem more alive. Also as everyone has been placed at the same height and the shot is low angle it makes them all seem powerful almost like a fight will take place.

No cover lines have been used on the front cover this is most likely to keep it simple and spacious. although they have used a tagline at the top of the the front cover "parenthood vs sisterhood" this is a catchy tagline as it links to the film itself and gives the reader a little insite to what the film actually is.

The color scheme of the poster is a mix of white black and red by keeping to these 3 basic colors it is keeping the poster conventional.

Again this poster is very simple and is a comedy film so it is following the convention of a normal comedic film.

Poster analysis 1 - Central Intelligence

The purpose of this film poster is to sell the film to the public the poster doesn't give much away about the plot of the film.The masthead  of the poster is writen in yellow bold font on a black background making it stand out while matching with the house style of the magazine. By having the masthead come over the the feature article photograph is makes it seem more important and by the use of this 3-D effect it allows you to recognize the name of the film which the viewer would search.

The feature article photo has been taken at a low angle to make the big character (muscly guy) seem powerful but the small guy seem powerless, also by the stance of the small guy the way he is holding the gun close and the facial expressions back up that he is the smaller and less powerful guy in the movie.

A plug is used below the masthead displaying the date of when the film is going to be released, This is conventional as it allows people to understand when the film is going to be released.  The text used for the plug is very simple and white. The mode of address is very informal and jokey showing that this films demographic is aimed for teenagers.

The tagline at the top of the front cover is catchy which is conventional for a front cover of this type of comedic film.

Shot List

 Overall Shot List

- Establishing Shot 

- Zoom

- close up 

- Medium close up 

- Establishing Shot

- long shot 

- zoom

- close up 

- Establishing shot

- handheld

- medium shot

- medium shot

- 2 shot

- close up

- Establishing shot

- Long shot

- close up

- medium shot

- Esablishing shot

- handheld

- medium shot

- close up

- Establishing Shot

- Handheld

- medium shot

- Semi-Arc 

- Pan/ Tracking shot

- handheld

- 2 shot

- Medium shot

- over the shoulder shot

- close up- Long shot

- Zoom

- focus pull

- handheld

- close up

- focus pull

- close up

- pan


Day 1:
Location- My house and woods

-Establishing shot ( Drone shot)
-Close ups
- Medium shots
-Zoom
-long shot

Day 2:
locaton- bridge
-wide shot
- Dolly shot
- zoom

Day 3:
location - underbridge/woods
- handheld
- close up
- long shot
-establishing shot
-two shot

Day 4:
location- woods
- POV shot
-close up
-hand held

What Ive learned from practice shots

Before we start to film we had a couple of lessons to allow us to improve and prepare for the filming process this in turn means the overall quality of film will be better. We started with some basic over the shoulder shots making sure that the angles can be kept the same over each side and smooth cuts can be made in-between the the two people in the shot, the correct height and adjustment is also important. A reverse tracking shot can be seen in the video below, this was one of the practise shots we decided to do This is a tracking shot from behind the subject while walking forward that could be used in my movie A Side tracking shot can also be seen here

Survey Monkey - Results

After gathering all results from my survey it has made my mind up for certain parts about my short film, one part that ive decided on is it needs to be comedic as from my results comedy was one of the main features people mentioned about a mockumentary. The script will need to be made very carefully to make sure that the character gets involved with the audience and connects with them to entice them into the short film.

The main character will need to have a comedic value about him and be able to make the audience laugh, when choosing my character I will need to be careful and check how they would read certain lines.

My mockumentarys length will also need to be around 5 minutes from my results the top result was for the short film to be 5 minutes, so I have decided to make my short film about 5 minutes long as I feel if its much longer it will be hard to get enough recording and if too little will not entertain the audience.

The cast of my film will be around 2-5 people as it will enable me to work fast with the people. The film is also going to have violent scenes  to keep the watchers entertained while watching the Short Film.

I have also decided on a name for the short film Town Savior, I came up with this name as the film is based around a guy who feels he is being a hero and helping the town he lives in.