Planning trailer and magazine

This week I plan to complete my trailer by adding the voice over. I plan to record this week and have the voices added by the end of the week. Once this is completed I hope to have started my movie magazine cover and be at a place of almost finishing my first draft of it.

Movie poster process

This is the original image that I had taken on a Nikon Coolpix camera. The image was taken in my kitchen where I knew that I could use the smudge tool to even out the colours and create a new background from the one that was already created. 

This was the starting image with the painted background and the main image. This was the raw version with no added layers. The background was originally to be painted and left like that. However, I didn't feel like there was much dimension and texture to the image so I had then added layers and changed the occupancy in order to show the texture using different images. 

For the main image used in my trailer, I had looked at different style models of real posters that exist for my genre of movie. As my genre is dystopian, it was easy to find futuristic looking images. The main posters that I looked at where Insurgent, Lucy and The Maze Runner. With looking at the conventions of these posters,  wanted to create something to suggest to the genre.

All of the dystopian genre posters had either one or more persons in an action shot. With my poster I created this to show the main purpose of the story. That being that she is trapped and arrested for her powers.

To create the background of the image I had painted it in block colours originally. To create to realism and texture to the surfaces I took images of cobbled floor and brick walls and used the occupancy of them to just show the outline of the bricks over the main colour. I then photoshopped the main character in and painted the purple electric coming from her hands along with the shadow on the floor and dark depths of the main corner. I went with the bluish/ purple colour for the power to show the electricity. I used different shades of the colour in order to show it going from different directions and to stand out from the main background.

With the main title shown below, I didn't want just block lettering with no dimension. To create a more complex title I used the eraser tool to remove pieces of the lettering and re painted them further off to give the illusion of the title shattering a little and eroding away.

This is the finished movie poster with all of the conventions of any magazine. This includes the main title being 'Shatter me'. All of the posters also shown the producers who would work on the film including set design and costume design- anyone who would have contributed into making the movie. In addition, it shows the rating of the movie and the logo to the production company. The main actors name is also displayed along the top. This is used so that people can recognise the name if they are looking for movies of their favourite actors. 

Movie poster

Question 1

In which ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of Media Products?

Movie Trailer title

For the title used on the movie trailer, I had to create it in Adobe Flash. I first used photoshop to create the 'glass' pieces. I made three different ones. I then opened them in flash and duplicated them for the appropriate amount. I then added motion tween and arranged them into the 'SHATTER ME' title.
Almost 40 different motion tweens where used to create this.

Here is the finished result:

Editing update

As for editing the movie trailer, I have almost completed it. With adding the additional scenes filmed from the weekend I have been able to finish the visual editing. Now I am at a stage where I can plan for the voice over. In order to do this I will write up a short script and record it. Once this is completed, the editing process of the movie trailer will be completed and I will move onto the next task.

Filming update

As I have gone down to London for the weekend, I had managed to finish my filming whilst referring back to my storyboard. I had filmed additional scenes to use as the ending scenes.

I had originally had an idea of using FX to use as a super power for the character. I needed an electric sort of effect in order to give off the main purpose of the storyline. As I couldn't find the appropriate way to create this, I had decided to do it in a more simpler way that I could control more. For this I used UV nail polish under a UV light. I painted lightening on my wall where the character would punch the centre and the wall will glow. I also used it on the characters hands to show that it is coming from her.