Jake's Poster Progress

This Is how i made my two films posters.

 The first thing i had to do was download the font that i would be using in the product. I did this after conducting font research and asking my target audience which font they thought was the most suitable font. In the the end BadaBoom was the favoured font which is the one i downloaded and used.

I then had to open photoshop and start a new project. I want my poster to be made in actual size so it is important that i selected the preset 'International Paper' which then enabled me to make my film poster to fit an exact A4 sheet, meaning that it would be easy to print and put up in plenty of places where it could be seen clearly.

After getting my blank document open, i had to install and then select the font which i would downloaded from Dafont.com before doing anything else. I selected the font as 'Badaboom' which then meant that all text i added to the product would be in that font unless chosen otherwise. This font is part of the house running theme which is recognised as part of our distribution package. All of our Posters as a group feature this font, as well as the magazine cover and the trailer itself.

 

I then began to add my titles to the poster in the selected font and place them in the suitable place like i had placed them on my flat plan. I then created the other titles which i added onto the poster again replicating wherei had placed them on my poster flat plan as above.

I made these titles with a different font called, 'hasteristico' which as other fonts, i had downloaded before starting the poster. This font also was chosen after some font research and which suited the poster best.

After adding these together and placing them in the corresponding places, this is what i ended up with.

I now had to add the photo i had taken of my Actor, howevet the photo i had taken had a black background on it which would not look well on the poster, therefore i had to get rid of this black background and place the image of my actor onto a transparent background enabling me to put it onto the poster without any background being affected.

I had to rotate the image, and then using the magic wand tool, i selected all of tom and a slight bit of the black background to crop and layer via cut to ensure that i did not cut any of the miage of tom off. After layering is via cut, i was able to delet the black background and was left with the image of tom. There were still small bits of black outline which i wanted rid of as i felt they did not look professional and made it look messy, therefore i zoomed in and used the eraser tool to get as rid of much as i could.

After doing this, i once again selected the image of Tom using the magic wand tool and refined the edges. This was to smooth out any sharp edges that had been left from the erasing i had been doing, ensuring that the product had a flawless smooth outline making it look even more professional.

This was the final product after adding the image of tom.

The main inspiration for my poster was the film Poster for 'You don't mess with the zohan'

This is becuase i felt this poster was extremely succesful in attracting me personally as a member of it's target audience. It does not give much away about the film but leaves me intrigued and wanting to know what the film is about. The title, 'Lather. Rinse. Save the world' in my opinion was also very succesful ig getting my attention, i want to know why it goes from hairdressing to saving the world. The huge contrasting in the two extreme activities are very comical and suggest that this is a comedy film. The layout is also very easy to read and understand making me feel comfortable, therefore i wanted my poster to achieve the same affect.

Who's moving on up?
Who's on their way to the top?
That is what i want the audience to think. i then began to feel and gathered from feedback that my poster had been lacking something, therefore i went out and took a photograph of a library. I adjusted the aperture to try and make the image appear blury, focusing more attention on the main title and picture of the poster.

My audience said that they preferred this as it gave the poster something more and appeared less boring and empty, whilst also focusing MORE attention on the title and main picture

Emily's Poster Progress

Individually we decided to make up our own posters, in order to all get credit.

Emily's Poster:

First of all I had to open up the blank document. For this I opened up photoshop, clicked file and new. I then changed the title of the document, set the format of the paper to "International Paper" and set the background to the plain white and pressed okay. After this the blank page appeared in front of me.

It was important to have the exact measurements there for the document to make sure that it is all correct and therefore useable for when it comes to the actual printing of the products and such.

I then had to sort out the actual text on the page. For this I hovered over the text icon on photoshop and then clicked onto the blank document. I then just typed as normal with the keyboard. This is important as it is one of the main foundations of the poster as it gives the details of names and releases etc.

As I discussed looking into my flat plans of the poster, looking at other well known and successful posters, I realised that black is not a usual colour used and that red had stronger connotations and would look more attractive. To change this I high lighted the text and then clicked on the colour palette and found the red and clicked okay. 

From the flat plan research I came to the conclusion that I needed something to be even quirkier about the  name and what worked was a slant on it. To add this effect to the title of mine I clicked on the text layer and then Edit, Transform and Rotate. When I clicked on this the cursor turned into a little arrow and I then just twisted it around and pressed Enter on the keyboard. After this it came up with the icon and asked "Apply the transformation?" and I then clicked "Apply". This fixed the transformation so it stayed like this.

I repeated the text process again to get all of the text involved that was needed to work for the product and all that I needed. 

Magazine Progress

After getting the needed photos, we have made mock-ups of the magazine cover.

Stages:

After opening up the document first of all and setting it to the right size and everything we started firstly by doing the text for the basic layout. We had to download all of the fonts that we wanted to use first of all and then we merely clicked the text tool and placed it where we wanted and then changed the font and colours by clicking the specific buttons.

We decided for our cover to have little stars in between featured films on the small puff on the magazine. As it would be overly complicated to try and create little stars we went online and found a star paint brush to which we could use. To use the brush we downloaded it off the above website and then clicked on the paint tool and selected the image and after this we decided the colours and things to add to it and then we kept creating new layers for each star, this is because they wouldn't work without a layer.

Weekly Update 6

This week, we met as a group again on Wednesday for two hours to discuss potential filming times. We decided that next Wednesday we will film the sequence in which the main protagonist/s will get water-bombed by a passing car. This location of this shot is easily accessible as it is just outside of college, the actors are also free at this time as well. The wednesday after next, we further came to an agreement that we will film our image changing sequence. To do this, we will need to request permission and will get proof of this. This involves our three main characters and the second year as the second year gives advice and locates clothes which change the protagonist's images completely.

Also, next Wednesday, we agreed to do our group photo shoot for our film posters. These will all be taken in the studio. We decided to use the Media studio as many teenage comedy films generally use studios e.g Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Mean Girls and 17 Again.

We also asked our potential actors if they were willing to participate in our film trailer and they all agreed. However, we will need to complete model release forms to confirm this and fully confirm whether the actors are free when our group is free.

As a group, we decided that Jake would produce the Model Release Forms, Emily would produce the Location Release Forms and I would create the Hazard and Risk Assessment shots. We decided to do this as it would be easier to do and will be much quicker to do.

- Thomas Pyle

Cast List and Model Release Forms

During the week we devised a cast list of potential actors, to whom we have then asked and decided to use.

Thomas Colledge- Main Geek

Jake Williams- Second Geek

Conor Davies- 2nd Year

Production Schedule

After discussing with our cast we have devised a schedule of when and where we will film, photograph and edit for the whole of the production.

Schedule:

10th October: Organisation of props and costumes for the week.
11th October: Photo shoot for magazine.
12th October: Filming (bullying scenes)/ group photo shoot.
13th October: Magazine body made up/ trailer edited.
14th October: Magazine body made up/ trailer edited.
15th October: Reflection of week.
16th October: Plan for next week.
17th October: Mock up posters.
18th October: Mock up posters.
19th October: Potential filming missing footage.
20th  October: Incorporating any missing footage.
21st  October: Finalising rough cut trailer/ posters/ magazine cover.
22nd October: Reflection of the week.
23rd October: Planning the following week.
24th October: Editing individual products.
25th October: Audience feedback.
26th October: Audience feedback.
27th October: Reflection of feedback.
28th October: Reflection of feedback.
29th October: Reflection of the week.
30th October: Plan for following week.
31st October: Rough Cut Deadline
1st November: Reflecting of feedback and developing idea.
2nd November: Editing of products.
3rd November: Soundtracks devised.
4th November: Soundtracks devised/ added to trailer.
5th November: Reflection of week/ audience feedback.
6th November: Plan for following week.
7th November: Edited Products and re-pitched
8th November:  Reflection of pitch.
9th November: Editing products.
10th November: Editing products.
11th November: Audience feedback.
12th November: Reflection of week and audience feedback.
13th November: Planning for week.
14th November: Final Pitch
15th November: Finalised editing.
16th November: Production Deadline

List of Props and Costumes

As a group we devised a list of all the costume and props we would need, and went to collect them together, in preparation of filming and photographing.

List of costume and props:

Main Geek:

- Shirt
- Bow tie
- Black trousers
- Black shoes

Second Geek:

- Shirt
- Tie
- Black trousers
- Black shoes

Second Year:

- Jeans
- Tee shirt
- Jacket
- Trainers

Changing image clothes:

- Jeans
- Tee shirts
- Jumpers
- Trainers
- Jackets

Gym style outfits:

- Shorts
- White socks
- Gym vests/ tee shirts
- Trainers

Props:

- Gym equipment
- Books
- Pens
- Paper balls
- Backpacks