Evaluation Task Four

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

In our trailer, we used various pieces of kit to create the whole final product, we have a video below that shows the editing software that we used to bring all of our clips together and also what effects we used for the film. The software we used was Sony Vegas Pro 11.

Throughout my whole media assignment, I learnt about how I could upload various different files and to be able to successfully upload them to other social media networks, an example was to upload it to YouTube, where we kept a database of uploaded videos on what we did throughout the whole course, and people around the world were able to see the videos I uploaded. I gained most of my views from Europe and the United States. I also learned how to master the uploaded and producing PowerPoint presentations through the slide share and uploaded them to my blog.

I also learnt that the film industries rely on the way they use cross media convergence and multimedia platforms and they do this to reach out their target audience. An example of this is that some industries rely on websites such as YouTube to help promote their films and also where the public can view their trailers and advertise their production. This turned out to be quite effective as it would help a film increase their profit and increase their success in the film. In terms of the quality, these film industries rely on these highly developed software and the introduction of 3D has taken it to the next level and now industries are using 3D to expect to have their film become a success. Avatar used 3D motion capture that matched every detail and movement made by the actors/actresses, and this was the first time that this was ever used in a film and it revolutionised technology used in films and now this has led to a higher expectations of films in 3D.

To enhance the accessibility to my audience and to the examiners, from YouTube, I embedded the videos that I wanted to put on my blog and then placed them in one of my posts on Blogger, which is another site that is owned by Google. All sites are very popular and because of Google being the top search engine in the world and its recognisable brand image. On Blogger, all of my evaluations, Research and Planning are on this site and it is very easy and accessible to use as I would be able to update or post a blog everywhere I went as there is an app that can be downloaded, it is also very easy to access for my teachers, examiners and my target audience.

In our trailer, we used the Sony HDR-HC3, this was because it was very easy and straight forward to use the camera as all it did was take a couple of attempts to get used to it and master the settings and handling of this handheld camcorder. The level of quality of the filming was due to the camcorder as it contributed to different effects a high definition filming.

The high-tech technology has developed a huge amount over the years and industries are now heavily reliant on the technology and up-to-date equipment and this is to keep up with ever-developing world and its expectations. Camera quality and editing has increased dramatically and evolved as there is so many things that can be achieved through editing and every single industry uses high class, top-of-the-range software and this is used to produce the best quality films possible. Google is an easy way to search for these software’s and is my personal choice.

Evaluation Task Three - Audience Feedback and Presentation of Production

Here is the video of our audience feedback for our trailer More Than Human. This was done by a number of participants where we got a wide range of responses in which a lot of information can be drawn from this feedback.

We felt as if we got a lot of positives from this audience feedback. Such as the success of the sound and pace combination, furthermore, we have identified what we could have done better such as include a stronger back story that would appeal to more of a female audience, use less of the glitch effect and include more establishing shots to show the location. 

Evaluation Task Two

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Here in the video below, we have a directors commentary of Dan and I, explaining our film and how we thought it would effect the audience and also what went well in the film and if we had more time, what would we do next. We also commented on how the texts combine with the main product to give it the horror film.
Enjoy!

Evaluation Task One - Special Effects

We understood that special effects was one of the main key areas about making a successful horror trailer and how it helps to increase the suspense, the effects help to increase the realism of the film. For example, we studied the film/trailer of Grave Encounters, and studied the way at how they used their special effects to enhance the realism and the impact of their film. The effects they used were very minimal but had a huge impact on the film/trailer, they used a glitch effect in the film, this is to give the impression that something was wrong with the camera and that when text came up in the trailer, it would have the same effect, glitching to enhance the effects and impact on the audience. In our production, we didn’t want to overcomplicate the trailer with various different special effects as we thought that it wouldn’t have the same effect as it would do, so we decided to use minimal effects and natural camera shots and locations to make it as effective as we can. We knew this would be the best way on how to attract an audience.

One thing we had done was a lot of research of many different types of found footage horror films and most of them used the glitch effect. We started to do more research on the glitch effect and how we can introduce this into our production, fortunately, in the editing software that I used to edit the film, there was a TV Simulation effect, this was great to use as it gave us the same effect as the glitch effect and making the audience think that there was something wrong with our camera when filming. We thought that using this effect, that it would be a simple way to make the trailer look better and giving it more quality, attracting a wide range of audiences. We also used some faded shots at the start of our trailer, but as the trailer progressed, these fades were not necessary due to the increase of intensity of our trailer, where we started to use hard cut shots or implicate the intensity and also the horror feel. 

This editing technique shown above, was used as a very snappy way to change shots, and video footage. Making it seem as if something is faulty was a very efficient way of reaching to the audience and implying this is a high budget film.

Smudging the writing, again, making it look as if there is a fault, quick and meaningful way of setting a superior image for the film.

Evaluation Task One - Characters

Throughout our whole planning phase of our trailer, we realised that the relevance of the characters needed to have as much or as little camera time as possible, to ensure that we give the right effect and impact on the audience. We wanted to maximise the amount of characters that we were going to include in our film trailer to express the broad feeling. We introduced the characters in our project at around the same time, so the audience knows who the main protagonists are and by showing the glimpse of the antagonist at the end helps the audience identify the information and that they can also gain more information by watching the entire movie and that they will gain more of an interest from the trailer.

Going back to Propp’s narrative theory, this theory was a vital aspect to our production. In the trailer, we wanted to show the protagonists (heroes) first, although, the audience doesn’t find that our in our trailer, we tried to follow the introduction of characters to the helper and villain. The audience identifies Dan and I having the same importance throughout the trailer, due to us having the same amount of prevalence in our production, but later on in the trailer, there is the disappearance of Dan and more screen prevalence of myself, to increase the question raised by the audience, where did Dan go? When do we next see him? What happened to him?

Horror is a difficult genre to try and cooperate with the character introduction, we both has a mutual decision of making our horror production a found footage horror, where we see many point of view shots of the characters, Dan and I, giving the same amount of screen prevalence but also that it was easier to produce and also having the same effect on the audience as a conventional horror film. We see from the first shot, there is an introduction where Dan is explaining the setting of our trailer and myself filming him like it’s a documentary. Where you see in the next shot, that myself are trying to have a joke with Dan but he seems quite concerned and worried about the area we were in. We both introduced with dialogue where Dan was speaking to the camera and myself was speaking to Dan. To the audience may already imply that Dan and I might become victims of something as it is shown at the introduction of the trailer.

During the last scene of the trailer, being in a car down a country road, giving the effect that we are trying to escape from somewhere/something, another character is introduced, the antagonist. From an audience prospective, this gives the feeling or the question if it is either Dan or I. With having a bright light shining of the person, this has a cliff hanger effect that is introduced on the audience, once again, raising more questions and suspicion as the trailer ends. Dan and I wanted to give the audience this influence and want them to watch the film in order to find out who or what the person is.

In this shot, we can see Dan introducing the setting and explaining to the audience where it is based, also introducing Dan's character of Denzel 

This shot at the end of the film implements the cliff hanger we wanted to have on the audience as it shows a mysterious figure and want the audience to raise questions about the person and want them to watch the whole film. 

Evaluation Task One - Narrative

I felt as if the research and planning stage was the reason why our story made a lot of sense. Thanks to the detailed storyboard that Dan had prepared, we had a clear idea and thus we believed our understanding would also give the audience a clear idea of how we wanted the trailer to look and what sort of a storyline it was trying to portray, also keeping in mind on how much of an impact we wanted to put on the audience, giving them the fear factor.

In our trailer, we wanted to convoy and conform our horror genre as much as possible, this is why we wanted to add so many different dark and scary scenes. We also followed the conventions of the horror genre as we decided to follow the Todorov’s narrative structure to a certain extent. The only bit that couldn’t be identified was the initial equilibrium and we done this on purpose to make it less conventional thus it being different, but also I felt that having an initial equilibrium will negatively affect what we are trying to tell the audience as we wanted to show that the actors, Dan and I, are on a mission from the beginning of the trailer, to the end, thus there is no equilibrium that we are happy with. Despite this, we followed the middle step of Todorov’s narrative structure, but due to it being a trailer, there is no ending as we don’t show what happens to the actors, which is the whole point of a trailer, not to give away too much information and want the audience to watch the whole film, but we are also making this conventional in some ways.

In the trailer, we aim to be as conventional as we can and try to understand these conventions, and this is what the audience is going to expect from the trailer and from the initial genre and thus we must follow them in order for our trailer to be successful and also to meet the needs of our target audience. We decided the way in which we would differentiate ourselves to any other horror genre, this is by reducing and using less conventions to surprise the target audience and not to make our film become a typical horror/drama movie where the audience can predict what going to happen next. During our research and planning into the horror genre, there was a noticeable theory, that the majority of the horror movies/trailers followed Todorov’s narrative structure and so we knew the relevance of this. It also helped us save more time when producing the trailer as it gave us both an initial idea of how we were going to set up our final product.

The Narrative of the story is very simple, two students filmmakers, wanted to find out the truth about the haunted cemetery, taking a few torches and cameras with them to capture the evidence. Later finding out the rumours about the cemetery are real, ending up losing each other and disappearing. I believe we got that across quite well, as we have titles in the trailer stating the situations.

Screenshot shows the title from the trailer where we are giving information to the audience about the narrative, this could potentially attract students and young adults as the story is involving people their age and their position (e.g. at school)

Evaluation Task One - Title fonts and Styles

Titles and text is a vital part to the success our film trailer. Not only can text act as a piece of nonverbal dialogue but it also helps dictate the pace and also helps increase intensity in the trailer. This is why we decided to spread out the text, this is to have a bigger impact on the audience and also to increase the tension in the trailer, conforming to the horror conventions. I felt like that in our trailer, we did this well, this is because we used the right stereotypical conventions of a horror genre and what we needed to associate our film with. Through our research and planning, there was a noticeable change in the pace of the text in the genre, this is why we decided to include a lot of text to help increase the pace and also the intensity/fear it would have on the audience. One disadvantage to adding a lot of text is that the audience may not identify most of the importance piece of text that we used. We managed to get over this disadvantage by adding the title of the film “More Than Human” at the end of our trailer. This is because we learnt that people recognise and identify the titles as important text and that they also remember the start and the end of the trailers, this is why we gave this more prevalence.

Here is an example of some of the text that we included and the purposes of these pieces of texts are to dictate the pace of the trailer which is also accompanied by the sound as well. These titles were used to show a change in location as well. I felt as if these titles were a vital part to the success of the trailer and made it seem much longer than it actually was. This is because the constant changes in pace in such a short period of time makes it feel much longer

Evaluation One Task - Camerawork and Editing

We understood the importance of the use of editing and camerawork in our trailer, and also how it can help make us succeed. All conventional trailers have smooth editing and also use a wide range of different editing techniques but also camera shots to enhance the intensity and enjoyment of the trailer. I believe that the different types of camera work along with the different types of editing techniques used in our trailer enabled us to allow the footage run smoothly and kept it flowing. This could be identified in our scary place build up, where Dan and I were using the same type of scary/fear combinations throughout the trailer but the different uses of fades/cuts which contrasted the length of the shots made it feel different and more effective. The use of the camera work that Dan and I used could really be identified by the use of different camera angles in which we used. These different camera angles added to the intensity feel of the trailer and the fast pace of the sound/music/dialect.

I feel like that in our trailer is to an extent conventional in regards to the editing and camerawork. We used a range of different quick nappy shots that got the audience interested and to increase the intensity of our trailer, along with the use of fades which can be conformed to other different horror genre trailers, but we also consistently changed the camera angles and made it less conventional to the genre, but also added a lot of effects as shown by the screenshot below.

Here is a screenshot to show the use of our camera work. We closed up on Dan's face and thought of this shot very carefully as there is no movement in the background. It is a POV (Point of View) shot, just in formation with the genre of the film. Furthermore, the camera is at a very low angle which shows hints of the unconventional style.

Evaluation Task One - Costumes/Props

In our trailer, we decided to limit the amount of props and costumes used, even though we understood how someone’s appearance can offer assumptions to the audience by the nature of the genre, using many costumes would question the suitability of the scenes. Also, we also knew that the costumes could also add to the realism of the trailer and contrast to the locations and settings we had used. We used small amount of different costumes to make it feel real that this is happening in or around a day or a couple days, so the audience can relate to the story line. 

This is something that was picked up in our research and planning, through the use of the found footage horror film, Grave Encounters 1 and Grave encounters 2, where the characters were in an area for a couple of days and still wore the same clothes, signifying that they were trapped/lost, in our film trailer, this is something that I believe we did well and had an impact on the audience.

In our trailer, we also used other conventional props that may or may not been as noticeable, but this can also add the realism to the trailer and also the feel of realness to the trailer. One of these props that were used was the torch that I held when I was giving the realism that I was lost in the dark.

One thing that I felt that could’ve been done better in this area would be that a more formal dress code could’ve been used to obtain a better back story but also that may not conform the conventional stereotypes of a found footage horror film, where they would normal wear non formal clothing as it is felt like their only going out for a night or a couple of hours

Here is a screenshot of the torch light being used, in the dark. The light I am using is a very important prop that is required to tell the audience the basic idea of the movie and makes the trailer much more understandable. As you can see, the light is the only prop in some shots. This gives it most prevalence and catches the audience's eye in the shot which again helps the audience identify the genre in the movie.

Here is a screenshot of Dan, again. As you can see here, as he is being filmed, he is also using a camera; this would a prop used to make it seem as if we were filming each other whilst following the narrative. Moreover, it also compliments the genre as it looks very realistic.

Evaluation Task One - Location/Setting

Though out our trailer, we had to understand that there had to be a whole range of different locations and settings for different shots, this was because Dan and I, in our trailer are split up and trying to find each other, which resulted in the use of different places to shoot out trailer. We introduced different locations throughout the trailer not really giving any prevalence to a specific location but it's rather spread out. We used a number of shots to show these locations which I believe can be seen by the choice of screenshots that I have taken below. 

There was a whole range of ideas that went well in our film trailer, one of them was the range of different shots used, this was to show the audience all of the different locations, but it also tells the audience the story line. An example of the wide range shots was when we did an establishing shot of the cemetery. Personally, the establishing shot was a unique shot in comparison to some of the other shots that were used in our trailer. Furthermore, the establishing shot was going to be one of the main shots that we were going to use in our trailer, which does not only just show the importance and in depth of our research and planning but also tells us that we have prepared and planned properly for our trailer.

Personally, I feel that the choice of locations used for our trailer were the ideal settings for the horror genre. These different types of locations that were used consisted of going to various different graveyards (Ewell/Highgate Cemetery), various woodlands/fields and a drive in the countryside at night. All of these different locations showed off our story line, plus it also showed the audience that Dan and I are from a middle class background, which would appeal to out C1, C2 and D target audiences. Also, the working class background can be seen through some of the clothes that were worn by Dan and I, but also the dialect used in our film that both of us used, can also be used by the public in everyday use by a typical teenage audience in the present era.

Here is a location with Dan being filmed in Ewell Cemetery. The camera stays onto Dan but we still continue to see the background. We see almost all of the cemetery which shows that this was a perfect position to take this shot from as it can clearly be identified as an establishing shot.

Here we have an establishing shot of the wooded area location, where we can see Dan running away. This is to give the audience the feel that Dan is running away from something or someone.

Evaluation Task One - Title of the Film

Here are a number of screenshots taken from our trailer. All of these screenshots have some important input to our trailer whether it is setting a location or introducing a new character. This part of the evaluation reinforces why we had put some shots in the trailer.

Title of our film:

Over time, it took a lot of thought for producing a film title, we both (Dan and I) decided to go for the film title 'More Than Human'. This took a lot of thinking time to try and come up with the title, this is due to us going through different situations and positions and trying to apply a number of names to try and fit the genre of our film, which is a found footage horror film. We got the idea from many different found footage films, which helped increase a more effective horror title. Below is the names of some found footage films that helped in the process of deciding a film title.

• Grave Encounters 1 + 2
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Paranormal Activity 
• As above, so below
• The Devil Inside
• Cloverfield
• A Night in the Woods
• Diary of the Dead
• The Collingswood Story
• Unaware

The title above, is one of the fonts we used to try and use to help fit our genre, but we felt like that this was a bit to much as we researched many different found footage horror films and they have a plain, computerized, font which has an effect on the audience.

The title above is on a black background and in a plain, computerized font called "Mathematics" which gave the trailer a more of a found footage horror effect. We decided on this as we both felt it would increase the tension and also due to the white writing contrasting the black background, we were going back to the traditional horror conventions.

One reason why I felt this was a good decision for our specific trailer is because we had a lot of dialect in the form of text on the screen and so we had to make this piece of text more important than the rest and thus we put it at the end as it will be the last thing the audience remembers. People tend remember the start and end of any piece of information and that was the reason why we put it right at the end.   

We also knew that we must differentiate the title from the rest of the text dialogue within the trailer. We kept the font the same as all trailers have a conventional "One Font" system to not over complicate it and we also followed this

More Than Human - How we felt after the film

After countless changes earlier in the year, an example, the change from Action/Comedy, where we thought that it would not succeed as Comedy is a hard genre to pull off, if the jokes within the trailer were not funny, then the trailer would've not succeed and we would've got a lower mark. We changed the genre to Horror, and personally, it couldn't of gone any better. We both have had trouble to find time to film as we both have commitments such as work, but we both took the time to go out and film.

Personally, the trailer was a success and we got good reviews from our peers, even though there were a few things that could of been changed. But throughout the course, both Dan and I's skills in editing, producing, directing and technical skills with software's such as Photoshop, has increased and worked well for the production of our film.

Overall, I am happy with what has occurred in the year and what we have produced as Dan and I have worked hard to produce and pull off our production.

More Than Human Trailer

Here is the finished product of Dan and I's horror trailer called More Than Human. I hope you enjoy this trailer.

Animatic Storyboard

Here below is the More Than Human Animatic Storyboard.

Progress of our Movie Magazine

Recently, I have started to work on my magazine front cover for our trailer "More Than Human", this has taken a couple of lessons and various trial and error things using Photoshop as it is not a program that I am not used to using.
In the next pictures below, it will show the progress of the magazine front cover and some of the things that need to be added to the magazine for it to be complete.

This picture (Above) was the start of the movie poster but only slightly progressed. We used the red Empire magazine title, as it is a well known film magazine, plus the used of red gives the horror effect of blood and contrasts with the black background of darkness, fear and death. I used a well known horror film "You're Next" and the picture of the masked antagonist from the film to help draw in the audience and make it feel more scarier. The use of the title above the Empire Magazine title, in capitals, "Our Best Horror Issue Ever", gives the effect that there is more inside that will surprise the audience reading this magazine. I have also added in the prices and date of the magazine, to make the magazine feel more realistic.

This second picture (above) has more added into it, including the title of our trailer and another well known, recent horror movie. The Title "More Than Human" is in the conventional horror colours of red and white, this contrasts the black background. The red writing, represents blood and the white text represents light, but the white writing is used to stand out on the black background, with the black colour representing darkness, death and fear, which will attract the audience to the magazine, due to the colours standing out. With another added horror film added onto the magazine and the scary doll/puppet picture added aswell, gives the magazine a more conventional horror feel, due to the picture blending into the black background, attracting a wider range of audiences to buy the magazine.

In this picture (above), a lot of changes have been made, including the text/font of the writing, the size of the font and also added in a "New and exclusive interview" with the directors, who are Dan and Myself. I decided to change the font and the size of the text to give it a more eye catching feel, to attract more people to take a look at the magazine cover, still using the conventional red and white colours, to represent blood and still making the text stand out and contract the black background, giving it the horror feel too. I also changed the positioning on where the movie title should be, as it didn't seem right having the text on the top right of the movie magazine, as it is more effecting nearer to the bottom and more central, also filling up the page. To make it more central, I had to adjust the positioning of the bar code to a more horizontal position, due to when the bar code was vertical, the text had to become more cramped and it didn't look as good. The use of capitals in the title, makes it stand out more, also having the word "Than" in a slightly larger font, make the title stand out even more, allowing the audience to get drawn into the magazine. Also adding the "New and Exclusive interviews with the directors" in the red and white colours still follow the conventions of a horror magazine cover, also keeping it simple and making it fit in with everything else on the page. Also, using this text, this gives the audience to have something to look forward to when reading the magazine.

There is more to be added to the magazine front cover, as there is a large black blank area, this is where our main picture is going to go after the film has been produced. The picture will be the antagonist, which will bland into the background to give the audience the question "who is the killer?".

Now, the picture above, is the finished product of our magazine cover and our trailer, More Than Human. The last image to be added was the black and white, faded grave stone that is covered by the tree vines. This picture was the ideal photo for our magazine cover, this is due to the fact that the grave gives the audience a feel of death and fear. The name on the grave gives the audience the question "Is that the killer?", "Is that a ghost?". The grave is in black and white to contrast the black background and the red writing, drawing the audience into the magazine.

Overall, I found this to be a fun project to do and I am happy with the end product. I have been able to apply my skills from editing to try and find out how to use the Photoshop program, also looking at tutorials have helped me with the end product, and overall, I am thrilled that my hard work has paid off as I am very pleased with the magazine cover

Documenting the Influences of our production

Throughout my life, i have enjoyed picking up a camera and learning how to use it and the find out the wonders of technology. I wanted to do media for part of my studies in 6th form due to the sheer excitement of being able to use my knowledge of cameras and editing to produce my own production. Below are some of the influences that have inspired me.

Director - Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg, is one of the most significant and influential directors in the present history of film. He is known as one of Hollywood’s wealthiest filmmakers in the world and has produced many successful films. Spielberg, throughout his career, as a producer, director and writer, has countless credits that have been critically acclaimed and also has countless big-grossing films. 

Location – Highgate cemetery

Using this location was convenient for us to use as my associate and me came up with the script, even though we could film in any cemetery, we felt as if this one stood out. The cemetery has a big location; we can get many types of shots in.

Films

Some movies that have helped influence our film is the movie Grave Encounters, and as a part of the direction of “More Than Human, we believed that we should follow in the steps of this film and create something that has the similar effect. There are also a few other films that helped in the influence of our film, REC (2007) and The Blair Witch Project being some of the films that helped and influenced us on how to make a found footage horror.

We have had a broad range of films that we have been working on. We both wanted to do a film, for example, our film, “More Than human, we wanted to please the teenage and young adult target audience, with hope of scoring highly for the film and production.

Photoshop/Sony Vegas

With regard to Photoshop, it enabled us to create magnificent poster and magazine covers, something other software’s couldn’t offer us. We used Sony Vegas to edit our trailer; we have found this software very useful as it provided many editing tools to the footage. 

Props in our film

Due to our film being a found footage horror film, our props are pretty limited and that we have no need for many props in our trailer. The main props we will be using in our trailer will be torches, camera's, bags, etc.

We have 2 camera's that we will be using, one for Dan and one for me. Most of the shots would be "point of view" shots which will make the audience think that their in the front row seat or think that they're personally holding the camera, dragging them into the film and making them on the edge of their seats. Dan and I will be filming each other and the surroundings, this is why we need two camera's.

We will also be using torches due to the fact we will be filming at night, so the use of torches would be good to capture parts of our trailer at night, giving it a more scarier effect for the audience.

Costumes - Denzel and Jack

The type of costumes we choose for these characters are quite similar to each other and very important because it can help the audience to get to know the characters, for example their class, where they live, age or even gender. The choice of costume we have picked I think represents our characters and the conventions that go with them. Denzel would wear a coat, with dark grey sweatpants and Jack would wear black jeans with a jumper

Our Camera - Sony HDR-HC3 High Definition Camcorder

This is the camera that we are using to film our opening two minutes with. It's my personal camera that I use. It films in full HD, which should make it look pretty good, and this was the main appeal for this camera. It also has a microphone slot, so we don't have to rely on the internal microphone. The zoom is also good, and so we can get some shots from far away and it would still be very good quality. The camera contains:

16:9 Recording Format	Maximum Aperture Wide: 1.8	Resolution: High Definition
Width (mm): 82	Depth in mm: 139	Height in mm: 78
Video System: Mini DV	Digital Input	Highest Focal Length in mm: 505
Chip Size: CMOS	Digital Zoom (Ratio): 80	Image Stabiliser: Digital
Viewfinder: Yes	Firewire IEEE-1394 Interface: Yes	LCD Screen Size in Inches: 2.7
Maximum Aperture Tele: 2.9	Handheld Position: Horizontal	Lowest Focal Length in mm: 50.5
Memory Stick	Weight in Grams: 510	Maximum Pixel (in Megapixel): 2.1
Photo Resolution Height in Pixel: 1728	Photo Resolution Width in Pixel:2304	Optical Zoom (Ratio): 10
USB Interface

More than Human - Poster

Here is the finished product of my found footage horror movie poster.  This poster was created on Photoshop, and was a bit of a challenge for me because I personally have never used Photoshop before in my life, so this was a fun piece of work to create and it was very enjoyable as well as stressful.

I have kept to the old conventions of horror movies by using the colours, Red, Black and White as i felt like they were the most effective colours and that they are more eye catching that the recent trends of horror movie posters, as it gives it a more older look as the reds, blacks and white colours were used in the 80's for a more scarier feel on the audience. As the colour black represents darkness (as many people are afraid of the dark) and represents fear and it also contrasts with the Red writing used as Red is used to conform blood and it stands out on the black background.

The caption "If on thoughts of deaths we are fed. Thus, a coffin, became my bed" is a slogan used to make the film look more frightening and appeal more to the audience as it is used in capitals and in larger writing to try and capture the eye of the audience.

The Title "More Than Human" is used in large, capital writing and in the colours of Red and White. The use of the Red writing here is to stand out against the black background and the white writing, with the word "Than" in a larger font compared to the other words and makes the whole title stand out in the poster and draws the viewer into the poster and making them examine it too.

The faded black and white grave is used to stand out too in the poster, with the writing on the grave being in bold to eye catch the audience. The grave is also used to conform death, supernatural and paranormal activity, linking it with ghosts, zombies etc.

Time Management

Here below, I have a schedule on Dan and I's time management and the products and posts that are upcoming.

Time Management: 5th January 2015	Completed/Changes to be made/Needs to be done
Credits/Intro/Outro for Trailer	This is completed but may have a few things to change
Production company (7 second video)	This is completed – Our production company is called Paradox Entertainment
Research and Planning	Not completed – Need to change some of the wording in some of the posts – This would take some time to do – Going to add more horror trailers to analyse. Also need to add more analysis of movie posters, mainly horror.
Story Board	Needs to be completed – This will be animatic and added soon to the blog.
Tutorials	There are a few more tutorials on how to do some of the effects I have used for my intro/outro/credits and for my movie poster – these will be added to my blog soon
Movie Poster	This is completed – The blog post will be posted soon
Magazine cover - Empire	This is in progress and it will be started soon

Actor/Actress interviews	This has not been completed or even started – This will be a post we will work on – Soon to do in the next couple of lessons
Film updates/Film Schedule	This is a working progress and will be completed – Need to do an extended film schedule for the trailer