Don't Judge A Boy By His Glasses Film Poster..

This is my final film poster - I am rather pleased with it as it looked very professional and very similar to the Scarface film poster that I was emulating.

I have included all the typical conventiuons of a film poster:

• Title
• Director and starring information
• Release date
• Copyright information
• The film's website
• The age classification
• Production and basic role information
• A main image

This all leads to make film poster looking very professional.

I created my entire poster in gray-scale as it communicates the connoations and agenda of the film. It tell the audience that the film brings to light and tackles a serious subject. This film poster would appeal to film critics and independant audiences because it is artisic and carries symbolic messages within it.

I have edited the image so it is slightly cartoonish as is makes the poster much more ambiguious and means more people would be able to relate to the situation and character. The cartoonish image also highlights the glasses that my protagonist is wearing obviously an important propp in my film and his costume and other problems clearly highlight that the film is set in a school.

Final Progress On My Film Poster..

Below are the final amendments on my film poster; the next blog poster will be of my final film poster.

The image is a huge improvement on my previous one as it is beginning to look much more cartoon like - the way I wanted it, it contrasts with the background on the black and the white. In my next progression I will alter the font that I have used as the current one is not very professional because it is very basic.

I want my new font to look more professional but I want it to communicate the same ideologies and agendas about my short film.











In this draft I have altered the font and it makes it look much more professional. I have also started adding in other conventions of film posters in this draft I have inserted the release date of the film I have put the release date in the same font and close to the same size as my font because it is just as important because the audience would need to know when they can watch it.

In the draft below I have included the production details of my film which are typically included in a film poster. I researched into what is include in the small print at the bottom of most film posters and I have included this in mine. I have also included the age certificate for my film - this relates to my target audience as it does not exclude their age group.

The poster below shows a vast improvement on the previous draft, I have altered the font of my production details to make it look more typical of a film poster. I have continued to use this font throughout the rest of my film poster (excluding the title and release date) as a kind of house style. I have included typical conventions such as who directed and a stars in the film above the title as a USP, copyright information and the film website.

I Got A Bit Stuck..

When trying to emulate the Scarface poster I had a bit of trouble making it look professional so I opened a new file and started playing around with a new image. These were my results:

If I was to develop on of the above mock-ups to create my real poster it would probably be a development of the second one, however I have managed to alter the more original idea and will be using that as my final film poster.

Edit Two

Above is the second edit of our film, unfortunately the first edit won't be uploaded as there was formatting problems.

There are some obvious and glaring issues in the video, however, overall it is an improvement on the first edit. In this edit I converted the possible thoughts of Dudley into black and white so the fact that the points where he is getting bullied are just thoughts is much more obvious and easier for the audience to understand. Below I list my criticisms and improvements that need to be made to this edit:

• Pan in bedroom is too quite
• Is the opening sequence to short?
• NEEDS MUSIC
• Title sequence is too long in comparison with opening sequence - perhaps overlay title on action?
• Issue with how actor is holding books at 0:30
• Hit in hallway is not clear
• Sound in hallway scene changes to much
• The volume alters to much throughout
• Changes between bully scenes need to make it more clear that there is a change is scene need a way to make the change clearer
• Sound = REALLY BIG ISSUE
• Need a better transition between last bully scene and the 'transformation' AND needs different music than previous
• Hold end shot for longer
• Could the film use a shot of people walking around the school - panning?
• Insert end credits

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Main changes needed:

• Sort out diegetic sound
• Find music to include
• Sharpen up cut lengths - longer or shorter
• Include / add credits

Backbone Of My Film Article...

 I started creating my article by including the basic conventions such as title, photograph, basic information and header and footer. Here is my progress:

For my review I have followed conventions set down by the successful film magazine 'Total Film'. I emulated this magazine style as it is sucessful and it appeals to my target audience. I have emulated the housestyle, the colour scheme, the font type and size, the column layout, the borders and information box.

Mock Up For Film Article...

I sent some time making a mock-up for the layout of my film article. This is what I came up with:

I have decided to emulate the film reviews shown in Total Film and I will copy the house style of the magazine so my article looks the most professional that it can.

At the bottom of the magazine I will add other typical conventions such as, page number, magazine, date and website.