Film Magazine Research

Film Magazine Research

Different Film magazines brands

Conventions

Rule of 3
Strapline
Masthead
Main feature
Puff
Cover lines
Barcode
Typography

References

  

Fonts

Blocking for Front Page

Front page from Tatiitat

Working on my Front Page

Poster Research

Posters

Whilst researching on Film Posters I found key components that are used in the posters which are

Taglines- to summarize the feel of the film 

Film Title - usually in bold 

Main Image- usually consisting of the main character of the film

Directors and Producers- so the audience would know who the director is and his/her style

Quotes and ratings - the audience can be influenced into watching the film with good reviews

Dates and extra information- consisting of the website or where to find useful information or trivia for the film

Main actors/ Cast- high profile actors would draw audiences in.

Billing blocks- consisting of the management

Gangster Posters

For reference I decided to look at gangster film posters as it goes with my genre
I viewed the following
  

Road to perdition

I was influenced by the tagline from this poster "Pray For Michael Sullivan" as it is put at the top and the sentence is separated into two lines.

I decided to use this in my film poster as my tagline being "", I put the tagline of mine towards the right hand side on my poster.

Gangster Squad

For Gangster Squad I liked how the main actors starring in the film were placed at the bottom of the main picture, also the main lead actor has his characters name underneath him.
I used this format for mine as Gabriele's actress Maitry who is the main star in my gangster film had the same format.
I also liked the billing blocks and how they were formatted as it is centralized and under the list of the cast so I used a similar approach to mine. However I decided to put the age restriction underneath mine.

American Gangster

In this poster I was influenced by how the main image was blended into the background in a similar sense to film noir, I decided to use this for my trailer as my main image is blended with the black background where the booth is opened and the bottom of my trailer as I had space then to put my billing blocks.

Billing block

I made my own billing block at the end of my poster by using the template below as a resource
The font I choose that was close to the film posters was the SF movie poster which resembles the billing block


I then changed the colour to a grey theme, used the font sizes as 14, 18 and 30 to make it look more realistic.

Fonts Used

Blocking of my film poster

Film poster from Tatiitat



Working on my poster

Effects, (Title, Audio and Video)

For scene 4, due to it being a flashback in my screenplay I decided to change the scene into black and white which was inspired by the convention of Film Noir.

The effects I used was the image control to change it to black and white. However, I found that the filter used made the scene look faded and a washed out way. I change this by decreasing the brightness and increasing the contrast to make it look more gritty.

In addition I decided to use the black and white effect on the scenes that were flashbacks or in the past so the audience can be able to determine the different stages in the timeline of the trailer, which hopefully will allow the audience to understand the storyline and plot.

Before


Changing the contrast and brightness
 
The changes to the brightness was done by lowering it by 2 giving it a more darker effect which goes along with the convention of gangster films. The contrast was also changed to 10

After


Effects Used

 

On the effects tab, the video effects include the use of image control which I used on the scene to create the black and white effect. I also included one of the colour correction effect making use of the brightness and contrast to change the depth of the scene.


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While editing, I found that one of my clips looked odd as it didn't quite follow the 180 degree rule so I decided to use the effect of transformation to flip the clip

Before


Transform

 

After



Using the effect
 

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Titles

I looked at Art of the Title for designs of titles






I was influenced by the title of Sin City so I implemented the stile of black and white, making some of my words in red allowing it to stand out.





I also added the screen shot of my billing board from my poster to my trailer so the identity of my brand can be continous






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Audio Gain



For the voices I used the Audio Gain to increase them so the conversation can be heard properly



I decreased the soundtrack to make it more audible



Audio Effects
Using Exponential Fade for the music

I edited the gunshot effects onto my trailer

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Video Transitions





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