Monday, July 22, 2019

1st draft of my posters and website

Here is my 1st draft of my theatrical poster, things i would change in my second draft for my theatrical release poster would be:
- Changing the fonts for the tagline and award nomination to suit the theme of the poster
Here is my 1st draft of my dvd cover, things i would change in my second draft would be:
- Adding a detailed synopsis of the film
- The layout of the pictures; making the thumbnail pictures smaller for example/ adding more thumbnail pictures
- Changing the font of the text "Double Cross" on the spine
- Adding text/ information to the front of the dvd cover


Here is my 1st draft of my banner poster:















Here is my first draft for my website to promote the film, the homepage and characters page:



Monday, June 3, 2019

spyfilm synopsis

The Protagonist:
  1. Is involved in an Incident with an antagonist
  2. Realises they are not safe from the Antagonist
  3. Tries to escape the area 
  4. Involves one or more Allies in their escape 
  5. Narrowly avoids capture and death (or is captured and escapes) by both the Antagonists and the authorities.
  6. Confronts the Antagonists and stops (or fails to stop) them.
Title of the film: Double Cross

Plot: Incident with the antagonist; the protagonist stumbles across a gang, and has valuable information from eavesdropping on conversations about the gang about their next drug shipment. Sam is an undercover police officer that has been suspended due to misjudging cases so instead is going undercover


Potential locations:
Toilets
Alleyway
Drama studio

Potential Models:
Karol
Sam


Potential thumbnails:
Picture of someone with a hoodie up in an dark alleyway
Gang members discussing drug shipments/locations outside/in a restaurant

Sam's character: Sam Adams is a cleaner, shots of him cleaning, shots of him eavesdropping with his mop. Shots of him tied up and several gang members around him.

Picture shots for my thumbnail:
Sam in a chair tied up surrounded by 3 to 4 people in a dark room; a light is on Sam.
Sam cleaning a bathroom.
A picture of the "gang" members in a location, maybe in an alleyway.

Props:
Sam in his cleaning uniform, with a mop or hoover
Black coats, colour scheme dark/black, Black clothing
A chair, rope/ any equipment to tie up Sam



Synopsis: idea, Cleaner by day, detective by night

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Websites and Banner posters

In my practical production i also have to create a website; and as Kingsman is a popular film i decided to look at its website as it fits in with my genre of film, spy/thriller. However, it doesn't have its own individual website, it is on 20th Century Fox's website who are the distributors of the film. When you click onto the website on the "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" section, it immediately has a synopsis of the film and shows where you can watch the film "ON BLU-RAY, DVD DIGITAL" and then shares information about the contents of the film, such as the run time, genre, directors, producers and who the cast is as well as a picture of the film poster to go along with the summary of the film. It also has different sections such as a social updates, featured content interactive page where you can learn more about the film and upcoming films, such as Kingsman 3. It also has a movies section; where you can browse and look up your favourite films, or other films that are out in cinema right now or on DVD that you can watch.







This is an example of an audio visual piece that 20th Century Fox have on the website which i could also do; reviewing the film and the characters on a mini podcast that lasts 30-45 seconds, with a narrator speaking on the certain topics that i would include in my audio visual piece, or using this audio visual section to promote my film or website etc. 


This is an example of a banner poster that i would have to also produce; on one side such as this side, the advertisement is in the shape of a T. Whereas, the other side such as the picture below is a horizontal banner poster, which would be used to promote the film. From looking at several bus banner posters, i have gathered that the advertisements on them are simple and clean, short and snappy to get their points across such as advertising a new film.

Friday, May 10, 2019

Survey

My survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKbYDaEPpgZ5zm1S8SWwvqLtfwCz3ZF5vLqN23nK4lQkb7OA/viewform?usp=sf_link

From looking at the results i have collected;
8 out of the 10 people that participated in the survey were in the age bracket 46-55 and the other 2 were in the age bracket 30-35.
5 out of the 10 people who participated in the survey were male whereas the other 2 people who participated in the survey were female, and 3 people chose prefer not to say.
4 of the 10 people who participated in the survey choose fantasy/superhero as the type of film that they would be more likely to see. Whereas 3 people chose spy/thriller which is the type of genre that i will be doing for my practical piece, 2 people chose action/adventure and 1 person chose historical/period as the type of film that they would be most likely to see.
7 people said that they watch films via subscription e.g Netflix, whereas 6 people said Cinema, 5 people said streaming. 3 people said TV channels and 2 people said DVD.
7 people said that they would pick up and purchase a DVD due to what the plot summary was, 5 people said they would pick up and purchase a DVD due to the awards the film has won; to justify whether or not it is worth to watch it, 5 people said it would be due to the fact if their was a famous actor starring in the film or not, 2 people said if there favourite actor was on the DVD cover, another 2 people said that if there were any explosions/dramatic scenes. 4 people said it would be due to what the title/name/design of the front cover. 4 people said it would be due to what the price/offer is and 2 people said they wouldn't buy a DVD or Blu-Ray.
8 out of the 10 people expected to see information about upcoming films on a film production/studio production website, whereas only 2 people would like to see it. 8 out of the 10 people said that they would like to see information about the characters of a certain film and 2 people expect to see that on a film production/studio website. 6 people do not expect a store to buy merchandise on a studio/film production website, whereas 2 people expect a store to buy merchandise and 2 more people would like to see a store to buy merchandise.
9 people said that they are most likely to see adverts for films on social media, 7 people said on buses, 7 people said Cinema, 4 people said via newspaper, 6 people said on billboards, 4 people said on the radio and 7 people said online.
9 people said that the statement that best describes them is that they are socially and politically aware, 8 people said that they like to ask questions and find out new information, 5 people said that they like to go on adventures and visit new places, 4 people said that they are interested in buying all of the latest products, 2 people said they like to take risks and discover new things and 0 people said that they value their own opinion over others.
7 people said that they would they would go to a new resort every year whereas 3 people said that they would go to the same resort each year.
8 people said that they would buy products due to what the brand is whereas only 2 people said that they wouldn't.


From collecting these results i have found out that the majority of people who participated in this survey are explorers, as they like to experience new things and visit new places; they buy the latest technology and do like spy/thriller films which is targeted towards explorers and is what type of film poster i would be doing for my practical piece. I'll be using these results to determine what to include in my film poster, such as a good plot summary as that was the highest voted answer that would encourage people to buy a DVD or Blu Ray, orientating my film poster towards the male audience as they were 50% of the people who took the survey etc. Also from collecting my results, i have gathered a general gist on what i would be doing for my media production; it would be similar to a James bond movie as there would be a main protagonist