Evaluation

Our trailer follows Todorov's theory because it starts off with a group of friends going for a drive, going into the woods, exploring and such, but things take a turn for the worse and this is made clear.

It does not entirely follow Propp's theory, we have an enemy in our story, but in the trailer he is only hinted at, never seeing a FULL face, just him from the back, or his feet, walking. We do have one shot of a possible villain looking at the camera via a car mirror, but he is not proved to be the villain.

My poster does follow convention because as previously seen on my blog, I researched various horror movie posters and found themes and applied them to my poster. I am very pleased with my poster and like the red on black and white colour scheme. I feel the poster gives off a sense of mystery and fear, due to the emotion on Grace (the girl in the poster)'s face, and the fact that she is either looking for, or seeing something frightening that the audience cannot see.

My magazine cover's shot is not based on an existing magazine cover, I found it to be quite mysterious and didn't give anything away. I made it an edition of 'Sight and Sound' magazine, taking the logo and bar code from an existing magazine. The text was not based on or taken from an existing magazine, I picked two contrasting fonts, one more messy font representing youth and the chaos of the film, and another one, representing digital technology, our film being black and white and filmed in a shaky Blair Witch Project style. The cover's photo, is not black and white, because I believe that it would neither be eye catching or exciting to have a black and white magazine cover.

We were inspired, to a certain extent, by Eden Lake's trailer. Eden Lake, like Fire Hills, is based in the middle of nowhere, creating a sense of isolation and loneliness, and to many people an element of fear and danger, knowing that you are far away from 'civilisation' and help if it were needed. We, like the Eden Lake, wanted to achieve this sense of isolation so filmed a scene in which the audience is meant to feel as though they are driving away from inside a car. But it is here we first come across a potential villain, part of his face seen in the car's internal mirror. This potential villain is in fact the driver, this could create a sense of doubt and suspicion in the audience's mind.

I feel that my three pieces work together well, my film magazine cover is not in black and white, like the trailer and poster, but as I previously stated, I believe that the magazine cover would not catch a reader's eye if in black and white. They all have the same genre and style. I do believe that the film magazine cover is weaker than the trailer and the poster, purely because it doesn't fit in quite as nicely as I'd have liked it to.

I believe that my film would be shown in a multiplex cinema, rather than an art house, the film is designed to be mainstream and aimed at an 18-30 year old audience, an age that mainly attends multiplexes.

Magazine Cover

This is my Magazine cover for Sight and Sound magazine. I am pleased with the overall result, I took the logo and barcode from an actual Sight and Sound magazine cover. Grace Leaney took the photo. I edited the piece on Photoshop, which I found quite difficult as I haven't used Photoshop a lot before.
There are a couple of obvious mistakes but all in all I am pleased with the piece. My favourite part is most definitely the sky.
I took two contrasting pieces of font, one that to me represents chaos and is slightly messy, and another than looks slightly digital. Representing two main themes of the film. I like the fact that the fonts clash, it adds an element of duality to the piece. The figure standing looking away from the camera is quite sinister and sets a perfect mood for the film, letting viewers know that it is not a happy film.

Soundtrack

Media Trailer, no sound.

I would like to credit Grace Leaney who took the photo ofor my magazine cover and poster.

This is my movie poster for my film 'Fire Hills'. I am very happy with the final piece. I would like to credit Grace Leaney who took the photo. I put the photo onto Photoshop and used a black and white effect, which I thought was very effective. The irony is that our actual film ended up bebing black and white. I only wanted one other colour in the poster and that was red, as it represents danger, fear, blood, fire... many things which are included in the actual film. I decided to make one of Grace's eyes red... making the audience doubt whether she is in fact a protagonist or an antagonist. I applied the text and, using the red paint brush on Photoshop, scribbled around the letters until I was happy with the effect.
All in all I am very happy with my poster, I took elements from other posters and applied them accordingly, such as the black background, the figure in the middle of the photo, messy writing etc.

I like this magazine cover for The Da Vinci Code. The layout and the concept is great. The main character (Tom Hanks) with a villain behind him, seen over his shoulder. I like it because it makes it very clear who the protagonist and antagonist is, the lighting is very good, covering part of each character's face, implying a traditional good versus evil struggle. It seems as though Hanks' character cannot see the antagonist, but he knows that he is there, hidden somewhere.

I would consider using a similar layout with my mag cover as I found this to be very effective, preparing you for the VERY basics of the story (the antagonist and protagonist). The Da Vinci Code is based on a book of the same title, which is very popular and the film was long awaited by fans, so these people may know immediately who the characters are, and their relationship in the film. This would have been very exciting for an audience member.