Production log magazine and poster

To make the magazine and poster I used photoshop. I used my sister who is the villain within the project as the photography. However i made them differently. Especially as the film and plot of the trailer changed. I also used this to mark what I have learnt and what skills I have developed while editing and how my photoshop skills have improved.

Magazine

Magazine production from katieniz

poster

Production poster from katieniz

First draft trailer

I have made my first draft for the trailer, as I have noted down editing choices and if extra clips I will need to complete it. As I don't have much previous experience the first draft has very little editing using default transitions. However I am going to do some research and have some ideas.

One idea I have is to use the clip I have of Maria and Nikitas character in bed and then make Marias character disappear/ fades out. As if she has left the characters life.

One of the other main editing choices I have decided to do was have it so that some of the transitions come across as blinking to give it an ere effect as it is meant to be a psychological thriller. The music is meant to all have this effect and has already been effected. Having darker colours and adding that to the trailer will help add that darker feel to the trailer. I still have some editing research to do to get and idea of what editing choice I will make for the final draft.

The music and the majority of the clips are selected so now its more the putting them together and making any  changes or extra filming that I will need all though i don't think there will be much of that needs to be done. 

below is the first draft of the trailer




Here are some things I am going to add to the trailer

• A few short scenes of images like burning ect
• more of an establishing conversation 
• change in music/ sound + more sound effects 
• re film one or two shots 

production title

At the beginning of any trailer a series of things come up which I have previously explored and researched with my convention research. This gives me what I know need to know to make an effective production title. Many big companies will have spent a lot of time and money on making there production title. That is why when we see them we can relate it to good editing and a good film and be more likely to watch it.

However indie companies are a little different and will have a production title as well that will represent them although less money would be put into none the less. However for my trailer i have decided to base the production company as an indie one so it means it gives me a chance to explore and develop my skill using different software such as after effects as this will benefit my product in other areas such as having on screen text through put the trailer. It means i can learn about the software and can effectively incorporate that into my work. I did some skill development before hand with very basics such as making new compositions and ect however I needed to future that to make a production title.

some key thing I learned

• many trailers have audience requirements which tells us what audiences they have been approved for to view.  
• Commonly the music which intorudeces the trailer will begin while the credits role 
• there can be more than one production company involved 
• it can either be at the start of after some par of the trailer goes. 

For my own trailer I may not use All audiences as it may have some mature themes as it is a Psychological thriller. 

Thriller conventions