Evaluation - Question 1

Evaluation Question 1 - Film Magazine

Evaluation Question 1 - Film Poster

Evaluation Question 1 - Film Trailer (The Deprived)

Evaluation - Question 2

Evaluation - Question 3

Evaluation - Question 4

The Deprived - Focus Group Written Feedback

The Deprived | Written Questionnaire Results from TheTobyHowell

Here along with the video feedback we have the written responses from the questionnaires I created previously in order to have another platform of response other than the video. We discovered that we managed to pretty accurately target the audience we wanted, and managed to create a trailer that hit all the genre specific themes we wanted like apocalyptic, physiological thriller and even hints of horror to which I am pleased about. We also managed to successfully create a sense of mystery in the trailer as when asked the question was the narrative easy to understand people gave answers ranging from understandable and slightly confusing to definitely and even some in the confusing area. We also found the result that the majority would go and see the full length feature film if it were released! Although we did get two saying no, but this was expected as we had a wide range of people in the group, of different genders, interests and likes. Overall the results from both the video and this written are very pleasing and I am happy with the way people perceived the trailer and made links to themes and ideas we wanted from the start.

The Deprived - Focus Group

Here is the verbal responses we as a group received on our trailer from the focus group, we learnt some good points and also found some improvements that we could make to our trailer. Overall I am pleased with the feed back from the group and it has proved very constructive and interesting.

"The Deprived" - Official Trailer 2015

Focus Group Questionnaire - "The Deprived" Official Trailer

The Deprived Focus Group Questionnaire

1. After watching the trailer what audience age range do you think the trailer targets?

A) 12 – 18 years

B) 15 – 20 years

C) 18- 25 years

D) 20- 30 years

2. What genre of film would you classify this trailer to be?

A) Action.

B) Post-Apocalyptic.

C) Supernatural.

D) Horror.

E) Psychological Thriller.

3. In the space provided can you specify three reasons for the genre you have chosen? (This can be from anything , from dialogue or key images to sounds.)

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4. Can you briefly describe three camera shots that stood out to you most, or you found where most memorable to you?

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5. What gender do you think this trailer predominantly targets?

A) Female.

B) Male.

C) Both.

6a) Do you think the narrative of the trailer is clear and easy to understand?

A) Yes.

B) Slightly confusing at times but understandable.

C) Confusing but I get a very general idea.

D) I don’t really have a clue.

6b. Can you roughly predict the story line from the trailer? (In the space provided)

7. Does this particular trailer appeal to you? Would you go to the cinema and see the film?

A) Yes.

B) Maybe.

C) Probably not.

D) No.

8) Do you think the visuals and the soundtrack of the trailer complement each other?

A) Definitely.

B) Mostly.

C) Not really.

D) No.

9) What improvements do you think we should make to our trailer? (In space provided)

Thank you for your feedback! If you want to make any further comments please use the space below!

This will be the written response form that will be filled out by our 10 members of the focus group. I have tried to make it short as to not bore them but still cover a wide area of questions that me and my group will find helpful to improving our final product.

The deprived trailer... Near completion, trailer snippet

This will be one of our last edits for the OFFICIAL TRAILER, this is post focus group and any feedback from our class so further versions may be uploaded soon but this is near completion and if anything only little changes will be made order to make a better product, I am very happy with how it has turned out so far and here is a small snippet of the first minute of the trailer... As blogger wont let me upload anymore at this time, but you get a sense of the ideas and effort put into it

FINAL EDIT - THE DEPRIVED POSTER

I think this will be my last edit of my poster as I have added a lot of the improvements from my last post and I think it looks very eye catching and memorable. The addition of the red/ purple sky the birds and the hanging man in the tree I think brings it all together, and overall I am happy with the way it turned out as it is very close to what I pictured it to be when drafting.

REEL VIEW - magazine update

Here is where I am so far with the magazine cover. All the content that I want is now on here including the main image of the actor playing the antagonist of the Deprived, I will tinker with the colors and spacing's of the content, but for now I have gotten as far as getting all my content, maybe another update or two to come till I think it is done.

Start of Film Magazine cover - REEL VIEW -

This is my magazine cover so far, it now has the majority of content that I want on my cover apart from of course the main image, which I will add in and adjust the version to. This was heavily inspired by a EMPIRE cover I analysed, which you can probably see through the masthead and the slanted splash it correlates to the mad max issue.

First Draft of The Deprived final poster

After getting feedback from my Media class, friends and my teacher, I decided this would need a lot of changes to achieve a higher quality of product. The point was made that apart from the character the rest did not really represent the genre of the film and it was too picturesque, so I have decided in my next draft I will have hopefully changed the color of the sky to either a more grey color or more red, for pathetic fallacy. Also I need more of a sense of death so the audience can get a glimps of what the movie will entail. Apart from that, and some color adjustments to the fonts I am not far of what I wanted originally.

Sherlock Holmes - Total Film Cover Analysis

Total Film Magazine cover Analysis

Film Magazine Cover Analysis - MAD MAX

Empire Magazine is one of the UK's most well known and circulated magazines that Bauer publish es. With an estimated circulation of around 150,000 in the UK, the quality and content is not easily matched by its rival products. I particularly like Empires publications because of the design and layout, which I would hope I can achieve in my own Film Magazine cover.

As the viewer looking at the magazine for the first time, the first thing we see is the main image, it is the most prominent aspect of the cover, layering over the Masthead of the magazine to draw even more attention to it. This is quite a common convention of such labels as Empire or total film, to draw the reader in further.

Empire tends to, as shown in this issue, follow a certain color scheme and layout in each of its publications. As we can see the three main colors are red, black and white which cover the spectrum of dark medium and light, making for a more contracted design. Also the color red works well with this publication because of the reds oranges and browns in the main image, as seen in the desert dunes. To disrupt the square layout the splash has been tilted at an angle with the base color being red with white and black writing over the top to mark it as another main point of interest.

When I first saw this cover I made the link that Empire is sort of the Q magazine of the film industry, I found it gives a similar impression of  class and prominence in the color schemes and page layout, and how both, in my view are constructed similarly. The page uses a variety of font sizes to draw attention to key areas of the page, in particular the movie title linking to the main image "MAD MAX" is shown on the left hand side of the page and has been elongated to take up more room on the side. The page entices the reader with sub texts such as "The 21 films to see this year" of which almost creates its own header bar as it takes up the full length of the page. Other methods include using words such as "Exclusive" and "Discovered" giving the reader a sense of membership and exclusivity. They are able to access information not publicized anywhere else making them more informed than those who don't read the magazine, and quenching their thirst for up to date knowledge.

Editing My Poster Photo - Photoshop

 Here is the original image I took while shooting up the mountain side, with me in the foreground clutching the map and ax in hand. I was happy with the layout and composition of the image as it is what I aimed for in the first place. The background shows a derelict cottage surrounded by woodland and field, to give the sense of  its rural location and loneliness. But I wanted to edit the image as it was too light and did not present the narrative correctly as it needed to be darker and more sinister looking.

I edited the photo using Photoshop CS6 to lower the vibrancy, contrast and brightness of the picture. Weather this will be the final edit I am sure it will not but this gives an idea of what I am aiming for.

I also began to experiment with the paint and shadowing tools as I wanted to make the character of Adam look more beaten up. So I gave him a scar on his arm with blood coming from it, which also covers the map of Wormwood that he is holding. I think, although I only have amateur experience with the program I have done this to a pretty decent level so that it looks almost if not real.

Final Billing Block, Production logos for Trailer

 Here we have our final Billing block containing all the most important people and areas that have contributed to the final product of the Trailer "The Deprived". To create a sense of symetry in my work I decided to use similar or identical fonts and colour schemes to what I plan to and have used in my other products like my poster and magazine front cover. Also, as seen in the main font "Dead Kansas" it gives a very gritty amlost warn look to the text which links back to the themes in the trailers Narrative and the Stroy, as being set in a post- apocalyptic environment

 Here we have the studio in which Our company works beside for the production "FOEHAMMER ENT." we created this as in a lot of modern productions companies partner up so they can have a variety of skills in areas and extra help and guidance with the production, and so we created FoeHammer, which its name suggests something pretty sinister itself, linking into the thriller aspect of our narrative. Which the dark red font only emphasises.

Finally we have our production company "FORSAKENSKIES" this was, at the start a runner up idea for our narratives title but decided upon the deprived as it fits the themes and story we wanted to tell better. But I still liked the name, and so decided it would make a good production company name as it gives of strong themes of darkess and depravity, shown in the eclippse, depriving light from the sun, leaving everything in darkness.

Prop Making - testing realistic fake blood for trailer

This was to use on the characters and on some of the props like weapons etc, in which I used a mixture of red and blue dies, with paints and even some coffee and tea to make it grainy.

Soundtrack Ideas - THE DEPRIVED

This was composed by myself as an initial idea that we could use for our Trailer Soundtrack, it was highly inspired by the RPG "The Last Of US" as the game shares many themes of survival, isolation, fear and natural instinct with our movie idea. The recording quality is not the best and it is not completely accurately played but this is a basic idea.

Behind the scenes shooting - Jack in chains

 

Some still images from the factory shoot

Documenting- The Mountain Shoot behind the scenes

Here is a short video showing the behind the scenes of the process. Showing location, making our props mise en scene more suitable as demonstrated by Rob who plays Jack here. (Sorry for the bad quality)

BBFC - Film Classicfication

The BBFC stands for British Board Of Film Classification, and was founded in 1912, then, known as the British Board of Film Censorship was formed to regulate the film industries products that would be viewed in the UK. Much different than how the press is regulated, as this is a more pro- active form of regulation.

They offer the regulation of any motion picture that is to be shown in the UK's cinemas, giving each picture an appropriate age rating for the content that is shown. Following some research on their website they have a large area dedicated to educating the public to how there organisation works. For example they have an area when members of the public can watch and rate trailers, then compare them to what the BBFC has rated them. 

For my motion picture trailer "The Deprived" Me and my group are not attempting to offer it to a wide audience, as some film makers do ( trying to get the lowest age rating possible to tend to younger/ larger audiences ) as we are aiming for a 18 certificate, due to our aims of content that is realistic, brutal and highlights the main themes of our picture, loneliness, horror, depravity and depression. Not themes suitable for younger audiences.

The Deprived - Storyboard

The Deprived Final Storyboard