Change of Font

Due to difficulties downloading the font which I chose, I have had to scrap the ideas I have had with the font i wanted to use and had to make use of one of the fonts already on Adobie Premier Pro, which I believe is a suitable substitute. (font coming soon)

Location

My whole film trailer is going to be shot in a forest area, which is a common location for horror films. The place I have chosen to do my shooting is Anlaby House as parts of the area is quiet dense with trees, making it a perfect place to be shot. The area it's self around this time of year (Winter/Autumn) with all the dead leaves, leafless trees with branches letting through little light, creating a great atmosphere for my film trailer.

Film Magazine Title Ideas

1. Action! 2
2. Acting Up 5
3. The Reel 2
4. Wrap Magazine 1
5. Guild 0
6. FWM (Film Watcher's Magazine) 0
7. The Lights 0

Out of these 7 Ideas I asked 10 different people which title they liked the best. Next to the name of the magazine is the number of votes they got. There was no real planning as to which people I asked.

Overall, the most popular choice was option 2, "Acting Up" which will now be the name of my film magazine.

Colours Code (Main and Ancillery Tasks)

Red is a colour that represents danger, as well as blood, fire and war. The colour red normally influences people to make drastic decisions. Also, Red is a very emotionally intense color. In advertising, red is often used to evoke erotic feelings (red lips, red nails, red-light districts, etc). Red is widely used to indicate danger (high voltage signs, traffic lights).

Black is a mysterious colour associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes).

Blue is the colour of the sky and sea. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. Blue is used to suggest precision when promoting high-tech products. Blue is also a very masculine colour.


Green is the colour of nature. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money. Green has great healing power. Green suggests stability and endurance.

Purple is associated with royalty, wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic. As purple is an attractive colour, it would be a good colour to appeal to a younger audience.


Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation. As a citrus colour, orange is associated with healthy food and stimulates appetite. Orange is the color of Autumn and harvest.


White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. White can represent a successful beginning. In heraldry, white depicts faith and purity.

Yellow is the colour of sunshine. Yellow is often associated with food. In heraldry, yellow indicates honor and loyalty. Yellow is used to evoke pleasant, cheerful feelings.



When looking at the different colours and their meanings and symbolism, i have chosen to incorporate the colours red and black mainly in my tasks for things like font and drawn pictures. This is because red represent the colour of blood and horror, which relates to the genre of my film, and black represents mystery and the unknown. Also relating to my genre.

Fonts

The font I will use will be on all of the media texts I create to keep a sense of continuity and keep the texts related.

These are some of the fonts I have looked at...

This font would relate with the "slasher" feel of my film, as it is a film about a murderer, but the two crosses in the "o"s give it to much of an urban and graffiti feel, which doesn't relate with my film trailer.

This font fits perfectly with what I am trying to get out of my film trailer. The font seemingly looks like blood splatters which relates greatly with my trailer.

This font is also good. The font suggests creepiness and fear, but to some degree also suggests fantasy, which doesn't have any aspect in my film at all.

This font would be considered to Gothic for the theme of my film trailer, so I will not use this one.

This font looks like it is camouflaged, which when related to the setting of my trailer, would fit perfectly.

This font doesn't really relate to my film trailer at all, apart from the fact that it looks like it has been scratched suggesting desperation.

This font has to much of a futuristic feel to it, so this font will not be used.

Overall, I have decided to use font two on this list, and will be placed in my actual trailer and on both my film poster and film magazine front cover.

Movie Magazine Frontcover Example 2

This is a popular film magazine named "Total Film" Featuring the main protagonist from the first half of the 7th Harry Potter film. The film backs up its popularity by putting on the front page "The World's Best Movie Reviews" showing that the magazine must be well known to be able to clame that title. Around the magazine front cover we see bolts of lightning, which relates to the film on the front cover. The bolts of lightning suggest darkness, which the film indeed does portray. Furthermore, the background is read which is the colour of blood and danger, another 2 things which the film does portray.The modle is stood in an aggressive stance which helps indicate that he is one of the main protagonists the the audiance.

Movie Magazine Front Cover 1

This is the frontcover of the popular film magazine Empire featuring the antagonist The Joker from the 2008 film The Dark Knight. We know that this is a popular film magazine due to the fact that the image is overlapping with the title of the magazine, showing that the magazine is so well known that the full title of the magazine isn't even needed. The main headline is written as if the letters have been cut out of a newspaper or magazine, which relates with The Joker as that is how he sends messages in the film. Furthermore, the caption which says "He's a cold blooded, mass murdering clown!" The magazine relates will the clown idea by using bright colours such as green and purple, which contrasts with the black background, despite darkness being a convention of the film.

The magazine also follows other common conventions of a magazine, for example smaller headlines to show what is in the magazine, the barcoad, the date and the price.