Question 1a

Digital Technology

Applying Theories to My Film

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Production Schedule

We are re-filming some of the scenes for our trailer as they didn't turn out the way we wanted. Here is the schedule for the filming: 

I checked the weather for when we will be filming to make sure that it's suitable: 

We also found another location to film in Digbeth which we are going to use for some of the scenes.

Here are the new locations for Scene 6:

And here are the locations we will use for Scene 4, when Max and Faith are looking around town:

Intertitles Test

I've tested using different fonts and effects in iMovie to create the intertitles, using a time lapse of a city for the background, because I think this worked quite I might try taking my own of Birmingham where the rest of the film is set. I have also tested what the soundtrack might sound like. 



I have tested using different filters on iMovie to apply to my production company logo, then I've added some film festival logos, to make it seem like a proper film. To create these I produced the still image using Fireworks and made the text green, so I could use it as a green screen to put the time-lapse under the text. Then for the main title I used the same text from the previous test I made but replaced the time-lapse with one I created myself.

Film Magazine Planning

Here are some examples of existing film magazines:

The common conventions of these magazines are:

• Large masthead, which is usually quite simple and bold to make it eye-catching.
• The main image is normally a large image of the main actor or protagonist of the film featuring in the magazine, the image generally is a portrait of the actors head and shoulders, with them looking straight to camera.
• There's a consistent colour scheme that compliments the main image and links to the film featured, it can be altered to fit with it.
• The headline is mainly centred in the middle of the page towards the bottom and is one of the largest fonts.
• The strapline is either above or below the headline, and gives a bit more information about the main article or film.
• The coverline explains a bit more about the film, and kind of expands on what the strapline says.
• The banner that is normally at the bottom of the page lists what else is featured in the magazine.

Here are some examples of existing mastheads:

They are bold and simple to help make them stand out, and easily identified. Their names are quite short and catchy, and are related to the film industry to help show what the magazine is about.

Here are some possible mastheads for my magazine:

I've tried made them all quite simple so they won't detract attention from the main image, but interesting enough so they will be memorable to the reader. They all have very little colour on them so they could be altered to fit with the colour theme of the front cover of the magazine so it will fit with the main image and theme of the film which will be featured. Also I have tried to make the name of the magazine related to films in some way, to emphasize that it's a magazine about films.  

I got some feedback from people who may read the magazine, about with masthead they thought was the most successful:

Here are some layout sketches to show how the magazine might look: