Movie Posters - Ancillary Product

I researched similar thriller film posters as these are in a similar style to what my short film will be in. The poster will be one of my two ancillary tasks, a magazine article being the other. This task can't be too time consuming as it won't reward me with many marks, but I must still produce the poster to the best that I can do, as it will go a way to helping me achieve a good mark. One of the most common features of the thriller posters are the large, block texts over the top of a close image of either the protagonists or antagonists face. This would be very easy to recreate, as it would require very little editing and I don't have great skill when it comes to editing. I'd like my poster to be similar to the 'Dead Silence' poster, with my antagonist close up to the camera and the name of my short film in front of their face.

I also researched horror film posters as I wanted to see if they were more suited to how I want mine to look. They are basically the same as the thriller posters so I can still take inspiration from these.

Character Profile: Abigail

Abigail

Age: 17 Gender: Female

Abigail is the protagonist of my short film, and she is a normal teenage female. In my film, she returns home from work to find that her whole family have gone out. At the best of times, she is timid and anxious, but when she begins to hear noises in the house she becomes incredibly paranoid and afraid. She is quite popular but she cannot contact any if her friends and family whilst she looks for the source of the mystery in her home. Her status after the film is unknown as the mysterious figure is only seen behind her at the very end.

Character Profile: Antagonist

Antagonist

Age: Unknown Gender: Unknown

This mysterious character causes Abigail to become incredibly paranoid and afraid of a home invader when they begin to make lots of noises inside her house. The character themselves are entirely unknown, the audience know nothing about them, just that they don’t appear to be welcome in Abigail’s home. It never becomes clear to the audience whether or not they are a dangerous character, as I want to. Use the enigma code to allow the audience to think of their own ending, which creates more mystery. The character is only going to be seen very briefly on camera, very few times.

Assessment Criteria

Level 4 16–20 marks 

• Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;
 • There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience; 
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
 • There is excellent work on shot-lists, layouts, drafting, scripting or story-boarding; 
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
 • Time management is excellent.

To achieve a level 4 in my short film, this is the criteria that I will need to meet.

Soundtrack

Because I want to create a tense and creepy atmosphere, I don't plan on using much music in my video, and when I do it will be very quiet to add to the atmosphere. I will only be able to use royalty free music from websites online due to my lack of budget, but this isn't a problem.

Example of websites I could use:
http://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty_free_music_moods/horror-scary
http://www.shutterstock.com/music/?gclid=CjwKEAiA6rrBBRDsrLGM4uTPkWASJADnWZQ4VkHGUGT2kiS26yCaDB1GAUz39sTL_gA89kwMMgeeUhoCfuPw_wcB
http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/cinematic
http://www.purple-planet.com/

networked - Short Film for A2 Media / Film Coursework - Grade A

I have been researching other people's short A2 films in order to get an understanding of how good my film will need to be to achieve a good grade. This film's storyline is similar to mine so I will look to it for inspiration when I create my own production. This film was clearly created with editing skills far beyond mine so I will not be able to replicate many of the visual looks, but I didn't want to do that anyway. The camera angles used give the impression that the protagonist is being watched, and this is interesting as I will need to recreate some of these angles in mine as I would like to also create the impression that the main character is being watched by somebody.

Storyboard

I created a short, basic storyboard in order to get a general idea of the scenes I am going to film and how I am going to film them. I have no artistic skill, which makes drawing a storyboard difficult but not impossible, but it means I have. To stick to very basic drawings. I didn’t draw many scenes as I felt they would become repetitive and not very useful.

Storyboard from Jack Grimshaw