Photography for Poster and Review Page

Although I already have some shots of the setting of my film that I think would be effective in my poster and review page I decided to take some pictures of the characters in the film to give me some variation when deciding what shots to use. It was difficult to find a time to suit both cats members of my film but I did eventually and managed to get some good shots. I took some individual shots of the victim and the stalker focusing on the darkness which I think is one of the biggest conventions of the horror genre. I then took some shots of both characters in the setting for one of the scenes in the film. Once I have decided which shots I want to use I will use the same website as I mentioned in a previous blog post, picmonkey.

Film Review Page Plan

this is the outline and plan that I will be using to create my review page. I made it in publisher as it is easy to use and has allowed me to create a simple plan. I used different shapes to outline the positioning of feature son the page and then colour coded the shapes with the text so I know what goes where on the double page spread. I have planned to only use one image as I think this will have a greater impact on readers. I think focusing on one image gives less of the film away to readers which is especially important when making a short film because there is less fro readers to watch. I also think this will add a sense of mystery with readers as they will be unaware of what the majority of the film looks like. The layout on the left age is also very simple ensuring there isn't too much on the page to distract readers. It just shows the text a side column of features then headlines and titles.

Photography for Poster and Review Page

This is some of the initial photography that I have taken for my film poster and possibly to use in my review page as well. As it has been difficult to arrange a scheduled time to meet with the actor/actress from my film to model for the photography I wanted to try taking some images using the setting as the focus. I still might take some images of the actor/actress to try with the setting images in the future.

I am pleased with all of the images as I was unsure if it would look good with no models but I quite like it. I have used a range of shots, such as long shot, extreme long shot and medium shot. I think this gives a diverse choice for the final images that I choose to use. All of the images were taken at night which is the same time that my film was shot showing continuity in my products. I also like the variation between in focus, out of focus and blurry shots that I got and I think once I have edited the images I will be able to make a clear choice on which ones I want to use.

Film Review Annotation