Ancillary task

Evaluation of our trailer design

This is the final version of our movie trailer.

Through out the production of our movie trailer there were various issues and changes we went through.
One of the earliest issues we faced was the issue of appropriate lighting. Our original trailer plan was to have a serial killer chasing a group of people through a forest at night. However, we soon realized it was too dark for us to film and we lacked the proper equipment and funding to rectify the situation. We decided against filming in the forest during the day as we felt it did not create the same atmosphere as it did at night. So we decided to change the plot of our trailer so that I was possible to film indoors so that we could have greater control of the lighting.

It would be impossible for our audience to comprehend our trailer had we not use conventions to convey that the movie was a horror. 
We analyzed other trailers of a similar genre and then decided what codes and conventions to use and those we could vary. An example of a variation we made was the fact that we made our antagonist a female rather than a male. An example of us sticking with conventions would be the fact that

I feel as though the non digetic music does not go well with the genre of the trailer as it does not help create an eerie and dark atmosphere, which was the intention of our horror trailer.

We can't compete with a Hollywood movie trailer as they are funded by large institutions meaning that they can afford to hire professional actors, technical staff, equipment and much more. An example of would be looking at the credits for a movie in which there are pages and pages of names mentioned compared to our team of only 3 people. However we can still attempt to try and replicate the conventions of a Hollywood trailer to the best of our abilities.

 

Final Dvd Cover and poster

This is the third draft of my Dvd cover.
I had forgotten to change the title on the previous dvd cover which was the doll house to the current title of our movie The Sacrifice. Audience feed back was that the back of the dvd cover was too barren so I decided to use quotes from magazine reviews to help fill the large spaces that were there.

I was also informed that there were no age certifications on my dvd casing meaning the audience could not tell what the legal age requirement of the movie was. This was rectified by placing a 15 certificate on the front and back of the case.

My dvd cover follows conventions such as having a brief summary  on the back of the case so potential audience members can have a brief understanding of what the movie is about. The font used for the title is made to be shaped like blood and is colored red this helps inform the audience that the genre of the movie is horror. There are also movie reviews on the case so the audience know that the movie has been highly
praised.

This is the final draft of my poster





The audience feed back on the poster was that there was too much blank space. To fill this blank space I used a tagline and a review of the movie. These are conventions typical to a movie poster so it was necessary that I added them anyway. I also added the name of some of the institutions that would be involved in the production of the film at the bottom of the poster, this is yet another convention of movie posters. This feature is helpful as it means that institutions can gain publicity along with the movie and this could help them in future projects.