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website home page

i think a film web page is basically a film poster which the audience can interact with and view the trailer along with extra content such as free downloadable wallpapers and other stuff such as a link to an online shop. sometimes this website will have a real time countdown to its release date which is particularly popular among viewers.

examples of film posters

       As we can see from the examples above, the framing these designers have used to depict the films are very similar but are very good at advertising the film for example the mission impossible poster clearly shows the main character in close up view with quite a still but strong expression with dramatic low lighting. the text displayed in the bottom right hand corner is bold and contrasting against the the dark background making it one of the first things you notice as soon as you look at the image. with the added effects to the photography of this poster such as the explosion and the codes which are running across the actors face give hints and clues about the film which i also think are norms of an action thriller film like mission impossible.by contrast to this the film poster for avengers displays its main characters in action with the iconic captain America shield covering most of the image. the title is very prominent and large on this poster which really fascinates your eyes because it is so bold. as with the previous poster the visual effects are a norm with the avengers are used more in this image as to the last and because these make you look around the whole poster we notice the release date at the bottom.although when we see a film advertisement one of the first things we look for is the release date which on the avengers poster is quite small this might be because of the boldness the image that it doesn't need to be very big.

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Film poster:

The typical conventions of a film poster tend to contain an image with text

More modern posters use photography of the main actors

The text usually displays the title of the film in bold lettering style with names of actors around this title/above it

It may also include the tag line of the film the names of directors/producers and sometimes names of characters and always the release date

The point of a film poster is to advertise it so the most common places they are displayed are outside cinemas, sometimes nears shops, they are quite often advertised in magazines and newspapers with some magazines being directly about films. They are also displayed in bus stop advertisements and on the sides of buses this is obviously quite an effective way of advertising the film because a bus will get the most visibilityhowever the same can be said for the magazine and newspapers.

Film posters of 2012 seem to be quite focused on displaying the main character in close-up or medium-close-up framing this is effective because it engages the audience on a personal direct level whilst also drawing you to the title and release date of the film.

youtube channel

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_C_ZoAGAAggd7gPIdjsSA?feature=mhee

This is my you tube channel where all my videos will be presented.

proper animatic

after trying again i manged to get a copy of the video with the transitions this shows more how i will edit it when filming is done. i didn't realise that i should have embedded the video via you tube because Blogger doesn't accept all files.

video animatic

 

 

this is the story board animatic for the film trailer it lays out what shot i will use and how i will frame it. unfortunately i had shot transitions on this video but the application i used to make the video did not save it correctly leaving them out of the video even after saving it multiple times.

shot list

This is a list of shots i will be using in chronological order, this helps to outline how the trailer will progress.

1.     establishing shot-main building

2.     medium shot –entrance

3.     angled shot-main character leaving

4.     tracking shot-main character walking up the path

5.     medium close up-character checks pockets

6.     close-up –characters face indicating disruption o/location

7.     medium shot- turns back

8.     high angle shot from above-character walking through building

9.     mid shot-dark corridor

10.   close up-face of charactero/location

11.   extreme close up-eyeso/location

12.   tracking shot-following character

13.   reverse tracking shot-front view of character

14.   medium shot-character opening door

15.   tracking shot- searching around the room

16.   canted angle-phone on table with hand moving towards it o/location

17.   medium shot-character turns around hearing loud bang

18.   P.O.V. shot-whole room from characters view

19.   inter-title

20.   high angle- character being followed

21.   close-up-door slam o/location

22.   high angle- chasing

23.   medium close up-character on floor

24.   low angle shot- killer reveals and attacks

25.   wide shot- dodging knife throw o/location

26.   close-up- distressed face o/location

27.   extreme close-up-breathing mouth/panting o/location

28.   extreme close-up-neck movement o/location

29.   low angle – killer pouncing on victim

30.   wide shot – character fleeing the scene

31.   inter-title

32.   zoom-towards fleeing character

33.   extreme close-up-inside coat pocket o/location

34.   medium close-up-answers phone

35.   close up- phone near face

36. medium close-up-character talking

37. close-up- face talking

38. close-up -phone dropping to floor o/location

39. close-up-leg moving past phone

40. medium close-up – screaming face o/location

41. black

42. medium close-up –killer lunging knifeo/location

43. black

44. close up- still face o/location

45. inter-title

46. black