Ways in which i could present my evaluation

What must an evaluation include

Casting- Star

This video stars owners made to show us if she is capable or not of starring in our trailer, after watching this short video, it has became apparent that Star has various qualities, not only does she look good on camera, but she is agile and fit and would be able to partake in the demanding challenges that occur during filming.

Designing our Title/logo

Film poster- deciding on an image

Behind the scenes images

Behind the scenes- Amelie and Romeo in the 'over the log' scene

Casting

After looking at various possible options, we shortlisted five girls, and choose these two, Billi and Olivia, we believe they both fit the role perfectly as they both experienced and they would work well together as they are the same age. I created this profiles of them using Photoshop.

Practice magazine covers

I created this short video of three of the test magazine covers we completed using photoshop in the style of 'Little White Lies' film magazine

Test magazine cover in style of Little White Lies

I used photoshop to apply appropriate filters to make it look like the actual magazine, although this is a rough copy with no text, and this would not be the final image we would use for the magazine cover. The logo i imported from a separate file using the Magnetic Lasso tool.

Photoshop - Applying filters

We thought that independent film magazine 'Little White Lies' would be perfect to showcase 'Alice', we discovered that each magazine cover had a filter on the image to make it look like it had been hand drawn, I got a picture from google that has the same theme/genre as our film, i then applied a filter to it using photoshop, this is the filter we will use if we were to make our magazine film cover in the style of 'Little White Lies' Not only would our film be perfect for this magazine cover, but it is also an independent film, so makes our advertisement more realistic.


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Analysing film posters

I created this slideshow for some inspiration into what film posters look like, i looked at a variety of genres so that my opinion was not bias. It came apparent that the posters from my genre and selected target audience often incorporate a variety of lighter colours, the text is bold and clear And they often have one image. An example of something opposite is a horror film poster which often incorporates dark colours, has a dark colour scheme and often has text that is 'fancy' and harder to read, this may be to repel children from reading it, as most young children (who are not in the target market) may struggle to read the complicated calligraphy.

Investigating magazine covers

This slideshow gives me more inspiration into what professional film magazines look like and will help me identify the common features and replicate them for my magazine cover in order to make it appear more professional.

Analysing film magazine covers

Magazine cover research

What should a magazine cover look like?

Evaluating trial my film poster

I created a small survey too ten members of the public of different ages, genders and ethnicities so i could get a fair response, the following pie charts indicate the vast amounts of positive feedback i gained, and proves my poster to be a general success.

Creating my own poster (for practice)- 'Speak No Evil'

I have created a film poster using adobe photoshop, i  used the various skills that i learnt throughout the end of last term with the various tasks put in place which educated me about using photoshop and the various filters, effects, and tools available to me. To create this poster i used...
-Magnetic lasso tool
-quick selection tool
-filters
-text
-blur tool
-sharpen tool
I learnt how to use these in the tasks at the end of the last academic year. I am now confident with using photoshop in the future. The professional software gives my poster a professional edge and makes it seem more realistic.

Film poster research, existing posters- Les Miserables

Film poster research, existing posters- Drag Me To Hell

Film poster research, existing posters- The Hangover

Common features in production

I made this short cartoon talking about the common features in the naming of production companies...

Creating Our logo

Logo research

Characters characteristics- Alice's mother

Characters characteristics- Ariel

Characters characteristics- Alice

Film name selection...

We shortlisted three film names, and looked at the positives and negatives of both. And being unable to decide, we got the opinion of 36 members of our target audience, and it became clear that 'Alice' was the most popular choice.

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Investigating film names

Other character cartoon profiles

Alice's Mother

- A mature haircut with glasses that portray her age. she has make up on, as she is older, and she has a friendly approachable appearance.  She has a responsible looking face, she doesn't appear threatening and she has a kind and friendly demeanour.










The witch

-The witch has a harsh look about her, her face is drawn, she has dark hair and her eyes must be either blue or green as they stand out amongst the darkness and make her have more of a magical appearance. She has no expression on her face, which highlights her lack f emotion and harsh approach on life.





The fairy

- The fairy is stereotypical of what genre conventions suggest, she is blonde haired and has blue eyes. Her hair must be long. She has a friendly face, that is welcoming and approachable, although she has a magical demeanour, meaning there is something noticeably different about the way she moves and acts around humans, this is how we are able to tell she is not human, and that she is in fact a fairy.

Casting- Ariel

This young girl must fit this profile...

AGE- between the ages of 10-15
HAIR COLOUR- light or dark brown
EYE COLOUR- brown or green
ACCENT- Southern (clear and young)
EXPERIENCE- No experience required, just a mature child who would work well professionally and is not camera shy.

Here is a cartoon profile of what Ariel may look like

Casting- Alice

We needed our main character to fit this profile...
AGE- between the ages of 6-9
HAIR COLOUR- light or dark brown
EYE COLOUR- brown or green
ACCENT- Southern (clear and young)
EXPERIENCE- No experience required, just a mature child who would work well professionally and is not camera shy.

Here is a cartoon I made of what Alice may look like...

Location- Actors house

We decided that the young child we select to play Alice would be in their natural habitat whilst filming the scenes of them reading the 'hurricane' book. We decided that this would be ideal as the young actor would feel more relaxed and act more natural in the surrounding known to them. Therefore the acting would come across more natural and look professional. We are unable to determine this location until the casting process is complete.

Location- Sydenham Hill Woods

We needed a 'magical' like setting for our trailer, we decided that woodland would be ideal, the most ideal location near to us was Sydenham Hill woods, this location includes an old railway which is no longer used, that would fit in nicely with our mise en scene, and it also includes logs, benches which our actors can sit on.

Location- Canada Heights

We decided that the place 'Canada Heights' In Swanley Village kent would be the ideal place to shoot some of the shots with our two characters. It provides open fields, light space and a rural setting.

Adding detail to our storyboard

Adding detail to our storyboard is essential for the completion of our production, we must list on the storyboard various micro aspects and other details such as...
1. The Location
2. The actors required
3. The costume
4. The Props required
5. The sound/dialogue
6. The type of shot
7. Camera Movement

This will all make it easier for us to organise on the day of filming as we will have everything pre prepared for the 96 shots we are planning to complete.

Our storyboard

This is our final storyboard, we have a very varied selction of shots, we choose so many because we figured though our research that trailers with a a lot of shots often keep the audience engaged more and therefore recieve a better response. We will also annotate our storyboard in order to add details of the microaspects.