Salt - Poster Analysis

This film poster for ‘Salt’ shows Angelina Jolie looking directly into the viewers eyes making direct contact with the audience 'you', this can give a cold feeling to the viewers, which could enhance this characters possible cold heart and blunt personality which is the personality I'm sensing from this film poster.

The main image of the poster is of a well-known actress (Angelina Jolie), so in this case she’s usedas the USP (unique selling point) of the film. The image is striking as it’s a close up shot of the actresses face, creating a sense of curiosity and discomfort. This is the only image on the poster which draws all the attention to the actor and highlights her, and suggests she has a vital role in the film. The main picture also shows a girl emerging from a black background, this can show signs this character could be mysterious or dark. The colour black is commonly associated with elegancy, death and evil. The link this has to the poster is the fact that the character has elegant  

The colours used in the background of the poster convey a dark and give it a mysterious mood, this is complemented by the main image and the slogan 'WHO IS SALT'. This forms questions in the audiences mind and acts a persuasive device to make them want to find out more about the film, which will lead to them watching the film.

The month that the film is due to be released is displayed at the bottom of the poster as well the films website, providing further key information to the audience.

Repetition is used in the title of the film as a persuasive device to attract the audience and give them an incentive to watch the film. There is variation of the same font used in two colours which allows the title to stand out against the black background.

The Egg - Sound Test

After we took a sound test at the church, we decided to use the windscreen cover for the majority of enclosed environments. The dead cat cover will be used for scenes which are more open such as the path scene as it blocks out background noise such as wind whilst still having good quality.

The Egg - Test Intro

These are the variations of shots which I'll be using for the intro of my film, although I'll be having to reshoot as the weather conditions where not what I need for it to suit the films genre. The type of weather conditions that'd be ideal for the mood and feel of my film would be overcast and cloudy.

The Evil Dead - Poster Analysis

 

This film poster ‘The Evil Dead’ shows a struggling girl, pulling herself from the ground. Whilst a hand is gripping her around the neck showing actions of her being pulled into the earth and dragged under. This gives connotations of her trying to escape somewhere; perhaps hell as hell is often portrayed to us as being underground.

The colour scheme has cold damp colours which gives off a feeling of fear in this picture, along with very cold emotions which the audience will feel from the overall colour. Along with the image of the girl being pulled under this can give her a sense of being trapped. Along with the colour scheme the font is bold with quirky corners on each letter which gives it a mysterious look, which again goes along with the fact it’s a horror film. The font is also eye catching as its white text against a dark background which really stands out and is also easy for people to read in a short amount of time, which is good if this poster is on a billboard.

The slogan which is given at the top of the poster claims it’s ‘The most ferociously original horror film of the year’, this would grab any fan of horror films attention due to the descriptive language, plus claiming its one of the best horror films of the year. The title of the film ‘The Evil Dead’ also would claim horror film fans attention as its short and precise, as evil and dead connotations are common characteristics of successful horror films.

The fact that the film poster has been drawn or sketched with a very old style in tone rather than photographed; this suggests the film will be set a few years ago, as it hold a very 80's looking styled 

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

 

Date	Scene	What goes on
15th September	First initial scenes with Matt and Simon at the train station.	Simon and Matt are walking to the train station. Matt is very drunk and Simon has an arm around him helping him walk.
17th September	Inside the train station scenes and riding on the train.	Matt and Simon sing with each other whilst waiting for the train at the station. And we also filmed the part when Matt shows Simon the pill which he bought and intends to take at the party he is going to.
7th October	Matt and Simon going their separate ways.	Matt parts with Simon, With Matt heading to the party, he is also shown taking the drug which he bought.
10th October	All of the party scenes	Matt arrives at the party after taking the pill and looks much disassociated sitting on the sofa. We then get the shots where Matt feels the full effects of the drugs and goes to talk to his crush Lucy.
19th October	Re-Shooting of some of the party scenes.	Re shot the scenes where Matt was talking to Smally and a re shoot of him talking to Lucy.
30th October	Final scenes of Matt coming home and getting into bed with Simon.	Matt says his brother was right about lucy and looks very sorry for himself as the drug’s effects have now worn off.

Ronans Escape - Film Poster Analysis

Colour / Lighting -

The colour and lighting of this poster gives an interesting effect. It is split into two parts or colours, one, a grey and white sky and two, a light beige field. The effect of the sky gives a bleak. cold, despondent feel. In strong contrast to colour of the field below, the lighter tones and the fact he is walking through a field of plants gives a contrasting hopeful effect. Moreover, it gives the impression he is on a journey complimented by the title of the production 'Ronan's Escape'. The silhouette of presumably Ronan is clear and obvious in the poster. This is largely due to colour; the black can be clearly seen against the background and also is made more current to the similar colour of the surrounding text which brings out the silhouette further.

Text -

The title is in a simple style, it's not overly bold or large and sits against the background nicely due to its font and colour. This allows the reader not to be overwhelmed by the text and be able to take in all aspects of the poster. This is also due to the placement of the text. The title blends nicely with the rest of the poster along with the underlining text showing the cast and production information, this text is situated at the bottom of the poster, is small and not as bold as the title so the audience can take it in if they look specifically but it doesn't take much attention from the image and the title. This is also relevant to the information about various awards and film festivals. It is effective that this information is included as it shows the potential quality of the film and the positive critical reaction.

Mise-en-scene / Setting -

The strong juxtaposition of the field and the sky gives an interesting effect along with Ronan's silhouette. This works well as it doesn't give much away about his identity and his motives. We can tell he's presumably on a journey due to the film's title and the use of a backpack. His posture, along with him being in a field and him looking forward gives a hopeful impression and suggests he has a destination in mind. Despite this, Ronan seems slightly dwarfed by the setting; this along with the grey sky gives the impression of hardship and a possible struggle.  

The Most Beautiful Thing - Romance analysis

This short film is part of the Romance genre. It is presented with minimal dialogue, due to the female character having a fear of talking. A variety of effective camera shots and angles attributed with a well suited mise en scene shows effective use the surroundings and linking that to the genre.

This over the shoulder shot. shows the audience that he's taken a lot of interest in this poster, which shows he has someone in mind to take to the prom. We later discover he does have someone in mind and develops a deep relationship with them, with a mute character and he shows he goes to great lengths to communicate with her.

This close up shot shows the male characters emotions after seeing a girl he potentially wanted to ask to prom, kissing another boy. We can see from his facial expressions this knocks his confidence when talking to girls. We are later shown his confidence if further knocked when he attempts to talk to a deaf girl and he thinks she's just ignoring.

This mid shot shows us the male characters disappointment on his face when he thinks the female character is ignoring her. The look on his face shows suggested emotions of disappointment.

Here is a close up shot of a note which the boy has written for the girl as she doesn't speak. This has touched a nerve for the girl and the scene ends with walking off, which makes the young males character lose hope in getting to know this girl he clearly likes. 

In these shots here we're shown a lack of continuity between two shots. The above shot shows him receiving a text at 1:04 and when he goes to pick his phone up the time shows 1:37, the message also has some different punctuation from the initial shot. This shows as this was filmed and edited they didn't pick up on the 30 minute time gap on the phone, this is something I hope to avoid when producing my short film. I want the continuity within my film to look as smooth and professional looking as possible.