Final Draft Review - Matt Bull & Gareth Allen

This is our final draft design for our review. This is going to be the final piece we hand in, although if any tweaks need to be made we will.
We changed the size of the overall page to the same as a Little White Lies magazine (24cmx20cm), and therefore alterations had to be made to some parts of the page (picture size, layout) to fit everything in.

Matt Bull & Gareth Allen

Draft Review - Matt Bull & Gareth Allen

This is the first draft of the overall review spread for the Little White Lies magazine. It includes the image we chose from the film, and the copy that is posted in a earlier post, and put all together.

Matt Bull & Gareth Allen

Final poster design - Chloe McGlinchey & Hannah Sell

This is the final poster design for the film that we produced

Poster Draft 2 - Chloe McGlinchey & Hannah Sell

After a fair amount of experimenting with placement and colour this was coming up to be part of our final design. we still have to add a few more details to it such as a certificate and some newspaper or magazines reviews.

First Draft of Film Review - Gareth Allen & Matt Bull

This review is in the format of the typical reviews that you get in Little White Lies. We haven't used the font at this moment in time as this is a draft version but will do when producing for the final piece.

Gareth Allen & Matt Bull

Poster Draft - Chloe McGlinchey and Hannah Sell

After discussions with Gareth and Matt; we decided on this to be our first poster draft. We as a group had wanted to create something like the Red Road poster which had been our main influence for this Ancillary task. The poster design was to be created to draw the audience in and focus on our main character of the short film with contrasting colours to make it more eye catching.
Chloe and Hannah

Image for Poster- Hannah & Chloe

This is the image we have decided to use for our poster. We are going to make it look like a shilloette like on the Red Road poster. We have not decided on background or text colour yet but we are going to put the tittle over his face like on the red road poster. We have decided to use this image as it was the best one out of the five photos we took.

Hannah Sell & Chloe McGlinghey

The Final Film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6bM7j1kTWE

This is the URL to our film that we have created, click on it to view. We would appreciate any comments you have for the film to be left either on our blog or on youtube underneath the video.

Gareth Allen, Matt Bull, Hannah Sell and Chloe McGlinchey

Review Layout Idea - Matt Bull

(click image to enlarge)This is the draft idea that I have come up with for the layout of our review of our film in the latest issue of Little White Lies in which the review will be placed. I have taken into account previous layouts that Little White Lies has and designed it around them so that it looks like it is a genuine review.

Matt Bull

Review Layout Idea - Gareth Allen

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This is the layout of the review that I came up with for our review. This is the same layout as the magazine Little White Lies, which is the magazine that reviews short films, like our film. This is why we have chosen this magazine instead of the other film magazines that are out, Empire and Total Film, because they normally review major Hollywood films that are coming out.

Gareth Allen

Research - "Little White Lies" - Matt Bull

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Little White Lies is a magazine that for each issue, is focused on one particular film throughout through its front page, copy content, images and layout.
Within the copy it provides reviews, ratings and interviews with the people behind the film, as well as a vast amount of images showing more of the film.

Published and produced by The Church of England, the first issue was created as the final degree project of co-founder Danny Miller in 2001. The first issue was released in February 2005, printed in edition of 2500, and distributed only in UK Borders stores.

Rationale: "Becasue movies don't exist in a vacuum, we venture beyond the boundaries of the bog screen, exploring the worlds of music, art, politics and pop culture to inform and illustrate the medium we love. Bold, beautiful and unique, Little White Lies is a magazine on a mission - to reshape the debate across the movie landscape.

Other issues of Little White Lies can be seen via the link in the link section...

"Little White Lies" Review Layout - Matt Bull

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Completed Film - three

Matt Bull, Hannah Sell, Chloe McGlinchey & Gareth Allen

Completion of Short Film

Today (Monday 15th March) we completed producing and editing our short film.
After many hours of hard work including vast amounts of filming, and editing all of the pieces together.
Overall, as a group we are very pleased with the way the film has come out. With all of us putting in our own input, as well as group decisions on certain areas, it has been put together they way we wanted it.

Matt Bull, Chloe McGlinchey, Hannah Sell & Gareth Allen

Poster Ideas - Gareth Allen and Matt Bull

After having a few days to think about our poster design, we felt that the poster we had originally thought would be best for our film, seemed to have too much on the poster. Whilst looking through some different posters of films, we noticed the Red Road poster. This was a simple design and felt that it would be suitable for our poster. The image that there is on this poster is a silhouette of a woman that is in the film. This made us think that we could use the same style for our poster, and we could use either Matt or Gareth as the image on the poster.

Gareth Allen & Matt Bull

Poster Influence - Chloe McGlinchey

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The poster above of "Red Road" has been an influence to our own poster we are in the middle of producing. The reason for this is because of the style and conventions of the poster as a whole; the way the designer has layered the images and text works well together because of the use of colours that contrast against each other. The fact that they have decided to silhouette the characters face gives the audience a glance of the film being mysterious and eerie.

Decisions on Poster

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From the four posters we have all produced, we have decided to pick certain parts from each poster and produce the main/final design from it.
We are going to use a image of the main character looking over their shoulder from the first idea, but instead of the background being of a scrapyard, we were going to change it so that we use a light source (possibly headlights) to highlight the characters expressions, which is a style used in some posters we have researched. We will also take the picture of the main character from different angles (side-on etc.) so we can see which is best for the design.

Matt Bull, Chloe McGlinchey, Gareth Allen, Hannah Sell

Certificates - Film & Poster

U Universal – Suitable for all
It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror. If a work is particularly suitable for a pre-school child to view alone, this will be indicated in the Consumer Advice.
PG Parental Guidance – General viewing
Some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.
12A/12 – Suitable for 12 years and over
Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works
classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many
parents will find unsuitable for them. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.
15 – Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.
18 – Suitable only for adults
No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.

Matt Bull, Gareth Allen, Hannah Sell & Chloe McGlinchey

Systems Go!

Today (Monday 8th March) we continued editing the footage that we have picked out as the best shots. after going through the footage, there are some things we need to re-film, but they wont take long to re-do. Also, Gareth produced the radio transcript to place over the top of the first part of the film...

Matt Bull, Hannah Sell, Chloe McGlinchey & Gareth Allen

Short Film Posters - Gareth Allen

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These are all posters of short films that have been out recently. I decided to look at posters that are recent to see if there are any trends in what short film posters are including at the moment. With these posters, all except one of them use dark colours on the poster. This is effective I think on the posters as it gives the idea that something mysertious has happened in the film. This would be good for our poster as we are creating a thriller piece, so this would give off the idea that something mysterious is going to happen in the film. Again, all but one of these posters uses people on the poster. This is what we are also hoping to include on our poster.

Gareth Allen

Editing - Hannah Sell and Chloe McGlinchey

During our allotted time for editing we decided to make a few changes to the idea of our short film and thinking while watching what we already had. We decided to scrap the idea of the newspaper because we thought of a better and more effective start to the film which has widened our knowledge of using Final Cut Pro. The beginning and the end of the film are more or less exactly the same however the beginning will be slightly different and hopefully give the wow factor for the film. We also have yet to record our radio interview with Gareth and Chloe in which they will be talking about the themes and issues of our films story.

Individual Poster Design - Hannah Sell

This is my initial poster idea for our film. I wanted to emphasis the title of the film and the main point that our film is aiming to put across which is 'tiredness can kill'. The poster shows the tiredness can kill sign which appears in our film along with the tittle of the film over the top.

Individual Poster Design - Chloe McGlinchey

This is my individual poster design.

I have taken in account the story line and issues within our short film, i have come up with a simple yet effective poster design.

Uploading of Footage - Matt Bull & Gareth Allen

Today (Thursday 4th March) we uploaded our complete footage from the tapes onto the Mac in which we are using as a group to edit the pieces together. We are taking use of the lesson time and opportunity to get as much as possible, but there will be other times we need to meet during the day as extra time may be needed to finish it.

Individual Poster Design - Gareth Allen

This is my initial poster idea for our film poster.
I thought that with the poster it was going to be best if you could see the main character, but I thought that it would be best if you didn't see the whole of the character. This is why I chose to only show the back of the main character. I didn't however want to show from straight behind him, on at the side so I chose inbetween these two. I think that this creates a mysterious effect, which is what we are going for in the film.
The reson why I chose to set this picture on a road is because, our film has the theme about 'Tiredness Can Kill' when people are driving. I thought that it could be interesting to use just a straight road with no cars on it or pedestrains walking by it. This is implying that this character might be in a word of his own.

Gareth Allen

Individual Poster Design - Matt Bull

This is my individual design for our film poster.
I have taken into consideration the themes and issues within the story, and the overall genre it is trying to produce. The main genres for the film are social realism with some thriller tied in the storyline by adding a sense of tension and suspence.
The poster shows the scrapyard in the background as it is the main location for the film and where the mysterious events happen. Linking to the film title of "thr3e", 3 images are shown of the character causing confustion of the main character as a result of the lack of sleep. That is where the quote "tiredness can kill, take a break" is used as the tagline and message of the film, and appears in the film itself. As an addition, the inclusion of various awards and newspaper reviews are added.
By keeping the poster simple it targets our audience of 17+ who can drive and the issues behind it. The fact that the main character is looking behind is used to make the audience think why he is?

Matt Bull

UK Short Films Poster Research - Matt Bull

The film posters above are of short films made in the UK and by UK based companies. I chose to take the thriller/horror style posters as they show lots of imagination to target their audience into wanting to see the film advertised. All the posters use a stricking main image in which the eye gets drawn to at the first sight and represent the story of the film. The title is also a very noticable part of the design so that people know what the film is called. Some also have the awards they have won at respected ceremonies, and therefore gives the viewer of the poster a reason to see the film if it has won awards.

Matt Bull

Re-Filming....

As a result of our original filming work, we have had to re-film all of our footage due to the camera and tape we used the first time not being compatible with the editing software on the computers.
Although a slight glitch in the process, we have managed to keep on track with everything due to knowing what we needed to do in terms of footage and shots and with everyone being availible on most days we have almost got everything done!

Matt Bull, Gareth Allen, Chloe McGlinchey & Hannah Sell

Allocation of Roles Poster & Review - Chloe McGlinchey

Today (Monday 1st March) we decided to allocate roles concerning the Film poster and review for our short film. We discussed as a group who would be suited for what work that had to be completed, and this is what we had come up with.

Matt Bull - Writer/editor/publisher for magazine review
Gareth Allen -Writer/editor/publisher for magazine review
Hannah Sell - Designer/editor/photographer for magazine poster
Chloe McGlinchey - Designer/editor/photographer for magazine poster

Conventions of Poster Design & Distribution

What do all film posters have in common?

• Main Character(s) Image
• Noticeable Title
• Background Image = Hints into Genre
• Newspaper Reviews & Ratings
• Awards
• Tag-line

Distribution

A very highly competitive business and used to gain the widest audience figures for their upcoming film(s). Because of the distributors, films become more known and to do that it is their job to find potential in that film and bring it to the market. Word-of-mouth is a result in distribution, as one person sees the poster then passes it on to someone they know, and on, and on. They create a 'want to see buzz' into the audience, just by the poster, without seeing anything from the film.