Photo Shoot

When doing the photo shoot for the magazine cover we had to find a time for which Rosie and the crew were available, we decided that the school hall would be the most appropriate location as we could use the black curtain to act as a background. This fitted with my vision as the black is not distracting but at the same time it is powerful; connoting mystery and danger whilst helping Rosie stand out against it and amplifying the fear and terror in her expression.

For the make-up I wanted Rosie again to look distressed and frightened, this meant black make up running from her eyes to give the impression she had been crying and scraggly hair to make it appear as if she had been running or perhaps fighting with something.

Although you could see the pain and anguish through Rosie's facial expression  we weren't satisfied with the angles, we thought they either were too close or just didn't look natural. Overall I am extremely happy with the final images however the lighting is a little too bright and therefore not as serious or grave as I wish it to look, however this problem can be solved during the editing process.

Poster plans

When making our poster we wanted it to be very dark and ghostly with both the protagonist and antagonist present in order to create a sense of binary oppositions of good and evil. We wanted it to appear as if Evelyn was haunting Rosie as if she couldn't escape her, like in the film. We already had an idea of how we wanted Rosie's face to look, with regards to make up we made it look as if she had been crying again referring to the theme of her inability to escape her nightmares.

The title had to be the focal point in order to ensure that audiences instantly recognised our production through the title so we want to make it as big and as bold as possible.

The colour scheme we wanted to be dark and dreary to enforce themes such as fear and death. 

Magazine Plans

When working on the magazine plan we knew we wanted Rosie to be on the cover as Rosie has appeared in films before we thought this would attract audiences (star image and power) We wanted Rosie and the masthead to be the focal point, so both had to stand out in their own right. We knew we had to follow certain conventions of a magazine so this meant we had to include a date, a button, a bar-code etc. In the picture below you can see the draft layout we intended to work with. 

Where colours were concerned we wanted a bold red colour as it connotes power and will stand out against the other magazines. We decided black,as a background, against the red, would compliment it best and also it ties in with the professional look of the magazine. 

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Then working on the actual content of the magazine we wanted the text to include words that would catch the readers eye such as 'greatest' and 'world exclusive' 

The picture we used also had to tie in with the colour scheme we wanted her to reflect the distress and fear black connotes so we had her pose with a extremely frightened facial expression to further reinforce the genre of our trailer. 

Conventions of Posters and Magazine covers

The conventions of a magazine cover: 

There are many conventions that make film posters instantly recognisable as just that:

• The title typically written in the font as shown in the trailer titles. Here it is written in red and is bold and eye catching.
• The focal picture in the poster usually gives audiences an insight into part of the movie whether it be the characters or the setting etc. This is demonstrated in the inception poster as it reveals the two. 
• The genre should be be also clearly defined for example horror movie posters tend to stick to dark themes, with hints of red in which connote danger and death. 

• The release date is often displayed at the bottom which can either be specific or simply say 'coming soon' 
• Information about the production company and directors is often displayed again near the bottom, typically stating their previous films, this creates continuity for the audiences and if they like their previous films they are more likely to see this one
• Reviews from established film festivals, or magazine ratings are all used to entice the audience
• The tagline is often short and gripping and keeps the audience guessing