OUR OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY

Production Company:
After doing my research on production companies, my group and myself began to plan a draft of our own. We originally decided we were going to call it scorpio productions however we felt that it didn't relate to our trailer very well so decided on a different design and name which we are all now extremely pleased with.

Here is our draft:

This was made on publisher with an image found off google, we decided on phantom productions because after searching the meaning of phantom in dictionary.com we thought this suitable:

phan·tom

[fan-tuh m]

–noun

1.

an apparition or specter.

2.

an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.

3.

a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.

I then decided to edit it a little to see how I could adapt it, I inverted the colours in paint to see what looked better:

My group and I were undecided which to use however we have planned to decided nearer to the time it comes to editing, I have been given the task of drawing the image out so it becomes more personalized to ourselves.

Here is the finished drawing which I then scanned into the computer:

In Photoshop I then edited the mouth 6 different times so that I could animate it so the mask smiling is laughing. I will then edit this is Adobe Premier and adding text I will animate it into a proper production company.

PROBLEMS IN FILMING

During the production of our trailer, we came across certain problems whilst filming.

These problems included:

-   The camera had trouble picking up features in dark areas, because the camera we were using didn't have night vision we found it very hard to create the effect we wanted. Here is an example of when we wanted the room to be very dark to give the effect that she was asleep in bed at night and something was watching her from over the wardrobe. This would be one of our first scenes in the trailer so we need it to be good.

-   We also had a major problem with lighting, because the camera we were using didn't produce very good quality film in the dark, we had to use alot of lighting so the camera would see the characters. However we had to put lighting very close to the characters we wanted to highlight or have very strong lighting, unfortunately this doesn't look very realistic when the character is supposed to be asleep and theres a strong light hitting her.

-   The tri-pod we were provided with was brand new, because of this the movement was very stiff which made our filming very jerky. This was very annoying and meant we had to re-record parts of our filming.

Here is where we had a problem with this:

(CLIP/IMAGE HERE)

-   Re-recording. This took up ALOT of our time, main reasons why we had to do this was because we either had problems with using the camera, the camera wasn't picking up the characters, there wasn't enough lighting or there was very bad acting! 

-   Poor acting, because we aren't actresses and none of us do drama I wouldn't say we were the best actresses. We would always end up laughing because we couldn't take ourselves seriously or were just really embarrassed; however once we were focused on the task we acted a lot better.

FILM MAGAZINE QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSIS

Here are the results for my film magazine questionnaire:

FILM Magazine Questionnaire

Male                10                               Female                        10      

16-18               15                               18+                  5        

How often do you watch a film?

More than once a week                               0          Once a week                                       9
Once a month                                      10
Every few months                               1
Once a year                                        0
Never                                                  0

How often do you go to the cinema?

More than once a week                      0
Once a week                                       4
Once a month                                      9
Every few months                               5
Once a year                                        1
Never                                                  1

Do you read film magazines?

Yes                   7          No                    13

If yes, which ones?

Empire, Total FILM

What area of the magazine attracts you into buying it the most?

What film is featured                         11

The main image                                  6

Freebies                                              2

Exclusive Reviews/Topics                   1

Do you prefer posters or free promotions?

         Free promotions                                 14      

                                 Posters                                                 3                                 

Both                                                     3

What free promotions would you like to be included?

Cinema tickets                                    11

DVD                                                     5

Food/Drink Offers                               4

Events in Region                                 0

What price would you pay for a film magazine?

                             Under £1                                             2                     

                                               between £1 and £2                             9                                             

Over £2                                               9

These results will help me in producing my Film magazine as I can now seee what my audience are demanding and can therefore meet their needs.

FILM SESSION 3

Setting: Outside
Scene: We went outside to film the opening scene for our trailer during our lesson time, we found a house that was not far from school which we believed to look effective. The outside of the house had an eerie looking, old feel to it which was perfect especially as it looked different to all the other houses on the road as this made it stand out.

Before filming, we asked permission from the house owner to ensure that it was ok we could film for our media project. Once we were given permission we set off to work:
We had to film quite a few shots in order to gain the perfect one. We found that whilst filming, due to the fact that we were filming from accross the road of the house, cars kept on driving past and therefore meant our footage was less effective.

TARGET AUDIENCE FILM MAGAZINE

Here I have produced a questionnaire for my film magazine:

FILM Magazine Questionnaire

Male                                        Female                       

16-18                                       18+     

How often do you watch a film?

More than once a week
Once a week
Once a month
Every few months
Once a year
Never

How often do you go to the cinema?

More than once a week
Once a week
Once a month
Every few months
Once a year
Never

Do you read film magazines?

Yes                   No

If yes, which ones?

What area of the magazine attracts you into buying it the most?

What film is featured

The main image

Freebies

Exclusive Reviews/Topics

Do you prefer posters or free promotions?

Free promotions        

Posters                                               

Both                            

What free promotions would you like to be included?

Cinema tickets

DVD

Food/Drink Offers

Events In Region

What price would you pay for a film magazine?

Under £1                                 between £1 and £2                                         Over £2

I will post the results of my questionnaire later during the week.

FILM MAGAZINE RESEARCH

Here are some magazines I have looked at to try and give me some inspiration

I found that two major film magazines were 'Total FILM' and 'EMPIRE'. First I looked at 'Total FILM', the first thing that stood out to me was the big bold masthead which I thought was very appealling and easily caught my eye.



The clevel use of space means they were able to call the magazine 'Total FILM', I liked the effect of fitting the first part into the 'F' of Film. Also the big bold white text makes it stand out against any background used and means it can be a reccurring theme throughout all covers, this therefore provides a instant recognition and symbol to the audience as to which film magazine it is.

My favourite cover of 'Total FILM' is this one:

What I like most about this cover is the striking image which immediately catches the eye and a medium close up provides us with an insight into the actor character and costume. The dark background makes the character look very vibrant, colourful and makes the image the focal point of the magazine. The large anchorage text 'Massive 2010 Preview' informs the reader on first glance as to what this issue features, the colour of the text also ties in with the masthead therefore providing a nice colourscheme. The plain white and yellow text makes it readable and stand out without being over the top and taking the focus away from the main image.

Another film magazine is 'EMPIRE':

'EMPIRE' has given me the most inspiration. I love the big bold red text and the layering used to hide parts of the text however even though parts are hidden the magazine is still instantly recognisable because of the recurring theme of the red masthead used throughout the covers. As you can see with the 'Joker' cover, featuring the new Batman: The Dark Knight preview, when the masthead is a different colour layering isn't used and instead becomes the focal point along with the striking image.

'EMPIRE' use a range of different camera shots within their covers, from close ups to medium close ups and all are used effectively to achieve the best look.

My favourite within the covers I have found and which have given me the most amount of inspiration in producing my own are:

AND

I believe that I have had more inspiration into producing my own since researching into current magazines on the market. I feel that by taking the ideas from different magazines and putting them together into one piece can make my magazine into being the most effective and eye catching to the audience.

Before I begin to produce my magazine I will draw up drafts of different covers and take many different pictures as my starting point. From my work last year on my foundation portfolio, I believe I can carry my knowledge through into producing a high quality magazine cover. I will also make a questionnaire to hand out to my potential audience and ask for feedback.

CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF MAGAZINES

I have now decided upon researching into current film magazines to see the codes and conventions as producing a magazine front cover featuring my film is part of my ancillary tasks. By looking at these, I will also be able to have a fuller knowledge and will prepare me in making my own. From doing research it will enable me to produce a higher quality magazine cover.

Here I have annotated a film magazine cover 'Empire':

From this research I can clearly see how a magazine cover is laid out and from the knowledge of my foundation portfolio I was able to easily use specific media terms to annotate this magazine cover.