The Watcher.

This is the final video for our trailer of the 2011 horror film, The Watcher.

Sound.

 I feel that the sound I include in the trailer is crucial to the success of said trailer. I decided to use music that I feel I would typically hear in a horror movie. I felt that this was a safe bet because I know that it will work in the film and add the feeling of enigma that I felt it needed.

This is the website where we got the sound for our film. It is a website that is compiled with a large amount of clips that are royalty free. This means we are able to use them in our media films without risking any copyright infringement.

Damn productions.

For our film, we had to come up with our own production company name and logo, so we decided to clash mine(danny) and Damian's names and we came up with Damn Productions. We then had a couple of ideas for what logo to use, here is our final logo that we decided to use:

In our film, we also used cropping tools and transitions and effects to edit the logo and make it look like an animation.

Credits/Titles.

For our media film we thought that an affective way of making the trailer seem more realistic was to have it so that the credits and trailers broke up the trailer. I also think that it adds a sense of mystery and it can help to make the story line of the trailer seem more obvious.

In order to insert a title or credit, you have to click on the make titles or credits option which will then open up the following page:

This is the part where you can decide where you would like your credit or title to play in the time sequence. Once you have decided, you click on the appropriate tab and then this page will appear:

This where you can input the text you would like to appear on your title or credit. You can also edit the font or the colour of the text/background on your credit or title. Then this means you can make it look how you want and in my case I chose what I believed would be the best suited for our film. Taking into consideration the genre and our desire to make it look profesional. Once all of this is complete, the credit or title should look like the following.



Sutton Park continued.

The shot below is some of the film footage we took in Sutton Park and I feel that it shows just what we wanted from the park and I feel that this shot shows exactly how we could use this setting effectively for a horror film.

We are going to manipulate this shot to make it usable for our trailer.

Sutton Park.

A portion of our film is set in Sutton Park and we use this for a number of reasons. Sutton Park is one of the biggest parks in Europe and the biggest outside of a capital city. Therefore there is a large range of different backdrops we could have used and also we could explore a bit and look for a place we liked and one we felt fitted well and suited our storyline.

  This is a part of Sutton Park and I feel that this shot really shows what the great park has to offer in terms of scenery. There are many other locations in the park that are similar and even some better suited thant his one for a horror trailer. Therefore I think that our decision to shoot the film there was a correct one.

AGFA Photo.

For our trailer, we planned to use a personal camera but due to difficulties, we borrowed one from the media department. The cameras that were on offer we the Agfaphoto APDV-1012 Video Camera 5 MegaPixel HD 1080p with HDMI Connection. These are very advanced cameras. This means that we can get the best possible quality from out camera shot.

Film Magazine/Poster Research.

In my portfolio, we have the main task (the teaser trailer) but we also have 2 ancillary tasks that needed doing. They are:
- A film magazine front cover, featuring the film.
- A poster for the film.
For this I am going to research some magazines and posters so that mine can be the best it can possibly be.
Some major film magazines are:
- Total film.
- Empire.
I have researched these two magazines because they are 2 of the most successful magazines that are around. They also feature heavily with different genres and are renound for having the best detail and the most well written columns and analytical text. Another point is that they include both front covers and film posters in the form of free give aways. Using this will help me to make my magazine cover and poster look as professional as it possibly can.

These are two of the more popular front covers that the two magazines have advertised as Avatar is considered widely as one of the best films that have ever been made.

http://www.totalfilm.com/magazine - This is the webite for Total Film. I used this for my research as it is rich with information about the magazine and it helps to decipher the general codes and conventions of the film magazine.