Magazine Cover - Exposure

Today I've finished designing my film magazine cover, Exposure. I used Photoshop as the designing program.  The main title is in the "Mars Attack" font, which I was able to sample from "Dafont.com". Over cross media connections I've included are the blackberry/smartphone bar code and a magazine website.

Delicatessen (1991)

In the past few days I've been watching and analysing parts of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film Delicatessen (1991). The film is set in a post-apocalyptic setting, which the cause isn't clearly described. Food and supplies are scarce, with the currency being anything from shoes to lentils. The story shows a landlord of a block of flats, who has turned to using his newly hired employees as meat to feed the local families. As the butchers daughter becomes more attached to the latest employee, she seeks help to save him from her father and odd tenants. While many were perhaps put off by the film being in french, therefore subtitled, or perhaps the black comedic side to it, I found the film a great combination of quirky sketches such as the "squeaky spring" scene and the horrific themes of eating the employees and killing off tenants of the building. While the story line is relatively simple, I enjoyed the emphasis on all characters having strong personalities and their own personal traits. One thing that was clear about the film, from the very beginning was the theme/colour scheme of a murky, yellow/orange, which even the fog was coloured in, carrying throughout the film. In a media talk, someone mentioned this is similarly sometimes present in JPJ's more popular film Amelie, but with the scheme of green. From this I can take the horror conventions, such as the murder of characters and I personally would like to enforce a similar idea like a running colour scheme in my trailer. Elements such as the comedy side won't be as present, but to conclude, I feel it was a useful resource in helping me with my own project.

Photo Shoot Experience

After using the photo studio at Hastings College today, I feel I have gained a lot of new skills which I can re-use in later projects. I was already familiar with some parts of the equipment and some not as much, adding to my knowledge of photography, which I found both useful and enjoyable. The shoot was prepared by changing to my film costume and fake-blood staining the t-shirt. I decided not to wear a coat/hoody. We experimented with the lighting, reflecting it more directly at me and slightly away, creating effects such as different shadows or none at all. From this I was able to learn how to use lighting in a photography studio successfully. We also experimented using both the white and black backdrops in the photos, with both emphasising certain colours. I found the white background more suitable for my magazine cover photo. In conclusion, I feel it was a great opportunity taken to learn new photography skills and has made my magazine cover look more like a professional film magazine with the help of the proper photo studio.

Day Of Magazine Cover Photo Shoot

I will be taking photos for my magazine cover today at the photo studio in the Hastings College site. I have booked it from 4-5pm and asked Emily to help (take the photos and aid with lighting). In the shoot I have chosen to wear the costume I will use during the film to make it more related to the horror theme of the magazine and for the fact it makes it more clear I am the main character. In other films costumes may be criticised for being unsuitable for the characters requirements, therefore I will be wearing clothes which allow the character to run, fight etc.

Costume - Plain white t-shirt (ripped and blood stained), Hoody or Coat, Tracksuit Bottoms, Trainers.

Props - Cricket Mallet, Fake Blood, Shotgun Shells.

Photo Studio

I have booked the photo studio at Hastings College on Thursday evening to take photos for my magazine cover.

Edited Synopsis

Genetic Engineer Leonard Brant finds himself in a world infected by zombies after illnesses thought to be cured and modified by himself and a team of scientists start to re-appear. Patients start to show obscure symptoms, leading to the death of millions, before awakening to kill and convert the few survivors. Will the planet survive this biological massacre or will it be consumed by fear and terror?

Audience Evaluation Questionnaire

In order to see if my predictions of audience targets are correct, I have designed a short questionnaire which I will give to different age groups tomorrow. I also think it will be useful to show me what I need to include for it to appeal to a wide audience.

Half Way Evaluation - Audience

I personally feel that my main target audience will be males gender wise, but hopefully with the different use of female characters, female audiences may feel more interested. Age wise I think it will range from teenagers to middle age.

I thought that to see if my predictions are right, I will design a short questionnaire to ask different age groups and genders if they would be interested in watching my film.

Half Way Evaluation - Representation

In this post I thought it would be important to evaluate how I have represented different social groups in my film trailer, poster and magazine cover. I found it important to consider how I've chosen to represent groups such as gender, race and age among others.

Film Trailer

In my film trailer I will be playing the main character. I will represent my character as perhaps not the clear leader, but as a clear main character using my voice as over-layers on the trailer. The character will perhaps come across as dominant while being shot in the more action filled scenes but on the other hand show their sense of fear in shots where they are chased by the villains. I will be using a female character to keep gender roles quite even. I do not want females to be represented any lower in ability in comparison to men. The trailer will hopefully show that ranges of ability are present in both genders. I feel that showing more able/strong character roles will emphasise that they are fighting for their lives everyday, adding to the fear and suspense, hopefully making the audience feel similar emotions. Most my characters will be white, simply from most friends and people interested in participating are white and not from different ethnic backgrounds. I would hope to find other people from different backgrounds to play in my trailer. One issue I face is with age representation. As most of the people I have asked to play in the trailer are college friends, most will be the same age. However, I will be asking various family members to play in my trailer to show characters ranging from all ages.

In both the poster and magazine cover, I will be the only character to be involved, therefore having little representation. However, it does relate to my character being shown as the main focus. Also the use of props such as weapons will suggest that my character is dangerous, possibly violent but brave.

Half Way Evaluation - Narrative

Being roughly half way through the project I have evaluated how narrative theory has been incorporated into my film trailer, poster and magazine cover. I found it useful to look at how I've used aspects such as - Setting, Characters, Binary Opposites, Equilibrium, Themes, Emotion Content and Enigma Codes.

Trailer

• I have pretty much finalized the settings I am using in my film trailer. I will be using the following - School Grounds, St Helen's Woods, Hastings Seafront, My House. I've found that woods are quite a conventional setting in Horror films as they can be so absent from the public. However, I find it interesting how films can be shot, looking as if they are in a deserted area but are in a really public area, showing the skill of the director working with little setting opportunities to create a unique effect. I will shoot parts in my own house in the dark, creating the more suspense filled parts. I will upload a story board for the first sections of my film trailer in the next few days.
• I will play the main role in my film trailer. However, I will be emphasising some of the female characters as being able to cope in the dangerous circumstances. I think that the gender roles will be a lot more equal in my film, in comparison to similar films. In relation to character based narrative theories such as Propp's theory, the zombies will be the obvious villain. But in relation to the theory, I don't want to clearly demonstrate character types in too much depth in the trailer as it's only meant to be a teaser. Character roles should be shown as developing more in the actual film.
• The obvious binary opposite will be the zombies and the humans. But it won't be as simple as just 2 sides as there will be disagreements among the human characters mixing values creating more than just two split sides.
• In the trailer I don't want to show such depth like is the disruption of an infection solved.
• The trailer will show themes of horror, darkness and fear, hopefully being reflected by how the actors and actresses portray their characters in the trailer.

Poster

• The setting will be in St Helen's Woods, showing the distance from public society. 
• The character will be alone, reinforcing the sense of zombies dominating the world.
• It will show a clear idea of the two sides of the film, having the human being chased by the zombies.
• Emotion wise, it will show that the humans are forever having to run and live in fear of the infected.

Magazine Cover

• On the magazine cover there will be less emphasis on the setting as it will be shot in a photo studio.
• The main character will be myself on the front cover.
• The emotion displayed will hopefully show the stand being taken against the zombies but also a sense of always being in fear.

Magazine Cover Idea

I will be shooting my magazine cover main image in a studio at Hastings College. I think that shooting it in a studio will give it the professional edge over others and make it look more like existing magazines such as Empire. The photo will be myself in the costume I will use in the filming of my trailer. I will wear make up in terms of fake blood and dirty looking colours. The costume will need to be ripped and look aged. However, I do want to put emphasis on a sensible costume in comparison to many horror/zombie films where characters costumes are questioned on terms such as ease of running away from villains in and comfort. I will use props such as a fake gun or knife, whether I hold them or just have them attached to me will be something I can experiment and decide during the photo shoot. I will book permission for the studio in the next few days.

Half Way Evaluation - Textual Analysis

Being about half way through my project I have been evaluating my progress so far. I have established that the genre of my film will be based around Zombie/Horror, incorporating other themes from genres such as Action. I have also stated that I would like to verge away from some of the stereotypes of the genre, in such things like character roles/stereotypes and narratives. I feel that the genre choice is highly influential in the process of designing my trailer, poster and magazine cover.

Trailer

• The trailer will use typical horror conventions (blood, gore, suspense).
• Use of special effects and props such as blood and make up.
• Sense of a "scare factor".
• Zombies will be the villain role in the narrative, but also having disagreements and perhaps hidden opposites between the living.

Poster

• My film poster will be shot in the woods (St Helens Woods) where parts of the trailer will be filmed.
• I have planned the poster in an earlier post - POSTER PLAN
• The character will have their back facing the audience.
• Zombies in the background approaching, slightly hidden.
• Unconventional compared to existing Zombie film posters.
• It will show the ongoing run the main characters face against the zombies.

Magazine Cover

• I have made a rough draft of my magazine cover on Photoshop (will upload when possible).
• I am going to use a white, black and red colour scheme.
• The main image will be shot in a photo studio - Hastings College.
• I have put unique aspects on my magazine cover using convergence ideas with websites, tv stations and blackberry/smartphone scanning bar codes.

Film Poster Analysis 2 - Horror/Zombie

After analysing  the poster of film Foxy Brown, I have researched into other posters in the Zombie/Horror genre. I have looked at differences and similarities in examples such as 28 Days Later, Dawn Of The Dead, Night Of The Living Dead and Dawn Of The Dead (Remake) -

• Main Conventions - The main photo is of the main character, alone in the city of London. The way you can see famous landmarks such as Big Ben in the background reinforces the sense of being alone in such a large place. The red eyes are also an important part of the poster. This contributes to the evil and fear of the zombies, and contributes to why the zombie virus is called "rage" by the disturbing look and colour of the eyes. It's clearly a zombie horror film, given away by the quote in the middle/top section of the poster. However, if the quote wasn't there, the bio-hazard symbol definitely suggests there is some sort of virus outbreak being part of the main story. The eyes also are a main factor.
• Film Language - The poster's main colour dominating the scheme is red, having a heavy association with evil, fear, panic and death. The layout could be seen as interesting having the zombies eyes at the top, the bio-hazard symbol in the centre and the lone character at the bottom. It could be argued that this is a suggestion that the bio-hazard is the center explanation of the film, with the 2 sides of characters being the "rage" infected zombies (being on one side/at the top) and the left over humans (at the bottom). 
• Structure - The above point relates to the structure.
• Advertisement Techniques - The quote at the bottom "Your Days Are Numbered" perhaps makes the audience interested to see this directer/writers adaption of an end of the world style film. This is made even more personal by it being set in London and the use of famous and well known landmarks. Also the top quote makes it clear that Danny Boyle directs the film, perhaps pulling in audiences with his already established reputation.
• Audience - Obviously already established Zombie/Horror fans. 

I've found in my research, that a huge similarity between Zombie films is that the posters are usually heavily based around the zombies, not the main character. A lot of them emphasise the eyes, or some the whole face. In my plan I want to include full shots of the zombies, more similar to Dawn Of The Dead (Remake), but in a different environment (Plan made in other post). 

(Dawn Of The Dead Original)

(Night Of The Living Dead)

(Dawn Of The Dead - Remake)

Film Poster Analysis

During the process of creating my poster I have been researching conventions of various other posters to add ideas for my own. My first example given to me was "Foxy Brown" (1974), even though this didn't come into the Horror-Zombie genre, it allowed me to exercise my analysis skills and gave me general poster ideas -

• Main Conventions - The main character is portrayed as violent, perhaps suggesting it falls more into the Action genre. However, the way she dresses and the use of other women, perhaps suggests the film is still trying to hang on to the fact she is still a sexual icon. The action is reinforced by the use of guns, fighting and other weapons.
• Film Language - The colours used are bright and ones that are generally associated/worn in the '70's. The poster has quite an interesting layout, with the main character being in the middle, but surrounded by other smaller images in a sort of collage style. This reinforces the fact that trouble is based around her mean attitude. 
• Structure - From the poster you can see that it's more of an action based film due to the violence in the poster. It's obvious that it's based around Foxy Brown.
• Advertising Techniques - The film pulls the audience in perhaps through the revealing clothing and for Action fans, the violence. For female audiences, with the fact the main character is a dominant female, they may find that appealing.
• Audience - As I said it could be a female audience with Foxy as the main character. The film would appeal to males as well, with the sexual attraction and the action. It could also attract a large black audience, with less main characters in blockbuster films coming from an Afro-Caribbean background.

Film Poster Rough Draft

I have roughly planned my film poster using other photos from various sites, using a Prezi to show my annotations. My plan will be to take a photo of the main character with their back facing to the camera, in a forest (St. Helen's Woods, where I will shoot some of the trailer) with perhaps some zombies in the background to show how the main characters are always running from the villain of the narrative, the zombies.

Film Poster Plan on Prezi

Rough Sketch Of Magazine

Last week I designed a rough sketch of my magazine cover. I've decided that the name of the magazine will be Exposure. I've uploaded a picture of the first draft plan -

28 Weeks Later

In comparison to 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later was slightly more exciting, had more twists in, but on the other hand was probably due to a 5 year technology gap and a $10 million budget difference.

The main family the film focuses on basically brings the virus back into a US protected section of London. Yet again there are many questions asked to how the children escape the safe zone in the first place, why they allow a bitten human back into the base etc...

From the beginning terror and panic is generated, using quick cut editing and handheld shots, when under attack from the "rage" infected zombies. The camera shots aren't a lot different to the original film.

A lot like the original, the story line has many loop holes and many scenes seem unrealistic, ruining a reasonable backbone of a story, with plenty of potential for development.

Even from not enjoying the 28 series, I can take camera shot styles into my own project. A major aspect which I've taken from the film is the decision I'd need to make on whether the zombies in my film will be fast moving like the ones with the "rage" virus, or more slow moving like in The Walking Dead and other zombie films.

28 Days Later

Since choosing to base my trailer on a Zombie-Horror type genre I have researched into films of the genre, such as the 28 series. Directed by Danny Boyle, the 2002 film shows the outbreak of zombie virus "rage", which spreads throughout the UK, infecting millions. Starring Cillian Murphy, his character Jim wakes up in a hospital to find London deserted.

Some of the shots such as the opening, showing the desert scenes of London really reinforce the sense of how Jim is alone, in combination with how small he looks in this huge and destroyed city. Throughout the film, there is a strong use of handheld camera shots adding to the panic, of the characters, especially when they are under attack from the zombies.

Unlike The Walking Dead series, the zombies in 28 Days Later are fast and a lot stronger to the typical zombie in the Horror genre.

However, there was a lot of the film that I didn't enjoy. The story line moves very quickly from one event to the next with little introduction to characters. They simply accept one another's trust as one example, compared to in The Walking Dead where new characters are considered dangerous and are taken cautiously.

Written Genre And Narrative Analysis

Over half term I have completed an assignment based on analysing genre and narrative conventions of trailers. I believe this has really advanced my knowledge of trailer creation through studying these 2 trailers in even more depth than I have already. Details and extra conventions of trailers that I haven't realised in the past have affected new choices for my trailer.

Written Narrative and Genre Analysis

This essay focuses on the creation of narrative and genre features in film trailers. Both narrative and genre features are always present in the film format but are very background aspects that are often not noticed. For example, people know what to expect from films in a horror genre from the classic conventions they have picked up on in other films in the same genre. Reasons such as how the narrative and

The Narrative provides a backbone to the structure on the film. It’s a story type text describing the sequence of situations and providing details of the characters. The narrative simply gives the plan for the film creating the essential details of the world for the characters and events. Genre on the other hand, describes and classifies the text into groups (genres) and even more depth with sub-genres. To determine the genre of a film, it needs to be analysed in depth, showing how it relates to the established “classic conventions” of a certain genre. However, genres are not closed systems, leaving debate open to what genre a film could be placed into after analysing. From this sub-genres are born which branch from the root genre. But, films do need to keep some of the essential aspects to be classed into a certain genre.

2 trailers from different ends of film that will be analysed are The Walking Dead Season 2 and Batman, The Dark Knight Rises. The Walking Dead series are based in a current day world where an infection is created, reaching all over the world, destroying the population. The main character, Rick, awakes from a coma and discovers the zombie/un-dead virus, finds his family and they continue in search of safety. After the first season establishing characters and the story background, season 2 build on this, with a change of setting, building in new characters and uncovering new details of the virus outbreak. In contrast, Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, is the 3^rd in the series and conclusion of the recent Batman films, directed by Christopher Nolan. It is set 8 years after the disappearance of Batman, with organized crime at its lowest in Gotham. After villain Bane, threatens Gotham’s safety with his nuclear plan, Bruce Wayne retrains himself and returns to his duty of the Batman, fighting Bane and his many followers. Both trailers contain quite obvious elements that make it easy to quickly classify them into genres. For example, the use of blood, gore and suspense in the trailer to The Walking Dead suggests it could come under a Horror genre, while in Batman, the explosions, fighting and huge special effects of destruction, could suggest a more Action based genre and the more newly established Superhero Genre.

The Walking Dead series comes under the Horror genre mainly, shown by the themes created using blood, gore and fear. However, the way camera shots, editing, sound and mise-en-scene also contribute to classifying a film to a genre. From the very beginning of the trailer, panic is created along with a sense of adrenaline from the handheld camera movement, which is just shot on the character’s (Shane) face, with movement created by him running. That opening shot is also very close up on his face and so are many other shots in the trailer, showing the emotion and fear of the characters. These handheld and close up shots make it very personal for the audience. The use of this has become so common that some films just use this type of shot, creating its own sub-genre, with examples such as [REC], Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield. The camera shots also generate the sense of being alone in the world contributing to the genre. For example, shots where there is one character being chased by zombies (near the start), makes them seem so small and outnumbered. When they are being chased, especially near the start, the figures are dark, almost just silhouettes, creating a sense of the unknown. The editing also contributes to the genre, with its quick cut shots, showing a fast moving pace of the footage. In contrast, it can also be edited to create suspense, adding little or no sound and then a quick shot to make the audience jump. Also between some shots in the trailer, the frame may just say black for a second, before quickly jumping to the next shot, perhaps creating the suspense again. The expected sounds are included in the trailer, such as screaming, heavy breathing and sounds of breaking bones/injuries, which tend to be typical of the horror genre. There is little conversation in the trailer and many scenes of arguing, reinforced by the quote of “the group’s broken” almost suggesting that everyone is just simply caring for the survival of their own, not those of the entire group. In the trailer, there is a typical use of blood, sweat and dirt on the characters, which is often used in Horror. The Walking Dead uses a strong sense of decay (buildings, settings etc.) and that the characters are deserted in this baron setting to reinforce a sense of them being very alone. Other elements in the trailer included are a running sense of emotions, fear and violence. A major part of the series is the involvement of the zombies, who are the main fear. In a Horror film there is always a villain, whether it is zombies, vampire, madman etc. This involvement of zombies in films has borne a new sub-genre of Zombie Horror. The actors/actresses used in The Walking Dead aren't particularly famous from being in any major films. This is very common in Horror because it makes it more personal to the audience and it’s not as easy to expect what their character will be like. The voice over in the trailer in a large part as it perhaps reinforces the sense of them being alone but also shows that Rick is the dominant and main character of the series.

Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, comes more under the Action genre, but also the more recently established, popular Superhero Genre. This famous stamp is reinforced by the DC Comics logo being among the large company ones at the start like Warner Bros. In the trailer, many of the shots are mid-shots, perhaps trying to include as much as possible into the frame, creating an “action-packed”, adrenaline feel. Some of the setting shots are large overview/establishing shots like the one over Gotham city, showing the size and perhaps power of what the city holds. A lot of the shots in the trailer and as quickly cut in comparison to The Walking Dead trailer. The shots like to show the amount of action that’s happening in those few seconds, while in The Walking Dead It’s more based on the characters feelings and creation of fear, rather than settings, explosions and fighting. However, towards the end of the trailer the cuts between shots quicken building up with the sound of the chanting, into the recognisable Batman theme tune, included in the other 2 films. The white font on the black background during credits also reinforces the dark theme of the film but also is used to match the colours of Batman. In Action films, large settings are often used, for example the football stadium and the large city of Gotham. You also may find that the settings are quite urbanized, being in modern cities. The villain in the film is large and dominant, yet another typical characteristic of a “bad guy” in an Action film. His face is also hidden and his voice of an evil, mysterious tone, which makes him more feared. Explosions, heavy machinery, weapons and violence are always in Action films which all occur in the trailer. In quite a lot of films in the Action genre, there is often an attractive woman as a main character either one in distress or as a helper. In Batman, Catwoman plays this role but breaks away from this character type in points of the film by double crossing Batman and being a dominant, physical character. The conversation in the trailer never includes background noise, but just between a few characters. There are parts where they whisper and it sounds quite sinister combined with the suggested evil that is approaching. At the beginning of the trailer, the voice over is a boy singing the American national anthem. This suggests that the action created in the film affects the whole country. Christian Bale has played the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in all 3 of the films; his voice when he is Batman has been a famous aspect of his character, having a deep, sort of croaky take on it. His body has also been an obvious part in the choice of actor, needing him to have strong and large muscles to fill the dominant role of Batman. Another essential actor in the films is Michael Caine, playing a wise character in being Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred. The Batman series are quite dark films and this is reinforced by how it is shot, scenes often being in urban areas (alley ways, sewers etc.) and in dark areas. This reinforces the evil and violence, overall contributing to the conventions of the Action genre.

The Narrative of The Walking Dead is introduced by Rick, the main character. His voice over introduces a brief over view of the plot and establishes that he’s the main character. The behaviour of the characters establishes the feelings and emotion between those in the group. The family connections show the sense of combined effort in the series, working together for survival. The music adds to the suspense created in the narrative and the way some of it builds up alongside events in the trailer. The narrative could be compared to some of the character types in Propp’s narrative theory, Rick perhaps being the hero and the villain being the zombies. But it then gets hard as you find some of the characters fit into the same roles and that often the group can work as a team having all equal roles at some point. One that I did think applied was how Shane becomes more the False Hero in the series. The other theory that could be applied is the simple living humans against the opposite, being the zombies/walking dead.

In Batman, the music at the beginning is the American national anthem. And as said previously, it suggests that the narrative is going to involve the whole of America and be a huge event. The anthem then becomes sort of eerie and mysterious behind the speech layers, adding to the dark feel of the film. Batman, being an established character, famous from the original comic books and films in the past, is expected to be in a narrative where he fights a villain, following the themes and typical narrative structure of most superhero comic books. These narratives can closely relate to Propp’s theory: Batman – Hero, Bane – Villain, Helper – James Gordon or Catwoman (?), Donor – Alfred/Lucius Fox, False Hero – Catwoman (at one stage), Princess – Catwoman (?), Rachel, Freedom, Dispatcher – Alfred. These characters perhaps fit similar to the roles of Propp’s theory.

In The Walking Dead trailer, Andrea is shown as quite a violent character, having to shoot both her sister and kill a zombie. She plays quite a dominant, out speaking character while Rick’s wife Lori and Carol are just shot either crying or arguing, showing they’re quite weak to the group. In the series the women often do the washing up and the cooking while the men do more of the physical jobs. On the other hand in Batman, Catwoman is the main female character. She is witty, strong and attractive. On one side it could be argued that it’s great to have a strong female character that outsmarts Batman at one point and can fight as well as a male character can. But then even her costume is still tight and “sexualized” and she still comes across as quite a flirty character.

T-Dog and Glenn are from non-white ethnic groups in The Walking Dead. T-Dog is represented quite negatively in the trailer. Firstly, he slips and cuts his arm on a broken car door, suggesting he’s quite weak and not particularly intelligent. Followed by him asking Dale that they should pack up and desert the group when they are alone, suggesting he’s a traitor to the group. Glenn plays a very little role in the trailer and it’s not until the full series that you get to see his character develop. In Batman, the main ethnic group character is Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman), who is an intelligent inventor for Bruce Wayne’s company. He is very much a peaceful character and is well respected throughout the series of films.

In both The Walking Dead and Batman, the men are the main characters and are shown as dominant, strong personalities. However, near the start of The Dark Knight Rises trailer, you see Bruce Wayne with a walking stick, showing his physical weakness that has grown with his age.

The Walking Dead would be mainly aimed at Males aimed between teenagers to possibly mainly 40s. The younger generation would show a preferred reading taking a liking to the blood, gore and excitement of the series. While a negotiated reading may be from females or slightly older audiences, feeling they may not like zombie related films, or lots of blood and gore, but may enjoy the excitement and the way it’s set in a modern time. A negative reading would simply not like the fact it’s detailed in blood and violence, perhaps to an older audience and then to a younger audience where it wouldn’t be suitable due to the gory scenes. Batman I think would be similar but there’s a slightly larger audience range, with the new attraction of strong character Catwoman and that Batman has been around since as early as 1939 bringing in audiences that could have seen the older Batman films from 1989 onwards.

In conclusion, The Walking Dead gives a good insight in the trailer to the Horror genre, keeping many typical Horror style conventions but at the same time incorporating new ideas with the newly developed Zombie Horror sub-genre, the more use of action and violence and a quite dominant use of female characterisation. I think it’s a great trailer; the music fits really well and the use of shots create a lot of emotion with the audience that connects with how the characters feel. The set of shots in the opening 20 seconds are some of my favourites also. Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, sticks very much to its expected elements but that would be expected being based on the comic book and being similar to the past 2 films. But this is essential as audiences clearly enjoy the Christopher Nolan series and find them action packed with obvious modern elements added in comparison to the older ones. They are very dark films and I personally think that’s what gives them a great and unique feel giving Batman a different style to a typical cheery, brighter looking super hero like Spiderman. The narratives are established well in both, but it definitely leaves it with plenty to be developed in the actual film/series. 

Poster Plan

I have recently been focusing more on looking at ideas for my film poster looking at a range of examples and also focusing more on those from a Horror genre. In the next few days I will make a rough sketch of my poster plan, thinking about the following things -

• Main Image
• Fonts
• Secondary Images
• Names
• Dates
• Colours
• Enigma Codes
• Theories
• Style
• Review Quotes

Zombie Paint Tester

In half term I experimented using different face paints and fake bloods, towards what I need to buy for my actual filming of my trailer. I basically used a mixture of white and grey as the main parts on the face, with more  black around the eyes, added with drops of fake blood, allowing them to run and smudging some so they look more like larger cuts or bruises.