Evaluation 2

Product I created: Insert poster

The theme I was aiming for was the serious look in the investigators eyes to show the movie is hardcore, thrilling and action packed.me>

The departed was the poster that I was using for reference as it is similar to the genre we are doing and the style of it works well with it.

The colour scheme of the poster has a range of dark colours to go with the idea of mysterious setting. The title colours contrasts one another while playing a trick on the view making them look twice, since some of the letters look similar both ways it make's it confusing to look at. The small text are white because it makes it easier to see and it stands out to the audience.


The main image was moved towards the left as people read from left to right it makes it stand out. I kept man on the left lighter to draw attention to his face showing the serious nature of the film and the eye stair right at the view so matter where you stand to almost pressure the view in viewing the poster.

The clothes that the characters wear are common for what roles they play, the investigator wearing smart clothes whereas the villain is wearing dark clothes. This shows the difference in both the characters and where they both stand, one citizen the other a criminal.

My aim for the magazine cover was to give a few clips of some scenes in the trailer to catch the audience. The main picture is to give hte impression that the main character is looking directly at you and the eyes follow you no matter where you look at it. The dark theme is to represent the seriousness of the characters. 

This is the final cut of the trailer. The main theme that we were getting at is an teenager/adult serious crime thriller. The colours and the atmosphere give the impression of seriousness and the lighting of each scene shows tha the has willingness to never stop.

What did i learn from my research?
I learned that lighting for everything is important, it can be the difference between a good scene and a great scene same foes for pictures for magazines and posters. Bright lighting for a serious scene can draw people out of not leaving that lasting impression the producers were trying to create.

How have i use synergy in my work?

The way I have created synergy in my work is the focus on the detective. He is the main face of the poster, magazine and the trailer. This allows the audience to already distinguish who the main character is and who the side characters are. He wears the same shirt throughout the all three to show his professionalism in his role as a detective. An example of other synergy are the characters in The Departed mainly the police who wear the same uniforms due to their job.

Evaluation 1

The Maverick Trailer

Film Diary 3

Day of the filming: Saturday 13th January 2018

We Filmed a lot during that day. We managed to get an interrogation scene, a chase scene and a fight scene from it which will make most of the run time of the trailer

Film diary 2

We are going to film at Ferry Meadows on Saturday 13th January.

We are going to attempt a chase scene and a fighting scene as well.

Jack is going to be the man in the hood.

Jamie is the investigator

Magazine Template 3

This has taken the base layout of the previous magazine layout but changed to a picture that was taken by me. The masthead has changed to having a line through the P and the C to separate the two letters. I can see some issues at the moment and that is the film title, it is hard to see due to the skin tone and the colour of the shirt meaning that will will have to be changed.

A lot of the text has been changed around and the film title has been brightened up so make it more visible. The banner has been moved from the bottom right to the middle left so that it doesn't overlap the film title and it makes it clearer as well.

The banner's text changed to 'The Irishman' so that it adds more to the magazine instead of it being all about The Maverick. Also one picture has been added to the red bar to see how it will look later on.

Textual analysis

The Departed
Cinematography -
In the trailer the departed there is a common occurrence of panning to the right. This can show different for different purposes such as quickly shown a group of people, introducing someone or showing a large object but in this case it is mostly used to show new characters.





The trailer shows a lot of medium close-ups on the main characters keeping them the key focus. This can also show that the films key focus is on the narrative wanting to give each character depth and meaning to the story.






The Departed shows an establishing shot of the city it is located in but it shows it towards the end of the trailer which is different to most other trailers where they show the location at the start of the trailer instead.






In this show he turns off the light to show his transition from good to bad showing that he is a "Rat" in the trailer. The dark atmosphere gives it a serious vibe.









Mise-En-Scene -
At 0.25 You can see the professionalism of the police by the straight line and smart uniforms which can also strike fear in others due to their authority.







The leopard print dressing gown, multiple rings and the excessive art shows the rich nature of this man which can show the power he holds with his wealth.





The get-up that he has on makes him look suspicious, someone who does't want to be seen or noticed in public.








Sound -
The start of the trailer has background sound of police sirens and cars driving by insinuating law enforcement.








Music cuts out and only his voice can be heard. This makes for a scene where they want to emphasis a sentence to have more of an impact in doing so will leave the words imprinted in the audiences head.





Transition from slow music to up beat music. The slow music is to give a bit of backstory then the sudden transition is to kick the filler scenes in to show what the film has to offer.






 Music is only playing no other sound. As it cuts through different types of scenes from romance to action the same song plays through an not other sound to hide the rest of the story for when they view the movie.

Magazine template 2

This is the first attempt of my magazine cover. The picture in the middle is a place holder until i have taken the pictures for everything. The masthead might need to be changed or moved as it is touching the edge of the screen along side the main sell line.

I added the red bar behind the main image as a place holder for clips that are going to be cut out and placed over it. The yellow banner is to attract the focus of the reader to look at it as a way of advertising something to them based on the genre on the magazine.

The masthead is closer together and moved away from the edges to give it a neater look.

Editing template idea 1

For the start of my editing I decided to change the colours of the original clip to match the setting that we are aiming for (dim and ominous).

Before:























After:



During this process I decided to add something at the start of it to imitate a flash of a camera for the effect of a crime scene in operation.


This fades relatively quickly to reveal what the flash is hiding. If this were to be put into the final cut some of the other clip may have to be altered to fit with it.


There is a lot of grain that can be noticed because of the lighting that was used which makes the trailer very hard to watch as other parts are distracting. the way that we can remove this is by editing the originals in after effects and transferring them back over to premier pro.