Lewis Made some Magazine layout ideas, you can see them on
http://a2medialewissurridge.blogspot.com/
Thursday 18 November 2010
Poster layout ideas
Here are some photos of a poster layout;
On all of the posters the writing is bold for everyone to see, as you have to be able to see it from a distance. It has to be clear as it is recorded at people only pay attention to the poster for a couple of seconds this means we need to get all of the information we want onto the poster and make it stand out from the others, this is why we are going to keep the poster simple but give all of the information we can.
For this poster the title is clear
And the last thing seen on a poster is at the bottom right hand corner therefore its the last thing seen.
And the last thing seen on a poster is at the bottom right hand corner therefore its the last thing seen.
For this poster, the title is in the bottom right hand corner because if it was in a magazine the last thing you would see before you turn over the next page would be the title. i think this is better than the web address being there as i would want people to remember the title of the film.
I do not like this layout as i think everything is too close together and too in the corner of the photo. i would not choose this either.
For this the title is clear but the website address is not. Therefore i would not use this.
Weekly update
In todays lesson we are going to;
Finish magazine review planning- layout
Magazine Layout Plan
Poster planning
Upload photos of plan
Upload photos of a magazine review
We were able to this this as we split the responsibilities, in the lesson i was able to upload examples of recent magazine reviews and explain what i think our magazine shouold look like and why. There are many different layout styles, i like the layout with equal amount of photos and writing to show the film. I was also able to create and upload some ideas of how we can layout oure poster for our short film. i think this was a productive lesson as i was able to schieve my goals set.
Finish magazine review planning- layout
Magazine Layout Plan
Poster planning
Upload photos of plan
Upload photos of a magazine review
We were able to this this as we split the responsibilities, in the lesson i was able to upload examples of recent magazine reviews and explain what i think our magazine shouold look like and why. There are many different layout styles, i like the layout with equal amount of photos and writing to show the film. I was also able to create and upload some ideas of how we can layout oure poster for our short film. i think this was a productive lesson as i was able to schieve my goals set.
Thursday 4 November 2010
Weekly progress
After researching the conventions of a magazine and a poster we have then decided to create a trial of what a magazine spread and poster would look like.
Questionnaire
To find out our target audience we created a questionnaire which is shown below, from this we found out where the best place to distribute the film and to advertise it and much they would pay to watch the film. Because we have found out this information we can now look closer into the .We will be able to see why short films are age rated a certain age and how what makes it that rating.
Age
12-14 []
15-17 []
18+ []
17 x 4
Do you watch Short films?
Yes []
No []
occasionally []
no x 2
yes x 1
occasionally x 1
If no, why?
..........................................................................................................
too simple , doesnt hold interest
What genre would you prefer to watch?
Thriller []
Comedy []
Horror []
Animated []
Romcom []
thriller x 1
thriller/ comedy x 1
Animated x 1
Romcom x 1
What would you like to see in a short film?
Comedy/jokes []
Action []
Narrative []
Simple storyline []
Complex storyline []
Comedy/jokes x 2
Complex storyline x 1
Action x 1
How many characters do you think a short film should have?
1 []
2 []
3 []
4 []
5 []
6 []
7 + []
2 x 2
3 x 1
6 x 1
How long should a short film last for?
less than 5 minutes []
5 minutes []
10 minutes []
15 minutes []
50 minutes []
More than 20 minutes []
5 x 2
10 x 1
20 x 1
Where would you watch a short film?
Internet []
Cinema []
T.V []
Internet x 2
Cinema x 2
How do you think they should be advertised?
Cinema []
Social networking sites []
Posters []
T.V []
Internet []
posters x 1
cinema x 1
social networking sites x 1
Internet x 1
Where should the location be set?
Forest []
City []
Village []
Streets []
city x 2
village x 1
random x 1
Do you think its more affective to film at night?
Yes []
No []
Random []
Other ............................
No x 2
Yes x 1
Dusk x 1
What time of the year should it be set?
Winter []
Summer []
Autumn []
Spring []
Autumn x 2
Winter x 1
Summer x 1
what time period should it be set in?
Modern []
Past []
Future []
Any []
Modern x 4
How much would you pay to see a short film?
Nothing
less than 1 pound []
1-2 pounds []
3-4 pounds []
5-6 pounds []
6-10 pounds []
10-15 pounds []
other []
less than one pound x 1
two pounds x 1
five pounds x 2
Why would you go see a short film?
.....................................................................................
new experience
Boredom
entertaining
new cultural experience
Who would you go see a short film with?
....................................................................................
Girlfiend x 1
Friend x 3
How should we promote this?
...................................................................................
Bus posters
Magazine review
Radio adverts
Web advertising
What type of viewer do you think would watch short films?
.................................................................................
Teen x 4
Age
12-14 []
15-17 []
18+ []
17 x 4
Do you watch Short films?
Yes []
No []
occasionally []
no x 2
yes x 1
occasionally x 1
If no, why?
..........................................................................................................
too simple , doesnt hold interest
What genre would you prefer to watch?
Thriller []
Comedy []
Horror []
Animated []
Romcom []
thriller x 1
thriller/ comedy x 1
Animated x 1
Romcom x 1
What would you like to see in a short film?
Comedy/jokes []
Action []
Narrative []
Simple storyline []
Complex storyline []
Comedy/jokes x 2
Complex storyline x 1
Action x 1
How many characters do you think a short film should have?
1 []
2 []
3 []
4 []
5 []
6 []
7 + []
2 x 2
3 x 1
6 x 1
How long should a short film last for?
less than 5 minutes []
5 minutes []
10 minutes []
15 minutes []
50 minutes []
More than 20 minutes []
5 x 2
10 x 1
20 x 1
Where would you watch a short film?
Internet []
Cinema []
T.V []
Internet x 2
Cinema x 2
How do you think they should be advertised?
Cinema []
Social networking sites []
Posters []
T.V []
Internet []
posters x 1
cinema x 1
social networking sites x 1
Internet x 1
Where should the location be set?
Forest []
City []
Village []
Streets []
city x 2
village x 1
random x 1
Do you think its more affective to film at night?
Yes []
No []
Random []
Other ............................
No x 2
Yes x 1
Dusk x 1
What time of the year should it be set?
Winter []
Summer []
Autumn []
Spring []
Autumn x 2
Winter x 1
Summer x 1
what time period should it be set in?
Modern []
Past []
Future []
Any []
Modern x 4
How much would you pay to see a short film?
Nothing
less than 1 pound []
1-2 pounds []
3-4 pounds []
5-6 pounds []
6-10 pounds []
10-15 pounds []
other []
less than one pound x 1
two pounds x 1
five pounds x 2
Why would you go see a short film?
.....................................................................................
new experience
Boredom
entertaining
new cultural experience
Who would you go see a short film with?
....................................................................................
Girlfiend x 1
Friend x 3
How should we promote this?
...................................................................................
Bus posters
Magazine review
Radio adverts
Web advertising
What type of viewer do you think would watch short films?
.................................................................................
Teen x 4
Conventions of a poster
After studying posters from several short films i have discovered that there are many convetions specific to a poster, for example most posters have the minimum of information, they are mostly used as an attention grabber. For example they use a big picture to grab your attention and use bold colours they often have just the title above as a source of information, this is used so you look up information about the film and will often link to a webpage to the film, we are doing this with the magazine spread. On our poster we will have the release date of the film the title, the webite adress and a still shot from the film, as this is the most common convention of the poster.
the aim of the poster is to grab someones attention, it is said we only have 11 seconds, this means the writing has to be bold
Todays planning
We have decided that Lewis would find out about the conventions of a magazine review and I would research posters, but we will then discuss the possible ideas for both.
We decided to allocate us different taks to make sure that we were able to complete all of the tasks. This means we can Research as much as we can in the time allocated for our short film. However because we are splitting the roles we will need to make sure we are able to discuss and show each other what we have come up with and how we can change/improve them. Therefore at the start of the lesson we shall present to each other what we have done that week.
We decided to allocate us different taks to make sure that we were able to complete all of the tasks. This means we can Research as much as we can in the time allocated for our short film. However because we are splitting the roles we will need to make sure we are able to discuss and show each other what we have come up with and how we can change/improve them. Therefore at the start of the lesson we shall present to each other what we have done that week.
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