Thursday 17 February 2011

Why we changed our genre

We researched futher into the genre of our film. and after discussing it with our teacher we decided that we should change the genre. We thought it would be better if it would be a black comedy because we wanted to show voilence however the way we had planned our film would make the violence more laughable then serious. Therefore we thought black comedy would be more suitable.

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Poster sizes

Movie Poster Sizes
The standard is the one sheet (27 x 41 inches). There are also posters available in 8 x 10 inches. These are often used for promotion and showcasing in the lobby. The lobby card (LC) measures 11 x 14 inches.

No longer available in the US, they used to come in eights. One card featured the film credits and the rest artwork featuring scenes from the film.

One of the most popular is the ½ sheet. These measure 22 x 28 inches. It’s set on card stock. The billboard size measures 106 x 234 inches. These are set up along roadside billboards.

Other movie posters include the 6 sheet (81 x 81 inches), the three sheet (41 x 81), and the banner (81 x 24). There is also the mini window (11 x 14), the insert (14 x 36) and the lenticular (27 x 41).

The poster sizes mentioned here are standards but don’t be surprised if other dimensions start to get used. These posters have become very popular and effective as marketing tools. So expect them to be harnessed in different ways.

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The Small Size
The smallest is 11 x 17”. This is slightly bigger than legal paper (8.5 x 14”). This size is also beyond the capability of ordinary desktop printers. These types of posters aren’t that expensive. They can also be used effectively indoors or if space is restricted.

They are large enough to command attention. These sizes work well when used on phone booths and community boards. This poster type works best if text use is limited. This poster size is excellent for placing ads regarding announcements.




Medium Size
Dimensions of this one come in at 18 x 24”. It’s the standard size of indoor posters. If you shop around for posters of celebrities, they’ll likely come in this size. This can be used effectively with large graphics and one headline message. You can also place some text below the main heading text.

These poster dimensions are used in doctor’s offices. These sizes are also used in oil changing shops or in areas where pedestrians can read them.



Large Size
They measure 24 x 36” or 27 x 39”. These are almost always used in the outdoors. If you’re going to utilize this poster size, use only large text. People will be seeing this while in motion (i.e., driving or walking by). So eye catching graphics and straight to the point messages are essential.

They can also be used indoors if the place has high traffic. These include cafeterias and trade shows. They are very useful for grabbing people’s attention.

Custom Built Postershere are now printing services that can print posters tailored to your specifications. It is true desktop printers can produce high quality posters. But if you need to print in a large size, the printer probably won’t be able to handle it. The printing services can also use very specific color sets i.e., RGB, CMYK etc). You just have to specify what you want.





http://www.dimensionsguide.com/standard-poster-size/

Thursday 10 February 2011

What we have completed so far

This is a video of what we have completed so far.
We have finished our sub tasks which are a poster to be advertised into a magazine or as a film poster would be shown, and a double page magazine spread.
Our Magazine is to be shown in Empire magazine therefore we researched into how they produce their magazines, for example they do not always have The name clear, this is because it is a well known magazine therefore they do not have to show it as people already know what magazine it is and what it is about.
After we had completed a first draft or our magazine review, we exhibited it to people of our target audience and asked them how we could improve our magazine. However we also had to think about the conventions of a poster and how Empire magazine conveys their layout, which means this would not allows us to change everything as it has to be arranged a certain way.
When getting the feedback the majority of people had the same comments. these were to change the font and the size of the Title.
For our poster, we came up with three different posters and will decide which one we shall use, The poster is very simplistic as on average a person only looks at a poster for 20 seconds. this means you need to tell them all of the information and get them to remember the film in that amount of time.

Our Actors



These are some photos of the Actors we are using. this was to seee if they were able to be confident infromt of a camera, we also made some screen tests these are shown below.