In this post I will be answering my second evaluation question
Evaluation Question Two
In this answer I am going to show you a screen cast that was created that talks about certain parts of our short film.
Evaluation Question Two
In this answer I am going to show you a screen cast that was created that talks about certain parts of our short film.
Here is the screen cast.
Ancillary text 1: Magazine Review
We created a magazine review that followed the conventions of an Empire review we did this to make it look professional like it was actually out of a real magazine.
They also always have a line of text in a different box leading off from the 'IN CINEMAS'
A second convention is that they have the details of the films that they are reviewing placed before the text starts, it contains things like the main actors names, the certificate and the plot, this acts to give the audience a feel of the movie by showing who is in it and the plot.
We have also followed this convention, on the left is our magazine review and on the right is a real example from a review.
Third convention would be the use of the photo from the film, this photo usually takes up just under half of the page and is from the film so it hints at what is to happen, we do this also by using a photo from our characters wedding.
A fourth convention for magazine reviews by Empire is that they have the title of the film in big bold print and a small line of text under it before the review starts, this can be either a tagline or something that the magazine has entered themselves. Ours for example is a line that the magazine has entered, it reads "Make a date at your local cinema" we chose that line specifically because of the genre of the film, since it is a romance it could be watched when someone is on a date.
The final convention is the actual review, the content and the layout of it. The review can contain one of two things, either it is talked about by the person writing the review or it could act as an interview between the two main characters, we have done the latter option and made an interview and have our two main actors talking about the movie. Then at the end there is something called 'Verdict' this basically says whether or not the film sounds good or not.
As for the layout of the review, the review is usually laid out in four columns that are all pretty much the same length, it may have a quote somewhere in the middle of the review, this will either be an outsiders review or a line from the review itself.
Ancillary text 2: Movie Poster
I will now be talking about the conventions of movie posters and how we have followed them when creating our movie poster.
Above I have created a slide share that shows some conventions of romance film posters and have deconstructed two film posters that I had looked at previously.
We made sure that we followed basically all of these conventions when we were creating our film poster, I will now point out where we have used them.
Title, this has to be the biggest piece of text on the poster so that it is eye catching and people know where they are looking, we have followed this convention and made the title center and the biggest piece of text.
Next convention is the tagline, this has to be catchy and it should grab the audiences attention and make them think about what it could mean, for example, one of the real romance posters has "Inspired by true events" which is definitely interesting, ours as you can see above is "Second chance at love" which will also cause the audience to wonder about the film.
Third convention is Steel Tongs, this is a font used in every film poster, not just romance, this is the most professional way to show other information about the film, like director or producer, but it has to be small enough to not grab attention and draw it away from the poster, so that usually finds it at the bottom of the poster. We have done just that, we used steel tongs to list crew information of the film and placed it at the bottom of our poster so that it doesn't distract audience members.
Fourth convention is actually something I have missed from the slide share, this is the picture used, this has to be the main thing that attracts the audiences eye, for romance posters this will usually be a couple embracing each other or at least looking at each other lovingly, we have this with our two characters, Faith and Olly, looking and smiling at each other.
Fifth convention is actors names, this convention has the actors names being the second largest piece of text on the poster, this is done to draw the attention of viewers, for example, if it was a well known actor it would draw the attention of viewers. The actors names also have to be the same font as the title, we have done both points.
The finals conventions are the release date and the ident, the ident is usually found at the bottom of the poster, sometimes in with the Steel Tongs because it is not the main focus and is not known to attract the attention of viewers. We have done this but put it in slightly larger text that the rest of the Steel Tongs.
The release date however is usually what is looked for if the viewers are interested in seeing the film, this means is is usually in slightly large text in an easy to see spot, ours is in large text and below our tagline so it also draw attention.
Overall I am very pleased with how everything turned out, especially the ancillary texts because I think they look very professional and eye catching.
In my next post I will be answering evaluation question three.
