Thursday 27 February 2014

Evaluation of final brief


Evaluation of final brief

The start of my film introduces a family of small insects trying to get into a house, to steal all of the food from the cupboards due to the loss of the of their food supply. In the middle of the movie, the family of insects meet a bird that explains why there is no food, a newly built dam that is stopping a river flowing. The river provides water for the plants. Near the end of the film the bird and the insects have to blow up the dam, stop it from working or they have to travel up river to get to place where the plants are fine.


The idea for my movie came from multiple animated movies, Over the Hedge and Ice age 2. My movie is a comedy aimed at children between the ages on 5-11. My film is unisex so it is not aimed at any specific genre. The media production I used to advertise my movie was a poster.
When I was designing the poster I used bright colors like, green, blue and white to match the colors on films that are the same genre as mine like Hotel Transylvania, Ice Age and Over the Hedge. Other films that are not aimed at children like action or thriller movies don’t usually have bright colors, usually they’re quite dull and they don’t stand out as much.  The main focus on the advert (the poster) is the dam that has affected the family of insects because that is the thing that makes up most of the story, but the main focus in advertising action and thriller films are usually the main characters but in my film there are multiple main characters. Instead of just having one or two.


When I was thinking of an idea for a movie it was very difficult and I couldn’t think of anything to do my movie about, but when I needed to take pictures to use for my final poster design that was both easy and quite difficult it was both because although I knew what pictures I needed like a blue sky, a wall and some rocks the sun wouldn’t be out so I couldn’t  use the photos on the poster because the poster was supposed to be bright.

 Compositing the pictures to make the poster was very easy because I can remember how to do it but the only reason it was difficult is when the images would take a while to load in and move around on the page.

I think the overall poster design went very well and I think I was suitable for my target audience because it was bright, bold and colorful, I also think it correctly responds to the brief. My poster design is interesting, different and creative, I also think it will hook and interest the buyer. The photos I used were clear enough for me to use in my design but they could have been better.
Next time I do this I will experiment with the layout of the poster to make it look better, I will also get more base material on my own by taking more pictures instead of going on the internet and getting images.

Thursday 6 February 2014

FILM COMPANY LOGO

POSTER WITH LOGO:                                                      FILM COMPANY LOGO:

finished final movie poster design + write up


- When I started my poster design, I got the background (a blue sky) and put it onto photoshop.

- I then added the title of the film and the release date of the film.
- Next I found some silhouetted pictures of a bug and a bird and composited them to the background.

-Next I got a picture of two boulders next to each other and used the lasso tool to get rid of the majority of the  background to make sure all of the background was gone I composited the rest of the background away.

- Then I created a new layer and added the two rocks to make the cliffs surrounding the dam.

- Next I got the picture of a black brick wall and composited it between the rock faces to create the dam.

- I then took a picture of a puddle and used it for the river that is under/in front of the dam and composited it into the final composite.