Filming Day 2

Today, we went to some woods to film "chase" scenes. It was a lovely sunny day and although we weren't there for many, many hours, we still got all our footage and hopefully won't have to re-film.

Here are some pictures:

Consulting the ACTION PLAN!

Jenny in the distance, preparing to stumble down.

Getting acquainted with the tree she was about to hide behind.

Jenny's lonely, abandoned belongings (while we filmed her)

Digging at lunch.

Going to another part of the woods to film more.

Jenny about to be dragged down the hill.

Thank you Jenny, for laying in leaves and repeatedly running down hills!

Potential poster photos

Here are some rough potential photographs for our poster, if we decide on the Blair Witch Project style of treetops: 

Sound Research

For our film teaser trailer we want much of the sound to be diegetic to suggest a sense of realism. However, to achieve maximum marks and to give our teaser an authentic feel we must also include a non-diegetic soundtrcack.



The Inception soundtrack for the teaser trailer is particularly effective as it consists of one chord getting louder at a steady pace. It grabs the viewers attention as it is very intense and dramtic. It further suggests the sound of a heart beat or a clock, of time running out. The sound itself is very mechanical, reflecting the atmosphere of the film.


The Uninvited trailer soundtrack is mostly dialouge, however the quick paced editing at the end is matched effectively to the beats, which correspond to the quick flashes of picture. The beats reflect a rapid heart beat, and heighten the atmosphere.

Abyss poster idea

Poster designs in more detail

We discussed our poster designs in more detail, paying particular attention to layout. The bottom two designs were examples of more conventional layouts, and although these satisfied the genre we thought they were not particularly unique. We therefore tried to expand our creativity in our other designs.  

Our favourite design is the top left hand sketch. It is the most relevant to our plot, whilst remaining intriguing to the viewer. We also thought a lot more about where the viewer's eye line would naturally fall. Our next step will be to take high quality photos of our actress so we can develop our ideas further.

Buried poster 2 deconstruction

Buried poster 1 deconstruction

There wasn't a great deal to say because of its simplicity- which is why it's a good poster (because it doesn't overload you with information).

Tag line research (from other media blogs)



Progeny's tag line is 'Hush little baby, don't sat a word'. This is an effective tag line because there is a child featured in the poster as the main image. Because of the way the child is positioned and dressed, she looks sinister which puts an edge on the simple nursery rhyme line and gives it a scarier feel. The line is also relevant to the film because it is the main song in the trailer, so the poster and trailer are clearly linked.





Insurgence's tag line is 'sometimes it's better to be left in the dark'. It is a good tag line because it reveals the film has a literally dark narrative, which can also be seen from the night vision style image. However, it is quite long so not particularly catchy .





Seventh Heaven's tag line is 'the hangover you'll never get over'. This is a good tag line because it is clearly related to and implies the narrative of the film being focused on alcohol. However, it is also quite long- tag lines should be short and catchy.  





This is a sketch for the Thick Skin poster. Although not the final product, it has been decided that the tag line will be a quote from the teaser trailer. This is a good idea because it directly links to the film and people will rememeber the line when they watch the film so are likely to repeat it, promoting the film. This would not work for our poster, however, because we have little dialogue and it is all 'help!' and 'get me out!' so wouldn't work very well.



Filming =D

Well I personally thought this was a jolly good days filming. Thanks to Jenny again for being our brilliant actress, who is willing to do absolutely anything, even lie in a coffin for hours while we threw dirt at her. Love you Jenny =D

Current News