Film magazine deconstruction

Film Poster

Poster deconstruction

Poster deconstruction mine

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To make this I viewed several different superhero posters and found that the featuring section is the logo. This is what I decided to use as the main feature. This is also creates a strong diffrenence from this to the magazine cover which includes the main character.
- I started by creating a merge of blue and black which I liked as it used part of the strong colour scheme then added a yellow boarder to enhance the blue and show the contrasting colour from the colour scheme,
-Next I introduced the logo as the main feature dead centre and the title of the film which is the superheroes name. I decided this as all superhero films which I have watched have the protagonist's name as the title. This is in a comic strip font with a black outline which enhances the superhero comic book feel.
-It's important to agnolage the main actors within the performance to we placed there names at the top of poster to gain instant recognition. Also important information such as the release date other influential text.
-To add a profession touch to the poster I created a box of credits to the producers and directors of the film. This was set our in an identical style to the ones I have researched into, right down to the difference in the font size for the importance of roles and where they were set out.
-Lastly I included both production company logos and on the final poster you will see I have included the age rating for the film this is a necessity.

Poster Research

Mel and I researched into different sizes we could create our poster, 'Quad, size 30 inches by 40 inches' is the standard size for the cinema posters we get in Britan.

Focus Group Feedback on Finished Trailer

Thomas Hobbs

"I'm pleased you stuck with the opening sequence, the 'Dino productions' made it even stronger. I really enjoyed the trailer, I'd like to go and see this film"

Bella McCrimmon



Liam Wraxton

"The music works really well I really like how the tempo of the music fits with the action we're watching and the crescendo at the end is really strong. If I had to give you any critical feedback it would be to include a wider range of shots in the action section at the end some seemed repetitive."




" The comic strip introduction really fits with the theme and I now understand the characters and plot much more."

Completed Film Trailer

Final soundtrack

After applying our draft sound track do our draft trailer we could see what was working and where it needed editing. Ulyesses wasn't flowing correctly within the soundtrack to beginning with and when we sampled it with the action in the trailer we saw how it would have really bought the whole project down. Because of this we returned to our chosen soundtrack contenders. Pulps- Do You Remember The First Time? included some really interesting effects which if edited correctly will compliment the action. We also found some really nice sound effect which can be included for Bella's invisible scene. We worked for a long time re-editing the soundtrack down to specific seconds so that different effects and important tempo changes fitted precisely with the completed soundtrack.

Here is the finished sound track:

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After Effects animation.

Keeping everything original and our own work Mel and I researched further into the creations and software that was available to us from the Adobe Creative Suit. Neither Mel and I had used software like this before and we're both quite excited to learn what animations we could create to include within our trailer, firstly to make it more interesting and second to enhance the professionalism within the completed construction.
From our research  we pulled out aspects of film trailers that were pretty much 100% animation these included

-Production company
-Logo
-Film title
-Credits
-Extra information screen (eg. Release date, rating)




Mel and I researched into tutorials we could take to teach ourselves extra skills within the software and found Video Copilot -Narrated by Andrew Kramer. This sight was a god send and really helped us both to develop our skills. We then took on different tasks and creations which we could include within the trailer:

Mel - Explosion effects, Title sequence.
Tayler- Credits to characters, Production company animation.

Rope swing analysis

My favourite shot from 'The Amazing Spiderman' is right at the very end where we see it from view of the character filming it as he moves around the roof tops as though his eyes. When looking further back into this I found that this shot originated from 'The Evil Dead'
Mel and I attempted our best to recreate this by making it seam as though our character was either moving at incredible speed or maybe flying which enhances the idea that our character has superpowers.
This was shot by Mel on a rope swing. The problem with these videos is the shake of the camera however we decided that if we only included short amounts and edited it appropriately so that the transitions create the right superhero effect these will work really well.
We did also have to pull a twilight effect on the video so that the colouring of it supported the darkness symbolised during the action shots towards the climax which shoes the evil which is threatening our hero character. This darkness supports Prop's theory of the villain within the darkness as well as the character.

Focus Group Feedback on Draft Trailer

From our findings from the questionnaire sent out to 100 people from our school we found that the main target audience age fell between 15-18. We asked a select range of students from our school to be part of our focus group, they all fall between the select age range and there is an equal ratio of males to females to watch the draft film trailer and give us feed back and their opinons on what could make this stronger. As they are our target audience and we wish to impress them and satisfy their needs their opinions are extremely important to collect.


Eloise de Carvalho -15


"The order of shots in the trailer were jumbled up too much and didn't create a flowing sequence that was understandable. There was also some large gaps in the plot and unnecessary repetition."

Thomas Hobbs -18

Paige Farrell -17

"The ending shot wasn't strong enough to create a lasting impression, you should think about including some credits, however I really liked the opening sequence.


  "Some of the shots dragged on, it would have been better if the pace was increased by cutting shots sooner."

Henry George -16

"Some of the transitions didn't help move the story forward, they were to snappy. You should also work on making your cuts smoother, like when Topaz Specter kicks the door open."

Bella McCrimmon -18

"You need to include strong background music, maybe you should consider narration or text to help the audience understand the story, I know it would have helped me."

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Liam Wraxton -15






"The characters need to be introduced, especially the superheros as we never actualy learnt what they are called."