BLOG CLOSURE NOTIFICATION

Center Name: Norbury Manor B&E College
Center Number: 14343
Candidate Name: Sophia Cortis
Candidate Number: 2058
Unit: G324

The Enigma- Trailer

This is the final of The Enigma horror trailer.

The Enigma- Poster

Here is the final poster for the horror trailer of The Enigma.

The Enigma- Magazine Cover

This is the final magazine front cover for our trailer The Enigma.

Tickets and Presentation for Premiere

This is the ticket we produced for our trailer 'The Enigma', to give out when promoting the premiere for the A2 horror trailers.

We presented this presentation to the people who attended the horror trailer premiere, which briefly goes over the narrative of our trailer and our horror poster and magazine cover.

Evaluation Question 4- How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Evaluation Question 3- What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

This is an audio I made on SoundCloud answering the third evaluation question, 'What have you learnt from your audience feedback?'

Evaluation Question 2- How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

This is a video of me going through my answer to the second evaluation question.

Evaluation Question 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

This is my answer to the first evaluation question 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?' I answered this as a voice recording in SoundCloud.

Links Between Trailer, Magazine Cover and Poster

This is a SoundCloud audio I've done which explains our decisions which present the links between our trailer for 'The Enigma,' the magazine front cover and poster.

MAGAZINE: Target Audience Feedback

Once we completed the magazine front cover, we asked people from our target audience of 15+ to write what they thought about the product on a sticky note after showing them the final product.

MAGAZINE: Front Cover Features

MAGAZINE: Masthead and Font Decisions

MAGAZINE: Photograph Manipulation

MAGAZINE: Layout/ Photoshop

MAGAZINE: Shots Taken/ Mise- En- Scene

For the magazine front cover, after looking at real media texts and what types of shots were used,we decided on a mid- shot of the actor. We wanted the shot to have just half his face showing in a blue tinted light; we produced this by covering a torch light with blue tissue paper and shining the torch on the right side of the actors face. We chose for the actor's clothing to match the lighting of the shot, ensuring that there wouldn't be any clash of colours within the final image.

Final Shot
This was the chosen image for the front cover of the magazine because it came out to be the most clearest out of the shots taken. Also, this shot portrays the blue light on the right side of his face and the darkness on the left with a distinguishable line going through the middle of the actor's face.

Research into Empire House Styles

This is a voice recording I uploaded onto SoundCloud explaining the research we did into Empire Magazine and how this will influence our magazine front cover for our trailer, The Enigma.

POSTER: Target Audience Feedback

Once the final poster was completed, to gather our target audience research, we asked people to explain what they liked about the poster on a sticky note after showing them the final product.

POSTER: Links to Research

POSTER: Features

This is an audio I recorded explaining the features within the poster of 'The Enigma.'

POSTER: Font and Image Decisions

POSTER: Image Manipulation

POSTER: Layout/ Photoshop

POSTER: Shots Taken/ Mise- En- Scene

Here is a video I made using, Biteable, of the different shots taken for the poster of our trailer 'The Enigma.'
We wanted there to be a link with the magazine front cover so decided on the use of shadows and there being a coloured light shining on certain parts of the actor's face. So, to produce the red tinted light, we covered the camera lens with red tissue paper and ensured that the actor's clothing didn't disrupt the image by asking him to wear darker clothing. To go with the mystery idea, we got the actor to cover his face with his hair and got him to wet it to make it look shiny and effective.

Final Shot

The image on the left is the chosen image for the poster as it

came out the most clearest and the red tint on the camera was subtle but worked really well in highlighting certain parts of his face in red. Additionally, the actor's facial expression looks very serious and stern which is what we wanted as it portrayed the darker side of the character within the trailer. Additionally, his gaze directly into the camera creates a more frightening effect on audiences. 

TRAILER: Links to Theories and Storyboard

This is an audio I created on SoundCloud, explaining how our trailer 'The Enigma' links to theories and our storyboard we produced during the planning stages.

TRAILER: Evidence of Use of Shot Transitions

TRAILER: Research Into and Use of Music

Here is a PowerPoint I made explaining the research we did and the use of music within our trailer of 'The Enigma.'

TRAILER: Use of Sound Effects

Here is an audio I produced on SoundCloud explaining the use of sound effects we used within our trailer of 'The Enigma.'

TRAILER: Titles and Fonts

TRAILER: Evidence Controlled use of the Camera

This overhead shot of a plate of food represents controlled use of the camera as we had to ensure that the shadow of us holding the camera, didn't appear within the shot and on the table. Additionally, taking this shot meant that the camera had to stay still throughout, which was difficult because we were unable to use a tripod for this type of shot.

This shot required controlled use of the camera so that the shadow of us filming wasn't included within the shot and also being caught in the shot through the mirror above the sink. Also, we had to ensure that this shot got both, the actor washing his hands and the running water. 

TRAILER: Shot Types and Sizes

SHOT TYPES on Biteable.

TRAILER: Careful use of Mise- En- Scene

This is an example of two shots we took a lot of notice to regarding the mise- en- scene and how it could portray the character, Elijah's, behavioural traits. 

Individual Contribution