MAGAZINE REVIEW PAGE: Drafting layout

This is the

drafting layout

of our magazine.

MAGAZINE REVIEW PAGE: Analysing design and language conventions of magazine reviews

Through the use of the internet i researched other film review magazines such as "empire", "film review" and the internet movie database . and it came to my attention that film review are written in a informal chatty style, also in a film review magazine humour is used. this is used to continue to engage the audience and make the reading experience enjoyable to the reader. For example in the magazine review of the film "fun with dick and jane" the whole of the text is written in second person. and in the last paragraph of thw film review "Dick and Jane proves as much fun as watching a crooked fat can get his comeuppance". this is an example of sattire humour.

MAGAZINE REVIEW PAGE: Researching different film magazine audiences

Through the use of the internet i discovered site and sound magazine. Sight and sound magazine mostly reviews films from the British Film Institute. Also sight and sound magazine reviews magazines from a narrow art release. sight and sound also features a full cast and crew credit list for each reviewed film.

In contrast, Empire doesn't review irreverent or "serious" films as sight and sound magazine. but Empire magazine review both mainstream and art films.

FILM POSTER: Drafting / editing

This is the layout of our film poster.

We then took our pictures.

We cut this image out picture using microsoft fireworks

Then through the use of Adobe fireworks, we then merged the pictures together



Finally,by using Microsoft publisher we added in all the text and effects.

FILM POSTER: Setting up mise en scene

our film poster was shot in a bedroom we chose to use this as we wanted to give clue to our audience, wanted show that our film is about sleep. Also in the film poster the bedroom s messy is in between the two characters in the film this could show tension between the characters.

These are the locations of the film poster.

FILM POSTER: Sketching possible images/fonts

This is our first idea for a title design we chose the clours black and white becaue these colours contrast and stand out. what we also did to make it stnad out is use a bold font. we did not use this font in our film poster simply because it too plain.

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n this style of font we played around with the background and made it black and we change the style of our font with a fade effect.

in this style of font we still kept the background black. we chose not to use this font as it seems to complicated. this will draw to much attention to itself thereby distracting the audience from the film poster image.
this style of font is bigger than the font. We chose this font as it looks much bolder than the other font but at the same time it is simple. also the style of font is transparent this brings curiousity tothe audience.


In this sketch of our film poster, the image of a bed is in the background along with the younger brother. in the foregorund is the picture of the older brother. in the sketch of the film poster, we wanted to get the message across is that our film is based on sleep which is why we came up of the idea of an image of a bed.

in this film poster sketch the image of the older brother is in the foregound and the image of the younger brother is in the background. we came up with this idea because the fact that the younger brother in the background can represent the younger brother as cunning and hidden. and this will have an effect on the older brother, because he is in the foreground this illustrates a relationship with the younger brother and also. this show he is the main focus of the film.

FILM POSTER: pitching ideas for poster

our film is a drama, we wanted to get this genre across to the audience. so i decided to make the chatacters look realisitc. this gave me the idea that the chatacters should wear normal clothes so that a sense of realism could be created. also in our film poster we wanted to give hints to the audience of the relationship of between the characters in the film.

so for the younger brother we placed him in the foreground and the older brother in the bakground. this tells the audience that the younger brother has a big part to play in the film, and this will effect the older brother in a negative way as his body langugae in the background is agitated. we got this idea from the "Guess who" poster.

these are some of the taglines we had for our film poster

"trouble lurks around the corner"

" worst than all your fears"

" all your dreams will not come true"

FILM POSTER: Analysing conventions of film posters

I researched other film posters. and i realised the conventions used in a film poster is a catchy large, title which attracts the eye
bold colours which stand out from the background,
an intriguing picture which would attract viewers to the film.
persuasive language which might persuade the viewers to go and see the film.
and the age of certificate which assures the right type of people are watching the film.

An example of how a film posters uses conventions to attact their target audience. (in this case it could be for sci fi fans) woud be the images on the film poster will be futuristic and mysterious e.g a picture of a spaceship a robot or new technology.

FILM:Shooting Schedule

Friday 27th November:
scene 1 - 9 am
Filming establishing shot of the house in the morning
Taking footage of roads and streets

Saturday 28th November:
Scene 2 -6:30pm
Establishing shot of the house during the night.

Wednesday 18th November:
11am
Filming of argument between the older and younger brother.

Monday 30th November:
Filming of first scenario
Younger brother turning up the central heating

Thursday 10th December:
Pictures taken for film poster:
Older brother sitting on the edge of bed looking stressed
The younger brother watching him from outside the bedroom.

Sunday 13th December:
End of scene 2 after younger brother has found the timetable.
Scene 3- Beginning from when older brother has gone to sleep.

Wednesday 16th December: Filming of the last scenarios.
The tidying up of the shoes,
The younger brother messing up the house
Older brother cleaning it up
Younger brother on the phone.

Thursday 14th December: Filming of the last scene
Older brother missing exam
Dialogue between younger brother and teacher

Saturday 16th December: Evaluating footage. Re-filming any improvements.