CONSTRUCTION: POSTER

For my poster I looked at different techniques to use for my poster. Today I looked at dissolving Aaron into the background of the poster. To do this I started by using the magnetic lasso tool to select Aaron, I then pasted him into a new document which was 11X17 inches, which is a portrait paper. I followed this tutorial in order to create the effect. Here are a few screenshots of my progress throughout out, the collage was made on befunky.com

To create this effect, I started by selecting Aaron with the magnetic lasso tool from the image I took of him. I then duplicated the layer of Aaron, I added another layer and filled it in white to create the plain white background. I then made another copy of the layer with Aaron. I named one 'effect' and the top layer 'model'. Next, with the 'effect' layer selected, I selected the liquify tool,  I used a large brush size of 500. I then starting clicking and dragging the right side of Aaron until I was satisfied. On the effect layer, I then added a layer mask, which I then filled in black. I then selected the 'model' layer and added a layer mask, I then used a brush tool, and selected a speckled brush. I then went around the right side of Aaron and dabbed this effect on him, I varied the size and orientation of the brush to make it look less like a pattern. I then clicked on the 'effect' layer mask, I then did the same again using a speckled brush, I varied the size and direction of the brush. I then played around with this until I was happy with the end result.
I then made some practice posters, to try and get a background I was happy with, this collage was also made on befunky.com

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

Today I continued editing, I got some feedback saying we should use a shot of London at the beginning of the trailer and have a few words to set the scene and tone of the trailer. I used one of the independent shots I took when I was flying home from New York, as the plane was landing I quickly shot a few clips of London.
I decided I wanted the font to go in and out on top of each other, so used a typewriter like font to do this.
Here is a video of the opening section of our trailer:

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING

Today Kate, Sophie and I  and I went to Kingston to film the scene where Sydney is looking at an expensive jewellery shop (Links London) and walks in. She was carrying two small expensive bags; Pandora and Hermes. This shows how she has a lot of disposable money and the audience would question where a young girl would be getting all this money from. This will drive the audience to watch the film, as they would be intrigued to find out more about Sydney.

We also filmed in the car on the way there, as I have passed my driving test I drove and Sophie filmed me while sitting in the back. This is a leading shot, and we thought it could add more depth and make our trailer more multi-locational.

This was made on befunky.com

UPDATE: TRELLO

UPDATE: TWITTER

I have been in charge of the Twitter page for A Question of Identity, below are some of the tweets I have made, I have included behind the scenes and sneak peaks of costumes throughout the whole film. So far I have 9 tweets and 10 followers.
I made the collage below at the website: http://www.fotor.com/features/collage.html

FEEDBACK: TWITTER

I am in control of the Twitter page of of my group and tweeting for my group. I have started to ask questions in order to get some feedback. I have done this by asking questions on Twitter and asking polls. Here are some screenshots on the feedback I have so far received, I created the collage using the app fuzel:

I've been asking polls to see whose the viewers favourite character, Sydney won overall with 50% of the votes.

PLANNING: FILM MAGAZINE COVER

Today I started planning my film magazine design.I decided that The Ghost was to be featured, while I going to do a segment much like 'Meet The Joker' from his issue in the magazine Empire. SEE BLOG POST HERE.

I researched what film would be coming out around August 2016, which is the release date i'm putting on my poster.

I then looked at films being released in July 2016

I needed to pick films of other genres for the plugs of my film magazine. This would make sure the magazine is diverse. So in order to do this I chose:
Pete's Dragon
Star Trek Beyond
The Purge 3
The Secret Life of Pets
The BFG
Bourne 5

In order to engage the audience in recent news and upcoming films. I added a story of "Will Smith's Oscar No Show" along with adding a puff with "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" As that is an upcoming movie being released into theatres in March 2016.

Here is my rough plan of my film magazine cover.

This is the first draft of the magazine: 

I then diecided to add a catchphrase for The Ghost (How far would you go, to save a whole operation?) This refers to the fact The Ghost kills Sydney as she says she "could blow this whole operation" This is similar the slogan for the whole movie which is  How far would you go, for someone you love? I thought that it could work well and each character could have their own slogan linking to their individual plot. I also added a circular puff about the upcoming film Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. 

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING

Today; Sophie, Marcus and I filmed a short scene of Aaron reading a newspaper, as he's meant to be watching someone he is following. This idea was inspired by the trailer Taken, which I showed to the group in order to spark inspiration as I thought the trailer was very successful.

This was the scene from Taken we liked:

I filmed the scene of Marcus, and used the rule of thirds and the quadrant system, which I learnt about HERE from the film drive:

Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

Today I continued editing, today I edited the part where Sydney hands The Ghost her bag filled with money. To do this I made it a jump cut as well as zooming in with each cut. This makes the trailer more suspense and faster pace, keeping the audience interested and watching.

I also edited the scene of Sydney's death which was different as I portrayed her death with photographs. I decided when we filmed that scene that it would be interesting to have an almost stop motion section of how Sydney dies. To make sure this was successful in editing the photos had to be quick. I also added a flash before and after the death to make it take little be quicker to create the fast pace of the trailer.

I also edited another section with images, when Aaron is told he is being arrested for being in contact with the ghost, I took photos of the emails Aaron sent to the ghost, each photo zooming in. I put this in the trailer, again with flashes in the middle, just so the transition was smooth.

I think using jump cuts and quick moving images work well in A Question of Identity, as it sets the fast pace of the trailer along with giving it style.

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

Today I continued with editing, I edited the section where Aaron goes to the place of his sister's death, as he looks around the area filled with grief, there is a fade out to a flashback where the audience see's Sydney arguing with her killer, The Ghost. This lets the audience make the connection that Aaron is trying to avenge his sister, however he is also still grieving and is clearly taking his sister's death hard. The scene then fades back to Aaron in the warehouse.
Here is a clip of that scene:

CONSTRUCTION: POSTER

Today in class my group and I took our photos we are going to feature on our poster. I chose to take some images our schools dark room, here I took a range of photos, from close ups to mid shots, to full length images.

I made this collage on befunky.com 

PLANNING: POSTER

When thinking of the idea of my poster, I looked at many different posters. The three I liked the best were the ones below.

For this poster, I liked the dissolving effect where the characters bodies dissolve into the background. I thought this would work well for my poster. I thought Aaron's body can disintegrate as it shows how he is loosing himself and links back the the title 'A Question of Identity. 

For this poster I love the white background contrasted strongly with the villain, who is dark and in black. I also believe having the subject of the villain in the villain's body outline is strong as it shows how the victim loses to the villain. I thought my poster could feature the ghost and have his body fade into a picture of Sydney with the passports. This shows how The Ghost controlled Sydney and gives the audience a slight insight to the movies plot. 

For this poster, I love the strip showing the car crash, it gives an insight to the plot line of the movie. I think it grasps the viewers attention and makes them curious as to what happens in the film and makes them want to watch it. For my poster, I thought I could have the strip being Sydney and The Ghost making the passport deal in the warehouse.

For my poster, I am going to combine the idea I got from Unknown and Looper, and have Aaron dissolving into the background, and have a strip showing why Sydney died. For the background I plan to use a very dark blue/grey colour.

MUSEUM OF MOVING IMAGES

I visited New York over the Christmas and while there I visited the Museum of Moving Images. While there I learnt a lot on sound, editing and everything that goes into making a movie. I also saw things such the first film projector. Below are some images from my trip. I made this collage by using the app called fuzel:

There was also tasks to do in the editing section where you could add sound and choice which soundtrack and sound effects you wanted. For the soundtrack I used the film Twister for an example and for the sound effects I used Jurassic Park. 

INDEPENDENT FILMING

Over Christmas I went to New York, while I was there I filmed some clips of subways, street signs and buildings. I took these in order to make the trailer mutli-locational, I filmed these scenes so we could use them, we are going to use the air shot of London as an establishing shot. However I filmed there just in case. I thought my group could use the shots of London I took from the airplane when I was arriving back in the UK. I though these would be great establishing shots for our trailer.

I filmed a God's eye view of London from the airplane's descent to London.