First Draft of Film Poster

I used 'Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8' to edit together various different photos I downloaded from the internet to make the poster draft. The Title - 'LOCKDOWN' was made on 1001 fonts then downloaded to my laptop and the Production logo in the bottom left, was made by one of my other group members. 

I used the colour palette to adjust various different colours and to match them with the background and other photos.  

These were some ideas I wanted to incorporate within my poster. I wanted to focus on some of the key conventions that are used in Film Noir, like smoking, chiaroscuro lighting/single source lighting and silhouettes. 







THE FINAL DRAFT

The photo of the couple will be replaced with the Protagonist and his Wife and the woman in the doorway will be the Femme Fatale. The writing along the bottom and the title will still remain, as will the names up the top and the logo's in the bottom corners of the poster.

I analysed various different Film Noir posters before making the draft and I drew inspiration from the posters for, Sin City, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep and Bladerunner. I particularly liked the sense of danger and mystery highlighted in these posters as a lot of them were focussed on a group of people or couple, often one of them holding a gun, and looking into some sort of image in the background, or, in the foreground but the image was small and hard to distinguish. As a whole the posters provoked a certain sense of intrigue about what the film was about and what was happening which i wanted to capture in my film poster.

Location Shots From Day 1

Precautionary Measures

As our film incorporates a shooting, we had to make a sign as we were filming in a public space. We also spoke to passers by and warned them about the false firearm. 

Opening Sequence For Production Company

Production Company Site & Behind the Scenes Footage

Click on the photo of our logo to head to our webpage.

Equipment

We wanted to ensure our film had a professional quality so we used a camera of a fairly high spec and standard.


The camera we used was a Nikon D3100. We used a standard lens which provided us with a degree of zoom but the lens isn't made for long distance shooting. 

Along with this we used a tripod to film on and we had fold up camera dolly wheels that the tripod could be fitted into. This was to ensure we had the most stable shot without any jolts or un-natural movement.

The only problem we encountered with the dolly wheels though is that we had no track to lay down. With the ground being un-even and the wheels being fixed to the tripod (as opposed to on springs to make the movement smoother) we couldn't film a tracking shot as it was too bumpy. 

Actors Being Used

This is the actor playing the male protagonist 'Ronnie Scott'.
Alex Underwood. He is a large scale drug baron who is arrogant and self centred. He's wearing smart clothes with a purple tie to connote wealth and a big watch emphasises this too. We wanted to highlight a sense of class, wealth and danger. Although he is married to 'Helen Scott' he deviates from their relationships and starts to see the Femme Fatale behind Helen's back.

This is the actor playing 'The Wife - Helen Scott'.
Sophie Stevens. She is wearing mundane boring clothes with dull colours such as green to connote jealousy. Her hair is up and un-styled. We wanted to incorporate the binary opposite theory by Levi Strauss to contrast her with the vibrant looks of the Femme Fatale and make the wife look as un attractive as possible.

This is the Femme Fatale, 'Cora Wilkins'. She is being played by Charlotte Hewitt. We had her in a short revealing red dress with long hair and big glasses. These big glasses hide a lot of her face and her hat covers a lot of her identity too. We chose this outfit as we needed a certain amount of sexual appeal to come across to both the audience and the Protagonist.

Storyboard

Audience Research

This is the questionnaire we made and one of my group members sent out on their Facebook page. Within 1 week we had 29 responses and the results are as shown above. 

Film Pitch

Audience Profile

Our target audience would be Working Class members of society and above in the table above. The people in this category are most likely to buy a copy or view the film when they have spare time. The members of society in category E however are more likely to anticipate the release of the film, hence, not buy a DVD version after watching the film. This could potentially be because of financial reasons.

The age group within this category would be 16 -25. This is because this age group have a regular use of social media sites which would be an excellent platform for advertisement. A lot of short films are also based online and on social media networks.

The Black Dahlia

Detour

Mind Map created by Alex Underwood with ExamTime

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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Character Profiles

Male Protagonist 

Played by - Alex Underwood 

- The male protagonist - 'Ronny Scott' is married to 'Helen Scott' (Sophie Lacey). The marriage is already unstable and the relationship between Ronny and his Helen rapidly deteriorates as the film progresses. Arguments and rows become more and more frequent about the drugs. He falls for the Femme Fatale as he is in a bad place with his wife - however, ultimately the Femme Fatale ruins his life.

Protagonist's Wife

Played by - Sophie Lacey 

- The wife of Ronny Scott, Helen, has a hatred for the Protagonist's job as a drug baron. She says it's dangerous and tearing apart the family and many arguments crop up as a result of this. 

Femme Fatale 

Played by - Charlotte Hewitt

- Cora Wilkins. The Femme Fatale is an undercover police officer/spy. She is stalking/following the protagonist to track his movements but also to try and grab his attention. Her main aim is to put the protagonist in prison for being a drug baron. She is a seductive character and lures in the protagonist before putting him under. The protagonist subsequently falls in love with the Femme Fatale. 

Possible Film Names and Fonts

Final Production Company Logo

This is the first draft of our production company logo drawn by hand. We liked this as a first draft but when we came round to making the final logo, we found that the layered, 3D design made the letters hard to distinguish. We wanted a short and snappy phrase/saying that was easy to remember so we chose 'GSD' in large font with the smaller 'Media Productions' underneath.








This is the final design of our logo. We rectified the lack of clarity in the letters by taking the 3D effect away and just having the 'S' in the middle in larger font. The font and symmetry makes it easy on the eye with a colour scheme that isn't too 'loud' or bright. 

Characters, Names, Costume and Props

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