Images for Teaser Poster

For my teaser poster I am using a face with a terrified look staring at the camera as if the camera is the antagonist. These are some ideas I have:

I have taken here an image from a medium height close to the face. Her expression doesn't look like she is scared.

Here I wanted her to look into the distance as if she is hiding from something. Her arms are covering her body for safety.

I like this image. The camera is higher than her and her face is shocked. I think this will be a good image to manipulate.

I also like this image because her face is looking elsewhere intriguing the audience.

The camera is at a higher height here and shows the face clearly. Her eyes are looking straight into the camera with a worried expression on her face.

The camera is at an extreme close up but may not work too well as she is the victim, not the antagonist.

Here she looks vulnerable and small to the audience.

Images for Poster

Here is an image of Longleat I took a while back. I think it is perfect for the manor idea I have.

Here I took images at a low angle to make him seem powerful to the audience.

On this image the background is brighter than his face however being able to see his face makes it scarier.

Typography Final

For my final typography I used Blackmore LET and Impact. I added a glow to the back of the work LOCKWOOD to make it looks more 3D. I then used a double wave transform on the word MANOR.

I used the brush tool to create the affect of trees and branches suffocating the words. I then used the rubber tool to create a tree like look. I also removed part of the letters in MANOR. I think this is effective as the branch has polysemic meanings. It could signify the woods, lightening or cracks in the house.

Using the pencil tool on pixlr I wrote the title making deliberate mistakes to make it look like a child's handwriting. I adjusted the curves to make the white stand out more. I then used the brush tool and chose the cracks and added this behind to create a misty effect.

Poster Mock Up

I began by choosing two images from the internet which can represent my real poster.

I edited the first image by changing the colours, lighting and distortion. I added the 'old photo' filter to create a dark look. I used the brush tool to add the cracks.

I used the wand and lasso tool to crop out the image of the elizabethan child. I made her smaller and then added her onto the background layer. Once I had done this I made the image of her darker to fit in with the background.

I also used the wand and lasso to crop around my typography. I added the cracks once it was on the background to blend the images together. I also used the blur tool to blend.

My final mock up looks like this. I don't think it looks professional enough and my typography doesn't stand out. I think that the house looks spooky however the image of the child doesn't look realistic nor is it notciable.

Typography Mockup

To determine the typography for my horror film I used powerpoint to use the image to put onto pixlr. I used Adobe Caslon Pro Bold to begin with and expanded on it by changing the colour to a bold, gradient silver. Additionally I enlarged it to size 80 to make it stand out.

Once I had taken the image and put it into pixlr I used the brush tool to remove parts of the letters and  blur the images. I then took the brush number 112 and placed them on the edge of the letters to remove parts of the word. 

From my questionnaire I found out that most people found a spooky house to be best on a horror poster so my film is based around a large, haunted manor house. The title Lockwood Manor was edited to look like vines and trees are enclosing the letters. It could also be interpreted as being a dark grey sky. The use of a pathetic fallacy sets the scene instantly and lets the audience know what genre the film is going to be. Additionally, from my questionnaire Shutter was the more popular choice of film so I incorporated the dark colours into my title. The rest of the poster will have a black and silver theme through it with the use of the brush tool to create the vine effect, as if something is restricting you.  

For my second mock up typography I used Apple Chancery font and made the words size 96. I added a shadow behind the title and made the distance far away and faded to give a ghost effect. I also changed the font colour to red.

I used the crack effect from the brush tool on the image to make the letters look distorted. I wanted the typography to look like it had cracks in as the building is old. I also brightened the colour to make it stand out more and sharpened the image.

I involved my focus group in my decision to see what they thought. 

Keane: "I prefer the first one. The name sounds really spooky and the dark background makes it look like a horror film. It looks really dark and mysterious."

Gemma: "I like the red one better as it has the shadow in the background which clearly defines the genre and draws my attention. It also looks more professional."

Eve: "The red one looks scarier and I like the font more as it suits an old manor house."

Adam: "The red one is cool, but I like how the silver one looks like the night sky."

For my semi final typography I merged the two together. I did this because I liked the style of my second idea but the colour of my first. I though that the second typography in red looked too much like a zombie or slasher horror so I changed the colour to silver.

Script

This is the first draft of my script with it broken down through a script breakdown.

Script Analysis

Before writing my script, I researched the conventions of a generic script and then broke down a horror script. This helped me to understand how I should write my own and taught me how to break one down. I used the layout in my own script.