Representation of Character:
On my trailer I have included the
main character to look strange and relatively villain-like. Whereas on my
poster and magazine I have shifted the focus to the sub-main character to show
a different character point of, and a more vulnerable point of view. The
supporting character on my poster and magazine looks innocent and vulnerable
which represents a control from the trailers villain main character, from the
photos her posture and pose make her look like a victim and from the trailer we
see that she has been manipulated and 'turned mad'. I decided to change this
point of view to give an element of mystery and question for the audience. I
used dark colours and shadows throughout to show the genre to be
horror/thriller.
Good vs. Bad:
We can see elements of the good and
bad characters in our trailer, Harriet (short haired female) to be not necessarily
evil, but suspicious looking due to the strange looks she gives and the
flashback shots of her in a mental asylum. We also see a montage of shots of
another character who acts as a supporting role, as a victim. We here over the
montage a doctor’s voice saying 'she’s turning others mad' this suggests that
Harriet has manipulated her and turned her insane. The divide between good and
bad isn’t over ally clear in our trailer because you could argue that Harriet isn’t
intentionally a Bad character, just mentally unstable.
Location:
The main location featured in my
trailer is the college, various college rooms and corridors because the setting
and story is in a college which worked well. The asylum scenes were shot in a
small room in college which we altered with a sheeted table to look more horror
relatable. We also filmed some sequences in the woods to show a change of
location and a more diversity of locations. The location for my poster and
magazine just required a white wall for the background. I chose not to have a
busy location because I wanted the only focus to be on the character, and
because she is a hospital patient there wouldn’t really be any other
appropriate place to capture.
Colour and Lighting:
The colour and lighting I have used
is very dark and low key throughout all of my work, I have done this to give a
clear portrayal of the horror genre I have chosen. Although during the mental
asylum scenes the room seems quote light because of the white walls, but the
grain and green tint over these shots relate to the hospital feeling. There are
a few scenes outside in woods which are lighter than the others because it was
day light, but I think the wet ground and the trees made it look relevant and
spooky even in the day. My poster and magazine related well to the horror genre
because of the black/white/red colour scheme which is often seen on horror
related products.
Text:
The texts and fonts I used for my
poster, magazine and trailer are all very similar and simple, this is because
due to the fact I am doing products relating to horror, the other elements are
all very busy so I thought simple plain texts would contrast well. The colour
for the fonts stuck to the three colour rule of red, white and black with small
elements of grey on my poster.
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