How and Why - Magazine Cover

How and Why- Poster

I made this video to talk through the decisions I made with my poster, why I made them and how I made the poster...

Previous Decisions I Went Against For the Final Piece

There were some things that I had planned to do that I decided to go against by the time it came to filming and editing the trailer.

First of all, Make-Up.

I had planned to do make up on James to show how ill the possession had made him and also to create a few disturbing images throughout the trailer. I ultimately went against this as there were no scenes within my trailer of  'Freddie' post-possession and so the make up wasn't needed. I chose not to include any scenes of Freddie post possession as I thought it would be effective in keeping the audience guessing what happened to Freddie when he opened the music box and why his sister, Lauren is so scared.

There were also changes with the amount of voiceover and speech I put in the trailer...

I originally planned to have a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer which showed Lauren saying that everything was going well when they moved in to the new house but then things started to go wrong- as a way to guide the audience, however after recording this voiceover and importing it into my trailer, I decided not to include it as it didn't fit in the way I wanted it to and I thought that the trailer had more mystery without it. I did however, include a small part towards the middle where Lauren says 'I have to find out what happened here, I have to save my brother' to show what was going on it those clips where she is typing.

FINAL MAGAZINE COVER

FINAL POSTER

TRAILER FINAL CUT with Changes from feedback

I've finished my trailer! I had a few adjustments to make after I showed it to James and Sophie, the lead actors, I recorded their response below..

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 I changed the keyboard scene to one where you could see what she was typing as it made more sense and gave a clue. I also made the title at the end pop a bit more by adding a black screen before it which switched to the title on the beat of the music.

Facebook

I put both of my ancillary products at their current stages on Facebook to see what people thought- I asked for feedback.

I got lots of positive feedback but some people also gave me constructive criticism...

and so I changed the eyes to make them look more professional and polished. 

Now

Before

A few people said that the title could have been brighter and popped more so I added a white outline,