DVD Cover Layouts

DVD cover inspiration.

I have chosen this DVD cover as inspiration for my own DVD cover as I like how the front of the DVD cover is split up into two half's showing the two different characters. I also like how the title is in the middle. I will use this DVD cover as inspiration for my dvd cover as I will split my DVD cover into two half's to show the two main characters which are 'normal Eden' and evil Eden'.  I also like the layout of the back of the DVD cover with the strip of photos from the film. I will also use this idea within the back of my DVD cover.

I have chosen this DVD cover as inspiration for my own DVD cover as I like how the title goes  down the side of the cover rather than the traditional way the title is displayed across. I also like how next to the title, the slogan goes across from it. I also like how the back of the DVD cover has one main image with the slogan  and synopsis written on it rather than in a separate box, I also like how the other images and the screenshots surrounds the main image. I will use the title idea as inspiration from this DVD cover for my DVD cover and I will also include my slogan on my DVD cover. I will also use the idea of the synopsis being wrote on the image.

Storyboard for my trailer 'Bottled Up'

Movie Poster Layouts

MoviePoster Inspiration

I have chose this magazine for inspiration for my magazine poster as I like how there is a hand in the eye trying to make it look as if there is somebody trapped inside the person. With the type of film trailer I am making, this matches perfectly with my style of film as Eden is trapped within herself. I will use this magazine poster a inspiration by using the eye as the main image of 'normal' Eden and have a teardrop coming out of her eye to show her upset and within the eye I will show evil Eden's face and both hands trying to escape.I like this poster as it looks very simple yet it really captures the readers attention, at first glance you just see an eye but within the eye there is a hand within. I think that tis is a connotation of somebody that is feeling trapped or somebodys demons trying to escape them. This is good poster because it straight away made me think about what is it about. The slogan at the top makes me wonder what was so bad that they had to try to forget there past. I think that this poster is great because it keeps you guessing and includes lots of unanswered questions. I will definitely take some elements from this poster. I will also use the slogan idea from this movie poster as I think it is intriguing and draws the audience in as they want to know what it is about. 

I have chose this movie poster for inspiration for my movie poster as I like this poster as it is very simple and doesn't give any indication of what the movie is going to be about. Another factor i like is that there is no bold colour except the painting which looks like it has been done with blood this really makes it stand out and is the first thing i notice when i look at the poster. I also like the layout of this poster as it isn't cluttered and every element has its own space so they really stand out. The poster is intriguing as it makes you think 'what is the girl doing?' and 'why is there a face in the blood?' and 'who is the person in the blood?', this makes me want to watch the film to have these questions answered . I like the mystery of the poster and I will try to use this movie poster as inspiration to make my movie poster mysterious and intriguing. 

I have chose this movie poster for inspiration for my movie poster as I really like that in this poster there is no colour other than red riding hood who is the main character this makes her really stand out and really catches the audiences attention. This could be a connotation of she is the only good thing in a dark world hence the brightness of her and the darkness around her or to make her stand out because dark and evil things are about to happen to her. I think that this poster is great because it keeps you guessing and includes lots of unanswered questions. I will definitely take some elements from this poster. I will use the poster as inspiration for my movie poster by using the same colour scheme of everything behind it black and white but having one thing in colour in order to show its significance. For my poster, I will have it all back and white except for the colour of Eden' s lips which will be a dark red colour, i will keep her lips in colour as the lips signify the difference between 'normal' Eden and evil Eden as when she is evil she wears the dark lipstick with sewn up lips.  The sewn up lips are a connotation for Eden not being able to speak her emotions due to her dad calling her weak for expressing her emotions therefore she bottles it up and does not show any emotions.

Film Magazine Layouts

Film Magazine Front Cover Inspiration

 I have chose this magazine as inspiration for creating my film magazine as I like the simple layout of the magazine. I also like how the headline is in a different font to the other fonts on the magazine which makes it stand out. I also like where the headline is positioned, I think that this makes the picture and the headline stand out. It also separates it from the coverless which makes the cover lines stand out. I also like the banner on the top of the magazine explaining what the magazine is about.  I also like the bold font on the title that has been kerned so that the individual letters stand out. I will use the bold headline idea from this magazine front cover on my magazine front cover.

I have chose this magazine as inspiration for my film magazine front cover. I like how the cover is simple and has a few coverlines which are in large, bold text rather than a lot of coverless which can make the cover look crowded, cluttered and messy. I also like the way the actors face covers the masthead as this shows the magazine cover is well known and does not need to show the full name of the magazine for the audience to know what the magazine is. I also like the small banners on the magazine cover to highlight important bits of information. I also like how the film title is in a bolder, larger font than the rest of the fonts so that it stands out and its obvious why the actor on the magazine front cover is featured. i will use the bold font used on the title of the film on my magazine front cover to promote my film 'Bottled Up' and make it stand out.

I have chose this students film magazine as inspiration for my film magazine because I like the masthead on the cover. I like how the word 'film' looks as if it is cut out of the word 'Reel'. I also like the simple layout of the coverlines and the banner at the bottom of the magazine cover. I also think that the pug at the top right hand corner of the magazine cover makes the magazine cover look more interesting. I also think that adding the magazines website to the cover is a good touch. I will use the masthead style on my magazine front cover as i like the cutout effect on the two words. I will also use a similar style of pug on my front cover.

I have chose this magazine cover as inspiration for my magazine front cover as I like how behind the main image on the cover is a row of images that look are made to look like a film reel which matches well with the magazine as it is a film magazine. I also like how the masthead is not directly at the top of the page and is slightly lower down. I also like the banner and pug featured on the cover. I will use the film reel style photos on my magazine front cover behind my main image. 

Digital Technology - Q1A

Digital Technology –

I have used a range of digital technology in my AS media studies coursework, I have used hardware digital technology’s, software digital technology’s and online digital technology’s.

Hardware

Laptop’s / computer’s

Camera’s

Mobile Phone

 

What I did with my hardware technologies – I used the laptops and computers for my AS media coursework to use the software and online digital technology and to upload my images for my coursework onto. I used the camera’s to take pictures for my AS coursework.

Pros/Strengths – The strengths I had using the camera were that my images came out really clearly.

Cons/weaknesses – The weaknesses I experienced with my hardware was that I used my mobile phone at first to take my images. My images didn’t turn out very well and were blurry therefore, I later swapped to using a camera for taking my images.

Software

Adobe Fireworks

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

What I did with my hardware technologies – I used Adobe Fireworks to make my pug, my music magazine covers, my school magazine and to edit images. I used PowerPoint to make presentations about my planning for my coursework. I used word for general planning and writing up notes about my work. I used Excel to store my results. I asked my target audience questions in a questionnaire format to help me with making my music magazine, once I got my results back, I put my results into excel and turned them into a graph.

Pros/Strengths – I think that Fireworks was easy to use software which allowed me to create a professional looking product. I also used Fireworks to help me with editing my photos such as removing backgrounds, editing the colours of my images and designing possible layouts for my products. PowerPoint allowed me to easily create plans for my work. Microsoft word helped me plan what I was going to do by allowing me to write my plan up. Microsoft Excel helped me turn my results into graphs.

                   

Cons/weaknesses – The cons and weaknesses I experienced with fireworks were that although I was able to create a professional looking product, my product didn’t look as professional as it could have due to the fact that fireworks did not provide all the tools I needed to complete my products to the professional level I would have wanted them to be.

Online

Blogger

Wikipedia

Thing link

Prezi

Padlet

Flickr

IMDB

Google

Survey Monkey

Pic Monkey

Scribd

YouTube

Tumblr

Da Font

What I did with my hardware technologies – I used Blogger to upload my coursework on to. I used Wikipedia, IMDB and google to get information for my coursework. I used Thing Link to evaluate different media products such as magazine covers. I used Prezi to create professional looking PowerPoints for my work. I used Flickr to upload my photos onto. I used Survey Monkey as a way to get results to help me make my media products. I used Pic Monkey to help me edit my images for my media products. I used YouTube to watch TV and film clips to evaluate. I used Tumblr for images for my coursework. I used Da Font to find fonts I wanted to use for my media products.

Pros/Strengths – I think that Blogger was a strength as it was an easy way to upload my coursework and allowed me to embed my coursework onto. Wikipedia and IMDB allowed me to easily find information for my coursework. Prezi allowed me to create professional, interesting looking PowerPoints. Flickr allowed me to easily upload my photos for my coursework onto. YouTube allowed me to easily find and watch the clips I wanted. Da Font was a strength for my coursework as there was a wide range of fonts for me to choose from and allowed me to use these fonts for more attractive fonts for my coursework.

Cons/weaknesses – Survey Monkey didn’t allow me to ask all the questions I wanted to as it has a 10 question limit which limited my audience feedback, survey monkey also wouldn’t give you the results for certain questions due to not having a membership. Picmonkey allowed me to edit my pictures easily; however it did not offer enough tools for me to edit my pictures how I wanted them to be.

Creativity –

I think that I was quite creative in my decisions I made when creating my coursework.  I think that I was creative as I tried to make my own design however, when I couldn’t make my own design, I took ideas from other pieces and merged it into one idea using my creative skills. The technology I used enhanced and allowed me to be more creative as it allowed me to do lots of different things such as editing and finding different things to use on my work such as ‘DaFont’ . My products were influenced by my social environment as I based my magazine on the type of music I like and therefore featured artists and styles I like in my magazine. I would take some of the creative skills I used in this project into my future projects however, I would not use all of the in future projects. The creative skills I would take into future projects would be using the same software I used such as Blogger, Pic Monkey, Survey Monkey and Adobe Fireworks as I think that they are useful apps that allow you to be creative and create professional looking media products. The creative skills I wouldn’t take into future projects are using too many

Research and Planning -

For my research and planning I did a lot of tasks to help develop my idea and plan what I was going to do on my final products. The tasks I did for research and planning included making a storyboard, script, and analysis of other products, treatments, developing idea, audience feedback, and layouts and picking a soundtrack to create the right type of atmosphere.

    - I used a storyboard to plan out what shots I was going to use, how long the shot was going to last, where we were going to use it and who was going to be in the shot and what will be happening in the shot. This helped me when shooting as I knew     exactly what I was going to shoot by looking at my storyboard and I saved time by not having to plan what I was doing while shooting.

-          Another thing I used was a script this was used so that the actors knew exactly what they were doing and what they were saying. I think that this was really helpful as it clear to the actors where they had to stand and what to do and what to day which made filming a lot easier.

-          The audience feedback allowed me to get opinions from my target audience this helped me develop my ideas and correct any mistakes I did. I think this was a good task as it helped get a good idea of what my audience would like to see and what they would associate with that specific genre which then helped me with my final product.

Post Production -  

For post-production, I took photos,edited and had to make decisions.

Taking Photos – I tried to take my photo’s for the genre that my magazine was for. As my photos were for an indie-pop magazine, I tried to make my photos in bright lighting with natural looking makeup with a causally dressed model posing casually.

Editing – I had to edit my photos after taking them to make sure my images were how I wanted them to be. I edited the brightness of my photos and also cropped them.

Making Decisions – I had to research similar products to mine that also had similar codes and conventions and make decisions of how my layout was going to be.

Using conventions of real media texts -

  

Theories relating to my trailer