Trailer

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z76AkmKXgJw

Plot - Two teenagers take a stab at being superheroes. The film mostly revolves around their feeble attempts at training and the antics they get up to during the movie.

Video length - 2:07

Actors Involved - Myself (Harrison Woodward) and Holly Woodward.

Locations Used - Tockington, Thornbury Highstreet and Olveston.

Certification - 12a

Magazine Cover Final

Poster final.

Below is an extra poster that I have decided to include due to my earlier research into posters from the same genre of film that have different posters for each character.

This is an interesting form of advertising not only due to it giving the consumer an extra glimpse into the content it is advertising but to also be an extra feature to include during the post production phase related to marketing by fitting in to the collector mentality of the consumer and promoting fans to collect all of the character specific posters.

Poster sketch

Final poster design.

This is the final design for my movie poster. For the final poster I will use the editing system Adobe Photoshop to add filters to make the actor seem drawn and cartoonish to match the superhero comic inspired narrative of the trailer.

Magazine Front cover analysis

I decided to look into layouts of magazine front covers using Empire and Total Film as examples to get a rough ideas as to what I need to include in my ancillary task.

http://www.slideshare.net/HarryWoodward6/film-magazine-analysis-34455193

Poster Idea's

After the photo shoots of each of the lead protagonists I have decided to create one poster for each character separately. Kick-Ass is an example of a production to use similar methods of advertising. Examples can be seen down below.

This method of advertising is a great way for the consumer to get a clear insight into the content of the movie they are about to go and see. It also seems to be a method of advertising that is becoming more and more popular due to the effective placement of the posters in cinema lobbies serving as a quick method of advertising before the viewer is even in the screen.
 

Costume fitting #2

Day 2 of character costume fittings. Today was the fitting for the films protagonist Aaron Mathews dressed as his alter ego 'Fist Justice'. Below are the best photo's from the shoot as well as potential choices for posters.

 

 

Costume fitting #1

My costume fitting for lead female protagonist Molly AKA 'Kid Chaos' played by Ruby Mcilroy. Using my lounge I have set up a studio using my photography equipment.





 



Costume design 2

Much like the costume design for the male protagonist of my trailer I wanted the female protagonist and Aaron's side kick Molly Richards AKA 'Kid Chaos' costume to appear to be homemade and to almost look like a fancy dress costume.



- Similar to Aaron's costume design the vast majority of this costume is a silver morph suit. The reason for deciding on the silver is because of the connotations of classic low budget Sci-Fi movies.

- The silver is also a representation of the character's starry eyed and ever so slightly insane personality.

- Choice of red cape, connotations of anger and violence. Links to unstable personality.

- Choice of shoes, converse all star = incredibly recognisable shoe brand worn by teenagers.

Costume design 1

When it came to designing the costume for lead character Aaron Mathews' alter ego 'Fist Justice' I wanted it to seem possible for the character Aaron played by Harvey Westwood to have been able to create this costume while having no experience in making clothing. It had to be simple and home made.

- The main red portion of the costume will be a standard plain red morph suit that can be acquired from pretty much any costume shop and very easily on the web.

-The colour red in the case on this character could have connotations of passion and love rather than anger or violence due to his kind nature as a character. The colour red is also usually considered to be common among the chosen palette of super hero costume colours e.g. Pixar's The Incredibles, Superman and Daredevil.

-Originally in earlier sketches the character wore plain black shorts to try and maintain continuity with the colour choices of the costume. Later on after deciding on the black shorts I decided on using the blue Boxer shorts above to try and make the costume come across as homemade and realistic for a teenage boy to acquire.