Second website analysis
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Sunday 21 November 2010
Saturday 20 November 2010
Second Poster and Third Teaser analysis: Let Me In
Second Poster Analysis
This is an analysis of the teaser of Let Me In:
This is the teaser trailer itself of the film:
This is an analysis of the teaser of Let Me In:
Teaser analysis 3
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This is the teaser trailer itself of the film:
Wednesday 10 November 2010
UPDATED: actors
As the actor playing Kyle (George) was not available, we got a replacement to play him named Dennis Asare.
Location
These are the places where we will be filming our teaser.
Locations
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Tuesday 9 November 2010
Second Trailer analysis: House of Wax
Even though we were suppose to analyse a teaser trailer, I chose to analyse a trailer for the film House of Wax (2005). This is because this trailer consists of good shots which would be very effective for our genre (horror) to induce fear into our target audience and set the scene.
House of Wax Trailer
House of Wax Trailer
Thursday 4 November 2010
Filming Practice
These are some practice shots of possible camera techniques we can use for our film teaser. We did this exercise so we could have some experience in the techniques we haven't used before i.e. Dolly zoom. It also helped us determine which camera techniques we would like to use within our budget and equipment or even if it would fit in our genre perfectly.
Saturday 30 October 2010
Free period timetable and contact list
This is a timetable of free periods each member of our group and the actors are free during school hours. Even if some of the actors are unavailable, the remaining actors could still film scenes which only require the characters they are playing.
Within this document, there is also a contact list holding the mobile numbers of each member of the crew. This will allow us to contact any actor we need during filming times.
Within this document, there is also a contact list holding the mobile numbers of each member of the crew. This will allow us to contact any actor we need during filming times.
Contact list and weekdays timetable
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Friday 29 October 2010
Shoot Schedule
This is the shoot schedule for our teaser. The text highlighted in red are the times we will shoot at Sacred Heart High School with the whole cast, in our own time.
Filming timetable
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Wednesday 20 October 2010
Project Plan
This is a brief plan of how we are going to spend our time filming, editing and producing the two media productions throughout this project.
We will also film and edit in our own time.
We will also film and edit in our own time.
Monday 18 October 2010
Inspiration: trailers
Here are some trailers we were inspired by in terms of camera shots.
Skins trailer
Doctor Who: Blink episode promo
House of Wax trailer
Skins trailer
Doctor Who: Blink episode promo
House of Wax trailer
Camera Shotlist
This is a list of the camera shots we will be taking.
As George, the person playing the main male character (Aaron) is not available, we have replaced him with another actor. His name is Dennis Asare.
Shot list
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As George, the person playing the main male character (Aaron) is not available, we have replaced him with another actor. His name is Dennis Asare.
Feedback from the Target Audience
We showed a class of Year 12 media students the presentation we organised, displaying our ideas and research for our upcoming teaser. In return, they wrote the good points and some improvements in the idea or in the way we presented it. These are the results we got (click the image to read):
In conclusion, we found that we need to:
In conclusion, we found that we need to:
- Make the storyline clearer of how the characters are killed
- The rating of our film and who it is targeted to
Sunday 17 October 2010
Pre-production Roles
In the process of making our teaser, we had to designate pre-production and production roles to each member of our group. This is the result:
Sonia (me) = Storyboard Artist, Location Manager, managing the shot list.
Frankie = Laison (shoot schedule, contact list, organising the actors)
Ama = Sound Designer (with the help of Philippa Maju - Music Technology student)
As we are in a group of three, we decided to rotate the other roles (Editor, Director, Shoot Assistant) as we are all interested in these separate roles and gives a chance for all of us to have experience in these areas.
Sonia (me) = Storyboard Artist, Location Manager, managing the shot list.
Frankie = Laison (shoot schedule, contact list, organising the actors)
Ama = Sound Designer (with the help of Philippa Maju - Music Technology student)
As we are in a group of three, we decided to rotate the other roles (Editor, Director, Shoot Assistant) as we are all interested in these separate roles and gives a chance for all of us to have experience in these areas.
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Sunday 10 October 2010
Our presentation - proposal for our film
This is the presentation proposing the theme and ideas for my group's teaser trailer.
Slide 1:
This is one idea for the title of our film. Our film is going to be based upon the game 'Spin the Bottle' as well as 'Truth or Dare'.
Slide 3:
As our genre is mainly horror with a hint of Psychological Thriller, we researched on story lines and narratives from other horror films.
Slide 4:
One common narrative would be when the protagonist and an accomplice - could range from one to a few - set foot in a isolated area where no help can be found. An example of this would be in the film 'The Human Centipede' where two girls are stuck in the forest at night and comes across a house.
Slide 5:
Another narrative would when the characters are forced into an event against their will and it becomes a survival for the fittest and gradually their primal instincts are revealed. For example, in 'Battle Royale' a class of high school teenagers are forced to kill each other for the fight for survival.
Slide 6:
One would be when it plays upon common fears such as insects. Another example would be the film 'Bug' which also plays upon a fear of insects
Slide 7:
A fight between good and evil is a common narrative for mainly the bloody horror movies such as 'The Exorcism' however, it can be used in non-bloody movies, for instance, 'The Omen' which involves a child which is also known to be the devil's child.
Slide 8:
Many films like to keep to the theme of supernatural origins such as evil forces, events or characters which interrupt one character's (could be the protagonist) life. 'Final Destination' would be a good example, as it combines both an evil force and a series of events which are of a supernatural origin.
Slide 9:
In a horror film, there are many stereotypes in terms of characters. However, for our teaser we will have some characters which break this convention, but we will keep some as they have a major role in our film.
Slide 10:
These are the common conventions for effects in a horror movie.
Slide 11:
These are the convention which are common in a horror movie to show who has more power, the good or the evil.
Slide 12:
These are the conventions used for editing.
Slide 13:
Note: Moodboard is in a previous post.
Slide 14:
This is the short synopsis of our film. We made it ambiguous so it wouldn't give away too much of the plot and keep the audience lingering in the wind. The type of language we used made it sound like a game which then sounds serious near the end; we are also making it appeal to our target audience which are mid-teens up to mid-twenties in the B, C1 and C2 social status. They can also relate to the characters.
Slide 15:
In the long synopsis, we used to convention of naming the characters as well as the actors and elaborating on the short synopsis so the audience would get a better understanding of the plot.
Slide 22:
These are possible locations we can film. The inside of the first building (left top and bottom) looks suitable for the placement of the haunted house, however, for a back up St Marylebone Church would be used instead.
Slide 23:
Note: Animatic is in a previous post.
Slide 24:
These are the key questions we would want the audience to wonder whilst watching the final version of our teaser. We will take into consideration these questions and leave them unanswered during the teaser so they would have to watch the movie in order to find our the answers.
Slide 1:
This is one idea for the title of our film. Our film is going to be based upon the game 'Spin the Bottle' as well as 'Truth or Dare'.
Slide 3:
As our genre is mainly horror with a hint of Psychological Thriller, we researched on story lines and narratives from other horror films.
Slide 4:
One common narrative would be when the protagonist and an accomplice - could range from one to a few - set foot in a isolated area where no help can be found. An example of this would be in the film 'The Human Centipede' where two girls are stuck in the forest at night and comes across a house.
Slide 5:
Another narrative would when the characters are forced into an event against their will and it becomes a survival for the fittest and gradually their primal instincts are revealed. For example, in 'Battle Royale' a class of high school teenagers are forced to kill each other for the fight for survival.
Slide 6:
One would be when it plays upon common fears such as insects. Another example would be the film 'Bug' which also plays upon a fear of insects
Slide 7:
A fight between good and evil is a common narrative for mainly the bloody horror movies such as 'The Exorcism' however, it can be used in non-bloody movies, for instance, 'The Omen' which involves a child which is also known to be the devil's child.
Slide 8:
Many films like to keep to the theme of supernatural origins such as evil forces, events or characters which interrupt one character's (could be the protagonist) life. 'Final Destination' would be a good example, as it combines both an evil force and a series of events which are of a supernatural origin.
Slide 9:
In a horror film, there are many stereotypes in terms of characters. However, for our teaser we will have some characters which break this convention, but we will keep some as they have a major role in our film.
Slide 10:
These are the common conventions for effects in a horror movie.
Slide 11:
These are the convention which are common in a horror movie to show who has more power, the good or the evil.
Slide 12:
These are the conventions used for editing.
Slide 13:
Note: Moodboard is in a previous post.
Slide 14:
This is the short synopsis of our film. We made it ambiguous so it wouldn't give away too much of the plot and keep the audience lingering in the wind. The type of language we used made it sound like a game which then sounds serious near the end; we are also making it appeal to our target audience which are mid-teens up to mid-twenties in the B, C1 and C2 social status. They can also relate to the characters.
Slide 15:
In the long synopsis, we used to convention of naming the characters as well as the actors and elaborating on the short synopsis so the audience would get a better understanding of the plot.
Slide 22:
These are possible locations we can film. The inside of the first building (left top and bottom) looks suitable for the placement of the haunted house, however, for a back up St Marylebone Church would be used instead.
Slide 23:
Note: Animatic is in a previous post.
Slide 24:
These are the key questions we would want the audience to wonder whilst watching the final version of our teaser. We will take into consideration these questions and leave them unanswered during the teaser so they would have to watch the movie in order to find our the answers.
Saturday 9 October 2010
Animatic
This is the animatic we made using the storyboard. These are the scenes and camera shots we would like to use in our teaser.
Thursday 30 September 2010
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Synopsis and Questions raised
"A couple of friends having a night out in the town when they stumble across an old building and thought it would be fun to prank one of their friends. Little did they know that they were pawns of someone else’s prank and things don’t seem to be funny anymore as each of them disappear mysteriously into the depth of the night..."
Questions raised:
Questions raised:
- Who is that 'someone else'?
- Why did they enter that old building in the first place?
- How do they disappear mysteriously?
- Why can't they escape?
Teaser moodboard
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This is a moodboard for my group's teaser trailer. This moodboard is suppose to give off the type of atmosphere the teaser would show. I chose past horror film posters and image simile to the genre as this is what we will base our horror teaser on. I also chose a creepy yet calm song to play in the background as it gives off the atmosphere a horror film would.
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Poster Analysis
This is the poster analysis of the upcoming horror/Psychological Thriller film 'Chatroom'
Teaser Trailer:
Even though the text is in French, it is a British drama thriller film, directed by Hideo Nakata.
Teaser Trailer:
Even though the text is in French, it is a British drama thriller film, directed by Hideo Nakata.
Teaser analysis
Teaser analysis
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This is the teaser analysis of the upcoming film Saw 3D.
Saw 3D teaser trailer:
This is the teaser analysis of the upcoming film Saw 3D.
Saw 3D teaser trailer:
Monday 26 April 2010
My Evaluation
Part 1:
Y12 Evaluation Sonia Part 1
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Part 2:
Y12 Evaluation Sonia Part 2
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Y12 Evaluation Sonia Part 1
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Part 2:
Y12 Evaluation Sonia Part 2
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My Magazine Evaluation
EvalutionSlide 1:This is my music magazine, RAWR! First of all, I want to explain how I got the masthead RAWR! The idea of RAWR! as my masthead first came from the phrase “raw music” which, in my opinion , would mean live gigs. Another way of interpreting the masthead is that rawr is the onomatopoeia of the reaction of the audience when they are at a live gig listening to one of their favourite bands. I was first thinking that the “raw music” could be the masthead, however, I thought that it was too long and so I that is how I got RAWR!
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Animoto: my magazine
This is a video version of my magazine.
The music used in this video slideshow, shows the type of genre my magazine is based on
Created by using animoto.com
My Magazine (Final Version)
This is my final version of my magazine.
Order:
1) Front Cover
2) Contents Page
3) Double Page Spread
Planning: Looking back...
Looking back to the beginning of the project we had 4 months to research on our target market, make our front cover, contents page, DPS and the evaluation. During the research of our target market and analysising two front covers from two magazines, everything was going according to the project plan. When we started to make the publications, we found that some publications took more time than other.
At the start, I found that the front cover took the longest as we had to follow what our research told us about our target market; about the colour scheme, the type of genre etc. After completing the front cover, I found that the other publications took less time as the colour scheme etc would have to be the same as it would have to stay consistent with the front cover.
Instead of making the contents page (TOC) after completing the front cover, we made the DPS instead. This is because in the practise project,we have already made a TOC on the school magazine but did not do a DPS for it, and so it would be appropiate to spend more time on the DPS.
In the middle of making each publication, we also had to analyize each publication as well; like the front cover. Analyising the contents page and front cover didn't take too long as we did this in the earlier project. However, the DPS took about two weeks, seeing that we had to make the presentation and present it to everyone whilst being filmed (video of the presentation is on the blog).
Overall, it took us 4 months to complete the three publications and the research alone. We have yet to present our evaluations, however this will be done shortly.
At the start, I found that the front cover took the longest as we had to follow what our research told us about our target market; about the colour scheme, the type of genre etc. After completing the front cover, I found that the other publications took less time as the colour scheme etc would have to be the same as it would have to stay consistent with the front cover.
Instead of making the contents page (TOC) after completing the front cover, we made the DPS instead. This is because in the practise project,we have already made a TOC on the school magazine but did not do a DPS for it, and so it would be appropiate to spend more time on the DPS.
In the middle of making each publication, we also had to analyize each publication as well; like the front cover. Analyising the contents page and front cover didn't take too long as we did this in the earlier project. However, the DPS took about two weeks, seeing that we had to make the presentation and present it to everyone whilst being filmed (video of the presentation is on the blog).
Overall, it took us 4 months to complete the three publications and the research alone. We have yet to present our evaluations, however this will be done shortly.
Final draft of my TOC
First of all, I softened the edges of the images by copying and pasting them into powerpoint and using the effects there to soften them. I then pasted them back to my contents page.
Other changes I've made were including a number page as this is essential for a contents page. I also made the subscription section smaller as when it was printed out, it seemed that it was too big for the content page. The text inside the subscription box was arranged with the same length so it would look more organised.
The final change I've made was the quote as the quote I had before wasn't as controvertial as this one was. This quote is a real quote from the vocalist himself, talking about his band's song.
DPS analysis of existing products
Y12 DPS Sonia
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Monday 29 March 2010
Second draft of my TOC
Second front cover featured in the subscription
This is another front cover I've made especially for my subscription section. It follows the same conventions and colour scheme as my first front cover. However, it contains an extra feature, a button. This attracts the reader to the magazine as it uses persuasive language.
This time I let the head of the model go in front of the masthead as this is a convention which is often used in rock magazines. It also brings more attention to the model.
Fourth and final (probably) draft of my front cover
What I've improved in this version is mainly the image of the model. As you can see from my earlier posts of my front cover, there were some 'messy' photoshopping. For example, the blonde highlights on the hair were extremely visable which makes it obvious to the viewer that the image has been photoshopped. In this version, I've fixed that problem and so it is not as visable as it used to be. I also fixed some small things such as: the pink highlight and the edge of the model's sharpness.
Moving away from the image itself, other changes I made was the size of the barcode as it was bigger than it is now which was uncessessary.
Final version of the article for my DPS
Right Hook Ruin entered the world of music as an official signed band just last summer when they were offered a place in one of the UK’s most successful records, Roadrunner records on July 24. They joined the famously known bands: US’s Biffy Clyro, Funeral for a Friend and Kids in Glass Houses. Lead guitarist, TJ Jones, tells us all about the bands ups and downs and what’s to come in the future.
First of all, congrats becoming a signed band!
TJ Jones: “Thanks, it was a real shock for us, but we’ve worked really hard so we deserve it.”
How did it happen?
“We were invited to do this gig in the O2 Academy in Birmingham to support Kill Casino. We were really excited already since we've only really preformed in London and it was our first time performing in another city, plus we were performing with the Kill Casino which was awesome! We did our gig and met up with Kill Casino in the dressing room. Then a few minutes later our manager called us out and said that one of the managers from Roadrunners Records was in the crowd and that he really liked our style. He wanted to meet with us personally and when we did, before you knew it, we signed a contract and officially became a signed band!”
How did the band react to this?
“We were all really ecstatic. Well at first we were like say what?! But when we had time to think about it we were like hell yeah, go for it! This, at least, tells us that people out there do like our music and so this would encourage us to write more songs for our fans”
What about the fans and family?
“They were really great and supportive, especially our family since they have been there since Right Hook Ruin was formed. Our fans, they’ve been great too since they follow us around [laugh]. We could see who our dedicated fans are since we mainly perform in Camden Barfly.”
Looking back, what was it like for you girls when you formed Right Hook Ruin?
“Hmm...I would say that it’s been a good three years since we formed RHR. There have been some problems along the way but we managed to solve them.
Ooh what type of problems?
“We don’t want to talk about them. The only thing important now is that we have overcame them and that we are great to go to become an awesome band”
Moving on, do you think being signed would add pressure to the band?
“Totally since being a signed band is a big thing. But I think that we will be able to live up to our current and new fan’s expectations and over a period of time we wouldn’t feel pressured anymore. Anyways, we’ve got our fans supporting us all the way.
How does the future look for Right Hook Ruin?
“We'll have a lot more gigs to do that’s for sure [laugh]. Hopefully we will continue to increase our popularity and we won't have to face the problems we've had in the past. So, I'll say that it looks good so far. We thank everyone who has supported us since the very beginning of when we were not well known, you guys are the reasons why we have debuted as a sign band. So look out world, Right Hook Ruin is here and is ready to rock your socks off!”
LOOK OUT FOR RIGHT HOOK RUIN’S DEBUT ALBUM. DUE OUT FEBURARY 20th
First of all, congrats becoming a signed band!
TJ Jones: “Thanks, it was a real shock for us, but we’ve worked really hard so we deserve it.”
How did it happen?
“We were invited to do this gig in the O2 Academy in Birmingham to support Kill Casino. We were really excited already since we've only really preformed in London and it was our first time performing in another city, plus we were performing with the Kill Casino which was awesome! We did our gig and met up with Kill Casino in the dressing room. Then a few minutes later our manager called us out and said that one of the managers from Roadrunners Records was in the crowd and that he really liked our style. He wanted to meet with us personally and when we did, before you knew it, we signed a contract and officially became a signed band!”
How did the band react to this?
“We were all really ecstatic. Well at first we were like say what?! But when we had time to think about it we were like hell yeah, go for it! This, at least, tells us that people out there do like our music and so this would encourage us to write more songs for our fans”
What about the fans and family?
“They were really great and supportive, especially our family since they have been there since Right Hook Ruin was formed. Our fans, they’ve been great too since they follow us around [laugh]. We could see who our dedicated fans are since we mainly perform in Camden Barfly.”
Looking back, what was it like for you girls when you formed Right Hook Ruin?
“Hmm...I would say that it’s been a good three years since we formed RHR. There have been some problems along the way but we managed to solve them.
Ooh what type of problems?
“We don’t want to talk about them. The only thing important now is that we have overcame them and that we are great to go to become an awesome band”
Moving on, do you think being signed would add pressure to the band?
“Totally since being a signed band is a big thing. But I think that we will be able to live up to our current and new fan’s expectations and over a period of time we wouldn’t feel pressured anymore. Anyways, we’ve got our fans supporting us all the way.
How does the future look for Right Hook Ruin?
“We'll have a lot more gigs to do that’s for sure [laugh]. Hopefully we will continue to increase our popularity and we won't have to face the problems we've had in the past. So, I'll say that it looks good so far. We thank everyone who has supported us since the very beginning of when we were not well known, you guys are the reasons why we have debuted as a sign band. So look out world, Right Hook Ruin is here and is ready to rock your socks off!”
LOOK OUT FOR RIGHT HOOK RUIN’S DEBUT ALBUM. DUE OUT FEBURARY 20th
Final draft of my DPS
First of all, instead of blue splatters around the article, I changed the colour to black. This is because it will allow the colour scheme to stay consistent with the other publications.
Not only that, I tried adding splatters to the main body text to see if it will look good - the result is shown here ------------------------------>
However, I thought that it looked a bit too messy and could cause the reader to have a hard time reading the article itself, and so i erased them. To make up to this, I added more splatters to the edges of the DPS and the article. I also changed the colour of the leading text to make it more consistent with the colour scheme of the front cover, unfortunately, I couldn't find the exact same pink as shown in the front cover and so it didn't give the same effect.
I also deleted the page number on the left hand side as it would of clashed with the splatters.
First draft of my contents page
As you can see from my mock up TOCs, i have chosen to follow my first TOC mock up.
After researching and analysising some existing contents pages created for the magazines: Kerrang and NME, I tried to use some conventions from both of those magazines.
The layout of the contents page is mainly from Kerrang, however I put the text on the left third of the page and the image on the right two-thirds. The eye flow follows the eye flow used in Kerrang; a 'C' shape. This means that the reader would first see the issue number first, gradually moving to the text in the left third and then to the bottom-right image.
Overall, I think most of the conventions were from Kerrang and it seems to resemble it. Compared to my first drafts of my front cover and my DPS, I think that this first draft is the strongest. There are only minor improvements which needs to be touched on.
Saturday 27 March 2010
Third draft of the DPS
This is the third draft of my DPS. I've made some minor improvements in this version.
First of all, i've added more paint splaters in the background of the article title and the byline. This makes the DPS more in the Rock 'n' Roll genre. This shows the type of genre the band plays. I did this by using different types of paint and splatter brushes and using the same colour, I added some splatters to the article title, byline, the leading text and the edges of the article itself.
I also edited the article as there were some typos.
Monday 15 February 2010
Article/interview for my DPS
Right Hook Ruin entered the world of music as an official signed band just last summer when they were offered a place in one of the UK’s most successful records, Roadrunner records on July 24. They were featured in Rawr! in a previous issue for being the best unsigned band for 2008. Lead guitarist, TJ Jones, tells us all about the bands ups and downs and what’s to come in the future.
Moving on, do you think being signed would add pressure to the band?
“Totally since being a signed band is a big thing. But I think that we will be able to live up to our current and new fan’s expectations and over a period of time we wouldn’t feel pressured anymore. Anyways, we’ve got our fans supporting us all the way.”
How does the future look for Right Hook Ruin?
First of all, congrats becoming a signed band!
TJ Jones: “Thanks, it was a real shock for us, but we’ve worked really hard so we deserve it.”
How did it happen?
“We were invited to do this gig in the O2 Academy in Birmingham to support Kill Casino. We were really excited already since we've only really preformed in London and it was our first time performing in another city, plus we were performing with the Kill Casino which was awesome! We did our gig and met up with Kill Casino in the dressing room. Then a few minutes later our manager called us out and said that one of the managers from Roadrunners Records was in the crowd and that he really liked our style. He wanted to meet with us personally and when we did, before you knew it, we signed a contract and officially became a signed band!”
How did the band react to this?
“We were all really ecstatic. Well at first we were like say what?! But when we had time to think about it we were like hell yeah, go for it! This, at least, tells us that people out there do like our music and so this would encourage us to write more songs for our fans”
What about the fans and family?
“They were really great and supportive, especially our family since they have been there since Right Hook Ruin was formed. Our fans, they’ve been great too since they follow us around [laugh]. We could see who our dedicated fans are since we mainly perform in Camden Barfly.”
Looking back, what was it like for you girls when you formed Right Hook Ruin?
“Hmm...I would say that it’s been a good three years since we formed RHR. There have been some problems along the way but we managed to solve them.
Ooh what type of problems?
“We don’t want to talk about them. The only thing important now is that we have overcame them and that we are great to go to become an awesome band”Moving on, do you think being signed would add pressure to the band?
“Totally since being a signed band is a big thing. But I think that we will be able to live up to our current and new fan’s expectations and over a period of time we wouldn’t feel pressured anymore. Anyways, we’ve got our fans supporting us all the way.”
How does the future look for Right Hook Ruin?
“We'll have a lot more gigs to do that’s for sure [laugh]. Hopefully we will continue to increase our popularity and we won't have to face the problems we've had in the past. So, I'll say that it looks good so far. We thank everyone who has supported us since the very beginning of when we were not well known, you guys are the reasons why we have debuted as a sign band. So look out world, Right Hook Ruin is here and is ready to rock your socks off!”
LOOK OUT FOR RIGHT HOOK RUIN’S DEBUT ALBUM. DUE OUT FEBURARY 20th
Project plan: where am I now?
Project Plan
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As you can see this is my project plan which i made at the start of this new project. It helps me set out every task which needs to be done so i can meet my deadline. I am now about two-thirds into the project (Half Term) and by now i should have completed: my reasearch of the target market, my front cover, Contents page and half of my double page spread.
In reality, i have covered 3 out of 4 of those tasks. I have completed my research, front cover and half of my DPS. According to my plan i am behind on some of my work, however i disagree with this as i have already made a mock up, three rather, of my contents page and have already made a plan for my photoshoot which i will do in the half term. This means that by the time i come back to school i will have everything ready to create my contents page.
As you can see this is my project plan which i made at the start of this new project. It helps me set out every task which needs to be done so i can meet my deadline. I am now about two-thirds into the project (Half Term) and by now i should have completed: my reasearch of the target market, my front cover, Contents page and half of my double page spread.
In reality, i have covered 3 out of 4 of those tasks. I have completed my research, front cover and half of my DPS. According to my plan i am behind on some of my work, however i disagree with this as i have already made a mock up, three rather, of my contents page and have already made a plan for my photoshoot which i will do in the half term. This means that by the time i come back to school i will have everything ready to create my contents page.
Sunday 14 February 2010
Thursday 11 February 2010
Second draft of DPS
This the the alternative DPS i made. I felt unsure about the first draft i've since it didn't look natural at all, so i used the image i used for my first one but instead i kept the background of the original image so it looks more natural. By doing this, it changed the image it shows. It's now about a house party and about the band going wild at a party, like most rock bands will do.I did do some editing to the background though. I cloned out the portraits hanging on the wall as they clash with the message of the image they are showing.
<---The original photo taken.The only problem with this DPS draft is that i fell that the image of the band members are too big and some will be cut off because of the gutter. However, the person hugging the vocalist could be cut off by the gutter since he is a groupie who is not a part of the band. Whereas, half of the bassist will be cut off.
First draft of my DPS
This was the first draft i did for my DPS. I thought i was okay, but it does need a lot to improve on.For example, the background, first of all, does not fit well with the image of the band as it looks like the image have been pasted to the background. The lighting contrasts between the two images as the image in front looks more darker than the background and so it does not look natural.
The article title itself is too grungy for the article and doesn't fit into the atmosphere of the article itself (the background also seems to do this).
One good thing about this DPS draft is that it has a good composition which follows the eye flow and distinctly show that in this DPS, the image is valued more than the text.
Thursday 4 February 2010
Mock up plan of my DPS
This is the mock up of my double page spread. I chose to use a similar composition of what Kerrang used for Circa Survive (my first DPS analysis) because I thought that it was a good layout and follows all the conversions.The layout is in a 'C' shape and the image would take up to two-thirds of the double page and the article would take one-third. This is because i would want the consumer to value the image more than the article itself. Having the image take two-thirds of the double page would also attract the audience because when we skim through the DPS we would always judge it by the image on the pages and the surrounding texts i.e. Pull quote, leading text etc.
The article itself will be an interview with a member of the band featured on the front cover, Right Hook Ruin; in this case, I will be interviewing the lead guitarist of the band.
The colour scheme of the text will connect with the mise-en-scene of the image. As Right Hook Ruin is a British band, I am going to have the band members wear blue, white and red clothes; this could show their patriotism.
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Third draft of front cover
This is the third and final draft of my front cover (for now..)
This time i changed the barcode and some of the text. Firstly, I played around with the way the barcode is set out to see people's reactions to it (if it isn't to your taste please comment). If it turns out to be unsuccessful then i will turn the barcode the other way round, to the way it was before - but with the information about price and the date still there.
The second thing i've changed is the font because in my last draft, the fonts i needed were not on my home computer's photoshop.
The last thing i did was add some text to the kickers to attract the consumer's attention. To the main kicker i've added 'World Exclusive' to show that this cover story is for the public not only in the UK, but to the rest of the world, as this front cover is introducing a newly signed band to the world.
The second thing i've changed is the font because in my last draft, the fonts i needed were not on my home computer's photoshop.
The last thing i did was add some text to the kickers to attract the consumer's attention. To the main kicker i've added 'World Exclusive' to show that this cover story is for the public not only in the UK, but to the rest of the world, as this front cover is introducing a newly signed band to the world.
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