Front Cover: Positioning

Here is an update on the Front Cover magazine that my group and I have been working on. I believe we have added many conventions into the magazine and will be adding much more. We have asked for some feedback from teachers and students about positioning our text and where the final girl should be placed. My original front cover was the top one and I had tried to move her to the side to see how it would work. Some students and teachers like the side on effect and some prefer it in the middle. Personally, I prefer it in the middle however, not everyone in my group agrees. After long discussion about what will benefit us more, we had decided we will be sticking to keeping it in the middle as this is a common convention used in most magazines. The text will be wrapped around the final girl but not covering her face.

In certain aspects, the side shot effect is effective however, I feel that have text on just one side of a magazine is not good enough for anyone's standard.

Poster: Sci-Fi Effect

This is my most recent Poster which includes many of the conventions that my group and I originally came up with in our flat plan and we have included more things for a better and more professional look.

I have included a Sci-Fi high definition look which works well as my trailer includes a lot of Sci-Fi filtered scenes to create a 'being watched' or 'recorded' look. The poster is done as if it is being seen at night time from a camera or a CCTV. I feel that using this really connects with the audience as the final girl is staring directly at the camera (audience) which shows a 'help me' signal being given off.

I have included the '18' logo on the bottom left of the poster to show that the film is an 18 rated film by the BBFC which stands for British Board of Film Classification. This is done as it shows professionalism within my poster and what sort of film it is.

Also, I have added a 'Lionsgate' sponsor on the bottom right which is seen on many films by Lionsgate. I did this because not only is it professional but, Lionsgate is recognised internationally and allows my poster to seem like a big upcoming film that will have its own premieres and interviews and would be all over tv adverts and news.

However, this is not yet the final poster that my group and I have come up with. I believe that there is much more to be added.

Poster filtering and adjustment of colour

I have been working on the poster for a few days and I have been adjusting different colours and filters to the original image which is a picture of the final girl's eye. Below is the picture.

I chose to use this picture as I believe it shows fear. I had discussed this with my group and we all agree that once it had been manipulated on Photoshop, it would look even scarier and relate to the film.

Below is a quick edited print screen of it, straight away we see a definite darkness to it, with Slenderman's sign in the middle of her eye and a darker adjustment of colour. As you can see, there are several layers on there which create this effect. This includes changing the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and colour.

Her pupil has also been photoshopped to seem as if it is dilated  this was noted by Alfred Hitchcock in the film 'Psycho' where a critic said the shower scene was not real enough as the dead girls eyes were not dilated. I feel that by doing this, I can match up to Hitchcock's standard and be noted for because of the detail that I include.

The image below was an edit that I did not like, I feel that this edit has made the final girl into someone else of a different ethnic background.