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B I L L I N G B O X C R E A T I O N

Since a billing box is a compulsory aspect to a film poster I needed to create one for my own poster, using a similar structure and design to those on existing film posters, like the posters I analysed previously. I looked at the billing box from the poster for the film 'Peep World', which was a billing box we looked at in class, as I liked the structure of it and this really aided me in the making of my own:

I noticed that the name of the production company and distributor are located at the top of the billing box in larger, more spaced out lettering. I decided on 'Capture Pictures' as the name of the production company and 'Playhouse Entertainment' for the name of the distributor as I searched related words to the word 'film' and 'cinema' and the word 'Playhouse' came up in my thesaurus search. I liked how it sounds and how it looks as a logo. It also relates to cinema and motion picture.

I came up with a few variations of logos before deciding on my final two which are on the third billing box down, which is my final billing box design. I really liked the mix of bold and regular text so I thought that for the 'Capture Pictures' logo, the third one down would be the best and not too fussy that it diverts attention away from the poster design itself.

I created a few different billing boxes, with the third one down being my final design:

I N I T I A L P O S T E R M O C K U P S + B R A I N S T O R M

F I R S T L O G G I N G O F F I L M

Today I logged all of our filming onto the harddrive which is connected to a Mac computer in the muse studio. I began to sort out the useful clips that we will consider using in our trailer from the not so useful clips that can be rejected. This way when we begin editing we won't have masses of footage to go through and will be a lot less complicated.

We finally figured out how to convert out footage so that it was compatible with Final Cut Pro using a program called MPEG Streamclip, which was successful in converting the footage. I didn't want to begin editing yet as Melody wasn't in so I thought it best to wait until next time we go to the muse.

Next time we go to the muse we will now be able to begin editing and making our trailer with the footage we have shot!

P O S T E R A N A L Y S I S

W I N T E R W O N D E R L A N D F I L M I N G C O M P L E T E D

Filming at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park was really successful and we managed to get loads of really useful and exciting shots that we will definitely be able to use in our trailer.We were able to go into a fun house, which we had hoped we would be able to do, and in there we were able to take our time getting lots of different shots. Once there we saw lots of opportunities for shots we hadn't particularly planned ahead for but that looked really good, including a shot where the clown is standing over a wind machine so that the costume is blowing in the wind and looking really creepy, whilst the public walked around, to emphasize the clown causing a disturbance to the public and being let loose on people. We also went on a ghost train, which wasn't as successful in terms of filming as it was very dark and the camera therefore didn't pick up much. However, we did get shots of the strobe lighting in the ghost train ride and the sounds of screaming which may be useful in the editing stage of the trailer as a non-diegetic sound added on top of footage.  Within the fun house was a rotating tunnel which looked amazing in shots and things like a mirror maze etc, where we were able to get loads of really interesting shots that look really unique and arty, to go with the idea of having our trailer being for an art house/independent film.

Some stills from some of the footage we shot at Winter Wonderland:

P L A N F O R F I L M I N G

Quick plan for filming tomorrow at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We plan to go at around midday so that we can film in both daylight and as it begins to get dark at around 4-5pm.

Melody will be changing into the clown costume once we get there and we plan to try and go on some rides or some kind of fun house etc, so that we can capture some shots of the clown in interesting scenarios and in a fair ground environment.

We want to capture shots that show the clown becoming evil e.g. looking out at people in the fair, being around people who perhaps cannot see him, hiding from people / potential victims etc.

Could include:

-creepy waving
-standing behind things
-walking in crowds of normal dressed people