This is an example of a chosen question from my questionnaire.
This picture shows a key of the percentage of people that chose a selection of films and then chose their favourite film poster which was eye-catching.
Joint film magazine research
Joint Ideas for magazine front cover
Images: when taking the images we have consider about the age gap for our target audiences and if the images will be appropriate, we dont want to exaggerate certain concepts that will offend some people. When taking our images we also have to think about the setting if they would suit the magazine if not we had to make sure we had the tool (Photoshop) to able to edit them so they didnt look out of place.
Colour scheme: The colour scheme chosen for our magazine has to match our genre so we have decided to take these colours into consideration red- this connotes passion and danger which is what happens in most action films, it creates excitement, black- connotes mystery this is to add curiosity to the film so that the target audience stays engaged into the trailer, orange/yellow- these are the colours of fire and explosion it can also connote happiness as there are eventful and happy scenes in tge film/trailer.
Text(language): we may use a range fonts for our production piece, we want fonts that have the action vibe to it to link with our trailer genre we may even carry the font used for our name of the film to the film magazine. other fonts were used to stand out to the target audience if it was something that they should have read and others were used to make text look neat on the magazine pages.
Setting of images: we are going explore a range of local areas closest to us, we will see what areas has the potential to look like an action background.we will try our best to make our models do the typical poses for a magazine shoot and we used props as well to make the images seem more professional and actioned style. Afterwards we then had to cut around the background and find a new setting on the internet so that it would link to the genre of the magazine.
Layout of film magazine
The layout of the magazine, will be similiar to magazines on shelves now. It is important that we meet the codes and conventions of a typical film magazine, but interpret our own ideas. Ideas for our layout will include, the masthead at the top, with the image in the centre of the page, and the text around the sides of the images. Using a simple design will allow to us be more creative with the content rather than focusing on how it would be layed out.
Questionnaire results
A sample of three questions: Basic results
Where you would like the setting (mise-en-scene) of an action film? Please Circle
Where you would like the setting (mise-en-scene) of an action film? Please Circle
New York
//////// = 8
Paris
// = 2
Rome
// = 2
Tokyo
////// = 6
Dubai
// =2
What would draw your attention in an action film?
Explosion
/////// = 7
Speed car chase
////// = 6
Fascinating images
/////// = 7
What other action films have you watched or interested in watching?
Super 8 =1
Inception = 1
Fast and Furious 5 = 5
Die hard = 1
Pirates and Caribbean = 1
Transformers = 5
Captain America = 1
Avatar = 1
X-Men = 1
Blood and Bone = 1
N/A = 2
How are films funded?
Movies can be funded a number of ways:
Studios - The Hollywood Studios (Universal, Paramount etc) finance the movies with their own cash, bank loans, and through investment from a number of wealthy parties, entrepreneurs or investment specialists. These types are usually multi-billionaires who may be as interested in the glamour of the movie industry as they are in the profits.
Production Companies - some production companies will front the cash to make a movie, because they either have an advanced deal or believe they will be able to sell the movie to a distributor who will take direct profits from cinema ticket sales.
Other ways include:
National Funding (The Film Council in the UK), Tax Based Incentives, Loans, Pre-Sales, as per Capitol Films, who will provide finance for a film based on the sales potential, cast and principal crew, because they will recoup their money by selling the film worldwide to cinema and DVD distributors.
Studios - The Hollywood Studios (Universal, Paramount etc) finance the movies with their own cash, bank loans, and through investment from a number of wealthy parties, entrepreneurs or investment specialists. These types are usually multi-billionaires who may be as interested in the glamour of the movie industry as they are in the profits.
Production Companies - some production companies will front the cash to make a movie, because they either have an advanced deal or believe they will be able to sell the movie to a distributor who will take direct profits from cinema ticket sales.
Other ways include:
National Funding (The Film Council in the UK), Tax Based Incentives, Loans, Pre-Sales, as per Capitol Films, who will provide finance for a film based on the sales potential, cast and principal crew, because they will recoup their money by selling the film worldwide to cinema and DVD distributors.
Images related to our genre
These images represent action in a movie, and when taking our pictures we will try and portray the same thing. Whilst taking our images, we need to understand the mise-en-scene, the costumes, the lighting and any props we need to use to additionally show the genre as best we can. We will use different angles, to show high power, and low power, and then add effects, such as dramatic colours, to highlight the image to highlight the image even further.
Film names, fonts and connotations
EXPLOIT- we have decided that this will be our chosen name for the trailer, it is both striking and tragic. This name should create a story for itself for instance for audiences who haven't seen the trailer but heard of the film through social interaction, it would stick into their heads as to why its called EXPLOIT, what happens in the movie, it creates a realization that in most action films a lot of exploitation happens in the story line thus creating action sequences, it promotes the trailer because the name speaks for itself. This would show target audiences that the action genre is balance of happiness, tragedy, brutality we hope to shows our in-sight of these elements in our trailer but following the conventions of an action film trailer to make it look as professional as possible.How to visually get the name of the film stuck in the minds of our target audience's?
Fonts- must eye catching, easy to read, bold and in your face.
Colour- colours that connote action, both masculinity and femininity, mystery, passion and danger.
Logo- create something unique so that audiences would be able to recognize it straight away.
Research on our genre
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases. They occasionally have a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds such as, life-threatening situations, an evil villain, and/or being chased in several ways of transportation which could be a car, bus etc, with victory achieved at the end after difficult physical efforts and violence.Story and character development are generally secondary to explosions, fist fights, gunplay and car chases.
Wikipedia.
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