Production Schedule for Planning and Organisation - 10/10/2011

This is the production schedule logging the progress of my planning and organisation:



Hangman Poster Mock Up - 09/10/2011

This is a mock up of the poster of our horror-mystery film, Hangman. It is just a rough representation of what the layout would be:

I believe that the tagline would be most effective when placed at the top of the poster, in possibly a blood red colour to convey the horror genre of Hangman and to symbolise it's death theme. The picture of a hangman's noose will be placed in the centre and will dominate the enitre poster, relating to the "HANGMAN" title. The title would most likely be placed directly under the noose, and we are currently experimenting with title forms such as "H_NGMAN", to add to the hangman-game themes by missing out letters - but not so many letters that it would be unobvious as to what the film title was. This is all neccessary in creating a synergy that runs throughout the poster. Furthermore, the cast and production billing block would be in a dark colour that doesn't stand out too much and blends into the background, since it is insignificant to the audience. The cinema release date might then be in a red colour to match the tagline and film title, since it needs to stand as it is vital in informing the audience when the film will be in cinema. This along with the film website address may also be in red, as it is another essential part of advertising that will reach the widest audience possible. Lastly, the production logos will be small and in a dark colour that blends into the background, since it is again unimportant to the audience and just there to complete the overall professionalism of the poster.



Hangman Film Magazine Cover Mock Up - 06/10/2011

The masthead (including the magazine name) will go across the top of the cover, in a bright colour that will define the house style of the particular magazine (be it Total Film, Empire or a magazine of my own creation). There will then be a banner above this masthead with buzz words like 'exclusive' or 'special edition' to make the audience want to by the magazine due to its exclusivity - this, along with all other text on the page, may be in colours that match the colours used in the image to create a synergy throughout the cover. The typical magazine features will obviously be included on this cover for professionalism - the dateline and price will be placed in small, discreet writing  just under the masthead, and the barcode will go in the bottom right-hand corner. Next, there will be a long pug-column on the left-hand side giving readers an insight into other main articles discussed in the magazine - another device used to attract readers into opening the magazine to find out more about these exciting features. Then there will be space at the bottom of the cover to include a 'PLUS!' space, giving the names of other movies discussed in the magazine to attract the widest audience possible. For further enticement, I will include a puff on the right-hand side of the page advertising an exlusive feature or competition that can only be found in this magazine, in order to attract potential buyers. Lastly yet most importantly, the image showing the feature story (Hangman) will be the background of the whole cover, with all text and the large bright title of this feature overlapping it. I feel that all of these components will make my cover the most effective it could possibly be.

Risk Assessment Forms - 02/10/2011

Completing risk assessment forms are vital in ensuring the safety of our actors and crew: