feedback 29/04

recenter the tag line and change play so its in a different colour and place the tag line above the institutional information - DONE

final poster and first review question

Answer each of these questions in a different format - remember you are marked on how well you use ICT /new technologies in your presentation

1. In what ways does you media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products - powerpoint presentation

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? blog post

3. What have you learnt from audience feedback?

4. How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning stages. - word document

Final poster!

The inspiration for this poster came from my previous poster reviews. The idea of showing the two different personality's comes from the Alice in wonderland poster where the hatter is presented as having two conflicted sides even though only one face is shown. I decided to be less subtle and have the two faces side by side to show the contrast. The inspiration to frame it with shadows came from Pan where the the girl and the tree are framed by shadows and are the only things that have any light on them in the shot. The idea to use this style of writing came from looking at posters for fantasy film like the last witch hunter while I was making the poster, the last witch hunter uses a font which is a lot like the times new roman one that you get on word however I looked at using that style for the posts but it just didn't work so I started to experiment with other fonts that looked similar to the one they had used and then I found this one.

interview young people / target audience and how they visualise stress and visualise it in the narrative of film

feedback and targets 21/04

1) say what I might use from the analysed posters   -   DONE

2) reflect on 'draft' posters

3) Do (2 posts) review research - look at what posters of that genre usually use/look like:

layout

font size

language used

image

tone

MUST BE DONE BY SUNDAY!!

An analysis/review of Pan's labrynth Poster

COLOURS:
USE OF dark colours creates a tense atmosphere and draws attention to the tree and the girl as they are the only items that are lit. The tree symbolises the doorway between the girls reality and the other/fantasy world that she goes to to escape her negligent and borderline abuses step father, she finally escapes her harsh reality after she dies.
The poster has no tagline, only the date of the release and the title.
makes the viewer/audience feel a sense of mystery, intrigued and uneasiness.
Another important thing about the poster is that the tree mimics the image of the satyrs head above the entrance to the labyrinth, making it seem like the tree is the entrance to the other world and that it will end up consuming her. which it ultimately does after her death.


What techniques might I use from this poster?
What I will take from this poster and apply to my own is the use of dark colours to create and reflect the dark atmosphere of the film. I'll use this on my poster to express the hatters twisted nature and the stress of exams.

An Analysis of the Alice in Wonderland 'The Mad Hatter' Film Poster

Analysis of Alice in wonderland 'the mad hatter' film poster.

The most noticeable thing about this poster is the bright colours that clash with the plain colours e.g. the brightly coloured bow tie clashes with the plain brown of the hatters shabby coat. this reflects the way his bold and brash personality contrasts/clashes with the boring world that Alice knows and is escaping from.
The background of the poster is covered in the hatters top hat creating a sense of chaos and implying that while he's mad he is sane enough to create hats/hats are the only thing that keep him slightly sane.
His eyes are looking two different ways suggesting that the hatter sees everything but at the same time is unable to focus on any of it.


What techniques might I use from this poster?
The thing  I want to take from this poster is how it presents the two different sides of the joker at the same time in subtle little ways. The difference is I will not present it subtly instead I will display the hatters two different sides literally side by side. one half will be the hatter and the other will be the friend that the students subconscious has based the hatter on.

Results of our Target audience survey

After conducting a survey of our target audience my partner and I have now concluded that:

• The average age of our audience is 17-18
• The things people usually associate with the fantasy genre are: Magic, Special effects, Magic Creatures (e.g. unicorns) and magical beings (e.g. Elves, dwarves and hobbits)
• Popular favourite fantasy films are: Star wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers.
• People that's said they liked them like fantasy films because of: The magic and The sense of adventure and mystery.
• People that said they dislike them dislike fantasy films because: They're normally style over substance, they're not very realistic and they can sometimes be too over the top.
• Common favourite films are: Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Common least favourite films are: Seventh son, Twilight, Alice in wonderland and pixels.
• Because our story was inspired by Alice in Wonderland we asked our target audience whether or not they prefer fantasy films that were based on/originally books to other fantasy films as well as what they thought was negative/positive about literary adaptations. The majority responded that they didn't have as long as the narrative is interesting or that it depended on the film.
• Their responses about the negative/positive  things about literary adaptations were:

1. Depends on genre, often the original concept can be tarnished for release
2. They offer an alternate light to the way the book portrays the story
3. Positive - pre-existing fans. Negative - occasionally don't do the books justice
4. Positive - can entice audiences to watch new adaptations. Negative - can be lead astray from the novel
5. Positive - when its Game of Thrones. Negative - when they are poorly adapted.

• People said that they believe the most important thing in a fantasy film is: Quests and magical elements, Cinematic immersion, reality in the madness and good narrative.