Magazine Article (draft)

Here is the format of our magazine article which I created on Photoshop. This article contains page numbers, article name, title, subheading, columns, quote and images from the film.

This article will be based on mental issues which links in with the short film's main character Derek.

Update! No.5

Underneath is an image of the footage we took yesterday. 

We filmed the morning scene and the last bit of the train scene. Overall, it went well because we used our storyboards to guide us and we didn't mess about and got on with it. 

Forms and conventions of listings magazine review

The magazine that I looked at and used as reference was the RadioTimes (November 2015 issue.)

After looking at several articles based on a film I found that:

1. The title is always bigger than the writing itself

2. The sub heading is slightly smaller than the Heading but its still bigger than the main body.

3. The main body is written in columns and is used in a readable font like Helvetica and Times. 

4. There are cut out images all over the page. Usually its the image of the film poster and its actors.

5. Quotes from the directors or the audience.

The first magazine, The author and the Typewriter,  is about the movie called 'The Lady in the van.' This article has a subheading and columns of writing and paragraphs written on paper in a typewriter font. It includes images of the writer himself and actors from the film. Because most of the context within this article is written in a typewriter, there are many errors and hand written corrections. This gives its readers a few expectations of what the film could be about. On the other hand, the middle article, How we've changed, is about The Peep show and it has a simple format because the background is kept white and the writing is in columns making it look simple and clear to its viewers. In addition, there are only two pictures which both feature the actors. There are three quotes said by the actors and the article talks about how the show started and how it has now come to an end. Lastly, the 'This is my story' has 4 images, all in different sizes but cut out to fit the page. Moreover, the writing is placed in columns just like the other magazines and it includes quotes. 

In relation to our short film, we plan on creating a review about mental issues. This is because our short film is about a paranoid character that doesn't know what's happening to him. He's more aware of his surrounding rather than himself and his well being. The audience never shows the stalker's face therefore when the audience watches it, we wanted them to question the film and make them question whether he's just hallucinating or if what he sees is real. What this article that I'll right about will touch upon people's experiences and how its a main issue that people should be aware of. Personally, I wanted to link our short film with mental issues because it's about a student aged 19 who is about to become part of the society and circulate the economy. There's stress, depression and suffering involved and its tough when they just transitioned from being a teenager to an adult. In the short film we don't know what his housing situation is like or if he's addicted to anything, which makes the audience question if these could affect his mind. 

The role of the internet

The role of the internet, affects the distribution and marketing of a film. The internet in today's society is used so often that it has become an inexpensive way to distribute and market a film. For example, the film 'Ted 2' used the internet and created a marketing campaign called #Legalise Ted on Twitter. Their aim was to reinforce the film's storyline as Ted looks to conceive a child as a human being.This allowed the audience to engage with the film which then created hype even before it was released. Moreover, after launching the trailer on YouTube it had over 20 million views. After all this marketing, when the movie was released in Blue-ray it reached $11 million dollars and overall the movie grossed $81 million.

In my opinion, I think that the internet is essential when distributing and marketing our short film because social media can easily create hype and allow people to know about the film. A trailer can also be easily uploaded onto to YouTube but if its not featured by a bigger company or if you haven't done enough audience research, not a lot of people may watch it or even be interested. For our short film, we could even make a website dedicated to the film itself so that everyone could be redirected to it. It may be inexpensive but its also time consuming and if you don't produce what people want to see then the film might flop. Overall, the internet is useful for distribution and marketing purposes because:

1. Its inexpensive
2. We live in an age where the internet is used 24/7
3. Allows film makers to create a direct relationship with their audience.

Update! No.4

So far we've edited the footage we took last Sunday and we have the first preview of the poster. Because Eddy (person in our group) has experience with Photoshop, he used it to darken the image, use the shallow focus to add the silhouette of the stalker in the background and include a conventional title. This Friday we will be catching up on some blog posts and this weekend we will try to film everything that we have planned.

Altered Perception Poster Analysis

Plot: A BlancBiehn production centered around the idea of a governmentally designed drug created to help correct or strategically alter perceptions gathered during times of trauma or stress. Slated as being a substance that may help solve issues with everything from racial tensions, PTSD, and geopolitic battles, first a focused study is needed to see how people respond to treatment and what dosages might be needed. Four couples are chosen to test this drug, and soon find their memories and sanity challenged.

The image on the left is one of the posters BlancBiehn productions produced for this film. Without having seen the movie and only gaining knowledge about it from the plot, this is definitely a thriller based poster.  I think this because the needle and the hand on the face represents how it was forced onto them. Although these four couple 'agreed' to take part in testing this new drug the eye suggests that everything they see now will change. This links in with the name 'Altered Perception' because the person's opinion on a situation may have changed, therefore their reaction will be different. Knowing its a thriller makes the audience want to know what these characters find out and how they react to it.

In relation to the title, the font for each word is different and there are red cross symbols in between the word 'Altered.' Drugs link in with hospitals and the universal symbol for a hospital is the red cross.  The fonts are kept either white or red. These two colours contradict with each other because the white symbolises innocence and purity but the red colour symbolises danger and also passion. These qualities may be involved in the film.

Moreover, the sentence placed under the eye says 'The truth can be prescribed;' this could suggest that this drug shows everything meaning that no one could hide from it. But in life, some things are worth hiding because it might cause more harm to those who hear or see it. If I had watched this movie I would know what the overall outcome is but in my opinion I think that it'll definitely go wrong because its a trial drug test and its a thriller movie. Overall, this poster is a conventional thriller poster because of the shadows and close up of the eye.