Mirrors Film Poster

The cracked mirror image of the film poster and the fact that the source of the crack appears to be in the man's eye suggest that what he is seeing is distorted or 'cracked'. The close up camera shot illustrates his emotion even more.

Conventions we want to take from this poster for our own poster:
- Simple colour pallet
- Main cover image
- Billing block
- Date of release
- Tag line

Fatal Attraction Film Poster

The torn look of the poster suggests there is a broken, torn relationship between the two people juxtaposing the original image. The red could represent anger and/or danger.
The swirly font could normally suggest happiness and calmness, however, the use of the red font juxtaposes this original connotation.

Conventions we want to take from this film poster for our own:
- Red colouring (danger, death, love)
- Tag line
- Eye catching title
- Actors/actresses names at top of poster
- Production company

The Uninvited Film Poster

The fact that you cannot see a face suggests mystery and uncertainty in who it actually is. The child like font of the title gives the impression that there is a sense of innocence in the film. The colourless dark greys and blacks of the poster denotes evil and death.

The conventions we want to take from this poster for our own film poster:
- Tag line
- Billing block
- Date of release
- Dark colours
- Large eye catching title

Single White Female Film Poster

The main woman (Bridget Fonda) is in the foreground, which could convey that she is dominant in her own mind. The close up of her illustrates she is emotionless. In the background, behind the door, the other girl is looking at her in a sinister way. The fact that she can see her (Bridget) but Bridget cannot see her suggests she is the knowledge of something secret. The fact that she is looking into the foreground suggests she wants to be her and that she wants to be the centre of attention. The title is portrayed in a ripped newspaper effect, which is sinister because the word 'trustworthy' can be seen, quite clearly juxtaposing the darkness of the film.

The conventions we will take from this poster for our own poster:
- Tagline
- Eye catching title
- Names of the main cast
- Image of the villain
- Billing block
- Dark, simple colour pallet

Storyboards edited

These are our final storyboards for the final piece.

Shot 1: Establishing long shot of school entrance
Shot 2: Close up of Mindy and Mrs Goodall
Shot 3: Long shot of Mindy walking through the doors
Shot 4: Long shot of Mindy walking towards the camera
Shot 5: Pan of Reuben walking into the class
Shot 6: Pan of Reuben walking with Riley
Shot 7: Long shot of students sitting at desks, then finishes with slight zoom onto Mindy, who the girls think is laughing at nothing
Shot 8: Four shot of the girls talking. Reuben grabs the boxes and there is a pan of them walking away
Shot 9: Zoom of girls walking through school
Shot 10: Backward shot of the same girls walking. Reuben has 'appeared'
Shot 11: Long shot of Mindy reading
Shot 12: Shot of Mindy's hand. At this turning point of the trailer, she realises that Reuben isn't just interested in her. She gets jealous
Shot 13: High angle shot of someone walking into a dark cupboard
Shot 14: Close up shot of Riley's emotion
Shot 15: Close up of a sticky note, where Mindy has written Reuben's name down over and over- illustrates her obsession
Shot 16: Three shot of girls discussing the missing girl, Stella
Shot 17: Pan of Stella walking through a field
Shot 18: Midshot of the girls and Mindy
Shot 19: Ground shot of Stella getting up off the floor
Shot 20: Point of view (POV) tracking shot of Charley running
Shot 21: Midshot of Stella throwing up blood
Shot 22: Midshot of Stella, illustrating her emotion
Shot 23: Close up of Mindy
Shot 24: POV of Charley screaming
Shot 25: Midshot of Becky running into the toilets
Shot 26: Shot of two girls running
Shot 27: Shot of girl on the floor
Shot 28: POV tracking shot of Stella
Shot 29: Tracking shot
Shot 30: Long shot of Riley falling to the ground
Shot 31: Midshot of Stella falling to the ground
Shot 32: Close up of Riley tied up and struggling
Shot 33: High angle shot of Stella
Shot 34: Backwards midshot of Stella in the woods
Shot 35: Longshot of the woods
Shot 36: Panning shot of Mindy dragging the knife on a door
Shot 37: Close up shot of Stella on the grass
Shot 38: Midshot of Mindy looking down off a bridge
Shot 39: Long shot of Riley struggling on a roof
Shot 40: Two unknown characters running into a cupboard
Shot 41: Two unknown characters running- close up of their bodies
Shot 42: Long shot of Ellie and Rebecca tripping
Shot 43: Midshot of Mindy using her phone
Shot 44: Riley talking to Mrs Goodall about Heather
Shot 45: Midshot of Becky holding the door to stop someone from coming in
Shot 46: Unknown characters running past in a midshot
Shot 47: High angle POV shot of Riley on the floor
Shot 48: Close up of a door opening
Shot 49: POV tracking close up of Stella
Shot 50: Midshot of Mindy behind a tree
Shot 51: Close up of Riley running
Shot 52: Close up of fur coat and knife dropped onto it
Shot 53: Close up of Becky closing a door
Shot 54: Midshot of Mindy crawling along the floor with a knife
Shot 55: Close up of Charley on the floor
Shot 56: Low angle shot of Mindy walking away
Shot 57: Another girl screams
Shot 58: Long shot of Riley running away
Shot 59: Charley is on the floor- Mindy strokes her hair
Shot 60: Backward impact shot of someone being grabbed with force

Camera angles, movements and shots

We have decided to incorporate many camera movements into our trailer to create different effects.

The speed of the movement affects the impression portrayed to the audience. If a camera moves fast and shakes, it can convey tension, drama and a sense of urgency. This relates to our trailer because we will be shooting many fast paced montage clips to illustrate the drama and thrill- clips such as chases and falls. If a camera moves slowly, this can convey a calm atmosphere. However, we are going to use this to juxtapose the plot with a slow camera movement and a horrific atmosphere. We have already used a tracking shot to really illustrate how close the murderer is to one of the friends as she is being chased down the pavement.
To convey the sense of importance of the main character, Mindy, we want to use a 360degree panning shot. This will illustrate just how much she thinks is the centre of attention. This also relates to the character's emotions because she wants to feel like the centre of attention to Reuben.
As there is a clip of Mindy pushing a girl off a bridge, we have decided to capture this in a tilt shot to really illustrate the height of the bridge and how far it is to fall. This will also be used when the character has fallen to the ground and there is a low angle shot to exemplify how important and in control Mindy really is.

Shots

Budgeting

Even though, we are only producing a trailer with the resources we have around us, there have been several occassions where we need to make some purchases i.e. makeup and ingredients to make fake blood etc. in order to continue with our filming. Therefore, we have had to budget to afford these purchases. This is sometimes described as 'below the line' budgeting, because we have budgeted our money for production elements only. We have also saved a small amount of money for contingency, as we may need to quickly purchase other small unforseen costs.