1. P RO D U C T I O N O F
F I L M P O S T E R & M AG A Z I NE
FILM REVIEW

2. PRODUCTION OF
FILM POSTER

3. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
 I took a variety of shots that I would be able to use for my film poster.
I took images of my three main characters; Sam, Elijah and Sean. I
wanted an image where Sam and Elijah were either side of Sean holding
up lanterns and looking afraid whilst Sean stands between then looking
extremely happy and the stereotypical ‘stoner’ image. This would connote
both comedy and horror as well as a ‘stoner’/teen film. The image is also
taken in the woods, a stereotypical horror setting, so again connotes
horror as well as revealing where much of the film is shot.

4. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
 I took a mix of long and mid shots in three different locations so
that I had a variety of images to work with.
 The next few slides show a few of the shots I took.

5. CHOOSING AN IMAGE

6. CHOOSING AN IMAGE

7. CHOOSING AN IMAGE

8. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
 This is the image I choose.
 I choose this one as I feel the full shot
in more engaging and reveals more of the
location than the mid shots.
 The actors all have the exact
expression I wanted them to with Sean
looking very happy and possibly high, Sam
looking enigmatically to the left and Elijah
looking worried/scared.

9. EDITING THE IMAGE
 Firstly I edited the image to make
it much darker and more foreboding
which connotes the genre of horror
which contrasts more strongly to
Sean’s happy face which reveals the
mix of genre.
 The dark foreboding image fits
the conventions of horror film
posters.

10. EDITING THE IMAGE
Original
Image Edited Image
Got rid of the sky by
cloning the ivy leaves
Darkened the
whole image
Made the bottom
of the image
black so that I
could put on text
over the top

11. CREATING THE TITLE
•I then used an online font site called
Dafont to choose a stereotypical horror
font to write my film title with.
•Opposite is the font I choose which I
then took a screen shot of and edited in
Photoshop.
•To edit it I changed it to be bright red as
this connotes horror whilst also being
somewhat cheesy as it is so overused in
horror so also connotes comedy horror
too.
•I then put it along the top of my poster
and made it very large so that it is eye
catching.

12. CREATING THE TITLE
 For the second part of the film
title. ‘Trevortivity’ I really wanted the
Trevor part to stand out to
experimented with a number of fonts
each of which I wanted to connote the
normality of the name Trevor and
how inoffensive it is.

13. CREATING THE TITLE
•I tried the title with just
the original horror font as
well as with a mix of
fonts and colours on
„Trevor‟.
•I preferred the mix of
fonts and colours as I
thought this best
connoted the genre of
film.

14. EDITING THE TEXT
•I then created the text along
the bottom of the page. This
section is so important as it is
the last thing the reader see‟s
Tickertape
so it is imperative I put the most
web
important information here such address
as the release date and the along the
films web address as my target bottom of
audience consume all most all the page.
media online so if I want to
reach them I have to through
online sites.

15. EDITING THE TEXT
•I made the most important information
which are the words “cinemas” and
“summer” the same red as the title as this
draws the eye to them and ensures that the
reader gains the most important information
from the poster.
•I made the rest of the words a deeper red,
similar to the colour of Sean‟s jumper, so
they don‟t compete with the title and
important words.
•I also used the pun tripping to connote the
possible drug use within the film and the
reference to Sam‟s fall. It connotes the
genre as comedy horror again.

16. EDITING THE TEXT
•Originally the poster said “Tripping onto
Youtube this Summer” as this is
realistically where my film will be
consumed by my audience but in order to
create a realistic film poster I changed it
to cinemas as short films don‟t have film
posters for Youtube.
Was Youtube, now
Cinemas.

17. EDITING THE TEXT
•I then put the names of the
actors on as this acts as a
lure in most film posters Original positioning Final positioning
where the actors are well
known and I wanted to use
this convention.
•I played around with the
positioning of the main
actors names with them
originally in a straight line
before I moved them.

18. EDITING THE TEXT
•I then put the other actors
names below the main
three‟s.
•I made the font slightly
smaller and grey instead
of white as I didn‟t want
the viewers attention
drawn away from the main
image and the salient
pieces of information.

19. EDITING THE TEXT
•I then put the production details on the poster in a much smaller font and
in the same grey as the other actors names.
•I included the director, writer, producer, production company, actors and
music.
•This conforms to the conventions of real film posters which include these
details but make them smaller than other information as they are less
important for the viewer to see.

20. EDITING THE TEXT
My logo
•I then created a logo for
the imaginary production
company I created called
Birdhouse as real film
posters have the logos of
the production companies
used to make them and in
order to make my poster
Real Logo
look more like a real film
poster I too used this
convention.

21. FINSIHED POSTER

22. PRODUCTION OF
MAGAZINE FILM
REVIEW

23. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
•I took a number of images of Sam and Elijah hiding behind the small tree
which is from a scene in the film.
•I choose this location as it‟s an enigmatic image as the actors look afraid
and are looking out of shot at something and these enigma codes will
hopefully engage the magazine reader.
•It‟s also an atmospheric shoot due to the contrast of shadows and light of
an image taken at night which connotes horror.
•It also contains the two protagonists just as real magazine reviews do as
this acts as a lure.
•Hopefully I have taken an engaging image that will grab the readers
attention and get them to pause on that double page spread of the
magazine and read the article.

24. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
•I narrowed it down to these two images.

25. CHOOSING AN IMAGE

26. CHOOSING AN IMAGE
•I choose this image as I really like Sam
and Elijah‟s enigmatic look out of shot
and their expressions.
•I also like the shadows of the branches
across their faces and feel it is a striking
image that would grab a readers
attention.
•This is especially important as I will have
this image taking up one half of the
double page spread which is a convention
of many reviews; having a very large
image.

27. C R E AT I N G T H E L AYO U T O F
THE DPS
•For my film review I choose to create an article in the independent
music magazine I created last year for my coursework called
„Revolution‟.
•I did this as it meant I would be able to use the brand identity I created
last year which is very important when creating an article as it is a
convention of magazines.
•An independent music magazine would also review independent films,
especially niche films such as comedy horrors.
•I therefore used the layout of previous pages to plan my review.

28. CREATING THE LAYOUT
• These are the pages I created last year and which I used to
create the layout of my review page.

29. CREATING THE LAYOUT
• I also looked at a number of real magazine
reviews to plan my layout and from that I
choose to include key details in a separate
box and a verdict section.
• I used a similar font to my other pages for
the title of the section and continued to use
disjointed font for the rest of the headings to
continue using the brand identity.

30. CREATING THE LAYOUT
Magazine logo at the
top of the page Large heading of the
enforces brand magazine section
identity. across both pages
which connects the
Short film of the
pages. It uses the house
month title in the
colours of the magazine
same but
and a disjointed font
subverted colours
similar to others used in
which again
the magazine.
reinforces brand
identity.
I also put a black box I have used my chosen
along the bottom of image to take up half of
the page and put the the double page spread
logo on the left hand as this is a convention
side of each page of many film reviews.
and the page number
on the right hand
side.

31. CREATING THE LAYOUT
I then put the tagline along the I then put the film title on using
bottom of the title which describes similar fonts to my poster for the
briefly what the film contains. The brand identity of the film itself. I used
colloquial language connotes the different fonts for “Trevor” and “tivity”
fact it‟s a magazine for a younger to again highlight the genre. The
target audience just as my film is. bright red not only conforms to the
I also put a much smaller image of brand identity of the film but also
Sean‟s face, taken from the film contrasts strongly to the other
poster. Having smaller images of colours used in the magazine which
the film is another convention of makes the title stand out more.
magazine reviews that I wanted to
use. It also connotes the comedy
whereas the large image connotes
the horror aspect of the film more.
I created a section that contains
the most important information
such as release date and cast. I then created a „Verdict‟ section
This section stands out due to the which sums up the magazine‟s
different coloured background and opinion of he film and gives it a
variety of text. This is yet another rating. I made my rating system use
convention of film reviews I have the magazine‟s logo to again
chosen to use. increase brand identity.

32. WRITING THE ARTICLE
I created an
paragraph that I used quite an adult
introduces the mode of address using
magazine‟s opinion of phrases and words
the film. I made the such as “stoned
font bold so that it teenagers” that I would
would stand out more not have used for a
and draw the readers younger audience but
eye to the beginning this magazine is aimed
of the article. at 15 year olds and
upwards so I wanted to
I made the name on
use a mode of address
the magazine a
that would appeal to
different colour and
them.
font to again create
I included references to
brand identity.
other films that mine is
I included like to encourage
descriptions of readers to watch mine.
parts of the film I also included
and spoilers just negative aspects of the
as real reviews do. film to make the overall
judgement of the film
seem reliable.

33. FINISHED REVIEW