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CENTRE NAME: NORBURY MANOR B&E COLLEGE
CENTRE NUMBER: 14343
CANDIDATE NAME: JANAAN JAN
CANDIDATE NUMBER: 0093
UNIT: G324

THE GATHERING TRAILER

THE GATHERING- POSTER

THE GATHERING- MAGAZINE

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Media by Slidely Slideshow
http://slide.ly/view/cd88721d35dd55c2b2c3e06b248b4048

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Should the video above not load here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIcDomDzJA


Here is a little more detail on the question. The link is https://soundcloud.com/janaan-jan/extra-details-to-question-3 should the attachment not appear

Evaluation Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Here is the link should the prezi not open: https://prezi.com/gm-lebwyk3fq/how-effective-is-the-combination-of-your-main-product-and-an/#

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Here is the link should the video not play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxX4i3KWYDg

TICKETS FOR PREMIERE

When making the tickets on photoshop I thought that as one of our products it should resemble the movie well. I did this by using religious references such as 666 across the ticket and making 'The Gathering' title the biggest thing on the ticket. I also felt that as the movie has aspects of a teen slasher it should have blood on it to give hints to the audience as to what the content of the trailer is. I therefore retrieved an image of a blood splatter off the internet and photoshopped it into the ticket using magic wand and the blur tool. I gathered my inspiration from Odeon cinema tickets and liked how the film strip was used so I wanted to incorporate a similar image to highlight the cinematic experience. Again I used magic wand to ensure the strip fit in well with the ticket. The final details I added was the text reading 'once you see HER nothing can save you'. My intent here was to give the audience a clue about the gender of the villain and allow questions to start building in their head. This was reinforced by highlighting 'HER' in 'the gathering' title.

Linking Products

Magazine audience feedback

https://soundcloud.com/janaan-jan/audience-feedback-magazine

Poster audience feedback

https://soundcloud.com/janaan-jan/audience-feedback-poster

Postet layout, image manipulation and features

Magazine layout, manipulation and features

Poster test shots

Poster Test Shots by Slidely Slideshow

Here is a few of the test shots that we took to make our poster, the last picture is of the final product.

http://slide.ly/view/496ec0f276008963587438e97ee48a8f
Above is the link should the video not work

Titles and Font

Here is a Prezi on how I made the titles to the trailer. I used both iMovie and Photoshop to make the titles and used the fonts that they provided.
https://prezi.com/zmjtsiv7hbeh/titles-and-use-of-font/#
The link is above should the video not work

Individual contribution

Here is a Soundcloud on my individual contribution to my media group. This video talks through the research, planning and construction stage of my portfolio.

Empire Magazine research

Empire magazine- house styles and conventions from Janaan Jan

USE OF SOUND EFFECTS

The sound clip below highlights some of the sound effects we used throughout out trailer. We found that the majority of the sounds we included appeared to elevate and get higher in pitch to come across as scarier and to build up tension; this was included after the period of the disruption of equilibrium. 

 After putting in sound effects with music included, we started putting in diegetic sounds such as heavy breathing and panting as well as door knocks and phones ringing. We did this as after the production process, we found that most of the sound made during recording was made fainter by music and other sound effects put in during post production. The diegetic sound effects put in and heightened allow the audiences to really understand how the characters are feeling and this is especially important with the genre of horror. 

THE GATHERING-Rough cut

We have put in some of the clips we would like to use and where the titles will go. There will still be more filming to do as well as editing at this stage.
Some of the things we would like to change would be adding more sound effects to add to the jump scares.
We would also like to film other clips some that we have more option and can fill in the blank spaces in the trailer.
There are some parts that don't make much sense due to the absence of dialogue and it would therefore benefit the viewer in terms of making the story line clearer should we add more dialogue.
Most of the clips are in the wrong place at the moment and we will need to look back to our storyboard to see where the clips fit best.

RESEARCH INTO MUSIC

When deciding what kind of music to include in our trailer we looked at a multitude of trailers with similar concepts. We found that the majority begun with happy and upbeat soundtracks that then progressed into slower tracks, got cut off completely or got distorted. An example of this would be the "The Visit" trailer which was a film that came out last year in September. 

This is also achieved in the trailer for "Unfriended" which was released in January. The music progresses from light and happy to suddenly being cut off by non-diegetic sounds which is a feature that has been used in out trailer.

When deciding on the types of sound effects we wanted to use, we looked into existing media texts to find out what worked best naturally without appearing out of place. Below are two clips of sound effects that we have used in our trailer.

Exploring Shot types and Sizes

Evidence of controlled use of camera

In order to create the right ambiance for this shot, we decided to use light from a phone. This was to include a white light which appears to create themes of exposure and panic as the normal yellow toned light conveys a feeling of calmness and normality, The camera in this shot was positioned at the top of the stairs whereas the actors where at the bottom running towards the camera and in this case safety. As they both frantically run to safety, one actor is pulled down the stairs and away from the camera by the supernatural force which illustrates the idea of further transgression from the equilibrium, 

Here we have a camera placed on one of my team members. It is placed in such as way to effectively create panning shots smoothly ans steadily as we did not have access to a track to create a dolly shot. Moreover, the dolly was placed at a lower angle than eye-height to convey the idea that it was through the eyes of the villain who would be lurking around the house. This is similar to the shot taken below. 

In order to create a similar idea of dominance with the villain, the majority of the shots after the distribution of equilibrium were at a lower angle as the villain now has full power over the protagonists. 

These shots above were shot by hand without the use of any equipment to create the effect of intimate scenes were the audience may feel closely attached and included with the goings on in the situation. The natural jolts and movements created by the hand of the camera places emphasis of the feelings and general build up of tension and suspense.