Research & Planning: Plan of the week.

The Magazine Cover

• Make the After Dark font a bigger size to cover the body.
• move the paragraph of fonts at the top right down a little.
• Place the masthead behind the photograph and also make it larger so that its one of the main feature of the magazine.
• Move the bar code to the bottom right corner also create a distribution logo to place next to it.
• Maybe place a box behind the 'EXCLUSIVE'

The poster

• I need to take a photograph of the main character, im debating yet to take a long shot of the scarecrow appearing as a 'typical scarecrow' or with the victim and scarecrow.
• Add steel tongs- cast and crew, however I feel that my poster wont benifit from it as much as others, not all posters carry this out as ive seen whilst researching on the internet.

Example - Cloverfield.

Example: The Mist

Example: Skyline

The Trailer

• Add sound thoughout the trailer.
• Record the newsfootage scene outside again.

Research & Planning: After Dark edit log

Edit Log 1

Edit Log 2

Edit Log 3

Here are my Edit log's during editing for the 'After Dark'

Research & Planning: Teaser Trailer Feedback

After looking over the feedback sheets, the main points of improvement were re shoot the news report for outdoors, import more shots of the scarecrow before the climax and to add music. Feedback shows that the strength points of the trailer are the jump cuts and title frame with the transitions. Overall by looking at the comments I feel like the selected audience understood the narrative and genre through the micro-elements.

Research & Planning: Update of the Film Magaznie

Adding the photograph onto the magazine.

The updated version.

Today I have been working on my magazine cover, I added the photograph of the scarecrow placing him centre of the page, so that it dominates the magazine. Also added an out glow of black surrounding the Scarecrow as he is the 'Villain'  to try and give an effect of him walking out of the darkness, however I didn't think that worked so good alone so decided to then add another layer of dark dull branches that I took a month ago and took the opacity down so it gives us that woodland effect.

Research & Planning: Photographs Magazine



Medium long shot- Low angle, slight blur.



Medium Long Shot- Low Angle- dominating.

Mid Shot- Low Angle- powerful.

Medium Long Shot- High key lighting tinge of orange across the body.

^ again with a blur.

Close Up- Low Angle

Long Shot- Low Angle however mise-en-scene not approproiate for the magazine.

Medium Long Shot- Low Angle.

Medium Shot- good focus with a low angle.

Again more in frame though.

Meidum Shot- Possibly to much of a low angle.

Test shot to see how it would look if he was walking towards the camera, however gives a more action feel.

Medium Long Shot- high key lighting.

Medium Long Shot- the location wasn't correct, as to the scarecrows posture.

Long Shot- high key lighting, tried to create a horror shadow however is dominated by the light.

Again however in a Medium Long Shot.

Also agazin however from a different angle, however you can see buildings in the background.

Medium Shot- High Key Lighting, location not appropriate.

Medium shot- High Key Lighting dominated the photograph.

Today I took a couple of photographs of the Scarecrow in three different locations (woodland area, against a white walll and rural area). Some of the photographs I took wasnt very clear or the lighting didnt work, however looking through them I decided to try and edit one and see how it would look on my magazine.

Chosen Photograph.

Research & Planning: Update of the poster

Here is an update of my Poster, I have added names above the title also using the blend tool beneath the writing adding that dark tone to the poster, a conventional horror element.

Research & Planning: Newsfootage

This is our recording of the news report, however due to the performance we have decided to re shoot this as its not as professional as we expected.