Magazine sketch 3.

Magazine covers.

The cover of a magazine is deigned to catch the readers attention, so depending on the magazines target audience they will put different features on the cover. 

A film magazine which is marketed towards the main stream market like Empire and Total Film, for people who are interested in reading about the latest big budget hollywood films, will have pictures of actors that star in the film. The magazine will include articles on mainstream films and interviews will feel known actors. 

Other magazines, that are marketed to more of a indie, foreign film audience will use an interview with a lesser known director as their cover feature as the readers are more interested in the art behind making film rather than the stars that are in them. 

Certificate.

The BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) watch every film that is due to be screened in this country. They will then give it  certificate, U to 18, that indicates the age that a person has to be to see the film. The lower the rating, the more people will be able to watch the film as it will reopen to people of many ages. 

Often filmmakers will make cuts to their film to get it a lower rating. However it is important to remember that some film genres work better when they feature scenes that would only be shown in films that have a higher certificate. 

Horror/thriller films have previously been released baring an 18 certificate, but in recent years production companies have decided that it makes more sense to leave out certain aspects to get their film a 15 certificate. Meaning more people will be able to see it. I too have decided to make my film eligible for a 15 certificate. 

Font.

Font is heavily associated with the genre of a film. To ensure that I picked the right font that will be used through out the marketing  campaign of my film I conducted a focus group where I picked eight different possible fonts and asked a few people to give them a mark out of 10. 

The font that scored the highest and the one I have decided to use is Overwork. The narrative of my film focuses on a child that has the ability to see into the future and have contact with a different world to the one she lives in. I wanted the font to look slightly messy as if the child had written it herself. 

Shot list.

1. impact sound 

2. slow zoom in on door

3. impact sound 

4. words appear on screen “something wasn’t right”

5. cuts back to slow zoom on door

6. impact sound 

7. words on screen “some things never change"

8. slow zoom in on door 

9. three knocks on the door 

10. “dad i think i did something”

11. “you said you were going to stop this”

12. “i’m sorry"

13. door begins to open 

14. zoom in on light that comes from the door

15. impact sound 

16. screen goes black 

17. words on screen 

18. they though they left it was in the past  

19. sound of door queeking 

20. but you can’t run from the present 

21. *THE ROOM* 

22. *Coming soon*

Teaser trailer conventions.

Even though most media texts change slightly change depending on the genre, teaser trailers mainly stick to the same conventions as they receive the same reaction from the audience.

1) Fast editing.
2) Taglines.
3) Little idea of the full narrative.
4) Impact sounds

Dark Skies teaser trailer.

Dark skies teaser trailer analysis. 

• First image on screen is text referencing previous films from the same genre by the same director. 
• Impact sound. 
• Fast editing 
• Clip of female character looking vulnerable.
• Jump cuts to all the main characters including a child. 
• Trailer ends with female character screaming.