Social Networking Research - Mexicans Murdered over comments posted on social networks
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Deconstruction
Poster Deconstruction - Chatroom Poster 2
- During research we found more than one poster design for the film "Chatroom" one of our main inspirations for our film trailer. This showed the importance of promotion for the film on social networks due to the theme of the film
- The title of the film is styled differently the the first poster deconstructed as "Chatroom" appears in a basic white font all in lowercase , but the a is styled differently to @ to create the effect of an email address , linking with the film's theme of social networking
- In a similar way the figures styled an image in the background of the first poster - lots of screen shots from the film appear to have collated into a college that forms the face of the films central character played by Aaron Johnson.
- A mouse curser appears to be placed on the character's mouth . This can be seen as quite symbolic of silence and secrecy. The curser also appears to be styled in form of a hand suggesting the idea of humanity in the film
- During research we found more than one poster design for the film "Chatroom" one of our main inspirations for our film trailer. This showed the importance of promotion for the film on social networks due to the theme of the film- The title of the film is styled differently the the first poster deconstructed as "Chatroom" appears in a basic white font all in lowercase , but the a is styled differently to @ to create the effect of an email address , linking with the film's theme of social networking
- In a similar way the figures styled an image in the background of the first poster - lots of screen shots from the film appear to have collated into a college that forms the face of the films central character played by Aaron Johnson.
- A mouse curser appears to be placed on the character's mouth . This can be seen as quite symbolic of silence and secrecy. The curser also appears to be styled in form of a hand suggesting the idea of humanity in the film
- No details of the films release date are given in the poster suggesting like a teaser trailer this is a teaser poster.
- Similar to the poster for the film "The Social Network" the films title appears to the side of the poster turned like a sidebar of a computer screen.
- Similar to the poster for the film "The Social Network" the films title appears to the side of the poster turned like a sidebar of a computer screen.
Deconstruction
Poster Deconstruction - Chatroom
- In the centre of the poster the main character of the film is given the central space. The actor is Aaron Johnson and is featured at the centre of the poster not only because he is the main character but also because he is the most recognisable actor of the film
- The film appears to have two taglines - one featured above Aaron Johnson , the other under him . The first reading "welcome to the anti-social network", therefore indicating that anit social behaviour will be featured in the film
- The background of the poster is very effective. It is styled in the format of a computer screen with green lettering and figures similar to the style of "The Matrix"- therefore indicating that the film will centre on the theme of technology.
- The figures in the background are also styled to create the image of eyes, playing with idea of social networking of being watched and intimidated. The eyes also appear to be those of Aaron Johnson suggesting his is an intimidating character.
- The poster also shows the statement that the film is from the creator of "The Ring" a well known horror film , suggesting that the film will also have elements of the horror genre.
- The title of the film is similarly styled in the same way as the figures of the background but much larger at the bottom of the poster with the release date.
- The film appears to have two taglines - one featured above Aaron Johnson , the other under him . The first reading "welcome to the anti-social network", therefore indicating that anit social behaviour will be featured in the film
- The background of the poster is very effective. It is styled in the format of a computer screen with green lettering and figures similar to the style of "The Matrix"- therefore indicating that the film will centre on the theme of technology.
- The figures in the background are also styled to create the image of eyes, playing with idea of social networking of being watched and intimidated. The eyes also appear to be those of Aaron Johnson suggesting his is an intimidating character.
- The poster also shows the statement that the film is from the creator of "The Ring" a well known horror film , suggesting that the film will also have elements of the horror genre.
- The title of the film is similarly styled in the same way as the figures of the background but much larger at the bottom of the poster with the release date.
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Planning
Planning - Running scene
To make sure we had variety in our running scenes we made sure that we tried the running in two different outfits. The clip above shows two running shots that we filmed, one where she is in the dressing gown that she is seen in earlier and the second shows her wearing a more casual outfit, a vest top and shorts. We found numerous lights around the house where we filmed and moved them around so that we could create our ideal lighting effect.
Planning
Planning - Test editing
After experimenting with the flashing scene which we are showing at the end of our trailer we added a zoomed in view of an excel spreadsheet which shows the killing and the number of victims being targeted. We made the flashing longer by adding more photos and made the change over of photos go from slow to fast, quickening the pace.
Planning
Planning - Hanging no. 1
When filming the hanging scene for our film trailer we decided to test a few places/angles where we could create the best hanging effect. In the short clip above we used a pull-up bar so that we could hanging between a door frame, but we found that there was too much movement (swinging).
However, we found that by using a pole in the loft hatch we could sufficiently hang without too much movement. As we could not stay there for too long we had to overlap the sequence so that it was long enough for our trailer ending. We decided to slightly slow down the clip creating a slower movement.
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