Evaluation Question #4 (Media Technologies used)

Evidence of Technology Usage (Adobe Creative Suite)

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Evaluation Preparation

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Final Cut of Film Trailer

After much consideration and close examination approval to stop drafting was finally granted by both of my Media Teachers.

Changes/Improvements Made:

*Enhanced speech & sound. (added more bass and clarity to the lines of my characters to make them comparable to actual film trailers)

*Replicated Factory explosion/fire shots to make the trailer as authentic as possible.

*Added more titles & messages to help viewers understand the narrative.

Finished Ancillary Texts

Above are the finished versions of my Ancillary Texts in comparison to the previous versions below.

Final Draft (Film Poster)

Final Draft

Below is the 5th and hopefully the final draft of my Film Magazine cover.

 Changes made:
Layout
Having compared my film magazine cover alongside existing film magazine covers, I noticed that most of them have perfect edges.

 I then took steps towards improving my magazine cover by aligning the text on my magazine cover, referring back to the guide tool for precision.

As you can see, it looks a lot better and very neat. 

Masthead improvements

I often consider myself to be a perfectionist because I never get to the point of complete satisfaction with my work. The magazine (although it looked complete), had one issue that was bugging me and it was with the Masthead. The 'I' in title of the magazine "Cinema," looked like a common 'L' and since a fair of the Masthead have been covered by the model's head, only added to the problem by making it difficult to recognise.

 

I thought I would change the "I" to common as a way of making things easier to read. 

Draft 3 & 4 (Film Poster)

Draft #3

Here is the 3rd draft for my film magazine. 

Below is a side by side comparison of drafts 2 and 3 and the only change was the photo. I thought changing it and using a different image would be a good idea because to me, there was something that didn't feel right. I think she lacked character and by comparing the images, it is clear that they are both opposite (in terms of emotion) to each other. In draft 2 (left) my model (Sarah playing as Julie) she seems quite calm and relaxed (which is the type of person Julie is in the film trailer) but the only thing is, it's boring and lacks emotion. Draft 2 (right) on the other hand we can see Sarah displaying a version of Julie that is not revealed in the film trailer. Looks fierce, fearless, ready for action.

Now that I was satisfied with the overall look of the magazine I thought I'd use the guideline tool in photoshop to help keep things consistent and tidy as I was applying the finishing touches on my way to a 4th and perhaps, final draft.

Closer view of guidelines as seen from Adobe Photoshop CS6, Desktop view.

Draft #4

Changes made: 
*Changed content of Header as well as font.
*Added the Issue date and cost/price of magazine.
*Added a plug to the bottom right corner of magazine to balance the blue title of the masthead.

Drafts 1 & 2 (Film Poster)

Draft 1

Below is the 1st draft of my film poster. This time I've added in some coverlines and other conventions to get a much better understand of how the final product will look like. 

Various stages of the drafts loaded in photoshop as seen from my desktop. 

Draft 2

Below is the 2nd draft for my film magazine cover. As you can see I have added some more coverlines as well as the barcode. Not much have changed but it took me nearly 2 hours to get the bottom portion of the magazine correctly because it was proven to be quite difficult, trying to figure out which colour scheme would work best against the actress' hair. I tried plain blue text but it wasn't correct as it was difficult to see the title of the film, I even tried black but that didn't work too well either. To rectify the issue, I left the title of the film as it is, plain white & added in a shadow effect behind the text so it stands out prominently.