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Drafting and planning

In the creating of trailer we looked at different film idents. We decided to use 'Anna Purna Pictures'. Our decision was based upon the fact that Anna Purna is mainly for independent films which links in quick well with our choice of magazine for a the ancillary product. Little White Lies is not the generic magazine and features independent films so we thought that it would make sense to use an independent film company. Luckily for us, the ident looks quite spooky so along with making it clear that its an independent film it adds some effect to the trailer aswell.

Research

Using Pinterest I looked for some Little White Lies cover style artwork which could inspire me when improving my magazine cover. I particularly looked for pictures which could be interpreted into the horror genre.

Planning

In many horror films there are shots which show figures showing up behind a character looking in the mirror. We have tried to re-create this in our trailer however it wasn't as effective as we hoped. Hannah and I looked at previous students work and saw ways in which they had re-created a jumping/ appearing effect and we tried to use these skills to create it in our trailer. 

Planning

When filming Hannah and I tried to do a close up shot of an eye in the crack of a door, however it didn't work out as we had planned. I have looked at some images which may help us make our close up shot of the eye better. 

The shot we took was quite dark and the actual eye wasn't very clear so if we re take the shot we will make it clearer and brighter.

Planning

Trying to find a way in which to interpret out photographs for the Little White Lies cover I am creating is proving to be quite challenging, therefore I have spent some time looking at covers which feature films in the horror genre. 

When I looked at this it automatically appealed to me. Our film is about a girl being stalked and this is fitting with that idea also. I really like the way it has been drawn and the black figure behind her. There are a lot of things which I could take from this and develop to use in my own cover. The only thing which doesn't appeal to me about this cover is the use of colour. 

These are both effective. However there is blood featured which suggests that the film will be gory whereas ours is more of a psychological thriller. There are some things which could be manipulated and used in order for them to be effective in representing our film. 'The Obsession Issue' shows a girl huddled over on a black background which I liked. And I liked how the words are incorporated into the image. I loved how the girls hair becomes the background on the 'Let the right one in cover'. 

Organisation

We found that our actress was finding it difficult to portray emotion. To make it slightly easier for her to understand what we were aiming to achieve we showed her a collation of pictures and gifs as guidance.

All of these show girls who look either upset or distressed. We need our actress to portray a sense of discomfort and anxiety.

Organisation

Since filming we have realised that some ideas which we initially had are not working out as well as planned. Due to this our original story board do not match up with what we have created so far in our trailer. Hannah and I have created a rough new version of a story board with new ideas and some things have been taken out such as bath scenes.