Booking equipment/ forms/ props

For my trailer I did not have to book any cameras for filming from college as my friend had a camera that I used which I could take images and film my footage as well in a high quality. I also did not have to get any consent forms from the actors in my trailer as they were all over the age of 16 meaning they were legal to make their owns decisions whether to take part in filming or not. The only props I needed for my trailer were torches as I did not want to over complicate my trailer with props that would have no meaning and would just add confusion.

Time management

After creating my magazine cover and poster I moved on to creating my movie trailer, I then had finished filming and editing my video. Although after trying to find my trailer again I had realised that some of my footage had gone missing so by Thursday 25th April I am hoping to have re-filmed my footage and edit it in to the missing spaces in my existing trailer.

character profiles

For my trailer I am using 4 females around the age of 17/18

Name: Nicola Lowes
Age: 17
Interests: dancing, music, socialising
Relationship: best friends with other girls in trailer
Description: brown hair, green eyes, slightly pale
Height: 5ft 5inch

 Name: Cherry McCall
Age: 17

Interests: dancing, music, socialising
Relationship: best friends with other girls in trailer
Description: brown eyes, brown hair, slightly tanned
Height: 5ft 10inch

 Name: Devon Perry
Age: 17

Interests: socialising, photography, music
Relationship: best friends with other girls in trailer
Description: blonde hair, blue eyes, pale
Height: 5ft 2inch










Name: Anya Muncaster
Age: 18

Interests: socialising, music, drinking
Relationship: best friends with other girls in trailer and is the main character with the most to say
Description: blonde hair, blue eyes, slightly pale
Height: 5ft 8inch

Target audience

My target audience for my media trailer, poster and magazine is teenagers starting from around 16 up to people in their early 20's. It is for both males and females but of an indie group. With my audience being of the indie group they will want a film that is quite slow key, that not many people will go and see and that would be of a low budget typical independent film. Seeing as though they will want it to be quite low key I will only have 4 main actors in my trailer so that it looks as though they are saving on budget, I will also use just quick shots of footage so that it will only attract my target audience by the way the shots are used and also the clothing and speech used by the actors. Also for my magazine and poster I will use simple images that are not over complicated and will use minimum text, also there will be a laid back theme to my work as people who are in to an indie genre are laid back and do not care.

Potential Problems

Potential problems that may occur when taking images for my print work and filming for my trailer could be the people I am filming may not be able to make it so therefore I will over come this by having extra people as backups so therefore I know I will have someone there to film always.
Another problem could be the weather if it rains or snows I will not be able to film so therefore to manage this problem I will check weather forecasts in advance and plan my filming around the days where the weather is suitable.
One more problem could be that I may not be able to get a camera when I want to film so therefore I will book a camera out of college so I know I have one to use.

Final magazine cover

Here is my final magazine poster, I decided to keep the colour scheme from my second cover attempt as it stands out against the background image but also contrasts well and does not stand out or overpower the background image. One thing I like about my cover is the overall composition I like how all of the information/stories are set to the bottom half of the cover so that when you look at the cover you focus on the image first and relate it to the poster and then you read the writing underneath it to explain. I also like how the stories that aren't as important as the main headline are at the very bottom of the page but are still highlighted so you focus on them still but its not the first thing that catches your attention. I like the image on my cover one reason being because it relates to my film poster, but I also like how it is not like a typical image that you would normally see on a magazine cover as the model is not facing you directly which this may intrigue people in to picking up my magazine. Another thing I like is the overall look of the magazine I think it does not look like your typical magazine and is more indie and less mainstream which is the type of audience I wanted to relate my magazine cover towards as it is the type I want for my film trailer.

Practice magazines

Here is my first attempt at creating a magazine cover, I created this piece with the inspiration from sight and sound magazine. I like how I have used my own image that relates to my film poster so that when people see my magazine they will know it involves my film due to the style and the image used. I also like the placement of the title of my magazine as I wanted to keep it separate to the image and not crowd my magazine cover, although I do not like the title of my magazine so will change that in my next attempt at a cover. The placement in the barcode is in a good place so I will keep that the same on my next attempt as it is in the corner out of the way so you do not focus on it but you still know it is there. I like the idea of keeping all of my writing separate to the rest of my cover as it is all in one place and easy to focus on. Although I like certain things about my cover overall I did not like it and did not think it was of a good enough quality to use as my final.



Here is my second attempt at creating a magazine cover, since I liked the sight and sound covers a lot I decided to use the title that the have and the style with a slight change as I think it would go well with the style of my image as they are both quite indie magazines. I kept the same image throughout making my magazine cover as it was my favourite image as it is not one you would normally see in magazines and it related to my poster. I like the idea of having a quote from someone relating to my film next to the person on the image so I decided to move it slightly to overlap with the image but I did not like it as I thought it distracted too much from the actual image. Also I like having a 'plus' section on my poster but I do not like the placement of it on here as it looks out of place and too staggered with the other piece of text.

This is my third attempt at creating my magazine cover, I decided to slightly change the colour  scheme so that it was different to the sight and sound logo but I do not like how it does not stand out well against the background and the red text blends in with the background. Although I do like the positioning of the quote better as since it is underneath the model it helps relate the two to each other better and just looks like it is in a better positioning all together. I also like how the 'plus' section has been moved to  a box at the bottom of the page which separates it from the rest of cover, although I do not like the white and black writing together as it looks too bright and out of place for this type of magazine.