Poster Analysis

I looked at this movie poster for ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ because it has a fantasy feel to it. Our film now has aspects of Rapunzel, a fairytale, so our film poster could suggest this somehow. I like the blue colours because it looks creepy and sinister. I like the slight mist because it adds to the atmosphere.
The text in which the title is written is effective because it looks enchanted and like it could be in a fairytale book.
The focal point is the title, which is framed by the arch and the light behind it which grabs the viewer’s attention.
The poster looks interesting because the person is so small and everything around her is really big in comparison which gives the person a sense of inferiority.






I looked at this poster as an idea for our poster because it is also a film based on a fairytale.
I think the colours used are effective because it looks magical and dark with the use of blue. I like the mist because this adds to the fairytale atmosphere.
This has a romantic feel to it as well, with the two characters in the middle. The swords, lightning and boat suggests that this will be an adventure film.
The text used to write the title is appropriate because it looks enchanted and eyecatching.
The focal point is the two characters in the middle. They are looking at the camera so your eyes are drawn to them. There is also a kind of spotlight behind them to really accentuate them. The fact that they are the main focal point suggests that a big part of the movie is going to revolve around these two characters.

Revised Plot

We have decided to change our plot slightly as some of the shots we were planning to use were a bit difficult to film etc. We also have one less person in our group now that Denver is gone and we think that it's best that the plot is altered.

Some of our shots were taken in a tower which was at the firestation. It made us think of Rapunzel, the fairytale. We then played with this idea to think up a contrasting horror film idea based on the fairytale.
Allen Spencer, the 21st century policeman, is the knight in shining armour who is on the case to find the murderer. Throughout the film, you see the sillouette of the murderer. We thought about having the murders taking place in the tower each time so it's like a reoccuring shot in the trailer the whole time.
You also see the unrecognisable murderer attending therapy sessions but when the phsychiatrist, Dr Lauren Avril, starts to figure out what is going on and tries to make the murderer confess, she is killed too.
Tia Smith and Allen Spencer, two collegues in the police force, fall in love whilst working together on the case.
Yet another murder takes place and Allen Spencer is really frustrated that he has not figured anything out by now.
It ends with Tia Smith being dragged up the tower by the murderer. A gun is held to Tia's head but the murderer shoots himself instead. The final twist is that the murderer was Allen Spencer!

Initial Filming

During half term we started filming for our trailer. We went down to the firestation which had a free office that we could use to film some of the clips like the parts with the police and phsychiatrist in. We tried to get a variety of different shots from various angles.

The following weekend, we hired the camera's from the college again to film some of the action scenes. We filmed a chase scene and the shot through the door revealing the murdered parents of Allen Spencer.

After watching our filming back, we realised that we will have to take some more shots and that we may need to revise our plot for our film and trailer.

Here is a video showing some of the clips we took when filming. It also shows some editing practice, like fading to black, overlaying clips etc.