Time Management Update #7 - Making my products:

Below is a series of screenshots i have taken over my time creating my final product: the film trailer. I have dated each of the screenshots to show my progression over time.

5th November 2014
This is the progression i have made on the first day of my editing. As you can see, i have uploaded some of the clips that i took over half term into Premiere Pro. I have from here began to place them into the correct order of events in the film trailer.

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14th November 2014
I have added all the remaining clips to the premiere pro time line, and am now happy with the order. I  have also began to add sounds and transition effects to each of the clips. I still need to do some more filming, therefore i am leaving the film trailer for a while until i complete the filming, and i have instead started to produce my film magazine cover. I have also began to play with the brightness and contras of the clips, as i think the video clips i took were too bright as they were in the day time, so i wanted to make them slightly darker.So far i have added the Masthead and a banner.

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21st November 2014
After finishing the majority of my magazine cover, i have also began to start my film poster. I have used the font i previously chose from Dafont.com for the main title ("shadows") and have placed it along the bottom of the page above the credits. For the credits, i have gathered an image of existing film credits and i have went over it on photoshop with appropriate names and titles. for example, i have changed the director/film maker's names to my name, etc. I have pretty much finished the main templates for all of my 3 tasks, and i now just need further photography and filming in order to complete the products. I have until christmas to complete my first draft, which is just over a month away, therefore i think i am doing pretty well with time management so far.

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28th November
At this stage, i have completed my products, all i need to do is add the extra video clips and photography. I still need to re-arrange a time and date to do this, however with dark nights after college (too dark to film/see anything on the camera) and my friend working on weekends, it is proving quite difficult to get done.




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9th December
I have recorded more filming for my product over the past few days. I now have all the footage i need to complete my trailer, all i need to do is edit it. I have finished my poster, and the final product is shown below, and in terms of my film magazine, i am pretty much finished however i just need to add a few finishing details.

Billing Block Planning:

In order to get my movie poster as realistic-looking as possible, i figured that i would need to look at the conventions of existing movie posters, so i would be able to re-create my own product without it looking too amateur. The one main feature i'd like to look at first is billing blocks, as i have never created one before and need to look at some existing ones.

Billing blocks:

 The first feature i decided to look at was billing blocks. Billing blocks are features at the bottom of every film poster, as the directors, producers, film makers etc all need to be credited. These blocks allow a stack of information to be stored in one place at the bottom of the page, without taking attention away from the rest of the poster. I think i will use photoshop to create my own billing block and i will follow one of the templates from above, then i will use different sized fonts to replace the names above with my own names; relevant to each of the titles.

Finding Copyright-Free Music:

Seeing as how copyright music is a problem when creating a film trailer, i have decided to look online for some sounds and music effects which are free for general use. Some websites i have found include: Freesound and FreeSFX.  

From here you can download sound effects which are 100% available to use, therefore copyright is not an issue. There was quite a range of eerie sound effects that would be appropriate for my film on these sites, so i think it would be a good idea to include them into my trailer.