The prezi presentation below shows how we created our magazine and poster for our product.:
Motion Backgrounds
Whilst creating our horror trailer we discovered new media technologies which helped to make our trailer better. We found 'motion backgrounds' which we then went on to using for our own production company. We researched many different motion backgrounds and decided to use a black and white cloud one for our production company. We chose this because it was simply but effective, because of the use of black and white. This also suited our genre and trailer because it creates an eerie, spooky feel as its like a sky of dark clouds leading to nothing.
This year we have used motion backgrounds behind our titles to create the feeling of a distorted and messed up feeling. It also helps to make the trailer look grimy and link it with the paranormal genre.
We used a programme called Voki to present steps of how we created our motion backgrounds and overlays:
We did this because we felt it felt like somebody is actually talking us through the steps of how to make it.
We did this because we felt it felt like somebody is actually talking us through the steps of how to make it.
These are the titles in our trailer project. We have used these several times in our trailer to recreate what other successful trailers have done in the past, for example 'The Pact'.
Overlay
We found out how to use 'overlays' on our shots and how to darken, lighten and distort the colour. We used over lays throughout our trailer on a few of our shots to darken them, this made them match the horror topic more and also to create a more proffesional picture. For example we had a shot of a pair of legs walking up the stairs, this shot way too pale and clear. Therefore we used an overlay to darken the shot and make it more creative than just a boring shot of someone walking up the stairs.
Also this year we wanted to experiment with our clips. We found a new way of improving our clips by using overlays.
- We started by inserting a clip into the timeline, we chose a clip that was quite simple and iconic. By distorting a sexy clip of our victims legs it also helps the audience to see that there is something not quite right.
- We started by inserting a clip into the timeline, we chose a clip that was quite simple and iconic. By distorting a sexy clip of our victims legs it also helps the audience to see that there is something not quite right.