Changes made throughout producing the magazine review.

During editing the magazine review, we wanted to make sure that the quality was to the highest it could possibly be, to ensure this we made the magazine review first and then looked over it numerous times to decide if there were any changes that needed to be made. Below are the screen shots that were taken to show the development of our magazine review.

The process of editing photographs for the Poster.

The photographs we used for the film posters had to be manipulated in different ways to create the correct mood for our film. These screen shots show some of the ways we altered our images.

Plan Update.

 

Ancillary Tasks Completed- Final Posters

1st Poster



2nd Poster



Main Poster



Magazine Review

Here is the finished Magazine Review:

Poster Analysis

2nd Poster:

3rd Poster:

Folk Soundtrack

Folk Soundtrack

Due to our film being a Mockumentary horror, we have decided not to use a soundtrack throughout our film. We decided this due to the fact that when researching and watching other films of the same genre, hardly any used a soundtrack as it ruined the realistic feel. Therefore we made the decision also not to have a soundtrack throughout to stick with the conventions.

However after stumbling across a folk song relating to the history of the cinema and our storyline we felt that we had to do something with the song. Michelle composed her own melody on the guitar to the lyrics and produced our own unique soundtrack. We decided not to use this soundtrack throughout our film but at the very end, playing across the credits. This would leave a lasting impression on the audience as the lyrics tell the whole true story of what happened in Dover Gaol.

Here are the lyrics to the song:

We smuggling boys are merry boys

Sometimes here and sometimes there

No rent nor taxes do we pay,

But a man of war is all our fear.

'Twas on the 21 st of May,

As you will understand,

We sailed out of Boulogne Bay,

Bound for the English land. 

But to our sad misfortune,

And to our great surprise,

We were chased by two galleys,

Belonging to the excise.

Oh then my boys for liberty,

Was the cry of one and all,

But soon they overpowered us,

With powder and with ball. 

They dragged us up to Gaol,

In irons bound like thieves,

All for to serve great George our King,

and force us to the seas. 

The wives for their husbands

Were in such sad distress,

For children round the gaol

Were crying fatherless.

And sure the sight was shocking

For any one to see,

But still the cry came from the mob,

For death or liberty. 

Oh then a hole all in the wall,

Was everybody's cry.

And Lillburn and McCullock's men

were soon obliged to fly. 

For bricks and tiles flew so fast,

From every point you see,

And these poor men from Dover gaol,

They gained their liberty.

And now they've gained their liberty

The long wide world to range,

Long life to the women,

Likewise to the  men.

Here is the very first draft of Michelle's song:

Here is the final song recorded at KETV studios:

As this is supposed to be a traditional Folk song, Michelle used the chords  A,C,G,D the chords used are very common to many traditional Folk songs. She also sang and played the song in a way that conveyed an old sea Shantie feel to retain the theme of the film.

When editing the track we added sound effects that would boost the sea theme. The sound effects we added were of a rough sea, sail boat and a seagull. These sounds subliminally suggest an eerie sea mood to the listener.
We also added Reverb and Delay to the vocals and the sound effects to make the song sound haunting and maintain the mood of mysterious ghost smugglers until the very end of the film.

Magazine Review Distribution

Magazine Review Distribution

Michelle and I researched into magazines that typically review  'Independent films' We wanted to find a magazine that had not only a main stream audience but also a more underground audience. After looking into various Film Magazines such as 'Empire Film Magazine' 'FILM Magazine' we found that 'MovieScope' Magazine would be very effective to review our film as it uses both mainstream Hollywood and independent films. 

Extract taken from the MovieScope webpage:
'movieScope Magazine offers an unique insider’s point-of-view on the craft, process and business of moviemaking as seen through the eyes of key industry professionals drawn from both sides
of the camera working in Hollywood, the Indie film
scene and other global filmmaking hot spots. 

By us using this magazine, there is a better chance of our film attracting a larger audience as people may buy the magazine to read about a new Hollywood film and then stumble across our independent film when reading through the magazine. 

How we would get our audience to see the review.Due to the massive impact social media and the internet has in general on our lives we would take full advantage of online advertising. We would post links on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc. that would take you to the Magazine's website so the audience could also read it online.

 

Magazine Review plan

Before producing our magazine review we sketched up a mock version of how we wanted it to look on a piece of paper. This helped us when creating the review as it was much easier already knowing the layout of our page. Below is an image of this sketch.

Sketch: