Final Trailer

Evaluation question 2

Evaluation Question 1B

Evaluation Question 4

audience feedback

Evaluation Q1a

Filming Vlogs

On a filming location in Wick Woodlands at night time.

Evaluation Question 3

Evaluation Question 3 from Beamari Alarva Suerte

Editing Screenshots

Early edit of main video sequence.

Editing main titles by After Effects Editor Katrina.

Editing sound effects (voiceover).

Main video edit by editor Beamari.

Testing audio before syncing with video.

Group Chat Screenshots

Discussing and planning photoshoots.

Deciding when to film and enquiring about props.

Discussing filming locations.

Analysing the look of scenes in certain times of the day and costumes.

Cooperating when everone is available for filming.

Requesting and organising props.

Communicating status and location just before meeting up.

Debating which location is best and most accessible.

Discussing if costumes in scenes would make scenes to the overall trailer.

Editing Vlogs

Katrina editing intertitles and sound (voiceovers)

Kerenza, Asia and Katrina recording voiceovers.

Film Magazine Cover Layout Sketch

I followed the basics of a film magazine when planning the layout. I knew I wanted the main image center of the page with sell lines and buttons on either side. Traditionally with all film magazines, I also put the masthead at the top and the main cover line or in this case the title of the Film "Say your Prayers"

Film Poster Layout Sketch

 I had some ideas on what the film poster should look like by creating a layout with the basic on what should be included. I knew I needed to conform to the basic of having the film's title, actor's names, character's main image, background in a simialr setting to the film, credits, production and social logos.

Next, I decided to sketch out an idea I had been thinking about without any real development to the design and realised it was too complicated to execute. For instance, I needed a high angle shot of a church in a dark, night time background. First, I had no equipment for such an angle and the location which was St. Emmanuel's church was closed off at the times I wished to take the photo.

Final Film Poster

Final Film Magazine Cover

I decided to change the look of the film magazine cover from the inital design. This is because I felt that the colour of red from previous did not make a strong impact on the overall look and feel of the magazine cover. My previous front cover had a similar look to my poster with a church in the background and a ray of light shining from the back.

This final front cover has the background much darker to help headlines and main images of the characters stand more. 

Storyboards

Here are our Storyboards for our trailer Say Your Prayers. During some filming sessions, we decided to remove other scenes or single shots that weren't needed in the trailer therefore not everything on our storyboards were made.

 When we were trying to come up with ideas, we would communicate them through rough sketches thinking about angle, camera movement and action of characters. These sketches continued until until we agreed on a scene or single shot.

In Class Analysis : Playing Judas Trailer

Number of Cuts : 65

Editing Techniques:

• Slow motion
• Match on action
• Close up
• Shot reverse shot

Editing Effects:

• Tinting
• dissolve

Sound:

Continuously changing music from an upbeat orchestral music to a crescendo.

To focus on voiceovers the music gets quieter.

Film magazine Initial Process

When making the film magazine, I knew I had to include all main characters since I only included Kerenza in the Film poster. Like many film magazines, I've seen those that included all main casts. I started off with the background of the church featured in one of the shots in the trailer: St Emmanuel's (like my film poster).

The photos of the main characters was inspired by another Horror film magazine featuring Daniel Radcliffe looking far in the distance in a thoughtful yet cautious emotion. I interpreted this image like he was looking at something never seen before hence the supernatural.

Similar to my poster, I wanted to bring the element of light into the film magazine. The light symbolises having to search for this supernatural activity and having to put light upon something they cannot identify. 

Say Your Prayers - Poster Draft process

I wanted the film poster to include the protagonist of Say Your Prayers as the people will recognise that she is important to the story. Since that she is a student, I thought of leaving her uniform along with a jacket which she uses as they film outside in the story's "winter cold". When taking initial pictures, she already owned a pair of round glasses which coincidently matched the character she portrayed conveying intelligence among the other two people.  The positioning of her head to the side looking down as if she is pondering a thought makes people question what she is thinking about. The lack of happiness shows that the situation she is in may not be the best yet she is thinking a way out of it.  I think the photo by itself tells a lot about who she is as a character; from the way she dresses, to the serious facial expression. This is why I chose the picture among others like one below when she doesn't wear a jacket which wouldn't match the main setting of student filming outside.

I decided to give the poster a setting to hint what kind of horror film this is - which includes the themes of religion and mystery. These were represented by the photo we took of St Emmanuels Church. However, the day and time we took this photo did not show what I planned it to be: grey clouds, trees with no leaves, dark shadows (not sunrays on the church). Through editing, I was able to turn the summer-like colours to a colder hue with a stormy sky and added branches from separate pictures onto the tree. I  designed this image of a horror setting to create an eerie atmosphere where churches, dried out trees and a cold, stormy-like weather all are common symbols of the horror film genre.