Final Poster - Paranoia

I got a bit of feedback from my peers on the last version of my poster and from their commented I gauged that my title and especially the phrase weren't that clear to work out. So Using Photoshop again, I chose a grey colour and painted on the origanal layer, beneath the text in what looks like a smudge. Doing this made the text much easier to read and I think it also added to the mysterious feel of my poster; made it seem scarier. This is the FINAL version of my Poster:

Final Decisions on Poster

After choosing my fonts, I literally just had to place them on my poster according to my plan. I stretched the steel tongs with my chosen names along the bottom of the image in 20pt. I placed the title at a size 60pt above that on the left of the page with 'Coming Soon' slightly beneath it at the end of the title. I couldn't decide where to place my stars names along the top. I experimented with placement, colour and size for ages before settling on having them staggered on the head of my actor so that they stood out.
I chose to have my lead actor 'Jake Wood' in size 18 with the other two names a shade smaller at 14pt. I also had the lead name in red matching the title 'Paranoia'. I had my 'Watch out...' phrase in black placed above the title with more of a space between them than the 'coming soon' gap. This way it stands out more. I added a slight drop shadow onto my title to make the red colour clearer and more defined.
This is the Result, my poster:

Choosing Fonts

Poster:
When trying to find a font to use for the name on my poster I went onto a website called www.dafont.com. I searched in the 'Horror' section as that was the closest theme they had to my genre of film. After looking through them, I choose 'Nyctophobia' to be my title font.


I downloaded it and tried it out on my poster and I was pleased with the effect.
For the steel tongs that I needed on my poster I simply typed 'Steeltongs' into www.dafont.com and it came up with what i needed. I downloaded that font and added names to it.

For my actors names I was really unsure of what type of font to use and experimented with the ones found in Photoshop. After finding that none of them were suitable, I tried Dafont.com again. Searching through the 'Horror' section I wanted something not to decorated but still fitting with my genre. I found and downloaded 'Dead Secretary' which I thought was perfect for it.

Finally I decided on having a phrase on my poster as well to make it more interesting. I want it to relate to my trailer and the only thing that came to mind was the 'You're Next' text my actor gets. Playing around with this, I decided to have 'Watch out; You're Next' on my poster. I decided to use the same font as my title 'Nyctophobia' for this, as it as well is quite a creepy font so matches the phrase.

Trailer With Sound

This is what my trailer looks like with my finished soundtrack on top:



After watching it myself and asking my peers opinions, I think I'm going to change a few things within my trailer. I'm happy with the soundtrack on it, I think it fits pretty well. However I'm going to get rid of the green page at the begining as I'm not technically allowed to use it, it's copyright. I also want to change the first slide 'From the Director of' and make it more interesting.

I used the Program 'Soundtrack Pro' to create the music for my trailer. I found it difficult to use, it being completely unfamiliar to me but i got used to it after being taught the basics and managed to explore the program and learn more about it myself. I didn't use it to its full potential because i didn't know how too but think i managed to come out with a good soundtrack.

I used the cinematic sounds and flicked through them until i found something that i liked. I wanted the sounds to be quite creepy and eerie, not too slow or really fast. I wanted dramatic sounds for the big moments and i wanted to edit in the whispering tracks that i recorded.
I used a violin sound ' to start off the trailer, beginning in the inter title slide and carrying on through. I then discovered a flute tune which i thought was really atmospheric and added that over the second wood scene; its called ''. I wanted a dramatic sound of some sort for when my actor found the body and I thought 'Whoosh' fitted it well; I pushed the sound up so that the moment would shock viewers even more. I wanted something different for the cornfield scene, maybe with more of a beat was my original idea; but then i found '' and tried it out with the trailer to a couple of my peers and they said they found it really effective and creepy so i kept it. I liked the wind sound '' during the phone scene of my trailer as i think it emphasized the creepiness and added something different to my soundtrack.

Trailer without Sound

This is my Teaser Trailer so far:



I haven't added the sound yet, the sound from the clips here are going to be taken out and I need to add a lot of voiceovers and a soundtrack. I still need to edit some of the slips and transitions to make them look right, as well as editing the beginning and end of the trailer; maybe adding the actors names to it.