Third Draft of Film Poster

Here is the third and final draft of my film poster, drawn and coloured in pencil:

I decided that it would look better if the two halves of the face looked straight towards the audience. This way it becomes more personal, direct and eye-catching. On this draft it also makes it more obvious that the two halves are the "same" person. As well as this i thought that the last draft didn't look human enough, it looked too odd. I have also added the spinning coin above the head, linking to the title "Janus", as well as a shot in the trailer.

Third Draft of Film Trailer Storyboard

S1: Production companies.

S2: High angle long shot of Matt (protagonist) leaving school, on his own. He looks out at 2 students walking past him.

S3: Long shot of Matt entering home – from inside the house. He leaves the door open.

S4: Medium shot of Matt opening up his computer.

S5: Close up of scrolling down Facebook.

S6: Close up of Matt, confused look on his face. Matt: “I don’t talk to Barry”.

S7: Close up of photo of look-alike (Steve) with Barry on the computer. Matt: “I don’t even own those clothes”.

S8: Medium shot from inside a house of front door opening to reveal Matt. Barry: “Oh hey Steve”. Matt’s face gets confused.

S9: Close up of Matt’s face.

“There is someone out there who looks exactly like me, but isn’t me”.

S10: Long shot of Steve talking to Barry.

S11: Close up of Steve turning his head with a discomforting look on his face.

S12: Pan to the mirror to see that Matt is talking to himself. “I feel like I’m losing my mind”.

S13:  “Barry, he's trying to take over my life”

S14: Black screen. White font saying: “From director Sam O. Burgess”.

S15: Night. Close up of the torch’s light over a shed door. “I need to find out what he wants”.

S16: Medium shot of Matt crouch walking over the grass with a torch.

“I need to find out what he is”.

S17: Long shot of the shed door being opened and Matt looking inside. His face is shocked.

S18: Black screen. White font saying: “From the studio that brought you A Dish Best Served Cold”.

[Quick cuts]

S19: Close up of a hand at Barry's throat.

S20: Over the shoulder shot of Steve looking up at a window.

S21: Pan of Matt looking out the window to see Steve looking up at him.

S22: Matt slamming on the window.

S23: Matt walking nervously. High angle shot.

S24: Black screen. White font saying: “Who”.

S25: Close up of fingers falling out a letter.

S26: Black screen. White font saying: “Is”.

S27: Close up of Steve pulling a knife out of his pocket, tilts up to his face.

S28: Black screen. White font saying: “The”.

S29: Close up of Matt rummaging through clothes, he eventually pulls out a gun.

S30: Black screen. White font saying: “Lookalike”.

S31: Medium tracking shot of Matt running through the woods.

[End of quick cuts]

S32: Long shot of Matt, scared, he is walking around the woods with a gun.

S33: His hand leaves the frame of the shot. A gun prods against the back of his head.

S34: Title screen.

S35: Release date. Social media. Website.

 

Second Draft of Film Poster

This is the second draft of my idea (this time as a full image) for the film's poster:

As you can see on my poster, I have included the codes and conventions of a usual movie

poster. For example, the title is bold and is one of the things that draws a viewer in, along with the central image. The central image includes the protagonist, just like all film posters, to show which character/actor the film will be following. At the bottom of the poster I plan to place the lead actor's name (the protagonist), a convention which some designers use to attract an audience. The background will be black/dark grey, this is to represent the darkness of the movie. I will be using these dark colours throughout the different texts.

Second Draft of Film Trailer Storyboard

S1: Production companies

S2: High angle long shot of Matt (protagonist) leaving school, on his own. He looks out at 2 students walking past him.

S3: Long shot of Matt entering home – from inside the house.

S4: Opens up computer.

S5: Close up of scrolling down Facebook.

S6: Close up of Matt, confused look on his face. Matt: “I don’t talk to Alden”.

S7: Close up of photo of look-alike on Facebook. Matt: “I don’t even own those clothes”. Photo: [By a fence]

S8: Black screenshot saying “From director Sam O. Burgess”

S9: Close up of Matt’s face.

“There is someone out there who looks exactly like me, but isn’t me”

S10: Long shot of Steve talking to Alden.

S11: Close up of Steve turning his head with a discomforting look on his face.

S12: Pan to the mirror to see that Matt is talking to himself. “I feel like I’m losing my mind”.

S13: Close up of Matt’s eye, frantically moving, and wide open stare. Zoom-out spin. Matt: “I feel like I’m losing my mind”

S14: Medium shot of Matt *car horns* “sorry” – Matt raises his hand with apology

S15: Black screenshot saying “From the team that brought you A Dish Best Served Cold”.

S16: Medium shot from inside a house of front door opening to reveal Matt wearing a hoodie with the hood up. Alden: “Oh hey Steve”. Matt’s face gets confused.

S17: Over the shoulder shot of Steve’s back watching Matt talking to Alden.

S18: Night. Medium shot of Matt crouch walking over the grass with a torch.

“I need to find out what he wants”

S19: Close up of the torch’s light over a shed door.

“I need to find out what he is”

S20: Long shot of the shed door being opened and Matt looking inside. His face is shocked.

[Quick cuts]

S21: Close up of a hand at Alden's throat.

S22: Over the shoulder shot of Steve looking up at a window.

S23: Pan of Matt looking out the window to see Steve looking up at him.

S24: Matt slamming on the window.

S25: Matt walking nervously. High angle shot.

S26: Close up of Steve pulling a knife out of his pocket, tilts up to his face.

S27: Close up of Matt’s footsteps running towards room

S28: Close up of Matt rummaging through clothes, he eventually pulls out a gun.

S29: Medium tracking shot of Matt running through the woods.

[End of quick cuts]

SFinal: Matt, scared, is walking around the woods with a gun. His hand leaves the frame of the shot. A gun prods against the back of his head.

Second Draft of Film Magazine Cover

Here is the full sized version of my thumbnail draft:

The title of the film will be in the foreground in bold lettering, as it is the most important part of the cover. A magazine always has it's main feature movie as the main image on the front cover. On my cover i have the protagonist, who takes up most of the space on the cover, as well as the title and tagline on top of it. On the bottom right is the barcode, every magazine cover incorporates a barcode so they magazine can be sold. The top left and right features some language found on most magazines. "Top 25..." is a kind of feature some magazines use to promote the current issue. The right also features some titles that would interest the target audience of the magazine. Finally the magazine title features at the top in bold lettering, just like on most magazines.

First Draft of Film Magazine Cover

As you can see below, I came up with a number of different ideas for the magazine cover design. For each idea I created a thumbnail-sized image to represent how it would look on paper. (Photo also includes film poster ideas).

This is the thumbnail I created as a preview to my first draft of the magazine cover:

As you can see I have decided the title of the magazine will be 'Cinematic'.

First Draft of Film Poster

To begin with I drew a range of ideas for the film poster on some paper in thumbnail sized versions. Being thumbnail sized rather than full sized helped as it was easier to compare the ideas, meaning I could come to a quicker conclusion on which I felt was the greatest of the lot.

The image below shows most of the thumbnails I drew, some magazine cover ideas also feature.

This design is the one I believe is the best looking:

I like the idea of two sides of the face on one head being the focal image.