Evaluation Q2

My magazine Through The Lens contains many conventional features of a cinema/film magazine cover. In the centre of the page is the main protagonist and actor Felix Wilding. He is the centre of attention, however he is not in the foreground but placed with details both behind and in-front of him to give the cover lots of depth. The main part of the title LENS has been rendered in the 3D software Cinema4D, the outcome of this can be seem in my earlier posts. I was then able to edit this text to give it an orange glow which matches the theme of the rest of the cover. In reflection, I would have liked to have used more of the cold blue tones from my trailer and implemented them into the magazine cover. Though there is happiness to be found in this film, on the cover it should portray more of an upsetting theme. Therefore the use of a blue colour may have been better as it has connotations of sadness. The photo used is of the main character in an urban environment behind the scenes, the other character in the film can be seen in the foreground.

My magazine cover also features a the date and issue number, a reasonable price and barcode which would be found on other individually sold magazines.

Questionnaire

CRASH Film Trailer

Magazine Cover - Through The Lens

Film Poster 2

Film Poster 1

Finding a Distribution Company

A successful distribution company is one which can maximise the views a trailer/film gets from members of it's target audience. This however does not come cheap and most distributors are expensive! This has lead to the development of an underground independent film culture, necessary for the survival of indie films. This culture did not go un-noticed, big name such as Warner Bros and Fox soon branched out and now have their own Independent film distributing sub-companies. For my film I decided on the company Fox Searchlight Pictures, they have distributed films such as Birdman and 12 Years a Slave. Fox Searchlight distribute a large amount of films within social realism genre. A genre which I personally am a fan of and one which my film is suited to.

USPs

A USP is a unique selling point, making any product easier to market and more likely to be popular. I am hoping that my film will be popular due to its own USP. Though loss and tragedy is a widely explored subject in film, it is not so often explored from the perspective of young people who are, from my experience, prone to making irresponsible decisions making them vulnerable to such events occurring.

Final Film Idea

The idea for my film is to focus on the theme of driving with young people. Looking at the dangers of driving while under the affect of drink or drugs and the repercussions of this.

My film focuses on two characters, two best friends who are separated when a car crash takes one of their lives. They were both under the influence, I am trying to now combine the symptoms of a 'crash' from coming down from a high to the crash which took the life of his friend. Exploring how the main character post-crash has a blurred perception of the boundaries between what he sees versus reality. As the film progresses the main character goes further off the rails and we helplessly watch the breakdown of each of his relationships with other people, though we disapprove of his actions we are still drawn to feel sorry for him. By the time he has lost almost all of his friendly connections with other people, he is left alone, meeting new people becomes difficult and he develops an awkwardness and inability to talk to others as fluently. This leads him to behave in ways which do not generally conform to society's expectations and are 'weird'. We see the reaction of the general public to his behaviour and it is not a positive reaction, in fact it does not reflect how the audience feel and leaves you thinking 'oh i wish I could have said something'. The main character eventually finds someone willing to listen and determined enough to break the social barrier built by the himself and begins to develop coping mechanisms which normalise him back into society. But the idea of the story is that you should judge someone who doesn't quite fit in.