Planning - DVD cover, final

This is my final DVD cover. As you can see, there were no major advances made from my draft due to my resources for it being limited. However, I responded to the main query of their being so much blank space, so I re-organised the layout slightly to fill some of this space. I also placed a couple more logos from conventional DVD covers on there in an attempt to make it look more realistic. Personally, I think it looks like something you'd find at a car boot sale, yet feedback from colleagues shows that it would be something that they would look into buying, because the message is still conveyed, regardless how cheap it looks.

Planning - Film poster, final

Above is my final film poster with edits made to it to adjust to the feedback.

The main picture I used was a man in a suit, but with an odd looking almost snowman style head. I selected this picture because due to my shooting schedule, it has snowed outside. This means that any outdoor shots will now show snow, which associated with winter and Christmas. It doesn't really affect the plot of the film, but people would question the snow/time of year if it has nothing to do with the film, so I opted to use it in the promotionals.

I also opted to keep a similar font to my last one. I did go for a more serious looking font, but I kept it simple because it looks 'childish'. This sounds strange at first, but when the film is called Pop goes the Weasel, and the main theme for the trailer is said song, they both tie to the childhood toy, 'jack in a box'. Ergo, the childish font matches up with this.

I also decided to add a few lines on there to put suspense into the viewers, hopefully wanting to make them see the film more. I also jumbled the words 'stay offline', almost playing with the viewers head, and revealing to them that the film has something to do with being online.

Planning - DVD cover, first draft

This is the mock for my DVD cover that I have had to produce as part of my digipack. I decided to keep the DVD cover matching a similar layout to my film poster and magazine cover. This meant that I used the same font and the same colour schemes, to help it tie in with the other products. This is effective as if a viewer sees only one of the products, regardless which one, they will still get the same meaning from it as it conveys the same message.

Feedback for this product is summed up in a small paragraph below:
"In general, the product contains large amounts of unnecessary dead space and doesn't advertise the film very well. On top of this, the cover lacks a lot of features you'd find on standard DVD covers released mainstream today."

Using this feedback, I am going to edit and post a final edition of my DVD cover.

Planning - Magazine cover, first draft

This is the first draft for my magazine cover, as part of my digipack. I decided to keep the cover simplistic following other conventional magazine layouts, whilst choosing to have the main antagonist from the film displayed clearly.

I obtained feedback from peers about my cover, and the majority said it was good apart from the large amounts of dead space that can be seen above and below the main picture. I noticed this myself during the creation of it, but due to the pictures I took whilst filming, there aren't many solutions as to what I can fill them with. So, I am going to have to look at other methods such as a different layout in an attempt to fill the dead space more.

Planning - Film poster, first draft

Above is the mock film poster that I have created for the first stage of my digipack. I decided to keep the poster simple and go with the theme of the name, 'Pop goes the weasel', so a Jack in the Box (renown for playing pop goes the weasel) was used as the center piece for the poster.

I have asked for some peer feedback on the poster, and I have summed it up below.

"The entirity of the poster looks too 'cheesy' and 'cheerful', and the simplistic fonts lead us to believe that the film is more childish then what you intend it to be."

Planning - Equipment/Props/Clothing

To ensure that my trailer can be filmed without any issues, I have outlined a list below of the equipment, props and clothing that will be required during my shooting schedule.

Equipment
-Camera
-Tripod
-Film-tape
-Spare tape
-Spare battery

Props
None, other then small location props such as white board pens etc for the Police station. These props however are already on scene and will not need to be located.

Clothing
Main victim
-Hoody
-Jeans
-Boots
These items of clothing have been selected to show that the victim is wearing casual items, with absolutely no further meaning put into them. This is because I intend my trailer to be realistic, rather then looking like everything has been 'put on' or spent large amounts of money getting Hugo Boss labels or whatever.

'The Stalker'
-Dark hoody, with the hood put up
-Dark jeans
-Trainers
Like the main vicitm, these items have been selected to portray him as a 'real world' stalker. Unlike high-budget movies, a real stalker wouldn't care about his appearance other then perhaps being able to blend in with the darkness and shadows, thus the choice of the darkened hoody.

Police officers
-Shirts, unbuttoned at the collar
-Suit trousers
-Suit shoes
These clothes have been shown to represent authority, your typical white shirt and black trousers. However, I have opted to lose the ties as it shows the stress the police officers are going through, trying to find evidence to incriminate the stalker. It's the subtle things that count.


Failure to get any of these could lead to discrepancies in my filming schedule, but I believe that all of them should be obtainable before the first day of filming.

Planning - Script

From my storyboard, I have deduced that my trailer actually contains very little dialogue, ergo it would be a waste of time, effort and resources to produce any sort of official script.

For the little bit of dialogue that is in the trailer, we will improvise the lines when it comes to shooting.