Updates For January

Due to weather conditions ( the problem that it got dark really early), trouble with getting wires to set the lighting up and few actors due to exams and the hype of Christmas we decided to postpone filming to the end of January. We would have liked to film in our first week back but due to exams coming up actors were low and other commitments got in the way of filming so we had no choice but to film in the middle of January. During our lesson times we continued to draw ideas for our posters and magazines and also continued to do extra research special effects makeup so that we could make our techniques even better than they were. Whilst Eliza and Micah were being creative and drawing Andrew and I researched different trailers so we could get extra ideas for ours and maybe even think of some better locations for filming then we already had.

We now plan to film the final flashback shots at the beginning of of January giving us more time to plan before hand for the shots. This will be a tight deadline but as a group we will work extra hours to ensure we complete our trailer on the deadline.

25th January : We have now filmed the last few scenes of our teaser trailer and taken the pictures we need for our magazine front cover. We filmed our last scenes in the derelict nursery and used natural lighting. We now can add in the flashback scenes planned in the storyboard into our previous footage and complete the Magazine Cover.

Lighting

Trailer Lighting

When we filmed the original scenes for our trailer in the studio we utilised the use of high key-lighting to capture all of the action of our trailer. We found it difficult to achieve the correct horror effect when the light was so bright therefore we used the dimmer switches on both of our lights for a darker more sinister effect.

At the editing stage it was decided that our shots were still too light after they had been upload to the computer there for we used the colour corrector filter on Final Cut Pro to bring out the shadow more and darken the image for a better generic horror effect.

For our flashback sequences that we filmed in the derelict nursery we decided to use a more natural source of light to contrast with the artificial light of the other shots. This way it is easier to differentiate between the two times in the trailer. We also added a grayscale filter during the editing stage to further the emphasis of the flashbacks.

Poster and Magazine Lighting

When it came to the Poster Image with our male zombie character (Andrew) we decided it was a good idea to get our images straight after the film shoot. The shoot for the poster expresses warmer tones in the mis-en-scene: reds, oranges and browns. The use of high-key lighting helped us to emphasize this.

As for the Magazine Cover Image we decided to represent our female zombie character (Ashleigh) through more colder harsher tones: whites, greys and blues. For this shoot we positioned one light below the subject on the right side to add more shadow into the image so that only the main features stood out. We also can edit the lighting on the face on Adobe Photoshop Software to bring out the more subtle tones with the dodge tool and create more shadow with the burn tool.

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Technology Summary

Epidemic Teaser Trailer

After months of preparation and planning the teaser trailer Epidemic finally came to be. The shots we filmed were in two main different

Unused Footage 2

During the editing stage a number of shots were not used in the final cut. Here are some clips uploaded to the groups youtube account from the second shoot that did not make the final cut:

Finished Magazine

Magazine Cover Images

This photo shoot was made to contrast with our Poster Image photo shoot. This shoot utilised low key rather then high key lighting and brought out the more colder tones (blue, grey etc) rather then warmer tones (red, orange etc). In all of the shots the blue background is present yet this may be edited out. The use make-up, horror blood and contacts was used to replicate the same zombie effect as on our male zombie in all of the shots.

This initial shot is a good example of the close-up we were trying to achieve for the magazine cover. Yet the lighting was a little to high key in this shot and the subjects positioning was incorrect for the effect we wanted to achieve.

A close example of the shot we wanted yet the subject was too over to the right. We took this shot in case we wanted to insert titles along the left hand side.

This shot was one of our final choices. The positioning of the subjects head is sinister looking and effect for the magazine. The lighting was a little too dark around the face yet this can be remedied with the dodge tool on Adobe Photoshop.

This was our second final choice. This time the hair is on the other side of the face yet the light is too exposed on the right side of the face for a dark enough lighting effect.

Magazine Cover Design Idea 4

Magazine Cover Design Idea 3

Magazine Cover Design Idea 2

Magazine Cover Design Idea 1