Conventions of a contents page

Conventions of a contents page

Click the link above to see my presentation on the generic conventions of a music magazine.

Edits of cover images

Here are two examples of me editing my front cover photographs, which i had taken earlier in my photo shoot.

Photoshoot Costumes

Here are the costumes i chose for my model for my photoshoot.

• Grey Suit Jacket
• Grey Patterned Bow Tie
• Grey Waistcoat

as i have chosen to do a medium-close up to mid shot i dont need to worry about the trousers my model will be wearing.

Front Cover Images

This is my selection of front cover photos. I will look through these photos and decide which one would be best for my front cover.

Creating A Storyboard

Today in Mr.Murphy's lesson we discussed creating a storyboard for a short movie of our choice. The storyboard has to be 10-12 ' scenes long. We used software such as 'Film Sense' and 'MMMS'.
These helped us to find out different camera angles and the effect they give when used, and when used in collaboration with other shots. 


We discussed:

Framing - How big the subject is in the shot

Angle - Whether the camera is above or below the subject

Framing

• Establishing shot - These are used to set the scene and then moves closer to give us more information 
• Wide Shot - The subject is small in the scene
• Long Shot - The subject is moving closer, you can tell more about the person but you can see less of the setting
• Three-Quarter Shot - Shows most of the body
• Mid Shot - Shows a figure from the waist upwards
• Medium Close Up - Close ups show facial expressions, in a medium close up you can see the shoulders as well.
• Close up - Shows just the head, and sometimes the tops of the shoulders

Angle

• High Angle - Shots with the camera above the subject can often make the character look more vulnerable
• Low Angle - Shots with the camera below the subject can make people look more powerful
• Birdseye - The camera shot is directly above the scene
• Canted Angle - Everything is set at an angle, this make make things look strange or scary

Here are two examples of storyboards, which should give me an idea of how to lay mine out.

This camera work should also help me for when i take my front cover shots for my music magazine, it should help me use different camera angles for effect.

Front cover fonts

Here are a selection of different fonts i have looked at to use for my magazines masthead. As you can see most of the fonts i have chosen are Sans Serif fonts, i have chosen these type of fonts because the 'serifs' on the lettering make it seem a lot more professional and classical. Which is what i want for my magazine. These fonts are bold and will make my masthead stand out depending on which font i had chosen. I chose these fonts on dafont.com

Mis en scene - Film Examples

In Mr.Murphys lesson this week we have  been looking at mis en scene, for these lessons we have watched 5 minute sections of the opening of three films. These films are 'Don't Look Now', 'Airplane' and 'Let Him Have It'.

Don't Look Now

The film opens with a small girl playing in the garden by her house dressed in a bright red coat, near a pond. You notice several shots go back and forth between the girl and her brother, and her parents sitting inside the house, he father is looking at slide and the mother is reading a book. The shots back and forth on the girl always show her near the pond, this builds up the tension, and then the ball falls in the pond and the boy slips on glass. This is all used for effect to build up tension and that its leading to something bad. This sets the seen as a horror genre film. This is then backed up by the blood on the picture that the father is looking at, which the red could also represent the daughters coat.

Clues such as the mans hair style and moustache show the time period, 60's to 70's. And also there is a lot of smoking influence, the cigarettes and the ashtrays inside the house. 



Airplane

The films opens with a parody of the Jaws films, with an aeroplane acting like the shark in the sky. This clearly sets the genre as a comedy film. We are then show several of the main protagonists of the film in short scenes where we are introduced to them. This film is clearly set in America. This is given by clues such as the yellow taxis and the four-lane highways. The comedic theme is then backed up by several scenes, one being a man shown to be taking off his metal arm and leg before going through a metal detector, and also we are shown a clip of the pilot near, 'Whacking Material'. 

The costumes in this film are used for great effect. They used pilots uniforms and air hostess uniforms to show that they're actually in an airport. 

Let Him Have It

This film opens during the aftermath of a bomb explosion. We see services such as ambulances, police and fire trucks coming to help with the tragedy. This makes the film feel authentic as they are using real ambulances and fire trucks, as well as their uniforms. We are then shown a small boy, under a rubble pile, having what seems to be a fit, later we learn he suffers from epilepsy. It then changes time period, we are now in the 1950's you can tell this by the teddy boy hairstyle that the boys have.