Final website

http://mark96taylor.wix.com/murdersquad
http://mark96taylor.wix.com/murdersquad
http://mark96taylor.wix.com/murdersquad
http://mark96taylor.wix.com/murdersquad

This is my final website, I created it on the Wix website creator platform, but i started with a blank template and built it up with image slideshows, videos, text and images. I'm not sure if the final outcome is what i really wanted, but it looks similar to the high budget websites i have looked at.

Final Trailer

Final Poster

Evaluation Part 3

Eval part 3 media from Mark Taylor

Time Management

I need to do one more evaluation question and 2 videos on premier pro

Eval 4

evaluation 2

Final Poster Creation

Film Editing

I used exponential fade on the audio layers to make them fit together well.





I also used additive dissolve to make the end of sound clips fade out so there was no harsh stopping.

This is the clip editing box, here i have used, ultra key and invert on my logo to make it slightly see-through so it layers well over the clips at the start of the trailer. 

This is the timeline on premier pro, it it where you piece together clips and make a composition of how you want your video to look.

This is the audio bar in the time line, it has sound levels which makes piecing audio together very easy.

Editing Of My Poster

I made the title of the poster using dafont.com to get the font, then I used the magic wand tool to select the white background and deleted it. Then I used the effects drop shadow on it to get the effect shown, i then made a layer above it which was yellow, then alt clicked it to make it fit into the layer below, this in turn made the black text yellow with crisp lines, it is a better alternative to filling it with a paint bucket tool. I did the same the thing with the tag line. and the text saying "coming soon". I left the rest of the text white.

The cast list was made using the font steel tongs, it is skinny and compact which is a common convention. The company logo was make white, and so was the QR code so they would stand out.

All together i had 21 layers to create the whole poster, I made a new layer for every piece of text, but
I created the multiple exposure image in a different document.

I created the image by placing the images on top of each other and using the blending mode lighten, this gives a right amount of blending into each other, and creates a really good effect in the final image.

To finish the poster i put a grey/ dark red gradient in the background, i felt like it needed this to make it look finished and professional.

Images Taken In Studio Slideshow

The images I have taken are all relatively good in a photographic sense, with good compositions and in focus, with correct exposure and contrast levels.

Image choices

These are the images I am going to use for my posters and promotional material. They are the best quality images out of the set, they have good composition, good lighting and fit the theme of the film really well.

Organising Studio for Photoshoot

My classmates and I organised to go to the university to take photographs in the studio, this is the email my friend sent to organise it.

Sourcing Costumes & Actors

Props
- Baseball bat
- Gun
- Bandana
I have a bandana and a baseball bat, but I will have to buy a gun, I will easily be able to buy one from Poundland, then I will have to spraypaint it black, I already own black spraypaint

Costumes
- Every day clothing
- Black hoodie
- Boots 
- Black Jeans
The costumes are clothing that people would usually wear, so nothing is needed to buy.

Actors
- Joe Tobias
- Kris Cook
- Mark Taylor (myself)
All of the actors are classmates and pretty easy to get a hold of. 

Contacting Actors

These Emails and Texts are some of the conversations we had to organise the filming, props and outfits.

Filming Considerations

Possible actors
Joe Tobias
Kris Cook
Mark Taylor (myself)

Not many actors will be needed in this trailer as it is a story about the progression of one person, the other actors apart from myself will be victims or acomplises to my crimes.

Possible Locations
Back alleys
Newcastle City
Sunderland City
Down by the river
Graffiti free wall (sage gateshead)

As sunderland is closer to home I will film some of the back alley shots there even though the film is set in newcastle. I will get shots of the surrounding area (establishing shots) in newcastle, but I will do the bulk of the filming with acting in sunderland. 

Final Company logo

This is my final company logo, I love the way it turned out, I think in the trailer i'm going to have the smoke move. The smoke makes it slightly more realistic and more obvious what it is, it fits really well with the image. I think the two components from the gun and the film camera line up really well, I blended them into one layer to then cut out the white bits with the magic want tool and deleted them, I then make a new layer of black and masked it onto the outline, this made the image have more crisp black outlines, and made sure it was the same colour black all the way through, incase some of the cutting out left white or grey outlines around the edge.
The logo is effective and follows all conventions of a logo, it has an image everyone will remember and the text is clear, in turn making people remember it.