Adding in actor names

I am now moving on to adding in my actors names into the trailer. Due to deleting some of the sounds I used when editing my trailer, I won't be able to edit the high quality, un-exported version any further. Therefore, I will have to upload my lesser quality exported version, and split it/ add in text where I need it. Due to this, there are limits as to where I can put in the text because I don't want to unsynchronise any sound or affect the quality of my trailer how it is.

I have decided to add in the new text in parts where the actors are actually still moving. I will also add it in less interesting parts, and hopefully quite evenly between the three black backgrounded text that I already have.

Font:
In terms of actual font I was stuck between two:

At first I wasn't sure which font I wanted, so I tried putting on the 'glow' in animation to match the other text in the trailer. After doing this, I chose the font in the second picture because I feel as though it just looked a lot more professional. Particularly in the second part of the trailer.

Colour:

 I wanted to use white because:

• I have already tried it and it works
• It matches the rest of my trailer text

However, the white doesn't show up very well without a black background. Therefore, I will need to try out some new colours. I don't want to use black because I feel it will contrast the white too much and also it is too boring. Therefore, I will try red because research with my poster showed me that red is a colour often associated with horror films.

I actually ended up liking this a lot more than expected, and it went really well with the 'glow' effect:

Therefore, I kept the red. 

I decided that I wasn't gonna add in the production company logo because:

• it was too difficult with a continuous already exported film
• I have researched other trailers which don't include one so I don't feel it is necessary
• It ruins the timing of my music and sound which I spent a long time on

Poster improvements

I have added in the bbfc rating and my production company logo to make my poster look more professional.

I then added in a "coming soon". This is my fully improved poster:

Issues with the logo

After trying to put my logo onto my poster, I have realised that the text is too small. Therefore I edited it again, adding in different text in a different font and played with the colours slightly.

Production company logo

I already have a production company name, and so it shouldn't be too difficult to work from this to create a logo. My already existing name is "Jittershack Productions". Connotations of the word shack consist of house, building. I all try to find a black plain cartoon style house.

I liked the two highlighted ones the most. Although I preferred the first one, the second one is more plain and will allow me to do more things with it. Also, the second one has writing on it and the first one has a transparent background.

In terms of colour the logo has to be neutral (black, white, grey). It can't be white because the windows won't show, and it can't be black because it will fade into my background too much.

Other colours I use will include red, and obviously black for the background.

This was my finished product.

Improvements to be made

As a result of my teacher's feedback, I have got some improvements to make to my poster and trailer.

Trailer
- need to add in actor names
- need to add in institutional information (a production company logo)

Poster
- need to add in production company logo
- bbfc rating

It makes sense then, to start creating a production company logo.

Final magazine cover

Imrpoving text and final touches

Even though I knew my text had to be more professional looking, I still wanted it to be fairly chunky, so that it still stands out to the audience, and connotes gruesome horror films. 

First, I chose the "Bolts SF" font, which I applied to all my text apart from the title:

I felt as though now my magazine cover was too drowned in text. Therefore, I decided to change the less important text into a different font in order to not overpower the magazine cover with text, and to symbolize which information is the most relevant.

I chose a font called "Diamond Heavy SF" for the minor parts of anchorage text:

I now feel as though the text suits my magazine, has character to it, and doesn't drown out other elements of my magazine cover.

I will ask for feed back from my teacher to see if there are any final touches which could make my magazine cover any better.