Horror film DVD cover - Gost Rider

This design is excellent for a DVD cover, as style of the cover include main character on the front and the tittle stands out, from the black backgrounds due to the red shading. The suitability age is also shown on both sides of the cover which allows adults to know if suitable for their children. On the left side, it includes small screen shots and a brief information about the film. This is a good technique to use to attract attention, which would make consumers read the back of the DVD cover, to get a small feeling what the film is about.

First Draft Of The Recoding Footage -The Graveyard Massacre

The Graveyard Massacre from Ranjjit on Vimeo.

Looking at the recorded footage

As we were looking at the recorded footage, we had noticed the lighting had changed quickly, as it became darker throughout the scene. This made our group think how we would plan it in future, to avoid this, and we would need to make it flow well according to the time and lighting.

At the graveyard - the day to record the beginning scene

Today the group had met up together, and started to record the scene. This took too much time and the time went very fast as we were recording. We started around 5.30pm and finished around 6.45pm. The group also noticed that the lighting went darker quick throughout the recording process.
As a group we then finished the recording and decided to edit the footage on the Apple imac next lesson.

How to create a Horror DVD Cover in Adobe Photoshop

Part 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBnvyve7IY

Part 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2_cZ3Qr7cI

Part 4 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCCJVgVMuSU&playnext=1&list=PL2DEFA6B5D9289319&index=3

Part 5 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgVuSSduQKI&playnext=1&list=PL2DEFA6B5D9289319&index=4

Part 6 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-bI0iZ8W3M

Part 7 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFu0ROuBLqw

Typogrphy- Film Titles

We started to look at other film front covers and researched how the title fonts and background, exploring how the layout has been influenced by the genre, and the different ways it attracts the audience.  

                          

                                     

                                   

From the front cover above, the audience would know that the film is produced for children, due to the bright colour in the background which fit with the animated characters. The title also stands out from the background text which makes it more visible.

Main Task - Crew

Furhaad Amed - Director and Editor 

Shehroze Farooq - Director of Photography

Main Task- Cast

Ranjit Singh Sahota - The Unknown monster 

Husaam Hussain - Tomas character

Equipment,Softwares and Props

In the making of the Main Task, there would be a range of equipment that would be used.

Use of internet

The Google search engine (www.google.com) has been used to collect information about the horror genre. Images and videos and other detailed facts would be searched.

We have also used a social utility, which is www.facebook.com. This has been very useful, as most of the peers from our school are connected through this site. This made the research of our audience much easier and efficient, instead of producing or hand out questionnaires.

We would be using a video camera, camera and tripod. All of the hardware would be borrowed from school.

Video Camera

Tripod

Nikon Coolpix L10 Camera

• 5 megapixel digital camera
• 3x optical zoom
• Movie mode with sound
• JPEG file format
• ISO 64-800
• Auto focus and exposure
• 2 AA batteries
• Secure Digital Memory Card (7MB internal)
• 2.0-inch LCD

Possible Cast And Roles

To avoid complications and have a better understanding of the roles required we've decided to keep the casting list within the production group, which leaves 4 possible people to play roles in our opening scene.

Possible Roles
''Unknown'' monster
Tomas 


Possible Cast
Furhaad Ahmed
Ranjit Sahota Singh
Hussam Husain
Shehrose Farooq

Costume for character "Dementor"

Costume for character "Tomas"

The character "Tomas" would be wearing a dark leather jacket, with black jeans, and light brown trainers. This shows the simplicity of the character, and builds up the style and personality of the person. He would also have his hair trimmed from the sides, and the top part gelled forwards.

Action Plan - Gantt Chart