The Hunted - Main trailer

This is the main 'The Hunted' trailer, it lasts approximately two minutes in which I have recognised is the average time length for teaser trailers. The purpose being to project the narrative and content of the film however, building up tension and ending on a cliff-hanger.

I feel that I have applied and used the codes and conventions featured in horror trailers, an example being the darkness of the lighting in the forest to reflect the mysterious feeling.

The Hunted - 30 second trailer

To reflect my editing skills I created a 30 second trailer, this trailer reflects and reveals the most important and narrative structured clips involved in the main trailer. Thirty second trailers are often viewed as being conventional as they usually appear before a genre related film, intervening the most influential and exciting moments.

Ancillary Text 2 - Film poster

For the second ancillary text I created a film poster to combine and work well with the horror film trailer. The image I have chosen reflects the cold and mysterious mood in which I am wanting to create, again fitting with the generic conventions of horror. The shape of the tree also works well with the posture of the main character as it blocks off the bottom off the figure, therefore focusing on the reaction on the character's face.
I have applied the headline 'The Hunted' towards the bottom half of the poster, so that it doesn't take too much attention away from the main image however does attract the reader.
By adding alternate factors such as; advertisements of the film at the bottom of the poster (website and release date), credits, textual phrasing and recognised logos such as the 'Restricted' logo projects an element of verisimilitude and proffesionalism as it is applying and using the generic conventions required for a successful looking film poster.

The poster would be produced in an A4 page format and would be included within the film magazine 'ACT!ON'.

Ancillary Text 1 - Film magazine front cover

For my first ancillary text I decided to create a film magazine front page. As for my Foundation Portfolio I had to create a music magazine front page I collated experience and an understanding into the creation of magazine front covers. By analysing existing, contemporary film trailers I gathered the generic conventions required for Horror trailers and applied them to my front page.
The location in which I took the image is at Hessle Foreshore as this location appears very similar to the location in which I used in the trailer. I wanted there to be a vast amount of detail happening on the front page perhaps to reflect the hectic and upbeat filming world, therefore I applied conventions such as scremers 'Win win and...win!' to attract and catch attention. In order to give an insight into the magazine and create verisimilitude I included two images which look as they have been taken in an album therefore perhaps indicating 'behind the scenes' footage.
Overall I am pleased with the front page film magazine and I think it combines well with 'The Hunted' horror trailer.

Release form

Test shots

Before producing and shooting the final trailer, I decided to take test shots at the main location. However the main character featured was the main original character which I was going to use, due to work commitments she could no longer carry on with the filming.

I think that by shooting test shots it gives you the opportunity to view the framing and whether the location is suitable for the final product. The first major aspect in which I needed to improve on was the framing, as you can see the framing is very poor on both of the test shots. Therefore, I could take this away with me to discover the best and appropriate way in how to frame a suitable shot.

Another area in which I came to recognise was the diegetic sound in which the video camera recorded, as you can see when both chacters are walking away in the first shot the quality of sound was very poor and they could hardly be heard. This is another aspect in which helped me when it came to shooting the final material.

I discovered that in the first shot a building in the background is slightly visable, therefore I was aware that when filming for the final product I needed to be consciously aware of any confounding variables (variables which get in the way) which could possibly get in the way of the filming.

Before and after manipulation

Here are the images I have chosen to use for the two ancillary texts before and after being manipulated. Both images have been colour manipulated on the program Picasa, and have both used the same tool. The tool in which I have used is better known as 'focal black and white' (featured below). Therefore, this allowed me to transform both images in a black and white format and then select the area of the image in which I wanted to be featured in colour (the facial area).





















































Here are several effects provided by Picasa, as you can see the tool in which I used is highlighted. However, I enlargened and selected the focal colour point on the image.