Magazine Images

All the images below were taken by Katie Parkinson as want all three victims to be on the cover of the Total Film magazine. Generally there is only the main character on the cover of film magazines however we are not totally breaking a convention as other films have been known to do this; such as Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Carribean, King Kong and Harry Potter.

The reason for wanting all three victims on the cover is to highlight to the reader the close bond between the girls and that the film is very much about the three of there trails rather than just one.

 

This image was taken with the three characters infron of an old store container however by looking at this image it is clear to see it was not totally sucessful.

The sucess was in the posistioning of the girls as they look united, however the downfall is in the lighting and facial expressions. All the characters are looking in different directions and the lighting is high key which does not help portray the film genre.

 

 

This image was taken in a field opening, however was quickly discarded. The reason for this is that is does not give over a scene of the emotions of the film, because the lighting is so bright and the charaters have quite a vage look upon there faces. The is also a shadow which is across the characters faces which would not be adiquate for the film magazine cover. I like the positioning of the characters however the lighting and setting are not spot on.

When this photo was taken, initally it looked effective because all the characters were gazing into the camera  which looked intense. However it became apparent this image would not be suitable because when we put text on it would cut across the faces because they are too close to the edge. This shows the spacing of the girls is not correct. This resulting in this shoot being discarded.

 

The postioning that the characters are in we all agreed was best as the main character is central. By having the charaters stagered rather than all in the same line adds depth to the shot as well as highlighting that I am the main focus of the film.

The reason why this photo is better than all others is mainly down to facial expressions and lighting. The intense look on all the girls faces shows they are all in the same position and because they are all looking directly into the camera vunerably it draws the audience in. The facial expression on the girls faces matches that of what is happening in the trailer, and to add to this they are all whether clothing from the film in order to keep them in character. The reason behind doing this is that a key convention is that the actor is in character on the front of the magazine.

The lighting is correct in this shot as it is consistant all over with no shadows which is important. This makes it easier when editing because if we were to darker the light on the computer it would then be consistant all over making the magazine look professional.

 

This was one of a number of shots taken infront of the old storage container and this was one of the shots we experiented which the positions of characters. We decided to keep the main character central but have her in the background and the other two in the foreground.

The reason this shot was not used is because of the key convention it broke. We were already challenging conventions as it is rare to have three on the cover, but also it is waist up generally and this was a long shot. 

 

Image selected for the Total Film magazine cover: