Completed Trailer, Poster and Magazine Cover!

I've finally completed all three elements of my project, and I'm so proud of them!

Trailer:

Poster:

'Little White Lies' Magazine Cover:

Organisation: Final Draft...Possibly!

This is hopefully the final draft of my film trailer!

Marianette

Organisation: Final music adjustment research... piano pieces

The latest trailer of 'Alice Through The Looking Glass' there's this beautiful piano riff at the beginning (from 00:13 to 00:17). And very often in trailers, there're multiple pieces of music building the trailer up into different directions...

Alice Through The Looking Glass Trailer 2

I've already got some 'worm boom' sounds for the introduction of the trailer, but I feel a sweet piano riff would fit in well for the early end of the trailer, or at least in the bit when Marian's sexting and there's a sense of her being unaware of herself in the world.

The pieces of piano riffs I've found from FreeSound include...

As well as other sound effects such as this static... 

Organisation: Ancillary Products - Little White Lies Magazine Cover!

I've finally got the magazine cover of the Ancillary product done! Since Little White Lies do their magazine covers with original artwork, I asked my sister (who's an artist) to help with the front cover. This is the magazine cover we took inspiration from:

As well as having taken inspiration from this image:

Amd using this photo of myself as a reference:

Stage 1 of process:

We came up with the idea to use dots to make the shape of the character, and with the idea of the protagonist pulling her sleeves down, we thought of a bar-code. This is the drawing she came up with...

To make the drawing more accurate to my facial features, we used Photoshop to adjust the left eye, push in the jaw, soften the cheek bones, make the chin slightly larger and make the teeth smaller...

With this as the foundation of the magazine cover, we decided to add these pink splotches to the image for the connotations of lust as well as to add some visual interest...

We used many combinations of these splats to make different cover ideas...

We both decided that a more subtle use of pink was more effective; I also incorporated the Little White Lies logo and the title 'Marianette'; but I felt the title was made too obvious on the bar-code...

The Finished Edition...

I used some more pink splatters over the black by changing the layer's options to 'Screen' so it'd show up over the black (using a black upper and lower boarder to frame the image - though could also reflect the black bars on a movie or photograph). I also tied together the pink splatters with Marian herself by making her lips pink too, and I put the title between each bar of the bar-code to make it all the more subtle, and incorporated the selling-line under the 'Little White Lies' masthead!

This magazine cover has turned out SO much more successfully than I originally thought!

Symbolism:

Marian wears rather seductive make up to emphasize her lustful appeal, as well as the pulling of her clothes straps suggesting the sexting, undressing side to her story. This being incorporated into a bar-code not only adds visual interest and can relate to the 'techy' side to her trailer, but could also reflect her objectification and how it feels like she's making a transaction by 'buying' affection through her body.
And finally, the deliberate misspelling of 'Marionette' with 'Marianette' is to incorporate Marian's name into the fact her strings are being pulled by her insecurities and by peer pressure, and that she feels toyed with; almost like 'broken goods'.

Organisation: More sound effects to consider...

Again, I've been seeking more sound effects for the trailer; especially since the 'sad song' track was sort of grating! But here is some alternatives:

Target Audience Feedback of First Draft

I've recently been given feedback for my media trailer, and I completely agreed with everything that was said:

To get rid of any clips with 'fangs' (especially since so many people thought it was a Vampire film trailer!)
To change the song in the background, since it does get a bit grating (I'm thinking of changing it to a more electronica/synthesiser sound to reflect the digital themes)
To rearrange footage to show it as a revenge story/make plotline clearer
To include the idents and captions.
And finally to cut out that f-word.

I completely and utterly agree with the criticisms mentioned and will be sure to act on them!

Ancillary Product Idea: Magazine Front Cover Inspiration

For my magazine front cover, I'll be taking inspiration from the magazine 'Little White Lies' and my sister is an artist; I'll definitely get help from her to draw some original artwork for the magazine cover!

I've gathered some ideas for the cover art!

Paige's given me an idea...

Which lead to inspiration from such artwork and images...

'Catherine' inspiration...


This is a great take on what Paige directly suggested; an idea of Marianette removing the sleeves of
her clothing in an art style which could give a dotted or pixel effect.

I love these two images; embracing the double personalities; the yin and yang of each character (Catherine and Katherine); perhaps I should embrace this idea too!

This artwork idea is what I prefer so far! It'll be sure to make an effective magazine front cover image!