Gas man - rough cut

Here is a rough cut of my film "gas man", it still has a long way to go yet, things such as idents, smoke effects and sound all need to be improved.

My poster!

For my film I needed to create a poster in order to give people an idea of what happens, and when the finished film will be released. In order to design my own poster I looked at a few film posters from some big block busters. The first one I looked at was the poster for the blockbuster film Star trek, from this poster you can see who is going the be the main characters within the film, the three at the top, them being at the top makes them feel more dominant, especially over the tiny character at the front. There is also the title of the film, followed by actors names, and also the companies who worked together to make this film. This poster gave me a lot of inspiration for mine, the idea of making a character feel so dominant, and belittling other chracters is what I wanted to go for in order to give my poster the feel of the film.

I have never made a poster, or anything like this before, and because of this Photoshop was new to me, having never used this software I found it very difficult to do what I wanted to do, and therefore had to sacrifice some ideas. If I were to do my poster again there is a lot I would change, it is very plain and simple, and the editing which has been done is very basic. However for a first attempt I think it will have to do, it includes the main characters, as well as gives off the information needed about the film, such as release dates and the title. Along with a star rating and the characters involved, hopefully it is good enough for people to want to come and watch my film. Here is my poster below:

Motion tracking!

As my film is set in the year 2050 i needed to add things to try and make it look like the future. To do this i tried to add a futuristic lock for the robbers to break into. I started with a photo frame and then added a picture to it, thinking it would be easy to add a light on to it afterwards with Adobe after effects. After a few attempts i was struggling so decided to do it on Motion, apples version of after effects, this made it much easier and the result i ended up with in my opinion is very pleasing. Here is a short clip of the tracking and also the light which i have created.

 

 

When the clip is put onto the timeline I will also add some sound effects for it, such as a buzzing noise when the door is unlocked and possibly an electrical hum just to add to the overall feel. I have done this to a few different clips where the lock is in view and think it has turned out really well.