Double Page Production 3

In between writing the article, I decided to put in the conventional parts of the article;

• Boarders
• Title of the film 
• The main text
• Small bit information given at the start of the article; star rating, distributor, director, cast.

Double Page Production 2

With a rough idea on how much I would need to write for my article, in order to fill up the allocated space, I decided to write my article on word first, meaning that I could easily edit the text if it was to be too much text or too little. It also acted as a spare copy in case something was to happen to my real article on Photoshop. 

Below is the article; 

‘The Return’

I think it’s fair to say that I will not be returning to the set in which the film was made. This is not a bad thing, in fact this is exactly what the producer of the film Jack Joules wanted, this being that it was a truly terrifying experience, I would be mad to re-live it. I will try to paint a picture of it, imagine standing in one of the largest forests in the UK, where any scream would be lost in the layer upon layers of trees that surface from beneath your feet in every possible direction, waiting to trip you up. A place where not even the raw, blood-curdling screams of the lead Amanda Rossell can be heard from the outside, yet on the other hand is hauntingly silent, filled with sounds of nature all around. And a place where the trees which look down upon you act as a cage, playing tricks on you, making you to believe that there is no escape.

If that hasn’t got your pulse racing then the characters in the film will; or should I say the unknown characters will. The lack of characters in the film makes it feel very real and you are able to put yourself in the shoes of the lead, Amanda Rossell. Amanda Rossell, has only been in a handful of films, with the majority of them being rom-coms such as ‘The Last Date’, where her role was of the daughter of the lead, Ryan Reynolds. This is why we were surprised when we found out that she would be the protagonist in a horror film, a huge jump in genres, therefore making us very sceptical on the decision. BUT, after watching the film, it would be criminal to say that she wasn’t suited to this role. With only being the age of 17 years old, she couldn’t be more suited to the role of a young, vulnerable girl.

The basic outline of the film, is simple, very simple, however, I believe that this is what makes it so haunting. This simple story makes it very real and is something that could happen to anyone, even you. So here it is; a young vulnerable girl (Amanda Rossell) is walking home and takes the way through the forest. However, she is oblivious to the recent going ons of other young children that have been going missing, all wearing the same pearl bracelet. She finds the bracelet and hell breaks loose. Of course this basic outline of the film does not do it justice and I think it is fair to say that is one of the frightening films I have ever seen.

With parts of the film verging on being a psychological thriller, it doesn’t fail to bring suspense and horror. This can be seen through the various points of view shots, which play with the audiences mind, implying that someone is there looking at Amanda, yet we never get to see who is there. That is until the cross roads. Without giving too much away it is the fear of the unknown that makes this a good horror film. You never know who or what is behind a mask.

When speaking to the director of the film Jack Joules, he described the film as a ‘fantastic experience’ working with a new up and coming cast and how their ‘hard work and dedication was inspirational’. ‘The Return’ is his first horror film which he has directed and ‘wanted to do something different’ to what he normally does. He also spoke about where his inspiration came from and ‘wanted to incorporate the idea of the unknown’ as there are not enough films out there like it, and is one of the ‘major things which scares [him]’. There we go; we now know how to scare one of the greatest directors, Jack Joules.

This film is set for release on the 25^th October 2014, just in time for Halloween. I truly believe that it will smash other horror films this Halloween and will be extremely successful.  If you liked ‘Enter The Forest’ you will LOVE ‘The Return’.

Double Page Production 1

With the basic design sketched out, I decided to make a rough layout on Photoshop so that I could slowly incorporate text and other final designs into it. I started off by splitting the blank page into columns with equal widths so that it would look both professional and consistent. With the columns sorted out, it allowed me to see how much space I was working with to fill up with the title, the main photo and possibly a filler.

Titles

The font of the title was particularly important, as I wanted to use the same font throughout all three products to ensure continuity. Below are the some of the fonts that I thought would work well;

I decided to go with 'Agency FB' (fourth title down) as I liked the strict, sharp edge to it, therefore linking in with the horror genre.

I then played around with different colours of the text and liked the idea of using blood red, which was both fitting for the genre and conventional. As well as this, I liked the idea of having two colours to make it appear bold and striking.

I started off by using a red drop glow around the text but thought it didn't have a striking finish and would get lost on the page. This is when I decided to strip it back and just have one colour for one word and another colour for the other.

Double Page photoshoot

These are some of the photographs I took for my double page. I liked the idea of having a large space to make the protagonist appear to be small and by taking the photo at a high angle it further made her appear vulnerable. Although all photos are clearly very similar to each other, I liked the second photograph as due to the masked man a lot more in the background it appeared to be a lot more sinister as it suggests that it is watching her and she is oblivious.