Lighting

My initial idea was to film in the late afternoon, so that the lighting will be low key and dark. However, when I came to film, the lack of light meant that the picture quality wasn't great, as it would not focus and therefore produced a blurry image.

I knew that I wanted to produce a darker image to add to the horror of the film, firstly because it is very conventional to do so, but also because when carrying out previous research, I looked at a horror film that was set in the daytime, which consequently lacked in horror.

I tried filming on more bleak days closer to dusk but not quite dusk, yet this still didn't produce the sharp picture I was hoping for. I then decided to see if I could edit the film by changing the colour of it and play around with the brightness and other various tools the program offered.

After trying out various different combinations, I found that by using shadow/highlighting and tint, it produced the image I was looking for and therefore meant that I could film in day light; meaning that I could get a sharp, focused image and at the same time edit it to make it looker darker.

Poster Production 4

I wanted to incorporate the bracelet into my poster as it plays a big part in the film and I feel like it produces unanswered questions, enticing the audience to watch the film.


I decided to print screen a photo of the bracelet from my film and use that for the poster.

I started off by using the 'quick selection' tool to cut around the bracelet and get rid of the background.

I then re-sized the bracelet to fit into the protagonists eye.

I then made it seem more realistic by changing the opacity of the bracelet, so that it didn't look dramatic or draw the attention away from the rest of the poster.

Poster Production 3

I then decided to put in the title. Having already selected the font from the double page, this process was quick and simple.

However, I felt that it looked too plain and dull for it to be on a poster, as it is supposed to attract the public and by having just a basic font it did not do this. This is when I decided to add texture to the font to make it look like bark. This not only solved the problem of it being to boring, it also linked extremely well with the film as it is set in the woods.

I started off by choosing a photo I thought would work well on Google Images.

I then cut around the title using the magnetic lasso tool and uploaded the photo I wanted to use as the texture.

I then clicked the overlay button and 'create clipping mask'

I then played around with the opacity of effect until I was happy with the result.