The brief that I chose for my final project from the OCR Specification is to create a trailer for a biopic short film, along with a promotional package consisting of two ancillary products. The two ancillary products will be a poster for the short film and a magazine cover featuring the film.
I decided to do a short film trailer because it would help me build on the skills I developed during the AS Coursework that I did last year when I created a short film with the help of a group. Having achieved a solid C grade in my coursework, I wanted to improve the knowledge and skills I learnt last year and develop new ideas and skills in a genre that I haven't previously done.
The genre of the film trailer will be a biopic following the story of a young footballer on his path to success all the way from playing youth team football to playing in the Champions League, Euros and the World Cup. This will be an interesting genre to do as there are a lot of key conventions that I can either follow or subvert.
The reason for choosing to do the film poster is due to the fact that I have worked on film posters earlier on in my education as this was part of my Year 7 Media Course at my previous school. Therefore, previous knowledge I had from that experience will help me produce a high quality poster to promote my short film trailer using similar or even more advanced software such as Adobe InDesign or Photoshop. The other reason being is that a lot of posters I've seen have attracted my attention and resulted in me watching the film it was promoting. Here is a poster promoting the film Goal, which is also a short biopic film following the story of a young footballer, that has helped me develop ideas for producing my poster. I also chose to do a magazine cover to promote the short film trailer because I've seen a lot of magazine covers that have promoted blockbuster films successfully. This is what I wish to do with my second ancillary product because I want to produce a high-quality and professional magazine cover that promotes my short film trailer effectively.
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