Editing the poster's pictures

The photographs we used for the film posters had to be manipulated in different ways to create the correct mood for our film. These screen shots that Laura has worked on show some of the ways we altered our images.

Making the Magazine process

During editing the magazine review, we wanted to make sure that the quality was to the highest it could possibly be, to ensure this we made the magazine review first and then looked over it numerous times to decide if there were any changes that needed to be made.
Below are the screen shots that were taken to show the development of our magazine review.

 

Final Posters

 

Here are the final versions of our posters that would be released in the following order

 

 

Final Magazine review



Here is our final version of our magazine review

 

 

 

Poster analysis

Here are the final posters that we would be releasing. These posters would be released in a sequence to build up excitement and interest.










Magazine review sketch

The following image is a sketch that we drew up when we were planning our magazine review. The picture shows the layout we intended to create along with the various sections that we wanted to include in the review.
We found planning it out on paper first easier as when we went to create it on the computer we knew exactly what we wanted to do and how we wanted it to look.

Folk Soundtrack

Due to our film being a Mockumentary style we have decided not to have music throughout our film. We chose not to include music as when we were researching and watching other films of the same type of genre hardly any had music such as underscore etc. playing throughout the film. Therefore we made the decision also not to have music throughout.
We have decided however to have a soundtrack that will be played right at the very end of our film and also have it playing throughout the credits at the end.
The soundtrack will be the folk song that Laura stumbled across when researching the Dover Gaol history. We have decided to do this as we feel it would leave a lasting impression on the audience as the lyrics tell the whole true story of what happened in Dover Gaol.
Here are the lyrics to the song:

We smuggling boys are merry boys

Sometimes here and sometimes there

No rent nor taxes do we pay,

But a man of war is all our fear.

'Twas on the 21 st of May,

As you will understand,

We sailed out of Boulogne Bay,

Bound for the English land. 

But to our sad misfortune,

And to our great surprise,

We were chased by two galleys,

Belonging to the excise.

Oh then my boys for liberty,

Was the cry of one and all,

But soon they overpowered us,

With powder and with ball. 

They dragged us up to Gaol,

In irons bound like thieves,

All for to serve great George our King,

and force us to the seas. 

The wives for their husbands

Were in such sad distress,

For children round the gaol

Were crying fatherless.

And sure the sight was shocking

For any one to see,

But still the cry came from the mob,

For death or liberty. 

 

Oh then a hole all in the wall,

Was everybody's cry.

And Lillburn and McCullock's men

were soon obliged to fly. 

For bricks and tiles flew so fast,

From every point you see,

And these poor men from Dover gaol,

They gained their liberty.

And now they've gained their liberty

The long wide world to range,

Long life to the women,

Likewise to the  men.

Here is my first version of the song:

 https://soundcloud.com/music-for-media-1/michelle-song-rough-copy



Here is the final song recorded at KETV studios:

 

https://soundcloud.com/music-for-media-1/we-smuggling-boys-soundtrack

 

  

I didn't change any of the lyrics of the song as we didn't want to ruin the authenticity of it. I decided to just add a simple tune and to keep it stripped back by just using guitar and vocals. As this is supposed to be a traditional Folk song, I used the chords  Am,C,G,D the chords I used are very common to many traditional Folk songs. I also sang and played the song in a way that gave the song an old sea Shantie feel to retain the theme of the film.
When editing the track we added sound effects that would boost the sea theme. The sound effects we added were a rough sea, sail boat and seagull sound effects throughout the song.
We also added Reverb and Delay to the vocals and the sound effects to make the song sound haunting and keep the mood of the mysterious ghost smugglers  going until the very end of the film.

 



Magazine Review Distribution

Myself and Laura researched into magazines that would normally review our type of 'Independent film' We wanted to find a magazine that had not only a main stream audience but also a more of an underground audience. After looking into various Film Magazines such as 'Empire Film Magazine' 'FILM Magazine' we found the MovieScope Magazine would be a good magazine for our film to be reviewed in as it reviews both mainstream Hollywood films and also independent films. Extract taken from the MovieScope webpage:
'movieScope Magazine offers an unique insider’s point-of-view on the craft, process and business of moviemaking as seen through the eyes of key industry professionals drawn from both sides
of the camera working in Hollywood, the Indie film
scene and other global filmmaking hot spots.
By us choosing this magazine, there is a better chance of our film attracting a larger audience as people may buy the magazine to read about a new Hollywood film and then stumble across our independent film when reading through the magazine.

How we would get our audience to see the review.Due to the massive impact social media and the internet in general has on our lives we would take full advantage of online advertising. We would post links on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc. that would take you to the Magazine's website so the audience could also read the review online.
To encourage people to read the review we could offer things to people by saying things such as 'Share the link to the Magazine review to win a chance to see a free exclusive screening of the film'.