Poster Billing/ Credits

This is the final draft of my poster billing. I constructed it by looking at other poster billings and identifying the different conventions and factors that most billings include. When I had fully understood what must be included in credits/billing I made my own. I did this by using photoshop and using the necessary font which was available.

Poster Possibilities

Here are a few Sketches I have drawn on how my poster may look, I have also included basic poster conventions, such as taglines, central images, release dates, production company logos, websites/social networks, title, billing/credits, produced/directed by. these are only rough sketches, my poster is likely to contain different images, but maintain similar layouts like i've sketched below.

Possible fonts for my Trailer and Poster

 

Below is a list of fonts I have been exploring to use on my poster and trailer. I have found these fonts by looking at existing Horror posters and trailers and researching which fonts these media products were using. As a result of this I have compiled a list of ten potential fonts that I will use for my media products.



 



 

 

 

http://www.dafont.com

Poster Layout Possibilities

Using the list of poster conventions I collected, i've sketched my own potential poster layouts, these designs are not final, but by sketching these layouts, I feel I have a better idea of what my poster will eventually look like.

Cast and Crew

Below is a brief biography on each of the cast and crew that are involved in my production.

Simon Hanouka

Simon Hanouka is a 23 year old British actor born on january 15th 1990. Simon is known for performing in thrillers and horrors, and has been acting since he was seven years old. The first film Simon appeared in was "The Wykeham Massacre" (1997), where he played child victim Tommy. Simon who is now 23, is climbing his way up in the film industry and is on the verge of becoming an A list star in Hollywood. Simon has also been in a range of successful film franchises including "Try and catch me ","Blood Redemption" and "Cannibal Revenge".

Benjamin Shamash

Benjamin Shamash is a 29 year old American Comedian born on October 22 1984. Benjamin came to recognition through his stand up comedy and made his way to Hollywood, Benjamin is best known for his roles in comedies such as "Happy Madison", "The Meaning of life" and "Giant Bob". As well as being recognisable for his great comic talent, Benjamin is also recognised for his big build and large stature, for this he has been casted to play the character "Charles Whitman", the masked murderer.













Nathan Ipalé

Nathan Ipalé is a 19 year old British actor, born on may 6th 1994, Nathan similarly to simon has been performing from a young age and has performed in several Hollywood films such as  "Super Good", High School Massacre" and "Skeleton Key".

My Film Certificate

I have decided that 15 would be the most suitable age rating for my film. I believe that the Horror genre is most popular with this age and upwards, however there are negatives to this rating, by making the film a 15 I'm restricted with the amount of gory - bloody goodness I can use, this "gory- bloody goodness" is what makes Horror lovers go out and spend there "hard earned bucks" at the cinemas.  The 15 rating will also mean that I will be restricted on the amount and severity of bad language that I can use. Even though there are many negative factors of making a horror film a 15 rather than an 18, I still believe it's the right thing to do, as cutting out those vital few years will neglect the majority of fans from the Horror genre, which would result in loss of potential revenue. The age rating 12a would be out of the question, as it would mean i'd have to cut out most of the conventions that make a horror, a horror, although I would be broadening the number of people and potential cinema goers, it would mean that many Horror fans would be unhappy and as a result the film would be unsuccessful.

BBFC Research

Introduced in 2002, films under this category are considered to be unsuitable for very young people. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult, aged at least 18 years, at all times during the motion picture. However, it is generally not recommended that children under 12 years should watch the film. Films under this category can contain mature themes, discrimination, soft drugs, infrequent strong language and moderate violence, sex references and nudity. Sexual activity may be briefly and discreetly portrayed. Sexual violence may be implied or briefly indicated.

Nobody younger than15 can rent or buy a 15-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating Films under this category can contain adult themes, hard drugs, frequent strong language and limited use of very strong language, strong violence and string sex references  and nudity without graphic detail. Sexual activity may be portrayed but without any strong detail. sexual violence may be shown if discreet and justified by context.

Only adults are admitted. Nobody younger than 18 can rent or buy an 18-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category do not have limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed, and explicit sex references along with detailed sexual activity are also allowed. Scenes of strong safe sex may be permitted if justified by the context. Very strong, gory, and/or sadistic violence is usually permitted. Strong sexual violence is permitted unless it is eroticised or excessively graphic.