In lessons you have been completing the following tasks: - Researching film posters & identifying the different elements which must be included on a film poster - Researching film genres in general - Picking a genre of film to focus your project on and researching your chosen genre in more detail: Green - Horror Amber - either Horror or Sci-Fi Red - either Horror, Sci-Fi or Thriller - Deconstructing a poster from your chosen genre - Recreating the poster you have deconstructed
For your homework tasks, you have deconstructed a second poster and planned your shoot to recreate it. Think of this process as 'artist research'. As you know, when we complete any project we research multiple artists before coming up with our own original ideas and it is exactly the same in this project, only we will focus our research on posters instead of artists. It is therefore vital that you complete this series of homework tasks to ensure that you have enough research in this project to fulfil the requirements of AO1.
Original poster
Shoot 1
Shoot 2
Shoot 3
Recreation
The next stage of this series of homework tasks is to complete your shoot for your second recreation which you will then edit into a poster over half term.
Task 1: Green (grade 1/2) Complete one shoot where you take 8 photographs which you will later edit to recreate your film poster. Consider how you will edit your poster together - do you need a few photos of the people in your poster, a few of any props you might need and a few of the background which you will then edit together?
Amber (grade 3/4) Complete one shootwhere you take at least 12 photographs which you will later edit to recreate your film poster. - Consider how you will edit your poster together - do you need a few photos of the people in your poster, a few of any props you might need and a few of the background which you will then edit together? - Also think about lighting, (time of day if using natural lighting) angles, the overall composition of your images, your choice of model, costume, props and background.
Red (grades 5+) Take as many photographs as you wish. Variety is key. - Consider how you will edit your poster together - do you need a few photos of the people in your poster, a few of any props you might need and a few of the background which you will then edit together? - Also think about lighting, (time of day if using natural lighting) angles, the overall composition of your images, your choice of model, costume, props and background. - Try to vary the angles from which you take your photographs, how close you are to your subject, which parts of the scene you are zooming in on etc. in each of your photos. - Ensure that all of your photographs are in focus, and have used camera settings appropriately.
Original poster
Unedited image from shoot
Recreation
Task 2: Upload your photos into a contact sheet underneath your photoshoot plan. Remember to display your photographs in rows of four. Put a title above your photographs of '(name of film) Poster Recreation Contact Sheet'.
Task 3: Pick your best two shots from your shoot and present them underneath your contact sheet to show off your best work.
Task 4: Underneath your photos, annotate your shoot answering the following questions: - What did you do during the photo shoot? - How did you take your photos, what props/lighting did you use and why? - Did you create a mood/atmosphere through the facial expression/pose? How? - What are the strengths of your photos and why? - If you were to complete your shoot again, what would you do differently to improve your shots?