Test Shot for Poster.

before taking my photo for my final poster, i wanted to do a test photo so i could put my recently learnt photoshop skills into place. my adjusting the 'curves' of the photo on photoshop, i could create this dark, night time affect on the picture. this means i can edit my photos to look as if they were taken at night, as well as adding all sorts of other effects.

Distrubtion of Japanese Horror world-wide.

Director Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker most famous for his films such as the original versions of The Ring and The Ring 2. He also was assistant Director to the American remake of the THe Ring 2. .
His upcoming film Chatroom, is scheduled to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. this is another American film directed by a Japanese director.

Japanese film magazines.

Kinema Junpo is a Japanese academic film magazine which began publication in July 1919.
initially specialized in covering foreign films, in part because its writers sided with the principles of the Pure Film Movement and strongly criticized Japanese cinema. It later expanded coverage to films released in Japan.




Kinema Junpo

Distribution.

from looking around websites such as IMDB and Wikepedia, it has come to my attention that the majority of Japanese Horror films are distributed by the same 2 campanies, either Toho Company LTD or Nikkatsu. both of which are most definitely Mainstream companies. they cover wide genres of film, not just horror, but only distribute Japanese films.
Because that genre is dominated by the two distributers Nikkatsu and Toho, it could be difficult to create a mainstream film away from these two distributers. i will therefore choose one of the following distributers, but create my own production company.

Horrorfilmmag.com

Horrorfilmmag.com is an online magazine designed especially for readers to find reviews, trailers and new releases of horror films. designed especially for horror film fanatics, it is a special network to advertise new films for up and coming directors of the horror genre. it enables newly release independant films to become known within the niche audiences, which boosts the industry.
it also enables people to access news on the horror film genre worldwide if restrected from the market.

Photoshop Practise.

In the first screen capture, you can see the guide lines for the magazine front in which we could have boarders and rulers for our text to fit into. this helped us to create structure in the poster as well as make it more realistic as we could imitate the style of other magazines.
In the second screen capture, you can see where i have built up the text onto the magazine, giving it structure into more of a magazine front.
In the third, i have added more text on the right had side, other stories within the issue.
In the last capture, i have changed the colour scheme of the writing, as well as moving around the structure of the writing.
The photoshop practise lessons enabled me to become more confident in the programme, as well as learn important techniques and skills to create our posters and magazine covers.

Audience Research Overview.

the audience research shown in this pie chart tells me that the scariest horror movie character is 'the living dead' such as spirits or someone from beyond the grave. this connotes that fact that the audience can therefore detach themselves from a sense of realism. i will therefore use a character from 'beyond the grave' such as someone returning for revenge.

from audience research, i can gather that the most popular cover was The Dark Knight. The response gathered that this was because it was a recognisable image of Batman. the second most popular was the Megan Fox cover. In the image, she is covering her naked torso, this could suggest that the use of sex appeal entices the reader. the Bourne Identity cover came third due to the explosive background suggesting that the suggestion of violence, action and adventure is enticing,

Character Profiling.

Sakura: 17 year old school girl. she isn't the most popular girl in her school, but she isn't an outcast. she tends to fall behind in work, thus why she stays behind after school to finish it off.

Clothing: white socks rolled down with bare legs. black shoes. short skirt. jumper or cardigan over a white shirt/polo shirt with a school tie. covered with a school blazer.

these are 3 different examples of Japanese horror characters. the first one is a man in white dirty clothing with a clown mask on. this type of character is rarely used within the genre. the second is of a young girl with long wet hair in white overalls. this style of character was made popular and renound from The Ring. the third is of a young ghost boy. the idea of a spirit or someone returning from beyond the grave is used regularly in Japanse Horror. for my film, i will use a character similar to the girl in the second image as it is the most recognisable within the genre.

Further Trailer Research.

this is another trailer for a Japanese Horror film. i found this trailer interesting because the trailer itself has a little refrences to the plot of the film. the trailer is all in blavk and white which adds a mystical feel to the film. it also shows the school girla in traditional school uniform for japanese students, which i will recreate in my trailer to make it resemble a japanese horror.