Rough cut

This is our rough cut of our trailer.

We managed to cobble this together whilst testing out how far we could go with the technology we had, and were especially impressed with the effect of layering text over images, as we have with the money flying in the air.

However, as a rough cut we intend to hone and perfect the trailer; for instance, we want to include more of our footage, as we realised from our rough cut that the story wasn't made especially clear. We also felt that the song used could be better edited, and thought that perhaps we could use a different song in the second half of the trailer- something more serious to emphasise what the film is parodying in contrast to the light hearted music in this version.

Webpage- Beginnings

http://dirteecashmovie.weebly.com/

We have begun construction on our other ancillary task, the webpage. At the moment, we are becoming accustomed to using the site, Weebly, so it looks fairly basic:


However, we intend to make several changes to this including:

- Adding links to Facebook & Twitter. Social networking is a feature of every webpage we've seen in our demographic, and is an easy way to share information.

- Adding a 'soundtrack'- by listing songs featured in the 'movie', we will have a ready-made audience in the form of fans of whatever artists/bands we use.

Draft 3

This is an almost-complete version of our poster. We decided to tilt the title so that it represented the skewedness of the genre (us lampooning British urban flicks) and added another review comparing it to the American hit Superbad, thus giving us an instant audience from fans of that film.

Cutting out on Photoshop

We wanted to be able to add a certification to our poster- firstly because it would make it look more realistic, and secondly because it is a good indication of the target audience (teenagers).

Above is a screenshot of us going through that process- first we had to find a picture of the right certificate, and then crop out the background (as we're doing above). This involved holding the mouse steady and dragging around the edge, which we struggled with because it was difficult to get it neatly. However, we eventually managed and then were able to paste it onto the poster, like so.

Photoshop: Trials & Tribulations

I have been continuing trying to get acquainted with Photoshop so that I can use it to create the best poster possible. However, I have been struggling as I find the program to be complicated. The above photo is as far as I have managed to get so far- however, I intend to watch more tutorials on YouTube and learn more about how to add to it.

Problems I have faced are:

- Lack of available fonts
- Not knowing how to cut parts of pictures and paste them (e.g. a 15 certificate)