Website is up!

Our website is now finished!
My role in creating the website has been to design and make the website with Stef. We used the images that Nat edited as well as adding our own colour effects. We sourced the pictures for the links and used hyperlinks so when the website went live, they would work. We took a decision to make a change from the original design by adding individual red boxes for the tab bar instead of a continuous vine. This decision was made as we decided that it look to overpowering and there would be too much vine. We used the title that Nat created for the film.
Jack then took the website that Stef and I had created, embedded the YouTube video and added vines around it. He purchased the domain name bindingfilm.info and put the website live.
The website that Stef and I made, with help from Nat and Jack reflects our teaser trailer, through the colour scheme as well as the use of photos of the actresses.
Helena

Finished

Today, Stef and I rerecorded the girls' dialogue for the teaser trailer. We had to do this as the sound that was picked up by the camera was not loud enough and so meant that it was difficult to hear, especially with the non-diegetic background music playing.
We then edited the recorded speech so the onscreen characters were lip-syncing and our teaser trailer is now finished. Tomorrow we will burn it onto a DVD and then uploaded it to YouTube.

Helena

New Media

I created a new Facebook group for our film with the title of the film in it, as the previous group was created when we did not have a film title.
I also created a new Twitter account for the film as the previous twitter account had the wrong film names and not all tweets were appropriate for the film.
These will help promote the film as well as the poster and website.
Helena

BBFC 12 Logo

Through our research, it was deemed appropriate to display a BBFC logo displaying the certification of the film. As the designs show, this will be in the footer.

Guys: Is this what we want? As you can see, no background. (Images after the jump)




Black and white:


Jack

New producers...

We have decided to not use Hammer Productions for our teaser trailer as it does not truly encompass the type of film ours is. Instead, we are going to use Lionsgate and BBC film. BBC film suits our teaser trailer is not a big budget one, meaning it could easily be a BBC film. Lionsgate was used as it is known for producing horror films. Here are the logos for these two companies:

Stef

Hammer Productions

I was looking for the Hammer Productions logo as we decided that as Hammer Productions is a well known horror film company and would be suitable for our horror film. I found this logo which would go well in our website.

Guys, is this the Hammer Productions logo we were looking for?

Stef

Original website

Here is our original idea for the website. This was the first rough draft we came up with and we have made a few developments since.
The title "Binding" will be at the top of the website. This will be the logo that Nat created, that will also be on our poster and teaser trailer.

Directly beneath this will be a vine running accross the entirety of the page with leaves attached. These leaves will have titles to links such as "News" etc.
Our teaser trailer itself will be embedded in the center of the page and will be surrounded by leaves and vines to carry on with the binding theme of the film.
We were going to have just one of our actresses on the side of the page with only half of her face showing, an idea we were going to continue to the poster, however, we changed this to include both actresses either side of the website. Lexie who plays "Mary" will be looking at Alice, who plays "Catherine", at the other side of the website. "Catherine" will be looking directly at the viewer to make them feel a sense of unease.
Undeneath the trailer will be the "Hammer Productions" logo, the certificate 15 information and any other further information such as the date of release etc.
On the right of the website will be links to our Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts so fans can keep up with the film's progression.
This plan may change as we carry on to develop the website but this was the rough idea we had!
Helena created this plan and I helped her to add a few things and the drawings. I also tooks the photos to be used. Nat cropped out photos and edited them onto the website and Jack created the vines around the teaser trailer.
Stef

Start of the website

With our final design (shown below) we have started to create the website.


Stef and I created the template and layout of the website in publisher. We decided to go for a black background due to the title being black and white as continuity is important for the genre.

Nat edited the pictures so that they could be used in the website and this is the stage we are currently.

An idea we had for the website was for Alice (on the left) to be made black and white or the colour to be dimmed. This is the basic outline so far and we will add more in to make it reflective of a film website such as the age certificate. We will also add links to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook as the majority of films advertise this way as well using a website.

Helena

Photos for poster

We took the photographs for our poster and website yesterday. These are a few of those taken that will be transfered onto a forest background to create our poster. We took shots of both the actresses together and also individual shots that can be used on the website. We took a few ones of Lexie looking in different directions in case we change the positioning of the two actresses. This will help us to save time as if we come across any problems, we have a variety of shots to choose from.

Stef

Binding

After a long time deciding we have finally chosen our film name. When deciding, we each had our own ideas on what it should be. As a group we decided that we only wanted the title to be one word, so therefore this word would have to encompass the narrative of our teaser trailer. We wanted a title that would link in with the idea of two people being joined together, but one that suggests the potential evil of the friendship. We finally decided on "Binding", because binding relates to friendship becoming too close and the bonds of friendship. Binding also links to the idea of ivy constricting and eventually killing plants such as trees.

Now we have our film name, I have finished the title design. This will be used in the teaser trailer, poster and website. This is because in real films such as Jaws the title will be used for all products. It links all of the products together.

Website idea

We have now finished our teaser trailer and have begun properly working on our ancillary tasks; a website and poster for our film. In light of this, I have designed a website design.

♦ The black background is meant to give a creepy and scary feel to the website and reflect the fact that it is a horror movie. Black connotes evil and mystery and we want to draw the viewers in.

♦ The combination of dark blue and black gives an eerie look the website. The links on the links bar would be outlined in midnight blue to connote evil and the horror genre.

♦ Our designed title would be at the top of the website to immediately remind the viewer of the film.

♦ Our teaser trailer would also be embedded on the website and would play automatically when the website is accessed. This will work to hopefully draw the viewer in and make them want to see the film.

♦ The soundtrack from our film would be playing as you browse through the website. A control panel would be at the top of the page so the viewer can choose between a variety of songs to listen to.

♦ Ratings from renowned film critics and magazines would be listed next to the film trailer such as Empire magazine etc to show how well the film has done, adding realism.

♦ Links to our facebook, blogger and twitter accounts would also be available to go to.

This is just one idea for now.

Stef