The Shortcut Website

This is the website link to my horror film The Shortcut's website.

http://android.piratemedia.tv/dan-design/index.html

Like my influences I have made it animated with the buttons being invisible but becoming visible when the mouse goes over them and these buttons will take the website user to the page they have clicked on e.g click directions to go to the directions page. I've given an example of what one the pages will look like and have included the trailer onto the trailer page. I have also added background noise being white noise which I used throughout my trailer, this will act as another recognisable link for my audience.

Problems- location

After shooting the party scene at my house I decided that the footage I got wasn’t a very good representation of a 21st century party, with poor lighting that wouldn’t have presented a party atmosphere to the audience. So I then decided to search for a new location and also change the lighting used, borrowing some disco lights from a friend. Well searching for a new location I came across the drama room at school which has lighting control and black curtains around it, this means that I can make it dark and so present the night feel and also use the disco lights as effectively as I can. Another positive I’ve found looking further into using the drama room is that its free when I’m free on my timetable, this means that I can film during school. But this also means that I am going to have to organise the cast to get together again to film this segment of my trailer which could cause some issues to arise.

The Shortcut Poster

This is my new finished poster. I think its a better end result than my original poster with a darker appearance withough the gap in the trees in the background. I also think that positioning the text at the top of the page makes it stand out greater and by having some at the bottom too it makes the scary girl seem like more of a central image.

Chosen Poster Effect

For this image Ive used the same effect as my originally rejected image and its called dark strokes. Again I think it works well just like it did with the other image but this one works better as it doesn't have the gap in the trees in the background. I am very pleased with this image and I like how the white nightgown stands out against the dark background the effect creates. I also like the light appearance of the ground in contrast to the trees and how the light almost spreads from her dress and gets darker towards the edges. all of these things have added to the horror effect of my poster.

Rejected Poster Effects

Like my original poster i experimented with effects and again I have made the decision to use dark strokes as the effect for my poster. The reasons for not choosing these effects were that i found the balck and white effect of plaster lacking in detail which again was the same issue I had with my original design and the other image, with the fresco effect, I felt was again like the original and too bright which wouldnt have suited the horror genre.