Suki Acton-Peters

Before the release of the film I want to create a 70's style film poster for "Youth are Revolting". I want to combine both of these ideas and make my poster more like an art piece but then still have the relevant information that is needed. I want the font to be daring and bright as I want to emphasise that it is a poster for a film.In my opinion, the layout should be very simple or unique such  as these  posters: This film poster has a lot going on. Yet the style is still very simple as it doesn't have clashing colours or really bold fonts. I feel like the posters from the 60's and 50's looked more like art then something there to promote a film.  This poster rightly describes the contents of the film. The blue and pink reflect innocence and melancholy which are the two different sides to the main character. A poster like this will really draw the audience in because just by looking at this poster, you will not expect the film to be in black and wh...

For my final major project, I came up with three Ideas. All the ideas are short films. I was planning on doing A horror mystery, a mockumentary and music video.  For part of my research, I put together three mood boards. One for each initial idea.   Music Video: For the music video, I would use my friends band as the muse, they are named "The Swings" and their genre of music is alternative/rock. I would use a variation of P.O.V shots and pan shots. I would get them to perform one of there original songs, originally I wanted to film the video in their rehearsal space but I thought that if i did P.O.V shots of what the band members see, it would be better to do it to a live audience.  Mockumentary: I am planning to create a mockumentary on the stereotypes of teenagers I would get three actors to play the mother, father and teacher and start the film with talking heads of the adults explain what they think their daughter/son is doing such as "they are p...

For my film, I really want to use the "washed out" or "milky" cinematography that you see in movies nowadays and back in the 60's and 70's. It includes very high contrasted shots and focuses on certain colours in the scene. I've always liked the idea of having a very atmospheric film but including brightly coloured titles to add more of a grounding effect. In the photo bellow, there seems to be a very high contrast with four star colours include brown, white, blue and silver. They compliment each other well as they are in the  tetradic colour scheme which means that there is a balance of rich and cool tones. For my film the key themes are Youth, Beauty, Relaxation and Nature. The colours that represent those four are orange, pink, blue and green. They are all in the tetradic colour scheme.      Films that have inspired me: I have linked them in various documents and blogs on my brief but I will explain what aspect of them that I want to re-cre...

The magazines that I have based my look book on are: I.D. Wonderland Dazed and Confused  All of them kind of have the same style and layout. The front covers are all very graphic, I love how the actual portrait on the front cover would genuinely be quite simplistic and low in colour but they all reflect the interviews, reviews and style that is in the magazine. Wonderland:  Normally the cover is full of graphics, subtitles, Images and even the barcode at times. For me I think that there is way too much going on each cover but it reflects the inside of the magazine.    I.D: on every single cover of i.d, the muse is winking. Its so obvious that no one ever notices it. The muse is normally in the centre of the cover looking straight at the camera.  Dazed and confused: You alway see the muses full body on the cover of this magazine and they focus more on the clothing then anything. This is essential for a lookbook. 

These are my first draft pages from my lookbook, as you can see they are almost the same as the final piece but I had to include a lot more information and add prices to the outfits.  I also added a paragraph to every page of my magazine describing the film the outfit was based on, why I dressed them in those specific items of clothing etc. For the prices I added arrows pointing to the items of clothing suggesting alternative stores and prices. I had to make the photos look better quality when they got printed so I had to export them from photoshop first and then edit them on InDesign.  This is the first draft page that I created, I couldn't find a transparent of the title and I ended up having to find the original font and create a title similar to the one from the film.  In the end, I added a grain to the photograph to make the muse blend in with the background slightly more.     This is the last page that I edited, I made the image black...

For research on our look book, we got sent on a scavenger hunt to find different catalogues and look books from different shops. We went to cosmetic stores and clothing shops to scout for different magazines.    Catalogue:  Catalogues are often very lengthy and full of items, they are often categorised into different groups such as kitchen appliances, home decor, bedroom etc. Differences that you will find in a catalogue compared to a lookbook are...     Prices are low limited text photos themes Products would be split into categories   Lookbook: A lookbook includes more outfit inspiration rather then different products that you can buy with in the store, in look books they give you themes such as outfits for winter, a night out or an outfit for a night out during the winter. They will still list the prices, sizes and have been split into categories etc. But this is what makes it different to a catalogue.   Full outf...

21/02/18 Today I presented my FMP, let me just say that there are a lot of things that I can improve on. For my film one f the things that I wanted to incorporate a 70's sort of vibe because that is very on trend with teens at this point in time. Also, it resembles and pays a classic image to Instagram as the filters are very aesthetic and washed out.  I would also like to put together a full production plan by the end of next week. I will film the talking heads first as the set is located in a studio setting. It will be a lot easier to get voice overs before I shoot the film itself so that if I edit the script, I can alter the film.  For the beginning of my film, I will write a short paragraph explaining what the film is based on and how I interviewed parents on the subject.  Improvements:  Jo mentioned that when I will be conducting my viewing and feedback that I would have to include lecturers in that as well as just students. I will make a quick ...