Production Logo Draft

Olly Moss - Research into Movie Poster Designer

Olly Moss an English graphic designer who is one of the biggest names in modern movie poster design. His posters vary in artistic style, but his eye for detail and originality remains consistent in all his work. This poster for the 1981 horror film 'The Evil Dead', is an example of his work and is reminiscent of the work of Saul Bass, one of the greatest graphic designers, also know for his poster designs. Olly’s talent has provoked heated bidding wars for his limited edition custom prints and has also seen him stalked by some of Hollywood’s biggest studios. 

The poster uses a double exposure style with the hand and the scenery of the house and trees. When looking at the poster, the first thing I noticed was the bright orange hand coming out of ground, working with the theme of the dead coming out of the ground in the film. Then you notice the house and trees which are seen inside the hand, but the branches of the tree could also be seen as the veins inside the hand. The poster is very simplistic and clean looking which limited colours and images used, whilst still being very effective as a poster. This is very much Moss's style and what makes his posters so popular.

Poster Sketches

Magazine Sketches

Location Shots - From within School

Basement

The basement is a common place for horror films as it is away from everything else and hidden. It is usually the room discovered by the antagonist and where the evil starts to take place, however this doesn't strongly link with our story line so the basement may be used to shoot the flashback scenes to the orphanage or used in our montage. 

The Chapel Stairs

These stairs can be used for a location in our trailer as they are long and curved and also link to the religious side of supernatural horror. There is also lots of windows which create a large light source but if we were to film in the evening it will give the staircase a creepy era and will be good for shots for our montage part in the trailer. 

Chapel/Religious Displays

This can be used for scenes where the mother is praying for safety which will link to the religious theme. It can also be used for scenes with the Priest. 

We also plan on going to an actual church for a better use of mise-en-scene and more iconography (like candles/bible/crucifix/benches etc). 

Late Gate

This part of school maybe useful for the modern orphanage scenes as there is a corridor next to it where we can get the clips of the mother seeing the orphans for the first time during the meeting to discuss adopting.  

Sixth Form Door

This door can be seen as creepy due to the bars across the window. We could use this location to have the mother see the orphans from the window and be confused as it will look like they are locked up.

Casting Shots

 Orphans:

Amy

Katelyn 

Mother:

Saibata

Father:

Andre

Priest:

 

Jovas

Costume/Makeup Research

Orphans
Makeup:
As the orphans background is that their orphanage was set on fire and they died in the fire, we plan to make the orphans have burn marks on half of their body in certain scenes where they are showing their evil side.

I researched how we would create these burn marks and I found this website:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Burn-Makeup-With-Liquid-Latex/

The materials we would need are:
- Liquid Latex
- Red, black, brown, orange/yellow paint
- Popsicle stick (to spread the latex with)
- Tissue paper
- Vaseline
- Fake Blood

Liquid Latex:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liquid-litre-Making-Prosthetic-Costume/dp/B01CYGF50C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1477037687&sr=8-2&keywords=liquid+latex

Paints:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional-Set-Cosmetic-Palette-Art-Halloween-Dress-Beauty/dp/B01IMYRI2S/ref=sr_1_19_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1477040001&sr=1-19&keywords=special%2Beffects%2Bmake%2Bup&th=1

Fake Blood:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moon-Glow-Fake-Blood-applicator/dp/B015NF9YD0/ref=sr_1_8_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1477039687&sr=1-8&keywords=fake+blood
Gel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mehron-Coagulated-Blood-stage-door/dp/B018RFGU6W/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1477039592&sr=1-1&keywords=non%2Bdrip%2Bblood&th=1

Brushes to apply blood and paint:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01CE5LLMY/ref=pd_sim_194_50?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=RSGWB7BSW02W8M7R264T

Tissue Paper, Sponges, Popsicle Sticks and Vaseline will be brought from local Pound Shops and taken from home. 

Costume:
The orphans are ghost therefore will need to wear old fashioned gown typically worn in orphanages in the past. We plan to make them from early 1900's and I found that traditional orphans were from poor backgrounds who parents had passed from diseases or couldn't afford to look after them. They were usually treated really badly as no one really cared about them and were usually servants for rich people. In European orphanages, they were usually made to dress alike which was most of the time in smocks/gowns (see picture to right). We plan on making their outfits dirty with mud etc to age the clothing even more. We also plan for them to wear two braids to make them look childish.

Props:

We wish the orphans to have teddies which we will make dirty using muddy water to make it look shabby and old and remove the nose or eyes on it to age it even more. 
We plan to find two teddies in a charity shop etc to make them already wore a bit and cheap. 






Priest
Costume:
As part of our trailer we will have a priest and we wish to have a traditional Catholic priests outfit that is recognisable as a priest to people who aren't Catholic as well.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/281914298264?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=41088503464&rlsatarget=pla-259290717542&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=9044961&device=c&campaignid=672297739&crdt=0

Props:
To link to the religion theme we will have the priest hold a Bible and crucifix and wear a rosary.
This will come from our group members homes. 

Mother/Father
Costume:
For these characters, we want them to wear normal, contemporary clothing that will be worn by a couple in their early 30’s. For example, the mother would wear jeans and a blouse top and comfortable shoes and the father would wear Jeans, a shirt and smart shoes. We want them to wear clothing that is still in style and that will suit their personalities.

Props:

To link to them being contemporary and a young couple they will be using smart phones and technology, such as a computer/iPad etc.