Target Earth Film Review

Target earth (1954)

75min, Horror/sifi, November 1954, Rating: 5/10

Cast

Ritchard Denning: Frank Brooks

Kathleen Crowley: Nora King

Virginia Grey: Vicki Harris

Richard Reeves: Jim Wilson

Robert Roark: Davis the killer

Arthur Space: lt.general wood

Whit Bessell: Tom research chief scientist

James Drake: Lieutenant (as Jim Drake)

Steve Pendleton: Colonel

House Peters Jr: Techinician

Story line

A city is ordered to flee as an army of robots said to be from another planet Venus attack this city in a violent manner. Left behind from the flee of the city Nora and Frank who are completely strangers meet up in a deserted street within the city. They then meet a celebrating couple within a cafe Vikki and Jim. But who are they in reality? All 4 of them escape the robot control in a dramatic manner and find a large hotel within panic to stay. There they fall into a great deal of danger but not from the robots……..who?

Genre of the film and how through the use of typographic imagery coveys this for the target market audience.

Overall throughout this film target earth you visually automatically recognize the genre of the film through the use of the imagery and sound effects used to engage the target market audience. You automatically see the gender of the film through the use of the typography used at the start of the film. This is done in such a way to make this suitable and effective for the target market audience. The si fi typography used to display the title of the film suits very well making this appeal for the audience not just through the use of the film. Using this draws you in in a very effective manner to watching the rest of the film itself.

The sound used throughout the movie has a massive effect on the target market audience the narration used through the characters within the story in is a muffled old tone and conveys this throughout the pace of the film. This doesn’t really draw the target market in to watching the film not making this a very attractive film to watch in the future in an old style form on manner. There is also use of dramatic music at tense parts throughout the film in an old form of style to add a sense of horror to the main body story line of the film.

Throughout this film itself it contains a great amount of camera angles use for effect for the target market audience. The shot used mainly within this is a close up shot when dramatic points occur throughout key points in the film itself. This is very effective for the target market audience which helps conveys visually dramatic facial expressions to add to the mood of the film in a simple form of manner. Also plan views are used to show the scenery set in the film visually and the genre to the target market audience in a dramatic and simple form to express this.

The pace of this film is very slow at the start of the main body feature drawing the viewer in till the main feature of the film. Until the pace start to quicken at the middle of the feature. The editing teqniques used throughout this contains the use of credit after the 1st scene drawing the target market audience into the feature. The transitions are in a very simple form between the ranges of clips separated within the movie. They are fading throughout each separate one making is visually easy to see the clips separated from each other.

The lighting used in the dramatic scenes of the film is a very dim form with a light focused on the main character making the audience sense something dramatic might happen within this. The use of the lighting visually conveys the use of the feature.

Details

Country: USA

Language: English

Release date: 7th of November 1954

Tracing

Step one:

I found a picture suitable to convey what b movies are all about through the use of imagery and graph elements for the target market audience. . I shaded elements of this drawing to make this effective for the stages further throughout. This will enable me to add a variety of effects to this to me this suitable and professional for the target market audience. I used a light box to help me trace this drawing and graphical feature to get the features on this piece in the right places.

Step 2:

I then scanned this image into the computer to edit this on the Photoshop software on the computer to make this effective for the target market. 1st added the skin effect on the base of the image. I did this by seeing the color range select color to make this blend in with the shading base on the design to give this 3D effect to the design. I used a range of skin tone colors to make this realistic for the target market audience. I think by doing this will enable me to bring across the message in a visually expressive manner for the target market audience.

Step 3

I then added a hair color to the design. I found a base color on Photoshop by using the form I used in the previous steps but didn’t use a range of colors like I did for the skin tones. If I was to redesign this I would use a range of brown tones to make this realistic for the target market and in a 3D form of manner to make this stand out from the background.

Step 4:

To finish off this design for my lobby and illustration I used a dark green color to suit the main body of the design. I blended this color in with the shading with the main body of the design. This makes it really realistic for the purpose of this design. The shading within this makes this suitable for the 3D movie lobby card design containing the use of a minimum block colors to make a great amount of effect for the target market audience.

Overall I think this design is very effective for my films lobby card. it represents and summarizes in a very well form of way through the use of imagery and graphical elements what b movies are all about and how through the use of Photoshop and graphical elements i could convey this. The use of the different skin tones within this imagery makes this suitable and effective for the target market audience. If I was to do this again I would use a more dramatic form of imagery to sum up a b movie and how horror is produced through this. I would also change the form of the color scheme to make this in a 3D form of manner and attractive for the target market audience. If I was to redesign this I would have outlined this to ensure this conveys a bold professional feel visually within the design to engage the younger generation. I could have also used the illustrator software to enhance a 3D feel within the illustration to add a modernised depth in to the design. I think by doing this by hand will enable my design work to be unique and original and enable me to consider how symbolic imagery can help symbolise the film.  I think by doing this process was a great deal successful and enabled me to improve on many techniques to help produce a final product that conveys the film. once I designed this by hand I used the photoshop software and many elements within the base of this. For example: the curve tool (this enabled me to adapt and develop the colorization within the imagery as a whole and make this suitable for the target market audience), magic wand tool (this enabled me to delete elements within the poster design as a whole to make this blend in an effective complex manner conveying this in an effective form) and many more elements to ensure this is suitable and effective illustrative through the use of symbolic, typographic and graphical imagery. After looking back through my previous research I chose to stick with the cartoon theme and will enable me to import this in to my final design to fit in with the sci-fi theme and genre of the film. however to enable this to look a great deal more professional i could have used the illustrator software to convey a 3D modernised visual feel within the base of this design. This will also enable people to recognise this person thus enabling them to more likely watch the film. After looking at the target market audience I think conveying this in such a manner is more appealing to the younger generation thus not for filling the purpose for the film. I will now adapt this regarding these improvements and incorporate this within my design by using Photoshop blending options to convey a professional feel to the base of the design.