Credits List

This shows the names we came up with for our different titles and who they are in relation to the cast & crew.

credit list

Credits Timeline

This is the credits timeline, it shows when the credits will be displayed in our film. Showing what time and which credit will be shown. The titles are numbered to show the order of them.

The second line is the audio we haven't written anything because we couldn't estimate what time the audio would come in.

Credits List

credit list

Animatic

The Animatic of the storyboard

Risk Assessment

Abigail Risk Assesmnet

Costume List

I think that most of the costumes would follow a dark colour scheme e.g. crimson (blood red), black, grey, navy blue, and so on.

Vince Vinny would be wearing:

• black striped shirt
• black blazer
• black striped tie
• Smart black trousers
• black leather shoes

the concept of all the black is to show Vinny as being quite evil as he is a mafia mobster/criminal. The suit is a classic mobster look showing he is a professional criminal and not just a small time burglar.

Max Phillips would be wearing:

• casual navy blue/grey hoody
• blue jeans
• trainers

Max is just a security guard so he hasn't got the style that Vinny has. He also isn't to uptight about his looks so it would seem appropriate that he is dressed in such casual clothes.

Sara Carter would be wearing:

• dark grey/black coat
• crimson lipstick
• grey blouse or shirt
• grey/blue jeans
• trainers

Again Sara is only a  secretary but is also the villain in the opening scene so her colours represent danger e.g. red lipstick. She also has a short of mystery about her as we do not see her fall on at any time in the opening scene.

Character Profile

Character Profiles on Prezi

Props List

Here is a list of things that I will be using in the film:

• A shovel
• A backpack
• A mobile phone
• A box
• A coin any amount
• A desk
• Chairs

It is only a few props because we are doing most of our filming outside.

The Treatment

Treatment

Target Audience

This is my idea of the target audience for my film.

Target Audience

Openning Title Script

This is the script for my opening titles sequence Openning Script as Media

Final Synopsis Idea

The final synopsis idea is that there is a box that everyone wants a man has the box and is burying it meanwhile a woman enters the area, takes a shovel hit's the man over the head with it (kills him) and takes the box. She then opens the box and looks inside, the viewer cannot see what is inside the box. She then closes it curb stomps the mans head and walks off with the box.

My Film Synopsis Idea

I was thinking that the general plot of the film would revolve around a box that everyone wants for some reason but the viewer themselves don't see what is inside the box until the end of the film. This idea I think fits nicely with the thriller genre as there is a sense of mystery and enigma as the viewer wonders what is inside the box. The film is given an edge to it as people would even kill for the box rather than just steal it. This would be shown in the first scene someone would kill there best friend for the box. Inside the box is the key to eternal power but no one know's where the door is. The killer now has the box and is trying to find the door. Other people find out about the box (main protagonist, criminals, other people) and are hunting down the killer. However what they do not know is that the killer is actually trying to find the door to destroy the box but he's going through anything to stop people obtaining the box and eternal power.

The film opening itself would be set in a woodland area or park. I think that it would be shot in a grey filter to make everything look grim (just incase it's a sunny day.) The opening would contain a man trying to bury the box and another man coming from behind him, killing him and taking the box. I don't think I would show the killer's face. I'm debating putting a narration over the scene just to describe the history of the scene, but I would want to create more questions than answers so it doesn't explain the scene just gives the viewer some context.

Student AS film review

These are some student films that I found interesting.




I think they have made this film in a great way I especially like the camera work because all the lines where done in one take so their was a very creative element that they used. However I think that the follow camera could have being improved but I can see how they tried to do an elaborate story. I think that the fast paced shots could have being improved.

I liked how all their lines where in one take so I might try to recreate that. although it would be hard as all the lines would have to be short and straight to the point.





I liked this opening because the general plot was good and I liked the use of close ups to highlight key features such as the persons face on the pages of the photocopier and the close of the wedding ring. However I thought that some of the camera shots were a bit shaky

I think I might use the tracking shot they used where it was a mid-shot at first and then the camera backs up as the person comes forward.
I think I will try to keep the camera on a tripod to make sure the shots aren't as shaky as this films.





I have to say this was probably my favorite film of the three because it used a wide range of creative camera shots such as the one from inside the hole with the actor looking down into it. I thought that the transition from the blanket to the inside of the picnic box was a very smart idea. My only criticism would probably be the flicker in the movie I personally wouldn't have added it but it was a nice effect it wasn't terrible it would just be a preference I wouldn't want.

I had something in mind along the lines of the blanket transition but mine would've being a boot steeping on the camera with some titles on the sole of it. I think I would like to use an effect like the static but mine would probably be just a grey filter or a light grey filter to make the film seem more dim with low key lighting.

Overall I liked this one the most as the plot is original and the camera shots/transitions are create and I enjoyed the film.

Thriller film-Brainstorm

This is the brainstorm I made for the conventions of a thriller film:

Course Work-Genre Decision

My group and I have decided to do a thriller genre, because we know a lot about the codes and conventions of a thriller film. We also have a very interesting idea for a thriller film and so are doing that genre.

These are a couple of thriller films with interesting openings:





They both don't show the protagonists face or any real protagonist. As you can see they both have an emphasis on the colour red which connotes blood, danger, warning, etc. These title sequences both focus on the way the words are formed whether it's through blood and on parchment or in empty space with lots of other letters.

Preliminary Task Evaluation

Overall I think that the Preliminary task was an important piece of work both to teach us how to film and how to edit. The main idea I picked up on is that you must be very precise and very patient with your filming as I found when you are not it can lead to a lot of problems in the editing.

When I filmed I would make sure that everything is level and ready to be filmed, filming itself can be a very enjoyable task although if you have filmed the same scene like five different times it can get a bit tedious, especially after you've filmed a good take and the actors laugh beforehand, making it hard to edit around. I filmed a match on action shot which was a challenge because I had to make sure the actor did the thing he did exactly the same way in both clips so that it would cut cleanly into one another.

When we finished filming I felt confident that editing would be easy. However I found out that when editing lots of problems can come up. Some of the ones that we faced where: when cutting to a different shot one of the actors arms was in a different position so it looked a bit off. Near the end of the film one of the actors pushes over a chair and violently opens a door, to put emphasis on his anger we edited the sound to be very loud at both points.

One of the big problems we faced was a jump in the footage, to solve this we added an extra shot of a mid shot of one of the actors which worked well in the final piece. We also found it very tedious trying to match one shot with another but in the end we managed to get it right.

I enjoyed the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the main piece of coureswork.

Preliminary Task

For the Preliminary task, we made a short sequence a short sequence about a school kid being late for a detention and then arguing with the teacher, eventually being told to 'get out' so he leaves and that's the end of the scene. We were required to make the sequence featuring someone walking through a door, sitting down opposite another person, having a few lines of dialogue between them and then one of the characters leaving. The shots had to include a shot reverse shot and a match on action shot, along with someone opening a door and sitting opposite another person, all of this had to be done without breaking the 180 degree rule and I think me and my group did the task well.

I personally found this task quite fun as I got to use the camera a lot and it was nice to see how much work is involved behind the camera. Once we got to the editing I realised that if you don't shoot it right you're going to have a lot of problems afterwards. Nothing major just fine details that would lower my mark and make the final piece look a bit weird, However we overcame the problems and I think that next time I'll try to shoot the film with more accuracy.

This is the final edit of the piece:

So overall I liked the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the next bit of coursework. And I hope I managed to do the task successfully.

Research On the BBFC

The Role of the BBFC on Prezi

Research in Film Openings

I have chosen the opening sequence for Fresh Meat and Misfits. The reason for this is that I hope to pull off something similar to their title sequences as the words aren't physically there but they are corresponding to the image behind them. I hope to animate my text so that it isn't boring and just overlapping the image behind it. It would be much better to animate the text making it lively and catching the audience's attention.

Here is one example:

FRESH MEAT Titles from MOMOCO Film Titles on Vimeo.

Notice how the text is intarracting with the image, for example the TV is showing an actors name while the radio appears to be tuning in to a station but again it's an actors name as though it where a station. This inspires me to make my own titles a bit like this following specifc colour schemes and such.

Unfortunantly I cannot get the Misfits opening sequence as it has been copyrighted on youtube and I can't find it anywhere else.

However in the sequence the text again are used in harmony with the image behind them for example an actor is running and as he runs past the titles appear behind him. The titles themselves are in a grimey font as thought they have being spray painted again this works with the context of the show.

Research On Distribution Companys

Dreamworks was established in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. It is currently owned by Reliance ADA Group and is worth around 1.4 billion. Dreamworks mainly produces films rather than distributing them, and their genre of films are usually animated children's films.
Their top grossing film of all time is Transformers: Dark of the moon coming in at $1.12 billion worldwide.


20th Century Fox was founded in 1935 by William Fox. It is owned by the fox news corporation. It both produces and distributes films and is worth $5.8 billion, it also distributes T.V. shows such as the Simpsons, futurama, family guy, etc. Their top grossing film was Avatar which made $2.78 billion. The great thing about 20th Century Fox is that they make different types of films but all in all they make sci-fi, action, adventure, thriller films.


Working Title was founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe. It is owned by Universal Studios. It mainly produces films.


Universal Studios was founded in 1912. It is owned by NBC Universal. This company distributes films. Their top grossing film was E.T. it made $359.1 million. The films they usually do are high cost films with special effects in them.

Presentation: Pineapple Express

This is my presentation on pineapple express it shows why I liked the opening and what effect it might have on other audiences.

Pineapple Express Opening- Media Studies

Title Sequence Work Sheet

This is a work sheet I did for school work. In the work sheet I had to identify the different techniqual, verbal, sybolical and enigma codes in the title sequence of several films. This is what I had in the end Title Sequence Work Sheet

Introduction to the Brief

Today we were introduced to our main coursework task. I am excited to get started on the coursework. We have being told to create a title and film opening for a fiction film, that lasts two minutes. I am looking forward to doing this task as I feel it will be a fun experience. Some of the work already has inspired me and so I think this will be an enjoyable task.

180 Degree Rule

 

Script Practice

Todays lesson we looked a scripts and how to make a scripts we then read a short story and created a short script for the story. I did Avocado Baby, we didn't finish the script but we made an attempt
This is the script:

Avocado Baby

Se7en Title Sequence - Codes and Conventions

The Se7en title sequence shows both codes and conventions of a thriller/horror film.
This is the title sequence:

It shows many different conventions for example: there is low key lighting to produce a mystery effect, that we cannot see the full picture. We aren't shown the person's face, this creates anticipation and can be seen as an enigma code as we begin to wonder who this person is and why is he doing what he is doing. The man is shaving of his fingers, this could be a symbolic code as he is trying to erase his fingerprints this can be tied to criminals we can now see him as doing something wrong.

Most of the titles themselves are in messy handwriting this is a technical code as it is relating the titles to the man's handwriting making it seem like the man has written the titles as well. The sound's are non-diegetic, you can hear a faint scream making this more eerie. And in the final part of the title sequence you can hear someone say 'I want to be closer to god' this can be seen as a enigma and verbal code, what he says can be interpreted as possible suicide or doing the work of God but both are still uncertain as it is to early in the film.

I think this film opening very nicely portrays some of the codes and conventions of a thriller genre film; verbally, technically and symbolically. It has a very nice touch to it with the messy handwriting and the highlighted words all to show something to the viewer.