Production logo research

When researching production logos, some big similarities were shown throughout all the images.
Typically they will use:

• Black on white
• Contrasting bright colours
• Very simplistic design
• Big text
• Commonly a black background

All of these things are obviously used to catch the user's attention and the simplistic design means that the logo doesn't  need to be on screen for too long for it to be embedded in the viewer's memory. The black background can fit almost any colour on it so it is commonly used, it also means that it can be used at the start of any genre as it won't ruin tension or laughter.

This was the outcome of our brainstorm:

The script

After the last meetup we finished writing up our script. When we finally get round to filming we will probably change a few bits of dialogue or shots but it is good to have something written down to go off of.


[Establishing shot of Exterior of house at Night with Archie and Isabelle knocking and opening door.]
[Wide shot of Interior. All characters inside, siblings already sat down. Pentagram on the ground.]Siblings General greetings. [Medium Shot]


Archie: Hey gu- what the hell is this? [Medium Close up then eye line match to pentagram]

Brett: Hey dude, uh, yeah. I thought it would be cool if we messed with some demons [Medium close up using shot reverse shot] (Brett wiggles his fingers whilst making ghost sounds at Archie and Issy) I read online somewhere that you could summon them with all this stuff (shows off pentagram) [Pan]

Isabelle: What-no, no no no. That stuff’s dangerous. I’m gunna go ahead and pass, thanks. (Starts to leave.) [Shot reverse shot]

Chelsea: Hey, Isabelle! Come back, please, it won’t be that bad. We’ll all be here so you’ll be safe. [Over the shoulder shot of Issy leaving]

Isabelle: (turns around) Being together doesn’t make us safe, what if something happens? What will you do? [Shot reverse shot]

Brett: Oh come on Issy it’s only a game it’s not real [SRS]

Chelsea: Iss you came all this way come on, it’s just a bit of fun. [OTSS]

Isabelle: Fine…whatever… (Comes back in. Archie silently agrees.)

Brett: Perfect! (Goes to turn lights off) 

[Shot extreme close up of light switch then candles being lit]
(Chelsea sets up “phone Camera” [POV of “phone camera” shot] All sit around pentagram holding hands)[Wide shot using “phone camera”]
(Start chanting) [360* pan in the middle of pentagram] 
[WS camera shaking using “phone camera”] (Screaming)

Brett: What’s happening? [Extreme close up of Brett’s lips. Then hands shaking]
(Everyone gets pushed back) [Low angle of cloaked figure] (More screaming)

Archie:  What the hell guys! (Archie on floor crawling backwards away) [High angle shot] (whilst getting up) Guys get out, run!  (Exits, Brett and Iss also follow)

(Chelsea struggles and picks up “phone camera” on the way and exits house) [Tracking shot] (Others in front screaming and running shouting for Chelsea, Chelsea running after them) [POV of camera] (Chelsea and others somehow split up along the way, the three keep running screaming for help and looking for Chelsea. Chelsea running screaming for help and others) [camera goes back and forth to Chelsea then others] (Chelsea runs and is pulled back by demon, Chelsea falls onto front tries to call 999 but battery dies, Chelsea screams) [POV of camera when phone and Chelsea dies with filter of low battery symbol filtered over] (Title screen appears)

Horror Movie Openings

These are the results of an online survey about movie openings of the genre I have chosen for my coursework that I posted on facebook. These show some clear bias due to the people I have on my facebook friends list but still provide a good insight into what people are looking for with my opening.

19th November

Today we all met up to discuss the story and basic outline of our movements before writing up a script to get a general idea of how we want everything to play out.

These are some diagrams we drew up and a basic storyboard.

Moodboard

Our chosen genre is horror, so we decided to collect a bunch of images that we wanted our piece to be based around. So that it has the same atmosphere.

Roles in film production

Producer:
Responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of film making, they will overlook all of the film's production.

Director:
Responsible for the creative and dramatic aspects of the filming, they will direct the actors to their vision.

Writer:
Responsible for the script creation. This will then be taken by the Director to be acted out by the Cast.

Cast:
The actors. There are main, supporting and extras which each have decreasing amounts of screen time or character development respectively.

Casting Director:
Responsible for choosing actors to play each roll. They will set up interviews with multiple actors looking for a role and then decide out of those who will play the character.

Music Director:
Responsible for the production's original soundtrack (songs that are new to the film and have not been licensed off of other companies).

Editor:
Responsible for taking the shots, putting them togethor and adding any special effects that the director wants included.

Legal Counsel:
Responsible for getting any legal problems dealt with such as filming location or music licensing.

Gaffer:
Responsible for the technology or machines used, the chief technician.

Director of Photography:
Responsible, alongside the Director, to choose camera placement and angles.

Codes and Conventions Grid - Scott Pilgrim

Conventions of a film opening	Codes used to convey this convention (e.g. technical, symbolic, written)
The Hook!	Technical: The protagonist’s band plays one of their songs during the credits, this scene is very loud and powerful with plenty of comic effects surrounding it. This could easily catch someone attention and make them watch more.
Set the scene (time? Setting?)	Symbolic: Everyone is wearing modern day student style clothes so it is obvious that they are all late teens who share a house together.
Introduce characters	Written: Ever character that appears has their name, age and ‘rating’ displayed next to them in a comic book text box.
Introduce the genre	Symbolic: The previously mentioned text boxes makes the film appear very childish as well as playing into the sci-fi peculiar events that are to follow. Many other comic book effectsalso appear to go along with actions or noises heard in the background.
Credits	Symbolic: All the backgrounds to the credits are hand drawn images that looks as though they are straight from rejects of a comic book.