Titles,Headings&Subheadings,

As a group when we are editing our film opening we must make sure that we include these following titles,headings and subheadings;

• Music by
• Sound,picture and institution
• Institution presents( ours will be Paramount )
• Production company related to the institution
• Transitions- for example fading to blsack/white or zooming
• Names of the cast
• Production designer(s)
• Costume designer(s)
• Story by
• Editor(s)
• Produced by
• Title of the film
• Directed by

 These titles ranged from film to film that we researched. We didnt just look at our own genre, we had a look at simiar genres and opposite genres. The point of researching the title order in other genres was so that we can compare with what will be the best position for them all. So we took into consideration about what order that we should do the titles in.

    We decided not to put the word 'Starring' for the cast names. This is because it doesnt look very profecional, but it was also used in the more dated films, so they are not very comonly seen in modern films.The word starring might also distract and confuse the audience from whats happening in the film. This word unfortunetly does not fit our genre as we dissgussed as a group. The rest of our group had a disgussion about this word and how it may change peoples perspectives of our film.

Shooting Summary.

Today we will take the cameras out to shoot some shots for our film.So far we have done most of the shots that we need to do outside. But as we was editing we found that we needed to redo a few bits because we had some mistakes or things being in the wrong places. So we decided while the weather was okay for this scene we decided that it was perfect for us to grab the cameras and re-shoot the scenes that we missed out and to perfect them but not take too long. Due to the fact that the weather was turning and that we still had to edit all of this footage and put it in with the other filming.

   Jessica had found a great place for us to do our outisde filming which fits into our story board perfectly.We decided to take 2 cameras as this will enable us to get two different angles for us to alternate on- so in the film we have a view of her walking away from the camera as well as h
er walking towards the camera. Rebecca will have one of the cameras and she will be incharge of close ups and distance shots of the characters.Ashleigh will use the other camera to back up Rebecca with the close ups and Ashley will also be in charge of  establishing shots. These establishing shots will be used in the opening of the film( for when the people who are in the film names will appear ).

   Jessica will be the one that we will concentrate on the most as we will be taking close ups of her face- This is becuase he facial expressions are the most important thing in a phsyocolical thriller! Her costume will be simple as she plays the part of a teenager who 'suspects' that she is being followed.Her clothes will be simple because she suspects that she is being followed so she will be very self oncious and feel very un-safe and vulnerable. So she wont exactly be walking arround in a mini skirt and bikini top.Also becuase its winter. So with her feeling vulnerbale and un-safe this film makes her look over paranoid because she is alone.... ( the one in the middle is Jessica).


 The other character is being played by Me ( Laura Wynne). This character is the stalker that is stalking the teenager( Jessica Seaney ).The stalker will be wearing all of the some colour ( black). Black was chosen becuase its very much a morbid colour that gives mystery as it symbolises suspicion. As I have never seeen a stalker wear a green jacket with pink shoes and orange trousers.We decided to disguise the gender of the stalker so black is a unisex colour as well as it symbolizing danger.So the outfit will be pretty much a black hoodie and black leggins or jeans( but you cannot really see from the hips down on the stalker). They will not be shooting the stalkers face as this will keep the viewers imagination growing with suspenion. We did origonally decide to do the face paint but then we realised how over the top it was becuase of the scenes that we had chosen.It would of looked out of place in the conventions of our psycological thriller.

 With the weather being unpredictable we will have trouble trying to fit our filming in so we will try and do it as fast and as profecional as possible.This is becuase it will be getting cold and we dont want it to ruin the filming with the camera women shaking the camera or anything. So we will and try do it as soon as possible!

'This is the route that we took when we was going to go film our bit in the woods'.

Editing part 2

Today we will edit our film and add in the clips that we need and remove the clips that we don't want. I will  be in charge of this little bit. I will do this by selecting the clip that we want and dragging the yellow line to the bit that we want to delete, so that the bit that we want to delete is in the yellow box. We will then either split the clip and delete it or delete it without splitting the clip. The clips that we may decide to split would be the ones that are of the girl blinking - This will enable us to put a flashback in as soon as she closes her eyes.


 Today I also managed to do some transitions between the scenes. This is so what it doesnt just cut from one scene to another. For the flash backs from her eyes closing I used a transition where it zooms into her eyes.This is cross zoom. This is the right transition as it looks like the viewers will be going into her eye.

Target audience feed back

We as a group managed to upload our video's on top some social networking sites such as; Twitter, Facebook and You tube as well as broadcasting the URL on BBM( blackberry messenger )- this is so we can get views and opinions about what we should change about our video, what went well and what they didn't like about the video.
   The reviews that we got back from my Facebook page about our film was;

So as a whole it looks like we really hit it off , but we also had some verbal feedback form our target audience saying that ' the phone ringing bit was far too long and they just ended the film there because they got really bored of watching the phone just ring. So in addition to these comments we managed to change parts of the film opening that people found a bit boring.

    The bits that we changed from this film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwLWZoGOJUo to this film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aeLpo4XhxU was;

• We split up the phone ringing clip with other clips of the girl looking at her phone and trying to call some one.
• We split up the establishing shot at the beginning and added in more titles.
• We also removed some of the clips added in some transitions and changed the contrast and speed on some of the clips.

Transfering our film from final cut express to imovie

Today we was in the middle of editing our film opening when somebody mentioned how hard it was for people to do their editing on imovie and how easy it was on final cut express. So as a group we decided to have a discussion about what to do. We discussed the positives and negatives of converting. We did this so we knew what could happen and what people thought about it. If we all thought that it was a good idea then we would go ahead or at least the majority  But if not then we will stick to final cut express.

  While our group was writing down the pro's and cons of converting one of the major thing that we had to take in to consideration was timing. This was a major factor as we was on a time schedule and it was a dead line that cannot be missed. Another thing that concerned us as a group was what if we did convert it and we was unable to work in imovie and for it to be at the standards that we want it to be. What if it doesn't convert over the way it should, what if we cannot get it back in the same way? what if it delete's it's self while we are trying to convert it?  These were all major questions that had our group in worry. But the only way to find out was to try this.

 So in order for us to do this we decided to back up our edited part on to another computer and 2 memory sticks- this was just in case it got deleted on anything so we could still have our hard work that we had done.

  The conversion from final cut express to imovie was a dramatic step and development in our skills. As in imovie we was able to edit things a lot faster and easier. We had a wider range of transitions and ways in which we can make the film better. For instance in the film we had some flashbacks like a dream of a girl running through the woods. In order for this to all look the same we had to adjust the contrast  composition, and the colors  We also changed the effect to a more dreamy-fied effect. Without converting this into imovie we would not of had the opportunity to do this with the professional look.

Animatic planning.

This is where we planned what was going to happen in our story board.

1. The Paramount Pictures presents bit comes up along with other companies.
2. The UNHINGED title comes up with a black back ground. We have decided to change this to have the unhinged but at the end of the filming opening as then it would make it more dramatic.
3. A shot of the girl washing her hands while zooming into her hands & the directors and producers come up.
4. a close up of her wiping her eyes and then we will have flash backs of her running in the forrest.
5. Flashback of her running away from something in the forrest.
6. Her blinking with another flashback.
7. Flashback while she wipes her face( covering eyes ).
8. Walks out of the room and screams, as a black screen appears the title UNHINGED will come up now.

Music for the opening.

    We have been told that we cannot use pre done songs. What I mean by this is that we cannot have songs that are already done so for example the song ' the darkness- I believe in a thing called love'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtcz4WVBGg  .We cannot do this because this would be copyright. So what we will need to do is create a song that is made from scratch, even though we would be aloud to clip bits of the musical( instrumental) bit.

   After discovering this we discussed as a group that maybe the beginning of ' little mix -DNA '.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzIniiLdurg  We thought that this would be a great opening for our opening because it has a music jewellery box sound to it which we thought would be perfect for our opening. But consequently we changed how the beginning was going to start so we decided that our music co-cordinator and editor jessica would help us create a short music piece that will last approx. 2 mins ( because that is how long our opening is to be). So sooner or later we will have developed a short piece of music.

Title ideas.

   We got our creative thinking going on by creating a title for our film. We was looking for something that will intrigue the viewer and that will link to the film. Because there is nothing worse than a title that doesn't match a film. For example a horror film being called ' Sugar plum fairy ' or something that doesn't suit our genre. The relevance for this is so that the title will not be misleading so it will be linked to the film one way or another. We thought about the vocabulary that we should use due to our target audience as we cannot use baby-like language for our psychological horror so we have to pick the right terminology for our target audience. But then again nothing too complicated or something that people cannot understand. Usually these types of key things are forgotten but we took them in to  consideration. The title will be more-or-less the first thing that the viewer will see on the screen so we want the viewer to be interested and not put off or confused by it.

  We all decided that we will all come up with one title each ( so that we all contributed to this). We decided on these titles;

1. Unhinged.
2. Forget me not.
3. Forgotten.
4. I do believe.

    We discussed all of these titles and decided that the title ' I do believe ' seems more like a chick-flick rather than a psychological thriller,  so this one did not suit our genre.So we eliminated that one from the list. Also we removed 'Forget me not' as this seems more like a children's film or a rom-com ( romantic comedy). This ones doesn't really give the reader a draw in feel. Below are some audience feed back on what the thought about these two titles;
" 'I do believe' sounds a bit like a line from peter pan."
" 'Forget me not' sounds a lot like a ' Fifi and the flower tots' kind of movie."

 So we as now left with the following two titles;

1. Unhinged.
2. Forgotten.

   These two are excellent for our title as it suits the genre well. This is because of the terminology is easy to read and to understand. These will attract our target audience as it related to the film and our idea of our opening. We wanted the title to be easy, fast and catchy. We was considering a one or two word title. This is because it will be easier to remember and more intriguing for the viewers.The one word title will be very eye catching and this suits the aims of a title. In order for our final decision to be made we needed our target audience to give us feed back on what they thought about the titles and what one they liked best! The place that we done this was in our school  we asked a total of 40 students ( age range 16-18 ). This included 10 boys and 30 girls. The girls were more easier to talk to and that would answer straight, unfortunately we was unable to get an equal amount if boys aswell. This altered our results as boys and girls both have different opinions as we are all different and some are more mature and some are more immature.
 The results were;

• Unhinged-25
• Forgotten-15

Unhinged was the most popular title, the feedback that we got back was saying how great it was that it would suit our genre. Some of the feedback was positive and some negative...
   Some of the feedback was;
  
" 'Unhinged' seems to just draw me in it sounds so interesting!''

" 'Unhinged' has got to be my favourite."

" 'Forgotten' seems like something that other ordinary people would use. 'Unhinged' is much more unique and fresh!''

Story board planning & Story board

          Today we started to plan out our story board. I done some drawings and some quick sketches to help us improvise on the sets. As we have to do an animated story board we was really excited to be doign something that we all seen to like! Today we also couldnt find our preliminary task on the hard drive. It wasn't uploaded to any of our blogs so we had a bit of trouble there. We will try to resolve this by finding it again and trying to save it to a memory stick and to try and upload it sometime.



We have recently started filming and we have decided that we need to add in some more drawings in to our storyboard. This is because we needed adjust the scenes because of the fact that the weather is turning and we will be unable to do some of the scenes. We also decided to add in some scenes as we found that the ones that we done was too short for our opening. We added in the scenes of our victim walking through the woods and the stalker looking at her walking.

Editing.

Today we have decided to just get together and split up into mini groups and try and do some editing and some script writing. For the editing section we will be trying to cut and remake the first minute of our film. We will also try and figure out why our videos wont upload and try to resolve this.  We will also be finding all of our other videos and uploading them onto our blog.
  We will be joining forces and trying to get most of the editing done today and so that we can see what we need to redo and what things we need to adjust. For example we realised that in one of our scenes of a girl running through the woods we had bags in the back ground, unreal litter as well as the running scene- this was not right as we had to run with her form behind so the camera was all wishy washy and we cannot use this for our real filming as this would not be professional.
    We will also be doing our script again as we lost our other one-- for the voice over.

Voice over construction.

Today we managed to record a voice over of our head of year and one of the members of our group. We decided to have a voice over so that it will give more of an interesting turn to the film. The reason why we used our head of year was because he had a very manly voice which would be perfect for detective hale- the person who will be interviewing the best friend who's friend just '''' committed suicide '''' . By doing this we was able to do a lot of things such as getting a voice over of two very good actors as well as an actual filming of all of this so that we can decide on what we want to do with it later on.
  The reason why we decided to have a man doing the voice over of the detective was because a manly voice adds suspicion to the film. If we would of had a female doing the voice over then it wouldn't seem as tense. The reason why we decided to have a voice over in the first place was because it was our first idea and we really liked it so we decided to amalgamate it with our other idea and then we came up with our final idea.
 Our first idea was to have an interview with a detective and the best friend having a conversation about the victim - this interview was going to be all about the victim and how she seemed in the past few weeks.
For this we made a script and this was also improvised by our very own actors, so we had a basis and they expanded on it and We as a group are very proud of the actors.

Researching openings.

   Today we decided as a group to research film openings. We decided that to do this we needed to look at films with the ones that was our genre, however we decided to explore other genre openings to compare them. We will look at different openings and decide on what openings we liked and why. So that we can then base our decisions on what we see and how our ideas will compare and contrast with the ones that we have watched.
    A member of our group seems to like the idea of horror and gory films.She has the opinion that these genres are much more interesting as the openings are tense and they build up suspicion with a smear of blood and tension. Also we had an obstacle to come over as these type of genre can have a varied target audience, although it is a universal genre. Another member of the group thought that a rom com would be a brilliant opening for our film.This is a much more delightful opening compared to that of gory.The themed music is much more lively in the rom com compared to that of horror.
    The openings that we decided to watch were from the films of;

• Monsters inc. ( Animation) 
• Paranormal activity 2 ( Horror )
• Sinister ( psychological Thriller )
• Hitch ( Romantic comedy )

We took our time and looked at the first 2 minutes of the films, then we compared and contrasted them to one another. We all took a film each and compared them. We also took into account what films had what institutions and the reasons why they might of chosen that specific institution and how relevant they are. After we viewed all of them we looked at, what music they used, how the text came up ( not using the word or phrase ' staring '  and the types of shots that they used. In most of these openings they had longer shots than what we need , but they still done quite a bit in the valid space of 2 minutes.
   We also had a look out for what fonts that they used and the colour ; this is so that it does not clash with the back ground or so that you cant see it. So they wouldn't use red writing on a purple back ground as it wont stand out, so they would be more likely to use white colour. As well as the size of the font as if it was thin and not bold or scroll type writing. It needs to be easy to read and to be seen. So the font needs to be bigger. The type of font is deadly important as you cant have a font that people cant see from a certain distance. As well as the fact that it will have to suit the genre;- so for a comedy you cannot have gothic writing as this would just look out of place.

   Most of the film openings started with establishing shots and others started with a scene where there was a conversation. When a character is talking usually the do not put the names of the actors on the screen. This is because it is a close up of the actor and usually what they say is rather important. Establishing shots are mainly used for when the title is about to come up. This is because they want a simple background for the text to be on, if it was over a scene where people are doing something important to the plot line then the viewers will try to concentrate on both or this would just distract them. All of the openings were different from one another, so as usual the group had different decisions about how we should do our opening.
     Some other movies use the other materials such as clip art, animation, shots as well as pictures amalgamated into one thing, rather than just moving clips. This does sound very simple but it is also very effective.
   After watching different openings we managed to decide what bits we was going to use for our opening. This included;

• what institutions we was was going to use - we managed to get this down between Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios.
• what style of font and the colours and whether they was going to clash or be on an establishing shot- we decided to have our text appearing on an establishing shot as well as bold white bold writing.

 By watching these film openings we have realised what conventions were needed for the opening. This meant we had to focus on more precise things in order for our opening to not look tacky and for it to suit our target audience.

Scenery

   The spots that we chose to shoot in were; the orchard, inside C block, outside C block, under S block stairs, The common room, the independend learning resouces centre.The reasons why we chose to shoot in those areas was because of the availability of the areas, the size, the part of the filming, the lighting and how prepared we was.
       The reason why we chose to shoot some scenery shots in The orchard was becuase of its natural looks. During the day it can look beautiful with the morning dew, but on the other hand as it is starting to get darker earlier on we was able to see a more scary atmosphere to the orchard. The  things that made the orchard a scary place was becuase; the floor was covered in sticks and leaves and this was perfect for footsteps effect. We alsoo had the high but dawnting trees that hung over one another to create darker areas in there. There was also a gate, not just an ordinary gate but yet a gate with creeky hinges, the oak look ( the old but great wood for this ). The wind hime that was high up in the tree's was brilliant as it gave a creepy feel to the place. You can just imagine it all being dark and the wind chime swaying in the wind.  Banging against one another to cause a tinny echo effect.
      The reason why we chose to shoot in C block ( inside and out ) was because of the layout and how well it fitted into our genre and film. On the inside of C block we had toilets that had natural lighting from the skylights( windows on the celing ). There was also a quite shady looking corridor that lead out of the toilets- this was great for someone to be chased down. The outside of C block was amazing for a thriller! We had creepy ivy all over the walls and dark shady tree's that gave the building an eery feel to it. There was also a long hanging tree where someone can hide. The entrance to C block was a perfect place to shoot this is because; there was bushes and shrubs surrounding the path which was covered in thorns gave us a great idea. We could have someone with a camera in the bush and then you would be able to see all of the thorns. The symbolism of the thorns is that its a sharp painful thing that can rip such an innocent thing like pure skin.
      The reason why we chose to shoot under S block stairs was because of the lighting effects. The amount of room was perfect for our genre. We also had a huge obstacle when it came to shooting- we had large stacks of tables in the way. So we was able to over come this by using this as a part of our filming. We was able to get someone under the tables and then we was able to film from different angles. We used two cameras to do this, as we needed one from the sides and one from the front. The tables gave us a great idea. We could use the tables in order to have our actor moving around the floor and using the table legs as more of something to grab hold of and help them move ' stuttering-like ' across the floor.
       The reason why we chose to shoot in the common room was to really see what people thought of our ideas and the make up. We managed to get some feedback on what our ideal target audience thought. This also helped us to improve on certain things. Somehow we managed to film in the common room, we managed to film me crawling under the chairs/ zig-zag in and out of the chair legs. This gave a great effect especially with the lighting being brighter and darker in some areas, so this gave a great effect to my face and body-- as I was painted white and covered in black clothing to illuminate the white paint to make me look pale. At the back of the common room we have a fire escape that we was able to go and get another camera to go and film me crawling down the ramp so that we can have something really creeping happening. Okay, so we did get a few stares but we was becoming really passionate about this. With the slope we was able to get me rolling down it, crawling like an ape, creepy army crawling to give the effect that I was practically on the floor! We also managed to have some fun with this slope, we managed to give enough support to get me to jump off of the slope on to the grass. We managed to grab 3 cameras for this ( on under the slope, one in front of where i was jumping too and the third a further distance away to my right to see me jumping off of the slope and onto the grass).

Our preliminary task.

This is our preliminary task. In the making of this we had our ups and down and this caused us to have a delay in the task.

Recent findings.

    We recently found where our preliminary task was. So this will be uploaded next time that we get the chance too. We also recently discovered our edited versions of our conversations and talks and the videos where we went out location shooting. We did try to upload these but for some strange reason we could not do this. so as a result of this we will try and upload it again tomorrow. If this doesnt work then we will have to come up with another solution.

Make-up Designs.

  We decided that because we are going to start filming soon we should start seeing what doing the face paints on a person would be like. So the first step in all of this was to find someone who wouldn't mind being painted and filmed whenever they are needed. So bravely I volunteered to help out the group. So then me and Jessica had a walk up to C block to have a look at the face paints that were available in school. We had a look at the paints that were available and what paints would look best for our genre. This lead us to find this white and black face paint with the sponges and so we got to work. We first applied a think-ish layer of white face paint. This gave me a a white complexion so that I would look scary, pale and more or less a look-a-like of the grudge - this is because most thrillers have a ghost or spirit that would be dead so we took the idea that I could of been like a spirit, the white paint made it look like I was dead as when you are dead they drain all of the blood out of your body.


  We then took a paintbrush so that we can get into the smaller places of my eyes- this was for the black, with being able to get into the smaller places we managed to make it look more professional. We then combined this with some black and grey eye shadow to give it more of a softer look as she swept it up to my eye brows- This part was Ashleigh's idea as she liked the combination of the soft black & grey eye shadow and the black paint. This gave my eyes more of a two-toned look, we applied the paint of top of the white then we covered it in black eye shadow to give that eerey effect to my eyes.This is because in a thriller the most common things to notice is their black beady eyes that pierce their souls. The idea with having a large part of my face covered with black is so that it can make a statement, if we had only of done a small outline of my eyes then it wouldn't be as noticeable and people wouldn't get the full effect.

   She also used a paintbrush and the black face paint on my lips so that it too will look rather black and scary- usually they don't have black lips but we decided to challenge the conventions of the thriller as we could then see if it worked. There is a symbolism of black throughout our film as we have the stalker dressed in back, we have the black make up. This is so we can get a hidden message across to the audience.We have done this twice now, and every time we are getting better and better at this. The second time that we did this I bought in some black clothes so that we can film in various places and to get a real feel of what this would be like.

This is our make up video of what we done to get the creepy effect of a white face and black eyes and lips.

Relevance to our genre.

                Today we took the camcorder out onto our school and we chose some locations to do different things in. For example we chose to do a filming in the woods as this would best suit our genre. The woods gives more of an edge to the whole film as well as the fact that it is a known thing for bad things to happen to vulnerable girls that run through woods on their own.

     The locations that we chose had to consist of these things;

• Look great and creepy at night time 
• Had to be a big space for our film to be set.
• Had to have mis-en scene
• Had to be somewhere that we could access with out a problem.
• Had to be a place where not alot of people would go so it would be easy to film with out people complaining.

   The places that we chose to view were;...

• The tree out side of L block due to the tree being a known thing in a thriller as well as a great place for someone to be hiding. In this case we can edit the lighting so we can make the characters have an outline.
• The courtyard at the back of c block this is because of the scenery. The scenery in the woods is more of an eery fell for the film. There are so many noises and a substantial amount of different places where different lights and props can be used. We have natural light from the sun coming through the trees. We have sticks and leaves on the floor so that you can hear a person coming or the person running away as some great sound effects as well.
• The learning resources centre because there are book cases there that someone can lurk around. We also had a great lighting in there. We also managed to do a bit of filming because we had some willing actors and the camera was there so we did that. In here we also used 2 cameras to film a person going up an isle and scaring two people on the other side of the book case. This enabled us to get two different angles of the film. We may need to work on not getting the other person in the shot but this is something that we can improve on in the future.
• Inside of C block because it was a quiet confined area that we could film in. We chose to film by the toilets so it was more of a natural thing. We had 2 cameras for this so that we can get two different views to this. We had help from two other actors to help us to do this. We managed to also have a bit of fun with this.

Low budget films.

LOW BUDGET FILMS
                   Low budget films are mainly films that do not have famous actors in them as they cannot afford them. As well as a low budget film they will not have a lot of special features or effects because they cant afford them. A great example of a low budget film(s) are;

'Saw' is a brilliant example because they mainly use 1 room for everything to happen in. Okay so its not the best of rooms but it really gets the feel of the film and the characters. So this works for the low budget films. The components that they use in saw are;

• Non famous actors.
• A single room to do the filming.
• More-or-less reused props from other films.

  

Film Institutions

Paramount Pictures
     Paramount pictures is a corporation that is a film and television production company that was funded back in 1912. it is the fourth oldest and best existing studio in today's film industry. But behind universal studios ,Gaumount pictures and Pathe. It is also the last major film studio that is still in Hollywood Paramount is consistently posted as one of the largest movie studios!!!! Paramount also helped to produce some great films of all time such as Forrest Gump,Lassie,Kiss the girls and Charlotte's web!

                                      
 
Universal Pictures
          Universal Pictures ( or also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio it is also one of the six major movie studios.It is also commonly known for the fact that it is one of the longest-lived motion picture studios to be found out side of Hollywood. This film institute was also founded in 1912!

our decisions

    at the moment we are debating on whether we should use paramount pictures or universal pictures. The reason why we are unsure if because;

   for universal pictures because; 

• the music is easier to download- not a very valid point i must admit but hey ho.
• the opening is longer and is more vibrant with colors.
• it has a loud opening which doesn't suit our genre.
• it isn't very common for this institute to do a psychological thriller.
• its animated and ' more ' interesting  for this type of genre.
• it has a background of other films that are slightly in our genre range.

for paramount pictures because;

• it suits our genre.
• its quiet so it will build the tension.
• it isn't vibrant so it suits the fact that our opening is going to not be bright and colorful.
• we already disucssed the fact that paramount was a better decision as we included it in our story board.
• this institution does our genre and has the right ' little ' production companies.

Target Audience.

          The 'British Board of Film Classification'  has certain age restrictions on certain films. This is because of the structure of the film as well as what scenes, languages, genre or sexual scenes there are. Below is the logo for the 'British Board of Film Classification' this is usually behind every age certificate.

  

              There are very different stages in films so that is why the BBFC made the age certificates. They made them because not everybody was the same age so not everybody was in the right state of minds so you cant show a film like 'Insidious' to a 5 year old, as they would become terrified! So that is why we have age classifications so that the wrong people don't see this film.So they made 'U' , 'PG' , '12' , '15' , '18'. So there are age restrictions on what people can see what films.

Blog update

Today we will be animating our story board and we will be adding in the camera turns and view points.  Due to the loss of Jessica and Ashleigh we was unable to get them to help us do the story board. so it was just me and Rebecca. The reason in which we done the animation was by hovering the camera just above the pictures and just staying on a single picture for a while then we moved that picture away to the next scene. We then uploaded this to the computer and then on ' Final cut express ' we cut and edited the video so we just cut out the bits where we was moving the paper (scene).

Our two ideas..

My personal thoughts on the diffferent ideas are;
              Well we had  two ideas to start with one of them was a psychological horror where a girl had been kiddnapped and been thrown in the boot. She is tied and bound with ropes at her hands and feet with a scarf in her mouth and wrapped around her had and done in a knot at the back. The car will be a land rover - this choice of car will enable us to have some good car shots with different angles. With the car having a big boot it will enable the actor to struggle to move arround and to see anything. The non-digetic vocals will be the kiddnappers having a conversation out side of ther car. 15-19 as it has some grousome scenes and with some bad language.

     Our second idea was a physiological thriller where we would have voice overs with the best friend and a police man having a conversation about the friend that the police think commited suicide. But the best friend is persistant that she did not commit suicide and is convinces that her killer is out there! At the start with the credits and the title we will have the same layout and theme of the film ' kiss the girls'. We liked the idea of the fire sliding over one another as well as the negative toned pictures with the actual footage and the pictures of the actors as well as the effect of what will be happening 15-24 will be the age range for this viewing.

Different shots.

         This is shot reverse shot. You can use this to show both sides of a conversation. Its just like over the shoulder shot but a ferw of those shots combined.People would often use this shot in the middle of am argument.you would use a 'shot reverse shot' ,  if 2 people were having an argument or a conversation. But just focusing on those two people it means that its either important or they are important.You could use this in every genre allthough it is most commonly used in horror,thriller and romantic comedies.
 Aerial shot
   This is when the camera is over someones head and it takes a shot. This is quite often used as an Establishing shot.



                                                     Close up

    This is a shot when the head and shoulders are the only things that can be seen of the body.This is used to show expressions or emotions of that character.It can also be a shot of an object, you could zoom in to the object to show more detail.



Extreme close up
       This is a shot where a part of the face or body of a character fills up the screen or dominates the whole frame. This can also be done for an object where only a small part of it will dominate the screen.

Establishing shot

     Basically its a shot where it will establish the scene, this gives the viewer information about where your filming is set. Its usually a wide or long shot and it most oftentimes appears at the begging of a scene.

Medium shot
     This is when you shoot from the waist upwards.


                                                 Two shot
     A shot of two characters maybe in a conversation. usually to symbolise some relationship.




Point-of-view shot
     Where you see a view from the subject's eyes. This is commonly edited so the viewer can see what person this is.

Overhead shot
     A type

                                                                                                                                                               Reaction shot

Mise-en scene

  Mise-en scene is about having all of the right things in the right place as the costumes. For example you cant have a horror movie in the middle of the beach on a hot day, you cant have a random Marks and Spencer's bag in the scene, you cant have a victim running away with perfect clothes and running shoes. These are all examples of what doesn't make a good Mise-en scene.

Over the shoulder shot

               This is an example of an ' over the shoulder shot '. This can be used in a conversation between 2-5 people. The smaller the group the better. Or the recorder camera just pan round.Directors would pick this shot because , you can see all of the people that are in this conversation and this is so that they can focus on who is talking and so that the viewers can see what person is talking. An over the shoulder is pretty self explanatory in the name. It is simply a shot the person who is talking from behind someones shoulder.This is commonly used in all genres so there isn't a right or wrong in this shot for the genre.

Research of fonts

 The reason why this font would be great for our film is because  the lettering is bold and it has the effect that something has been scratching at it and it gives it this 'patchy' effect. The letters are also in capitial letters which just makes it stand out more compared to ' 28 days later '. The lettering is not perfect which is great because if it was perfect then it would not suit the genre.

This style of font really grasps my attention , due to the fact  that the writing is  in a font that looks like ' blades'. The way that they have done this is great because the font style gives away what the film includes. This can really intrigue viewers into seeing this film. You can clearly see that from this style that this film is not going to be about pretty pink fairy's  it is going to be about blades, blood, gory things so a horror genre            
                               

   This font doesn't really catch your eye but its more of a ' sharp' effect. The way that the font is done is amazing because on the 'A' and 'V' they have elongated the top of the 'A' and the bottom of the 'V'. In a way it gives it more of a dagger effect.

This font is okay. The reason why I think that this is not a very good font is because of the style. Its a bit like old fashion writing - which was curly and hard to read unless it was huge. However I do like the fact that it looks like a fountain pen. This suggests to me that its going to be like a child's book.

This font really stands out because its big , bold and in captial letters and this will also make a statement to the audience by saying ' look  at the title its important to the film'. If the font was small and hard to real then no one would read it but because it is big and clear people will be able to read it and understand what it says.

This font really grabs by attention because it had the effect that it is painted on. Personally i think that it would look better red . Because then it would look like someone has painted the title in blood. The fact that it is bold as well really stand out, its also in clear lettering which means it is easy to read.






     There are different types of fonts that can be used in a horror movie. some people prefer to use just normal ' Ariel ' font. This is because its easy to read, and it is usually on a black or white background with red or white colored writing. The red symbolizes blood. This means that some kind of horrible crime will be committed. These are just a few of the styles that I have found that we can be influenced by to do our titles and credits.

Genres.

                      This is my research of the types of genres and what they consist of. My job was to research horror and thriller.
 Below is also a video of me talking about the different types of genre and what I think of them.

                                The film 'easy A' is a romantic-comedy, in this film it includes things such
a girl and a boy finding them selves as nobody and then the girl pretends to loose her virginity for a laugh but then it turns around on her in school. Then she wears the red 'A' on her clothes for symbolism. You will also find some funny bits with romance and this is what makes a romantic comedy.For a romantic comedy to be good it needs the right actors and the right story line.

              The adventure comedy is all about a really good story line and plot! Also you cant have comedy charecters in this film as people will just over look the film. An example of an adventure film is back to the future. This film is all about a boy who can travel back or forward in time with his granfathers time machine ( a car) and with this he uses it to change history! What makes a really good adventure film is whether it has a lot of money or whether it has a good scenery and props for the film to be based.

   A psychological thriller is a great film to watch. The conventions of a physiological thriller is that it gives the viewers a negative emotion towards it. They will become scared and get too engrossed in to it.This is because of the story line behind it. A great psychological thriller example is ' sinister'. This is all about a writer who follows the crimes of people. But he is very intrigued by this case of the family dying but the youngest child always going missing. When they move into the house he finds a black box with tapes of previous families dying, but all missing the child. Then he discovers the boogle....