In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our film is a horror genre, we can tell this mainly through facial expressions, eye contact, music and the mood of the scenes as to dialogue. Although, screams and heavy breathing is involved in this genre alot.
In our opening sequence, we used heaving breathing from Ross as he is having a bad dream and carried that on over the titles, also we used soft but eary and creepy music over the backgroud to add effect to the mood and atmosphere. Also, we used shots of Georgia looking round frightened so show that something was happening that wasn't positive.
Horror films are mainly aimed at a larger target audience but some people choose not to because they are too scared; we captured our target audiences' attention by the heaving breathing. Young people or children are usually related to horror films as they connect to the spiritual side of things, so that's why we decided to used young people.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
It represents different social groups by the particular target audience that would be attracted to it. In horror films women are usually involved, as an audience we usually feel sympathy for a woman as to a man, also women tend to scream so that adds to the effect of being scared. However, we went against all stereotypical types in our opening scene by using mainly males. This is because we wanted to see how audiences would react to a male victim/character and to add effect to the film. Horror films usually involve children especially in the spiritual sense and seeing as ours is about haunting, we thought it would be suitable to use children.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
We chose 'Lionsgate' because horror films such as 'Saw 5' have been distributed by them too.
In horror films there are usually women involved as, as an audience we usually feel sympathy for a woman as to a man, also women tend to scream so that adds to the effect of being scared. However, we are going against all stereotypical types in our opening scene and using males. This was because we wanted to see how audiences would react to a male victim/main character and to add affect to the film.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our target audience is 15 years+ because it may have psychological issues that they may not understand. It applies to male and female as both genders watch horrors.
We wanted them to respond a bit scared and anxious to what happened but also intrigued into what is going to happen further on in the film, therefore want to watch more.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We attracted our audience by making the opening a bit jumpy and mysterious to make them want to watch more and find out what is going to happen. I think the music adds to it as it gives a creepy atmosphere and adds suspence in certain places.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
I have learn't that it is good to make sure everything is filmed exactly right before editing certain parts because we found ourselves re-shooting alot of times because things were too short or long. Another thing I realised was to have a back up plan just incase as some people you can not always rely on.
Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel I have learn't not to rush into ideas and make sure we have everything planned out before filming as we came across several things that resulted in us re-filming. Also, I would make sure I have reliable and dedicated people in our team because when people don't turn up to filming schedules and so on, it lets us down. I have learn't
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Feedback.
Molly Baxter "Really liked it because you can tell what genre it is, loved the effect with the eye and set the atmosphere"
Jessica Wright "Liked the eye effect and the music added to the mood"
Gemma Banham "Really liked it and I thought I was watching a real film"
Miss Whittaker "Was always a good idea and the re-shoot has made it as effective and eerie as it should be"
Monday, 18 January 2010
Order of titles
Main star Daniel Pye and Ross Wood
Other actors/actresses Georgia Covil, Alex Flynn and Luke Francis
Casting by Stacey Craig
Costume designer Jessica Wright
Music by Nancy Campopiano
Co-producer Adam Matthew
Film editor Robyn Lidsey
Production designer Sarah Minett
Executive producer Sam Middlemiss
Produced by Camilla Price
Written and directed by Laura Deborde
Other actors/actresses Georgia Covil, Alex Flynn and Luke Francis
Casting by Stacey Craig
Costume designer Jessica Wright
Music by Nancy Campopiano
Co-producer Adam Matthew
Film editor Robyn Lidsey
Production designer Sarah Minett
Executive producer Sam Middlemiss
Produced by Camilla Price
Written and directed by Laura Deborde
Animatic
Shots we used:
Shot 1-Black screen, Lionsgate logo and sounds of Ross having a bad dream.
Shot 2- Close up- Ross tossing and turning, having bad dream.
Shot 3- Black screen, Tormented pictures logo and sounds of Ross and having a bad dream.
Shot 4- Close up- Ross tossing and turning, having bad dream.
Shot 5-Black screen, title 'The Unseen' and sounds of Ross having a bad dream again.
Shot 6-Close up- Ross tossing and turning, having bad dream then fades into next shot.
Shot 7-Birds eye view-kids playing ouji board.
Shot 8-Birds eye view-candles going out.
Shot 9-360 degree shot-circling the kids playing ouji board
Shot 10-mid shot-rocking horse.
Shot 11-mid shot-alex putting ouji board in cupboard
Shot 12- long shot-dan staring at cupboard
Shot 13- close up into extreme close up-zooming into Dan's eye
Shot 14-extreme close up into close up-zooming out of Ross' eye.
Shot 15-over the shoulder into extreme close up-Ross looking at cupboard then zooms into cupboard.
We were going to shoot in Luke's bedroom to start off with but we thought his parents room would be more suitable beacuse it was plain and easy to adjust according to the jump in time periods. The whole opening was in one room.
Diary
18th January- Me, Georgia Covill and Luke Francis went to Luke's house (the set) to film the first half of our opening. Ross, one of our actors came along too. This was successful as we did use some of the clips.
25th January- Me, Georgia, Luke and Rob McDonald went back to Luke's house to film the second half. Dan also was with us as one of our actors. This was unsuccessful as once start editing we realised we needed to re-film as the clips were not long enough.
1st February- Me, Georgia, Luke and Rob went to re-film 2 shots as they were the shots that wasn't long enough.
8th February- This time Rob wasn't in school so we had to re-film the whole thing with me, Georgia, Luke, Dan and Alex stood in for Rob for us. However, this turned out a good thing as it was better this time than before.
Other changes me made...
Apart from shooting we changed other things such as the ouji board. We was going to make a real one but because of suspicious troubles we used a piece of carboard and a glass to represent it. Also, we were going to use Luke's younger sister and friends to play the children but in the end we couldn't find the same time schuedule for all of us to we used ourselves instead. We improvised on costumes as they dressed down to look more like children, plus the scenes were changed around alot during the different shootings we did.
25th January- Me, Georgia, Luke and Rob McDonald went back to Luke's house to film the second half. Dan also was with us as one of our actors. This was unsuccessful as once start editing we realised we needed to re-film as the clips were not long enough.
1st February- Me, Georgia, Luke and Rob went to re-film 2 shots as they were the shots that wasn't long enough.
8th February- This time Rob wasn't in school so we had to re-film the whole thing with me, Georgia, Luke, Dan and Alex stood in for Rob for us. However, this turned out a good thing as it was better this time than before.
Other changes me made...
Apart from shooting we changed other things such as the ouji board. We was going to make a real one but because of suspicious troubles we used a piece of carboard and a glass to represent it. Also, we were going to use Luke's younger sister and friends to play the children but in the end we couldn't find the same time schuedule for all of us to we used ourselves instead. We improvised on costumes as they dressed down to look more like children, plus the scenes were changed around alot during the different shootings we did.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
The top left hand picture is off the shot were we had all the candles being blown out symoultaniously. This was one of the hardest shots we made because after trying there was always one candle still lit . we are happy with our final shot.
The one underneath is off the juegy board filming wich was most of the film. After the filming we edited all the dream shots so that they flickered and was in black and white , just so that it was different to thesleeping shots so that you could tell the difference.
This is were we filmed our first scene of the man ( ross wood ) having a nightmare in his bed.for this shot we used the birds eye view angle so that we could zoom into the ross' face
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Kyle Cooper
Kyle Cooper is the most successful modern designer of motion picture title sequences. Kyle Cooper has directed over 150 film title sequences, and has been credited with "almost single-handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form".
His work includes the opening credit sequences of Seven (1995), Arlington Road (1999), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Flubber (1997) and many more. He has also directed a film, New Port South. He is acclaimed as the most innovative and important designer of film titles since Saul Bass.
His work includes the opening credit sequences of Seven (1995), Arlington Road (1999), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Flubber (1997) and many more. He has also directed a film, New Port South. He is acclaimed as the most innovative and important designer of film titles since Saul Bass.
Continuity piece
This is our final continuity piece! I was in a group with Robyn Lidsey, Nancy Campopiano and Rob McDonald. This was our 3rd attempt at this asthe first time we did it we didn't plan it properly so it affected the shots in the piece. Consequently, I learn't we had to know exactly what we wanted in our sequence in order for it to work. The second attempt failed as it wasn't long enough which lead to us filming it again. I am happy with out final continuity sequence as it had all the required shots which were, match on action, shot reverse shot and over the shoulder.
Monday, 23 November 2009
Production Brief.
•Project name:
•Length: 90 seconds-2 minutes
•Deadline: 22nd January 2010
•Group members & their roles: Emily Dann, Luke Francis, Rob McDonald and Georgia Covill.
•Brief overview of content (approx 50 words): A man is getting haunted such as hearing things and things moving so this is what triggers his memory to when he was a child. He had done a wigi board with his friends and now something has come back to haunt him.
•Target audience (age group, gender bias (if any), socio-economic status and lifestyle profiling): Our target audience would be 15 years plus. The reason it wouldn’t be shown to anyone under the age of 15 would be because there would be physiological elements that may lead them to believe that there is an element of truth to the story. It would apply to males and females.
What comparable products have you researched? Other title/opening sequences of horror and other genres too.
•What is the rationale behind this text?
•What representations will be operating in your text? Are these justified?
•How will you test whether the product is successful? How will you check that it accomplishes the intended effect? By showing an audience our product and getting them to answer a questionnaire. We then will be able to see if we get the right answers to know wether it had the intended effects.
•What generic codes and conventions will be operating in your text? The generic codes and conventions we will be using would be things like fast pace, quick shots, jumping, mysterious music.
•What are the overt (obvious) messages incorporated into the text? Death, survival, mystery.
•Are there any (hidden) messages incorporated into the text? The reasons why they are being haunted, how they are going to survive, who is after they 'innocent'.
•Identify any resource constraints (time, money, equipment, human resources) that might affect your production and your hopes for your product: Well money would be one as we cannot have expensive equipment and obviously time seeing as we have a limited amount but im sure we can do the best in the the time that we have.
•Length: 90 seconds-2 minutes
•Deadline: 22nd January 2010
•Group members & their roles: Emily Dann, Luke Francis, Rob McDonald and Georgia Covill.
•Brief overview of content (approx 50 words): A man is getting haunted such as hearing things and things moving so this is what triggers his memory to when he was a child. He had done a wigi board with his friends and now something has come back to haunt him.
•Target audience (age group, gender bias (if any), socio-economic status and lifestyle profiling): Our target audience would be 15 years plus. The reason it wouldn’t be shown to anyone under the age of 15 would be because there would be physiological elements that may lead them to believe that there is an element of truth to the story. It would apply to males and females.
What comparable products have you researched? Other title/opening sequences of horror and other genres too.
•What is the rationale behind this text?
•What representations will be operating in your text? Are these justified?
•How will you test whether the product is successful? How will you check that it accomplishes the intended effect? By showing an audience our product and getting them to answer a questionnaire. We then will be able to see if we get the right answers to know wether it had the intended effects.
•What generic codes and conventions will be operating in your text? The generic codes and conventions we will be using would be things like fast pace, quick shots, jumping, mysterious music.
•What are the overt (obvious) messages incorporated into the text? Death, survival, mystery.
•Are there any (hidden) messages incorporated into the text? The reasons why they are being haunted, how they are going to survive, who is after they 'innocent'.
•Identify any resource constraints (time, money, equipment, human resources) that might affect your production and your hopes for your product: Well money would be one as we cannot have expensive equipment and obviously time seeing as we have a limited amount but im sure we can do the best in the the time that we have.
Analysis of new and old title sequences.
I wanted to know if there would be many differences between an elder opening sequence to a fairly new one. So, I compared Spider Man 2 and Spider Man 4, as there were many years between them, to see if they had any similarities or differences.
So firstly, I found that both were exactly the same right at the beginning. It was like a comic book which then introduces 'Marvel'. Spider Man 2 then introduces the actors and actresses through cartoon looking images which complements the comic beginning.
The music sets the mood of mystery and excitement which gets you ready to watch more. Also, the colour scheme is blue and red mainly which are the colours of Spider Man's costume.
In addition, in Spider Man 4 it does start the same but then when it goes to introduce the characters it seems to do it in a more 'modern' way. It just has a picture of the actor or actress with the names beside it. However, it does keep the mysterious feel to it as there are spider webs. Also the music is still the same which keeps the mood the same.
I personally think that not much does change in opening sequences no matter old or new as all of them still have the same conventions needed in an opening sequence to appeal to the audiences.
So firstly, I found that both were exactly the same right at the beginning. It was like a comic book which then introduces 'Marvel'. Spider Man 2 then introduces the actors and actresses through cartoon looking images which complements the comic beginning.
The music sets the mood of mystery and excitement which gets you ready to watch more. Also, the colour scheme is blue and red mainly which are the colours of Spider Man's costume.
In addition, in Spider Man 4 it does start the same but then when it goes to introduce the characters it seems to do it in a more 'modern' way. It just has a picture of the actor or actress with the names beside it. However, it does keep the mysterious feel to it as there are spider webs. Also the music is still the same which keeps the mood the same.
I personally think that not much does change in opening sequences no matter old or new as all of them still have the same conventions needed in an opening sequence to appeal to the audiences.
General research into title sequences.
The opening sequence that I analysed that I think perfectly exemplifies opening/title conventions is 'Seven'.
Rules of what an opening sequence and titles should be:
1.Grab attention- which it does as the titles have no dialogue so the audience is more focused on what is happening. It makes you want to find out more.
2.Introduce characters- it introduces Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in the opening sequence and in the titles the audience are introduced to the killer, however not revealing the identity.
3.Introduce genre-it tells us it is a thriller/horror as hte music sets the mood. Colours such as red, white and black also give impressions of this.
4.Be different from others-it is different as the opening sequence is before the titles so we haven't even been given any sort of clue what is going to happen.
5.Memorable-it is definately memorable as it gives us clues to other things that happens further on in the film. It makes us think back and realise why certain things were said and shown.
6.Sets a mood-moods are set from the music and colour connotations. You instantly know the genre.
Rules of what should be avoided:
1.Not too long- is isn't too long as the opening sequence is before the title sequence so it cuts it down a bit.
2.Give away the whole story- it doesn't give away the whole story as the identity of the killer isn't revealed. Also you don't know why he is doing certain things in the title sequence and why he is killing people.
3.Just the title- well it certainly isn't just the title. All the main actor/actresses names are included as well as clues for the film.
4.Shouldn't be unrelated to main film- it is related to the film as this is why we think back to the title sequence and opening scene.
This is why I think it perfectly exemplifies opening/title conventions.
Rules of what an opening sequence and titles should be:
1.Grab attention- which it does as the titles have no dialogue so the audience is more focused on what is happening. It makes you want to find out more.
2.Introduce characters- it introduces Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in the opening sequence and in the titles the audience are introduced to the killer, however not revealing the identity.
3.Introduce genre-it tells us it is a thriller/horror as hte music sets the mood. Colours such as red, white and black also give impressions of this.
4.Be different from others-it is different as the opening sequence is before the titles so we haven't even been given any sort of clue what is going to happen.
5.Memorable-it is definately memorable as it gives us clues to other things that happens further on in the film. It makes us think back and realise why certain things were said and shown.
6.Sets a mood-moods are set from the music and colour connotations. You instantly know the genre.
Rules of what should be avoided:
1.Not too long- is isn't too long as the opening sequence is before the title sequence so it cuts it down a bit.
2.Give away the whole story- it doesn't give away the whole story as the identity of the killer isn't revealed. Also you don't know why he is doing certain things in the title sequence and why he is killing people.
3.Just the title- well it certainly isn't just the title. All the main actor/actresses names are included as well as clues for the film.
4.Shouldn't be unrelated to main film- it is related to the film as this is why we think back to the title sequence and opening scene.
This is why I think it perfectly exemplifies opening/title conventions.
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Actors/Characters
Emily Dann (me) Im doing the camera work as I didn't want to be in the actual film. I helped plan and organise when to film.
Georgia Covill She played one of the children in the opening. She wore casual clothing to make herself look younger. She did alot of the editing and putting it together.
Luke Francis He also played a character in the sequence he wore a casual shirt to dress down. He did alot of planning for the storyboard and research.
Other contributors Rob Mcdonald, Alex Flynn, Daniel Pye and Ross Wood.
Georgia Covill She played one of the children in the opening. She wore casual clothing to make herself look younger. She did alot of the editing and putting it together.
Luke Francis He also played a character in the sequence he wore a casual shirt to dress down. He did alot of planning for the storyboard and research.
Other contributors Rob Mcdonald, Alex Flynn, Daniel Pye and Ross Wood.
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