Wednesday, 13 February 2013
TARGET AUDIENCE FOR FILM
Choosing fonts and institutional information
We are going to use the font
THE FONT:
TITLE:
FRANKLIN GOTHIC DEMI CONDA,throughout the whole of our opening sequence.
THE FONT:
TITLE:
JESS
Director: Rhichard Curtis
Producer: Adam Brooke
Screen Writers: Emily Elbousserghini, Ella Kenny and Albeni Urul
Publisher: Sarah Bg Films
Distributer: 20th Century Fox
Musical director: Hugo Adams
Casting director: Albeni Uurl
Monday, 11 February 2013
THE NEW TREATMENT: RomCom "Jess"
The film follows the story of 20 something Jess, who works at her local newspaper; she is clumsy, shy and very awkward. She is unlucky with men in relationships and seems to only be able to hold quick one night stands and flings. She has two friends Hannah, Mila and a childhood family friend Mike. Everyone always see's Mike and Jess together; but they never see it. Jess has had enough of her way of life and she goes on the search for love. The film follows the antics Jess faces and the pursuit of her ideal man. Will she ever realise that her true love is right in front of her? Maybe Mike is the man for her.
Reflections and meeting deadlines
We are having troubles with our preliminary task being uploaded onto youtube; so we've decided to re film it red edit again. I also need to do some further research on Rom-Com opening sequences as this is the path we want to take with our main task. I also looked at the Juno opening sequence because i felt it was evry unique to the other opening sequences i have seen
Friday, 8 February 2013
Changing our idea
As a group we decided, to not look at horror as a theme; possibly because it has been done many times before and we felt we'd like to do something orginal.
NEW THEME: Romantic Comedies
I have a watched the opening a few opening sequences; and the one we felt was the best was The bridget Jones Diary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDR5kcmkMk
Bridget Jones follow the life of a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love. The opening sequence is very simple and humorous and this is what we want look for in our opening clip.
NEW THEME: Romantic Comedies
I have a watched the opening a few opening sequences; and the one we felt was the best was The bridget Jones Diary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDR5kcmkMk
Bridget Jones follow the life of a thirtysomething single woman in London as she tries to make sense of life and love. The opening sequence is very simple and humorous and this is what we want look for in our opening clip.
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Opening Sequence: Treatment/Synopsis THE CHASE
Treatment
"The chase" follows a cat and mouse chase with 16 sixteen your old school girl Anna and a masked man. Anna is characterised as hard working and has a passion for her studies. She is tall and brunette and has a lot going for her, she has a wide circle of friends. She has a stable family and lives a normal lifestyle in corner of North West London. The whole film is set in on the school premises. Its a normal school day and she says goodbye to her friends in the classroom as she hope to finish some work, Anna plugs in her headphones then sets about on her journey out of the school and out home. On her way out we feel a presence of her being watched. She comes across several obstacles that stop her from getting out the school building; for example locked doors and dark corridors. We are then presented with a masked figure(persumably a phsychopath) who is on the pursuit of vulnerable Anna. When Anna realises something is up, she comes across noises from Library- she see's Tom, a boy shes never seen before but automatically a friendship is formed as they both realise they are both in the same position. Anna stays wary of Tom, as some of his actions and knowledge of the school seem to be good to be true. Is Tom alone?
The film follows themes of frienship, trust and survivial. The film picks up fast paced momentum as the masked figure gets closer and closer to Anna and Tom. Will they make it out alive?
"The chase" follows a cat and mouse chase with 16 sixteen your old school girl Anna and a masked man. Anna is characterised as hard working and has a passion for her studies. She is tall and brunette and has a lot going for her, she has a wide circle of friends. She has a stable family and lives a normal lifestyle in corner of North West London. The whole film is set in on the school premises. Its a normal school day and she says goodbye to her friends in the classroom as she hope to finish some work, Anna plugs in her headphones then sets about on her journey out of the school and out home. On her way out we feel a presence of her being watched. She comes across several obstacles that stop her from getting out the school building; for example locked doors and dark corridors. We are then presented with a masked figure(persumably a phsychopath) who is on the pursuit of vulnerable Anna. When Anna realises something is up, she comes across noises from Library- she see's Tom, a boy shes never seen before but automatically a friendship is formed as they both realise they are both in the same position. Anna stays wary of Tom, as some of his actions and knowledge of the school seem to be good to be true. Is Tom alone?
The film follows themes of frienship, trust and survivial. The film picks up fast paced momentum as the masked figure gets closer and closer to Anna and Tom. Will they make it out alive?
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
Thoughts?
Most Horror films seem to start slow and confusing because we dont know where its set or whats going on, but it can go back and show whats happened so the audience dont get too confused, for example with the film the Exorcist. In the film Scream, the voice on the phone has a creepy voice so we start to assume that we shouldnt trust this character.
Research for our opening sequence
Just a collection of links, ideas and pictures so that we have a good understanding of the codes and conventions of horror films.
This is a clip from the film the Omen, it is collection of different scenes togetther in a montage. I can see that having no sound then a loud noise can be effective then a full soundtarck overall.
From looking at several home made horror films on youtube, i have learnt that the soundtrack is one of the most important things in ensuring that a film is scary.
We want our opening sequence to start of slow then pick up momentum at the very end, where then the title will be presented on the screen.
Title Ideas?
- The chase
- Masquerade
- Charade
- Mask
- Fascade
- Anna
- Q301
The Strangers: Opening sequence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWp14gtZ-u0
The strangers opening sequence starts with narrator telling the audience its true story then it follows onto a montage of clips of the country side and other locations, it then goes to a black screen and you hear a phone call between A 911 officer and a young girl, explaining what has happened, while this convo is in process you see glimpses of whats about to come in the film, with shots of blood, knifes and windows creating a scary atmosphere.
After watching the sequence we have decided to use a Police phone call in our opening sequence as we feel it would be effective in creating our scary atmosphere.
The strangers follow typical horror movie conventions, with the scary subtle music.
Phone Call?
We think the call should be cut off or interrupted by the person following the girl after this it will cut staright to the opening where the girl is saying goodbye to her friends in school.
Ideas for opening sequence
There are three of us in a group, so Emily, Albeni and I are thinking to look to at doing a horror opening sequence. We can film on location after school hours.
Brief Ideas:
Stereotypical school Girl stays after school with friends forgets art book so goes back upstairs by herself, on her way out the building she encounters strange noises, we never see who the possible person is following her till the end.
Sound ideas?
Brief Ideas:
Stereotypical school Girl stays after school with friends forgets art book so goes back upstairs by herself, on her way out the building she encounters strange noises, we never see who the possible person is following her till the end.
- set in school
Scary music- Suspense
- Wide use of close ups
- Over the sholder shots to represent being watched
- Flickering lights
- footsteps
- Echoing
Sound ideas?
Monday, 4 February 2013
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