Seanzplace
aw wow! This is a Grade A without a shadow of a doubt. Brilliant. Fantastic.
Coleshillmedia
Love the ending to the clip. Also liked the pull back from the fingers on the cup to the full ouija board scene. The sound was slightly jagged in places, and I found the moving text a bit distracting towards the end, but great camera shots.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Evaluation
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our title sequence followed all the normal conventions, it includes music and titles. This follows the status quo of film openings which include a quick story or the start of a problem/story that the characters will have to solve thoughout the film. We put titles on our opening sequence to make it clear that it was the start of a film, and not a trailer or a scene. Our film also follows the regular codes and conventions of the horror genre, such as the Ouiji board and the dramatic music that builds tension. We decided to use the Ouiji board as it strongly related to the horror genre relating to ghosts, the undead and the spirit world, and also to show the viewer that it is a horror story. As the horror genre is hugly related to fear, and death. The horror genre is the main convention to our film as alot of people are horror fans and feed off the idea of being scared during the feature, it is also an interesting genre to work with. The eeirie music helps set the frightening scene and loud bursts of music during very important pieces to show the viewer that something strange is happening. We also noticed that creepy music is usued in most horror films to pinpoint an important scene or activity during the film. We developed a few of the horror conventions, including the music and the atmosphere of the sequence. In most horror films, there is usually a big group of naive teens who are out drinking or partying before something disturbing or distressing happens, ususally the teens are then killed off one by one before the killer is caught or the problem is solved. This gave us the idea of the Ouiji board and a group of young kids having fun and messing with the spirits and the world of the supernatural.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our opening sequence, we wanted to portray four naive teenagers playing around with a Ouiji board, as alot of teens nowdays are quite daring and reckless. We didn't focus on a particular stereotype, just teenagers in genral tht usually star in horrors. We gave our characters costumes which were our actual school clothes to show that the characters have just got home from school and wanted to play the Ouiji board. We changed the room we filmed in by placing things related to teenage boys in the room, such as an X-Box 360 controller and a young looking Marvel quilt on the bed.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
After discussing within the group, we decided to go with Lionsgate as the distributor as they have distributed various horror films such as the 'Saw' series and 'Open Water' so we thought it would be suitable to go with them.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our target audience for our opening sequence is 15 years and over because it may have psychological issues that younger years might not understand. The film would appeal to the male and female genders, as both enjoy and watch horrors. We would want the audience to feel scared and anxious when watching our film but also intrigued as to what will happen next, therefore encouraging them to watch more.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We used typical teenagers in our video as they would relate to the target audience as the majority of them would be teenagers. The bedroom where the Ouiji board part portrays a typical teenage bedroom.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have always been a big fan of making videos and so have always been good with cameras and the editing. Last year i made a horror film with two of my fellow pupils, and the editing was my first experience, and i picked it up very easily. Just before i started my filming, i was helping my sister edit her music video, teaching her how to edit at the same time, it turned out to be an amazing success. I have also extended my knowledge of
I feel like i have learnt more and expanded my knowledge in the editing and the filming department and how its important to work as a team to get the finished product done. We had to decide all together to modify anything we wanted to change to make it better. I think at the end we was happy with our final piece and was happy with the work and effort we put in.
Our title sequence followed all the normal conventions, it includes music and titles. This follows the status quo of film openings which include a quick story or the start of a problem/story that the characters will have to solve thoughout the film. We put titles on our opening sequence to make it clear that it was the start of a film, and not a trailer or a scene. Our film also follows the regular codes and conventions of the horror genre, such as the Ouiji board and the dramatic music that builds tension. We decided to use the Ouiji board as it strongly related to the horror genre relating to ghosts, the undead and the spirit world, and also to show the viewer that it is a horror story. As the horror genre is hugly related to fear, and death. The horror genre is the main convention to our film as alot of people are horror fans and feed off the idea of being scared during the feature, it is also an interesting genre to work with. The eeirie music helps set the frightening scene and loud bursts of music during very important pieces to show the viewer that something strange is happening. We also noticed that creepy music is usued in most horror films to pinpoint an important scene or activity during the film. We developed a few of the horror conventions, including the music and the atmosphere of the sequence. In most horror films, there is usually a big group of naive teens who are out drinking or partying before something disturbing or distressing happens, ususally the teens are then killed off one by one before the killer is caught or the problem is solved. This gave us the idea of the Ouiji board and a group of young kids having fun and messing with the spirits and the world of the supernatural.
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
In our opening sequence, we wanted to portray four naive teenagers playing around with a Ouiji board, as alot of teens nowdays are quite daring and reckless. We didn't focus on a particular stereotype, just teenagers in genral tht usually star in horrors. We gave our characters costumes which were our actual school clothes to show that the characters have just got home from school and wanted to play the Ouiji board. We changed the room we filmed in by placing things related to teenage boys in the room, such as an X-Box 360 controller and a young looking Marvel quilt on the bed.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
After discussing within the group, we decided to go with Lionsgate as the distributor as they have distributed various horror films such as the 'Saw' series and 'Open Water' so we thought it would be suitable to go with them.
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Our target audience for our opening sequence is 15 years and over because it may have psychological issues that younger years might not understand. The film would appeal to the male and female genders, as both enjoy and watch horrors. We would want the audience to feel scared and anxious when watching our film but also intrigued as to what will happen next, therefore encouraging them to watch more.
How did you attract/address your audience?
We used typical teenagers in our video as they would relate to the target audience as the majority of them would be teenagers. The bedroom where the Ouiji board part portrays a typical teenage bedroom.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have always been a big fan of making videos and so have always been good with cameras and the editing. Last year i made a horror film with two of my fellow pupils, and the editing was my first experience, and i picked it up very easily. Just before i started my filming, i was helping my sister edit her music video, teaching her how to edit at the same time, it turned out to be an amazing success. I have also extended my knowledge of
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I feel like i have learnt more and expanded my knowledge in the editing and the filming department and how its important to work as a team to get the finished product done. We had to decide all together to modify anything we wanted to change to make it better. I think at the end we was happy with our final piece and was happy with the work and effort we put in.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
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.
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.
Order of Titles
Main star Daniel Pye and Ross Wood
Other actors/actresses Georgia Covill, 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 Covill, 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
Monday, 22 February 2010
Diary
18th January- Me, Emily Dann 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, Emily, 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, Emily, 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 again with me, Emily, Luke, Dan and Alex, who 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, Emily, 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, Emily, 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 again with me, Emily, Luke, Dan and Alex, who 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.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
We were looking for fonts from DaFont.com for our opening credits.
Here is the production logo, there are different examples as we are still
choosi
ng our favourite.
Here is the production logo, there are different examples as we are still
choosi
ng our favourite. 
The Unseen logo
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
2-3 genre film case studies
I will be analysing 3 scenes from horror films to show my research into the horror genre.
WARNING - DO NOT WATCH VIDEOS IF YOU ARE SQUIMISH OR JUST SCARED!!!!!!!!
This scene is from the movie Boogeyman 2. Firstly, it is obvious that this is a horror film and that something bad is going to happen as the man is all alone in a room, with a light flickering in the back, this is part of the set that sets the scene. Suddenly, a tape recording randomly starts playing, with what sounds like an interview with a creepy voice and a normal voice. The creepy voice says something about fear and dying by your worst fear. The camera has an over the shoulder shot looking behind the mad=n to show a hooded figure sneaking up behind him. The man turns around and sees the figure behind him and says something. The figure lunges forward exposing his scary mask and hurls the man onto the bed where he pins him down and gets out his weapon to kill the man with. This jaw dropping scene is very disturbing and left me shocked to see this man dying in such a disgusting and brutal way.
This is a scene from Silent Hill. The scene starts with a girl, looking dirty and scared walking through what looks like a abandoned hospital as the set is dirty and dark, this sets the mood and scene. She looks very disorentated and is desparate to get out.In her frantic struggle to escape, she runs into a group of nurses, these are actresses but i thought it was CGI. This scene made me feel scared for the girl as she has just run into danger. The camera angles look as if you are watching her trying to escape, like you are witnessing it happen.
This is a scene from the movie, The Unborn. First of all, the camera starts of with a pan around the scene of an exorsism. A priest is reading something holy outloud. Then suddenly strange things start happening like doors opening and wind all around the room, lights moving and groans all areound the room. The girl is squirming around, strapped into the bed. There is obviously something supernatural going on all aroud them, and this is one of the subjects that are covered in the horror genre. The girl starts having flashbacks of horrifying things she has found out about throughout the movie. The camera then moves up to show a little boy on the balcony. The girl then starts thashing around violently with the boy at her side. Soon everyone around her is being thrown around the room and one by one being taken over/possessed and killed by this boy being around. The girl is obviously in stress because of all that is happening. This scene puts you on the edge of your seat and fear for what is inside this girl and has been tormenting her.
WARNING - DO NOT WATCH VIDEOS IF YOU ARE SQUIMISH OR JUST SCARED!!!!!!!!
This scene is from the movie Boogeyman 2. Firstly, it is obvious that this is a horror film and that something bad is going to happen as the man is all alone in a room, with a light flickering in the back, this is part of the set that sets the scene. Suddenly, a tape recording randomly starts playing, with what sounds like an interview with a creepy voice and a normal voice. The creepy voice says something about fear and dying by your worst fear. The camera has an over the shoulder shot looking behind the mad=n to show a hooded figure sneaking up behind him. The man turns around and sees the figure behind him and says something. The figure lunges forward exposing his scary mask and hurls the man onto the bed where he pins him down and gets out his weapon to kill the man with. This jaw dropping scene is very disturbing and left me shocked to see this man dying in such a disgusting and brutal way.
This is a scene from Silent Hill. The scene starts with a girl, looking dirty and scared walking through what looks like a abandoned hospital as the set is dirty and dark, this sets the mood and scene. She looks very disorentated and is desparate to get out.In her frantic struggle to escape, she runs into a group of nurses, these are actresses but i thought it was CGI. This scene made me feel scared for the girl as she has just run into danger. The camera angles look as if you are watching her trying to escape, like you are witnessing it happen.
This is a scene from the movie, The Unborn. First of all, the camera starts of with a pan around the scene of an exorsism. A priest is reading something holy outloud. Then suddenly strange things start happening like doors opening and wind all around the room, lights moving and groans all areound the room. The girl is squirming around, strapped into the bed. There is obviously something supernatural going on all aroud them, and this is one of the subjects that are covered in the horror genre. The girl starts having flashbacks of horrifying things she has found out about throughout the movie. The camera then moves up to show a little boy on the balcony. The girl then starts thashing around violently with the boy at her side. Soon everyone around her is being thrown around the room and one by one being taken over/possessed and killed by this boy being around. The girl is obviously in stress because of all that is happening. This scene puts you on the edge of your seat and fear for what is inside this girl and has been tormenting her.
Friday, 22 January 2010
Music for Opening Sequence
We need quite a eeiry and strange music that gives the scene an extra edge. We will look for music that will fit on the website freeplaymusic.com
1. Floatate (2:33) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
2. Solvent (7:16) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
3. Dot Dash (4:57) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
4. Plane Break (5:27) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
5. Tectonic Shift (4:45) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
6. Apeture Set (3:33) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
7. Six Frames Missing (7:55) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
1. Floatate (2:33) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
2. Solvent (7:16) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
3. Dot Dash (4:57) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
4. Plane Break (5:27) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
5. Tectonic Shift (4:45) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
6. Apeture Set (3:33) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
7. Six Frames Missing (7:55) - Found on Ambient Figures Vol 1
Critical Anaylsis on Kyle Cooper
Kyle Cooper is the most successful modern designer of motion picture title sequences.His work includes the opening credit sequences of Seven (1995), Arlington Road (1999), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Flubber (1997), The Mummy (1999), Zoolander (2001), Spider-Man (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Across the Universe (2007), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Tropic Thunder (2008); and the video games Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004).
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". He is the founder of two internationally recognized film design companies, Imaginary Forces and Prologue Films. Cooper earned a M.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art, where he studied independently with Paul Rand. Cooper is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and holds the honorary title of Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Monday, 18 January 2010
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