Individual Analysis of Title sequences.

Title sequences are used for various different ways, such as establishing the theme of the film and may be used as a summary of Narrative which is related to the film.

Dexter

The first three frames of the film are shocking and relate to the film itself, for example the sequences show a mosquito landing on a man's arm to feed on his blood for sustinance. The man then slaps the mosquito with his hand. Which ties in the themes of the film, which is death.

ZombieLand

Zombieland's credits start at 2.47, involves the words of the people who are involved with the film, such as director/producer etc. in bright red bold letters. The red bold letters are portrayed in different cultures to have different meanings, such has blood, death and fear. The blood is a massive influence throughout Zombieland, and is used throughout to indicate danger. The images behind the titles show signs of destruction in the immediate environment. It also connects with popular culture by making a cameo appearance of Al Pacino from Scarface.

Hot fuzz

Another good example of a film that uses a their title sequences to portray the theme of the film to come is Hot Fuzz. Which is a Comedy involving two police officers trying to track down the suspicious deaths in their village of salford. The credits show the salford police badge, establishing the film title and the setting of the film. 

Individual analysis of Genre.

Horror

Horror, is a genre of film which is depicted by it's lighting, theme and acting. The main concepts of the film are such things as Dark lighting creating shadows within the film. 

Themes

Themes within horror can be such things like Supernatural or Psychological themes. The themes within horror may deal with peoples fears, such as a fear of spiders in the movie 8 legged freaks (2002)  The film depicts a story where spiders have grown to astronomical size and prey on human beings, this can alert the viewer and prey on their fear of spiders and cause a feeling of discomfort.

Films may also prey on other things such as the supernatural in which an alien operation to take over the earth ensues such as what is shown in War of the worlds, where the Earth is under attack from alien forces of the unknown which is not known until the ending of the film. 

Stereotypical things which can be shown within the horror genre is things such as Zombies, vampires and cannibals.

Horror movies first came around with the creation of silent short films within the 1890s by the pioneer Georges Méliès who's first depiction of horror films was the silent short The Haunted Castle.

Lighting

Lighting within horror films is generally dark and depressing, grasping the viewer and showing some sort of unknown danger within the darkness. This makes the viewer think and wonder what is in the darkness. Films which have dark lighting usually have sadistic themes, such as SAW films or Hostel, where there is a  serial killer on the loose killing people to no succesion of the police.

Other films which in my opinion use lighting well are supernatural films, such as Alien vs. Predator, in which the darkness can indicate imminent danger, unknown danger however imminent.

Basic Script .1

Basic Script

Murderer  M

Girl 1     G

Boy 1      B

B: G, is this yours?

G: What is it?

B: this creepy ass book I found in the garage

G: Sounds more like M’s to be honest.

B: Oh right, is she upstairs?

G: yrh I think so, don’t worry ill give it her

(g walks upstairs with book and finds M in her room unpacking a box with music playing really loudly)

G: Oi turn that racket off

M: dude you love this song!

G: I know, is this yours?

M: No, but I want it so it is now

G: okay then enjoy your creepy book

M: I will don’t worry

G: (laughs) im off out for a bit, do you need anything?

M: no I’m good

G: ok ill be back in like 2 hoursish

(M waves G as she leaves the room. She opens the book and gets a paper cut that drips blood onto the page, she puts the finger she cut into her mouth to stop it from bleeding, she puts the book on the floor and walks over to the bath room. Camera stays focused on book where you see the blood disappearing into the pages)

-int- ( M is in the bathroom and washes the blood of her hand, the room starts to go blury for her, she falls to the floor and starts convulsing as she gets possessed. The camera acts like a mirror and you see M’s hand reach for the sink, as she stands she looks different and smiles at the camera.)

-off camera- B: M! come help me with these other boxes

(M walks out of the bathroom and towards the living room where you see B struggling with the boxes. CU of door in focus with living room out of focus, M closes the door)

B: hey, you okay? Whats wrong, wait what are you doing? M seriously this isn’t funny stop please wait! – silence –

(Throughout this line, the camera will back away from the door and will show shots of other parts in the house ending with a floor shot of the book open in M’s room. You see her running back into the room covered in blood and picks up the book smiling then stares directly into the camera. Camera shakes and then goes to black)

(M is sitting on the sofa holding the book and staring into nothingness when you hear the door unlock, she looks towards the living room door)

G: I’m back! But I’m having a bath, cause I can since this is our new house. –pauses- Hello?! Anyone here?

(walks past living room and goes into bath room and starts running bath)

G: seriously have you all died while I’ve been out?

(walks into living room)

G: M? Why are you sitting in the dark? – waits for M’s response?- The fuck is wrong with you? Where’s B?

(M slowly starts to stand and smiles sadistically) 

(Cuts to clips of M dragging B’s unconscious body across the back garden, B starts to regain consciousness)

B: -faintly- M please stop.

(M grabs B by the neck and holds her up against the fence and strangles her. Cu of B’s eyes until they close. M throws B over the fence)

(Cuts back to living room with M and G)

M: there was a slight incident, I don’t think B’s going to be back anytime soon.

G: what is wrong with you?

M: Me? Nothing’s wrong with me. I am enlightened towards everything now.

G: I don’t understand.

M: why would you? You are nothing at all. That’s why.

G: The fuck? You need help you psyco.

M:You need more help than I do

(pulls out knife from behind her back)

G: why are you doing this?

M: Don’t worry because you’re my favourite I’ll give you a head start , I’ll count to three.

G: M seriously

M: 1

G: what the fuck?

M: 2

G: (Starts backing out of the room) Your sick!

M: (smiles) 3

G: ( runs toward the bathroom and tries to close the door)

M: (pushes door open and G backs up towards the bath)

G: Can’t we talk about this?

M: There’s nothing to talk about this is it

( Shows G holding a deodorant can behind her back, M starts walking towards her and G attempts to spray her in the eyes with the spray. M ducks out of the way and grabs G by the throat and pushes her into the bath holding her under the water, G struggles and manages to break free of M for a second until she regains her grip and then smashes her head on the sink, you see the blood spilling out into the water)

( M walks back towards the living room and picks up the book again, the shot focuses on her hand and then moves to her face where there is blood coming out of her eyes. She screams and falls to the floor. --- A hand reaches down and picks up the book. She has the same symbol that’s on the fron t of the book on her hand. Cuts to black.

----- CREDITS-------

Screen black. Title—3 weeks later

AA: It’s a lovely house, big spacious garden and plenty of room inside.

(Hand reaches towards door handle and you see it has the book symbol on it –high pitched noise) fades to black)

Companies intros on film

Due to the fact we are going to try and make our film look as professional as possible, i have looked at other production companies logos which are then animated and put onto the beginning of films.

They have their trade make logos as well as their animated openings which are iconic and easily recognised.

Hopefully we will be able to create something that looks this professional and iconic.

Story Boarding

Story barding is when you draw out the shots that are going to be in your film. They go in a sequence from start to finish and involve the direction of movement as well as camera operations.
Drawing basic story boards show whats going to happen in the simplest form for example:

These sort of mood boards usually contain stick figures or cartoons, it gives an easy representation of whats going to happen with out going into intense detail.

Some story boards are hand drawn and incredibly detailed for instance:

These are very easy to follow and you know exactly what is going to be seen in each shot.

However this detailed style of drawing is very time consuming but also gives a good finished piece of work

Some people opt for doing computerised story boards:

These story boards add colour to the scenes and give an impression what the shot will genuinely look like on screen.

This link will take you to a youtube channel the focuses on the different elements needed to make a good storyboard.

Also here is a youtube video of a man explaining the importance of different elements of story boarding.

Stand still logo.

idea for animating logo.

We have decided to expand on our logo idea, we have our basic static image and are now experimenting on how to make it more exciting.
We have started animating our logo so that the goldfish rides his tricycle we are then going to add the words "goldfish on a tricycle:" to trail after him as he rides, and then we will add a squeaky wheel noise to it as well. 

Soundtrack Idea.

For our film we want to create our own music containing covers and original music. 
We have decided to cover Panic by Pretty Reckless, Nightlife by Green day and also featuring an original song by a member of our group, Stars by black echo. 
We have decided to do this because it will add our own personal spin on our film and also will make it seem more professional over all because this way we can then produce an official soundtrack for our film. 

Basic step by step for film.

This is the first draft of a step by step guide to whats going to happen throughout our film. This is most likely going to change through development however this is our basic concept which we are going to work back into it and rework. 

Propp's theory of Narrative.

Valdimir  Propp was a russian intellectual who argued that fairy tales should be studied and compared by examining their most basic plot components. By this logic all movie plots have 8 characters in which they are distinguished, these 8 characters are; Villain, Hero, Donor. Helper, Princess, Father, Dispatcher and False Hero.

The Villain: is the main antagonist within the movie, most commonly referred to as the bad guy and the hero's enemy. Usually whom is usually evil.

The Hero: is the main protragonist of the movie, whom is usually motivated by something, such as money or love. The hero does not have to be heroic in the way most people understand.

Donor: The donor, sometimes known as a companion provides the hero with some kind of magical property.

The helper: Who aids the singer.

The princess: Reward for the hero, and object of the villains schemes. Again this is not necessarily a damsel in distress the princess can be male.

Her father: who rewards the villain, does not necessarily have to be the father of the female character, can be an institution or government. Or in the case of Harry Potter; Albus Dumbledore.

Dispatcher: The person who sends the hero on his way and sends him in the right direction.

The false Hero: A character who appears the end of the movie who claims to be the hero.