Post 14 - Location research

 

 

This is a photograph of the the woods, this would be a good place for us to do our filming in as this is a place where not a lot of people usually are, also it is abandoned which implies there is no help around. 

 

This is also in the woods but this is the bridge over the pond. This part especially is very good for a horror and pond could imply danger, the girl that gets killed could be hidden in the water.

 

This is the path going into the woods, this area would be good for the very beginning as it is very spacious for titles, furthermore it is as if the girls in the film would be walking into the unknown they cannot see beyond the trees.

Post 1 - Brief

The task me and my group (Charlie and Megan) have been set is to create a titile sequence for a film, we are able to choose the genre. Me and my grouo decided on Horror as we feel we have the knowledge about this film in terms of Mise en sceen cinematography editing and sound/music. We will be working together to carry out lots of research which includes audience research to help us know what the audience want to see. We have looked alot at titles so we know about them and how to relate them to our film. Brief by DemDolphin on GoAnimate

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Planning 1 - Initial Ideas

 

 Me Megan and Charlie all worked together to plan our initial ideas through discussing and bullet pointing what we need for our title sequence. We always have lots of ideas and before this spider diagram we had another one. However there was too much so we simplified it. We have all agreed on our chosen location, which is in a forest, we decided this in the begining as we felt this is a place where a horrible even would take place. Also a good prop we thought we could use is a phone to show the inboxes from the boy they two girls are going to meet. Our genre is 'Horror' as this is the genre we had the most ideas for based on 'Mise en scene' 'Editing' 'Cinematography' 'etc.

Post 16 - Audience Analysis through Pie Charts

Results from questionnaire.

From looking at our data I make some major decisions about our title sequence. The 1st pie chart shows us that people we gave the questionaires to prefer text to have an 'Bloody effect' or 'Scratched. Only a small minorty ticked for 'plain text' so I think its important that we involve some sort of scary effect to the titles to show the films is a horror and to also suite the audiences perfered choice.

The 2nd pie chart 'Does our audience like horror films' give us confidence as we know that the majority of people to like horror films, so we made the correct choice.

The results from the 3rd pir chart is easy to notice that people prefere it to start off

Post 15 - Vox Pops

These are our vox pops. These are used as audience research to see what people prefere. These are a great way to see what people prefer or like and why. On this video we can see some people dont like horror films and some people do and they all give their reasons why. From this we are able to decide wether we are going to go againts the research and do something different or play it safe and use the things people like to see.

Post 13 - conventions of a horror

Post 11 - The Strangers

The editing here is slow paced, the shots also fade. This type of editing really pulls in the audiences focus as when it fades they have time to think ‘whats next?’ also the slow editing like ‘The exorcism of Emily Rose’ creates the calm and mysterious mood. The editing is used to transfer one shot to the next which in this case is just of houses in America.

 

The titles in this film ‘The strangers’ instantly tells us its going to be horror. The fact the coulor of the backfround is black indicates death, also the orange text reminds us of Halloween as black and orange are associated with the scary season. The titles says ‘what you are about to see is inspired by true events’ This causes a tense atmosphere for the audience as the they are worried about what they are going to see as it has been inspired by something which actually happened.

The non diegetic sound at this point of the title sequence is of a 911 call. The call seems very realistic which relates to the titles where it says its been inspired by true events as this call could be the real one. The audience would question whether it is real or not. The caller seems to not be speaker and just heavy breathing.

The cinematography here is very clever, the extreme long shot is shot through a smashed car window. The shot allows us to see the boys but also the car that looks old and now ruined. The way the window has been smashed make the audience question how did it get is heart shape? did whoever done it plan to have it shaped like that? why?



The mise en scene in this shot tells us a lot about the film. Straight away we have strong idea that it is a horror. The knife is a weapon which is usually used in horror films so from our past experiences we guess that this is the genre. The thick blood on the knife implies that this weapon wasn't used that long ago. This makes the audience question who use the knife? why? who has it injured or killed? Furthermore there is a red rose petal beside the knife which is a very strong contrast to confuse the audience. The rose petal could tell us that there was a romance but between who? This is a very good shot for the audience to be thinking about.

Post 12 - the exorcism of emily rose

Post 8 - Spiderwick chronicles

The title in this film is gold this indicates adventure as gold is associated with treasure which is what you look for when on an adventure. The font of the titles is used to create the theme of magic which is the theme of the film. This shows the type of audience this filmed towards which is the younger generation. The title appears through the branches and is relevant as the letters have a tree branch look about them; also the end of the ‘R’ has small branches grown from it, which relates to the trees that surround the house. The trees are also an indicator the film has something to do with nature, and the title ‘Spiderwick’ foreshadows the film will have some kind of involvement with a spider and insects.

The cinematography creates the meaning of discovery in this shot the camera is places behind a magnify glass. The shot allows us to see the top half of the fairy, and is in focus just on the fairy. The audiences response to this shot would be shock, these reason for this is because we get to see something extraordinary because of this medium close up. The shot highlight the main attribute in this shot, which is the fairy, this link to mise en scene as the shot makes us look at the fairy.

 

The mise en scene in this shot reveals a lot about the character and the film. The cluttered room creates the feeling the man in this shot could be a hoarder, not wanting to let any of his exploration equipment go. Also we gather the man has something to do with making discoveries because of the pictures around the room, the working desk etc. The costume implies that this film was set in the early 20^th century, which would answer any questions as to why his equipment is old.

 

This is the very first shot of the film and already the music is playing, at this point we hear low strings being played then a harp being played, this indicates the sense of discovery as it changes for low sounds to high. Harps are usually associated with magic and fairy tale films. This would make the audience wonder whether this film is going to have a happy ending like the traditional fairy tale films.

The editing in the opening sequence at this point is very fast paced. This creates the idea the man we have seen is working fast trying to work out what it is he’s just saw (the fairy). Also the fast paced editing doesn’t allow the audience to understand the information which is being put across. This would make the audience slightly confused and question ‘what is he doing?’ ‘what does that mean?’ This makes the audience think ahead as to what he is doing.

Post 9 - convntions of a title sequence

The conventions of a title sequence is that they all have a distributor. Depending on the type of film the distributor will differ. From watching films in the past I realised that many films which is mainly targeted towards older children use the distribute ‘paramount’ this is a very well known distributor who take many films under there name and advertise them. Many films I have watched which have the distributor ‘paramount’ are usually in my opinion good so I can pre -judge by the distributor whether its going to be a good quality film or not. The films ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’ and ‘Bridget Jone’s diary’ both have the distributor ‘Paramount’ ‘Fun Size’ and ‘Flight’ also use the distributor  ‘Paramount’ The films are all aimed for any one above the age of 10 as younger kids may not understand.

In scary films it is conventional for the production/film to come first for example in the films ‘The exorcist’ ‘The sixth sense’ and ‘A nightmare on Elm street’ This happens. This could show that this is the most important part as they are the makers of the film and more involved in the making of it. Also the order the actors come up on the screen imply that these particular names will play the main characters. In all three cases of the horror films this is correct. They all have this which could also show they are big film stars and usually if there name is on its own is like that so the audience can notice the big movie stars that are in the film.

 The titles creativity is conventional in the three horror/thriller films I have looked at. The three films I have looked at are ‘Dreamcatcher’ ‘Se7en’ and ‘Silent hill’ they show there creativity through the shots and editing used. In ‘Dreamcatcher’ and ‘Silent Hill’ there is clear computerised work which the tiles are shown over. The use of this shows the creativity as they are using all the possible aspects they can. The film ‘Se7en’ uses many extreme close ups and close up in the title sequence. This shows the creativity as they are deliberately using them shots to hide certain things from the audience. The shots that are used in ‘Se7en’ are also very creative in themselves, as the objects used are different and relate to the film which makes the audience think that the film is going to be very different