Our Animatic

Typography FINAL Idea

This is our final idea for typography. We have chose this because as "he" has a scrapbook of cut out pictures of a girl we thought this would be appropriate as the letters look like they have been cut out.

PLANNING - Production Brief

• Production Brief: To create the titles and opening of a new fiction film
• Project name: Seized
• Length: 90 secs - 2 mins
• Deadline: Friday 11th February
• Group Members and there rolls: Emily - Actor, editor. Daisy - Director, editor. Sophie - Camera woman, breathing sounds, editor. Sarah - Camera woman, editor.
• Brief overview of content: Mum and Daughter live alone as Dad left when Daughter was born. Mum finds a new boyfriend who is a police detective, however he is not getting any recognition at work. Because of this he decided to kidnap his girlfriends daughter as the daughter doesnt like him. By doing this he will solve the case himself and get more recognition from work. However, his girlfriend, the daughters mother finds out what is going on and tells the police which leads to the detective loosing his job and being sent to prision.
• Target audience: Both Genders 15+
• Possible scheduling publishing suggestions: December 2010
• How will you test that whether the product is successful? How will you check that it accomplishes the intended effect: We could produce a questionnaire about the ideas we have for our film and see the feedback we get, also we could produce a film trailer to see how much recognition the film gains.
• What generic codes and conventions will be operating in your text: We plan to use as many codes and conventions we can in our title sequence. We will show the details of all the important cast and crew, being presented in order of importance, the films title, intro to character type, info regarding mood and tone, info on genre, questions that the viewer find intriguing, patterns and type of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film and Mise-en-Scene and cinematoraphy that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.
• Identify any resource constrains that might affect your production and your hopes for your product: I think the main thing we have to keep under control is the amount of time we use for our title sequence, this is because there is so much to do in a little time. To gain the equipment that we need shouldnt be a problem because we can get it all from school and all we need to film our title sequence is a video camera and tripod. I also dont think money will be an issue as we dont have to pay any money to use the areas we want to and some of the filming will take place in school.

Journal - 13th December 2010

In todays lesson we decided that it would be a very good time to start our storyboards to finalise our ideas for our title sequence. We managed to complete the first half of our storyboard and plan to finish the rest of it on Wednesday 15th December. Other things we decided to do on Wednesday are to take our surveillance camera photographs to start creating our kidnappers journal also we have decided that we would finish our planning brief and treatment.

Typography Ideas?

Here are some ideas I thought that might work well with our ideas of our film title sequence.

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I think this type of typography may work well with out style of film because as the font fades out at the bottom could connote the idea of been taken.

2.

Here is another type of typography that we could use as it l

ooks like someones handwritting which could be bring a personal theme to the film.

3.

I liked this type of font as it looks like the white parts are rope? I think this would also work well as it goes with the genre of our film.

Codes and Conventions of a film title sequence

• Details of Cast and Crew
• The film's Title
• An Introduction to character or a character type
• Indication of place
• Indication of Historical period
• Information regarding mood and tone
• Introduction to signature theme tune
• Information about Genre
• Questions that the viewer find intriguing
• Patterns and type of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film.
• Mise-en-Scene and cinematoraphy that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.

Wednesday 8th December

In todays lesson as a group we decided to finish all the things we needed to have on our blogs by our deadline of 6pm tonight. I managed to have this finished in our lesson and have it posted on my blog ready to be checked by my teacher. In next weeks lesson we have decided to start cracking down on our writing down all ideas and turning them into our storyboard so we can then hopefully start filming.

Research on Film Institutions

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In this powerpoint presentation I have researched on many different well known film institutions and as a group we decided on the company we want to use to produce/distribute our film - this is also presented in this powerpoint.

Research on Horror and Action Genre

Research into the genre of HOOOORRRRRROOOOORRRR!!
Here is a video I thought was interesting. Have a watch....



Typical elements in a horror film:
- Weapons E.G knifes

- Murderers

- Aliens

- Unknown creatures

- Woods

- Old cabbins

- Haunted houses

- Ringing telephones

- People wearing masks

- The element of things making the audience jump

- Teenagers

- Death and violence

- A girl who gets around

- A girl normally survives till the end

- Lamposts

- Dark alleys

- Strange children

- Characters wearing scary masks

- A couple

- Being trapped

- A girl wearing white to connote that she is pure and innocent

... And the list goes on forever

Here are some common emotional and physical reactions of the characters in the film:

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Most horror films follow the Situation, Problem, Resolution model.

1. State of equilibrium at outset

2. A disruption of the equilibrium by some action

3. a recognition that there has been a disruption

4. An attempt to repair disruption

5. A reinstatement of the equilibrium

Even though there may be characters that die in some horror films this model still occurs throughout most horror films.

I found this wesite which tells you all the elements of a horrow film. Click Here to view it.

NOW: I am going to look into the genre of Action

Here is an action film trailer of 'The Dark Knight'.

Typical Elements in a Action film

- Good guy

- Bad guy

- Fast cars

- Money

- Kidnapping

- Gangs

- Dark streets

- Different countries

- Weapons

- War?

- Strong male hero

- Big explosions

- Stunts

- Good looking girls

... And the list goes on.

QUOTE: Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases. Story and character development are generally secondary to explosions, fist fights, gunplay and car chases. Action films have wide commercial appeal and typically enjoy box office success. The action film revolves around a hero or heroes and the obstacles their character(s) must overcome. While action has long been an element of films, the "action film" as a genre of its own began to develop in the 1970s. The genre is closely linked with the thriller and adventure film genres, and it may sometimes have elements of spy fiction and espionage.

Monday 6th December

In todays lesson we were told our final deadlines which where set.

This date was: WEDNESDAY 8TH DECEMBER.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MEET DEADLINE!:

- Items 1-6 of Research evidence.

- Item 1 of Planning Evidence

- Item 8 of Planning Evidence

- All homework set so far

- Continuity Piece loaded to blog.

Foundation portfolio tick list updated

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