The Resistance

This is our finished opening.

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Evaluation Question 1

Completed Our Opening Sequence

We have finished editing our opening sequence, we put all the credits in and it looked really well and also the music created the correct atmosphere for the movie  as it really shows the genre, we did have some trouble with sound but we got it sorted out, I've very happy with the work that we have accomplished.

Sound

For the sound that we're going to use in our opening, we decided to use websites that have copyright free music, so that we don't get into trouble, we found very good sound clips that matched our videos. But we have to make sure that our movie is completely finished so that we don't need to redo it if the sound doesn't match. Sound will be completed tomorrow.

Putting Our Titles

In today's lesson we created the titles for the opening, we had a few issues as the "LiveType" was very slow to load, but it got the job done, when we fist made the titles and inserted them into the video we found out that the text appeared to be very quickly so we had to recreate them but make them much more slower so that the viewer is able to view them.

Progress 20/03/13

Our clips have been edited, now we're working on the audio and the titles (text), due to the macs not loading the program we couldn't work on the titles so we started to work on the audio, our teacher said not to edit any of the audio with the video, because if she felt that we might need to edit the clips we have to edit the audio again so it saves us time.

Opening Credits Order

• Name of the studio - Shows the name of the studio that is distributing the movie

• Name of the production company -Name of the company that actually made the movie

• Producer name -The people that directed the move, or it can show who wrote the story for the film

• Films title -This shows the logo of the movie

• Featuring - This shows the really well known actors so that people know its a high budget movie in some cases

• Cast - This shows the rest of the actors that are in the move

• Music - This shows who composed the move music for the move, well knows composers can be look very well in the credits

• Production design- This is the person who takes care of how the move looks and the design of things.

Editing Day 2

Today me and libby started to edit our opening. The first thing we did was continue to rename our footage and then we started to pick which clips we're going to use, I was very happy with the results as we got a lot done. At the same time we started to brainstorm ideas for sound and the effects that we're going to be using.

Credit Sequence

I will analyse the opening sequence for the move 17 again i will be looking at the credit they use, the reason for this is so that i can gain some ideas when I'm going to make my own credits.

17 again opens in a very creative way as its showing a yearbook with the students pictures when they were in school going along with the whole theme of being 17 again, it shows the people in the credits and what they looked like in school at the age of 17.

ART of the Title

The Art of the opening title in a movie is very important, and what makes the title is the colour, font animation and how it represents the movie and if it matches the genre or not. The title is one of the first thing that the viewer is going to see, so it has to be attractive for the viewer to continue watching the movie, so first impressions are very important.

As you can see for the movie Back to the future the test that says "Back" scrolls backwards and then "To the future" fades below it, at the same time the entire text is glowing in neon to give it the time travelling feel. Also the sound you can hear is clocks ticking in the background to go with the theme of time travelling. 

Movie title

As a group we all agreed on the name of our film to be "The Resistance" as it made the most sense out of the list that we created for our potential film names, the reason we called it The Resistance because at the end of the movie the girl is trying to resist getting killed and her hand is grabbing on.

Thoughts on progress

I think that we are doing good as a group, we have filmed everything that we needed we have started to create our logo and the credits, we just need to start on sound and finish editing our clips.

Making Our Movie title

Today Me and libby started to create our title for our opening sequence, we picked the movie title "The Resistance" we played around with the affects and changed the colours to Red to risible blood.

Editing And Sorting Out The Videos

In today's lesson we continued to sort out the videos seeing which ones were good and which ones we needed to re shoot we wrote down a list to make sure we get everything done when we go and shoot again , we also started to edit our clips as we need to show what we have produced to the class this Thursday.

Title Sequences

The first title that i will be looking at is Friday the 13th move title, the color is all red to emphasize blood and danger, also it has its own font to create that unique look, another thing that i found is that all the letters are capital to make it stand out.

For the second title that I looked at is "The Ring" as you can see it uses a white text and a font that looks like it been hand written with a circle around the ring as in the the is inside a ring, a thing that i found is that all the letters are small letters to make it seem like its been written by a kid.







For the third title that i looked at is "Paranormal Activity" they use red text with all capital letters with a shadow of all the letters in the background to make it seem like a static effect which is used a lot in the movies, and also the use of the colour read identifies that it's a horror film as red usually means danger,blood,evil.

Editing Our Footage Day 1

We put all the clips that we filmed on to Final cut pro, to see how our footage flowed when it was played all together,  we found out that some clips were not as good as we thought so we have to re shoot them, also we changed the titles of the clips just to make editing easier so that we know what clip is what by the time to save up time.

Filming day 26/01/2013

Today on the 26/01/2013 me, Rosie and Libby filmed our opening sequence, we had the help from Rosie's 3 friends to act in the opening, the opening took as hours to filmed, we used  Rosie's cabin as our location, we followed the story bored but we had to adjust a few changes as we filmed. I feel as if we did a good job today we followed the story bored pretty well and got everything done. I think think that we could of filmed a few more shots just encase we needed them when we start editing.

Questionnaire Results

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For the results that I have achieved  it has given me a better idea of what people like and what they dislike so I can keep that in mind when I create my opening. for example 9/10 of the people that i asked both boys and girls don't watch British films and 6/10 people think that the horror genre is good.

Research: Audience Questioner

This is the questioner that i made which i will be using to gain the answers to complete my research.

• Question 1: What is your gender?

• Question 2: Do you watch movies?

• Question 3: What's your favorite movie genre?

• Question 4: How do you watch movies?

• Question 5: What is your age?

• Question 6: Do you watch British films?

• Question 7: What do you think of the horror genre?

Using this questioner i will ask my peers in the 6th form do gain some feedback on what films they like watching and also to see if the genre I picked is popular or not. I will be asking 5 boys and 5 girls to have a balanced questioner.

Research On Genre: Action

I will be doing my research on action genre.

Themes:

• War                     
• Murder
• Fights
• Police 
• Villain and hero
• Car chase 
• Prison 
• Spy's
• Disasters 
• Gangs

Horror Sub Genre:

• Comedy action 
• Martial arts
• Sci-fi action
• Superhero movies
• Disaster films
• Spy films

Settings:

• Police station 
• Hood
• high ways 
• Islands
• City's
• Most action films use very interesting locations where the characters have to survive  with extremes of climate, as well as evil forces. this was it makes the film more interesting for the audience and to keep them on the edge of their seat.but at the same time the locations have to be realistic.

Characters: 

• With the research that i have done i have found out that certain characters are the main way that people recognize the movie.
• The Terminator a futristic assassin
• John Rambo, a troubled Vietnam War veteran
• Darth Vader as the main protaginist in the star wars films
• 007 as james bond 
• Batman the superhero

Music/Sound:

• Sound is very important as it creates the correct atmosphere you would hear this all depends on the scene so for example if its a car chase you would want quick music to engage the audience or if its a sad moment for example a characters dies you would have sad music to reflect the emotions. 

Research On Genre: Horror

I will be doing my research on horror genre.

Themes:

• Physiological                            
  
• Murder
• Suspense
• Supernatural 
• Dark 
• Religion 

Horror Sub Genre:

• Comedy horror 
• Psychological horror
• Slasher film
• Zombie film
• Science Fiction horror 
• Gothic horror 

Settings:

• Psychiatric hospital 
• Haunted house
• School haunted house 
• Woods 
• Abandoned warehouses 
• Ghost towns 
• Ships
• Isolated islands 
• Abandoned schools 
• Castles
• Caves

Lighting:

• Most horror movies are shot at night with as many people fear the night/dark also most horror movies are dark to create a scary atmosphere. 
• Some films are shot in black and white so they focus on all the dark colors, so for example a man face could be hiding because of the shadows.  

Camera movement:

• Handheld camera movements is used  when they want to create the effect of being in the charecters shoes to give the first person view, the movement is very shaky. 
• For a horror movie they use allot of jump cuts to create a fast cuts to create a jump factor or to get a reaction out of the audience.

Characters: 

• With the research that i have done i have found out that certain characters are the main way that people recognize the movie.
• Chucky from (Child's Play) is a killer doll
• Jigsaw from Saw is a psychological torturer
• Michael Myers is a slasher that kills with his knife
• Freddy krueger is a undead dream demon who can enter people's dreams and kills them
• Dracula a classic vampire killer

Music/Sound:

• Sound is very important as it creates the correct atmosphere you would hear screeching violins or crashing chords, you would hear dark and ominous, also the sound would be fast to increase suspense and audience engagement.

Opening Sequence 4: Saw 7

Movie: Saw 7

Theme: Torture, psychopathic, gore

Plot: 2 men wake up in a trapped room with a girl hanging in the sealing in the middle of the city, normal day people start to notice that they are trapped and that saw blades are right next to them, the main evil antagonist jigsaw has made them play a death match to survive.

Camera movement: lots of use of close up to show the characters feeling in more detail.

Characters: the characters that are shown are defenceless and helpless as people are watching them survive from the traps

Sound: You can hear the crowd and the people that are trapped screaming from the horror.

Lighting: As its set in the city, its very bright which is very unusual for a horror film

How it will relate to my opening: I like how it uses close ups to see the agony and disperser the characters are going through as their lives are on the line.

Opening Sequence 3: The Ring

Movie: The Ring

Theme: Physiological, thriller, dark, madness

Plot: A girl is in a house with the TV switching on right after she turns it off, she thinks its a prank that her friend is pulling on her, she later goes up to where her friend is but ends up dying.

Camera movement: Uses very slow camera movement to create suspense for the viewer

Characters: the characters that are shown are very afraid and helpless this is showing representation of women in horror movies.

Sound: You can hear the crowd and the people that are trapped screaming from the horror.

Lighting: Its set in a house so you can see everything but they've use a filter to make it more dark. also you can see a lot of shadows that create suspense

How it will relate to my opening: I like how it uses close ups to see the emotions in the characters face, and the use of shadows.

Opening Sequence 2: A Nightmare On Elm Street

Movie: A Nightmare On Elm Street

Theme: Physiological, thriller, dark, madness, dream, religion

Plot: A girl is having a dream. in the dream she's lost, confused as she's running around having no clue where she is, and a mysteriousness killer is after her. she gets a cut in the dream and after she wakes up she has the cut in real life.

Camera movement: uses very slow camera movement to create suspense for the viewer, and it also uses panning, and close ups to show you the knives and and killers chosen killing tool in more detail.

Characters: the characters that are shown are very afraid and helpless this is showing representation of women in horror movies, and you could also see that the girl is religious as after she wakes up she grabs the cross on the wall. 

Sound: You can very spooky music, reason for this is to build up the atmosphere

Lighting: The opening is set in a dream so its pretty dark, this shows lots of shadows.

How it will relate to my opening: I like how it uses music to build up the atmosphere i think the music chose for this opening is perfect, so i'll make sure that the music that gets picked for my opening is just as good.

Opening Sequence 1: Scream

Movie: Scream

Theme: Physiological, thriller, dark, slasher, killer,

Plot: A girl is home alone when she gets a call from killer, she thinks its a prank but later on the killer goes inside the house the girl starts panicking as he's dressed up in a costume holding a knife.

Camera movement: uses very slow camera movement to create suspense for the viewer, also used a lot of mid and close ups.

Characters: the characters that are shown are very afraid and helpless this is showing representation of women in horror movies, as the character cant defend for her self in the opening ends up getting killed by character wearing the mask.

Sound: You can very spooky music, reason for this is to build up the atmosphere, they also they slow camera movement with music to make the audience jump.

Lighting: The opening is set in a in the house then later on outside at night so its mostly dark with a lot of shadows.

How it will relate to my opening: I like how it uses music to with slow camera movement to make the audience jump, I think that it's a really good technique and its something that I want to use.

Final Idea

Final idea-
Theme: Horror/ thriller

Plot: A group of friends go to stay at a log cabin in the middle of nowhere to have a birthday party. They are chatting and eating around a fire and one of the friends goes outside to get more firewood. Soon after the group inside hear screams and chopping noises. The remaining three friends all look at each other in horror and go to peer outside the door to investigate. One girl’s leg gets grabbed and a hood is put over her head which muffles her screams. One of the friends tries to pull her back inside but fails.

Narrative: Classical narrative structure (Todorov) incorporating binary opposites- good v. evil (Strauss)

Characters: Primary characters- one boy, three girl (the survivors/ one girl who is taken)

First victim (Girl) Takers (1 person)

Setting: Cabin at Box hill 

Mise-En-Scene: Dark, shadows, fire lit. 

Representation: Men and Women in Horror Movies

In horror movies women are usually seen as the weak characters that get attracted by the monster/killer where they always need to be rescued by the men who are seen as the heroes in the horror genre, but that is not the case in all horror movies as some movies like "scream" where the main protagonist is a girl by the name sidney she's the final girl that the killer faces as she last till the end of the film, this shows that females can be represented as strong characters that can take care of them selves. But if the main protagonist is a male they end up getting killed, also in horror movies they have sets of groups where you have the girls and  the boys, most of the boys and girls are just there to be killed. Men are usually the bad guys or the killers as they seem to have the most power but in some films they have a twist where they make the viewer thing its a man the whole time but it tends up being a girl to give the shock value.

Research Into Similar Media Text: Camera

Paranormal activity 3 uses very shakey camera work as it try's to give the audience the experience of viewing the movie from a first person view to give it a more realistic feeling and to build up atmosphere as you're viewing it from the actors prospective. you also get to hear the voice of the actor very well so what they're feeling translates very well, so that the audience get to put in the actors shoes. seeing footsteps or seeing something move from a first person view only adds in the realism and builds tension massively, this is one of the main reason that Paranormal activity is so successful. 

Target Audience: Horror

Since this film is based on the genre of horror, the paranormal film will be built on a basis to form suspense, to create intense moments and build up with many thrill-like scenes throughout the film, that produces both a sense of fear; intense horror within a person, yet excitement at the same time. Research has shown that people who watch horror movies seek thrill motions, but also gain excitement from it, it’s the horror that makes the movie terrifying but exciting at the same time. Therefore, the general target audience would range from 15-24 year old males, as they are generally the more masculine audience who seek and watch the movies that are more action packed or contain more terrifying experiences, the movies are built and set to specify towards the general young adult male, because of the content within it. Whilst this isn’t entirely accurate as whiles society grow, figures have shown a huge increase in females attending to watch horror movies, even sometimes exceeding the male viewers, this illustrates that because of the content within a horror movie: The scenes that send shocks down your spine and the thrill that keeps you at the edge of your chai; yet the character development and overall excitement gained from the movie is targeted at the young adults in the world, as stated ranging from 15-24 years old.

Research Into Similar Media Text: Editing

In the movie "The forth kind" they use a lot of static TV editing to transition scenes, also they're using the camera to record the victims so its a perfect complement, the use standard white text it slowly fades away and a new text takes its place.

Location Pictures

The location of my opening would be in my friends house as that's what I based my plot on, his house is big and perfect for the opening, it has everything that i need to shoot the opening, as you can see below.

I also think if the movie was shot at night it would create a much better atmosphere for the movie, as its big so we could use many camera angle due to having a lot of space and freedom.

Storyboard

Here is my storyboard showing each frame and what's happening in each and the shots I'll be using. 

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My Idea

A family was killed almost a 20 years ago and there were reports of the house being haunted. No one has moved in or gone near the house until some teenagers moved in for their friends Ryan's 18th birthday. They have to either leave, die, or find some possible way to find the thing the family is look for, the family wont stop till they kill everyone that enters their house.