Title Sequence Cinema Premiere

We have went to 'The screen on the green' to watch our title sequence in the Cinema.

I've also managed to get some feed back from our peers...

Planning - Our New Layout

My group has decided to make the background a horror theme to go with our genre. As you can see the 'possessed' girl in the middle implies what our title sequence could be about, which it does as our storyline is a about a possessed girl. The dull and dark look to indicate danger.

Evidence of Signing off Filming

Last Day of Editing (Huseyin Burcak)

 Today is the last day of editing and everyone is panicing. We was told that our film opening is good however too short so we needed to add a few more scenes. In this image Cheinaz is going through scenes that could be added to our film opening. We are also altering the motions and the effects of the new scenes so it fits with the rest.

Cheinaz is using many editing skills such as effects and filters. Making most scenes dull to go with the genre, horror. Also using bin window to view the scenes before using them. We are struggling a bit as the font website is in maintenance so we still have the title and title sequences to put up on the scenes, meanwhile we are carrying on editing.

PITCH Evaluaion

                                    PITCH EVALUATION

• I have taken into consideration the feedback for our pitch and came up with 3 things which can improve our film opening.

     The 3 targets we came up with...

• Stick to the production schedule no excuses as we are all free on the days chosen and we should attend all the time to finish filming as soon as possible. The longer we have for editing the film opening.
• Use all the props mentioned in our pitch. Might be difficult to find some but we need to try.
• Finishing on time, this may be difficult as the weather is unpredictable. Some scenes may take longer as we need a clear sunny day.
  

Planning- Production Schedule 2

Production Schedule 2

This is our Production Schedule for this Week for Monday 13th December onwards until Sunday.

Blogging Health Check (Response)

                                  Blogging Health Check

• To improve I need to post more blogs as i only have 37.
• My blogs need to be more detailed.
• I also need to show more evidence of our filming and editing 
• This time i actually need to do what it says in the blogging health check

Blogging Health Check 2

Blogging Health Check 2

• I understand and happy that i have kept up with my blogging tasks.
• I will detail my production schedule, we will keep up and always update our production schedule.
• In my production schedule, i will use a different format.
• In my final storyboard, i will ad more pictures to give a better understanding to the viewer.
• I will add more detail to my title credits.

Planning- Title Credits (Khamroul)

What will it look like?

Our genre is a Horror/Thriller so the text will be really simple and will mainly stay the colour black/ Red/Green, because those are the colours you really symbolise with.

A type face is a particular design for a specific genre, so we will be using Alien Glow, for example: 

This gives a Horror type feeling which is what we will need to convey to our audience, on the left there is a gloomy effect, however on the right there is a red effect, this may imply blood and violence.

How will the title credits integrate? 

The text will fade in and eventually fade out, followed by another title credit doing the same thing. As it fades in the text will be buffering adding a bit of tension in the atmosphere. The title credit will contain the colours Red/Black. However as it fades out, there will be a glowy effect presented.

Template of our titles

This will be our sub-headings or main titles throughout the title sequence, the esign of the word 'Footsteps', hopefully will match our film opening.

 And this will be the small text under the sub-headings and main titles throughout the title sequence, this is to notify the viewers the cast and crew also the creators of the title sequence/film.

Planning - Change in character

In my group, originally, Cheinaz Cordeiro was going to be the main protagonist however, due to typical horror conventions. We have decided that because Cheinaz was medium skin tone which isn't generally the skin colour of the protagonist in horror films, and as we have already challenged two social stereotypes one being the female being the protagonist and two the males being the victim, we decided a white skin person is more preferred. This meant that she went on a look out and decided that my friend (Alice Pola) who fits the codes and conventions of a 'pale' girl, will make our title sequence more successful, therefore in our title sequence you will see a pale group.

Planning: Overview of Locations

We used the toilets for our protagonist to commit suicide as it would have made it more realistic, this was effective as making the scene dark caught the audiences eye. We filmed this scene as so there was cctv footage at the corner of the room (looking only at the sink).









A great thing about this location is it is very close to the college giving us more time to record more footage in a shorter space of time. This setting is perfect and fits in well with the genre of horror, where our protagonist (Alice Pola) enters the scene.

This will be an effective setting as the editing of the scene being black and white will make the effects stand out.

Evidence of Signing of Film.

This is where our group ticked of the finish of signing of films.

Planning - After Effects Ident.

ROYAL PRO INSTITUTION.

I decided to use a house colour themes of dull and dark colours in my logo such as red and black to evoke a dangerous atmosphere towards the audience. This draws the audience in and makes them want to find out more information. The cracks also add a feel of hell which ties in well with the genre of horror. I have really enjoyed creating a possible logo for our film. In my opinion, i think that this would be a good partnership with our distribution company.

Pitch Evalution

PITCH EVALUATION

From the feedback we have received, I have taken deep thought into this, as there were a lot of questions asked to us especially how I should improve and we will have to meet this.

We have come up with 3 targets:

1. Our actors will have to act out exactly what will be in our final storyboard, this will mean that as there will be more characters to do this, we will have to get them without fail.
2. Our production schedule, we will follow this, as all of us are free at this time, we will have to turn up.
3. We will have to add in all our props, the props that we have included in our pitch presentation might be hard to get but we will get them, includes fake blood, makeup etc.

planning- Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment 

People- The risk that we may encounter are strangers in the park or on the streets as its a public place, so we will need to be as quite as possible to not interrupt anyone, we will have to try not to cause other issues towards anyone.

Equipment- Equipment, we will have full responsibility of the cameras and other equipment, if its lost, stolen or broken we will be fully responsible, this means that we will have to be careful with our equipment.

Weather- If its raining, we won't be able to use our equipment as it can get damaged.
If its foggy, the view may not be clear.

Meeting- As we have decided to add more people into our film, if they don't arrive, this could be a problem.

Planning- Mis en Scene (Khamroul Hasan)

Mise-en-scene is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play or film. Depending on the different scenes included, the location changes as the title sequence progresses. Due to our genre of horror, props and lightening is crucial in order for us to conceive a specific reaction from the audience in order to maintain their focus throughout the sequence. Furthermore, our sequence 'footsteps,' is based on a girl (Cheinaz Cordeiro) who faces a troubled life and therefor lives in a bad neighbourhood. So alternatively, I've decided that a park or in general, the streets/suburbs would be a good location to start of at. This would bring realism to the sequence which could potentially make the audience more likely to feel connected to our title sequence, as they're able to relate it to their day to day life. In the park, bullying from the gang of hoodlums could be taken place here as it adds more tension to the scenery as horror movies tend to rely heavily on the manipulation of formal elements—the control of perspective. 

We would also use scenes in the toilet perhaps in a school to give it the connotation thatshe prefers being in there as long as she's not in her bullies sight andinfant decides to commit suicide while she's at it. Suicide is a veryserious matter that generally has a emotion story behind this action so this makes the audience feel sympathetic towards the protagonist (Cheinaz Cordeiro) and therefor longs for more scenery. Later on when our protagonist is back as a ghost, another location would be in the school corridors, as the boys(bullies)would be walking down and at the far end while she would be looking direct at them but then disappears. This adds suspense towards theaudience and therefor makes our sequence eye-catching as she(Cheinaz Cordeiro) stalks them in order to see them suffer as much as she did in her pre days and because of the fear, the boys tend to run away. 

When our protagonist commits suicide, a knife will be shown with blood to add realism to the killing and in fact makes them question, why was taking her own life necessary? which keeps them entertained and therefor would want to watch the film. Its interesting because even though suicide has negative connotation, that is what horror movies aim to do, which is to create suspense and thrills. Knifes and blood have connotations of danger and death which shows dramatic irony and immediately draws the audience in. 

We've decided that, when our protagonist is presented as a ghost,  grey and dull makeup will be crucial to make the audience feel frightened as it will appear more realistic and therefor can appeal to the audiences expectations in a horror film. In addition, she would also wear dark coloured clothes in order to convey a dangerous and threatening atmosphere even though she is generally a character the audience likes, as she was a innocent little girl who killed her life because of her bullies. This adds more tension and once again makes the audience hate the boys who are now in danger.

At the beginning of the title sequence, the lighting will be bright but dim to fit the connotations of a innocent girl which hows dramatic irony as she later commits suicide and becomes determined to serve revenge. The lightening will be very dull and dark to give it a mystery feel to it in order to reach the expectations of a horror film.

Planning- Risk Assessment (Khamroul Hasan)

Risk Assessment

People- The risk that we may encounter are strangers in the park or on the streets as its a public place, so we will need to be as quite as possible to not interrupt anyone, we will have to try not to cause other issues towards anyone.

Equipment- Equipment, we will have full responsibility of the cameras and other equipment, if its lost, stolen or broken we will be fully responsible, this means that we will have to be careful with our equipment.

Weather- If its raining, we won't be able to use our equipment as it can get damaged.
If its foggy, the view may not be clear.

Meeting- As we have decided to add more people into our film, if they don't arrive, this could be a problem.

Planning - Final Production Schedule

Days; Everyone in our group doesn't have college on fridays therefor, filming production can be taken from 12am and onwards. We will probably film in downhills park, depending on the type of scenery we're looking for. This is so, the footage is filmed in the daylight as it gets dark soon.

Also, on the saturdays that everyone is free, we are able to film from 11am to around 5pm. The scenes that are going to be shot in a bedroom would have to be in cheinaz's house and therefor won't be a long journey as everyone lives quite near.

On tuesdays from 12.15am to 3.45pm we can film in the college's hallways as everyone is free in that time slot.

Planning - Change in Character.

In my group, originally, Cheinaz Cordeiro was going to be the main character(protagonist) however, due to typical horror conventions. We have decided that because Cheinaz was medium skin tone which isn't generally the skin colour of the protagonist in horror films, a white skin person is more preferred. This meant that she went on a look out and decided that my friend (Alice Pola) who fits the codes and conventions of a 'pale' girl, will make our title sequence more successful, therefore in our title sequence you will see a pale group.