Evaluation 7 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

   During the creation of our title sequence I belive I have learnt different ways I can use the technology to my advantage. Using this I was able to create a title sequence for a thriller film.

As I am the person who works on mise en scene and works on music I feel like I was able to use the technolodgy to my advantage to get the best shots and to make our vision come to life. I used lodgic pro for the music and I was able to use loops to create different tones within the music to fit the two different scenes we had for our sequence. When working on mise en scene we as a group came up with the idea of using or phone torches as lights to create low key lighting I would easily use it again in the future. I bought a note book and used tea bags and coffee water to make the pages look old, I waited for them to dry then searched up notes written by murderers and wrote them in the book manically. I also stuck pictures in the book and crossed out their eyes I wanted to make the book look as if it was written by a serial killer and I feel as though I had achieved that. I also learnt a lot about the application Logic pro, I learnt how to place loops and cut them to put them in time to create well flowing music. I used pre recorded sounds called loops and dragged them into each track (I went through the recordings and searched for the sounds I liked) I used the scissor tool to cut the loops up so they fit better within the music I had created. I wanted a very dark orchestral feel to the killers scene and a lighter orchestral feel for the detectives scene.

Evaluation 5 - Who would be the audience for your media product?

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- A group effort from: Tommy, Max, George, Harry

Evaluation 6 - How did you attract/address your audience?

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-402061233/how-did-we-attract-our-audience

- A group effort from: Tommy, Max, George, Harry

Evaluation 4 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

 

- A group effort from: Tommy, Max, George, Harry

Evaluation 3 - What kind of media institute might distribute your media product and why?

 We chose warner brothers to distribute our media product. This is because they are a conglomerate, this means that they would be able to distribute our product around the world and would be able to reach the right audience that was intended. They have distributed other thriller films such as a bullet to the head (2013) and unknown (2006) which was a success. Our film is a Hollywood film and would need to create as much money as possible this is why we chose warner brothers. As our film is not an indipendent studio would probly be interpreted vertically which means that distribution and production and everything within that spectrum would be payed for by one company which in our case would be warner bros.

Warner brothers have worked with our cast choice in seperate occasions for example shutter island with leonardo dicaprio and the accountant with jk Simmons  this shows that the studio would be working along side known actors with the studio and would be compatible in working along side eachother, to conclude warner bros is the best choice for or film as we have a cast that are familiar with them and it is a genre the company are comfortable creating.

Evaluation 2 - Looking back at your preliminary task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

- A group effort from: Tommy, Max, George, Harry

Evaluation 1- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

- A group effort from: Tommy, Max, George, Harry

Final Title Sequence

final font

in our finished Title sequence the font that will be used for the titles is going to be ''Mistral'' which is the same font used in our second screening. Although we said before that we might need to change it, we were unable to find another font that we thought would work/suit our title sequence better then the one we originally used. Hopefully this will turn out to be a good choice to have made.

Audience Profile

Audience Profile for the film 4 days

Target Age: 15-25

Target Gender and nationality: Male, white, British, American 

Demographic Code: E, D, C 

 

Occupation: Young adults in part time jobs or students with an interest in thriller psycho killer movies with a crime style to them.
Education: Any
Personality/ Interests: An interest in thriller movies with a bit of gore in and murder cases. People who enjoy the thrill of a movie and are looking for surprises. Males tend to watch these kinds of movies more often then women as most enjoy watching violent kinds of movies and dont mind a bit of gore here and there.

Students who may attend colleges only have to attend a few days of the week meaning they have more spare time to go to the cinema and view the film. Young adults would have finished their education and looking for jobs so during this perios of time they are free alot of the time giving them the option of going to the cinema more often.

Our secondary audience would have to be Adults (roughly 30+). Even though i say secondary i still believe they could be classed as the primary because majority of people do enjoy watching crime films so i wouldn't expect people 30+ to not watch this film.

Second screening

Second screening
We got more feedback sheets to show us what was good and what was bad about our title sequence, this ment we had a second opinion and an outsiders perspective on things.
When going through the sheets we noticed that a lot of the others thought  that the investigation scenes lighting was too bright so for us we are thinking about re shooting or using Final Cut Pro to change the opacity to make it look darker.
Another critical point was that george wasn't wearing any sort of clothing that would assume he was a detective, this will be taken on board as we may be re shooting the scene.
 However a lot of the class really liked the title at the end where the letters flashed in sync with the drum hits within the soundtrack so thats something we will keep through the title sequence.

Like our first screening the class loved the cinematography and they liked the range of shots tommy had created. They also liked the style of editing max had done with quick flashes that fell in time with the soundtrack I had made. They also still liked the use of the strobe light in the killer scene

The class also mentioned we could have more destitution within the killers scenes as though they could feel they were in the mind of a killer.

Music

With the music for the title sequence I used loops and panning to create different moods within the track. There are two main parts of the track the darker more low orchestral parts of the song where made to fit the killers scenes within the sequence and the lighter faster orchestral piece is used for the investigation scene.

For the killers scene I used deeper darker bass and cello tones to create suspense and a sense of fear, I gradually built the sounds up and made them thicker and this really portrayed the dark mind of a psychopath and I feel that it built suspense and fear very well.

For the investigation scene I used higher pitched loops as this helped build tention within the scene and almost feel that the guy in the scene was working against time to solve the case, I did this by adding a fast paced high viola section then I slowly added different loops to slowly build tention and make the scene feel very clostrophobic and gave the investigation a sense of urgency .

music

This is our finished music for our title sequence

Investigation re-shoot

These are the images or our set up and re shoot for the investigation scene. I was incharge of mise en scene and I had to make sure the room looked more like an investigation scene. Tommy was working on  cinematography and was able to focus the lense enough that we were able to get an extreme close up of the pin board investigation.

 

  
Once we were set up we wanted to show the opposite between good and evil, we were able to use the footage we had from the killer to create like a parallel compared to the investigation scene and the killer scene. We used the shot of the killer up the table head on and then create the opposite by filming an over the shoulder shot of George as if he's facing the killer down the table. To create a parallel/contrapuntal shot.

Investigation scene - re-shoot Room change issue

Once we had filmed or first shoot in the conference room we were unable to use the room again, as the room was not free, this ment finding a new place to shoot or scene and reshoot a lot of the scene as we did not finish when we used the conference room.

However we asked if we could use the English staff room for two days in the week and the head of the department said yes so we will be re shooting to get better lighting and more shots.

Creating music

Me and George began working on the soundtrack for the sequence, we started by using dark orchestral loops within logic and put them in time we staggered them so all the individual instruments/loops come in gradually.

we also cut up parts of the loops to help build suspense and tension to the sequence seen here

Typography research

i researched different font styles for the title sequence these are my thoughts:

 font style one has a distorted feel about it as if there is something wrong with the font its self, i find this to be a unique font style

 font style two reminds me of cut up letters from news paper to form a criminals note this fits well with our thriller as the killer sends these to the police.

 font style three looked very broken if we were to use this it would represent the killers mind and sanity as well as the morale of the investigator.

 font style four has a more gritty look to it as if it is very run down this will work well with our film as it can represent how the family feel and connotes that it is a very gritty film.

and lasty font style five this font looks very worn and tattered as it could be old this would work well as it is gritty like font style four.

Filming investigation room

Today we were aloud to go up to the main conference room to film the investigation part of the sequence.

This room was perfect for what we wanted to do as it had a large table and chairs and a pin board. As I was creating the mes-en-scene I did this by printing pictures of from the enter net to use on an investigation pin board. I scattered papers pens and coffee mugs around the room so that it looked like there was work being done.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 However when we were filming we wanted a shot of george looking at the pin board  and studying it hard, then an individual shot of the board but the camera examining all the points of the board that we would use as filler shots, between both scenes. 

When would we release our film?

As our film is a thriller/horror it would not be released within the oscar nomination time period, it would also  not be a summer blockbuster as it is not a family film due to its mature nature and graphic scenes. I belive we would release our film during October as it is closer to Halloween because this film is very dark and has a mature story within it

Mise en scene for investigation

These are the pictures of the children we used as victims for the investigation pin board.

 

    

Planning investigation scene

Today we have been planning our investigation scene we decided we needed office space so we sent an e_-mail to John taylor and asked to use one of the conference rooms to film the scene.

This was his response:

As i am in charge of mies-en-scene i have found a few things to place around the conference room to make it look more like an police office.

Feedback and First screening

Today we presented to the class our first screening which didn't go as well as we wanted it to simply because Max didn't have the footage we recored until today. From the footage of the first shoot he was able to put together a first screening however it didn't credit the group as well as we hoped. From what we have edited so far the entire class saw the potential of the title sequence because what we had was good and Max's editing was very well done. The class thought our cinematography was good and the soundtrack Max added suited the footage very well as the soundtrack seemed to build mention. The things the class thought we need to develop are the investigation scene, clearer narrative and the length of what we presented which i agree with. Out of the class ours had the second longest length however it was still just 40 seconds which isn't good enough as a title sequence is usually at the least a minute.

 

However the class loved the cinematography and lighting and mise en scene within the sequence

We also created feedback sheets as a way of seeing what we did well and what needs improving. 

 

Title sequence so far

So far are title sequence is 1:30 in time, this is not long enough so we will be filming more for the investigation. Max edited the title sequence so that the filming fits parallel to the soundtrack. We will also film some filling shots to extend the length of the title sequence

The music is at a faster tempo during the investigation scene this was so that you are able to feel a sense of urgency as and audience to solve the case. And the soundtrack was slower and conveyed a sense of fear as the killer flicked through the pages of the book..

Filming killer perspective

When filming I am incharge of muse en scene for the killers scene we wanted it to be very minimalistic, not too much going on but enough for people to be engaged.

For my costumes as the killer I went for dark colours black jeans dark brown high boots and a black and grey checked shirt, this was so that  my body would fall into place and blend in with the scene yet still be visible

I also went to the prop cupboard and found some old woven mesh this I used to cover the table, this made the table have a very tattered and ere feel to it

 

Then I found some prop knives for me to use/ play around with when filming to connote that I'm the killer.

 

 These helped create the darker side of the scenes.

However my hands seem pretty adverse so in that moment before filming I got fake blood and black chalk this made my hands dirty and bloody further acknowledging that I am the killer.

Overall I feel that this gave our filming the edge and effect we wanted.

 

Credit order

Studio name

Main star(s)

Title of film

Secondary cast

Casting

Co-producer

Music producer

Costume design

Film editor

Designer of photography

Executive producer

Screenplay 

Director

This list is based on the credits of catch me if you can with leonardo di caprio and tom hanks

The animatic

Important change in our narrative

We needed to change parts of our narrative as originally we had stated we wanted the protagonist to be a stay at home dad however it would be hard to represent that as it would not work in the title sequence. So therefore we changed the narrative when filming to be that our protagonist is a cop with two kids who is working on the case. This made it easier to film as we had use of a conference room.

Narrative update

We have come up with a narrative for our title sequences film, using todorovs narrative structure.
this is our narrative:

Equilibrium:
New family move into new house. (father active cop and two sons/one young one late teens)
they notice that their are no kids on the street.

Disruption:
children been going missing since the neighbour has lived there, only this streets children go missing
family don't believe it carry on packing
few days later one night youngest son wakes to the sound of pebbles being thrown at his window he goes to check and finds a figure of a very tall man over the road just staring at him, as a car goes by the man disappeared. weird things keep happening to the boy: he wakes up in the morning to find things have moved around in his room to finding his window wide open and footprints around his room. This becomes more serious with each happening.

Disequilibrium:
the father is told about the children being murdered in depth. (only evidence are polaroid's of the dead children with them scribbled out).
fathers youngest son goes missing from his room one night. only thing left behind is a picture of both sons but the eldest eyes are scribbled out. the father believes his son has been taken by whatever has killed the other children, the father goes to the police station to look through evidence this shows him that all the murders happened exactly four days after they went missing, on the fourth day using the evidence he finds out where his son is rapidly heads there in hope of finding him alive.

Attempt to repair:
father finds the place races in to find his son bound and gaged but alive, goes to leave until the killer terns up. father fights the killer he thinks he's dead. they leave to go home.

New equilibrium:
they get home to find the front door wide open. they walk inside wearily and in the hallway they find the same polaroid that was on his young sons bed but with the eldest son scribbled out. the father sees the back door open and finds that his eldest son is dead in a tree in the back garden.

created by Tommy D, Max R, George K and Harry LJ

Mise en scene of detective

We would like the detective to have a suit and tie to show his power. To also show that he is well off. We want him to have a brief case as well to show that he is working non stop and is always on the go. We want the detective to look as though he has his life on track and cares about his appearance as he likes to look smart. we want the killer to have a lot of high key lighting within the sequence as he has nothing to hide. We also want him to look stressed out by fidgeting fast movements and show some anger, we would show this by him throwing stuff off the table. we want the setting to look as though he is is a busy office showing how much work is being done within the sequence to find the killer but we want him to also look as though he is non stop working.

Mise en scene of killer

The killers costume should consist of brown/black boots tattered jeans ripped shirt, dirty hands and scruffy hair, This is all to show that the killer has no sense of hygiene or care and does not care about his own well being. We want the killer to look sinister and creepy we thought he should look dirty as he has a hide out underground shack this means he would have no means of cleaning. we want low key lighting that doesn't show his face this is to create the sense of enigma to leave the audience guessing to who it is/could be. We also want him to be in an off centre frame within the sequence to connote his instability, and to enable us to use different angles to have a wider range of cinematography. We do not want him to have any dialogue as this can create a more sinister feel to the character as even though he is doing such dark things he shows no emotion in his face or dialogue.

Planning for filming

I was incharge of mise-en-scene. Therefore I was tasked with creating the prop book for the killers perspective shoot. I bought a fake leather note book and I needed to make the book look like it was owned by a psychopath. This ment that I had to first make it look dirty. So firstly I used a teabag and water. Then I rubbed the teabag into the page, I did this so I was able to make the pages look old. After that dried, I researched different quotes from murderers and serial killers and I wrote a few around the book in very messy and different writing to make the owner look mad.

I got two of my friends to send me pictures of them as children and I then cut those pictures down to make them look as tho they were polaroids. I stuck them in the book with gaffa tape this made it look very gritty, I was then able to scribble out their eyes.

 

Filming

We began to film today. Over the next few weeks we will be filming  the killers perspective and then the investigation/ police setting.

for there killers perspective we booked out a drama room, this room was perfect for the shoots we wanted to create. within this room it is easy to create low key lighting as the walls are painted so it does not reflect as much light this means by blocking the windows and doors we are able to create complete darkness.

 

 
 
When lights are off

 

However we ran into an issue with the room as the performance lights did not work this was a dilemma as we were going too use the lights to dimly light the room, however we came up with the idea of using our phone torches to light the scene. this was perfect as 2 phone torches lit the scene just enough to see whats going on but not enough to show the tables and chairs within the room, the torches also gave off very cold but still soft light last over the scene.

 

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Log-line final

 When a child killer continues to devastates a town, new resident detective Daniels has 4days to find the child, but Daniels soon realised that he has become a target for the killer. Will the daniel save his family from the horror or will he fall lower than he ever has?

Logline

When cop daniel and his two sons move to a new town, but Their peaceful new town may not be so peacful as a phyco killer begins to take children of the town. Wild Daniels be able to catch the killer before he gets too close for comfort??

When a long time cop, Daniel and his two sons move to a new town they soon realise the peaceful town is not so peaceful. As a killer is roaming the streets taking children's lives will daniel stop him before he gets too close for comfort?

When a child serial killer terrifies family's in Daniels new home town, will he stop him before it affects him on a more personal level...

When a child serial killer devistates families in Daniels new home town, will he catch the killer before his 4 day window is up?

When a child killer continues to devastates a town, new resident detective Daniels has 4 days to find the child before it's too late or will he find himself falling in deeper into killers mind games...

When a child killer continues to devastates a town, new resident detective Daniels has 4days to find the child, but Daniels soon realised that he has become a target for the killer. Will the daniel save his family from the horror or will he fall lower than he ever has?

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