Tuesday 27 December 2011

Journal--- Week 3

This week we designed and created the production company thuat will appear before our tittle sequence, we also finished and put the final tweaks to our soryboard. we are now basically at the point where we can film the opening sequence, we just need to go out and ge our props soterd but we can do that anytime. the weather is also important for our shoot we preferably need a clear night sky and it can't rain at all, we are filming oustside and with fire so it is hugely important that it does not rain.We chose to film at night as it's a horror film and we feel that vhis will add to the tension of the sequence.

Saul Bass

For our coursework we have to create a title sequience and i am going to look at different designers i have already looked at the Dutchman, Joost Korngold, and now i will look at one of the most famous title designers Saul Bass.

Timeline
He was born in 1920 in New York
He studied at an arts studewnt league under Gyorgy Kepes
After this he worked as a freelance grpahic designer or commercial artist
Moved to Los Angeles in 1946
In 1950 he opened his own studio
Worked in advertsiing until 1954
And made his first mark on the film world in 1955


During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the text racing up and down of the United Nations building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that races together and apart in Psycho.

He worked on several films, the most notable including:
Goodfellas (1990)
West Side Story (1961)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Production Company Logo

This is the production company logo that we have made and will put before the title sequence of our film. We decided that we would create a logo that would allow us to create any type of film, and that we would not be limited by genre becuse of the logo we had created for the production company. The background is a film reel as it is classic imagery within the film industry. The reason that we called the film production company HARJ is that it is an acronym, it stands for
H- Harj
A- Aaron
R- Ryan
J- James

Thursday 8 December 2011

Journal- Week 2

This is the second week of my journal, again i will talk about what i have done this week and what we hope to do. This week we storyboarded our title sequence, and tried to find music for it.We created 14 shots on our storyboard but we also involved camera movements so we are very sure that we can make the title sequence least the minimum of 2 minutes. The storyboard was mainly what we wanted it is completely focused around the theme of fire. we decided on the location of our sequence. we have got to the point where we are nearly at the point where we can film it. we do however still have to find un-copyrighted music to use or if the music is copyrighted we have to right to the company and ask for permission to use it.also we need to find somewhere that we can buy fake scars/burns or find a recipe so that we can make our own as the scars/burns are a hugle important part of our sequence.. finally we will have to find out who would distribute/create our film so that we can put their logo at the start of our title sequnce so that it looks professional.

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Typography






This is the type of Typography that we are thinking about using during our title sequence. we would color it grey and have it rising out of the fire that will be the centerpiece of our title sequence. this writing looks like smoke and this fits the theme of our title sequence. this will be the text used throughout the title sequence as the fire will be in every shot and it will be the easiest to put seamlessly into the title sequence.

Codes And Conventions Of A Title Sequence

The codes and conventions of a title sequence are:

The cast and crew
The title of the film
Indication of place, time and historical period.
Mis-en-scene
Introduction to character
Sets up enigmas

There are different codes and conventions for different genres of films. the genre that we have chosen is horror :

Often filmed in a dark and sinister place
Quick shots during editing
Dark music
Plot frequently involves death
Usually involves good and evil

Film distribution---The Sitter

Media the sitter
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Above is the presentation that me and Dominic Coleman made for film distributors. The film that we chose was 'The Sitter' a film  that was yet to be released. we found out who was distributing the film, what other films that they had distributed as well as a general overview  of the film distributor. finally we found out about who the target audience for the film is. 

Title sequence Analysis--- halloween





This is the opening sequence to the film Halloween, directed by John Carpenter, who will also direct our film. the opening titles are written in orange with a pumpkin next to it. This represents halloween as the colors used are black and orange.The writing is written in orange as this links with the pumpkin next to it the whole thing is growing in orange like the flame within a jack-o-lantern . The background is very plain i believe that this is because they want you to focus on the people that are actually in the film rather than something that going on behind them. Also the music used in the sequence is very tense adding to hinting to the fact that the film is very tense.

Friday 2 December 2011

Films Similar to Ours Number 3--- Carrie



Carrie is American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who tease her. King has commented that he finds the work to be "raw" and "with a surprising power to hurt and horrify." It is one of the most frequently banned books in United States schools.Much of the book is written in an epistolary structure, through newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters, and excerpts from books.
Several adaptations of Carrie have been released, including a 1976 feature film, a 1988 Broadway musical, a 1999 feature film sequel, and a 2002 television movie.

Although originally a book Carrie was later turned into a film and shares many similarities to are story. Firstly she is bullied at school becasue she is different to everyone else similar to our film. and she gets revenge on those who bullied her like in our film. Of all the things that are similar to ours this one shres the closest likeness i believe.

Films Similar to Ours Number 2--- Halloween




Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film directed, produced, and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut and the first installment in the Halloween franchise. The film is set in the fictional midwestern town of Haddonfield, Illinois. On Halloween 1963, six year old Michael Myers murders his older sister by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. Fifteen years later, he escapes from a psychiatric hospital, returns home, and stalks teenager Laurie Strode and her friends. Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis suspects Michael's intentions, and follows him to Haddonfield to try to prevent him from killing.

Thsi film is similar to ours for two reasons firstly once again the killer is a child, well for the first part anyway, but more importantly the main character disappers for an extended amount of time over which the rage builds up and eventually he kills. This is simialr to the plan of our story as you can see from our plot that he disappears and over time the rage builds inside him.

Films Similar to Ours Number 1--- The Omen





The Omen is a 1976 American suspense horror film directed by Richard Donner. The film stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson and Leo McKern. It is the first film in The Omen series and was scripted by David Seltzer, who also wrote the novel.

An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist.

The main reason that this film could have inspired ours is that the main character in this film is a child and that is the angle that we are going for in our film. It is unusual that this is the case as as normally in horror films it is adults that are the main characters. Our film title also cam from this film as our film is called Damien and that is considered the devils name becasue of this film.

Film Title Presentation

This is the presentation that was made for when we pitched our film idea to the class we stated.
The Plot of the Film
The Cast and Crew
The Title Sequnece
Films That Have Inspired Ours
And Costs

Thursday 1 December 2011

Journal-Week 1

Starting from this week I will be doing a weekly journal, updating you on what is going on in my group for media coursework. I have decided to start this up at this time as we have just started to create are film  idea that will eventually be made into a title sequence.

This week my group, Ryan Emin, James Mills, Harjinder Chana and me assigned roles that we would be in control of, we decided that we needed to allocate roles so that we all knew what we were doing and were fully prepared. The roles that we assigned ourselves were as follows:
Aaron---Director
Harj---Cameraman
Ryan---Editor
James---Actor.

We were all comfortable with the roles we were given, everyone will know what they are doing when we come to filming and in the long run this will save us time.

The film's title will be Damien, as described in a previous post along with are title sequence idea. My next post will be the powerpoint presentation that we used to pitch to the class that will go more in depth about the film, the people who will star in it, and who will direct it.