Timeline

I chose ' The Lost Boys' opening sequence to make a timeline of because I find its a very powerful sequence. The contrast between light and dark foreshadows the plot. I think the use of location, especially the fairground and it's noises, really contrasts against the first group of characters we see as they are dresses in black leather and fit the stereotype of a roughen or thug.

Q+A

http://youtu.be/PqKsEpo9vLM

I found that most of the answers to the questions asked were very similar. This genre was portrayed through the answers as quite dark or containing contrasting/bold colours (I.E. Black and white or White and Red).
It was seen that a Psychological Thriller would be more effective as it would make the audience think more and would add more suspense where as having and action, say with a monster, it would be very predictable.

Two of the three people interviewed thought that a female protagonist would be more effective as they are very underrepresented in the film industry and by using a female it would challenge their stereotypes. The third person felt like it didn't matter, the storyline would depend on the character. In a way I agree with the last person, it does depend on the storyline and which would be more effective as in some films it is more effective to have a certain gender as the protagonist (For example The Woman in Black- as obvious as it is that a woman in needed to play the part if it was possible for either gender to play in my opinion it works better with a female, in some way I find that females in genres like this seem more intimidating and mysterious).

Most people preferred the film to contain a human rather than something inhuman as they felt it was more effective and they weren't able to say " this doesn't exist". I also agree, I think having a human makes you think more especially In a Psychological Thriller due to the fact that there people out their classed as insane and those kind of people are usually the basis of characters in films, I feel intrigued to know more about the character if it's a person rather than an 'alien' from another world or a monster.

Both slow and aery music and fast and powerful pieces were seen as effective in Thrillers. The slow and aery music was said to be good when used in a build up to add suspense before a big powerful moment. The Fast and powerful music was also liked when used in a thrille, I feel like powerful music would be effective in a very action packed scene maybe when the victim is running away from something.

All in all most of the answers were the same, many put the Thriller genre next to the Horror as both were seen as quite similar.

Title sequences

Intruders
A Paranormal Thriller.
The paranormal aspect was shown throughout the title sequence through the grey colours and the specific images used, an example of this is the child's face cracking to show a mans face with his eyes closed and a small amount of blood on his cheek this can be read into many ways. The child may represent the 'paranormal' side to it and they may have effected the man or the other way round as it showed the child breaking and blood on the man.
The dark and mysterious colouring is very intriguing especially when paired with the establishing shot of the foggy city and the stone angle image.
The music is suspenseful and aery which adds mystery to the whole series.
I like the specifically chosen images, especially the eye at the very beginning. The way it open's quickly and widely is very striking along side the cracking of the image it portrays a very hurtful and sad side to the program.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4g1Y870h8M






The Exorcist
A Horror
The opening titles to this film are very simple and give no clues away to the film. Warner Brothers have made their logo in black and white to link in with the theme of horrors being dark and scary. We fist see a house and a single light leave a window but nothing else, this gives me as a viewer the feeling that something is happening in the house for it to be focused on in the opening of a film but then again it may be a red herring. There is then a panning motion onto the street all seem normal there, I feel like this is to show that it literally is a normal neighbourhood.
The image of Virgin Mary that is then faded into has connotations of innocence and youth portraying that the film may be centred around or involve a young child.
Throughout the sequence we have a low mysterious tone that then gets louder as the sequence progresses, once the Virgin Mary fades out and we see the name of the film and the film company there is a high pitch, almost violin like sound which is very suspenseful and creepy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LYBaRtOrBg



The Maze Runner 

It is clear from these opening titles that the film will be about a maze, this is shown as we follow a paths journey. The moving path is a very good effect on the sequence as it drawn our attention around the screen. The colours in this are very plain, very stoney colours which portrays the rock walls of of the maze. 

I like how we get to see each of the main characters in the title sequence, this gets the ball rolling and helps up start to presume what the characters are going to be like. 


http://youtu.be/9I_ZkS7XYUE

Each of these openings have quite a similar style, all have quite a dark/ plain colour scheme and only show what it needed, some things shown may give clues like the maze we follow in The Maze Runner and the vigin Mary coll we see in The Exorcist.

Pen Portrate

https://prezi.com/wdqznnnisaxa/edit/#4_95982358

Film logo ideas

After doing some research into the look and names of other film companies me and Charlotte started to snowball ideas of names for our own film company.
○BK studios
○Brinnard Entertainment
○Bad Apple
○Poison Apple

We decided to go with the name Poison Apple and now it was time to decide an actual logo.
A few different drawings and forms of making the logo. These resulted in us deciding to do a Stop motion animation of an apple being carved with the words Poison Apple .

By using photo-shop we managed to pull together our logo. The dark back ground being black with a small shine from one side it gave a very aery dramatic effect which was enhanced further by the slight redness of the decaying apple centred in the middle of the room. By using stop motion Charlotte portrayed a flickering light by changing the brightness and contrast many times then layering the images on top of each other. 

The flickering light in my eyes was very creepy yet perfect for our genre of horror.

Hostage

Me and Charlotte finally decided on the name "Hostage " as it was one name that kept appearing in discussions. It was the name that fit the best with the context of our film opening.

Staring Rosie Walker , Kai Price-Goodfellow and Ben Walters.

Assistance( some makeup and set management) Hannah Richardson and Emily Hampton.

Special thanks to all the people mentioned above plus Dawn and David Hearson ( house).

http://youtu.be/Ev5bl0ujqWQ


( Youtube changed a few things during the uploading process )

I felt that Charlotte and I worked well as a team and were also able to work effectively together during the filming and editing process. During the filming the first day went a little slow, it took us all (Me, Charlotte and the actors) quite a while to actually get into the feel of the filming and the feel of the camera. after a while of organizing the set and props we were using and readjusting the lighting in the main room we were ready. 

The actors were very cooperative and listened very well to both me and Charlotte. Two and a half hours later and we were half - three quarters of the way through our filming. 

The second day we filmed went much more fluently as the actors knew exactly what they were doing and we had an extra set of hands helping with set management. Once Rosie's makeup was finished which took a while with Charlotte and Hannah working on the fake Chelsea smile but the result was amazing.

If I had to do anything differently i would make sure we were 100% sure on everything, for example the lighting and what angles would be where. I learned that you need to film a lot more than you think you really need, the extra footage really comes in handy in the editing process. If you look at something and come to the conclusion that it doesn't work you have extra film to fall back on.

 

Film logos

Most of the logos I found included very intense colours along side a very neutral background. I think this gave a very dramatic effect to the logos.
Warner brothers for example change the style of their logo depending on what kind of film they are producing, an example of this is Harry Potter. As the films progress, the beginning title sequence with the logo becomes gradually darker. I think they have done this to help portray the gradual darkness of the films and also the growth of the films. Stereotypically people see the teen years as quite a dark time in a persons life involving lots of bad things like teenage rebellion, this is reflected in the growth from the shiny golden logo with the soft welcoming blue background to the more intense silver with a moody background .  

http://youtu.be/RkDiA5ea2KQ