Questionnaire feedback

We were given feedback on our questionnaire, which we then evaluated by re watching our film opening and creating a Prezi and commentary to show this feedback. Enjoy.

Our Prezi

Logo sequence

This is our 'Logo sequence' to go at the beginning of our film opening. It is the first thing the audience see and allows them to understand who the production company is behind the movie.

Here is an example of Universals one:

 Interestingly Warner Brothers change their sequence slightly for each film they produce. The logo is the same, but the colours, background and music changes slightly. Here is and example of some:

Here is Paramount's one:

Here is Polaroid Productions:(ours is a little shorter but just as effective)

First Draft feedback questionnaire

We had a first draft showing of our film opening and in order to get feedback  we created a questionnaire.

Iconic Directors

We have researched into iconic directors relating to our horror genre

Alfred Hitchcock - 

Highlights - Psycho,
The Birds,
Rear Window


 Stanley Kubrick -

Highlights - The Shining,
A Clockwork Orange,
2001 A Space Odyssey



John Carpenter - 

Highlights - Halloween,
The Thing



 Wes Craven - 

Highlights - Last House On The Left,
The Hills Have Eyes,
Scream


 Tobe Hooper - 

Highlights - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,
Poltergeist

Montage of Actors Research (casting)

  

We went to a performance of some AS Theatre Studies Monologues and this allowed us to take into consideration the type of actors we would like to see, potentially in the film opening that we shall be making in the future. This montage shows some small snippets of the monologues by the Theatre Study students.

Genre research - Horror

We have chosen the genre of horror for our film opening coursework. To help us decide on the genre we did some research on horror films. Here are a few we've looked at. Enjoy.

This next one was us looking at the idea that something that is naturally not scary (answering the phone)happens and therefore makes an everyday action scary. Making it real for the audience.

Typical Sounds and Music in the Horror Genre

Typical sounds that are within the horror genre include:
-- high pitched screams
-- echoes
-- breathing 
-- sudden strings/ boom effects
-- piano base tunes

Also almost all of the movies we used to help understand the sounds used had a very ionic theme tune to add to the film opening. We intend to use the research of these sounds to add to the intensity of our film opening.

Film Openings

We have been looking at film openings in class in order to begin our research of their typical features. We researched codes and conventions and chose to delve further into their generic structures.(See following posts). Here are some spider diagrams of our research into typical film openings.

WHAT IS GENRE?

WHAT IS GENRE?

Comedy

-High key lighting

-Bright colours/costumes/props

-Voice overs

-Music/ beat/pop

-Feel-good story

 Horror
-Low key lighting/ shadows
-Fades
-Jump cuts
-Catharsis
-Chilling storyline
-Dramatic make up/ costume
-Chilling score

Romantic Comedy
-High key lighting
-Dissolves
-Semantic field of love
-Fades
-Shifts of emotion
-Typical storyline/ cliche ending