Poster

I also created a poster, i know that it is similar to my DVD cover but normally this is how a a film promotes its film by advertising using the same picture on the poster. From this i wanted the audience to be able to look at it and want to look at it again to give them indication that they may of missed something and thats what i want to get at into making my film be like....... Also its very plain to normal posters but i wanted it to be so that the writing don't draw the attention away.....

Music Chosen

This was a tough chose when it came to choosing the Music for my sequence, i wanted the music to reflect the mise en scene and as well as dominate for shots to draw the audience into the piece and create tension and suspense. After looking through various different websites looking for non- copy right music, i came across a nicly sounded bit of music, i put it into my sequence and it worked perfectly therefore i kept it to use. The music fitted my sequence and iwas so pleased it worked together.... soo here it is i Dont think the music is as scarey sounded without the mise en scene.....

What i want to my opening to achieve?

For my opening i wanted to give the audience a sense and feel to how the film will be and want my sequnce to reflect it. I wanted the opening to make the audience raise questions about where the location is, what will happen after and how they will have to find out. I want to make the sequence so that the audience watching wants to know more and become intrigued, so that it would be a sequence the would be wanted to watch again and again looking at all the different kind of shots. This is what i want to achieve and for my film, i want it to be the film that is said to have all the shots perfectly placed and cleverly used to make the sequence really good. I liked the idea of a simple opening, and realised that the most simpilist ones are the best...

Font

After looking through various different fonts i finally decided to pick the font called ' i still know'. I chose the font because i wanted the font to represent a horror, as well as a nice, smart readable font. I Didn't want there to be unreadable and full of bloody fonts with blood, contrastingly i wanted to keep the red colour to represent danger but keep it nice because of reflecting the Christmas festive time. Here is just a taste of what they will look like......... :)

Organisation is the key....I think?

I decided to try and be organised, so i made a shooting schedule to keep up to date on shoots i had to do, filling in stuff like who was present, what day and also the time. I think it has helped me review my shoots and helped me keep them fresh in my mind ..... :)

Action plan

• Add to blog research on Target audiences
• Research ratings and what they do
• Finish of the storyboards and put them on blog
• Blog this all without Forgetting!!! :(

Reseach on Horror sequences

I began to look and look into opening of horror title sequences, i first looked at a remake title sequence of Saw which involved no people but used the colour red as a sign of blood and danger therefore i thought that i would need the colour red to give my horror film the useable theme of a horror which i wanted in order for my film to fit in with all the horror films. From saw i realised i wanted the font to be which so the red font was inspired by the use of red in the remake opening of Saw, it just sets the scene for the audience and this is what i want to achieve.

I then look at certain films such as Halloween and Nightmare on elm street and this showed that the typical horror film is at a seasonal time therefore this inspired me to make my film at Christmas. i wanted to follow the rules of the horror and use a seasonal time therefore these two films inspired my thought of Christmas. I also got the idea of giving my opening the feel that gives the audience just enough to be intrigued of what will happen next and give them bring up questions which they want to be answered.

The music i chose was whittled down to a few after trying out different soundtracks to fit my satisfaction and to most importantly fit into my opening sequence. I didn't want no talking in my opening as i didn't want to give any think away and also i wanted to let the shots do the talking, show the power of music and how the right music can draw any type of audience into the sequence. This was inspired by the halloween because although there was talking, the music controlled the emotions of the audience and created the tension for the scene and without it the sequence would not be as successful. Through my research i planned in depth what i wanted to achieve with my opening title sequence, i knew the structure based on inspiration and therefore from this, i then planned and storey boarded my sequence.

Logline- SCROOGE

Logline-
The joyous families prepare for another happy, exciting Christmas, but for one, is a contrast to everyone. Thriving on killing the happiness of Christmas is o so easy; killing the people to prevent this happiness is also a lingering thought in the mind. The killing of Christmas is upon us. The contrastingly opposite to Santa who is kind, caring, delightful. This Scrooge makes his pleasure through the more killings, then presents, a new knife rather then the new phone. This Scrooge certainly wont be giving out presents this year..

My Storyboard

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What Audience i need to focus on?

Today i'm trying to think about what sort of audience i need for my sequence. I wanted to think because i didn't want it to be aimed at the wrong audience then making it not as a success. I was thinking of a 15 rating but then i would be annoyed for not being able to include more violence if i chose it, i think i would just be annoyed with being restricted of what i could include therefore it is favouring me to give a rating of 18 instead but i'm still not decided ........:)

The Idea

The idea is to create a Christmas Horror. I want my sequence to draw in the audience, make the audience think about stuff happening in the short amount of time. I want to base it on a season, this is where the idea of Christmas came from. All horror are around a season and from i recall over the last few Years i ain't heard of horrors as much at Christmas and this gave me the thought of doing it.

When thinking of the name i thought of many to link it to The festive season, this then made me think of the horrible old grumpy interpreted by many, Scrooge. This gave me so many ideas to produce my sequence and using this it gives everyone and the sequence a nice sound to it and this is my idea of how i would like it to unravel..

Notes for my sequence

These are my notes i used when thinking about the idea and want i wanted to create and make. All of my notes here show the type of shots i wanted. I especially wanted to put enough choice when i was preparing as i had lots of shot types and angles to try.

Prepare for the best!

......Just preparing for the shoot on the 23rd of December, trying to get a shoot out of the way before christmas and make sure the shot selection is going to be good for mysequence and also to make sure the lighting will be good enough.... i think im on task at this moment and think if i can shoot before the new year, then it6 will prepare me to make and decide on more decision now, instead of leaving it too late :).....

More Research= More Knowledge

I am just beginning to start my research, then from this i will begin to think of a sequence to produce for my coursework. All i know is that i'm going to make a horror sequence as i feel that i could have an idea that could be a nice sequence.... hopefully i can, i'm just looking and analysing openings to get inspirations.... :)