MAN DOWN!

Our group has now gone down to just me and Conor as James Barker (shown above) has dropped Media Studies. Now our fellow groups in our class are in groups of 4 and now we have a disadvantage as our group is now just a double. Being group leader , i mentioned to Conor that me and him need to step up our game and need to work twice as hard as we both need to share James Barkers roles which he had to do and I hope that we both are capable of stepping to the task and producing a good title sequence .

Typography - Audience Research

The overall results from our audience were as follow:

Font number one - 1 vote
Font number two - 6 votes
Font number three - 5 votes 
Font number four - 4 votes
Font number five - 10 votes
Font number six - 1 vote

As you can see from our live recording of our results the overall outcome showed that Font number 5 was the favorite. Font number five was called 'True Lies' and we found the font on ' www.dafont.com ' as well as the others.
Before hand we handed out copies of our slide show on 'Apartment 6' so the audience knows what the film is about. We then entered the common room and asked the audience which font looks best for our film idea. Once the results were collected in , we decided to use 'True Lies' the winner as our font of our film.

How we done it?
We hired a flip camera from our media department as well as a tri-pod.
Conor filmed whilst i went around asking the audience on there opinions collecting the results
We handed out copies of our slide show on apartment 6 so the audience know what the film is about and can decide.
Once the first lesson was over , we headed back in and collected the results of these individuals live.
We focused on our target audience which was around our age group however ,we wanted to have a idea of a older audience so we tried to find a teacher to ask but asked the 6form cafe workers.
Overall we are pleased on how this turned out and believed the best font was the winner.
Whats next?
We shall be  putting it into our title sequence and shall be seeing what it looks like if it suits our meaning of our film 'Apartment 6 '.

Typography

We all looked on www.dafont.com ,  and chose a font we all liked each. Then we are going to share them to each other and decide our top 3 fonts. We then going start a questionnaire  for the public and record this through video and find out  what  the public think will suit our film idea , and get some audience feedback. By the end of these results we will use the favorite one to decide it for our Title but also , for our tittle scene shot of the cast and ect.
 As a group , we want our title sequence to look handwritten and look messy like the handwriting in the Diary , which is a constant  main scene throughout our title sequence . It obviously can not be neat handwriting as that takes way the genre of our film straight away , what we are looking for is a handwriting which implies our film is a horror before the title sequence begins. But in addition , we want a handwritten font , so when the title appears , the audience can suggest that there is some sort of reading or writing  that is taking place in our film.

My Examples

Editing

I put myself forward , to do all the editing for the title sequence.

What i done so far....

Firstly , I  had to convert all the video clips we wanted to use into  MPEG Stream clip , and export them into DV. Once all the clips have been converted , we used Final Cut Pro to make our title sequence. I imported  the DV clips into Final Cut Pro and then edited every clip one by one. We  cut down all the non needed seconds of the clips , so the tittle sequence is not too long and boring and so they go with our background music , for example each shot changing with the  heartbeat.
Once all the clips have been cut down , I used the effects option , to added in the fade in and out black shots between the clips, which was a chosen effect we wanted to use. Once , the shots fade in and out black into the next shot , this is when the title shots of the Actors and ect. Come into place in our title sequence. And the foley sounds of 'Bangs' of the door will come into place , to suggest the paranormal theme running through.

Currently the title sequence is not finished editing  and still needs more progress .However, you can see all the editing and footage so far from  our upload of the  'Ruff Cut' video. And there are some print screens below to show the options , what i used to make this piece so far.

Title Sequence music

What we done?
During our free lessons and coursework lessons , Jams and Conor were both set to find a their favorite soundtracks and report them back to me. Once done this , from their chosen three , they both put down 'Awareness 2 ' by Dvorkin / Pittock. From these 6 soundtracks , we all agreed and narrowed it down to a final 3. And from their we set up a tally chart and video to get the feedback from people.
Once the feedback was complete , the final and most popular choice was ' Awareness 2 '. Which become our final sound track.

About 'Awareness 2'
We wanted the music to build up a tense , dark and scary atmosphere for the audience and we believed that this sound track suits perfect. The music has a heartbeat throughout coming in at just under every 3 seconds. The music that flows along with the heartbeat is describe as 'evolving drones and textures'. This music, creates a slight spooky and very dark atmosphere for the audience and with the heartbeat flowing over the top , builds up the tension and the dark atmosphere even more as it suggest that something scary is going to happen. In addition , the timing of the heartbeat fits in perfect with the cuts and fades in and outs in our title sequence which is something we wanted it do as its a good way to flow with the effects we added in for the change of shots. It just gives our title sequence that little more extra , which we feel works perfectly.

Problems or what we are going to do next?


We think the song choice is perfect . However , we feel like we need to layer another sound track over this one to make it sound less like a thriller , which many people suggested.
We are currently on the look out with a more spooky sounds track to go along with this to make sure the title sequence clearly shows its a Horror.

Have a listen of the 'Awareness 2 ' on this link bellow


https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/show-production-results.aspx?stype=4&keywords=awareness+2+Igor+Dvorkin

Print Screens Of footage of the title sequence.

 These are Print Screens of the Fith Shot ,

As you can see , these are clear  shots and the lighting is not too dark , which was a problem we kept on in counting at the beginning of all our shoots. By doing this , we filmed in more daylight , and used more lights from other sources such as , lamps and phones ect.
We tried all sorts of angles which you can see from the photos. For example , birds eye view. And wanted to get as much footage as possible , even if we don't end up using it , its best to have more than less. But overall , we had around 40 shots for this scene , and around half went perfect. To get the pages to turn , we used a fan and turn t it on to get the pages to flick by itself as if there is some ghost reading through the diary. The ghost  and the dairy in the house is a main key aspect for our film , so we need to include some good shots for this whole title sequence to work. And as you can see , the print screen show the footage went well.

Fifth Shot Review

Typography Lesson

During our lesson on typography , we looked at the impact the type of font have on films. Our teacher put up on the interactive board , different font types such as Harry Potter , and we had to try and identify what the film was from looking at the type of font. Once we identified all the different films and there fonts , as a class we realized the significance of typography and how as a audience , you take it in and remember these little things. If you have a good , eye catching font then this will attract the audience and expand your film as they will remember your film and what the font you chose looks likes. Our second task we got a hand out sheet , stating these questions How has typography been used? What fonts have been used? What do they indicate to you about the films: genre; narrative; setting; themes? What does the font colour indicate about the content of the film? What information is provided by the opening sequence? Examine the order in which information appears. Is there any significance in the positioning of the text or image? How has the sequence been edited? How has the sequence been edited to appear? Does it look like a particular style of editing/film? What kind of transitions are used and what is the effect? What is the pace of the edit? Does it vary or change through the sequence? The genre How is the genre of the film constructed? What do the opening titles show, visually? Are there narrative enigmas created here? What types of shot are used? Do any of these indicate the genre? Where are these shots positioned to the viewer? What is the effect of the music? What genre of music has been chosen? Why do you think the filmmakers chose this track? What is the effect of this? How would you describe it? All these questions was a step by step guide for us to answer when doing our evaluation of the title sequence ‘SEVEN'

Forth Shot Review

Finally we are nearly done and hopefully everything will be filmed this week!
From the three previous disasters , we took on board what happened and tried to prevent this from happening again. Therefore , we used lights from torches and phones. Also , opening doors and curtains to add in more light. Although we want are title sequence o look dark and scary , we thought it best not to slip up again by making it too dark , so we used as much light as possible. As you can tell from some of the example from these stills  , they look so much better and brighter.

Next time , we are going to finnish off the last bit which is filing the cut back shots to the dairy turning over then we shall be ready for filming.

Props

 Props using for out Title Sequence

•  Passports of Mr Michael Kelly , Ms Teresa Kelly and Mr Daniel Kelly
• Fans - The fans are used to help blow the pages over of the dairy
• Letters , Bills , Photos - Of the family
• Daniel Kelly - Actor and Clothing warn for the Title Sequence 
• Mothers Diary

Class Notes on Order Of Opening Titles

This is order of the opening credits :

ORDER OF OPENING CREDITS

Production Company presents

Title

Lead Cast

Supporting Cast

Casting Director

Music Composer

Costume Designer

Associate Producers

Editors

Production Designer

Director of Photography

Producer

Writers

Director

From the class work and notes taken from this lesson , we have decided to use the same title plan layout but wether it is long enough to include every one of them , we are not sure. However , if its not long enough we shall be to looking to include the main ones needed. 

Class Notes: Film Industry

Film Studios: Mr Grimsley (Objective 2) Learning Objective: 1) To be able to indicate how films are produced/Distributed 2) To research and decide upon the film studio who will produce/distribute your film. From the notes on the film companies as a group we decided to choose Paramount to distribute our film.

Class Notes: Film Studios

Film Studios: Mr Grimsley (Objective 1) Learning Objective: 1) To be able to indicate how films are produced/Distributed 2) To research and decide upon the film studio who will produce/distribute your film. What is a studio? A studio is a company that produces/distributes motion pictures. What are the main studios? Fox Paramount Sony/ Columbia Universal Walt Disney Warner Brothers These 6 are the top studios that produce/distribute films , and they all own sub divisions which target small films due to the budget of the film or chosen by the genre of the film. On the distribution side , they need to put the film out to the public from everything that happens in-between production (making the film) and exhibitom (people watching the film in cinema or on DVD and television ect , for film to receive an age certificate by companies such as BBFC and MPAA; and marketing and promotion of the film from the paid 'above the line' advertising such as trailers and posters ect. Or 'below the line' which is not paid for such as interview with a star in a newspaper.

Third Shot Review

Filming Progress 

Once again we made a mistake with the light situation from looking back on our video clips.  From the first shoot is was way too dark and we did attempt to make it more brighter by opening more doors ect. At the time we felt we got some good shots and the brightness seemed perfect so we never persumed there be anything wrong. To be honest , its such a shame as all our work has gone to waste again and now we need to re film it again and hopefully this will be perfect this time.
Next Time
To prevent this from happening , we are going to open more windows  curtains and doors . Possibly use a torch and lights on our phone to brighten up the apartment.

Class Notes - Opening Title Sequence Ideas

Class Notes – Opening Title Sequence Ideas
 Sound Elements
 • Paranormal events creating sounds - For example , door slams ect.
• Background music (Low but gets louder and faster)
• Pages Turning of the diary
 Foot steps
• Visual Elements
• Door number ‘6’
• Identity such as passports, letters, photos.
• Mothers diary
• Pages Turning
• The apartment
• Shadows
• Close up of character

Audience Profile