Construction of Logo

These are the first few shots of what I have decided to use for my main logo:

The second appears more professional due to the different colours, however the font appears a bit amateur, so that will be the next thing to be changed.

This is the final copy of my logo. I have changed the difference between black background and the image, and also changed the text to the same colour of the background in the picture.

Animatics storyboard

This is my animatics storyboard. A collection of the story board pictures i have drawn for the current project. it will partially tell the story of which i will shoot soon. This helps me in order to know what shots i might need, what angles, etc.
enjoy.

Primary Research

I conducted primary audience research in order to:
- To find out what appeals to my target audience
- To discover any flaws or potential improvements that could be made to my film genre
- To identify gaps in the market, and place a refreshing new twist on the genre.

that is the film i have researched - Dog Soldiers, 0:00 to 1:20

This is the chosen product i researched.
These are the questions i asked:

1- how do you think the background sound helped the first few shots?
2- What do you think of the locations?
3- In the first few shots, can you identify the genre type?
4- How do you feel when you watch it?
5- What three things could improve this sequence?
6- What do you feel about the choice of costume?

Two questions were given to three different people. This is their answers;

Shooting Schedule

Risk and Hazard Assessment

Reece for Locations

Model Release Forms - Amy Woods and Oli Wellham

Research into Logos

This is the main Logo for Pathé. I studied Pathé in an earlier blog as it distributed a film that i was researching - Dog Soldiers. What i think is most important about this logo is that it is obvious what the company is called. Also, with Pathé mainly covering kids films such as the new Muppets film, it is obviously shown, with its usage of bright colours such as the yellow of "Pathé" and the lighting in the background.
This helps me as seen as i am doing a horror genre, i should change it to make the background darker to reflect the darker genre.

Sketch of first Logo in Photoshop

This is my first idea for a logo. I have been planning on using this image and name for a while now, and the only thing that i would probably change is the background being changed to black instead of a pale shade.

Costume and Props

Throughout the film that i have made, there will only be two characters, and virtually no props.
The first of my characters is Victoria Taylor, played by Amy Woods, the what appears to be the main antagonist. she wears black ugg boots, blue jeans and a black hoodie. he reason she wears his is because i wanted her to seem as dark as possible - black clothing etc- but also still being able to be recognized as a normal teenage girl - the jeans. she wears the hood up so that it covers her face, this is so that we cant truly see what she looks like until the final scene. doing this allows us to reserve the ability of the viewer of being able to know the characters, this can seem relatively scary for some. she also wears black gloves, the reason being so that we can see as little of her skin as possible, this enables her to still be completely black besides the colour of her face, hence causing more mystery to her.
The other character is James Hamilton, played by Oli Wellham, this character wears a purple hoodie, jeans, and a white jumper. the reason i picked these sets of clothing is because the viewer - with the main target audience being teenagers to early twenties - can easily relate to him with the jeans and hoodie. the white jumper is there for a usage of the stereotypical black vs white, darkness vs light, good vs evil, but in this case the bad side wins. he wears his hood down for the majority so that we can see his face completely, allowing us to sympathies with him, as he flees from his attacker.

the usage of these sets of clothing is mainly so that the viewer can distinguish which side they should be connecting with, and also so that the can also feel the fear that James feels as he tries to escape from his attacker, Victoria. 

Background Music for the Film

this is the first idea i had for background music in the film. the music is entirely original, and the plan is for it to go through the first few scenes, most likely up until the hiding scene, where one of the characters comes of the track and onto the beach;

These are some screen shots of me using Garage Band in order to create another backing track:

Image anaylsis and Composition

In this post i will be comparing two images from two different films. The first is;

In this image we see a long establishing shot of some lovely fields in the mid day sun. the origins of this picture are unsure to me, but at a guess i would say that it could of been a shot unused in The Lord of the Rings, looking down on Hobbiton. anyway, in this shot the background does show fields expanding along the horizon. the usage of this shot and the light reflecting upon the fields makes the background look almost magical, and better yet, a place people would want to visit, for its picturesque surroundings. however, in the foreground we see a dead tree, which is in the upper third of the shot, and far to the left. this could show that not all is as it seems, and that there is something more eerie hidden among this beautiful landscape. Also with it being in the far left, all attention should automatically go to it, again relating to the feeling that all is not as it seems.

This second shot is from the film Black Swan. in this shot we the main character looking into a broken mirror. the resemblance of the broken mirror shows that there is a horror lurking within the beauty of the main character, with her beautiful make up and pretty dress. also, she is looking straight at the camera (through the mirror) it allows us to see the stress she is actually going through her mind, underneath her false sense of beauty. Also the lighting only shines from one side, making one side seeming beautiful, and the other, darker, a hint at dual personality perhaps.

This anaylsis of these two shots have allowed me to look at my own shots and make a few changes. for example, in the crucial scene with the only bit of dialogue, i will make my character be looking down through the dialogue, until the final line where she will say the devastating line before skipping off. this will add to dramatic effect, as looking into someones eyes can be seen as looking straight into their souls, and restricting this ability makes her seem more mysterious and dangerous.