Our Final Film Opening

Opening Sequence Music (Audrey Khanye)

This is the score music i chose to use in our opening sequence. As editor i had to find music to include in our film, as i was in the process of editing, i had to pick music that went along with the events taking place in the different scenes. I felt that this music created a feeling of suspense and mystery so our audience are always anxious and expect the worst. Demon house by Audrey

Filming Journal (Editor Audrey Khanye)

Location
The location of our film is in Havering college. The different scenes of the film took place in B block and also the teacher car-park. During the pre-production we took some pictures of the set location and posted them on the blog. However due to the change of plans we have to take new pictures and upload them on to our blog.

Group members present
Audrey Khanye ( Editor )
Elizabeth Mensah-Tandoh ( Camera woman )
Georgia Harris ( Director )

Cast members
JO (protagonist)
Georgia (antagonist)

What was filmed?
2nd march
today we had planned to film, to prepare for this Georgia took a callsheet to book out the camera equipment so there wouldn't be any clashes, as there are many other students filming at this time. However we had to reschedule because our case members were unable to make it.

9th march
Today was the day that we were finally able to film. A few problems occurred as we were about to start filming like a missing cast member, and a change in our location however as a group we were able to come up with a solution and we went on to film. When we filmed the car park scene it was a bit difficult due to the weather being really cold and windy, however we were able to get it done.


problems occurred?
Change of plans-initially our director had found a cast member (Sheena) to play the role of Natalie the innocent antagonist, as we felt that she was suited to play the part. However due to other commitments Sheena was unable to make on the the day that we were due to film, so we were in a bit of a pickle about where we were going to find our second cast member at such short notice. At last we came up with a solution Georgia, our director was going to play the part that Sheena was supposed to play as she also fitted the description of a typical white female college student . We also had to change the location of our film from H to B block as the lighting in H block was more limited than the light in B block. We needed more lighting in order to film the scene that took place inside the college building. The change in the location and cast also means that we have to make alterations on our blog as we have already posted up some pictures of the old location. Adding to that we also had to change our 90 minute synopsis as we decided to change our story line.

Overall turn out
The overall turn out of our filming was good despite the problems that had occurred at the last minute. We worked well as a group and we were able to rectify any issues. Even though we had different roles(as group members) we were able to help each other out .

Production Schedule (Audrey Khanye)

Production Schedule

Group Logo ( Audrey Khanye )

This is a logo that i created for our film production and blog. I chose to name this logo 'Twisted' as i feel that this name is a reflection of our storyline. This logo also suits our thriller genre as the killers, kidnappers and stalkers state of mind in thrillers seem to be twisted and disturbed, when they act violently and unremorsefully against their victims. I chose this colour skeem as i feel it coincides with the colours of our blog.

Preliminary Evaluation (Audrey Khayne)

In order to get the hang of using the filming equipment and also to help us to generate ideas for our final 2minute film sequence, we were instructed to film a preliminary task in which we had to include match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We were sown examples of other preliminary tasks on Youtube to give us insight into the task ahead of us. After viewing the example I had the impression that filming the task was going to be easy until we started filming, I discovered that it was not as easy as it seemed. Overall this task has helped me get used to the filming equipment, has given me the filming experience, also as the group editor it has helped me learn how to use the editing software so I can edit our final film.

Treatment (Audrey Khanye)

Product:
We are going to be filming the 2-minute opening sequence of our film called the: "The Replacement" as our product, which is based on the genre thriller. After or during our filming period we plan to market our film campaign using various methods such as advertising which will help our trailer reach a wide audience as we will be advertising our products on many platforms e.g. through the radio, TV, newspaper, and the internet. Using social networking sites such as Facebook and Youtube (on the internet) is vital to our campaign as our target audience are ages 16+, this age group is the most likely to be using these sites.
Also globalisation will allow our product to reach audiences world wide

Target audience:
We aim to target a wide audience of teenagers and adults ranging from 16+, also a mainly female dominated audience. Our reasons for this is because the setting is based in a college, where the people are aged between 16 and above, so it will allow the audience to relate easily. Also the main character is female, so the females of the audience can also relate to the typical, everyday college student. Also the socio-economic group which our target audience will fit into will be working class citizens, every-day people living in average housing, and working a Monday to Friday 9-5 job.

In order to find out more in formation about our audience and also to get some feedback about our film I posted a created a face book group, and put together questionnaire for them to fill in. My questionnaire asked questions such as: are the antagonist and the protagonist clear in this film? Is our story line easy to follow?
What did you like most about our movie? Etc.

Institution
Our production’s logo is called Twisted productions. Our product will be distributed via the internet and it's mediums such as Facebook and Youtube


Genre
We plan to stick to the typical thriller genre when filming our 2 minute opening sequence which includes a number of conventions. A typical convention that we will include is antagonist vs protagonist
In order to make our opening sequence recognizable as a psychological thriller we will be following the codes and conventions of the thriller genre. Conventions we have included are: creating a sense of mystery, suspense such as creating the twist in the end when the audience discover that Jo the protagonist is not really disabled.

BBFC Research (Audrey Khayne)

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is an independent, non-governmental body funded through the fees it charges to those who submit films and video works for classification. Here, and throughout the Guidelines, video works are taken to include video games, and films and programmes released on DVD or Blu-ray, or distributed by means of download or streaming on the internet. The BBFC classifies films on behalf of the local authorities who license cinemas under the Licensing Act 2003.

Our is actually targeted at 15+ the reason for this is because we as a group feel that the story line will be mentally understood by people of this age group.Although the story line is easy to follow.It will only be suitable for someone of this age.

Designer Research (Audrey Khanye)

A title sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, or both, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound. It usually follows but should not be confused with the opening credits, which are generally nothing more than a series of superimposed text.
Saul Bass was born in May 8, 1920, in New York City. He studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan until attending classes with Gyorgy Kepes at Brooklyn College.
Saul Bass became widely known in the industry after creating the title sequence for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). The subject of the film was a jazz musician's struggle to overcome his heroin addiction, a taboo subject in the mid-'50s. Bass decided to create a contentious title sequence to match the film's controversial subject. He chose the arm as the central image, as the arm is a strong image relating to drug addiction. The titles featured an animated, black paper cut-out arm of a heroin addict. As he expected, it caused quite a stir.
He designed title sequences for 40 years, for films as diverse as Spartacus (1960), The Victors (1963), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Casino (1995). All of which feature new and ground-breaking methods of production and startling graphic design.

90 Minute Synopsis (Audrey Khanye & Georgia Harris)

Beginning: The scene starts of with a man and woman coming out of the hospital with their newly born baby. We see them a few months later playing with their newly born baby all happy and joyful. There are scenes of them taking the baby to the park and their friends coming round to visit the baby.

Middle: They are then coming back from a friend’s house, it is raining and dark and they cannot really see the roads clearly. Then they see an oncoming motorbike to late, causing the man to steer wildly out of control and crash into a tree. The man drags his unconscious wife out of the car, and as soon as she comes to she runs back to the wreckage to pull out the child only to see a limp lifeless body.
The woman cradles the dead child in her arms rocking backwards and forwards screaming and crying. The scene then changes to the couple burying their child crying and then leaving in a car.

18 years later and the couple still have not got over the death of their child and they have still kept their baby’s room the same. The still have birthday parties for the daughter and all they need now is their daughter.
Whilst they were out shopping they spot a girl that resembled their daughter when she was young except she is 18. They then conspire to kidnap the teenager and raise her as their own, so the woman enrols into the girl’s college in a wheelchair. A few days later she sees that the girl has stayed behind late to finish of school work n uses this opportunity to kidnap the girl. She drops her books in front of the girl on purpose whilst in the wheelchair knowing that would get sympathy from the young girl.

End: The girl helps the woman pick up her books and the woman asks her to help her to her husband’s car, and the girl agrees. They are then walking through this deserted car park to the only car in the middle of the car park. The woman then asks the girl to put the books in the back of the boot of the car. Then we see the woman get up out of the wheelchair and push the girl in the boot and close it. The couple then drive into their garage and take her out gag her and tie her up, they then carry her into the baby’s room and place her by the cot. We then see the girl crying and the woman bringing her baby food and starts force feeding her the food, she then places a kiss on her head and leaves and the girl is still crying.

A few years later the girls has been declared dead as no one has found her, whilst the couple are celebrating her 2ND birthday (which is really her 20Th). The couple then go out to go and look for a birthday cake at the supermarket when they are found at the till by the godfather of their dead daughter and they are catching up, smiling and laughing till he realised the birthday cake for a two year old. The man then asks if they had another baby and the woman say yes and the man says no and they look at each other and then they then swap lines and look at each other again, then the woman then says ‘’its for our adopted daughter’’ and the man say ‘’no its for our niece’’ and they look worryingly at each other and tell him they have to go. The godfather thinks something is up as the couple run towards their car and drive off.
They then arrive back home and continue with their festivities, when the godfather parks around the corner walks to the window sneakily and sees a tied up girl and calls the police. He then throws a brick through their car window of the couple and as they run out to see their car he sneaks in to try and rescue the girl and releases her cuffs turns around to see the couple blocking the exit and the woman holding a knife. The couple then explain the plan they hatched and talk about their grief and how their hole has been filled by taking the girl.
The man then lunges at the godfather and they are seen wrestling for a bit then we see the woman stab down.
But she then realises she accidentally stabbed her husband and we hear police sirens and the woman being handcuffed and taken away and the girl being returned to her family and the man receiving an honour award.

Brainstorm (Audrey Khanye)

The Codes and Conventions of the Genre Thriller ( Audrey Khayne))

-The conventions of the thriller genre are to do with sound and editing i.e camera angles and quick cuts.Music that gives tension is also regularly used in the thriller genre.It can also be to do with lighting, especially the use of shadow, mirrors stairs.The music most commonly used in thrillers is nondiegetic.
-The location and settings of thrillers are usually in claustrophobic areas such as elevators, prisons etc.The lighting used in thrillers is usually dark, light against dark or shadows to create a sense of illusion or nightmares.
-Thrillers usually contain twists and suprises and they can often play with the viewers mind.
-Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wideranging thriller genre. However, this genre often incorporates elements from the mystery and drama genre in addition to the typical traits of the thriller genre. Also, occasionally this genre will border into the also wide-ranging Horror genre. Generally, thrillers focus on plot over character, and thus emphasize intense, physical action over the character's psyche

More examples of codes and conventions of thriller’s:
-Surprises & Twists
-Plays With Viewers Mind
-Quick Cuts & Change Of Camera Angles
-Music To Add Tension
-Use Of Lighting To Create Shadows
-Mirrors
-Stairs
-From Killers Point Of View
-Flash Backs
-Pass Of Time Sequences
-Make Audience Think