revised questionare

In order to properly ascertain our target market and give ourselves something to work for while editing I have revised our questionare in order to pin down out target market and will be putting up the results soon.

1. What is your favourite movie genre?

·         Thriller

·         Horror

·         Drama

·         Comedy

·         Crime

2. What do you see in the opening of a movie that you enjoy?
3.  If you had to choose a Thriller sub-genre what would it be? Crime-Thriller, Psychological-Thriller

4. If you had to choose, what would be your favourite Thriller movie?
5. What do you like about that movie? I.e. the tension it creates.
6. What setting do you think is best for a high tension thriller?
7. Have you ever stopped watching a movie after 5 minutes? If ‘Yes’ why?
8. What in the opening to a Thriller would keep you asking questions?

9. Give your age?

10. Your status (lower class/middle class/upper class)?

11. Do you like intelligent well thought out films?

13. Do you like foreign films?

14. What is your favourite type of music?

15. What was the last film you watched?

16. What was the last thriller film you watched?

17. What did you like about it?

18. What did you not like about it?

19. Do you like films with lots of effects?

20. What type of effect do you prefer?

In other news John and I will be confronting Zander on the lack of shots other than POVs as we think it leaves much to be desired. I will be confronting him in his media lesson today as John is preoccupied.

prelim

although our prelim was finished ages ago I am only now uploading the link to the youtube channel it can be found at. Look for the Morris conspiracy for the preliminary task I accomplished with my original group of Jake Fox, John Hughes and James Dench
www.youtube.com/user/plato503

Our Film Production Idents

Before our filming we needed to create a film production company to credit in the opening tites. we came up with three ideas and then several idents for them which I created using text generators and will be animating over the weekend.
I apologise for the intial lack of animation.

my first idea was more filler than anyhing else and was initially unliked by the rest of the group until they saw the design choosing it after an initial change of font to a sharper design.

Black cat studios was the first idea and the one which was eventually chosen. the final design will be animated with a slightly diferent font colour.

The idea of white chapel studios comes from the white chapel murders of jack the ripper. the intiial design seen above is a small section of victorian street designed in google sketchup the font is old english and it was initially supposed to contain a fog effect to add an old london setting.

the second design featuring a sketch of several inspectors pursuing a jack the ripper suspect went through several re designs concerning text font and colour.

both designs for crusader entertainment thought of by Zander Parkin contain a woodcut of a monk, a crusader and a priest one has been given a charcoal redesign and the other a flame effect which if it had been chosen would have been animated.

storyboard by Zander Parkin

Stickman storyboard by Zander.

Thriller Questionnaire

   1.   What is your favourite movie genre?
2.  What do you look for in the opening of a movie?
3.  If you had to choose a Thriller sub-genre what would it be? i.e. Crime-Thriller, Psychological-Thriller
4. If you had to choose, what would be your favourite Thriller movie?
5. What do you like about that movie? i.e. the tension it creates.
6. Where do you personally think is the best place to shoot a Thriller Opening?
7. Have you ever turned a movie after 5 minutes? If ‘Yes’ why?
8. What would you want to happen in the opening to a Thriller movie, in order to keep your attention and to keep you asking questions?
Narrative Script

I knew you … Ha … Well I did know you before the accident. You only killed for the state, now you just kill for revenge? You’re an animal. I remember that mission, we knew what we had to do it was easy, easier than 1, 2, 3, but it was just after your daughter had been brutally murdered. You thought they were responsible, you took it to heart, and you went after Belakov on your own personal mission,
(Stands up) you jeopardised the whole mission! (Sits back down)
You, I and McNeal were taken, tortured. But they took you away … We thought you were dead … Well you were dead, you came back looking for answers. And here they are. (Pushes pictures of Belakov across table) That’s him, you were right he did take your daughter, but he didn’t kill her, our sources stay she’s still alive … being held, but we don’t know where, if you wish to find her … You must take Belakov alive. That wont be easy … He’s heavily guarded 24/7. He knows we’ll be coming, that’s why we need you cause after all you … are … dead …
This post also taken from John Hughes Blog

Costume ideas for our main task.
Costume for the narrator - He will be wearing a black and white suit so that the audience when they see him will be able to get the idea that he is in some sort of business, The representation of a black and white means that he could be seen as being the Hero or the Villain because the white would resemble the purity in his heart and the black could resemble his dark heart.

Costume for the Villain - For the villain we have a full black suit so that we could resemble the fact that darkness is everywhere around him and that his intentions are purely evil. Also to go with the suit we have the leather gloves showing that this guy is a professional and that he is aware that leaving any tracks would be a horrible mistake for him.

 

Roles for our final Idea
Acting Roles
Main Role (Person being dragged) - Zander Parkin
Bad guy - Morris James
Narrator - John Hughes (Me)
Directing and camera roles
Main Directing Role - John Hughes
Assistant director - Morris James
Main Camera man - Zander Parkin
Sound and editing - Zander Parkin and John Hughes
Prop organisation - Morris James, Zander Parkin and John Hughes

Transportation
Zander Parkin - none needed, lives in Baston
John Hughes - Bus or possible getting a lift from relative
Morris James - Getting a lift off of a relative

Shootin Script

Shot	Shot Description	Audio/Dialogue
1	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
2	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
3	POV shot of empty room, mainly focused on the door (sideward)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
4	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
5	POV shot of legs being dragged along, travelling backwards.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
6	POV shot of empty room, still focused on door but camera starts to rotate (getting up)	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
7	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
8	POV as dragging stops and character (camera) falls backwards onto the floor.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
9	POV shot as man opens the door and enters the empty room	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
10	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
11	POV shot of character getting picked up to kneel.	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
12	POV shot as man walks towards the camera (door shuts)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and amplified door shutting, Narration
13	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
14	POV shot as character gets shot (falls over)	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing and Gun shot, Narration
15	POV shot of man grabbing character and shaking him	Heartbeat, Heavy Breathing, “WHY DID YOU DO IT! WHY WHY? (Echos, Discombobulated)” Narration
16	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
17	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining)
18	POV shot of man walking away, eyes slowly closes	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
19	POV of man leaving as character falls back down, eyes slowly close	Heartbeat and Heavy Breathing, Narration
20	Mid/long shot of man sat behind desk, being interrogated	Man speaking (Narrates the whole begining

taken from group member John's blog at johnhughesfoundationproduction.blogspot.com