for Lauren - hospital gown of some sort, possibly dirty/ripped.
white socks, shoes optional?
make up should make the actor look pale and tired, with dark bags under their eyes
for Office Worker- office attire; e.g. pencil skirt, tights, flat shoes, white blouse and jacket. hair up in a tight bun. glasses possibly (although, watch for reflections in the lenses)
props will include:
a photocopier (can be found on location)
a set of medical records (can be made or copied)
a bottle of pills (found at home/bought) [no pills taken]
Today we met as a group to discuss ideas for the name of our production company, and also to start to create a logo. For the name, we started by looking at some existing production companies that specialise in horror, such as Twisted Pictures and Hammer Horror Films. We decided that we wanted our company name to reflect the genre of our title sequence, and so we started brainstorming words we thought represented our idea, we also experimented with whether our name should include '___ Studios' or '___ Films'
we collated our ideas and created a shortlist of possible names:
Alucard Studios
Phantom Films
Skull Spoke Productions
Enigma Films
Chairedge Films
we then each took it in turns to rate each idea out of three, and totalled the scores. It then concluded that the name of our production company would be Chairedge Films.
As for the logo, we've currently decided on the idea of a bloody handprint, which, on closer inspection, has one extra finger, we created a rough draft of this idea to see how effective it looked:
we also decided to be creative with the name of our film, and decided to mix two words together. eventually we decided that we should combine 'insane' and 'asylum' to create Insylum. although we haven't decided how this will look on screen yet.
All of the pictures below are part of 1 main lcoation for filming, these pictures give a detailed view of the block of a building we want to film in, consisting of a corridoor, stairs and a photcopier room, which will all be used in conjunction to create a mental asylum looked effect for our opening sequence.
this is the corridoor that will be shot in reverse order to what this image displays, this is where the 3 jump/speed cuts will take place to show the photocopier room and the evil character.
this pictures shows the view after the jump/speed cuts have occurred, of the photocopier room and the end of the corridoor, which are both used for the rest of the opening sequence.
this picture shows the stair way that we intend to also film on, this is where we feel the security camera effect should be placed on the opening sequence as it is unique but original in that this effect has been used of other films in our genre style of films before, but not in the way we intend to use it.
this shot is the view from the photocopier room of which we intend to show the evil crazy character appearing at the bottom of the stairs in the shot, and appearing from the side.
this shot is the reverse shot view from the photocopier room of which we intend to show the evil crazy character appearing at the bottom of the stairs in the shot, and appearing from the side.
this is the view of the stair case we intend to use for the POV(point of view) shot from the evil characters eyes.
these are 2 possible shots of a possible location for filming to give a feel and establishing shot of where the action is happening.
this video shows the audience research we did for opening sequences, which compiled of various questions being asked to a group of students from our class.
i used the opening sequence to the movie - "zombie land" for my analsysis:
The opening sequence to zombieland is all 100% shot in slow motion, after some research and looking at other slow motion videos i would guess and say that the slow motion opening sequence was shot in roughly 800fps, which is extremely high and produces a very impressively smooth output that is both unique and satisfying to the eye. slow motion is not so much a common feature of horrror movies and is perhaps the feature marker that displays this isnt just a horror movie, its also got snippets of comedy and action within it.
The use of both extremely slow and smooth slow motion and very effective stomach churning bloody effects instantly gives us the establishing shots of what genre and mood this film is going to be, which is horror and part comedy. Zombie land has a good balance of the two and fits perfectly between full blown horror film and a comedy film, both of which are displayed in the opening sequence through the use of camera work, mise - en -scene, editing and sound.
The soundtrack for the opening sequence is a slow paced rock genre of music, this is typically conventional of these types of horrror films that also entail parts of comedy and action,which goes hand in hand with the extremely slow paced clips that are parallel to the soundtrack. The slow paced rock music appeals to many people as it often makes clips look "cool" which is a very positive effect on the audience. It allows the audience to infer that the film is going to be a bit crazy, but thorough in its entertainment.
Furthermore, mise - en - scene features like dirty skin looks on the zombies, with blood flowing from various parts of their bodies, car explosions and police uniforms show this film is going to be very violent, scary but full of action on a national scale. These use of specific mise - en - scene features perfectly depicts the type of film/genre that Zombieland falls into. All of the mise - en -scene features are typically convention for horror, comedy and action films of this type.
camera techniques like various different high and low angle shots are used to further empahsise the action going on in each shot, which in turn adds to the horror effect of clips as the audience will get to see each clip in more detail and with various shot angles, which keeps them interested and concentrating for when a horror shot of something scary or gory is going to happen.
analysis of the opening sequence to the film "se7en":
0:00 - film begins without a credit on the screen.
0:03 - The Production company of the film appears in a small sized, white font that appears to jitter on the screen very slightly. This establishes the mood and genre of the film by displaying correlated features of the film which are obsession and insanity.
0:05 - The producers name appears in a small white font on a black background in the same format and size as the production company, the writing is reveresed at first and then flips to the readable way/format. This has the same effect as the first credit and continues to establish genre and show the audience what type of film they are about to watch as it also has a jittery effect on the credit which emphasises non stability and insanity.
0:10 - The Writer of the film appears after a black wipe fades accross tghe pages of a book for added effect which allows us to infer that he wrote the film. This is in the same format as the above credits and still emphasises insanity, however this credit does not last as long as the others, this is to prepare for the quick succession of the fast paced clips that follow it.
0:13 - One of the film stars names appears in the next credit, with a larger space between the first and second name of the actor, and the whole name flashes as it appears, these effects are to emphasise the actor as he is a well known actor that is recognised as being very talented, which adds suspense to the film. The font and colour remain the same as previous credits for consistancy. Also an image very quickly flashes within the credit appearance, adds to the sense of the film being unstable and about somebody whos insane.
0:18 - Another actor of the film appears in the next credit but without the large space in his name, but the flashing effect has been retained from the previous actor credit. this is to slightly emphasise the actor however not as much as the first due to him being the main character/subject of the film. Font and size have are the same for consistancy
0:23 - The name of the film appears in much larger font which changes in correlation with the soundtrack.
0:30 - Random name of somebody involved in the film appears
0:33 - Random name of somebody involved in the film appears however this time not on a black background but with action of the insane persons book as the background.
0:38 - Random name appears of somebody involved in the film
0:41 - Random name appears of somebody involved in the film
0:46 - 2 Random names appear of people who are involved in the film
0:54 - 3 random names appear of people who are involved in the film
0:58 - 3 random names appear of people who are involved in the film
1:03 - 3 random names appear of people who are involved in the film
1:10 - Casting crew names appear
1:16 - persons name repsonsible for music appears
1:20 - costume designers name appears
1:24 - editors name appears
1:25 - production designers name appears
1:36 - director of photographys name appears after a longer peiod of waiting from the last credit due to more film clips being inserted for added effect of horror and insanity.
1:39 - co producers names appear
1:43 - co executive producers names appear
1:50 - executive producers names appear
1:53 - writer of the film appears
1:58 - producers names appear
2:05 - director appears
all of the credits involved in the opening sequence of the film "se7en" are all in the same format of text and are all white, however there are differing sizes of text to emphasise certain credits to the audience for various desired effects. there is a general pause of around 3 - 6 seconds between each credit appearing which is fairly consistant. the inconsistancies in the text sizes and appearance times however are perhaps in correlation with the idea of the film of insanity and unstability. some of the credits appear in white text on a black background, however there are some exceptions to this that are:
- "richard Rowntree's" credit appears on a film clip as the background
- one of the credits appears on a brownish background.
the credits all fully emphasise the idea of insanity and horror due to being quite mysterious, they have a jittery effect placed on them that means they move around on the screen slightly and look scratched and un polished(not perfectly designed). this type of sequence was designed by Kyle Cooper.
