Editing

Over the past week we have been working on analytically selecting the clips for our opening sequence. From this we then developed a hierarchy for the work to be completed, this is ; 1. Sequence, 2. Monologue, 3. Credits, 4. Soundtrack, 5. Logo. In my opinion I feel that we are making sufficient progress on the opening sequence and we are overcoming the problems that we find with some of our shots. Overall I feel that the sequence should be completed by the end of next week.

Filming Day 2

Due to our previous piece of filming being unusable (because the shots were too dark due to filming at night for the desired effect of mystery and darkness) we had to shoot the majority of shots again. This took place on Saturday the 19th which we spent the day shooting our previous shots as well as new ones to help us pick the right shot when editing. The day went well with good idea discussion helping us to further improve our opening sequence through the use of different angled shots and completely new ideas that can be incorporated through the use of editing (such as a slow motion shot of a cup dropping with the use of a green screen to add a black background).

Filming

During mondays lesson we took a camera out to begin filming. We firstly went to New Malden High Street to film our panoramic view from a car park. We then went to Raynes Park to film the majority of the scenes, this included the build up of the alleyway scene and the actual atacking scene itself. We brought one of actors along for the attacking scene, who also participated in an acive discussion of ideas for the scenes and provided some useful ideas. Overall the filming went well and prduced good ideas for the future filming and development.

Genre

Horror
Horror films are made to create an emotional reaction from its audience, these emotions include fear and shock. The codes and conventions are shown in this image I made.The horror genre is becoming more popular due to good ratings on recent films and the fact that horror TV shows (such as Walking Dead) are appealing to a broader audience through the accessibility of the genre in peoples homes.

Thriller
Thriller films are made to create an enigma ,suspense and excitement in its audience. Typically obstacles are presented to the protagonist throughout the film which they overcome. There are different types of thrillers, some of the typical sub genres are psychological, crime and mystery. Thrillers tend to use fast pace and action to alter the viewers mood and give them anticipation into what could happen, the use of entrapment is the key signifier in a thriller due to the use of enclosed spaces which creates tension and suspense on the audience (an example of where entrapment is used is Panic Room). Some of the codes and conventions are:
 - Fast pace
 - Enigmas
 - Suspense
 - Anticipation
 - Plot twists
 - Cliffhangers
 - Action
 - Villain driven plot
 - Entrapment

Synopsis and Personal Response

A girl is being followed on her way home by a boy. The girl realises the boy is following her and starts speeding up. She goes down an alley and starts running, the boy chases her. The boy catches and attacks her. She is left dead on the floor in the alley. A skyline panoramic view shows the scene, with voice-over dialogue from a detective. The detective is looking at the crime scene in the alley. The screen then fades to black with a quote as a voice-over. The credits then roll.

I believe that this is a good idea, as the content engages the audience by creating an enigma. The panoramic view may be hard to create but it will effectively establish the scene, however I believe that this should come first in the sequence as it establishes the scene. The idea can be improved but in the end I think it will be a good opening sequence.

Institution

Institution

Distribution Companies
Distribution companies come into effect once the films production has been completed, they are responsible for the advertising of the film and are crucial for the film to generate revenue. The typical advertising is mainly found on the side of buses or T.V adverts, which are the two ways that are viewed the most.

Revolver Entertainment

Revolver Entertainment is a UK distribution company, which are known for the likes of films such as: Ill Manors, Shank, Anuvahood and Sherlock Holmes. Revolver Entertainment distribute films of many different genres and budget films.













Production Companies
The production company handles budgeting, scripting, organisation of workers, scheduling, production, post production, distribution and marketing. The production company is an important role in film making, due to it handling the majority of tasks that need to take place for the film to work. Production companies can also use partner companies or investors for fundraising the project.

LucasFilm

An example of a Production company is Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm are mainly known for Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Lucasfilm has a total gross of $4,211,349,905 from the 6 main Star Wars films, this has made the company well know and entices viewers to see films produced by them due to their popularity.

Narrative

Narrative

Todorov's idea of narative is that there is a set narrative pattern that films typically follow. He found this idea with the fact that folk tales and fairy storiesall followed a similar pattern. This was called the classic narrative pattern, this begins with:
-Equilibrium (ordered state)
-Disruption (by an event)
-Resolution
-Restored order
-Return to a new equilibrium

An example of this type of narrative pattern is Shaun of the Dead.

- Shaun of the Dead starts of with an ordered state of two men living an ordinary life
- A zombie outbreak occurs
- They figure out a way to survive the xombie outbreak
- The army fights off the zombie outbreak
- Order is restored and they go back to living their lives


Levi-Strauss developed Propp's theory further by analysing how meaning can be extracted from narrative strctureby looking at connections between story elements and that these elements must be opposites. These elements are included in Shaun of the Dead:

Male/Female - Shaun/Liz - Liz is Shaun's ex who get back together from the teamwork shown in the film

Fear/Happiness - Zombies/Surviving - The characters were happy with the plan of going to the Winchester, but scared when the zombies attacked the Winchester