Lillith Title Sequence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38Gdi2sYI0Y

Evaluation Question 1

Here is video response to the question 
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation Question 2

Here is our video response to this question.

Evaluation Question 3

This is our video answer to Question :

Evaluation Question 4

Who Would be the Audience for our media product?
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Evaluation Question 5

Here is a slideshow that answers the evaluation question 5:

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Evaluation Question 6

Media products have advanced very well in the few years that will help us do our filming and gives us advice such as:

 Youtube - This has helped us with our research on our preliminary task to see how other students did on this task. We also used it to research for our title sequence and films that have inspired our idea. This also gave us tutorials and help on making the effects work and look realistic.

Editing software - This has advanced so much that we can produce high level level editing at an affordable price we used Adobe premiere effects to edit our film and preliminary task we were also used Sony Vegas which cost a lot more but worth it as it is one of the best editing softwares out there.  Mocha was also used to track the effects of the scenes as it is very difficult to motion track

Blogger - This was a good medium to show how our progress has been since the start of the project. we also used this to schedule times that we should meet up and film. We were able to see other previous blog done by students to compare and see how well we are doing.

Freesound.org - We used this site for some sound effects and music that would be needed in the task. We came across this by a mind map posted by a previous student.

Search engines - These have helped greatly in finding locations, sites and tutorials on how to make film different shots. We used Google and Bing to get the information we needed to make progress on our project.
Detonationfilms.com - This website provided us with effects such as flames and target effects to make the Demon see more evil and menacing rather than just a man.
Panasonic TM700 - This is the camera that we used to film our title sequence as well as our preliminary task. The quality of this camera shows how far technology as gone that we can almost match TV quality.

Evaluation Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Use of Shots

At the start of the sequence, we used an establishing shot of the graveyard. This was done to exemplify the mysterious location used for our horror title film sequence. We also used low angle low angle shots to emphasize the vulnereability of the female character.

Film Script

Lillith

By Vanessa Kintu

Ext/day: Graveyard

Several tracking shots showing the angel statues as the titles fade in. Wide shot of Lillith walking through the graveyard.

LILLITH (V.O)

When we are young we are read books and told stories which speak of love magic and wonder. We’re made to believe that these things exist in the real world; princesses with long flowing hair, charming princes, fairies, elves, pixies.

Lillith stops and kneels in front of her brother’s grave.

LILLITH (V.O) (CONT’D)

No one talks about the dark creatures out there, the ones who posses the ability to come into your life one ordinary day and take away everything you ever cared for.

Ext/day: University garden.

Fade to Lillith’s brother sitting on a bench studying.

LILLITH (V.O) (CONT’D)

No loving parent tells the children stories about the demons that lurk in the dark corners of the world.

Wide shot of the brother sitting on the bench and the demon standing behind him. Point of view shot of the brother’s back as the demon moves towards him. The brother hears something and turns around only to be met with emptiness. He turns back confuse and gasps as he sees the demon standing in front of him.

LILITH (V.O) (CONT’D)

Nevertheless, I know that it is these creatures that are real, I know because a year ago my brother was murdered by one of them.

The demon grabs her brother by the throat and lifts him up into the air.

LILLITH (V.O) (CONT’D)

And so I set about to write my own story, perhaps more a horror story than a fairytale, but I will write the truth about these creatures.

The demon throws her brother across the garden, he hits the wall and falls dead.

LILLITH (V.O) (CONT’D)

The dangers of knowing their existence, the fears of possessing their powers and the strength it takes to defeat them.

Location Shots

 These are the shots of our graveyard scene it is in Abney park cemetery in Stoke Newington. Which is a good location as it provides us with all the elements of a peaceful but slightly eerie place. This is where all the scenes of the sequence took place we were a little restrained with filming as we did not want to show any gravestone as people may be offended.

 This is the location for the second part of our film which is in the garden for our college. It is a nice area to do our murder scene as it was calm and peaceful but also empty to show that the 'demon' can appear anywhere at any time to do their evil work. It also helped that we could use the wall an object to slam somebody into.

Research for title sequence

Another film that inspired us was the Blade II title sequence that gives us an idea on what a title sequences does as this simply explain the back story to Blade and what the current film is about as Blade tells us a story on his life with scenes of it . We can use this to show the lead character of our title sequence. This was the storyline that we used to make our title sequence as we can show different scenes while using a voiceover to explain what is going on, so the viewer is not left confused.

This particular horror title sequence that we found on YouTube was of particular interest,as the use of font and visual effects along with the non-diegetic instrumental soundtrack created a terrifying atmosphere. We want to create a similar reaction from our audience from watching our title sequence,so we will be working on our font and making it spooky.

Furthermore,there are some elements in the title sequence of the film 'Seven' that are similar to the above video. both use white font that sparks up, flickers and moves up and down, this animation creates an eerie atmosphere. The use of extreme close-ups in the 'Seven' title creates dramatic tension.


The Bourne Identity has helped as it focuses on one character and allows us to put a lot of detail in the character we are using such as clothing that can express what kind of person our character is. It also makes the audience feel affection towards the character but also fear and other feelings. In the film there are many shots of the main character shown as a criminal we can use that to give a different image of our character.

We also wanted a choke scene when our victim gets killed and we found a good choke scene to base it from which is Kyle Xy which is a TV series about a boy who is an alien.

We also wanted a choke scene when our victim gets killed and we found a good choke scene to base it from which is Kyle Xy which is a TV series about a boy who is an alien.
It has the grab, that initiates the scene then there is a cut to the legs lifting up which made us believe he is being lifted up followed by a low angle shot of the man being choked.

Film Making Evaluation Questions

1. 1. Our media product uses the conventions of film,by using establishing shots as well as wide shots,which are regular camera shots used by film makers. We challenge the conventions of films,by using a female as the main character. Our film alls in the genre of an action thriller film, as it does involve elements of tragedy.  We use the location of a graveyard,ts is a generic onvention of a horror film,as t has connotations of a ghostly figure,which are mostly featured in a horror film.
   2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
   3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
   4. Who would be the audience for your media product? Our target audience is anyone over the age of 12,as it dosen't necessarily need parental guidance.
   5. How did you attract/address your audience?
   6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
   7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 
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Storyboard

The storyboards are now complete and there is a link to download the full storyboard is here if you wish to view them.

Filming Schedule

Tuesday 21st February - 09.00am: Filming at the cemetery.
Friday 26th February - 2.30pm: Filming parent's death.

Operation Cemetery

In order to capture the thriller essence that we aim to have in our title sequence we choose Abney Park Cemetery as one of our two filming locations.

Cast and Crew Details

CAST AND CREW:
Vanessa - Director
Abdullah - Camera man
Lilufa - Actor
Tanvir - Actor

Notes on music, costume, props etc.

- Title sequence starts of with the demon girl in her bedroom which is filmed as a birds eye view shot.
- Low key lighting used in the demon girl's bedroom
- Halo/Classical music sed to create empathy for demon.
- Flashback in an outside location of two dead parents filmed as a high angle shot.
-Quick cut; close up of demon, loud music used to convey error.
- Voice over used to explain demon's death.
-Mask&Make-up used for demon's appearance.

Also for the demon we wanted to conceal the face by making the hood hang over the face a little like this:

So there is some mystery on what it looks like.

Mind Map of Initial Ideas

Preliminary Task

We shot three different scenes in our preliminary task and then seperated them in editing to create the full sequence. The first shot of the first group member walking in then looking over in shock was split to create a match on action sequence with, the second scene was of the second group member crying and the third was the conversation between the two.