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.