Media Distributor

Seeing as our film would feature no major names our film would probably be independently funded by lots of smaller groups rather than any major companies as it would be more of a gamble and be more at risk of not making a lot of money. We would probably be distributed by an independent company like Film4 or maybe, seeing a our film is in a well established genre we may even be distributed by a larger company like Universal. 

The people who would gross the highest pay would be our lead actors, Daniel Wright, Andrew Bryan,  Alisha Ward, Ges Smith etc; and though they were not featured in the opening credits the rest of the cast and crew who worked in making the film would be featured in the end credits instead. 

Our film is similar (in it's production) to the BAFTA award winning film 'Tyrannosaur', this too is an independently funded film starring relatively unknown actors. It was distributed and produced in all independent minor companies like Film4 Productions and StudioCanal UK.

Logo

Here is the BiggerBoat productions Logo I made to go at the beginning of my video:

I chose to make this logo as I felt it would give my work a more proffessional look as all production companies have logos. I designed it as a metallic boat, it is slightly different to my original design as I had computer troubles which mean tthat I had to redo it but I still think it turned out pretty good.

Final Complete Opening Sequence

Final Music choices

In the end I chose to use the songs:

-Badass by Reece A
-Sound of Da Police by KRS
-WWE: Brodus Clay 4th Theme song 'Somebody Call My Momma'
-'Bumblebee' from Transformers The Movie by Steve Jablonsky
- And 'Chamber of Mirrors' from Conan The barbarian by City of Prague Philharmonic

Progression

Some of the techniques I used when filming were:

Low angle shot to give the character a sense of power and strength- something that we will later contradict.

One effect we used was to fade one seen into the next, the fade was barely noticeable but made cut between the scenes less jumpy.

Shot/reverse Shot:

We also used Shot/reverse shot for the dialogue scenes using over the shoulder shots on Alex to one on Mr Smith:

We also used match on action:

To follow Alex from his getting up from the table to a change in angle of him opening the door (filmed from the outside)

 I also used Rule of Thirds:

When filming the shot reverse/shot dialogue scenes we lined up the characters bodies and faces to the rule of thirds to get maximum effect and enable that they both were the focus of the the scene.

We also used Extreme high angles to make certain characters appear weaker.

Looking back at your Preliminary task (the conitnuing editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

This final task was by far harder than my previous short film 'Saveloy and Chips' which was a lot of fun to make and really not that much hassle as we filmed it nearly all in one day and with only a cast of two so we had little organisation problems. Which is the complete parallel of this final piece which was riddled with filming problems. It was nigh impossible to get everyone together to film in one day as we were all so busy with our other subjects and free at different times,  the costume and direction much more complex, the story was more detailed and a lot of our cast failed to turn up and then completely let us down so that we couldn't get all of our script filmed. This meant that we had to totally re-juggle our plot and so our final footage is very different to what we had previously intended.

Editing wise: I had used iMovie before and so because of that and the fact I had been ill (and so had missed much of the editing period and the last few days of shooting) I had not been able to learn how to use final cut or assist my partners in doing their edit so I had to do my own. I managed to get a rudimentary understanding of Final Cut however, just enough to get the voice over on and in my free time after school and during lessons got the editing done.

I think I've learnt through this experience how stressful filming can be (especially if people let you down and you don't have enough backup plans to supplement it) and I think though I do enjoy editing and directing and generally filming it's far too much pressure for me to ever consider as a career. I think that I do however have more confidence in my abilities to salvage a sequence form the utter mess that was our filmed footage (after all our problems) and though my final piece may not be award winning I hope that I've managed to cobble together a decent (beginning of a)story.

I also am quite sure now that directing, storyboarding, editing and even occasional acting are my strong points but sadly not writing humorous scripts which I more than happy am to leave up to the boys!

  

 



Representation

Technology

The computer programs I used when producing and editing my footage were iMovie and Final Cut Express.

This is an example of one of the cameras we filmed it on.

The computer I used to do my editing was an Apple Mac:

iMovie:

I used iMovie to do the majority of my editing and all of my rough-cuts. I also used it to add my transition effects and adjust the contrast and colours. I also used it to add the music. 

Final Cut:

I then transferred my almost complete footage to Final Cut where I added the voice over and some more editing in depth. However when I had transferred it over I had lost the music, so I then had to re-transfer it over to iMovie, and re-add back in the music and then do some final cutting to finish it off. Then I put it on Youtube, however once I had done so I realised that it was over two minutes and that the audio for the music was too high so we couldn't hear the dialogue. I then took it back off of Youtube and re-adjusted the levels of audio and ducking and added some more titles, once I had done I posted to back up again.

Target Audience Profile+ Conventions

Target Audience Profile


This is Alan, he is in his mid-teens and is in secondary school, due to his age he is beggining to be more appreciative of more intelligent humour (though is not quite of the age when childish humour or toilet humour are lost on him). He is a fan of cult classic movies, comedies, action and science fiction films. He wears casual clothes and enjoys listening to underground music and hanging out with his friends.




How did we attract our target audience? (Watch the annotations)





In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?  (i.e of film openings)

I chose these nine screencaps as examples of how our film fits to the comedy conventions: the first has the typical overdramatic shot angle that's often used in cop parodies (like our own which is an almost cop parody with a twist), the second I chose because it shows the costume- a glorified school uniform done right up to the top button highlighting how anul the character of Alex is)  and because it has the dramatic to camera swagger which is a common feature in comedy films in which the hero swaggers down the street believing he looks cool. The way in which we challenged average comedy film openings is through using young actors in the lead parts,, most comedy films have older actors playing their lead parts but we decided that as it is a film about young people we would use young people. Also it will allow us to connect to our target audience better as they will be able to identify with someone their own age.

The third I chose to use as it shows creative camera work; we toppled the camera after Daniels punch so that we could watch him walk away, this is also the kind of thing you would see in comedy films as they like to play up the drama/cool to ludicrous levels to rip on the action films conception of itself appearing cool when in fact people would never act like that in real life and so it only looks vaguely ridiculous. We also had the punch and address to camera as it is an example of breaking the fourth wall which is often used in comedies to show the audience that the film is self aware and should only be taken as a joke. 

The fourth I chose to use as it sets up the action part of this action-comedy it also is reminsicent of the typical ridiculous chase scene that is a common feature in the comedy film. This one is particularly silly as it is a mature teenager chasing a little boy in the middle of the school and nobody stops them!

The fifth I chose as it is the introduction of Chris's character, his character is seen several times during the opening sequence- at every occasion being harassed by Daniel! This is a particular point of silliness as though Alex insists he is striving for justice he seems intent on bullying Chris! Also I like the fact that this scene appears to be particularly biased towards Alex's view of the world as here we see Chris cower in fear at him when in reality we have already seen that Alex has little power (we see this in the previous Mr Smith scene). I should also mention that the introduction of the female lead love interest character also is in this opening sequence though she only appears to dramatically sigh for a second, this is a rip on the way that female characters often seem to appear in action films to either get in the way and then fall modly in love with the lead male or be desperately in love with him but remain unacknowledged until the day is won and he has time for her.

The sixth I chose because it shows a classic cheesy moment as Alex does the cliche finger snap at the ladies, this sort of awkward humour is common in comedy features and the idea of a character who is often not loved by the ladies who is under the misconception that he is is also a common occurence in comedies.

The seventh is a section of the office scene between Mr Smith and Alex, I chose this as not only does it show our use of the over the shoulder shots but also sets up part fo the core drama of the film and gives the character od Alex osem emotional depth, it also introduces the character of the headteacher who will be one to further antagonise our unlikely hero throughout the course of the the film. It also adds a little risk as we are made aware that Alex doesn't not entirely get away with his behaviour and isn't perhaps as much viewed as a hero as he believes he is. what is humour without pathos? Aswell as that this scene makes particular use of music as as Alex gets up and begins to make his dramatic heroes speech drmataic heroes music begins to play in the backgorund which reaches its climax as he throws open the door to 'stare out into the night' like some kind of superhero watching over his city.

The eighth shows the main characters (Alex) sidekick Toms introduction. He is introduced in a rather dramatic but anti-climactic manner as he puts out his bag to knock down the fleeing student. I picked this particular shot as it highlights his morose and unimpassioned character, not only through his bored expression but through the use of a boring flat angle mid-shot, in great contrats to Alex's more frequently dramatic shots e.g the extreme low angles.

The final screenshot I have chosen is the titles, I have used bold red text to match the movie poster/logo art I did previous to shooting the opening sequence so as to keep a sense of regularity to the overall image of the film. Also the titles are animated and fly in from either side of the screen, meet, and pause in the middle then fly off once more, this is fittingly dramatic and appropriate for Alex,s character as he to is prone to the dramatic. Animated bold text is also seen in 'Zombieland' which is an action/horror/comedy.  

Editing 8th/19/20th March

8th March:

Today I started the second half of my editing, my video is almost finished ands there's only a few more things to do now those are:

-Final touches
-One final peice of music to add
-Some last titles to add

And then hopefully my editing should be complete.

My final video has turned out completely different to the script and storyboard, I have taken the clips and rearranged them to make up for the fact that we didn't get everything filmed we need. So far I'm guite happy with what I've got and it's got good responses.


19th March:

Have added stuff I mentioned last time and have got it pretty much finished with it and am quite happy with how it turned out. Had a bit of hassle transferrign it from iMovie to Final Cit and back again (see Technology review for further information on this incident) but it looks opretty good now its downe and I'm uploadign it.

20th March:

Once I had uploaded it yesterday I realised it was two seconds too long so I have taken it down and cut it, also I have adjusted the sound levels as they were too high and you couldn't hear the Voice-over which isn't very clear. Plus I noticed that I had somehow accidently cut a scene which I have added back in. It is now the correct time of two minutes exactly and all final problems have to been sorted so I am now re-uploading it.

Thursday 26th, I wasn't in but had previously asked for more time to film so now we have an extension until next thusday. During this lesson my group chose their music and thought about what scenes we still had to shoot and re-shoot, e.g. the scene with Mr Smith that we all feel isn't funny enough despite it being well acted.

The boys also finalised the soundtrack and have chosen these two songs both of which I approve:

Badass by ReeceA




Sound of da police by KRS




This song will be used in the opening as Daniels character Alex walks into the school.

On Wednesday the 25th we did some filming, mostly we filmed our outside shots but also some inside scenes aswell. as perusual we didn't get as much done as we would've liked but we did our best.

Here is our cast for Wednesday's filming:

Here we are outside filming in front of the 'Seagull entrance' we are filming part of out opening sequence.

 Here's some more of Andrew as our camera man as we film some more of the opening sequence.

Here's Chris and Daniel trying to encourage Alisha in her acting as we film her scene.

Here Andrew, Chris and I check through our footage and save it onto the computer.

All in all I regret not getting more done but it's no use to me lamenting that now so instead we'll just have to make sure we get more done in our next few days.

Final Concept art

Here is the final concept art for the characters and their costumes as illustrated by Andrew:

Reflection on Thursdays filming

On Thursday we began filming and filmed parts of several of our scenes here are some photographs I took of us working and some of our cast:

Here is part of our cast (mostly in costume) from left to right: Nicole, Andrew, Alisha and Chris

Heres the our group (left to right: Chris, Andrew, Olivia, Daniel)  at the computer looking at our scripts and storyboards and preparing to film.

Here are Andrew and Daniel tying their ties for their costumes.

Here's Daniel threatening Chris in our first scene (not chronologically script wise) while Andrew films

Here's Andrew posing as he gets ready to check through some of the footage we have just filmed.

And that's just a little of what we did on Thursday.

We didn't get as much done as we would've liked but it was a start and now we have a better idea of what were doing were sure our next session will be more efficient.

*All of these phots were taken by me except one hence why I am not in them but regardless I was there directing the whole time.

Production Schedule

Thursday 19th we wil be filming most of the inside shots with our cast and we will be filming in the sixth form office and in the corridors we'll probably be filming the outside shots another day perhaps the wednesday following.

We will need to have with us our lighting, cameras and we will be in costume.

Reflection 17.1.12

Today I have posted up the storyboard page by page, posted up the new script and helped put together a list of cast, costume and things needed for filming.

Storyboard

Script third draft

Here's an update to our script we've changed the ending to add some extra humour.

Hall Monitor Screenplay

ALEX

Do you want to hear my story? Are you sure, it's not for the faint of heart, it's a story of immense excitement, courage, loyalty,

and the satire/parody clause to prevent us from potential lawsuits. This is me. I'm tough. (CLENCH FIST) Charming. (CLICKS FINGERS AND POINTS) And too poor to afford 3D (PUNCHES AT THE CAMERA WHICH THEN FALLS DOWN). And this is what I do.

CUTS TO ALEX, THE HALL MONITOR IS HOLDING A KID AGAINST THE LOCKER, TWO STUDENTS ARE WATCHING IN THE BACKGROUND AND ARE MOCKING ALEX AND THE KID.

ALEX

I saw you littering!

KID

No! I swear, you've made a mistake!

ALEX

I don't make mistakes.

KID

Oh God!

CUTS TO TOM WHO IS WALKING DOWN THE CORRIDOOR,HE STOPS AS HE SEES ALEX AND SIGHS WITH A LOOK OF DISSAPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE. CUTS BACK TO ALEX WHO DOESN'T REALISE THERE IS A TEACHER BEHIND HIM.

ALEX

You don't freaking litter in MY school! You get that punk!?

TEACHER

That is quite enough!

ALEX HAS A LOOK OF PANIC ON HIS FACE, CUT TO HIM SITTING AT THE DESK IN THE TEACHERS OFFICE.

TEACHER

Listen, Alex, I understand you're trying to make a difference.

ALEX

(HALL MONITOR VOICE) I AM (PAUSES THEN REVERTS TO NATURAL VOICE) making a difference! People aren't breaking the rules nearly as much now, you saw what happened to James, he may never taste again.

TEACHER

He's having his TONSILS OUT!

ALEX

(PAUSES THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE TEACHERS SAYING, BEFORE TRYING TO REBUTTAL, NOT LIKING HOW HIS POSITION IS BEING THREATENED) But if I don't make a difference, who will.

TEACHER

The staff.

ALEX

Who else will!? This school needs a hero, (HE STANDS UP AND BEGINS TO TURN TO FACE THE DOOR) someone to look up to, aspire to. Someone needs to clean up these halls, someone needs to be.. The Hall Monitor.

TEACHER

I really don't give a shit. Just stop assaulting the students, or I'll have to report you!

CUT ON ALEX'S REACTION. CUT TO A KID RUNNING DOWN THE HALL. ALEX LOOKS IN HORROR HE UNBUTTONS HIS SHIRT TO REVEAL THE HALL MONITOR LOGO, IN A PARODY OF SUPERMAN, BEFORE SPEED WALKING OUT OF THE DOOR, HE BEGINS TO FOLLOW THE RUNNING KID, SPEED WALKING.

ALEX

Stop! No running in the hall! (THE KID RUNS OFF, HE CHANGES TO THE HALL MONITOR VOICE) We got a fighter then huh?

HE FOLLOWS THE KID, SPEED WALKING OFF SCREEN REVEALING JESSIE, ALEX'S LOVE INTREST, SHE SIGHS DREAMILY AT HIM. CUT TO ALEX STILL CHASING AFTER THE RUNNING KID. HE STOPS TO PICK UP A PIECE OF LITTER, HE LOOKS DOWN AT IT.)

ALEX

It's still warm...

(AS THE RUNNING KID APPROACHES THE END OF THE CORRIDOR A BAG STICKS OUT, THE RUNNING KID FACEPLANTS INTO THE BAG AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR. TOM COMES INTO VIEW FROM ROUND THE CORNER WITH A BORED EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE.

ALEX

Well done rookie, quick thinking.

TOM

Yeah, whatever dude. I'm going to maths.

ALEX (NARRATION)

That's Tom, he's my partner, not in bed, in cleaning up the scum in this school, he's a challenge, he doesn't care much about the system, but he's good at what he does. I have many names, Alex, Master Duncan, Justice and several names which I can't tell you because we're pushing for the 12a rating.(BEHIND HIM, THERE IS A LARGE FIGURE APPROACHING) But that doesn't matter, because I know my duty, I'm here to clean up this school. I am the- 

THE LARGE FIGURE IS FULLY BEHIND HIM, ALEX TURNS AROUND AND TAKES NOTE OF THE GIANT BOY.


ALEX
Let me guess... big brother? (THE LARGE FIGURE NODS) Great... should have seen that coming.
 THE LARGE FIGURE PUNCHES HIM AND AS HE FALLS THE HALL MONITOR THEME PLAYS AND THE HALL MONITOR LOGO FADES ONTO SCREEN.

Production Schedule: Cast and set list

We have assembled our cast, they are as such:

Alex- Daniel
Tom- Andrew
Jessie- Aleisha
Teacher- Mr Smith
Student 1- Chris
Student 2- Gabriel
Extras- James

I emailed Gabriels teachers and got him the day off of his subjects so that he can film with us and I also emailed Mr Smith and sorted out with him to clear his schedule and film with us for (most of) the day.

(Possible) Sets:

Sixth Form office
Corridor
The Bridge
Outside the school

Storyboard

The storyboard is as of yet unfinished as though ti is all drawn it still needs to be finished annotated, I have taken a picture of all of the storyboards together so you cannot see each page separately but it does show you that we've done seven pages.

Hallmonitor Costume Designs

We've not started filming yet as not all of our group are together yet and we haven't assembled all of our costume, to help us with this Andrew sketched some costume designs for us:

We tried to keep the costumes plain and basic and designed them round what we had at home so that we would have no problem with getting them on short notice. They consist of white shirt, tie, black trousers and suit shoes; we decided on this kind of formal dress as it would be the normal for the older years of school to wear.

We've also designed the costumes to reflect the characters, Alex is very neat and tidy and by the book with his short tucked in and trousers pulled up high, however Tom's is much more scruffy (his shirt out and tie not tied properly) as he cares less for the rules and is only interested in doing his job for the extra points. 

Jessie is also dressed very tidily as she likes Alex and so desires his approval and attention.

Hallmonitor Second Draft Script

Hall Monitor Screenplay

ALEX

Do you want to hear my story? Are you sure, it's not for the faint of heart, it's a story of immense excitement, courage, loyalty,

and the satire/parody clause to prevent us from potential lawsuits. This is me. I'm tough. (CLENCH FIST) Charming. (CLICKS FINGERS AND POINTS) And too poor to afford 3D (PUNCHES AT THE CAMERA WHICH THEN FALLS DOWN). And this is what I do.

CUTS TO ALEX, THE HALL MONITOR IS HOLDING A KID AGAINST THE LOCKER, TWO STUDENTS ARE WATCHING IN THE BACKGROUND AND ARE MOCKING ALEX AND THE KID.

ALEX

I saw you littering!

KID

No! I swear, you've made a mistake!

ALEX

I don't make mistakes.

KID

Oh God!

CUTS TO TOM WHO IS WALKING DOWN THE CORRIDOOR,HE STOPS AS HE SEES ALEX AND SIGHS WITH A LOOK OF DISSAPOINTMENT ON HIS FACE. CUTS BACK TO ALEX WHO DOESN'T REALISE THERE IS A TEACHER BEHIND HIM.

ALEX

You don't freaking litter in MY school! You get that punk!?

TEACHER

That is quite enough!

ALEX HAS A LOOK OF PANIC ON HIS FACE, CUT TO HIM SITTING AT THE DESK IN THE TEACHERS OFFICE.

TEACHER

Listen, Alex, I understand you're trying to make a difference.

ALEX

(HALL MONITOR VOICE) I AM (PAUSES THEN REVERTS TO NATURAL VOICE) making a difference! People aren't breaking the rules nearly as much now, you saw what happened to James, he may never taste again.

TEACHER

He's having his TONSILS OUT!

ALEX

(PAUSES THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE TEACHERS SAYING, BEFORE TRYING TO REBUTTLE, NOT LIKING HOW HIS POSITION IS BEING THREATENED) But if I don't make a difference, who will.

TEACHER

The staff.

ALEX

Who else will!? This school needs a hero, (HE STANDS UP AND BEGINS TO TURN TO FACE THE DOOR) someone to look up to, aspire to. Someone needs to clean up these halls, someone needs to be.. The Hall Monitor.

TEACHER

I really don't give a shit. Just stop assaulting the students, or I'll have to report you!

CUT ON ALEX'S REACTION. CUT TO A KID RUNNING DOWN THE HALL. ALEX LOOKS IN HORROR HE UNBUTTONS HIS SHIRT TO REVEAL THE HALL MONITOR LOGO, IN A PARODY OF SUPERMAN, BEFORE SPEED WALKING OUT OF THE DOOR, HE BEGINS TO FOLLOW THE RUNNING KID, SPEED WALKING.

ALEX

Stop! No running in the hall! (THE KID RUNS OFF, HE CHANGES TO THE HALL MONITOR VOICE) We got a fighter then huh?

HE FOLLOWS THE KID, SPEED WALKING OFF SCREEN REVEALING JESSIE, ALEX'S LOVE INTREST, SHE SIGHS DREAMILY AT HIM. CUT TO ALEX STILL CHASING AFTER THE RUNNING KID. HE STOPS TO PICK UP A PIECE OF LITTER, HE LOOKS DOWN AT IT.)

ALEX

It's still warm...

(AS THE RUNNING KID APPROACHES THE END OF THE CORRIDOR A BAG STICKS OUT, THE RUNNING KID FACEPLANTS INTO THE BAG AND FALLS TO THE FLOOR. TOM COMES INTO VIEW FROM ROUND THE CORNER WITH A BORED EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE.

ALEX

Well done rookie, quick thinking.

TOM

Yeah, whatever dude. I'm going to maths.

ALEX (NARRATION)

That's Tom, he's my partner, not in bed, in cleaning up the scum in this school, he's a challenge, he doesn't care much about the system, but he's good at what he does. I have many names, Alex, Master Duncan, Justice and several names which I can't tell you because we're pushing for the 12a rating.(BEHIND HIM, THERE IS A LARGE FIGURE APPROACHING) But that doesn't matter, because I know my duty, I'm here to clean up this school. I am the Hall Monitor!

THE LARGE FIGURE IS FULLY BEHIND HIM, GRABS HIM AND TURNS HIM ROUND, THE LARGE FIGURE PUNCHES HIM AND AS HE FALLS THE HALL MONITOR THEME PLAYS AND THE HALL MONITOR LOGO FADES ONTO SCREEN.

Action-Comedy Opening Sequence Research

The Other Guys

The Other Guys Opening scene

Starring: Will Ferrell Mark Wahlberg Derek Jeter

Directed: Adam McKay 

Written by: Adam McKay Chris Henchy

Released: 2010

Genre: Action Comedy Crime

Rating: 12A

The other guys jumps straight into the action for its opening scene beginning with a chase scene  

Genre conventions:

•  Quick comedic dialogue
• Over the top effects (e.g explosions)
• Parody of action film e.g car chase and how the heroes (despite causing ridiculous amounts of damage) are praised and loved by there city

The things I will consider taking away from this are:

• We will also parody a chase scene though ours will be on foot
• We will also use snappy humorous dialogue

Action-Comedy Opening Sequence Research

Kung Fu Panda

Kung fu panda opening sequence

Starring: Jack Black Dustin Hoffman Angelina Jolie Ian McShane Jackie Chan Seth Rogen Lucy Lui David Cross

Directed: Mark Osborne John Stevenson

Written by: Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger  

Released: 2008

Genre: Action Adventure Animation 

Rating: Pg

Though Kung fu panda doesn't call itself a comedy I would so I have mentioned it.

The opening titles are done as an animation an though we cannot do an animation as our opening sequence as we don't have to ability we can take from theirs the way that it opens with the lead character in a fantasy of being a great hero- which in reality he is not, which is very like our character of Alex who sees himself as being far greater than he is.

• Opens with custom Dreamworks icon music that leads into film opening is playing it is classic chinese kung-fu film music
• Titles appear in middle of the screen very stylised font there is a flash and the night sky is replaced by day with the title of the film in big on it
• Pans down and voiceover begins by Jack Black (who we find out voices the main character Po) as he tells us a story of a legendary kung fu warrior in a humorous way
•  When the fight scene begins new music faster paced and more modern but still with classical chinese begins
• Lots of dramatic angle shots like extreme low shots
• The end of the opening two minutes introduces the Furious Five another set of core characters to the story, the colour of yellow is used greatly when representing them 

Genre Conventions

• Humorous dialogue
• Over dramatic action
• Hero who is unintentionally funny (in hat he is not trying to be funny)

Title Sequence Research

I researched the titles of several films of various genres of film with the particular aim of looking at typography and deciding how our titles would go on our film.

Here is a list of the films I looked at and what I will take from them:

Zombieland

 The idea I will take away from this film will be the idea of the titles interacting with the action on screen this makes the titles far more interesting and entertaining than just static or uninvolved text.


Machete

One of the things I will take away from Machete was the use of a very cool production icon that was entertaining in itself, another thing I will take away from this film was its use of colour and contrasting colours with each image being largely one solidly colour- mainly red

Dinner for schmucks

One thing I'll take away from the opening sequence of Dinner for schmucks is the way it's text is mainly very small and unobtrusive and so doesn't take away from what's happening on screen but compliments it instead, I'd like for the main titles of our film- except for the films title itself, to be largely done this way so that it doesn't detract from whats happening on screen. Also I' quite like it if the titles faded in and out like the ones in this film.

Total Recall

I don't know if there's much I'm going to take away form these titles except perhaps it's powerful use of music, due to it's music despite nothing much is really happening on screen the audience doesn't grow too bored, also it has very bold text which I like as well.

Napoleon Dynamite

One thing I liked about this title sequence was how it used a montage of clips in ever increasing speed coupled with gentle and pleasing music. also I like the way it used various mediums to show it's titles I'm not sure how much of these techniques we will sue in our opening sequence titles but I did enjoy it.

Archer

One thing I particularly like about the Archer title sequence is how it is a mock James Bond opening sequence and I wish we could have an animation sequence like this in our film opening but sadly it would be too difficult and time consuming so we can't but maybe we'll be able to fit something like this in in some other way. 

Overall I think looking at all these title sequences and focusing on the typography has been a great help to me in planning our own title sequences as though our group did have some plans for what we wanted to do I now have many more ideas and a better in depth knowledge of what ours should look like.

Production Schedule

We are considering filming mostly wednesdays but Daniel and Chris do EPQ which means they are busy all that school day so won't be able to film, we are also considering filming saturdays though we would not be able to film in school that day so we'd have to shoot all the outside shots those days.
Wednesday 4th - Begin final draft of script
Thursday 5th- Storyboarding
Monday 9th - Final Draft of Script/Storyboarding Complete
Tuesday 10th - Start filming during lessons
Wednesday 11th - Filming inside shots
Saturday 14th - Filming additional shots
Tuesday 17th - Filming further inside shots
Wednesday 18th - Filming Further inside shots

The items we will need to remember to bring will be script, costume, storyboard, lights and cameras.