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By Abbey Tredget

Location Scouting Part 3

Abbey's Bedroom

I don't think that my room would be appropriate for our film opening location as it isn't very girly and the layout would be very easy to film in. It is also a bit too small to fit all of our casting members and cameras into.

Abbey's Living Room

My living room is a good size to film in and fit all of our cast, also the lighting would be good as the lights dim. But as we need a small table for the actors to be sat around, we decided that this location would be too difficult to get a table into easily for filming.

Location Scouting Part 2

Kate's Bedroom

The first place I considered to look at was my bedroom, as our opening is set at a sleepover. I have chosen not to use my room as our location as it's blue and not very girly. Plus, the lighting would not look correct for a supernatural film. Another reason would be that the colours are also not very girly, as if we used a bedroom it would have to be pink or purple preferably.

Kate's Living Room

The second place I looked was my living room. The lighting works well as we could easily close the curtains, but still have a side lamp on. Also, the spacing is good to use as all of our actors could gather around the table so that we could place the camera in the middle of the coffee table and get some good shots.

By Kate Farrell 

Filming day photos

 Practice run through with the scripts on hand in case the actors needed it.

 Kate testing out the lighting on camera.

 Going over how we wanted the lines to be delivered and how we wanted them to act.

Final decisions were made about lighting and actors, we then decided to move the camera to the opposite side of the room.

By Abbey Tredget

Location scouting for our opening - Part 1

We need to locate a bedroom or a living room to film our opening in. we all decided that we should take a look at our own living rooms first and the move onto other locations that we could take pictures of.

From looking at the picture of the living room, we feel that it could work as we have the requirements that we are looking for: space, a coffee table and windows leading into the room. However the shots could be tricky as with people in the room, t can get crowded.

This is the shot of my bedroom. As the sleepover scene is round the character of Sarah's house, she would not have a room like this as she is more stereotypically girly and this room would suit more of Sam's room because of the 'Batman' Theme. My room is also quite small, with a big bed and would be too cramped to film in.

in conclusion, we have at least one possibility to film in and from scouting some more locations, I’m sure we will be able to find better rooms to film in.

By Amy Coster

Film Title

We started by mind mapping random ideas and listing them. this was our list:
Spirt Wars.
We found that this one was to cheesey and didnt really suit the theme of our film.
Demon Run.
This idea was dismissed straight away since we couldnt take is seriously.
Ghost Attack.
This idea wasnt really taken seriously either.
The Cult.
We all quiet liked this one since it was simple and fit to our storyline really well.
Ouija.
We thought this was an okay idea but felt it was to simple and didnt really have the right feel for the film.
Generation.
We liked the word and decided we wanted it in the name but felt it needed something else.
The Cursed.
We quiet liked this but felt that it was quiet a generic.
Cursed Generation.
We really liked this and we chose this one because it fit the story line perfectly and really suited the feel to the theme.

Posted by Rebecca Murden but the whole group worked on finding the name.

Rough Film Title Order

This is the rough film order for our opening, this is a more simplistic title order as our film is independant and films such as 'Shaun of the Dead' (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2007) as they only include the production companies and title and no actors or crew. we have decided that we wanted to add a bit more than that so we have added leading cast members and some of the crew alot like the opening for 'Catch me if you can' (2002).

• Slowloris Productions presents
• A Shark Tooth production
• Louise Chick
• Roisin Sterne
• Olivia Howard
• And introducing Shanice Coe
• Cursed Generation
• Casting By Dave Moore 
• Titles By Amy Coster
• Music By Abbey Tredget
• Costume Design By Kate Farrell
• Edited By Rebecca Murden
• Directed By David Fredekski

By Amy Coster

Institutional Logo: finished

We decided on using Becca's idea in our final logo as we felt that it fit best with the theme of our film. We thought that the colours in the Slowloris's eye were creepy which goes along with the general theme of the film. We chose to add shadowing around the logo to give it darkness. We wanted the writing to stand out whilst not looking too out of place so we thought a light grey would blend well enough with it still being readable.

By Abbey Tredget

Institutional Logo Idea 4

I chose to use the image of a 'slowloris' peeking over the writing to make it seem creepy whilst not being too over-the-top. I wanted the writing to be bold so that it would stand out and be easily recognisable as our institutions logo. The thing about the logo design that maybe wouldn't work so well is that the slowloris is quite cute which doesn't really fit with our theme.

By Abbey Tredget

Institutional Logo Idea 3

I think this could work for our logo because i think it could look really sinister with the right editing. It fits with our genre for the film because its rather creepy. Also i chose to do the eye because its an iconic thing with the slowloris since they are known for there big eyes. The wrighting would bend around the eye to make it stand out.

Rebecca Murden

Institutional Logo Idea 2

I decided to steer away from the conventional idea of using a slowloris in the logo as i feel that they do not fit within the supernatural genre of our film. I decided to have tears with tenticles sticking out as i felt it looked good even in rough and as we are an independant company, it would make the production logo match the style of the films we would produce


By Amy Coster

Institutional Logo Idea 1

This is the Institutional logo I've designed which includes our institutional animal the Slowloris so that our companies name is recognizable and easy to spot. The writing is curved on a log in which the Slowloris is perched on so that the text is integrated well within the image, but is also still easy and understandable to read and make out.

By Kate Farrell

Institution logo research

Institutional logo's are at the start of a film and have been around for ages. These are important because the get the institutions name into the film and if the logo is good and is easily remembered then it is more likely to be remembered along with the film. Logos started off very simple and didn't have any animation or sound. As technology and films have developed the logos followed.

For an Independent company, the logo would not be as elaborate as a mainstream company because funding. So instead of making an animated logo, Independent logos are often still and simple. They are straight forward and to the point, so they inform the audience of the name and normally just have a base colour to attract the audience’s eye. Three examples of Independent Logo's are below.

Mainstream films tend to be more bright and elaborate due to bigger budgets.They also tend to be animated and include sound. This is effective due to the fact it draws the audiences attention and is easily remembered with the film. Mainstream companies also have iconic logos which are easily spotted by the audience. The companies are also known to adapt to the films genre so they flow with the film. Here are 3 mainstream logos.

This research will help us to create our logo to fit the right institution.
By Rebecca Murden

Character Descriptions

Main boy - (Age 20) Is a mysterious, enigmatic young adult that is interested in the abnormal and supernatural occurences, and sometimes lets curiousity get the better of him. He has black hair and is dark and mysterious looking, wearing dark clothes and has pale, white skin.

Main Girl - (Age 17) Is a typical teenage girl, loves hanging around with her friends, but can be gulible at times which leads her into believeing things which may get the better of her. She is known as quite a "Nerdy" girl and has short black hair. She enjoys to wear t-shirts and skinny jeans.

 

Sleepover girl 1 -(Age 17)  Is one of the "Popular" girls at school, she is headstrong and will do anything to get attention, even if it means making others feel upset. She has long blonde hair and is a typcal "Girly girl" who is fashionable and well presented.

Sleepover girl 2 - (Age 17) Is best friends with girl 1, she likes to show off when around her, but still enjoys the company of her other school friends. She has short, brown hair and enjoys to wear pink and girly clothing.

 










Sleepover girl 3  - (Age 16) Is the geek of her friend group, she enjoys readng but also has an interest in the supernatural which may lead her into making others believe in what she thinks real. She has short, brown hair and tends to wear clothes that cover her up, such as long wooly jumpers and skinny jeans.





Sleepover girl 1's little sister - When first seen she's 8 years old. She is shown as the stereotypical annoying younger sister who always wants to hang out with her big sister. She is later seen in the film at the age of 17, where she is still as curious as she was when she was younger, which leads her into a rueful end. She has long blonde hair and tries to dress girly like her older sister.

By Kate Farrell

25 Word Film Brief.

·         Party.

·         Fake Ouija board.

·         Girl gets curious.

·         Finds guy on internet.

·         She goes missing.

·         9 years later.

·         Sister finds board.

·         Contacts girl.

·         Killed by guy.

By Rebecca Murden

Considering Audience

When considering audience in our film opening, since we have chosen to appeal to teenagers, we must make sure the film includes components that would interest the teenage age band to keep them interested in the film.

One important factor we needed to consider was our casting, as we chose actors that were all in the teenage age group (13-18). They all had characteristics that typical teenage groups of friends would include such as the popular girl, the quiet girl and the geeky girl. We also included a younger character to make sure the younger end of the age band could relate to a character also.

The story line at the start consisted of a sleepover which is a very common activity for teenagers to do, as we are teenagers we knew this would be a popular choice, so our age group would be interested in the film straight away by relating to what is happening.

Thinking about the props we used, we considered the fact that at sleepovers, teenagers tend to drink alcohol and eat a lot of junk food, so we placed a range of food and a bottle of alcohol onto the table in the middle of most shots so the audience can see clearly what is on the table and also relate, which links back to the element of verisimilitude.

By Kate Farrell

Certificaition

We chose to make our film an 15 because of our theme of an Ouija board, which is considered quiet controversial, we believed 12 was easily influenced. There would be moderate violence shown in our film but the incidents un-glorified. Due to the age of our characters and the events they are put through swearing would be involved but all in context to the situation. The Horror shown in our film would be considered tolerant to the age group but not strong compared to other films found in this genre. There may be minimal sexual references heard in the film but nothing of detail which could be considered unacceptable. Imitable Behaviour such as murder and harmful behaviour will be referenced but not shown in detail. No discrimination or nudity will be shown or referenced in our film due to the fact it doesn't fit with our context.

By Becca Murden and Kate Farrell

Group Discoveries on title timelines on your genre

From looking at all of the time lines from the supernatural genre, we can found out that the titles shown are slow paced and not always integrated. This gives us more freedom to make our film have a more independent look and have non integrated titles.

The special effects that are shown in the opening that we looked at were all simple or non existent therefore we have decided not to use anything too complicated as it would go against the generic conventions shown in supernatural film openings.

There are a decent amount of titles that are shown which include the film title leading cast and crew with the director at the end, this has shown us that to work with the generic conventions of the supernatural genre when it comes to titles is to have the major contributors to the film and keep them spread out through the opening, making sure that they don't distract from the narrative being shown.

Our opening will have our title completely following the narrative and working with the opening so it looks as if it is integrated but with an independent twist. we shall be having our film title shown on an ouija board but over the top of it making it stand out but kept in context of the film.


By Amy Coster

Research into audience figures

Looking at films which are said to be the Best Supernatural thillers by many people and websites and the amount they made on the opening weekend so that we can look into these films and try and recreate what attracted the audience to these films in our own way.

I started by looking at Sixth Sense since i found this to be the most well known in regards to a Supernatural Thriller.

I then looked at The Others since i would also consider this to be well known and popular.

I then looked at some more recent ones to try and see if the genre is still popular now.
I started with The Woman In Black.

I then chose to look at the Final Destination movies because even though they are more gory then the average Thriller and hasn't got a complected plot nor is taken to seriously it has a massive following and the films have been very popular.

This research will really help us understand what the audience will enjoy and how we will gain a bigger audience and following.
By Rebecca Murden