Friday 30 January 2009

Animatic



Drawing and editing by Shaun Kaba
Music by Emily Tofts

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Thursday 29 January 2009

Company Production Logo

As we have decided to make chick flick we decided that the Sex & The City Film logo style would be suitable to make ours in. This is because our film opening is going to very girly and very stereotypically feminine and coated in all thing female, from fine jewelery, diamonds to boys, to shopping. This is much like the opening sequence to Sex & The Cityand there film logo is pink and covered in diamonds, so we believe this to be a good inspiration for our opening.

I have photoshopped Sarah Jessica Parker out of this picture and left just the writing, as this is almost exactly like the way we want ours to look.

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Monday 26 January 2009

Teacher feedback

Your blog is looking very good, you have included a lot of detailed research about the five scenarios and the blog does communicate your initial ideas.
Shaun and Emily both need to do an analysis of an opening sequence and add it to the blog as soon as possible.
I would also like to see your mood board communicate more about your idea rather than just focus on the genre.
After the pitch you need to elaborate on your idea and start the storyboard and shot list.
Great work so far, keep it up.

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Friday 23 January 2009

full synopsis

Our groups film opening is using generic conventions from mean girls and high school musical. In both films the story revolves around the most popular person or group in the high school. Character are built buy popularity, social gr3oups and the opinions of the other pupils in the school. also in both films there are different groups of people that eventually come together in the end.

Thursday 22 January 2009

Major Film Production Logo's

Fox Entertainment Group
This group consists of Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Atomic and Blue Sky Studios.
Many opening logos evolve around fictional monuments. Such as twentieth century fox which has the words written into stone in what is supposed to look like the hollywood area. This is then lit by various sky lights which illuminate the words!





Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
Similarly, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group uses the concept of a fictional statue to display their logo. The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group consists of Walt Disney Pictures Animation, DisneyToon Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Hollywood Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures.




Lionsgate
Other logos are more simle, with basic movement and simly incorperating their name into a sylish font and displaying it on an scenic background. Lionsgate Entertainment consists of Lionsgate and Artisan Entertainment. This production company is a prime example of an independant-major production company along with StudioCanal and Spyglass Entertainment.



DreamWorks SKG
Finally, a popular production company that follows Lionsgate is DreamWorks (including DreamWorks Animation SKG) follows the aspect of simply having the title in basic font on an stylistic background.

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opening sequence ideas



So that our chick flick is successful we have to include generic conventions such as some sort of romance between two people with some comedy thrown in. we have a few ideas for our film opening and one of our ideas for our chick flick is similar to the opening to 50 first dates. We will have a few girls talking about how good this guy is and then we might slip in a comical character such as man saying how good looking he is to lighten things up a bit. The scene will be based in a school and the cast will be some of Shaun's Friends from out side the course which will enable us to focus on other things to do with this project.

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Monday 19 January 2009

Discussion of all the 5 scenarios

1. A supernatural thriller with a strong female lead.



The Skeleton Key is an example of a supernatural thriller with a strong female lead.
Supernatural thriller - In which the conflict is between main characters, usually one of which has supernatural powers. Carrie by Stephen King and Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan and Torchwood are notable examples of this genre. This type of thriller combines tension of the regular thriller with such basic horror oriented ingredients as ghosts, the occult, and psychic phenomenon; the supernatural thriller combines these with a frightening but often restrained film. They also generally eschew the more graphic elements of the horror film in favor of sustaining a mood of menace and unpredictability; supernatural thrillers often find the protagonists either battling a malevolent paranormal force or trapped in a situation seemingly influenced or controlled by an other-worldly entity beyond their comprehension.


2. A British social realist drama.

Kitchen sink realism was an English cultural movement which developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays. It used a style of social realism which often depicted the domestic situations of working class Britons living in council flats and spending their off-hours in grimy pubs to explore social issues and political controversies



This Is England is a very good example of a british social realist drama, you can see this from the opening sequence as it shows a series of footage from that time in Britain, it mainly shows the negative events but also has a few positive celebrations of the time showing a non biased angle on Britain.


3. An adventure story for younger audiences.



Usually have a hero that saves the day, has a comical slant on the situation making it an enjoyable experience for children. The Incredible's is a really good example of this.


4. A teenage romantic comedy.
Romantic comedy is a hybrid genre in which a story about romance is presented in a comedic style. Works in this genre are generally considered light-hearted, and are sometimes associated with the vaguely derogatory terms "chick lit" or "chick flick", meaning "primarily aimed at a female audience".



5. A crime caper with an ensemble cast.

A crime film, in the most general sense, is a film that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama, thriller, mystery and film noir.

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Film Opening Analysis



Vantage Point (2008) falls into the category of 'A Crime Caper with an Ensemble Cast' and follows many of the typical opening sequence elements.
Between 1minute 15seconds and 6minutes 20seconds we see the introduction to this cleverly constructed film.
Firstly and most importantly, we're introduced to the location of the story - Salamanca, Spain. This is the setting of the entire film and shows the story from different parts in Salamanca. This shows the first characters of the ensemble cast; the news team. We are also given indications of the historical period. This film is very much contemporary due to the technology and security of the event. There is a very tense mood due to the presidential visit, everybody is excited by the treaty he is about to sign so everyone is very positive. The tone is sudden altered as the President is shot! This also arises questions that the viewers find intriguing, such as "Why has the President been assassinated?" or "Who was the shooter?" or "Did the man with the camera catch the shooter on tape?"
Next we are introduced to the signature theme tune. The long repetitive melody adds uncertain sustain to the situation, thus creating more atmosphere and accomplishing the mood. The voice over of the news presenter will later be echoed throughout the film to indicate the different views of each character.

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