1) opening needs to introduce 3 key characters wolf, lj, red
2)how will they look on screen? suggest that something symbolic connotes who they are, what suggest who they are. e.g. have the wolf kitted out like a hunter to suggest his predatory nature.
3)find/source props which belong to each characters that they have with them
4)remember its a modern adaptation of a classic dark fairy-tale, what newness will my version have? e.g. cutting out and placing credits
5) over the holidays take some draft footage of fowlemeads and the second sequence I may do (so I can see which looks best).
6)possibly research lettering from Grimm's fairy-tale lettering to use for credits.
7)look at and analyse the trailer for into the woods
8) look at the style of writing used in Sleepy Hollow
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Monday, 8 December 2014
how my opening will progress shot by shot in bullet points including titles and credits
1st shot - the music box starts playing, screen remains black
2nd shot - title in white or red fades in. stays on the screen for 5-8 seconds.
3rd shot - title fades out scene fades
4th shot - scene fades in. The scene will either be a view of the road that runs through fowlemeads and travel from there OR the scene will start with a flashback - you will see the feet of red and wolf and Lumber Jack run through the puddle.
The beginning of the opening credits will be in the puddle and will disappear when the water ripples when they run through it. If I go with this one it will then cut to the camera traveling through the woods and will continue to cut between the flashbacks and the present.
If I go with the first one you will then see red and then it will cut to a flashback.
5th shot part 1 (original idea) - this is when you will get a side shot of the subject (little red)
5th shot part 2 (new idea) -this shot is in the present and will be when the camera shows the road that runs through fowlemeads before it starts travelling
6th shot part 1 - the camera will become closer to the subject
6th shot part 2 - this will flick back to the flash back where more credits will be shown, you will again see the feet but they will be stepping on leaves or breaking twigs.
7th shot part 1 - the camera will then show an over head shot of the subject.
7th shot part 2 - flicks back to the present where the camera is entering the area where the subject is.
8th shot part 1 - the camera will cut to a flash back.
8th shot part 2 - the camera will cut to a flashback again, this time you will see the subject and the Lumber Jack (her older brother ( little red is about 13 so brother is about 18)) and the wolf ( i have yet to decide who the wolf will be, probably be the older brothers weird/slightly creepy friend).
9th shot part 1 - you will see something similar to 8th shot part 2
9th shot part 2 - cut back to the present you will see the subject from a side view and the camera will travel towards them.
10th shot part 1 - back to present
10th shot part 2 - you will have a close up overhead shot of the subject.
11th shot part 1- there will be a close up view of the subject
11th shot part 2 - camera will show an extreme close up of the subject, you will see their breathing getting shallower/see them stop breathing completely. the music box will stop playing
12th shot - an extreme close up off the subject, back in the present. see them stop breathing. the music box will stop playing
13th shot - fade to black.
How my research has inspired my film:
My research has been made up of mostly horror films but even though they're all slightly similar they have all inspired my film in different ways. For example the company of wolves inspired me to use the music box sound effect. Pans labyrinth inspired me to do shots of the victim as they lay dying, watching and analysing supernatural gave me an idea of how I wanted to do the costume and how much fake blood I wanted to use, it also gave me the idea to base it in the Wood's
2nd shot - title in white or red fades in. stays on the screen for 5-8 seconds.
3rd shot - title fades out scene fades
4th shot - scene fades in. The scene will either be a view of the road that runs through fowlemeads and travel from there OR the scene will start with a flashback - you will see the feet of red and wolf and Lumber Jack run through the puddle.
The beginning of the opening credits will be in the puddle and will disappear when the water ripples when they run through it. If I go with this one it will then cut to the camera traveling through the woods and will continue to cut between the flashbacks and the present.
If I go with the first one you will then see red and then it will cut to a flashback.
5th shot part 1 (original idea) - this is when you will get a side shot of the subject (little red)
5th shot part 2 (new idea) -this shot is in the present and will be when the camera shows the road that runs through fowlemeads before it starts travelling
6th shot part 1 - the camera will become closer to the subject
6th shot part 2 - this will flick back to the flash back where more credits will be shown, you will again see the feet but they will be stepping on leaves or breaking twigs.
7th shot part 1 - the camera will then show an over head shot of the subject.
7th shot part 2 - flicks back to the present where the camera is entering the area where the subject is.
8th shot part 1 - the camera will cut to a flash back.
8th shot part 2 - the camera will cut to a flashback again, this time you will see the subject and the Lumber Jack (her older brother ( little red is about 13 so brother is about 18)) and the wolf ( i have yet to decide who the wolf will be, probably be the older brothers weird/slightly creepy friend).
9th shot part 1 - you will see something similar to 8th shot part 2
9th shot part 2 - cut back to the present you will see the subject from a side view and the camera will travel towards them.
10th shot part 1 - back to present
10th shot part 2 - you will have a close up overhead shot of the subject.
11th shot part 1- there will be a close up view of the subject
11th shot part 2 - camera will show an extreme close up of the subject, you will see their breathing getting shallower/see them stop breathing completely. the music box will stop playing
12th shot - an extreme close up off the subject, back in the present. see them stop breathing. the music box will stop playing
13th shot - fade to black.
How my research has inspired my film:
My research has been made up of mostly horror films but even though they're all slightly similar they have all inspired my film in different ways. For example the company of wolves inspired me to use the music box sound effect. Pans labyrinth inspired me to do shots of the victim as they lay dying, watching and analysing supernatural gave me an idea of how I wanted to do the costume and how much fake blood I wanted to use, it also gave me the idea to base it in the Wood's
Sunday, 7 December 2014
research target audience/who will watch it/what will they expect/ production and distribution companies
My Target Audience is 12 and up
They will expect a lot of blood and gore. There will definatley be blood, not so much gore.
production company:
the production company will be BulmHouse Productions. they have produced:
Paranormal Activity,
Insidious,
Sinister,
The Purge,
Ouija
and Dark skies
Distribution Company:
The Distribution Company will be Brain Damage Film because they have been one of the largest independent Horror Film Distributors Worldwide since 2001.
They will expect a lot of blood and gore. There will definatley be blood, not so much gore.
production company:
the production company will be BulmHouse Productions. they have produced:
Paranormal Activity,
Insidious,
Sinister,
The Purge,
Ouija
and Dark skies
Distribution Company:
The Distribution Company will be Brain Damage Film because they have been one of the largest independent Horror Film Distributors Worldwide since 2001.
the company of wolves, research/analysis 3
The company of wolves (1984)
This film is an adaptation from the bloody chamber by Angela Carter and is a horror/fantasy. It is a story about a young girl who is told by her grandmother strange and disturbing stories about innocent girl that fall in love with handsome strangers that have smoldering looks in their eyes, about unexpected disappearances of spouses when the wolves howl in the woods when the moon is full. The film is directed by Neil Jordan.
Neil Jordan is an Irish a screen write, novelist and director, he has worked on Excalibur as a creative associate, and directed company of wolves, Mona Lisa, Angel, Borgias and Interview with a vampire as well as the commercial flop We're no Angels and many many more. His 1980's films Company of Wolves and Mona Lisa went on win him acclaim. Some of the awards he has won are:
Silver bear for best director for the film The butcher Boy at the Berlin international film festival
An Academy award, best original screenplay for The Crying Game
A Guardian Fiction Award for Night in Tunisia
Was nominated for a Golden Globe twice, one for best original screenplay for Mona Lisa and one for Best Director for The End of the Affair
He's also won an Irish Pen Award.
What I like about this film is the fact that while it makes the wolf her love interest it keeps to the original Grimm story and actually gives you a back story as well (see the wedding bit). One of the main reason I think this is such a great film is that it has a great mix of fantasy/horror and it was made before we had the effects that we have today and the combination of sticking to the story and the lack of effects that we have today make it a great horror film even though it has elements of fantasy. The lack of effects also mean that everyone that worked on it had to put in a lot more time and effort for the desired result.
The use of sound in the film and the trailer is brilliant as even though most if not all of it is non diagetic it is always parallel sound.
one of the things that inspires me about this film is the fact that it uses minimal special effects. I'm inspired by this because now-days its hard to find a film that doesn't rely on Special Effects and instead relies on the smaller things like the music or costumes, this inspires me because it proves that you don't need special effects to make a great movie.
This film is an adaptation from the bloody chamber by Angela Carter and is a horror/fantasy. It is a story about a young girl who is told by her grandmother strange and disturbing stories about innocent girl that fall in love with handsome strangers that have smoldering looks in their eyes, about unexpected disappearances of spouses when the wolves howl in the woods when the moon is full. The film is directed by Neil Jordan.
Neil Jordan is an Irish a screen write, novelist and director, he has worked on Excalibur as a creative associate, and directed company of wolves, Mona Lisa, Angel, Borgias and Interview with a vampire as well as the commercial flop We're no Angels and many many more. His 1980's films Company of Wolves and Mona Lisa went on win him acclaim. Some of the awards he has won are:
Silver bear for best director for the film The butcher Boy at the Berlin international film festival
An Academy award, best original screenplay for The Crying Game
A Guardian Fiction Award for Night in Tunisia
Was nominated for a Golden Globe twice, one for best original screenplay for Mona Lisa and one for Best Director for The End of the Affair
He's also won an Irish Pen Award.
What I like about this film is the fact that while it makes the wolf her love interest it keeps to the original Grimm story and actually gives you a back story as well (see the wedding bit). One of the main reason I think this is such a great film is that it has a great mix of fantasy/horror and it was made before we had the effects that we have today and the combination of sticking to the story and the lack of effects that we have today make it a great horror film even though it has elements of fantasy. The lack of effects also mean that everyone that worked on it had to put in a lot more time and effort for the desired result.
The use of sound in the film and the trailer is brilliant as even though most if not all of it is non diagetic it is always parallel sound.
one of the things that inspires me about this film is the fact that it uses minimal special effects. I'm inspired by this because now-days its hard to find a film that doesn't rely on Special Effects and instead relies on the smaller things like the music or costumes, this inspires me because it proves that you don't need special effects to make a great movie.
timed opening of The company of Wolves
As soon as the video starts you here a beat, beat, beat in the background and grandma talks over it, after she finishes talking the music changes but you still hear the faint beat, eat, beat sound and gradually the pace of the music becomes faster and faster. All the while you see different parts of the movie playing. at 0:26 writing appears, it says 'once upon a time' it then fades out after 4 seconds and doesn't come back on until 1:00 when it says ' there was a girl', it fade out again and comes back on at 1:41 when it say ' and there was a beast' before fading out again. It appears again at 2:10 and says ' You think you know the story'. At 2:37 you hear the girl talk to the huntsman who s the wolf and at 2:51 the white writing appears on the screen for the last time, it says 'but this is no fairytale and as it fades out the music becomes slower and darker.
rough photos for film opening
These photos are just some of the photos that I took of different location around fowlemeads. I took these pictures so that I could decide which location in Fowlemeads would be the best to shot my film at, in the end I decided to use a location that is only shown in the photos below. When making my decision of which location to use I considered the density of the foliage (how close the trees are together), how much light the branches were letting through and how busy that area was.
Again these are only a few of the photos I took to see which angle the subject should have their heads out and how the light would affect the shot. After taking these photos I have decided that the subject should have their head loll to one side and that the light would not overly effect the shot.
These photos show how i am going to start my opening, the camera will travel through a trees by the site where it will then show the person playing little red with a long side take. The camera will then use a close up. The final shot of the character will be an extreme close up, in this shot you will see that the characters shallow breathing has stopped. The sound of the music box that will be playing in the background will fade out/stop when the characters breathing stops.
However when I shoot the video I will either fold the towel she is on under so that you can't see it or I will cover it with leaves, I will also put more leaves on the part of the path that I will be filming on so that you cant see it.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
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