Deadline

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Treatment

The Equilibrium - A man (Shaun) wakes up to a normal day, but everyday me see people throughout where he lives start disappearing and there are more death reports on the news.

The Disruption - Shaun finds out that there is a zombie attack because of a news report and zombies try to brake into his house.

The Recognition - Shaun finds his friends, Ray, John and Matthew in Ray's house, they decide to stick together and go to there school for shelter.

The Attempts To Repair The Disruption - They find a radio in the school that they can use to contact others to help them survive.

The New Equilibrium - They contact people and get help to rescue them but zombies are attacking them as they get rescued so they may not make it out alive.

Research Into A Title Sequence Designer
Saul Bass

He began his time in Hollywood doing print work for film ads, until he collaborated with filmmaker Otto Preminger to design the film poster for his 1954 film Carmen Jones. Preminger was so impressed with Bass’s work that he asked him to produce the title sequence as well.

Carmen Jones (1954)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Storm Center (1956)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Anatomy of a Murder (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Exodus (1960)
Advise and Consent (1960)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
West Side Story (1961)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
The Victors (1963)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Cardinal (1963)
In Harm's Way (1965)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Grand Prix (1966)
Seconds (1966)
Broadcast News (1987)
Big (1988)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)

The Man With The Golden Arm


Anatomy Of Murder


In both of these opening title sequences created by Saul Bass they both have a similar typography. on each slide of the sequence we see something move and then there is either a persons name in or around what has just appeared onto the screen.

"My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it."
This is a quote what Saul Bass said about the design of title sequences and what he thought of them.

Evidence Of Researching Your Chosen genre
Horror

Horror films are unsettling movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust and horror from viewers. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres. Horrors also frequently overlap with the thriller genre.
Horror films deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden worst fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Although a good deal of it is about the supernatural, if some films contain a plot about morbidity, serial killers, a disease/virus outbreak and surrealism, they may be termed "horror".

Let Men In Trailer (2010)


Plots written within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Themes or elements often prevalent in typical horror films include ghosts, torture, gore, werewolves, ancient curses, satanism, demons, vicious animals, vampires, cannibals, haunted houses, zombies and masked serial killers. Conversely, stories of the supernatural are not necessarily always a horror movie as well.

What is considered to be a horror film has varied from decade to decade. These days, the term "horror" is applied to films which display more explicit gore, jump scenes/scares or supernatural content (Wes Craven's New Nightmare, A Tale of Two Sisters, Saw films, The Strangers, The Ring, Session 9).

Early horror movies are largely based on classic literature of the gothic/horror genre, such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. More recent horror films continue to exploit the monsters of literature.

Tuesday, 7 December 2010Institution Research

Film producers that will distribute our film 'Deadline' are production companies such as:
Paramount, Dreamworks SKG, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios.
These types of film production companies would distribute our film because they are the production companies behind films such as The Ring, Predator, Cloverfield and Jurassic Park. These films were some of the biggest and best horror films that these film companies have created and our film Deadline will be in the high rankings with these films.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LJEPkc4ztE- Was not able to embed the video clip.

The clip i have chosen is the intro credits to George. A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Whats different about this opening is the music. For a horror film, the music seems more joyful than what it should be. This could suggest that the film will be different to the traditional zombie film. But the lyrics do suggest a sick and violent world. This intro tells us a story of what has happened to the world from differnet news clips This gives the opening sequence a very realistic feel. It also gives us an idea of what to expect in the film. The story line in this film is based on around 10 survivors held up in a mall. Throughout the film, they are trying to find out a way to escape to a boat that one of the survivors owns. This becomes the main narrative, with mishaps throughout the film. This opening sequence leaves us with the questions what will happen? and what decisions they will make. Typical codes and conventions that are seen in this opening sequence. We see the text and its in the style of blood, this showing the death. Also showing what it is represented with zombies. This is the same again with the images that are shown. We see random killings from news bulletins, this being what is represented with zombie films.












What works well in this opening sequence is the music that goes with it. It has a heavy sound throughout it all. This helps show the genre that this film is. What is also good about the opening sequence, is the way the credits appear. This has not been done before, so it helps make the film stand out. We can see that this will be a black comedy with some of the clips that appear. This helps us understand that this is not just a serious film. This, just like Dawn of the Dead, helps us understand and what to expect in later parts of the film. What i like about this is that we are not introduced to any of the main characters. This leaves us the question when we see them, who will die or survive?

Newer title vs older title sequences

The opening credits are the first five minutes.

The original version of Dawn of the Dead is completely different than the 2004 remake. In this sequence, we see people in a t.v station. There are people arguing over something, but we are not sure what yet. There is loads of manic behavior, but we are still not sure of what the fuss is all about. When we compare this to the remake, its a lot slower. This helps keep you intrigued as you are not sure what they are saying. There aren't many typical conventions usually conveyed in a zombie film in this sequence. The only relating feature would be the music. It suits the scene well as everything else is also slow.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LJEPkc4ztE- Not able to embed.

This is the remake to the clip above. This is so different in every department compared to the original. With this clip there is music in the scene, this giving it a very fast feel. This is supported by the fast cuts of the images in the opening sequence. The text in this sequence also shows the typical codes and conventions. Its a bloody text and blood is represented with zombies.

Se7en opening title sequence analysis.

In the first scene, we are introduced to Detective Summerset in a very bland kitchen. This shows us that the
kitchen must not be used much; this Suggesting that he may live alone. It also could suggest that he is a clean f
reak. What stands out is the whiteness of this room. This could represent the goodness of Detective Summerset. We have a very bland house and it gives the room a prison feel to it. This tells us that he lives alone. Then we can see a chessboard. Knowing that he is alone, we can see the intelligence of Detective Summerset. This is becausce it could suggest that he is always challenging himself. This could help link to his police aswell, as he needs to be testing himself. The next shot is a close up of a table that shows his badge, a pocketknife and a pen, all of the objects are in a straight row lined up next to each other, this shows us that he is an orderly and neat persons. It aslo shows that he has an OCD for the little things. The next shot is of him picking off a piece of dust or thread from his jacket that is folded neatly on his bed. This represents he is watchful because he cares about the little things that may make a big difference to him. This can help us understand him as a person and as a detective. It helps us see that he can see the little details at a crime scene, this something that other detectives can't do. Throughout this scene where Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is in his flat there is no non-digetic but with the digetic sound there is hardly any either. The only sound you can hear is him washing the coffee pot and getting dressed, this could represent that he is lonely.

Linking back to where Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) looks at the little details of things, in this scene he asks the other detective “Are the kids here?” and the other detective replies angrily saying why do you care about the kids when we can’t find the murderer.  In the next part of the scene Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) is introduced to the audience for the first time. From the first few seconds we see him he is chewing gum, the way he walks up the stairs and talks to Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) shows that this young detective thinks he's flash and gives us the idea that he is a know it all kind of person.  Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) asks Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) about going to a bar. Detective Mills refuses and suggests another idea. This shows that he does not care for Detective Summerset, again showing that

As both Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) are walking along the street the camera is down low and tilts upwards towards them, this could show their authority in the streets that they walk, because they are detectives they are seen as the law and authority. The clothes that Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) wears suits the style of a detective, he is wearing a long coat with a hat, this can also be backed up because of the way he walks along the street with his arms crossed behind his back and his posture is very upright. As they both walk along the road people and objects seem to get into that ways of Detective Mill’s (Brad Pitt) way blocking him from walking in a straight line whereas Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) just walks in a straight line the whole way this shows the power of authority just between both of the main characters.

The next part of the scene shows Detective Mills (Brad Pitt) being very smug by saying that he ‘doesn’t want to be working outside guarding a Taco Bell’ because he has been working homicides for 5 years. This also shows arrogance in Detective Mills as he will not listento Detective Summerset.  Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) then confronts him and says that the work is different around here than it is from wherever you previously worked. Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) then says an important point in this scene, about how for the next 7 days he will remember that. This links to the title of the film, where murders will happen everyday of the week. This is setting us up for the remainder of the film. The next shot is then of Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman) reading a book in bed, which would also again represent him being intelligent. Also the metranome shows that he lives his life to a certain rhythm.

The next scene then cuts to the title sequence, which shows a close up of an empty book, there is also a blurry had flicking the pages slowly. The sound of the non-digetic music in the background creates a sense of evil because the music sounds very dark and gloomy. From this we instantly know that this person is the bad guy in the film. The typography of the writing is very sinister. This is because its edgy and gothic. We get the idea that this person, that you can only see by hands, is not going to be a good person. The images shown also represent the figure of the bad guy in the film. This because there are cut up images of people and things.

Continuity Piece 11/11/10

- What did you find difficult about this task?

Well, one of the main difficulties was the lightening. It was hard to create enough light to see, yet keep it shaded for a dramatic effect. We used a lamp in the end, which gave us what we needed.

- What new skills have you acquired or developed?

I have developed my skill of using the new camera and directing. Also changing the setting, after we had to move gave me a better sense of intiative.

- What worked well?

The new room that we used worked well. It gave a better lighting and setting.

- What could you or your team have done better?

We could have performed better for part of it. Also, we could of created a better setting and lightening area. Other than that, everything was fine.