Shot List

Throughout our title opening sequence we decided to use a varied amount of shots in order to create a bigger quality product. Also by showing that as a group we had concidered showing our audiences the best view of each part of action, we believe that this shows the best possible concern in delivering a high quality title opening sequence.


A list below shows the types of shots we used within our title opening sequence:

• Over  the shoulder
• Medium Close-up
• Close-up
• Shot reverse shot

These shots plus a few more, allowed the product to project a more entertaining element for our target audience whilst still coming under the selected Genre which happened to be "Thriller". 

Examples of Shots Used


Over the Shoulder

















Medium Close-Up







Close-Up
















Being able to use these any other shots enables a better perspective for the audience in which to watch a film or any other moving image medium. Other camera shots are used to order to show the audience the audio/visual product as though they are experiencing the moving footage as if they were placed within the sequence that can see at any given time.



Peep Show - 1st Person Perspective

The image above shows the well-known programme Peep Show utalising its decision to film in 1st person perspective in that they make their audience feel as though they are placed in the same situations as each character within the programme. By closely researching this method of filming, myself and my other group members were able to realiese that the view point of our main character, would be best shown to the audience in a 1st person perspective in order to make sure that the audience felt more interacted with title opening sequence.

Final Synopsis - Grimaldi

Due to new simplar and better quality ideas as a group we decided to slightly make changes from our original synopsis in order to make sure that we was happy with our final product as a group. This final synopsis can be seen below.

Our title opening sequence begins in a girls bedroom were we are given a view of the room twice, once from an audience's point of view and the second is a more dramatic entrance to the room including the added visual effects to emphasise the element of a thriller to the audience. We then see the main character (Samantha Evans) tossing and turning in her bed until she gets fed up with the clown's melody and therefore projects this anger and throws the clown to the floor and goes back to sleep.

(Alarm clock goes off)

A view of the alarm clock shows that the alarm clock in going off and therefore Samantha has to wake up in order to start her day. After turning off this alarm clock and turning the lights back on, Samantha realises that the clown she threw on the floor is back on the side next to her alarm clock. Therefore due to her uncertainty she grabs this toy clown and takes it downstairs and throws it in the bin believe she has got rid of this abnormal toy. Only to realise once she goes to shut the front door to go back inside, a dark hand is projected infront of the door stopping it from closing and causing Samantha to scream in both desperation for someone to help her and fear of what or who could be behind the other side of this door.

Samples of Typography

The images above show the types of fonts we downloaded in order to achieve the best quality titles throughout our title opening sequence.

Original Title



Edited Title (Edited by Taylor L Beahan & Farah A Warda)



Showing the transformation from the original font that we used to the final font which we showed on our title opening sequence. This font was chosen because we felt that the font suited our type of product the most but we needed to remove some of the drip of "blood" in order to sustain the high levels of expectation we had for our product.

Photos of Group At Work

The images below show SMFT groups members putting in the hours in order to create our title opening sequence and also doing the neccessary research in order to cover the written side of this project.

Moe Editing Title Opening Sequence

Sam Editing Title Opening Sequence



Farah & Myself Doing Secondary Research for Title Opening Sequnce

These images show that as a group we were focused on making sure that we managed to create a high quality title opening sequence whilst still having the written information in order to show such  things as the synopsis, character profiles and also similar products which inspired us.

Preliminary Final Video

"Preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations."

 

The video below shows my initial groups final preliminary task.

Character Profile

Main Character



Samantha Evans
Gender: Female
Age: 16

  Samantha Evans is a 16 year old young lady who enjoys playing various sports such as football and netball. Her other interests include music, soap operas and watching films whilst eating pizza. Samantha is in her first year of college studying AS English Literature, Business Studies, Economics and Media Studies at Edmonton Christ College.

Currently with the same "partner" for 3 years, Trevor McKingley and Samantha have recently been through a "rough patch" due to the increasing distance of their further education choices.



Business Studies & Economics





Media Studies & English Literature





(Samantha's Boyfriend)
Trevor McKingley
Gender: Male
Age: 17



Trevor McKingley is currently at his second year of college studying BTEC Art & Design and A2 level Music at St.Limerick College.





Music & BTEC Art and Design



Storyboard Animation

"Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity.

The storyboarding process, in the form it is known today, was developed at the Walt Disney Studio during the early 1930s, after several years of similar processes being in use at Walt Disney and other animation studios."

In animation and special effects work, the storyboarding stage may be followed by simplified mock-ups called "animatics" to give a better idea of how the scene will look and feel with motion and timing. At its simplest, an animatic is a series of still images edited together and displayed in sequence. More commonly, a rough dialogue and/or rough sound track is added to the sequence of still images (usually taken from a storyboard) to test whether the sound and images are working effectively together.


This allows the animators and directors to work out any screenplay, camera positioning, shot list and timing issues that may exist with the current storyboard. The storyboard and soundtrack are amended if necessary, and a new animatic may be created and reviewed with the director until the storyboard is perfected. Editing the film at the animatic stage can avoid animation of scenes that would be edited out of the film. Animation is usually an expensive process, so there should be a minimum of "deleted scenes" if the film is to be completed within budget.

Risk Assessment

An example of a risk assessment can be shown below.



WURTH Risk Assessment


"Würth UK recognises and accepts its responsibility for the health and safety of its employees, contractors and authorised visitors to the site. The company will conduct its business in such a manner as not to expose persons to any risk that may affect their health and safety. Our Health and Safety Policy and Risk Assessment for Sales Representatives visiting customer sites are available to download here."

 This risk assessment clearly shows the possible risks for anyone based around company, the level of each risk and also the main people who will be at risk due to each one of the risks listed above. E.g. Customer 5.

Due to the fact that myself, Moe and Sam travelled together this limited the risk to the group because if a travel problem occured or we somehow did get lost, this would limit the risk to the group because we would all know were each member is causing less panic. Such things could've caused this such as the snow which just managed to hit the day after we filmed all of the content we needed.

Myself, Moe and Sam travelled by bus to the location



Snowed day after filming



Location

The main character in our title opening sequence, Samantha Evans, is the on screen victim of our toy clown. As a group we decided to call this character Samantha Evans so that we was all happy with the name and that there would be no disagreement of this name further along our production process. Our main character is a "girly girl" and this is portrayed through her bedroom in the film with the colour of the room and also the contents within the room. The stuff inside this room was supplied by Farah seeming as though it is her room that is used throughout our title opening sequence.

In order to recieve the best possible grade, we decided that we would keep the idea of our title opening sequence simple by not adding too many special effects of things that would require a huge input in any department of making the sequence.  

This filming process occured last week Monday although due to the dangerous weather conditions (snow) all week we were unable to edit this piece of film until the following week. Although as a group we had this "setback" I feel as a group we are still on task for delivering a good quality title opening sequence that will both interest and also show the quality that we as a group have managed to put into this product. 

Below are images of some of the props and locations that we used in order to film our title opening sequence and also to make the title opening sequence a more dramatic one for our audience.

 

Alarm Clock used

Toy Clown that we used

The main location

Hall way which shows the ending

Bin which is used to throw the clown in

Each image shown above played a significant role through the production of our title opening sequence in that they provided us with an advantage due to the fact that they enhanced the thriller based idea. For example, the hall way allows us to show the audience both the main character (Samantha) coming down the stairs whilst also showing the audience where she will be going and therefore what happens next.