Our audience really enjoyed our Thriller. They praised the unsettling music, the acting and they thought the argument at the beginning makes you empathise with the main character, so that by the time he gets kidnapped, you already care for this character.Friday, 28 February 2014
Audience Feedback/Focus Group
Our audience really enjoyed our Thriller. They praised the unsettling music, the acting and they thought the argument at the beginning makes you empathise with the main character, so that by the time he gets kidnapped, you already care for this character.
Friday, 14 February 2014
Finding Music
We found most of our music on Youtube and used a Youtube Converter to download it and import it into our film. (You can find several on the Internet.)
However, you can find other music on websites like www.mobygratis.com and www.freeplaymusic.com.
Choosing Your Font
The font used in our Ident and our Movie Title sequence came already programmed into LiveType, which is where you can create Title sequences.
However, you can find and download other fonts on websites like www.dafont.com.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Audience Research
Our Thriller is aimed at young teens and adults. I created a questionnaire where I surveyed how many young teens and adults like and watch Thriller movies and which gender like and watch Thrillers the most.
Do you like Thriller movies?
Yes: 14 young teens (8 male, 6 female), 10 adults (7 male, 3 female)
No: 6 young teens (2 male, 4 female), 3 adults (1 male, 2 female)
I don't know/Haven't watched any: 2 young teens (0 male, 2 female), 1 adult (0 male, 1 female)
This survey shows that young teens and adults commonly do like and watch Thriller movies, with young teens liking these movies slightly more than adults, and that males like and watch Thrillers more than females.
This survey shows that young teens and adults commonly do like and watch Thriller movies, with young teens liking these movies slightly more than adults, and that males like and watch Thrillers more than females.
Monday, 10 February 2014
Existing Production Company Idents Analysis
Existing Production Company Idents Analysis
Miramax Films/Home Entertainment:- Known for distributing and producing independent and foreign films. It was a leading distribution/production before being bought by The Walt Disney Company for 17 years.
Their logo consists of the company name within a giant "M" for Miramax.
Its Ident Sequence in their movies consists of the logo emerging from brightly-lit city buildings (it has no signature theme tune like 20th Century Fox).
However, in one of the movies they co-distributed with Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, the logo, after its respective Ident Sequence, then melts into an ocean where a bright beacon of light can be seen off in the distance (which is where the opening to the movie starts) while music from the movie's soundtrack plays in the background.
The Walt Disney Company/Walt Disney Pictures:- One of the "Big Six" film distribution/production companies.
The logo either consists of the company's nickname, which is simply "Disney", or it's full name at the foot of a castle.
The most recent Company Ident sequence consists of the night sky with a single bright star and then an overview of a city that zooms out and circles a giant castle with fireworks in the background until it finishes with a Long Shot of the castle, a tiny light (presumably Tinker Bell from Disney's Peter Pan) creating an an semi-circle of pixie dust over the castle and the Disney logo emerging at the foot of it. The theme tune that plays in the background is an instrumental of "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Disney's Pinocchio.
There are also several other versions of this Ident depending on the Disney movie, for example:
Pixar Animation Studios:- A CGI animation company owned by The Walt Disney Company.
The logo consists simply of the name of the company. Sometimes, it is shown next to the Disney logo, with characters from Pixar's films or the signature lamp (sometimes two lamps).
The Company Ident sequence consists of the mascot (the jumping lamp) hopping over to the "I" of the logo and jumping on it until it is squashed underfoot and the lamp looks directly at the camera.
Miramax Films/Home Entertainment:- Known for distributing and producing independent and foreign films. It was a leading distribution/production before being bought by The Walt Disney Company for 17 years.
Their logo consists of the company name within a giant "M" for Miramax.
Its Ident Sequence in their movies consists of the logo emerging from brightly-lit city buildings (it has no signature theme tune like 20th Century Fox).
However, in one of the movies they co-distributed with Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui, the logo, after its respective Ident Sequence, then melts into an ocean where a bright beacon of light can be seen off in the distance (which is where the opening to the movie starts) while music from the movie's soundtrack plays in the background.
The Walt Disney Company/Walt Disney Pictures:- One of the "Big Six" film distribution/production companies.
The logo either consists of the company's nickname, which is simply "Disney", or it's full name at the foot of a castle.
The most recent Company Ident sequence consists of the night sky with a single bright star and then an overview of a city that zooms out and circles a giant castle with fireworks in the background until it finishes with a Long Shot of the castle, a tiny light (presumably Tinker Bell from Disney's Peter Pan) creating an an semi-circle of pixie dust over the castle and the Disney logo emerging at the foot of it. The theme tune that plays in the background is an instrumental of "When You Wish Upon A Star" from Disney's Pinocchio.
There are also several other versions of this Ident depending on the Disney movie, for example:
Pixar Animation Studios:- A CGI animation company owned by The Walt Disney Company.
The logo consists simply of the name of the company. Sometimes, it is shown next to the Disney logo, with characters from Pixar's films or the signature lamp (sometimes two lamps).
The Company Ident sequence consists of the mascot (the jumping lamp) hopping over to the "I" of the logo and jumping on it until it is squashed underfoot and the lamp looks directly at the camera.
Existing Movie Opening Titles Analysis
Existing Movie Opening Titles Analysis
Coraline:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name spelt out and sewn onto a red fabric using white sewing thread with a loose black button as the "O" in the name. It is set out like this in the film because the film has a recurring theme of dolls and buttons to make the atmosphere creepy, despite this film being a children's movie (that seems to be the style of Tim Burton).
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name, over a black background, spelt out in a metallic-looking and ancient-looking font with the top two lines looking like gold and the last line looking like silver. It is set out like this to portray a sense of fantasy, mystery and eventual discovery within the film's plot.
Spirited Away:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name in a simple but ancient-looking font over a hill in a neighbourhood in Japan that the main character (Chihiro Ogino) and her parents are driving up. In the Japanese version of the film, the Title is in Japanese but in the same kind of font. It is set up like this to create an ambient and realistic but, at the same time, fantasy-like atmosphere as the main character has yet to be thrust into the film's plot.
Coraline:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name spelt out and sewn onto a red fabric using white sewing thread with a loose black button as the "O" in the name. It is set out like this in the film because the film has a recurring theme of dolls and buttons to make the atmosphere creepy, despite this film being a children's movie (that seems to be the style of Tim Burton).
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name, over a black background, spelt out in a metallic-looking and ancient-looking font with the top two lines looking like gold and the last line looking like silver. It is set out like this to portray a sense of fantasy, mystery and eventual discovery within the film's plot.
Spirited Away:-
The Title in the movie consists of the film's name in a simple but ancient-looking font over a hill in a neighbourhood in Japan that the main character (Chihiro Ogino) and her parents are driving up. In the Japanese version of the film, the Title is in Japanese but in the same kind of font. It is set up like this to create an ambient and realistic but, at the same time, fantasy-like atmosphere as the main character has yet to be thrust into the film's plot.
Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Shifty by Evan Creevy
Shifty
Shifty is a 2008 British independent urban thriller about a drug-dealer and his old friend re-kindling their friendship after an incident that separated them 4 years earlier.
Based on the director's experiences from his teenage years, this film had a total film schedule of 18 days.
Cast and Crew
Evan Creevy:- The director of Shifty. He is known for his work in Shifty, Welcome to the Punch, Wimbledon, Autobahn (upcoming in 2014), etc.
Riz Ahmed:- A famous actor known for his work in Shifty, Four Lions, Road to Guantanamo, Ill Manors, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, etc. In Shifty, he plays the titular character, a drug-dealer called "Shifty".
Daniel Mays:- A famous actor known his roles in Shifty, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Bank Job, Atonement, Vera Drake, etc. In Shifty, he plays Shifty's old and best friend who decides to pay him a visit after he left his hometown 4 years earlier.
Jason Flemyng:- A famous actor known for his work in Shifty, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Snatch., X-Men: First Class, Primeval (TV series), etc. In Shifty, he plays the middleman for the local drug-dealers and Shifty's supplier, Glen.
Production
At this point in the Film Industry and to this day, production budgets for British films had been falling. It was formerly £2-3 million. Now, it is £1-2 million. Therefore, there was a large boom in films produced with "micro-budgets" (films with a very low budget).
Shifty was made in 2008 under the Microwave scheme. The Microwave scheme was set up by the UK Film Council to make participation and access to making films more available to young London-based filmmakers. The scheme offers to help make films in 18 days and with a budget of under £100,000.
Shifty was the 2nd film to be made under the Microwave scheme. The film was released on 24th April 2009 to the public in the UK but a preview showing was released on 24th October 2008 at the London Film Festival. 51 prints of the film were distributed through the independent distributor, Metrodome.
Shifty is a 2008 British independent urban thriller about a drug-dealer and his old friend re-kindling their friendship after an incident that separated them 4 years earlier.
Based on the director's experiences from his teenage years, this film had a total film schedule of 18 days.
Cast and Crew
Evan Creevy:- The director of Shifty. He is known for his work in Shifty, Welcome to the Punch, Wimbledon, Autobahn (upcoming in 2014), etc.
Riz Ahmed:- A famous actor known for his work in Shifty, Four Lions, Road to Guantanamo, Ill Manors, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, etc. In Shifty, he plays the titular character, a drug-dealer called "Shifty".
Daniel Mays:- A famous actor known his roles in Shifty, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Bank Job, Atonement, Vera Drake, etc. In Shifty, he plays Shifty's old and best friend who decides to pay him a visit after he left his hometown 4 years earlier.
Jason Flemyng:- A famous actor known for his work in Shifty, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Snatch., X-Men: First Class, Primeval (TV series), etc. In Shifty, he plays the middleman for the local drug-dealers and Shifty's supplier, Glen.
Production
At this point in the Film Industry and to this day, production budgets for British films had been falling. It was formerly £2-3 million. Now, it is £1-2 million. Therefore, there was a large boom in films produced with "micro-budgets" (films with a very low budget).
Shifty was made in 2008 under the Microwave scheme. The Microwave scheme was set up by the UK Film Council to make participation and access to making films more available to young London-based filmmakers. The scheme offers to help make films in 18 days and with a budget of under £100,000.
Shifty was the 2nd film to be made under the Microwave scheme. The film was released on 24th April 2009 to the public in the UK but a preview showing was released on 24th October 2008 at the London Film Festival. 51 prints of the film were distributed through the independent distributor, Metrodome.
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Source Code by Duncan Jones
Source Code
Source Code is a 2011 action-thriller about a soldier who wakes up in someone else's body on a train in Chicago with a bomb on board and founds out he is part of a mission to travel to alternate timelines and find the bomber before another bomb is set off in downtown Chicago in the current timeline as an aftermath of the bomb exploding on the train.
Cast and Crew
Duncan Jones:- The director of Source Code. He is famous for Source Code, Moon, Whistle, Mute, etc.
Ben Ripley:- The writer of Source Code. He is famous for his writing in Source Code, Species III, Species: The Awakening, The Watch and Boychoir (not released).
Jake Gyllenhall:- A world-famous actor known for starring in Source Code, Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac, etc. In Source Code, he plays the protagonist, a soldier called Colter Stevens, who is trying to prevent an exploding bomb on a Chicago commuter train.
Michelle Monaghan:- A famous actress known for starring in Source Code, Gone Baby Gone, Due Date, Eagle Eye, etc. In Source Code, she plays Colter's alter ego, Sean Fentress', traveling partner on the commuter train, Christina Warren.
Vera Farmiga:- A famous actress known for starring in Source Code, Up in the Air, The Departed, The Conjuring, etc. In Source Code, she plays Captain Colleen Goodwin, Colter's adviser who tells him information through a computer screen.
Source Code is a 2011 action-thriller about a soldier who wakes up in someone else's body on a train in Chicago with a bomb on board and founds out he is part of a mission to travel to alternate timelines and find the bomber before another bomb is set off in downtown Chicago in the current timeline as an aftermath of the bomb exploding on the train.
Cast and Crew
Duncan Jones:- The director of Source Code. He is famous for Source Code, Moon, Whistle, Mute, etc.
Ben Ripley:- The writer of Source Code. He is famous for his writing in Source Code, Species III, Species: The Awakening, The Watch and Boychoir (not released).
Jake Gyllenhall:- A world-famous actor known for starring in Source Code, Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac, etc. In Source Code, he plays the protagonist, a soldier called Colter Stevens, who is trying to prevent an exploding bomb on a Chicago commuter train.
Michelle Monaghan:- A famous actress known for starring in Source Code, Gone Baby Gone, Due Date, Eagle Eye, etc. In Source Code, she plays Colter's alter ego, Sean Fentress', traveling partner on the commuter train, Christina Warren.
Vera Farmiga:- A famous actress known for starring in Source Code, Up in the Air, The Departed, The Conjuring, etc. In Source Code, she plays Captain Colleen Goodwin, Colter's adviser who tells him information through a computer screen.
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