Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Storyboard

We are currently drawing up our storyboard in order to create a visual plan of our opening sequence. We intend to make it into a short film using Youtube, iMovie or Prezi after drawing it.

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Our Storyboard

We are discussing what we will put on our storyboard, how we will make it effective in order to produce a quality opening sequence plan.
The order:

  1. Fade in
  2. Close up of tv, news report of 'Wolf'' being released from prison. - Need to script
  3. Extreme close up of 'Wolf's face on the screen
  4. Pull out shot, that shows the room and tv fuzzing out, static crackling sounds
  5. Extreme close up of Red's nail turning off the tv (remote)
  6. She sits down at her dressing table to do her makeup, quick cuts of her pulling up one stocking, applying lipstick, & then mascara to one eye.
  7. Her Grandmother's picture catches her eye, point of view shot, quick cuts of her slowly picking the picture up and kissing it, leaving her red lipstick mark.
  8. Low angle shot of her getting up and slipping on her red shoes
  9. Music gets more upbeat, as she throws her hood on, mid-shot of the back of her body
  10. Shot from behind as she walks through the woods
  11. A pull out shot to show the environment = master/establishing shot
  12. 3 Flash shots of the different men she's already killed with each step she takes (filming her feet)
  13. Jogger running past in opposite direction, wolf whistles.
  14. Close up of Red's face (eyes hidden under hood), waving her finger to call him over.
  15. Shot of Red's feet, joggers feet appear in shot, gasp of breath then joggers face appears onto floor as he falls
  16. Mid shot of he back of Red crouching down
  17. extreme close up of red lips kissing forehead, title
  18. extreme close up of lipstick mark on forhead, title
  19. extreme close up of eyes opening as looking up
  20. then main title of film

Monday, 23 January 2012

Production companies research




As a group we need to begin thinking about our production company logo. Before we can begin this we need to research the types of logos that production companies have as this will help us when designing our own logo.




Different types of companies have different types of logos. Large production companies like Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros. tend to use logos which have a larger appeal to audiences without reflecting any particular theme or genre.





However for production companies who work independently and specialize in making certain films there usually is a more themed logo. for example, film production companies like Will Ferrell and Adam Mckay's Production company Gary Sanchez Productions.




As a group we began discussing possible ideas for our production company name and logo. We decided to go for a slightly themed name that would relate to the genre of our opening sequence. Our initial ideas for the production company name were :
  • Sisters Grimm
  • Grimm Tales
  • Sisters Grimm Productions
In order to develop these ideas we will begin sketching logo ideas and then go onto creating the actual company logos.

Inspiration femme fatal film





We have analysed the first 2 minutes of this film:








More Inspiration

Jennifer's Body, this is a prime example of a femme fatal film, and is similar to the storyline of ours, as she gets possessed and therefore kills men.