Media Evaluation - part 1

Part 1 - The brief.

What brief were you are working to…

The brief in which we were working to was to produce title sequence and opening of a new film. Our film is also in line with Todorov's theory as the order of the film is beginning, middle and end.

Explain the title and what happens in your opening sequence making reference to the treatment…

Our film in which we created is called, 'Walking with the Dead’; we decided to use this name so that the audience would be able to see that the film could be a horror/thriller, just by the connotation of the title. The title also connotes the idea of the film being something to do with a dead person. This links to the main storyline of a small boy who is being followed by a spirit of his own unborn brother. The dead brother then controls the young boy and takes over child, making him change personality and become a different child, causing pain to others. His young brother died in a car crash when his mother was pregnant, all of the family members died however, Harry survived. Harry always blamed his sister as they were in the car driving to pick her up that day from a party. Grace (the sister) was left to look after Harry; the unborn brother begins to hurt Grace in both mental and physical ways through Harry.

Explain the sub genre…

The sub-genre of our film is paranormal, making it more of a paranormal thriller. The film also contains psychological aspects, which are shown in the form of a documentary allowing the audience to follow the child and his changes throughout the film.

Media Evaluation - Part 2

Part 2 - Who would be the audience for your product?

Who are the target audience - habits/lifestyle/media consumption (not just/age/gender/skin colour)…

For our film, we decided to aim our thriller based film towards young adults ages 16-24. We felt that as the girl who was being hurt; physically and mentally by her younger brother, Harry in the film, it had to be the certain age of the people we are aiming for in our target audience. We decided to make the sister, Grace around 18 years old so that the target audience could relate, which could make them more scared of the actions in which are happening in the film, meaning this could create more suspense for the audience. The target audience lifestyle would be based for a typical young adult living in Britain, as it is a British based thriller film. The environment in which we have targeted is mainly people living in an urban area, based around the middle class society. There isn’t a gender target to this film as we feel that the gender difference as we feel it would interest both men and women.

What pre- production research did you conduct with them…

For our pre-production research to the target audience in which we chose, the group decided to create some questionnaires that we could give to this age group. From the results, we were able to see what interests and fears that the audience ranges seemed to have, which then gave ideas with what fears we could add to our storyline for the film. We also had a class crit that helped our research as all the people in the class had the age range of the target audience. From this we then thought of the idea of something being psychology and unable to see as this seemed to alarm a lot of the people included in the target audience.

Media Evaluation - Part 3

Part 3 - What kind of media institution might disribute your media product and why?

Use real examples of companies…

The media institution that we thought would be best suited for our film would be ‘Universal’, as when we had researched many possible distributers, we felt that Universal had distributed many films that had a genre of thriller or horror. Examples of these were: The Strangers, Slither and Children of men, which had a main genre of thriller, that we wanted to base our film on. However, we also researched '20th Century Fox' as a distributer but we felt our genre and target audience linked in with 'Universal'.

Use examples of films with the same genre/ same audience and films they have distributed…

This then related to the target audience being very similar for Universal as the films in which they distributed were young adult based such as: White Noise and The Mummy.

Media Evaluation - Part 4

Part 4 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Doing our media production we looked at different media texts and researched a variety of codes and conventions to see what we felt would work best in ours. We decided to create a thriller/horror film, to show and play with people’s fears within our title sequence.

The narrative:

Our plot was established by thinking of creating the story based around the young boy, which would make it easier for the audience to understand the change in the child, due to the action in which his unborn brother is doing to him and others close to him. In the footage in which we have made for our title sequence we decided to follow the child, Harry with the camera so that people felt that they were always watching him from what he would see. This relates to the chosen genre as while the child is being followed and taken over, he harms others, making it a quite disturbing feeling, which could play with people’s fears. Due to this storyline we reasoned films that we felt could be linked to ours, such as 'The Omen' and 'Orphan'.

The genre:

With our title sequence we used dark colours within the footage to connote something being hard to see, as it was quite dark. The colours were also used to match the genre as in horror/thriller films the dark colours create more suspense and an eerie feeling. The genre is also shown by the props in which we used, this was for the child to use and destroy in the title sequence. An example could be when the boy rips the heads off the teddies, showing he isn’t an average young child who plays with his toys, instead he is destroying them. The drawings in which have also been drawn show that the child is quite distressed, as they include drawings of people being killed and things being set alight, which links to horror films due to the typical horror film of destruction.

Camera, angle, shot movement and position:

We used many camera angles within our title sequence, these consisted of:

· Wide shot

· Hand held

· Close up shot

· Tracking shot

· Match on action

We decided to use a tracking shot with our title sequence using a the hand held camera, as we felt that in some parts of the title sequence, for example when the young boy Harry is walking up the stairs, if we used a hand held camera it would make it make it easy to understand Harry by following him. Also, we felt the connotation to this could be that the camera shot could be representing the boy’s unborn brother following him everywhere. We decided to use a close up shot of the young boy’s drawings so that the audience were able to see the different details of the drawings, allowing the audience to see the disturbing images in which the young boy was drawing. We decided to make sure the camera didn't view above the childs head as we wanted to create the sense of mystery and the idea of not knowing to the audience during the title sequence.

Editing:

When editing the title sequence, we made sure everything followed at the beginning of the scene, for example, the young boy walking into the house to walking up the stairs to his room. We then decided that we wanted to make the scene in the child's bedrrom, with the teddy bears being ruined and the pictures being drawn quite jumpy, making the footage look more like it's someone watching as it isn't steady and making the footage follow the connotation of someone runing everything, making things difficult to see.

Sound:

The sound in which we used for our final title sequence was added to the piece to bring more suspense to it. We started the sound process by researching title sequences such as, 'The Omen' to see how other title sequence makers had created an eerie feeling to the film. After researching this, we made our own piece of music on 'garage band' on the apple Macs. However, the group felt that this didn't create enough suspense and searched for a new one. Once we had found one and added it to the sequence we all felt that it made the piece more thriller/horror like. The group decided that there were two main parts in which we all felt the music needed to build up more to keep the audience watching. We added a build up of music when the fridge door closes and the titles appear and at the end of the sequence when the shadow walks across the boy when he is laying down, we all felt this would be a good point to build up the sound as it was the end of the title sequence and the part that seemed most eerie when receiving feedback about it.

Mise-en-scene:

Within the shoots of the title sequence the lighting in which was used started quite light, for example when Harry is walking throught the downstairs of the house, the rooms are light and easy to see most things. However, when he begins to walk up the stairs the light becomes a bit darker and when he reaches the top, the light is very bright. Nevertheless, when the boy walks into the room, the room is very dark (becoming a contrast from the previous light outside the bedroom). This is done to connote to the audience that he may come across as an average child to many, but when people are able to see his room, they would be able to realise that something isn't right with the child, making the film look more like a thriller/horror all due to the lighting.

Typography:

In the title sequence we wanted to use typography that would firstly represent a horror film but also represent the idea of a child being involved. This is when we decided to use a font for the title of the film looking as if it had been scratched by nails onto the fridge door, connoting that someone is in pain, or very dangerous. Then the typography for the names and credits during the title sequence we wanted to make more child-like, which is why the group chose to use a font that included rough lines to draw inbetween which are normally used for children learning to write. For the typography we researched into childrens writing and edgy font to see what worked better with the title sequence, making the typography link.

Media Evaluation - Part 5

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Within our product, we had a main social group which was represented through the whole title sequence...

Stereotype:
The bases of your title sequence started around the idea of the typical stereotype of a young boy. The idea of coming home from school, throwing the coat and bag down on the floor, going to the fridge to grab something to eat from after school and then following the idea of going upstairs to the bedroom the relax after the day. This typical stereotype we doesn’t to break for the film opening as this was one of the ways in which we wanted the audience to understand that this child may act like an average young boy, however he is very different due the change when entering his room.

Props:
The props in which we used for the title sequence also related to the social group of young children due to the use of teddy bears and colourful drawings. We used child-like props that we felt would normally be used by a child to play and look after, instead the child in the sequence does the opposite and ruins toy, showing he isn’t acting like an average child. The clothing in which the character is wearing has been chosen for particular reasons, mainly being that I felt that the boy should be wearing a school uniform with an emblem on it to show that he goes to school, connoting to the audience that he is a child, this is seen sue to the camera shot at the beginning of the sequence as when he walks into the house the camera focuses on the emblem on his top.

Ideology:
The ideology of the young boy’s character seems to be the idea in believing in something evil and hell-like. This is seen by the lighting used and the props in which are being destroyed by him.

Representation:
The representation of the young boy is shown through the whole of the title sequence in which we made due to many different aspects of the product. One of these aspects consisted of camera angles in which we used as the boys face was never shown, connoting mystery, however it also showed made the audience even more unaware of what he really looked like, including his age. The camera shot at the beginning of the sequence was a high angle shot making the child look even smaller, so from first observation the audience would think that this person is a child who the title sequence is about. The representation of this boy not being alone could come from the idea of his bedroom door opening on its own when he goes to walk in, meaning someone is in there waiting for him.

The typography used also shows the social group of young children is it contains the guidelines that are commonly used for children learning to write. The font is also quite rough looking; it isn’t neat and perfectly placed representing that this could be about a child.

Media Evaluation - Part 6

Part 6 - How did you attract/address your audience?

Do you think you have reached your target audience?
I feel that our group did reach to our target audience as when we had to view the product in which we had created; the people who were watching it were the correct age to fit the target audience range, The overall outcome for the title sequence was that it came across as quite eerie, ‘scary at the end not knowing what is in the room with the child’ and the idea of it playing with people’s fears seemed to show to our target audience. Both male and female were watching the sequence and both had the same outcome of the feelings towards it, showing that it isn’t based for one gender more than the other.

Using quotes from the audience feedback address how these did appeal and why?
Most of the feedback in which we received came as being positive comments, one on the music which had been used, ‘I like the music used as it creates more suspense in the piece’, showing that the music seemed to help the title sequence come across as being more eerie. Another comment in which we reserved was, ‘I liked the shot at the end with the shadow going across the boy. Which suggested something bad was going to happen.' I feel that this comment shows that the camera shots and lighting helped to make the title sequence scarier to the target audience.

On the other hand, we did have criticism about the shots in the child’s bedroom when the shot shows the teddies and drawings, as the shot jumps a few times making the images quite hard to view. We were going to delete these shots; however some members of the group felt that they should be kept in as they represent distortion and confusion towards the film.

What was less successful?
With our audience feedback the thing in which some people felt was less successful in the title sequence was the typography used for the credits of the names of the people involved in the film; some felt that this didn’t work as they didn’t link to the story of the film.

How could the work be improved?
Overall, we were all very happy with the sequence in which we had created and felt that the thing which we would choose to improve if we had a little more time would be the typography of the credits as that seemed to be the only thing which people felt negative about when viewing the product. The feedback meant that we needed to change our font for our titles, and lengthen them. However, titles couldn’t simply be edited and the whole clips had to be reverted back to their original, and then re-edited. This was an extremely long process, so we decided to just keep the titles how they were.

Media Evaluation - Part 7

Part 7 - What have you learnt about technologies from the process of contructing this product?

Main technology used:
Macs - Final Cut Pro, iMovie and Garage Band
Hand held camera

Starting Point...
To start the making of our title sequence we all decided that starting with ‘iMovie’ on the Mac computers would be the best program to begin editing as we were all used to using the program in media production and editing in the past.

Development...
As we continued with our title sequence we decided to use ‘Photoshop Elements’ for our typography creations and changes as we were all quite experienced with the editing program. One of the members in our group was also familiar with ‘Garage Band’, a music creation program found on the Mac computers. Due to this, she decided to try making the soundtrack on the Mac. The camera in which we used was quite easy as there were no problems in uploaded to the computer when we were at school starting to edit. I was the person filming all of the footage in the title sequence due to be having a good knowledge in camera shots and working the camera.

Towards the end...
As we moved to the half way point of editing we decided to transfer our title sequence to ‘Final Cut Pro’, on the Mac computers. We decided to do this as we felt we would be able to do more on the program with editing and sound as there were only limited amounts of techniques you could use on ‘iMovie’; also we felt ‘Final cut pro’ was more advanced for editing.

What have I learnt?
During the making of this title sequence I feel that I learnt to use ‘Final Cut Pro’ as a program to edit videos and sound. I also learnt a lot about feel to create sounds and music on Garage Band.

Media Evaluation - Part 8

Part 8 - Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Overall what was successful about the preliminary task?
I feel that personally my research and planning were successful within the task as I produced a lot of research into different aspects of a title sequence in which I felt would be important. I also feel that the title sequence as a whole was quite successful as when we had finished the piece, I felt quite proud that we had created it, due to previously having quite little knowledge of editing film.

What was less successful?
Looking back, I think that the typography in which we used was less successful as we could have used a more horror based text to represent the genre a little more within the text. I also feel that when the character playing Harry throws his coat on the floor when he walks in, I think that we should of made him hung it up or throw it on the chair as he walks past as I feel that it doesn’t look right.

How did you improve upon areas when making the sequence?
When making the sequence I improved on my skills of using Final Cut Pro on the Apple Mac’s. I also feel that I improved on my filming skills as I was able to refresh and learn new shots which would then be able to represent and show different connotations around the title sequence itself.

Filming Journal: 14th February 2011

Today we were given feedback about our title sequence in which we had made and we began to start to improve the points of the sequence in which we were told wasn't as good as others. We started to change the typography used for the names and the jump cuts in which were previously used.

Film Genres...

Action
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Disaster
Documentary
Drama
Epic
Family
Fantasy
Film-noir
GLBT
Horror
Musical
Mystery
Romance
Science Fiction
Sport
Thriller
War
Western

Final version of 'Walking with the dead' title sequence...

Filming Journal: 10th February 2011

In today's lesson we finished our title sequence by adding new music to the piece, and also adding the our distributers logo, Universal Studies. When adding this to our title sequence to decided to use video converter from youtube videos, however the sound was not included in it so we decided to convert the sound from video2mp3 converter, and then added the sound and moving image of the logo separate.

The Universal Pictures...

When coming towards the end of our editing of the title sequence, we added this video of the universal pictures to the footage, this was done to show our distributer of the film.

Researching our sample music...

This is a quick clip that Amy created for other samples of music, the music in which she found were not copyrighted, and included different eerie sounds which we felt would work quite well in our title sequence footage.

Filming Journal: 8th February 2011

In today's lesson we added the music in which Megan had created to the footage of our horror film title sequence. We listened to it a number of times to see how we could improve and change it, each we had done this we added it to our title sequence.

Developing the process of creating the title sequence...

This is the video that shows the development of our title sequence. The footage in which we have used in this video is the final for the title sequence the only thing in which we need to change is the music used as at the moment it is a copyright of the 'Omen' theme tone. The music which we have produced is nearly complete but we felt that we would add a copyright sound piece to show the class in a lesson to get an overall feedback.

Filming Journal: 7th February 2011

Today, we added some music to our title sequence. The music in which we added was from the Omen, however we needed to add music to your sequence so that we were able to show the class our general idea for music as the music in which Megan was creating, was not yet complete to add.

Research on casting...

Research in casting

Filming Journal: 31st January 2011

Location: Mac Room

Time: 8.55am-10.55am

This morning our whole group viewed the title sequence so far and the progress in which each of us had come to. We looked at what we felt we needed to improve and started changing the speed of some clips, such as the last clip where somebody's shadow is walking past the camera, as we felt slowing this clip down, it may make it more eerie. The group also decided to change the speed of the child drawing and ripping the teddies apart so that the audience are able to see that there is something wrong with the child.

Behind the scenes of making the title sequence...

We made this video to show the footage of the behind the scenes of making the title sequence. Megan, Me, Amy, Scott, Grace and Joe are shown in the video working together with different roles to finish the sequence. We also thought that we would film this footage to show the process in which we had to do to produce the title sequence, while showing things that were going wrong as well as good.

Animatic

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This animatic shows each stage in the storyboard in which has been created and drawn.

Deciding the font in which we want...

Amy began to start on the process of deciding and added the font for the names and title of the film to the title sequence. She got developed and improved fonts of 'dafont', until she found the one which looked the best with the storyline of our film.

Casting and production team...

The casting and production group

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Filming Journal: 24th January 2011

Location: Mac Room

Time: 8.55am-10.55am

In our two hour lesson we began to put the last footage onto the title sequence. We decided to change the idea of using a mirror and someone walking past it to the footage of the title sequence because we were having trouble filming the young boy looking into the mirror and someone walking past. This is when we decided to film round Megan's house an extra part when the young boy has his back to the camera, laying on the bed when a shadow walks past him and the camera. We also added blackouts in the title sequence to allow it to flow easier and for other people to understand the title sequence more.

Order of our titles..

Distributor: Universal Studios

Production: Sharpie Productions Ltd.

Characters names/actors:
Starring… Scott as Harry, Grace Covil as Grace

Film name: Walking with the Dead

More actors/actresses: Dakota Fanning, Harrison Ford, Matt Lanter

Music by: Megan Ellis

Costume designer: Laura Pound

Editors: Amy Clement Hayley Laurence

Production designer: Amy Clement

Written by: Megan Ellis

Produced by: Hayley Laurence

Directed by: Laura Pound

Filming Journal: 20th January 2011

Location: Mac Room

Time: 11.25-13.25...

During the lesson, we decided that we didn't to add a few clips which didn't come out very well when looking at the edited piece. This is when we decided to re-film the mirror scene round my house tonight and re-film the scene of the front of the fridge which begins the titles approaching the sequence.

Orphan Title sequence...

I decided to research the title sequence of the the horror film, 'Orphan', as I felt we needed to look into more horror films which involve children as their main role. I also felt that this would be a good film to look at as the child bases her murders in the film from her drawings. I felt that this linked to our title sequence as the child in our film is also drawing disturbing images. From first observation of this title sequence I also realised that the whole of the, 'Orphan' is based of the child's drawings from using neon light, showing that they have linked the sequence to the storyline.

The sequence begins with the company logo of, 'Dark Castle', which is covered by different coloured neon paints, which look as if they have been thrown over the logo. The music used in this part of the sequence sounds also quite eerie, connoting to the audience that it could be a horror/thriller film. The first image in which is shown to the audience is a drawing of a Bible, the drawing looks quite rushed and not very neat, the connotation to this could be the idea of it being a child's drawing, showing that the film could involve a child. The text of one name then emerges into another, but seems to have a flicker effect, which could connote the idea of something being jumpy or distorted in the film.

A blackout screen is then used, during this the music changes and seems to become more intense, which gets the audience more captured in the title sequence and makes it more horror-like as a film. The music changes when the next image is shown, it becomes louder and more intense which makes this part of the sequence quite eerie, which seems to also create suspense. The change is the image with is seen as a drawing, flickers and when the shot becomes darker the neon colours show a much more disturbing image compared to the lighter image of the child. The neon colours show drawings of scissors and knives, which have a denotation of being sharp, but the connotation of being dangerous, causing death. These images are also around the neck of the drawing, showing that as the neck is a dangerous area to cause pain.

The next clip shows a drawing that I feel looks a little like a ribbon, which could link to the mine character of this film. There is a rough drawing of a group of people in a square building, the connotation to this could be idea of idea of these people being a family. When he images goes to a dark light again, and begins to flicker the image has neon pen marks which show drawings of fire and there is a cross. This could represent the idea hell maybe as the cross symbolises religion and heaven, way as burning it could connote the opposite: hell. The fire could also connote the idea of the family or house burning. As the image flickers the drawings of the people disappear, which could be a connotation to them dying. showing the film could be a horror/thriller as death could be involved. There is then a five second blackout screen, which then links to the title of the film, 'Orphan', the text starts of as being simple black font and then flickers. linking to the rest of the title sequence and turns into neon light which has scratched text.

Once looking at the different codes and conventions of the title sequence of the film, 'The Orphan', the audience are able to understand that the genre of the film seems to be a horror, as it shows representations and connotations to death, and the title sequence as a whole is very dark.

Filming Journal: 17th January 2011

Location: Mac Room:

8.55am-10.55am...

After we had filmed around Megan's on Thursday, once we got back into school of Monday morning we began to look at the footage in which we produced. We began to edit and look at the different shots in which we liked, and others in which we felt we could improve. We felt that most of the footage which we filmed worked well, the only section which we felt we needed to improve was the scene at the end when the young boy looks into the mirror and someone walks past the camera. I then thought of the idea of filming the mirror scene around my house as I have a wider mirror which would work better once filmed.

Evidence of Recce...

These are the images in which we have taken to show the rooms and parts of the house in which we will film in our title sequence production...

This is the living room/kitchen in which we will use to film the boy walking to the fridge.
This is the setting in which we will use to film the light shining on the boys bedroom.
This is the same setting as above, however this is the scene with the lights on.
These are the stairs in which we will film the boy walking up into his room.
This is a shot which shows the boys bedroom and the stairs.
This is an image of the boys desk, which is used to draw the images of people dying.
This is an image which shows the boys bedroom, where he rips the teddies and draws the pictures.

Researching the Music...

While looking through different music examples on youtube, I found a sample which I felt we could use as a template before making our own piece of music to fit the title sequence. I decided to pick 'The Omen's' title sequence music as a starting point on the research of music and it too has the same film genre as ours. I also wanted to look at a horror which involves a child, this is when I decided that 'The Omen' would be a good film to look into.

Filming Journal: 13th January 2011

Location: Megan's House

Time: 3.00pm - 8.00pm

Today, we are filming the title sequence of our film production, 'Walking with the dead'. As Me and Megan are the two people in the group who are involved in the filming, we are the two who are going to work together to film the whole title sequence tonight. We are aiming to get to Megan's at 3pm to set up and sort out all of the props. Then at 5pm the main actor who is playing 'Harry', will arrive and filming will begin. Grace is also coming to be in the film in short clips, camcorder and tripod have been sorted. Let filming begin!

Developments...

We started to look on Garage band at possible sounds for our Title Sequence. The sort of sounds to be featured in our Title Sequence are quite eerie sounds, to make it seem quite dark and sinister. Sounds that link to children will also be featured, such as keyboard music/nursery rhymes. We have also thought about featuring a child breathing.06/01/2011:

Also in the lesson, another idea for something that could be featured in our title sequence came about. We were discussing the ending to our Title Sequence, when we stumbled upon the idea of the main character writing a message on a mirror. We would have him actually write on an acetate sheet, so that we can also get a shot, as if the camera is in the mirror. We would put the acetate over the camera lens, and he will write onto it, so that we can see him actually writing it. For the message that is going to be written, we thought about a couple of ideas. At first I thought it would be good to say something quite dark, so I suggested 'it's all her fault' but after discussion, we came up with 'it's all your fault.'

The Cast...

Scott Smith - Actor (Harry)...

Grace Covill - Actress (Grace)...

The group (including some roles)...

LauraPound...Director/Storyboards/Filming

Amy Clement... Producer/Brief and treatment/Editing

Megan Ellis...Director/Sound/Filming

Hayley Laurence... Producer/Typography/Editing

Our film classification...

While researching the different film classifications, I felt that the certificate of a 15 would match the ideology and main theme of the film in which we are planning on creating the title sequence for.

Suitable only for 15 years and over
No one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Discrimination
The work as a whole must not endorse discriminatory language or behaviour.

Horror
Strong threat and menace are permitted unless sadistic or sexualised.

Imitable behaviour
Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied. Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised.

Language
There may be frequent use of strong language, may be acceptable by the context. Aggressive or repeated use of the strongest language is unlikely to be acceptable.

Theme
No theme is prohibited, provided the treatment is appropriate for 15 year olds.

Violence
Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable. Strong sadistic or sexualised violence is also unlikely to be acceptable. There may be detailed verbal references to sexual violence but any portrayal of sexual violence must be discreet and have a strong contextual justification.

British Board of Film Classification...

It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror. If a work is particularly suitable for a pre-school child to view alone, this will be indicated in the Consumer Advice.
Parental Guidance General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children.
Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.
Exactly the same criteria are used to classify works at ‘12A’ and ‘12’. These categories are awarded where the material is suitable, in general, only for those aged 12 and over. Works classified at these categories may upset children under 12 or contain material which many parents will find unsuitable for them. The ‘12A’ category exists only for cinema films. No one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult, and films classified ‘12A’ are not recommended for a child below 12. An adult may take a younger child if, in their judgement, the film is suitable for that particular child. In such circumstances, responsibility for allowing a child under 12 to view lies with the accompanying adult. The ‘12’ category exists only for video works. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video work.
Suitable only for 15 years or over No-one younger than 15 may see a ‘15’ film in a cinema. No-one younger than 15 may rent or buy a ‘15’ rated video work.

Suitable only for adults. No-one younger than 18 may see an ‘18’ film in a cinema.No-one younger than 18 may rent or buy an ‘18’ rated video.In line with the consistent findings of the BBFC’s public consultations and The Human Rights Act 1998, at ‘18’ the BBFC’s guideline concerns will not normally override the principle that adults should be free to choose their own entertainment.

Storyboard by Laura Pound...

Meeting Minutes and Production Journal...

For our meeting minutes and production journal we began to fill in a data sheet to help us get ready for the filming and editing of the title sequence.

Typography Ideas...

Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs.We have been looking into different fronts that we could use for the titles in our title sequence.The name of our film is "walking with the dead", and as our film is a horror the font will need to be eerie, we also thought about trying fonts that look like a child has written it, or it has been scratched into something. We use the website "dafont" to try different styles of fonts and this is what we came up with;

Whilst we was looking for fonts for the main titles, we came across type writer fonts that would look good for the titles during the title sequence. Amy and I decided that it would be good if we show the insertion point and the letters being typed into the shot.

Order of Storyboard...

Shot 1: Camera movement is still while the boy walks up the hill. Sound of footsteps (3-4 seconds).

Shot 2: Boys cuts across view of house to walk up the driveway into the house. (3-4 seconds).

Shot 3: Handheld camera follows behind the boy giving the idea that someone is following him. (2 seconds).

Shot 4: Camera shots from other side of door. Show door opening and boy walks in ( walking towards camera). (10 - 11 seconds).

Shot 5: Camera shot of the hallway and the child putting down their school bag

(showing the idea that he comes across as a usual child). ( 5 - 6 seconds).

Shot 6: Boy opens fridge to get something to eat. When the fridge door shuts the titles begin to show. Music changes tone. (2 seconds).

Shot 7: Camera pans in on the fridge and the beginning of the credits. (2 seconds).

Shot 8: The camera (handheld) then follows the child as he walks up the stairs. (7-8 seconds).

Shot 9: Light beams out of the other room and boy runs upstairs into his room which is very dark, camera pans into child's dark room. (5-6 seconds).

Shot 10: BLACKOUT SCREEN. Sound of child breathing. (3 seconds).

Shot 11: Camera starts of an image in which the child is drawing, and then pans onto another image. Then all the images on the wall; disturbing images in which the child has drawn.

(10-11 seconds).

Shot 12: Camera begins to start on individual drawings, which show different names and credits of the film. (10-11 seconds).

Shot 13: Teddy bears which are sitting on the shelf have been changed in some way by the child, such as heads missing. Pan onto one of the teddies to see yet another credit. (5-6 seconds).

Shot 14: Close up shot of an image of his hand destroying the teddies. (5 seconds).

Shot 15: Camera pans from the image of the teddy to the mirror, the other side of the room.

(3 seconds).

Shot 16: Child writes, 'It's your fault' on the mirror, with the reflection of his face at the side of the mirror. (5 seconds).

Shot 17: Someone walks in front of the image of the boys face and text on the mirror, music builds up. (6 seconds).

Shot 18: BLACKOUT SCREEN. Title sequence ends, film begins. (3 seconds).

General Information of ideas...

- Horror based film.

- Title: Walking with the dead.

- The main characters: Grace who is 19 years of age, her younger brother Harry and his imaginary friend.

- Release date: October time (due to halloween).

- Target audience: 16 to 26 years of age.

- Production company: 'Sharpie' productions.

- Distribution: Universal.

Storyline: Follows Todorovs theory.

Equilibrium is... Harry's being normal with his 'imaginary friend'

Disruption is... Harry's behavior changes.

Notice is... his sister notices the change.

Resolution... his sister takes him to a mental institution, starts hurting people and is sent home and is told he is fine.

New Equilibrium is... ends with him at home with his sister walking in the door and then walks out as a man.

The title sequence development...

Starts off with a shot of the house looking bright and normal. Harry then comes home from school doing the normal boy stuff - putting his bag down, runs up the stairs to his bedroom and there's a notice of change.

What is a title sequence?

'A title sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television programs present their title, key production and cast members.' A title sequence is also used to simply show the audience the main ideologies of the film, for example the genre of the film and the target audience.

Timeline of Horror films...

1950- God, man and devil - Joseph Seiden(director)
1951- Bride of the Gorilla – Curt Siodmak (director)
1952- The Black Castle – Nathan Juran (director)
1953- Donovan’s Brain – Felix Feist(director)
1954- The Mad Magician – John Brahm(director)
1955-Dementia – John Parker(director)
1956- Invasion of the body snatchers – Kevin McCartney(director)
1957-Voodoo Island – Reginald Le Borg(director)
1958- Dracula – Terence Fisher(director)
1959- Beast from haunted cave – Monte Hellman(director)

1960- House of terror – Gilberto Martinez Solares(director)
1961- The mask – Julian Roffman (director)
1962- The Phantom of the Opera - Terence Fisher(director)
1963- The Birds – Alfred Hitchcock(director)
1964- The haunting – Robert Wise(director)
1965- Die, monster, die! – Daniel Haller(director)
1966- Chamber of horrors – Hy Averback(director)
1967- A taste of blood – Herschell Gordon Lewis(director)
1968- The Ghastly Ones – Andy Milligan(director)
1969- Taste the blood of Dracula – Peter Sasdy(director)

1970- The horror of Frankenstein – Jimmy Sangster(director)
1971- The Devils’s Nightmare – Jean Brismée(director)
1972- Death line – Gary Sherman(director)
1973- The Exorcist – William Friedkin (director)
1974- It’s alive! – Larry Cohen(director)
1975- Trilogy of terror – Dan Curtis(director)
1976- The Omen – Richard Donner(director)
1977- The Hills have eyes – Wes Craven (director)
1978- Halloween – John Carpenter(director)
1979- Alien – Ridley Scott(director)

1980- Friday 13th – Sean Cunningham(director)
1981- Eyes of a stranger – Ken Wisederhorn(director)
1982- The thing – John Carpenter(director)
1983- Psycho II – Richard Franklin(director)
1984- Razorback – Russell Mulcahy(director)
1985- Midnight Hour – Jack Bender(director)
1986- Witchboard – Kevin Tenney(director)
1987- Mirror of death – Deryn Warren(director)
1988- Waxwork – Anthony Hickox(director)
1989- Skinned Alive – Jon Killough(director)

1990- Child’s play 2 – John Lafia(director)
1991- The People under the stairs – Wes Craven(director)
1992- The Untold story – Herman Yau(director)
1993- Frankenstein – David Wickes(director)
1994- In the mouth of madness – John Carpenter(director)
1995- Night of the scarecrow – Jeff Burr(director)
1996- Scream – Wes Craven(director)
1997- The Shining – Mick Garris(director)
1998- Psycho – Gus Van Sant(director)
1999- The blair witch project – Daniel Myrick(director)

2000- Final desination – James Wong(director)
2001- Jeepers Creepers – Victor Salva(director)
2002- The Ring – Gore Verbinski(director)
2003- The texas Chainsaw massacre- Marcus Nispel(director)
2004– Saw – James Wan(director)
2005- The Exorcism of Emily Rose – Scott Derrickson(director)
2006- One missed call – Manabu Asou(director)
2007- 28 days later – Juan Carlos Fresnadillo(director)
2008- The Strangers – Bryan Bertino (director)
2009- Saw 6 – James Wan(director)
2010- Let me in - Matt Reeves (director)