Video of film company logos

A nice collection of many fim company logos to help with design for your film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOEX2i0B6E

Mrs Scales/Mr McDermott's group checklist

The following work should be on your blogs:

1.       The Shining

2.       Horror genre research

3.       Analysis of Se7en

4.       Camera angles photos and analysis

5.       The Happening

6.       One other horror film analysis in 9 frames

7.       One time line of horror film analysis

8.       Record of lesson one of group work preparation for main task – e.g. group / story line / characters / locations / music / sound / camera angles and use of camera / possible editing decisions...

9.       Editing worksheet

10.   Production companies / institutions research

11.   Own prod co logo development

12.   Preliminary task

13.   Prelim task analysis

14.   Narrative theory

15.   Audience theory

16.   Character theory

17.   Audience research findings

If it is not on there, please upload it as soon as possible so you can move on to your production tasks.

Preliminary task

Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character:

•  opening a door,
• crossing a room
• sitting down in a chair opposite another character, and exchanging a couple of lines of dialogue.
• This task MUST demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Planning

□    Notes on what is meant by the 3 shot types.

□    Brainstorm to show ideas for film

□    Storyboard for film

□    Script for the dialogue to film

Preliminary production:

□    Edited film

□    Evaluation/analysis of preliminary production INCLUDING what you learnt from doing it and how this learning will impact upon your main production.

See previous posts for notes on what is meant by the 3 shot types (Hot Fuzz clip) Hot fuzz post

Film opening timeline and 9 frames

 The exam board like to see your film opening broken down into 9 frames. To deonstrate your understanding of the opening credits, you need to break down at least 2 film openings into the 9 key frames. Almost like a storyboard.

This is the example we looked at in class for Juno.

To demonstrate your understanding of how film openings are technically construced, a timeline can be a useful way of breaking down the structure. Again, do this with 2 exisiting films to develop understanding of how film openings work, timing wise and to develop understanding of their construction.

Here is the example from the Juno opening we watched in class. 



Homework:

•On your blog, create a timeline and 9 frames for 2 more films that you have already analysed.

•Comment what you learn from this activity and how it will help you when creating your own film opening

Link to Juno opening on Art of the Title

Tasks

•Initial notes on film openings (was homework)

•Detailed analysis of at least 4 film opening (2 must be horror). Can be Movie maker analysis, use of screen shots or some other way of presenting the opening.

•Genre research – key conventions of horror films  AND horror film openings.

•Research into 2 institutions of your choice (one big multinational, one smaller/independent – ideally with links to horror film)