Planning Blog: Title Design

 Font: For our fonts we will probably either use the same font to keep a continuous pattern or use fonts for different sections. For example will use different fonts for the director, actors, title, etc. It depends when we start the editing process. 

Contrast: For our font color we have many different possibly colors that we will use. We might use white, black, or red. It depends on the background of the video and how it well it matches and making sure that the color is easy read to and not blend in with the background.

Working Title: A possible movie title would be Zelphar. This will be our movie title because it's the name of the main killer within the film.

How long will each title be on the screen before it disappears?
It will be about 10-30 seconds.

Planning Board: Storyboard

 

 

Scene 1:introduction of the plot

Scene 2: Zadhar killer elf introduction but with knife trying to find someone

Scene 3: 2 girls hiding behind bushes afraid 

Scene 4: Close up on Camila calling 911 but then phone dies

Scene 5: Eleanor starts to freak out

Scene 6: Jump scare of Zadhar killer elf and scares the girls

Scene 7: Girls begin to run ( running shot)

Scene 8: Eleanor trips

Scene 9: Zadhar kills Eleanor, she screams and blood splashes 

Scene 10: Camila runs to a “safe place”

Scene 11: Zadhar shows up again and gets the deed over with

Scene 12: Zadhar stabs Camila

Scene 13: Title shows up with Camila’s blood

Scene 14: Black screen with Camila last breath to Zaiden sleeping snot

Scene 15: Turns to Zaiden waking up screaming

Scene 16: Zaiden realizes he has blood in his hands

Scene 17: Jake burst in to spread the news of there friends Camila and Eleanor

Scene 18: Zaiden hides his hands and the elf mask is under his bed

Planning Blog: Location, Participants, Health, Schedule

 Location: For our location we will be going to a park. We found a park called TY Park which will be the park we will be filming at. We decided to pick this park because the scenic of the park was perfect and would be nice place to film at.

Participants: 
Actors
Andrea
Jaden
Luka
Angelica 

Filming
Angelica

Editing
Jaden

Directing
Natalie

Health:
To ensure our safety, our parents will be on stand by to be able to provide supervision if someone thing were too go wrong. They will be able to have access to a phone if they need to call 911 in case of a emergency and will be providing first aid kits.

For each scene, we will have water if needed in case if anyone is dehydrated. We also have breaks to make sure everyone is well rested and not overworked. 

Schedule:
1. Arrive to location and set up.
3. Go over what needs to film.
2. Start filming.
3. Take breaks in between takes.

Planning Blogs: Script

Location 1: The Forest 

                                                                        Scene 1 

                                                 Camila & Eleanor hide behind some trees

                                           Zelphar The Elf Killer: Come out little children!!

                                                        Eleanor: What do we do???? 

                                                       Camila: Dial 911 obviously! 

                  Camila: * Dials 911* Hello? We have this creepy thing chasing after us!?! 

                                             911: Hello! 911, what's your emergency? 

                 Camila: Please...come quick.. I'm in frostberry par-k-kk........*PHONE DIES DURING CONVERSATION* 

                                       Camila & Eleanor looks up and sees Zelphar in front of them

                                               Zelphar The Elf Killer: Boo! 

                                                   Eleanor: I think we have to go...

                             * Zelphar then chases them while both girls are screaming for their lives*

                                Eleanor : *Trips while running on a log * Go Camila!!!!!!!..

                                                 *Eleanor then gets killed by Zelphar

*Blood splashes

                                          *Camila keeps on running and makes it near a building thinking she is safe

 * Zelphar then shows up

Zelphar: Ok I am done with this. Your time is over.

*Camila get stabbed

Location 2 : Room

                                               *Zelphar The Elf killer then wakes up not knowing what happened

                          Zayden(Zelphar The Elf killer) : What went on last night? *Looks at hands* Oh god...

                                               Jack quickly bursts into Zayden's room

                                              Zayden quickly hides his hands under the cover

                       Jack: Hey man, check this out.. our friends just got killed in some forest

                                                   Zayden: No way....

*Elf mask under his bed

Title Research: Terrifier 2

 What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?

1. (Terrifier 2) Title
2. Director
3. Actor starring
4. Hair and makeup
5. Costume and production design
6. Music
7. Directory of photography
8. Executive Producers
9. Co-producers
10. Producers
11. Written and directed by

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

Pictures that emphasized the man wearing white makeup mopping the floor and then departing, leaving a dead man at the door. In the other scene, a female is creating something. 

How does the film establish a feeling of the genre?

Through the use of makeup, the movie creates a sense of the genre. The murderer of the man is first seen wearing a frightening white clown mask. It also depicts the heavily bloodied dead man. There's ominous music at the opening as well.

Title Research: Silent Hill; REVELATION 3D

-- What titles are displayed during the opening sequences? 

• Written and directed by...
•  Produced by...
• Producer...
• Executive Producer...
• Co-Producer...
• Based on a Game Created by...
• Songs by...
• Music by...
• Director of Photography...
• Editor
• Production Designer
• Visual Effects by...
• Creature Design...
• Special Make-Up and Creature Effects...
• Costume Designers...
• A list of Actors
• Casting...
• A... Production
• In association with...
• A... Film
• A... Presentation

- What images are prioritized in the opening sequence? 

The opening segment gives priority to the shots of dolls suspended in midair like still lifes. Most likely, this was done to capitalize on the movie's 3D effect. Additionally, there was a scene when a creature—possibly with malicious intent—swung in the air, alerting viewers to the fact that the film is about to begin at the conclusion of the opening sequence.

- How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?

The film establishes a feeling of the genre from the outset by having a specific song, the visuals, and colors. The song they chose is slow but gives the watcher a sense of mystery and also intensity as the music gets faster and has more instruments involved as the outset reaches its end. The colors are also especially done to emphasizes the movies feeling of darkness by choosing white and black colors and not a single drop of color. The visuals are also meant to give a sense of horror as the dolls have grotesque vines growing out of their eyes and are holding and presumably hitting themselves with machetes and knives

Title Research: American Pyscho

 What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?

The titles displayed during the opening sequences are all in this order:

1. Lion Gates Present
2. Edward Production (who produced it)
3. (Who they associated with Muse Production
4. A Mary Harron Film
5. American Psycho(title)
6. All the actor
7. Casting by
8. Costume Designer
9. Production Designer
10. Music supervisors Barry Cole and Christopher Corvert
11. Music by
12. Editer
13. Director of Photography
14. Co Producers
15. Executive Producers

16.Produced

1. Based on a novel
2. Screenplay by
3. Directed by

What images are prioritized in the opening sequences?

The images prioritized in the opening sequences has to be the drops of blood, the knife, the restaurant and establishing the main character.

How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the opening sequences?

  Because of the way blood is introduced early on, it creates a horror movie vibe. Additionally, the word "psycho" is bolded in the headline to alert readers to the possibility of one nasty person. It is made clear that this is a horror film at the very end when the main character threatens to kill the bartender.

  

Title Research: Art of the Title Website & Watch the Titles Website

 Welcome back again! This blog will be about researching for the title and the title design of our final exam. Since our film will be about horror, I'm looking for scary-looking title designs. Using the websites Art of the Title and Watch the Titles gives me various examples of what I'm looking for. 

The title design to our opening sequence is crucial because not only does it match with the theme and show the name of the film, it also helps give a chance to show a piece of the plot, meaning, and the characters. And since the theme is horror, this will help add onto the dramatic weight the suspense will hold with its dramatic opening title design. 

Even titles with the right color, font, and the right effects can add so much to the film. And if made correctly, the audience will feel ecstatic when the movie starts. Which is helpful because it sets the tone/mood in which the audience should feel. Like if it is a horror movie, then the audience should feel spooked from the beginning so they can later feel like they should be expecting some time of jumpscare throughout the film. But that is all for now, thank you for reading!