Friday 9 December 2011

Journal: 09/12/2011

In today's lesson we decided to start think about what the title of the film is going to be. To this we had to think hard to come up with a far and easy way of get our target audiences opinion as we are trying to create a film that applies to them and what they would enjoy. After a long thinking process we decided to created a detailed questionnaire to be distributed among our chosen target audience which would supply use with the knowledge to move forward in the film making process. We decided to create a questionnaire on word to be printed off and then handed out in our class (full of 16-18 year olds) which would give use the information that we need. We now need to tally up the results and hope know what the chosen title will be.

Film Title: Questionnaire


This is the questionnaire that we designed as a group to be distributed out amongst our chosen target audience. We used this method of audience feedback to get a far perspective on what the audience would like. This hopefully to be proven successful as we should get a final film title name. After this task is complete we can then focus on the font and typography of the title sequence. In the questionnaire we included the information;







Title Questionnaire:

Gender:

  • Male
  • Female

Plot Outline:

The film takes place in an ordinary British comprehensive school, where we see ordinary outcast Ronald Bateman attempting to survive his social class. This was about to change as his is turn inside out as he accidentally killing both fellow student and teacher. This creates a massive dilemma, which then sparks an accidental killing spree, which is provoked by revenge, innocence and girls. He has more problems than he needed which means that exams are not the only thing to worry about this year. With a mixture of dark humor and brutal deaths, this will surely be a film that should not be missed.

Possible Names (Please Tick One):

  • Books, Babes & Brutal Murders
  • Bod, Babes & Brutal Murders
  • Books, Babes & Brutal Deaths
  • Big Mistake
  • Ronald: Grade A Killer
  • Secondary Psycho
  • Secondary Scoundrel
  • Detention
  • Student Body
  • Late Slip

Thursday 8 December 2011

Journal 08/12/2011

I today lesson we focused on getting a sold idea of what our film is about. We sat down as a group a bullet-pointed ideas (i.e. possible names for film, ideas for typography, title sequence ideas [all listed below]) to get a greater understanding of our idea. We started, also to look a the actual meaning of black comedies as our idea was starting to resemble a comedy horror which is far from what we wanted. Wikipedia says that black comedy 'is the type of humor. that still manages to be funny in the face of, and in response to, a perfectly hopeless situation. It arises from stressful, traumatic, or life-threatening situations, often in circumstances such that death is perceived as impending and unavoidable' this means that black comedy twists the response of something that is concided to be serioius. For example if some is about to stab somebody else, they discuss before hand how clean the knife is (Heathers 1981). From the break though of information we where able to come up with a new idea which worked really well and lead us to write a new plot/narrative (which is featured below). Overall this lesson has enabled us a a group to move forward and develop our ideas which could lead to an amazing title sequence.

Possible Names & Typography







Notes: Film & Title Sequence Ideas

School Comedy

- Puberty
- Social Groups
- Uniform
- Dumb Blonde
- Other Teachers
- Nerds
- Stereotypes
- Class Room
- Restricted Locations


Horror

- Killing
- Weapons
- Blood/Gore
- Final Girl
- Frightening Place
- Misfits of Society
- Villain/Monster
- Social Slaying
- Hero


Idea Notes

- Morally Wrong
- Contrapuntal Sound of boy walking to school with fast cuts to brutal murders with screaming and blood
- Possible name similar to Sex, Drugs and Sausage Rolls
- Accident killing – Therefore has to kill suspicious teenagers or teachers.

Plot Outline

- Teacher and student role playing murder
- Nerd sees this and believes it’s a real murder and tries to hit the teacher’s. In a result to this he accidently kills the student and kills teacher because she is a witness.
- When people are suspicious he kills them.

Film Name Ideas

- Books, Babes & Brutal Murders
- Bod, Babes & Brutal Murders
- Books, Babes & Brutal Deaths
- Big Mistake
- Name of Character: Grade A Killer
- Secondary Psycho
- Secondary Scoundrel


Location

- Woolwich Poly School
- Welling School


Death Ideas

- Deep fat fryer
- Pen in the eye
- Javelin
- Football goal
- Books fall on top of someone
- Electrocute
- Slip over on wet floor
- Freezer
- Chair
- Photo copier
- Keyboard
- Chemicals
- Bunsen Burner
- Piano

New Plot/Narrative

The film takes place in a ordinary british comprehensive school, where we see ordinary outcast Ronald Bateman attempting to survive his social class. This was about to change as his is turn inside-out as he accidentally killing both fellow student and teacher. This creates a massive dilemma which then sparks a accidental killing spree which is provoked by revenge, innocence and girls. He has more problems than he needed which means that exams are not the only thing to worry about this year. With a mixture of dark humor and brutal deaths, this will surely be a film that should not be missed.

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Film Pitch

Journal: 06/12/11

In todays lesson we where given the opportunity to get all our research done and posted on the blog. I took this time to finish my groups black comedy film pitch. I was able to take the knowledge learnt from the previous lessons to construct and informational filled pitch that is suitable to be presented to a production/distribution company. I did not get the opportunity to present the presentation in todays lesson but I am now prepared to give the pitch whenever I'm asked. From complete this pitch I was able to uses all the knowledge I have used overall the complete Media AS course, which I have really enjoyed. This stage of development and research is key as it helps give the foundations of a good film ready for an amazing title sequence.

Saul Bass - An Influential Titles Designer



Saul Bass was a 'commercial' artist who was born in 1920 and died in 1996 aged 75. Saul Bass studied at the Arts Student League in New York but soon moved to Los Angeles to escape from creative constraints. There he became a freelance artist and designer. In 1950 Bass opened his own advertising studio. Saul Bass is best known for use of simple, geometric shapes and what they symbolise. Often, he would use a single dominant image which would stand alone to deliver a powerful message. Bass's posters and titles had an uncanny ability to capture the mood of a film with simple shapes and images. This was his preferred method of title design as opposed to using photographs of the films star, which he saw as boring. Saul Bass was influenced by constructivist and Bauhaus propaganda. Between the years of 1970 and 1986 Bass only created a handful of film title sequences.Below is his famous title sequence for The Man With The Golden Arm: