Winter Peril - Storyboard (Task 6)

Film Roles - Production Team and Casting (Task 7 and 8)

Director: Phoebe Glynn

Writer: Reece Tomson, Phoebe Glynn and Gary Robinson

Camera person: Reece Tomson

Editor: Reece Tomson, Phoebe Glynn and Gary Robinson

Producer: Gary Robinson

The director is required to guide the technical crew as to how the script is wanted to be seen and makes the executive decisions over the artistic and dramatic aspects of the film.

The writer of the film is the person that writes the script and main story line/plot.

The camera person is the person in charge of the camera, and manages the physical operation of the camera with camera angles and movement of a particular scene.

The editor collaborates with the author to create the idea they have envisioned through altering and combining the material that has been collected in order to produce the final product.

The producer prepares and then supervises the making of a film before presenting the product to a financing entity or a film distributor. They are involved in helping both the creative and finance teams.

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Cast: Jamie Glynn and Sammie Peach
Props: a dog and a ring

The characters that each cast member will play are: Jamie will play Mark and Sammie will play Emily.  Sammie will be using the ring and Jamie will be walking the dog.

Font Research for Movie Titles - 'The Thing', 'Se7en' and 'Dexter'

I have chosen the font for 'The Thing from Another World' because I like the effects that have been placed upon the font and also how the font portrays the mood of the film. For example it shows that it is going to be either a horror or a thriller movie because of the disheveled letters and dark, neutral colours that are common within these genres.  I think this font would work well for my film as it suits the genre I am doing and would highlight the mood also.

(Link to opening titles - http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-thing-from-another-world/)
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I also liked the font on the title of 'Se7en'.  This is because it is quite subtle but still stands out on the pitch black background.  As well as this, the font is quite mysterious in its shape, as it has patterns coming off of it that would be seen in an old, medieval style of book. This authenticity adds to the sense of the film as it adds a mysterious feel to the piece of how the plot of the film will unfold.

(Link to opening titles -http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/se7en/)
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Finally I liked the opening titles for 'Dexter'.  This is due to the strong text, accompanied with a strong colour also.  As well as this the small specks of blood highlight the fact that the film/programme is most likely to be either horror or thriller and adds to the mystery of the piece.

Emphasis Films Logo

We have created a production company logo that will be shown before the titles of our film begin. We will edit the look of our logo to suit the film we are making, for example we will use slight hints of red if the film is a horror or bright colours if the film is a cartoon or is aimed at young children.

Script - Winter Peril (Task 4)

Winter Peril-

The film starts with a couple walking their dog round the outskirts of a field that has been recently ploughed by the farmer and the soil is all raised up, the woman looks down to see a half buried ring on the surface of the soil, as she bends down to pick it up, we then cut to a flash back of a woman being chased through a field/ area by an unknown mystery character who we see the perspective of, the only time we see this character here is a shaded shot of the person from the girls perspective as she falls down. We then cut back to a match on action of the woman picking up the ring and slowly walking away with her partner very happy to have been lucky enough to find the ring, it’s then when we cut away again to a flashback of the girl previously being chased lying dead on the floor and the shaded character walking away in to the darkness.

The couple are walking in the field and it’s set in mid-afternoon/dusk when they find the ring and the flashback scene is set at around the same time if not a little bit later in a previous year.

During the chase scene there will be screaming from the girl because she is scared of the situation she is in. Also we will be playing high tension music as from when the woman bends down to pick the ring up as she doesn't know the danger she is in of picking up the ring because of the history of the ring.

The credits will be running throughout the opening scene and will be done in a way that makes them not too prominent and at the forefront of the scene, this means that the main focus won’t be detracted from our actors.

This is the end of the scene. 

Film Pitch - Winter Peril (Task 4)

A young couple are walking their dog in the local woods when the young woman glances down to see a half buried ring in a shallow ditch, thinking no more except for the realization of her luck they carry on walking deeper in to the woods, little do they know every foot step they take is being watched by the owner of the ring, the only mysterious thing being that the owner of the ring died in the winter of 1987, when whilst searching for her ring in what was then a wood a masked unknown man chased her and brutally murdered her for no reason, to this day she can’t rest not knowing where her beloved ring is and when she sees the woman walking through her place of unrest with the ring she loved more than any other possession she will go out of her way to get it back.

Character Profiles - Winter Peril (Task 4)

Name – Mark Westwood

Age – 23

Characteristics – Mark is a 23 year old man who, in the film, is accompanying his girlfriend Lucy on a dog walk.  He has recently moved in with Lucy in a small village and is a well-known member of the community. He is a Vet who often visits the local farms to treat the animals, therefore becoming a large part of the village’s community. He is a typical male, loving video games and football, but when it is needed he can be sensitive and loving.

Character Role – Mark is there to keep Lucy company on the walk, he is not a main character and is only seen occasionally throughout the film.  He is mainly there to accompany Lucy and is seen in scenes when Lucy is at home, etc.

Name – Emily Thompson

Age – 14

Characteristics – Emily is a 14 year old girl who is the owner of the ring that is found in the field.  She lost it when she was running from a man that had not only killed her parents but was threatening to kill her.  Normally she is a calm, kind girl who enjoys writing stories in her spare time.  However she is extremely short tempered and can be angered easily. She is thought to have lived in a large stately home that once sat on the grounds of the farm that now sees Lucy and Mark walking through; this was owned and built by her grandparents who left it to her father in their will.

Character Role – Emily is the main character within our film and is seen throughout the whole film. She is first seen when Lucy finds the ring and is a constant reoccurring character as we follow re-enactments of her life.

Name – Thug

Age – 19

Characteristics – The thug is a 28 year old man who is the murderer of young Emily’s parents. His character is unknown and there are no details that are known to the audience that could give light on who he is

Character Role – The thug’s role is to chase the young girl through the grounds and is only seen in the first clip. He is seen as the enemy in the film.

Genre Research (Task 3)

After my own research through surveying the public I have concluded that the two main genres of films that people tend to prefer to watch are Romantic Comedies and Horror films.

All of this of course is based on different aspects and attributes of people, for example the main group of people that answered my survey were women, which could have had an effect as Romantic Comedies are stereotypically produced for women to watch. 

Another key example I came across in my studies is that Horrors were not as popular, this is because the males that took part in my survey preferred Thrillers, and many of the women do not often like Horror films as the stereotype is that they are easily scared and my research confirms this.

The British Film Institute issue a statistical yearbook annually which holds statistical data about film releases throughout the year such as box office sales and the genres that had been released. Within this information the best selling box office hits in British history are shown indicating the most watched films and genres, top of the list is the latest and final Harry Potter Film: Deathly Hallows Part 2 which is an action/fantasy film series that follows the iconic character made by Warner Bros.

The reasons for it being the most watched film include the main character - Harry Potter - being one of the most well known and iconic characters around the world.  The films are aimed at teenagers but are also loved by adults, as well as this it was originally a book so those that have read the series will enjoy watching the films to see how they differ.  After seeing the film, they will also recommend to family and friends who may also enjoy the film if they found that it was good and was worth watching.

Aside from action films, an alternative genre dominating the table is romantic theatre and romantic films in general with the likes of Mamma Mia!, Love Actually and Bridget Jones placing within the top 20, this is not as surprising as many women will have gone to see these films, and like with Deathly Hallows will have chosen to take loved ones with them, and then gone on to recommend the film to friends and family. 

Conventions of a Horror film (Task 3)