Thursday, 21 April 2016

Construction 5 : Fake Blood

One final problem we experienced when filming was the fact we didn't have fake blood. This set us back in trying to make our opening sequence look realistic as we had to use ketchup instead. The issue with using ketchup is that it doesn't look realistic and is obvious that it isn't fake blood. It also didn't give us the real effect we needed, whereas if we used fake blood it would have given more of a freaky feel to the whole opening sequence but I don't feel ketchup creates the same effect.

Friday, 15 April 2016

Construction 4 : Titles

One piece of feedback we got back was to make our titles appear longer on screen. This could have caused problems for our whole opening sequence as our whole opening is edited to a beat, so that the cuts and music all go together and flow nicely. To over come this issue, we just switched some titles about, and put the titles of our opening sequence after our names and inserted a fade to make it last longer on screen. We wanted it to last longer on screen, so it was easier for the audience to read and so they wouldn't feel lost, if they couldn't read it properly.

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Evaluation 3

What kind of institution might distribute your media product 
and why?

The production company is called 'howl'. We chose this because it links in with our logo of a wolf and when a wolf howls is can be very loud and threatening. Our logo is of a wolf, which appears on the screen through the movement of smoke. The smoke creates an eerie effect and gives the whole logo a lot more dimension.

A distributor is an organisation who handles the theatrical release of a film in a particular country as well as the marketing and circulation of films for home viewing. 
In addition the distribution company we used is called Blumhouse Studios, which we chose because many of the films they distribute have a thriller/horror genre and most of the films have a very creepy atmosphere and a very eerie feel to them which is what we wanted our opening sequence to also have. 
 
For a film like ours, I think it would be best for the money to come from BFI film fund, as it will allow more of an audience to view our opening sequence, as the fund comes from the National Lottery. The National Lottery is obviously very popular and is used worldwide, so if we got BFI film to fund our opening sequence, it will give our film more recognition. It is suitable for BFI Funding as it is not a typical horror and it is British film so is also eligible for funding. 
 
Our titles, in our opening sequence, are shown in a certain way to show the different elements associated with how to made our sequence. Many jobs appear in our titles such as; music, distributor, costume, characters, production company.
Our film is similar to institutions that have a thriller genre to them, and are DVD's but are also disturbed in a Big Multiplex Cinema. Films such as, Momento.
 
Our film would be screened in a Big Multiplex cinema so that a range of different audiences can watch it, making it popular and allowing it to be viewed by anyone who wants to watch it even if they weren't our aimed target audience in the beginning. We would then DVD sell it, as DVD's are very popular and selling it on DVD in Blu-Ray would also make us a lot of money. 
I think our opening sequence would receive a 15 certificate from the BBFC as although there are jump scares, there isn't any violence or gore, which will make it suitable for 15 years and above to watch. Although there is the use of lighters, drugs and alcohol, it doesn't show any extreme usage or put the characters in any danger. There is the use of blood, but there isn't any fighting or gore, so just makes the opening sequence a lot more child friendly to watch.

Evaluation 2