Further Plan

Yeah, I have to say something about my further steps in producing the title sequence. As you guys know, I have finished filming. Currently, I am on edditing satge. It would take 1-2 lessons to complete editing, after which I would be left only with music cration. Music is not the hardest part of my sequence, The music have to created an eerie feeling as it seemed to give a sense of being watched, highlighting the psychological thriller genre, like se7en. The amplified screams implies a sense of danger and insecurity, generating the idea of helplessness, additionally giving it a thrilling feeling. However, it is necessary to plan before I actually make it. 'Garage band' is the perfect app for creating a music for my title sequence. It has all the instruments and tunes which I need. So yeah, my further plan (once I finish editing) is music!! uhhhuhh how cool is that!!!

Filming finaly finished!

Ooooohhh, it is been a long time since I last updated my blog.

However, I have a reason for it. All those days, our lessons took place in Photography studio, where we were fillming our title sequences. I had to do a lot of job. First I had to plan carefully what and how I am going to film. As I said earlier in my posts, I used a dark room in Photography studio, where photos are developing. Also it was important to make sure I have all the props. I had to experiment with it, in order to see how it is going to look on the camera. It was quite decent, I have to admit:

If talking about camera work, My media studies teacher, Charlie, brought a special close-up lense, which I used in order to film my title sequence. The filter in the camera, which was used to shot se7en, is sepia which is made up of grimy and dirty browns, this makes the audience feel nauseous and uneasy, once again highlighting the psychological thriller genre, through the creation of the thrilling feeling. This lense allowed to see a little granuals of ink on the paper. I used the close-up lense,this created an amazing effect of something unusual. In the editing process, I would create a sepia effect, to make it familiar with Se7en title sequence:

It took about few weeks to finish filming the sequences I needed to produce my final work. However, I did not only used a close-up lense. I used a normal lense as well, to shot the sequences in the dark room, because the other lense was not suitable for this. Because it was dark in the room, and I could not turn the light on, because it would mess the shot up, I had to think how to make everything to be seen. As the solution to this problem, I used a little red light bulbs, in order to lighten up the room. Because my title sequence, suppose to be mysterious, the red light was very creative and suitable idea:

3 week plan

I order to complete my title sequence, I have to prepare a lot of props, which I need for filming. I plan to spend on this about 1.5-2 weeks, which is a major part of the time, which we were given. The next following week, I plan to spend it on edditing and creating a right-fitting music for my title sequence!!

- In this week I have only 3 classes left, and I think I am going to spend those classes creating props.
- Week 2, is going to be much harder, because I plan filming in the middle of the week. As I said, in my previous post, the filiming is going to take place in our photography studio, which is a perfect place.
- And finally, week 3! On the first two lessons, it will be a good idea to edit all my work. The final part of the week, I will spend producing music for my title sequence.

Next lesson, I will bring my laptop and work on existing props, or create new. As we have a photography studio free toworrow, It will be a good idea to experiment with camerawork, just to get an idea what is going to be the most efficient way of filming!

P.S. The free time, which I have outside of my media studies class, I also plan to spend on creation of title sequence. For example, I can do stuff like creating props (If I will need more time).
 

Plannin' Title Sequence: The Creation of Props

Well, as I could say so far, the creation and development of the props is the most difficult thing in our title sequence. Because me and Mantas are creating a title sequence inspired by se7en, it was necessary to produce a lot of unusual props. As you have seen preveously in my posts, we already created the death certificate and the newspaper. However, to make it look creepy, firstly, we crumpled the paper and the streightened it using the iron. This was a very entertaininig process. After that, we put a little dye on both papers and let it dry. In the end we got amazing creepy documents , similar to which were used in Se7en title sequence.

Promotion and Marketing of 'The World Of Tomorrow'

As you all know, from previous posts, me and my groupmate Mantas, are producing the title sequence for the film plan which I produced.

As an assessment we were asked to put some ideas about how our film is going to be PROMOTED and MARKETED.

PROMOTION

In my opinion promoting a film is one of the most important things to do. In order to get the audience's attention, it is necessary to know the promoting techniques. You have to think about the genre of thr film (in my case it is drama/thriller) and waht age group it is going to attract. After you thought about it a lot of things need to be done.

Here are some promotion ideas, which I would use to promote my movie:

1) Print advertising. In my opinion this one of the most important promotion techniques. For example, you can make a deal with famous newspaper or magazine and stick some advertisements on their covers. This will allow readers to see the image of the movie.

2) Trailers. Using trailers is also very important to consider. A good trailer must be made to screen it in cinemas or TV's. Also it could be spread on radio, so people will listen the advertising, as well as see it in the newspapers.

3) Create Internet sites. The creation of useful website with all the information about the film (eg. release date, screening time, trailers) will attract more and more audience as the film will become more notiecable. As well as websites, a Facebook fan page could be crated. Facebook is the biggest social network in the world, so spreading the advertisements in the web would be very useful.

4) Merchandising . Merchandising is the creation of something unusual: comic books, t-shirts, food, soundtrack CDs, computer games, toys, cars, mobile phones, anything that can be associated with the brand of the movie could be produced. (for example, when 'Iron Man 3' came out, I bought a t-shirt, saying Marvel on it, as well as the image of Iron Man)

Also there are some more ways to Promote the film. The publicity department of a studio can use the talent (actors, director, screenwriter) attached to a movie (they have contractual obligations to do what the studio asks) and will try to gain maximum benefit from the following:

5) Star Interviews. Perhaps, this is the most important tecnique that could be used. Im my case, The stars in the movie, such as, Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, and Ellen Page, could promote the film when they are being interviwed or at some film festivals. When someone such famous as Brad Pitt talks about the movie, and advertises it as well, more audience would want to see it.

MARKETING

The main difference about promotion and marketing, is that marketing is how you sell the product and promotion is how audience gets to know about the product. They are very closely linked.

Promoting a product involves activities like advertising, direct selling, or other ways of generating a sale. Selling or promoting a product is just a part of the marketing. Marketing involves a range of activities like market research, developing a new product, analysing market conditions which may effect the sale of a product and a lot more.

So in order to successfully market a movie, it is necessary to know a lot of things. For example, which age group, you would want to affect your movie! However when you have to think carefuuly for this one. 'The World of Tomorrow' is a thriller movie, however it is PG 15 not 18. This allows more audience to view the movie at cinemas, therefore more money could be made from it. The genre is also very important when market a movie.

This very useful website tells you everything about classification and how movies should be classified. 

Risk Assessment

How to assess the risks in your workplace

Follow the five steps in our leaflet: Five steps to risk assessment .

1. Identify the hazards

As you might think, it is a silly process of identifing the risks which may occur during filming. However, if you think about it, you might think of many!!! For example, as we use a lit of lights in our title sequence, and an ELECTRICAL SHOCK might occur. Also there is a possibility of TRIPPING AND BREAK YOUR NECK . In addition, we use STRING AND NIDDLE in our title sequence which might be dangerous

     2. Decide who might be harmed and how

Well, as you think about it, everyone could be harmed. For example, a cameraman could trip over and break his neck. Or we, by accident of course, might drop a string with the niddle, and some one could step on it. Basically everyone is in danger!!

    


     3. Evaluate the risks and decide on precaution

In my opinion, the possibility of those risks and hazards happening is very low. If somehow they would happen (and they wouldn't) there will be no any danger to your life. For example, stepping on the niddle is, of course, harmful, however, there will be no any danger!

Don’t overcomplicate the process. In many organisations, the risks are well known and the necessary control measures are easy to apply. You probably already know whether, for example, you have employees who move heavy loads and so could harm their backs, or where people are most likely to slip or trip. If so, check that you have taken reasonable precautions to avoid injury.
 

Plannin' title sequence DAY 1

So as we know what to do, me and my groupmate Mantas (click here for his blog), came up with a few ideas how exactly we are going to produce my title sequence. We tried to create a so-called production plan, so we can follow it step by step, in order to achieve the best.

 

According to the graphical representatiojn of the title sequence, there are several things that we need to foolow:

 

1)The location of filming. In order to produce, this title sequence, the location is not really that important. Perhaps, the most important thing to consider is lightning. Originally, title sequence  has to be dark and mesterious. In order to film this title sequence, we are going to use our college's Photography building, where we can find all the necessary props and li

ghts. I would repeat myself here, by saying that lightning is the most important thing to consider.

 

2)The props. The props that we needed were quite complicated. Mantas and I decided to create a list of props. These include: the death certificate, a old newspaper, very detailed notes, paper cut knife, black marker, a letter/post card, a needle with a string, a mans photo, and the introduction video of 21st century Fox production company. However, there were some props that we needed to create ourselves. Foe example, a newspaper article and the death certificate.(See the photos)

 

3)The equipments. In order to create this title sequence, several equipments are needed. For example, a computer with iMovie insalled on it (MacBook) and a camera, with a tripod to film the close-up shots successfully. Also we might need a dark room, like in our photography studio, (where images are developing) in order to film in a dark location!

 

4)People. The title sequence does not require a lot of people, which makes it much more enjoyable to make! We only need a person's hands. The title sequence is going to be fillmed by using close-up shots. (Check out the SE7EN title sequence to get an idea)