Shooting Schedule For Our Opening Sequence

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How will this feedback be used?The feedback we have received for our animatic is important in allowing us to take the comments from our animatic and apply them in the production of the final opening sequence. We will ensure that the aspects that people enjoyed will be kept and possibly add more of this aspect into the final opening sequence. Also, acting upon the criticisms, we will try to ensure the sound effects are not over-dramatic and consider reducing the amount of static radio noise. The plot will not be changed considerably as there were no problems with this. We hope to replicate the atmosphere and mood said to be created  on  the animatic in our final opening sequence.

Our Animatic

The video shown above is our animatic which uses a storyboard of our opening sequence to show the order and content of the shots as well as the length of the shots and some of the sound effects we would like to use in our opening sequence. An example of this is the crackling fire when the photograph is burning, or the sound of the radio in the background as the protagonist goes about his daily routine.

Opening Sequence Final Font

Fonts

 My Top 5 Favorite Fonts to use in our Thriller Opening Sequence

Bebas is a simple font that I think would be appropriate to use for titles in our opening sequence as it is clear, bold and easy to read. It doesn't give any hints to what the film is going to be about and therefore conserves mystery which is a necessary theme in the thriller genre. This font will appeal to the target audience of males and females under 25 as it doesn't bring any aspects that they could dislike or not find visually pleasing as it is so simple. Additionally it is similar to fonts that they would have already been seeing all the time and are very common.

Movie Letters is a font that I think would look good for subheading text or anything that isn't as important as the names of the people associated with the film and the name of the film. It adds some variety when used along with another font, allows emphasis to be had on certain words as the font isn't very bold and has an innocence in nature itself  and also appears professional. It is conventional as it doesn't give away any themes in the film and appeals to the target audience as it is clean and simplistic.  

Monofonto is another simplistic and bold font which I think would be suitable. This font has larger spacing between letters, and has distinctions between capital and lower case letters which adds variety. It has less straight lines than some of the other fonts and has better fluidity. Also, some of the unusual shaping of the letters makes it different and visually appealing. While retaining all of this, it is still easily readable which contributes to it being a successful font. It would fit the thriller genre as because it simple, it doesn't give any of the plot away or give the audience anything to expect which keeps mystery.

Nova Solid is the forth font shown on the list. This font is bolder than the others, has less spaces between the letters and has lots of staight lines and parts of letters coloured in which makes it more interesting. It has a sharp, and possibly violent appearance with the coloured parts adding mystery. Because if this, it would suit the thriller genre and our film well. These aspects would also be enjoyed by our target audience. 

Coalition is another font option for titles in our thriller opening sequence. The font is conventional for the genre as it is quite grungy, messy, dark and distorted and suggests violence. It will appeal to the target audience as it makes them anticipate what the extravagant or exiting events in the film are going to be as the font is interesting and abnormal. 

Distribution Company

Our chosen distribution company is Rogue. Initially founded in 1997, and re-launched in 2004, Rogue is a subsidiary of Relativity Media and is involved in the development of a variety of thriller and horror films, such as Limitless and The Unborn, and will therefore be an appropriate distribution company for our thriller film. These films have a similar target audience to our film and all contain mystery and violence. A common theme that is Incorporated into most films distributed by Rogue is that they are usually dark and eerie, with a deep meaning and contain quite a lot of violence and gore. Our thriller film could be endorsed by Rogue as it shares similar aspects such as these, which are present in the other films that Rogue have distributed. Additionally, the overall look and feel of the ident is quite dark and mysterious, which corresponds with the thriller genre along with our film and sets this desired atmosphere before the film has started. The company is also quite small which is fitting for the type of classic, independent film we are aiming to create.

25 Word Pitch

This is a 25 word pitch of a brief outline to our thriller film. The pitch explains how our film is centred around the life of a boy called Billy who has his life in danger. His brother, Stephen, was declared dead after a house fire over 10 years ago, in which Stephen was unable to be rescued and was the only casualty. It is soon discovered that Stephen is most definately not dead, and also not the same friendly boy that he was remebered as. Stephen, bent on anger that he wasn't saved, now has targeted his own brother Billy in his psychopathic journey of anguish.

Results from my survey

The survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZLRD2GN

The results: https://www.surveymonkey.com/analyze/8QmXJ7cyANYKxoE35_2BfJ_2FugdujPRS03wEkEam39GH5I_3D

Using the results collected from this survey, we can gain further understanding into how to make the film opening appeal to the target audience and be successful.
For instance, the results show 71% of participants to be female. This could mean that our opening sequence, although aimed at both genders, could include more aspects that appeal to females as this is the majority of the audience. However it could be argues that this is biased as the survey sample is small and in reality there would usually be more males. 

Additionally, the survey's results show that some people had most recently watched the film Se7en, and had enjoyed the mystery aspect and how it used lots of tension. This is some aspects that we could integrate into our opening along with possibly making it similar to Se7en. 

The results also show that slightly more than half of the participants would prefer a female protagonist, this may be because it is something more unusual and not what is usually seen. Another piece of data discovered is that people believe they are most likely to enjoy psychological thrillers the most. We could therefore have our thriller under the psychological sub-genre or include aspects of this sub-genre in order to appeal to the target audience. Also, most people do not want a circular narrative and suggest a setting of either an isolated environment, or a city

Furthermore, the findings reveal that the majority of people are comfortable with deaths/murders being shown. Some prefer them to not be too graphic and gory and prefer them to be sad and therefore be more effective. This ideas can also be integrated into our opening and we can be reassured that most people are comfortable with this subject. 

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