TITLE font samples:

These are 7 font ideas for the titles of our film opening:
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We will choose 3 fonts for the sequence, our favourites at the moment are the 1st, 5th and last fonts. We will show these fonts too an audience in a full sequence and ask their favourites and work from there.

DRONE crash footage

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Here is the video of the drone crashing and therefore why we could not use it to film our establishing shots. Whilst this was a set back we have been able to work around it as explained in the previous podcast. 

PODCAST 10 - recent activities:

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This is the 10th podcast, in this podcast we talk about the titles we are going to use, how we are going to make multiple and choose based off of audience feedback, how the drone we wished to use for our establishing shots is broken and the rough cut we have finished

OS TITLES the ones we will use

1. LugNut Productions presents
2.  In association with Gingerbread Films
3. A Clinnick Media production  
4. An Oliver Stricker film
5. Ailsa Sarah 
6. Co -starring Christian Stricker
7. With Aiden Rigby
8. Introducing Julie Bek
9. Casting by James Clinnick
10. Music composed by Nathan Guth  Yi - Hua Lim
11. Costumes designed by Christian Stricker
12. Editor Oliver Stricker 
13. Director of photography Michael Goi
14. Production designer Marek Dobrowolski
15. Screenplay by James Clinnick 
16. Executive producers James Wong Jason Blum
17. Directed by Oliver Stricker

ROUGH CUT 3:

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Our newest rough cut where we have 99% of all the clips included. We have identified the clips we need to add and will have a new rough cut produced very soon after. We have to include our own made sound effects but these will mostly outline the final product.

What went well:

• We were able to piece all filming sessions together 
• Added and removed bits we though were wrong sicne last cut

What went wrong: 

• Planning wasn't the best at times

What has been changed since last:

• Chnaged false scare (removed "stalking")
• Have killing scene put in 
• Cross cutting 
• TV being turned on with remote to make start flow better 
• Walking down stairs sequence shortened 

OS VODCAST: Slasher titles and the titles we will use

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In this vodcast we go over the titles used in 6 different slasher movies and we talk about how they are effective. We go over the way the titles are designed to connote the horror genre. We also go over the fonts we will be using for our own titles and personal preferences along with audience feedback.

CS 5 Fonts used in Slasher Movie Openings:

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5 fonts for slasher movie openings from ChristianStricks

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OS TITLES Slasher Main Titles:

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Slasher Main Titles from OliStr

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SAMPLE SCENE: Final Slashing scene

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Here is a rough-cut without sound effects of how the killing scene is going to play out. It is a base design and needs improvement. This needs to be refined and added to the newest rough cut which will be uploaded by tomorrow.

What went well:

• Planning made filming easy
• Clear directing
• Quite effectively edited together 

What went wrong:

• Makeup got a bit all over the place
• Missing a few shots and cross cuts to break up sequence
• Need more sound effects and better editing 

INFLUENCES for film opening

Opening of psycho

Psycho - opening
Psycho was a huge influence on our film opening, not only did the opening sequence of panning shots influence our opening but the style of music and sound fx played a big part, for our sound FX, like Hitchcock we used watermelons being stabbed for the sounds of the slashing in the final scene

Opening of psycho

Black Christmas - Christmas theme
Black Christmas played a huge part in our closing to make "Christmas Sleigher" a Christmas themed slasher and that our killer would be Santa

Scream - Killer in house
Scream seemed an obvious choice for an influence to our opening, we used the, 'killer in the house' theme for our plot and decided that instead of using makeup and a fake beard for Santa it should be a mask like it is done in scream

Saw - Santa on TV "I want to play a game"

Opening to Christmas sleigher

Saw was the foundation for our idea of when Santa is on the TV, we used similar lighting, a voice distortion that would sound similar to Jigsaw and even the script such as "I would like to play a game" was based off the "I want to play a game" line in Saw. We also used the morality aspect from saw in our opening, in saw Jigsaw kills people that are criminals and bad people, so in ours we made the protagonist and person that is killed a cheat and unfaithful to his girlfriend, we also had the pair drinking alcohol underage.

Opening to Christmas Sleigher

Screenshot from Christmas sleigher 

Screenshot from saw

Killing scene (Rough cut, sound editing not done)

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Here is a rough-cut without sound effects of how the killing scene is going to play out. It is a base design and needs improvement. This needs to be refined and added to the newest rough cut which will be uploaded by tomorrow.

What we have filmed/what we need O.S

To Film:

• Establishing shots
• More realistic opening of door during garage scene

Have Filmed:

• Bedroom scene
• False scare
• Jigsaw like Santa on t.v
• Stabbing
• Getting dressed

Research on Cherry Falls: C.S

Verdict

The film opening of Cherry falls is a couple who are being intimate and showing obvious sexual attraction between the two. The cuts are mostly close up and are short. The editing is fast paced with sinister music in the background which makes the audience hold their breathe. The couple have a small argument and the shot goes from inside the car to the outside from a stalkers POV. There is non- diegetic  sound in the background to create the verisimilitude. This is created using crickets and wind. There is another car that pulls up and the male gets out of the car to play the role of the strong hero, while the girl stays and watis for him to return. The actress holds her fright and sadness throughout the film opening and never 'recovers'.

To sum it up

• Fast paced editing.
• Large variety of different shots.
• Use of close ups (with hand placement, to show more emotion).
• The characters are frightened throughout. 
• Use of diegetic and non - diegetic sound to create verisimlitude.

How will we apply this to our film opening?

1. We will use a variety of shots and shorten our takes from our previous rough cut.
2. There wil be close ups of hand placements to signify more emotion.
3. To create verisimilitude the actor/actress will need to seem firghtend even after the scar.
4. Have fast paced editing to keep the audience engaged. 

Interview with a guest speaker

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This is an interview with a guest speaker, we answer a variety of questions about our blog, coursework including the problems we have had, how our idea has changed and what may surprise an outsider about our work.

Scenes to Reshoot

1. Establishing shots with drone
2. False scare
3. Add shot variety with false scare to show fear
4. Tiffany needs to stay scared for longer, use angles to show this
5. Whenever there is a SFX used to show fear adjust camera
6. Shot variety of going down stairs
7. arguing about going to garage

Overall:
- failure to reflect some key general + genre conventions
- some audio issues- editing pace and length of takes generally- taking out some shots that don't really add much- general lack of cross-cutting as a tension-building device- lack of shot variety in several sequences (especially 'cutaway' shots)