2. The first frame is the title of our film which is called
“Fate’s print”. We chose this because the character in
our film fatefully discovers a dead baby while he is in
the woods. We also chose the word “Print” because it
symbolises a small baby’s footprints and also the
audience follows the characters journey into how the
dead baby is discovered.
The font colour of our film title is brown because it
connotes to the audience that the film is going to be
grimy and possibly located in the woods because mud is
present there.
We decided to use a black background film because we
wanted to connote that our film is sinister and has a
dark atmosphere; we also thought it would be more
effective because the audience would be focusing on the
title of our film hence making our film an enigma.
3. This second frame is an example of how we established the setting/location of our
film. We did this by using a POV shot of the character looking at the woods. This is
effective because it reinforces how isolated the character is in contrast to the
massive woods. From pre production research we decided to chose the woods as
our location because many thriller films choose deserted locations such as the
movie “The Village”.
In the next following shots we used slow panning shots of the other pathways the
character can follow ,this reinforces the character’s sense of confusion at where he
is and the audience connotes that the character entering the woods is in “unknown”
terrority and that he is taking a dangerous risk from still pursuing travelling in the
woods.
4. The third frame is one of many other examples of the Props
and costumes we used in our opening and title sequence of
our thriller film. In this frame it shows a close up on
someone's hands holding a bloody knife in a lit candle. We
did this because we wanted the audience to be intrigued by
what was going on and we were influenced by the title
sequence of the Film “Seven” which also shows just a
mystery person’s hands. This is effective because the use
of a bloody knife and candles is commonly used in
supernatural practices such as Voodoo and and witchcraft as
part of human or animal sacrifice.
The other props and costumes we also used to make the title
sequence and opening of thriller were an African
broom, draped African cloth, African masks and
statues, incense, images of an eye and voodoo dolls and
paint. These all were effective in demonstrating clearly to
the audience that the theme of our thriller revolves around
the supernatural.
5. The Fourth frame is an example of how we combined camera work and editing into
the production of our movie. In this medium shot we used the technique of
putting the camera in depth focus. We did this so camera could see the character
in shallow focus; the tree in depth focus. We decided this would be effective
because we wanted to create the atmosphere of the character being watched,
stalked and also it highlights that in our storyline that something bad is going
to happen to the character.
In this shot we also added a harrowing , deep sound to compliment the tense,
suspicious atmosphere which I think was very effective to keep the audience on
the edge of their seats and be aware that something alarming is about to occur in
the woods.
6. The fifth frame is an example of how we incorporated using different title font
and styles into our title sequence. As the role of editor I wanted the font to be
simple but yet striking to the audience eyes as these other examples below
show:
As you can see the on certain letters the
font creates a curly effect, hence the
reason why we chose this because it gives
, a “smoky” effect; a candle is used in the
title sequence.
7. We decided that each member of the groups name would be in the same font and
in the same colour (White) because we didn't want the font to be too
distracting from the images in the title sequence; it would take away the effect
of its importance. We chose an ancient style font because we wanted to link it
to our movies theme of Voodoo which is also an ancient practice dating back
as far as the 1700’s.
We also tried to cleverly position/align the title font’s beside/on the images. .I
think this worked effectively because it complimented the images and made
the title sequence even more appealing to the audience because it gave an
even tenser atmosphere.
8. Frame 6 is an example of how the opening of our thriller tells the
story and how the opening establishes it. In this frame a low
angle, close up on Jordan's face is used . This establishes that
Jordan is looking down at something and from his scared,
shocked facial expression he looks hesitant and in complete
disbelief to what he is seeing .This helps the audience establish
that they should also be prepared to be frightened of what
Jordan's found. We chose to use a low angle because it gave the
effect of the baby P.O.V staring back at him .
9. Frame 7 shows an extreme close up of a dead baby covered in
mud. This establishes that our movie is of a thriller genre as it
follows the conventions of using close-ups-(specifically on
facial features such as the eyes,hands,feet), extreme close
up, over the shoulder shots all contribute to adding the fearful
environment characters in thriller movies are in. We also chose
to cover the babies face with mud to establish that the baby was
obviously buried in mud therefore Jordan discovering the baby
has “dug up” the mystery surrounding the dead baby which is
the voodoo rituals and sacrifices, Which is shown in the last
shot when he drops the tribal paper.
10. Frame 8 is an example of how the character/s are introduced/established
within our thriller movie. In this medium long shot Jordan can be seen
walking into the woods. the costume that he is wearing which is
jeans,coat,jumper and hat all establish that the character is a teenager
because most teenagers wear casual clothing and our target audience is for
18 year olds ;so they can relate to the character which is an advantage
because it makes the plot of our story more believable. Jordan's body
language gives the audience the impression that he feels vulnerable
because his hands are deeply inside his coat pocket and his head is looking
down .this is effective because it hints to the audience that Jordan may be a
victim in our thriller movie.
11. Finally, Frame 9 is one of many other examples of the special
effects we used in our opening and Title sequence. Frame 9
shows that we used slow motion to show when Jordan falls .We
did this to signal to the audience that this is the vital part in our
movie when things turn out for the worst for Jordan and also we
all agreed that it would be more appealing to the audiences eye
instead of just showing Jordan fall .The other special effects we
used within our movie were:
things turn out for the worst for Jordan and also we all agreed
that it would be more appealing to the audiences eye instead of
just showing Jordan fall .The other special effects we used within
our movie were:
Cross dissolve, In depth focus ,black screens, time
manipulation, and sound effects.
