Our Thriller Opening - Final

Shadow Shot- The Final Product

 

Production Logo Creation

PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE

Name - Several names were thrown out there for this production but Prestige Worldwide has been chosen for the official name of the fake production company. Much like our working title, it consists of two words as I and Stephen believe that the shorter and sharper it is, the more memorable it is.

Why? - The main reason of the name being used is because of its relation to the film 'Step Brothers' in which the main company, another deeper positive within this is that, as this is also from a film, it presents the idea that we have an understanding of film to the point where we can confidently reference it. To spectators, I believe the name will be remembered easier as it was used in a film.. Also, the name is very strong and memorable. As Prestige Worldwide is not an actual company it would be okay to utilize it. 

Goals - To create a logo and name that would be memorable and look professional. A slick design that does not come across as clunky and unprofessional, hence why we have smooth circles without any sharp objects such as corners, this represents the smoothness of the production company.

Creation of the Logo - 

The logo is only made out of four circles, it also follows a somewhat simplistic design, taking inspiration from company's like apple, in which less is better. It was created within adobe photoshop by I and Stephen.

Reseach Thriller Openings - Sharknado 2

The first sceme of this film is of a plane flying thorugh some sort of storm. This establishes where the main characters are at the moment.

The next scene is of the main couple from the previous film, but the only difference now is that they are married.Using the close up on the two hands together like this creates a bond between the characters and the audience because getting married is relatable.

The two main characters are sitting talking about what happened in the previous movie and are getting upset about it.

Now Kelly Osbourne comes over and asks both of them for Tara Reid's signiture and tells them how brave they were.

 

This is the book that Tara Reid has written and eventually signs for Kelly Osbourne. This shot is of close up because it explains the firsr movie. Giving this extra detail to the audience helps new viewers understand what those two protagonists went through.

 The next shot is of the plane going through the extrememly bad storm. This is an extreme long shot to emphasise the storm and how big it is over the plane which is miniscule to it.

 The male protgonist looks out the window and to his disbelief, he thnks he saw a shark in the cloud. Now in this shot a bolt of lighting comes down and makes the shark appear and then dissapear. the protagonist realises this and tries to do somethiing about it but fails.

Now sharks have been attaching the plane which is now falling extremely quickly to the ground. In this shot, a shark has the pilot.

Research Thriller Openings - Gone Girl

 

The first scene of Gone Girl is of a woman who's hair is being stroked while what seems to be a non-digetic voiceover is in occurence. It is as if the voiceover is taking place in the present day and the pictures are taking place in the past because of the editing of the audio. 

The next scene goes straight through to the opening credits, in the background of these shots are of an empty town with a gloom-like look to them.
Each shot shown shows connotations of nothingness, gone, empty etc.

Research Thriller Openings - The Gambler

The first scence of the gambler shows of a medium close-up of its protagonist, Mark Whalberg. The camera shot is used to show his emotion and feeling toward the current situation. The background and his clothes are quite dark, this technique is used to emphasise the facial features.

Second Scene – Man on hospital bed dying  that you would assume to be the protagonist's father. You may notice that, compared to the other character in the room, he stands out from background in bright light  which possibly shows the goodness that was in Mark Whalberg’s character dying from the beginning . adding to this that it is clear that he’s in hospital.

Third scene – shot reverse shot of father and mark whalberg is continuous. Father asks question “so… what are you going to do for me?” – straight away makes the audience think about what is happening and what is going to happen by asking a question that’s mixed with the enigma of this character.

Fourth scene – cut to sudden 5 second flashback of them in a car this shows what sort of relationship they had with each other before this scene. They look quite happy shows they had a healthy relationship.

Fifth scene- focus pull/dissolve shows a forward skip in time to people walking into a building wearing black, emotionless. Would assume the father has died and this is his funeral with the protagonist being the main focus.

Later scene – Mark Whalberg is emotionless, sitting near the back of the room at his father’s funeral creates a further enigma in which the audience to ask “Who is this man? What is his story?”

Last scene – Mark Whalberg leaves the ceremony with everybody still in the room without raising awareness – as he leaves rock/blues music takes over from the harmony music and creates tension and suspense to find out what is in the rest of the film

Deciding upon a title of our film.

Film Titling Ideas: Words Meaning/ Why It May Be An Effective Title.

As the Oscars have just passed, I noticed that a lot of the nominated films consisted of titles only containing one or two words, these words neither gave too much away or too little. For example a couple I saw at the Oscars were: Foxcatcher, Boyhood, Birdman and whiplash. This led me to think of others over time, successful films with titles containing a single word or as well as to why this is, I feel it is due to it being short it can be remembered and therefore sticks in the mind, having a good single word is also edgy and can bring more attention to the film. Other successful films with single titles brought me to think about avatar and The Titanic. Both these titles reference the film in a huge way yet do not reveal anything; this is something I want to emulate.

My possible ideas for a title:

Simpatico – Liking or inclination towards something. As the film is about the rivalry between an assassin and a police officer the word itself can describe the situation in an ironic way, as there is clearly not a liking between the two characters.

Mortal Affinity – Mortal: This can mean the causing of death and fatality but can also mean “Subject to death”. Affinity has a very similar meaning to simpatico. Therefore this title implies the liking or fondness towards the idea of death, which suits our assassin character within the film.

Conflict – A much simpler and widely known word when compared to the other ideas, it implies a fight which is fitting for the genre and themes of our film.

Roughhouse – Synonym for roughness connotes violence within our film. Out of these possibilities I dislike this one the most.

Raising Cain – A saying/Verb meaning “To cause Trouble”. This too fits with the idea of a rouge assassin.

Babel – Meaning Confusion, plays upon the elements of the film regarding the enigma created around our assassin character.

Shadow Shot - The double "s" sound of this title connotes danger and itself creates an unnerving sound when said. It also implies the skill of the assassin as they are likened to a shadow.


UPDATE-- We have as a group chosen to go with Shadow Shot, this mainly being because of complication with the meanings of the previous words, i myself would have chosen Babel yet at the time i had not realized this was already an existing film title.