Production Company Name Ideas

Target Audience

Target Audience on Prezi

Production Logo

Our overall idea for our production logo is 'Night-Light Pictures', this idea has generated from most children's fear of being scared of the dark.

The reason we used the word 'Night-Light' is because its common for a child to have a Night-Light on their bedside table which they can switch on before they go to sleep. Therefore we have turned this product into our production logo as a fear of the dark can relate back to most people in their early years.

Night-Lights are seen as a safety barrier by most children, almost protecting them from the dark so that they are ensured everything's going to be okay.

Whereas in the beginning of our opening sequence a night-light smashes, giving the idea that there is no protection for children's fear of the dark, and that their safety barrier can easily be taken away.

25 Word Pitch

A horror appealing to a teenage audience, consisting of a murderer who kills based on people doing little things he hates, targeting there fears.

Ideas For An Opening Sequence

As a group we decided we would pick the genre of Horror for our opening sequence and managed to obtain a starter idea. This consisted of a killer out with their partner (however not facing the camera in the shot, hiding his identity) in a restaurant. Someone on a table not far from theres is scraping their cutlery on their plate as they eat which is something that really agitates our killer which leads to the killers partner asking them if they are ok. Character scraping plate is then shot stepping on a spider next to his table and mentions to whom he is with that he hates/fears spiders; this scene fades out. The next scene would be a fade in of the Character scraping the plate tied to a chair with spiders all around and the Killer standing over them. This was a quickly thought interpretation of the idea we had planned in which we would have a Murder who would murder victims for absurd little reasons and act on their fears whilst they are within his grasp. We also discussed the issue of what are killer would look like, and came up with the suggestion of a dark coloured overall with a white mask.

Another idea for our opening sequence is cutting between scenes of pet-peevs/hates, fears and also of whats happening in the world of the killer; with out revealing his identity. cutting between scenes off these scenes well present the initial idea of a psychotic murderer selecting his victims based on them participating in the silly things people hate. The opening would include close ups of these events such as sniffing and chewing food with your mouth opening then cutting to filming of for example spiders etc.

General Ideas

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Tom's Mood Board

Opening Sequence - Dawn of the Dead

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/06/30/dawn-of-the-dead

What i like about this opening sequence is the credits themselves, as the text is mainly in what seems to be blood and the way that it drains from the screen when another frame comes in to picture. The mash-up of what seems to be news covered and scenes of horror give off the effect of real fear as if was real life or could arguably be true.

Opening Sequence - Arlington Road

http://www.artofthetitle.com/2008/04/03/arlington-road/

What i like about this opening sequence is how the use of different video effects, distort the images and make them seem more bleak and obscure to the viewer. The use of music and other sounds also adds to that effect, things such as dialogue which has been edited (sounds like it is being played backwards) all adds to the darkness which is created in this opening sequence.

Opening Sequence - Final Destination

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00187-The_Final_Destination

What i like about this opening sequence is the way it reveals immediately what the genre of the film is to the viewer; they know what to expect from the film from the gore and amount of scenes just within this opening sequence. This idea of knowing what genre the film is from the opening sequence is something which is an aim to achieve with our own production.

Opening Sequence - Kill Your Friends

http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00190-Kill_Your_Friends

What i like about this opening sequence is the integration of credits within a natural environment as it both introduces key themes of the film (Drugs, Alcohol etc.) while also allowing us to see who's in and who has contributed to the films production. An inventive way instead of just simply written credits.

Opening Sequence's - Office Space, Trainspotting & Sweeney Todd

Opening Sequence

Opening Sequence Areas of Interest

- Introduction to a location/ environment

- Introduction of main character(s)

- Film title
- Credits of main actors/ actresses, directors and other members of the production team
- Establishing a style/ tone to the film

- Production company

- Engage audiences imaginations/ capture the audiences attention

Opening sequence 1 : Office Space

The style/content of this opening sequence is that the production company name is given. After this the style/genre of the film is conveyed by the text the credits are presented in; another way the genre was presented was from the backing track, setting a mood for the rest of the film to follow. The opening sequence for Office Space, establishes setting for the film, and possibly introducing main characters. The comedy theme is conveyed from the early character assessments i.e The white actor who appears to be a stereotypical nerd, yet listening to rap music in his car which is stereotypically opposite to his appearance making this clip humorous, a comedy set piece.The opening sequence as a whole presents the film to be relaxed, not hard to follow and no apparent confusing storyline.
My own opinion on Office Space's opening sequence is that it is effective at engaging the audience with the early use of humour, a good way to present the main themes and to display the genre early on, which a good opening sequence should present.

Opening Sequence 2 : Trainspotting
Again in this opening sequence it starts with the introduction of the production company. In this opening sequence individual characters are introduced by freeze frames showing the audience what type of characters are in the film; the idea of theme is not only introduced by the characters but by the theme on a whole being a British one, with the use of music, accents and stereotypes. The storyline is also introduced from the running monologue through out the opening sequence. settings where constantly introduced from the ever changing scene in the opening . Symbols where seen; things such as drugs, violence, crime etc.
My opinion on this opening sequence is that it is a good way to gain the interests of the audience the quick pace of the opening sequence makes the audience want to know more, want to know where the story leads. Out of the three opening sequences this is my favourite as it is put together well and drew me in, making me want to watch the film right until the end.

Opening Sequence 3: Sweeney Todd

Different to other opening sequences, as it was graphically created for credits and the title of the film. The style is portrayed by the music and symbols, the music sets up the idea of horror as well as the darkness of the created opening sequence. the events in the opening sequence link together to reveal the title of the film; the use of blood makes it more gruesome, and that blood could possibly be a symbol through out the film. There are no characters introduced conveying a sense of mystery not only in the opening sequence but making a possible theme in the film its self. The mechanical happening in the graphically created opening sequence could show the process of death,also being a possibly theme in the film.
My opinion on this opening sequence is the way that it has been created is very interesting and linking each part with another and combining credits and the film title well. The idea of mystery is good at creating the sense of horror about the film and maybe an idea i would like to recreate in my own creation of an opening sequence.