ccr presentation conventions and representations.pptx
- 2. Our Film Our opening title sequence was made for a horror/supernatural film. Some examples of key iconography for this genre of film are • Masked killers • Screams • Candles/rituals • Ghosts • Weapons e.g. knives, axes, scythe • Demons/demonic possession • Many supernatural films also have religious connotations • In a home to make it more relatable and scarier for people
- 3. Comparison films We watched the opening title sequences of the following films to inspire us and to compare our film/ film idea to them. I used Safari to help me find this information. The Exorcist 1973 Direcor: William Freidkin The Possession 2012 Director: Ole Bornedal Insidious 2010 Director: James Wan The Conjuring 2013 Director: James Wan
- 4. Comparison films similarities What is similar between our final product and the comparison films we used • The Exorcist (1973) We liked the exterior shot that The Exorcist opens with because it sets the scene and gives an atmosphere We had originally planned to do an exterior shot and we did take it however we didn’t end up using it because of the amount of content we had taken inside the room We also wouldn’t be able to take a pan shot because we weren’t able to get a gimble in order to make the shot smooth The characters in The Exorcist and in our film Consumed, are fairly similar, we decided to only have Amelie acting in our sequence as she is the protagonist of the sequence and in The Exorcist the main character is the girl who gets possessed so there are similarities in the storyline in that aspect The editing paces are also quite similar, they are both quite slow paced with creepy music which creates the tense atmosphere of the film
- 5. • Insidious (2010) In the title sequence of insidious, the first scene in a little boys room and our title sequence is set in the girls room There are random shots of things around the room in Insidious and we took inspiration from that in ours Both sequences show the demon of the film in the title sequence, in Insidious it’s the scary face behind the candle and in Consumed it is Amelie which we find out later on in the film Both films also have non-diegetic sound, the music which creates tension Both sequences have dark lighting throughout and are set at night to make the audience feel on edge Insidious Consume d
- 6. • The Conjuring (2013) Uses pull focus like we do on the skull In both sequences we are shown a piece of paper with what the person is doing on it Both have diegetic sounds: Ed and Lorraine speaking in The Conjuring and the girl whispering her ritual in Consumed • The Possession (2012) The Possession hasn’t got an opening title sequence In the opening scene it goes straight into a possession
- 7. Title Use We used a white font color so that it was visible on our dark background The font that we chose to use for our credits was chosen because it reminded us of a spell book and it had a vintage look to it which incorporates old rituals Our title is in more of a modern, bold font to make it stand out to the viewer, we initially wanted it to appear at the end when the screen goes black but we had to stick to the order of titles that we had learned in the title workshop
- 8. Ordering Titles When ordering our titles we followed the institutional conventions of the form: 1. Big production company who funded a lot 2. Production company 3. Directors name 4. Big star name 5. Film title in custom font 6. Actors names 7. Casting by 8. Costume designer 9. Music by 10. Producers 11. Director of photography 12. Executive producer 13. Producers 14. Writers 15. Directors
- 9. Challenging Conventions Steve Neale states that ‘genres all contain instances of repetition and difference, difference is essential to the economy of the genre’ • In our sequence we decide to keep fairly close to the traditional conventions of this genre Dark setting Voodoo rituals Candles Spells In a bedroom • We did challenge a few conventions Clothing/outfits Looks
- 10. Amelie is represented as mysterious
- 11. The room is represented as eerie
- 12. The experiment is shown as sinister
- 14. Stereotypes