Media Title And Production Company

Due to popular demand the title of our final project will be 'Animus Messor' which in latin means soul harvestor. We put the titles we liked on Craigs blog and we asked our peers to vote for their favourite one. Myself and James liked harvestor but Animus Messor was the favourite so we decided to go with this. We added a glow so it blended the two words and made it look interesting. The english translation we decided to add it to the title, so people watching wouldnt need to ask what it meant or be confused. The production company logo we are in the middle of making it an animated logo, we are trying out different effects and will post on the blog with the final product. Please leave comments for any critisim or praise  

Final Project

Today we are carrying on with the editing of the first footage we have shot. We will be shortening the clips which we think lasts too long, an example of the clip is the fridge scene. The clip shows Craig bending down and searching the fridge, this would be come tedius if we left it that length, we have shortened it so it moves the clip along.

Final project - Filming

Last night footage was shot in Daniel Jordans kitchen. We got footage of the light switch, which was an improvement from our test footage in Gregs. As i said my my last blog post, in gregs kitchen the wallpaper did not go with the mood of our movie, flowers arent really a great image to have on a wall when we're butchering meat! The lightswitch getting turned on took a few takes as we didnt get the correct liughting we wanted. Some shots where to dark, but we found a clip that worked correct when edited. Craig was filmed picking up knives and putting them back down, this could help with the story. The killer is choosing which knife he wants to use. Looking back over the clip we have found the the refelection from a red object makes the knife look like its covered in blood. This was not inteded but is adding more effect into our movie. We will have to edit out some bits, unfortunatly there was a good clip where craig picks up a knife and takes it away from the bench but a friend got in the way of the clip and this was unnoticed until now. This would have been a good clip to use so we're going to have a play around with editing to make this look better.

Wallpaper in kitchen

In the test footage there is a clip in which craig turns the light switch on, the wallpaper that surrounds the switch doesnt really go with our plot. The wallpaper is pink and flowerly. We were hoping for a darker colour, so my idea was that we just use a sheet of black fabric or paper and cut the shape of the switch out. We would obviously need to make sure that the fabric would be on the wall in other clips if the wall appeared. We couldnt have just the one place in the kitchen that would have the black wall, this would become a continuity error.

**UPDATE**
We have changed the scene once again from where we are filming the kitchen scene. Now it will be filmed in Daniel Jordans, this is for definate

Filming

We had originaly planned to film at my house on sunday but as my mother didnt give me permission we wanted we had to re-think our decisions on where to film. Greg has saved the day by agreeing to let us film in his kitchen if we agree to act in his and james' film.

Story Board

This is our storyboard for our title sequence, out lining the main idea we have for it. Idea's have been taken from research, mainly on the title sequence of Seven. This can be seen in the storyboard as it has included a lot of close-ups. This provides the mystery in the sequence as there is no full shots of the killer just little shots of him and this hides the identity. We will be using a female friends' house to shoot the scene of the killer going for his next victim. It will show his next victim and she will try to close the door.

Target audience

The audience of our piece of work will mainly be of the male gender, and the age range would most probably be between 18-30 years old. The type of person who would want to watch this would also enjoy watching films like, silence of the lambs, seven and the saw franchise.These films are made to be creepy,they tend of frightening the viewers without having to over-exaggerate the amount of blood they include.They are not scared easy, but like to feel the fear while watching the movie. The target audience enjoys the mystery and suspence while watching a film, they enjoy being kept in the dark about what is happenning. They also like asking and answering their own questions. The genre is stereotyped as being more for the male gender than the females. However there will be a gap in the market for those who are female and enjoy watching this genre of film.