Location

Hello, I'm leaving a few pictures so you have a better understanding of the main idea that we have for our film opening. As it is a horror story we have look at places where there is near something similar or  a forest. We have found next to the Violeta´s beach house in El Puerto a little square that is connected with a forest. We think that it is the better place to film, if possible at evening so the day is getting darker. These three photos are of the real place where we are filming. There is one of the forest, of the square and another one is an aerial shot, take it from google maps of the place.

lighting

Hello! Today I'm going to talk about lighting in general, so that you have already an idea. After that I'm going to focus on the opening film.

Lighting belong to the mise-en-scene section. It refers to how a scene or shot is lighted, and used to create mood and feeling.
Lightning (general)- can be used to highlight important characters.
High Key lighting- A bright and well lit scene with very few shadows. Often used to make a location or character seem friendly, happy, safe.

 Low key lightning- a dimly lit scene with lots of shadows. Often used to make a location or character see shady, untrustworthy, dangerous, unsafe.

Chiaroscuro Lighting- a scene lit with extreme lighting, lots of shadows, some very  bright parts. See the effects of low key lighting. Also used to make a location or character seem very dramatic and unusual.

Lighting of the opening film:
As it is a horror film, the most appropriate is the low key lighting. Because of this the idea is to film between 5p.m and 6 p.m because it is getting darker but with the enough light to see the characters.
Another reason why we have take 4 days filming is that after 7 or 8p.m there is no natural light, and we pretend to make before nightfall.

Sound of the film opening.

Hi! we have been searching through music to play in the background of the film opening and it has not been easy, we all have so many options and ideas but in the end we have agreed on 2 songs.

Spooky Horror Music - "Song of Shrieking Wind" (Slow Strings Composition).

Tyga - Hookah ft. Young thug.

At the beginning of the film opening we play Tyga - Hookah ft. Young thug, i personally like this song and it is a song that can put you in a good mood but then when we arrive at the forest we switch the song for Spooky Horror Music. this is to build tension and ad drama to the film.

Props and Costume

Filming Schedule.

Date	Location	Actors	Filming equipment	Props
12th january	House and urbanisation	Stella, Blewes and Logan	Camera and tripod	Camera, mobile and keys
13th january	Street and forest	Stella, Blewes, Logan and Violeta	Camera and tripod	motorbike, camera
14th january	Forest	Stella, Blewes, Logan and Violeta	Camera and tripod	brocken stick, camera
15th january	Forest and house	Stella, Blewes, Logan and Violeta	Camera and tripod	keys, camera and axe.

Hello, today in class we have made the table above, we haven't  recode yet, but this is a planification so we are more organise. At first we were thinking on recording in December but that in Christmas, some members of the group where travelling, so we have decided to do it in January.

Personal name and logo

Today my group and I have designed the logo and the company production name of our opening film.

We made these three logos as the options, It was difficult as we had never before done something like this, the two first ones I made by hand and then pass it to a computer program, they have a slate aspect giving a classic appearance, and the third one was made by Blewes with online software, the green colour looks more creative.
As a group we have decided to use the middle one because it has been the most difficult logo to develop and the one who represents our ideal logo. We also asked some students from different classes and the majority of them agreed that the most exciting and well designed logo was the one on the middle.
This is the final logo:

Logo research

Today I'm going to talk about the production company logo, is a logo used by movie studios and television production companies to brand what they produce. Production logos are usually seen at the beginning of a theatrical movie or video game (an "opening logo"), or at the end of a television program or TV movie (a "closing logo"). 

Many production logos have become famous over the years, such as:

20th Century Fox's monument and searchlights, It is seen as a prime example of an Art Deco-influenced design. The most frequent color scheme in the 20th Century Fox logo features golden yellow and blue colors.

Paramount Pictures mountain,  The south col area of Mount Everest has become the primary basis of the logo it is also composed by shooting stars that fall from a night sky to form the arc while the Paramount logo flys into place between them. The logo also includes a surrounding mountain range and the sun shining in the background. 

Columbia Pictures, the logo is composed by a woman carrying a torch and draped in the American flag (representing Columbia, a personification of the United States), The illustration was based upon the actress, Evelyn Venable, known for providing the voice of The Blue Fairy in Walt Disney's Pinocchio.

MGM's Leo the Lion, Two different versions of this logo were used: an "extended" version, with the lion roaring three times (used from 1957–1960); and the "standard" version, with the lion roaring twice (used since 1960).

Walt Disney Pictures, the Walt Disney logo comprises of a castle above which runs a beam of a shooting star. The beam finally ends with a sparkle on top of the castle. The fonts appear fancy and charismatic written below the motif. The logo has a blue background and the glowing beam is basically a golden version of the stars and sparks that compliments both the logo design.

Walt Disney founder’s signature forms the font of the Walt Disney logo. The font fancifully highlights ‘Walt Disney’ in a subtle but bold manner.

Characters of our film

Prelyminary Storyboard

While we were doing the storyboard, we have changed a little bit of the plot, we had maintained the idea of Bethany, instead of going out at night they go to a forest to take pictures where Bethany come  across and they try to escape.

Before that we had researched on storyboard, so that we have a base where we can rely on. In my opinion It was more laborious as I thought. Nevertheless we have enjoy restructuring the story.