George Zenin
B324
CLAREMONT FAN COURT: 64680
GCSE J526 UNIT B324 PRODUCTION P0RTFOLIO IN MEDIA
STUDIES
Production Log:
17/09/2014 | PLANNING | THE BRIEF
09/09/2014 | RESEARCH | THE ART OF THE TITLE: The Detectives French TV
series
10/09/2014 | RESEARCH | THE ART OF THE TITLE: Sherlock Holmes 2009 by
Warner Brothers
09/09/2014 | PLANNING | BRAINSTORMING
09/0/92014 | RESEARCH | THRILLER FILMS
09/09/2014 | PLANNING | TREATMENT
09/09/2014 | RESEARCH | THE ART OF THE TITLE
09/09/2014 | PLANNING |
DRAWING THE FIRST STORYBOARD
09/09/2014 | RESEARCH | TV FILM OPENING ANALYSIS
THE BRIEF:
I am working in a group of three pupils: Milo
Mulvaugh and Hamza Syed. We have decided to pick/ we have chosen Brief 7 (video),
the opening to the new film including titles, in any genre or mix of genres
such as comedy or thriller together with a storyboard. Maximum length: 3
minutes.
In today’s lesson we have thought about the genre
of our intro and some of the characters that will be in it. After some time we
have decided that our genre will be a steam punk based thriller with 6 actors
playing the roles of the 4 victims, the detective and the murderer. We also
decided that the key point in our text will be a lake in which the murderer
disposes of his victims and which serves as a link to other worlds, since we
decided to include the multiverse theory as another point in our film, for
which we already planned a couple of locations such as Virginia Water. Because
the whole movie is based on steam punk, we decided to use some sepia/ monochromatic
filter for some of the sequences to give it a more Victorian feel. We also
thought about the font that we are going to use. We believe it would’ve been
best if we use a handwritten like font which is tilted and written on a yellowy
piece of paper.
RESEARCH:
1.
Today we watched the intro sequence of
a crime drama television show on The Art of the Title. We knew that it would be
based on a modern crime drama motif because we saw that the first couple of
slides were very dark and gloomy, which they did using a dark blue filter. When
we started watching the actual clip we noticed that the clip was very short,
which is because the studio wanted to start the actual episode as quickly as
possible so that they don’t keep people waiting. We also noticed that the music
had a fast pace to it which promised action and excitement to the audience.
In addition, I saw that some of the CGI
looked as if it was we were looking through the eye of one of the detectives
because we got a red pencil arrow going towards the doors and cars of every
detective and we also have something that looks like a CSI computer interface
that shows the names and roles of each character that we’ll meet during the
series.
2. Today we
watched the intro sequence to the Sherlock Holmes movie which was created in
2009 by Warner Brothers. From the first couple of slides which we see before
the actual text starts we could already see that this movie will have a lot of
drama in it because we see a lot of conflict, e.g. Sherlock and Watson aiming
their pistols somewhere, spectacle, an example of which we could see in the
slide when a person is flying backwards from an explosion, and mystery which we
can see from a close up of the faces of Dr Watson and Holmes.
We could
also see that this is based in the Victorian time from the type of font that is
used. It’s a cursive handwritten with a quill, which we could see from the
slight slant of the writing which has different thickness at different points.
We could also see some ineligible notes at the bottom of the slide which look
like they have been part of a letter once which was the only way of
communicating during that time. This is used to emphasize that this is during
the reign of Queen Victoria.
Also we see
the real moving image transfer into a still image and then into sepia sketch or
photograph which is like watching the photographic cameras which were used
during those times. However, it may as well be an ink wash drawing because we
see ink blots and splatters. CGI was used so that they morph through different
cycles of photography. They also look faded and mildewed which makes it seem
like the story that is being told came from a long time ago.
In
addition, we know that this is going to be a crime detective, action and
adventure movie because we have some conventions such as; drama, which we could
see from the slide which has a winking woman who looks like she’s up to no
good, and we have conflict, which we see when Holmes is fighting a man with
mallet whilst he’s wielding a small hammer, and we see adventure when Holmes is
flying through the air after an explosion. 