Production Log:

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.