Narrative

• We are using Linear Narrative for our opening

sequence initially, however we then use a non linear

narrative, as we have a flashback quite near to the

beginning of them film, which changes the linear

narrative structure.

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Tvzetan Todorov: Narrative Structure

Tzvetan Todorov is a Franco- Bulgarian philosopher. He lived in France since 1963 with his wife and two children.

Equilibrium: it is a narrative that starts with a state of harmony, example a group of people enjoying their live.

Disequilibrium: it is a world of stability which involves disruption, example when an evil event happens to character in a movie.

New Equilibrium: it is when the evil in a movie is removed and it restores harmony.

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This describes equilibrium as it has the character enjoying himself because he thinks that everything is perfect.

It contrast with disequilibrium because it has some disturbing images in the middle the movie

This links with new equilibrium as it shows a peaceful atmosphere between the characters

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Binary Opposition: Binary opposition is the

idea of bringing two ideas that are

completely different together into one film.

Examples of this include:

•Cowboys versus Aliens

•Aliens versus Ninjas

•The Matrix

Binary Opposition.

• We are not using this as it wouldn’t be suitable for the type of film idea we have, as there are literally only paranormal activities in her house, not paranormal activities and ninjas or paranormal activities and aliens.

Characters and their purpose in Propp’s theory:

•The villain (struggles against the hero)

•The donor (prepares the hero or gives the hero

some magical object)

•The (magical) helper (helps the hero in the quest)

•The princess (person the hero marries, often

sought for during the narrative)

•Her father

•The dispatcher (character who makes the lack

known and sends the hero off)

•The hero or victim/seeker hero, reacts to the

donor, weds the princess

Film Theory.

• We aren’t using Strauss’ film theory as it is not suitable for

what we want our opening sequence to be.

• In our opening sequence, it could be argued that out

character is the hero, as she is doing all of the research

herself and trying to save herself from her possession.

Film Theory.

• We’re applying Todorov’s film theory, as at the beginning of

our film idea, the character’s life is in a state of harmony.

(Equilibrium)

• As our idea continues, the character finds more and more out

about the ghost as it slowly possesses her. (Disequilibrium)

• Finally, the death of the character brings final peace and

harmony, or so the audience think until a new family move

into the same house. (New Equilibrium)

Columbia Pictures• It’s an American film production and distribution

company.• Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia

TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

• Columbia's major contract stars were Jean Arthur and Cary Grant (who was shared with RKO Pictures).

• It is one of the leading film companies in the world, a member of the so-called Big Six.

• It was one of the so-called Little Three among the eight major film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.

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Films and Budgets.Anaconda The plot centre's on a

film crew for National Geographic's who are kidnapped by a hunter who is going after the world's largest anaconda, which is discovered in the remote jungle.

Budget:$45,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend:$16,620,887 (USA) (13 April 1997) (2456 Screens) Gross:$136,885,767 (Worldwide) .

Fright Night Fright Night is an American vampire comedy horror film starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Stephen Geoffreys and Roddy McDowall that was released in 1985.

Budget:$9,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend:$6,118,543 (USA) (4 August 1985) (1542 Screens) Gross:$24,922,237 (USA) (22 September 1985)

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Why Columbia Would Be Suitable.

• I chose this because they make lots of horror films that relate to our genre.

• We aim a big hit for our genre so we can relate it to the budget of Columbia pictures.

• It is an inspiration to film distributing and production.• They have Co-production companies who help and support

them in exhibition and going into cinemas.

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Titles And Credits• Titles and credits from real films:

• The Ring

• Se7en

• Rosemary's Baby

• Stephen King's "IT"

• Frankenstein (1931)

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Titles And Credits of ‘The Ring’

• The font appears hand written A handwritten style font would emphasise the ‘Mental illness’ aspect of our film as the text would appear messy and scattered, as if written by someone in panic or distress, (mentally unstable)

• The ‘O’s in the text match the ring of the well in the film

This emphasises the theme of the film, which has inspired us to use a font style which gives clues to the audience as to what our film will be about without giving too much away.

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Titles And Credits of ‘Se7ev’

• Similarly to ‘The Ring’, ‘Se7en’ also has handwritten style fonts that are often spaced out or slanted.

• The most inspiring thing about ‘Se7en’ is the animation of the text.

• The quick bright flashes of the text create excitement for the audience and keep them on

the edge of their seat which is essential for thriller films and has inspired us to display our

text in a similar way.

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Titles And Credits of ‘Rosemary’s Baby’

• The font style and colour are somewhat unusual as it does not link with anything in the movie.

• However the fact that its so uncommon for a Horror/Thriller, makes it unique and unpredictable.

• This has inspired us to use a font not normally associated with Thrillers to make it as unpredictable as possible.

• Baby pink colour, however symbolises

the innocence of Rosemary’s character.

•Similarly, our main character also

possesses a sense of innocence.

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Titles And Credits of Stephen King’s ‘IT’

The title of the film is the only text in this colour (bright red) and font style.

This makes the title stand out from the rest of the text highlighting the significance of the ‘IT’ character to intrigue the audience.

The bright red symbolises blood and gore therefore attracting the target audience as it is common in Horror/Thrillers.

The small cuts and slits within the letters emphasis the violence in the movie as they represent stabs and scratches.

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Titles And Credits of ‘Frankenstein’ (1931)

• The inconsistency of the text style could be used to disorientate the audience and perhaps panic

them and keep them on the edge of their seat.

•Each piece of text is written in a different font, confusing the audience yet still intriguing them.

•Also used for once sentence.

•Each word is a different font.• The different fonts

represent the way that ‘Frankenstein’ was made up of different parts just

like the text.

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The colour of Our Text

• At fist we considered using a deep red font colour as it is usually associated with Horrors/Thrillers. ‘What Lies

Within’

• However once we changed our opening sequence from a Horror to a Thriller we decided that a colour associated with blood and gore would not be appropriate plus too common and predictable.

• We then took inspiration from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ which uses a baby pink to signify her characters innocence.

• In a similar way we decided that white would be the best option for us as it resembles something pure.

‘What Lies Within’

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The Font of Our Text• After exploring different fonts from real films and opening

credits we narrowed our favourites down to:

• Block Capitals e.g. ARIAL BLACK

This could represent a sense of seriousness about the film. The houses being built where a Mental Institution once was. The fire that was used to cover a murder.

• Handwritten style Font e.g. Bradley Hand ITC

We would use this to resemble the mental state of the characters by making the writing as unstructured and disorientated as possible.

• Old Fashioned Font e.g. Brush Script MTThis could emphasises the time period of when the Mental

Hospital was running. It gives the audience an insight to the film.

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Our final Font style and colour

• We finally narrowed it down to the font we felt was most appropriate for our opening sequence and genre.

• We wanted to chose something that gave little clues about

the film but not too much and wasn’t too predictable. • We decided to go with a handwritten style font as we

hoped this would emphasise the ‘Mental illness’ aspect of our film as the text would appear messy and scattered, as if written by someone in panic or distress, (mentally unstable).

• Inspired by ‘The Ring’ and ‘Se7en’

• We were also inspired by ‘Se7en’ to make the text flash onto the screen and fade away.

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Copyright Free Music Sites

We had to look at copyright free sites for music and found a few brilliant sites that music suitable for our genre. • http://freeplaymusic.com/• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.co.uk/

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• We like distinctive sounds like the sound of typing, creaking and eerie diegetic sounds in films. Also, slow footsteps with emphasis on each step as this also builds the tension.

• This makes it more realistic as it scares people more and they can relate to it.

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How We Used This Music.

• We took distinctive sounds, like typing to keep the pace quite slow.

• Coupled with our diegetic sounds, this made our opening sequence quite eerie. We also used them to build excitement and tension as our character tries to exit her room.

• There are 6 different BBFC ratings.

BBFC and Rating

Uc gives guidelines for a child being able to watch a film by themselves (from the age of 4)U stands for universal, enabling everyone to watch the film.PG stands for Parental Guidance. So the film is suitable for children as long as their parents are watching with them.12A requires the viewers to be aged 12 but have adult supervision whilst watching the film.12 requires the viewer to be aged 12 and over.15 requires the viewer to be aged 15 and over.18 requires the viewer to be aged 18 and over.R18 is a legally restricted classification for explicit works of consenting sex or fetish material.

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Our film fits into the 15 classification. This is because there is a strong threat in our film and sadistic behaviour is shown when the ghost harms the character in her sleep just to convey her message.

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