Studio Idnets have a purpose of trying to represent the company by giving them their own identity. i will be looking at the following companies idents and how they have changed over the years.
Universal
The first universal ident was created in 1914 two years after the company was founded. This ident showed the company name along with the words "The Trans-Atlantic film Co. LTD" This is shown in the Gif to the right
As the company progressed the ident changed from having a plane flying across the earth showing the companies name, to the earth spinning around with the logo across it. The company have also developed the ident to show that it was their 100th year anniversary.
I believe that this ident and the name of the company represents how the company is powerful and well known. This is shown by
the name of the company circulating the world and ending up infront of the world showing that they are dominant.
Dreamworks
made at imgflip.comDreamworks company was founded in 1994. The owners wanted to create a new kind of hollywood studios, they have also worked very hard to have one of the biggest and best animation divisions in the world.
One of the three founders, Steven Spielburg, wanted the ident of Dreamworks to be a reminiscent of
Hollywood's golden age. The ident was going to be computer generated at first but Spielburg's friends suggested that it may look better if it was painted.
made at imgflip.comThe ident starts with the young boy floating up to the moon with some balloons. As you can see in the Gif to the left. The gif to the right shows how after the boy reaches the moon he lets go of the balloons, they carry on floating up in the sky, then suddenly burst revealing the Dreamworks name.
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Paramount Pictures
This film production company was formed in 1912. Their ident has relatively stayed the same over the years. The ident shows a tall mountain with the 'Paramount' name above the mountain where the tip is. The is purposely placed there to show that the company are the top film production company there is and want to be respected by all as they believe they are at the top.
Disney
The Walt Disney production is the largest media and entertainment company including the production of theme parks as well as cartoons and movies. The company including the logo was first introduced in 1923. During this time the production company was founded by Roy and Walt Disney and named the Disney brothers studio. The purpose of the logo was to symbolize a fairy tale world, and focuses on the provision of entertainment purposes to young children.
MISE EN SCENE Costumes: -Mask for killer -All Black Clothing (killer) Props: -USB (micro chip) -Laptop -Gun Setting: -Eastbury Manor House which is shown in the image to the right. Sound: -Creaking on the Floor -Door creaks when it is opened -Bang Gunshot -Running/Panting -Footsteps running on pebbled floor
This was the beginning of our initial shooting at East-bury manor house this was the involvement of just me and Abbie as some parts of the filming we needed to based on the ideas we had agreed together. We filmed both the opening scene and all the scene that involved the running up the stairs and the overview of the outside of the house.and pushing belle down the stairs.
5/03/2015 This was the second day in which we continued our filming further at the Eastbury Manor house, In which case we re-filmed the scene in which belle was initial killed (push down the stairs) We had to shoot this scene a few times trying different relevant angles in order to make the shot at its most realistic effect as possible.
In our thriller our aim was intended to create a great deal of anxiety and suspicion especially with in the audience the best title we considered suitable was the the title oblivious . This title seemed most appropriate with the initial storyline as Abbie ( Belle ) is oblivious that her so called friend working on the same mission was also her biggest threat.......
PARALLEL SOUND: Matches the action CONTRAPUNTAL SOUND: Does not match the action
In a normal film at the start of the scene the sound will be contrapuntal as the atmosphere of the film and action will not match the sound used. Whereas when the next part of the action happens the sound becomes parallel to the atmosphere.
SOUND: SOUND BRIDGE
A sound bridge helps create a smooth transition between one scene to another
The sound "Bridges " the two scene
This is clearly represented within the scene "GAME OF THRONES"
The sound bridge in the game of thrones is used to portray a tense atmosphere of receiving information about another person . This is shown by man A receiving a letter about man B these scenes are linked together by the sound bridge
In our sound piece we were exploring the use of sound and the correct sound to put in our scene our piece included the use of parallel sound this meant that the sound effects or music used throughout matched the scene that was playing at the same time. We used the use of the sirens to demonstrate the use of police coming. More so we used a gun shot to represent the confusion between destiny and billy we found this effective.
Editing is the process of looking at all the footage shot during the making of film/TV programme and placing it in the desired order and joining it together. There are two key areas when concentrating on editing these are;
Speed of editing- How long it lasts?
Style of editing - How each shot is joined next ?
SPEED OF EDITING
In a film each scene may last a matter of seconds, or it could continue for a number of minute's. The importance of the length of the sequence is to establish the pace of the film moving the action along. The speed of editing helps to determine the mood in which is taking place on the screen. In one account in order to feel a sense of anxiety ans suspense the editing will be fast and frequent in an action sequence for example a horror movie. On the other hand, if a relaxed mood is desired , the scenes last longer and change less frequently for example a romantic comedy.
Scenes at the beginning of a film usually are start off of the storyline, must be long enough for us to be able to understand where we are and what is going on . It also shown in a slow motion at times to introduce the main characters. As the film progresses scenes may become shorter as the editing cuts between timing two or more story lines at the same time.
STYLES OF EDITING
These styles of editing show how shots are linked together, the movement in which one shot goes to the next this is called a transition
STRAIGHT CUT
A straight cut is when a picture and sound are cut at the same frame as of opposed to an overlap where a picture and sound are cut at different times., This shot allows on shot to end an another shot to abruptly come onto the screen. this cut removes the unnecessary areas in the film or shortens the original film to save time in certain areas instantaneously moving one shot to the next without attracting the audience attention. This is most commonly known as the "invisible" form of transition.This cut helps retain reality, the don't break the viewers suspension of disbelief . This type of cut is clearly shown in the batman movie (1989). This sequence shows batman suited up clicking together a belt in which a straight cut is clearly established as if it showed batman actually suiting up it would represent the individuals elements of the uniform like the boots each individual arm and leg. This would make the sequence extremely time consuming, and draw the audience away from the point of the film. Therefore in order to keep the audience drawn its important to show the relevant areas in the sequence, in the case of this sequence batman coming out of a volt doing his belt up which represents his logo shows who he is and that his ready to par take in his next source of action.
DISSOLVE CUT
A dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. A dissolve is normally used to overlap two shots for the beginning of one scene onto the next. In some sense it can be considered a good use for the indication that a period of time has passed.More so this is famously used when the film makes wants to make a connection between two characters , places or objects An example of this is used in the clip below;
GRAPHIC MATCH
A graphic match is an editing technique that that uses a continuous transition between two successive shots. A graphic match is used to create a cut between two shots that juxtapose their graphically similar images. This cut can establish a link between the shots graphically, aesthetically and metaphorically. An example of this is clearly established in the film psycho, in the famous scene the shower scene when Janet Leigh on the floor. The eye line match is differentiated between the eye and the plughole of the shower,this is due to the eye and plug hole being of similar sizes and shapes and therefore can go into each other.
WIPE CUT
A wipe cut is a type of film transition in which a shot is simply replaced when one shot travels from one side to the other.If the wipe proceeds from two opposite edges of the screen towards the centre, this is known as a barn door wipe.With a wipe cut it is more common that the image is pushed off the left-hand side as this movement is more consistent which allows the sense that time is moving forward.This cut is used to signal a movement between different locations that are experiencing the same time.
FADE
A fade is used to create a gradual darkening or lighting of an image until it becomes black or white. This will include one shot fading until only a black or white screen can be seen.This is most commonly used to indicate he end of a particular section of time within the narrative more so showing a the passing of time. For example this is used extensively throughout the star wars films.
JUMP CUT
A jump cut is when the audiences attention is brought into focus on something very suddenly, this occurs by breaking the continuity editing and appears as if the section of the sequence has been removed
MONTAGE THEORY
ONE IMAGE + VARIOUS IMAGES = MEANING (CREATED BY THE AUDIENCE)
AN EXAMPLE = PSYCHO = MEANING
Lev keleshov was a theorist that believed that editing a film was like constructing a building brick - by - brick ( shot- by -shot) in which the building (film) is erected . He created an experiment that proved his point. He took apart an old film and a head shot and inter - cut the shot with different images. This is famously shown within the film psycho as Hitchcock portrays the image that Janet Leigh is being hacked to death when in fact it just shows a knife her scream and her falling .. the idea of her death is down to the mind of the audience the illusionary pictures create the image that she pouring with blood and being hacked to death. This improved to overall view of thriller/ horror films due to the perception.
CONTINUITY EDITING
Continuity editing retains a sense of realistic chronology and generates the feeling that time is moving forward. This may include using flashbacks or flash forwards but the narrative will still be seen to be progressing forward in an expected realistic way.
EYE-LINE MATCH
We see a character looking at something off screen and then we cut the shot and then see them continue in in the next shot.This is based on a premise that audience will want to see what the character on screen is seeing.
MATCH ON ACTION
We see a character start an action in one shot and then see them continue in the next.
180 DEGREE RULE
The 180 degree rule is a basic guideline that states that two characters (or other element) in the same scene should always have the same left /right angle relationship to each other. This means that if the last shot was on the left hand side it would start on the right hand side as going back to left in the next shot will look like they just walked back on themselves.
In our third production meeting we talked about how many shots we have already filmed for our thriller, which was also followed by the discussion that there was other various shot we could use t and how they would look better than the ones we had already used. We looked through our thriller opening on the camera to clarify that we did get all the shots needed and discovered the ones we could add. These shots were even then improved or some were retaken and we went out to follow up the nest lot of shots used.
During the second production meeting we planned out transportation and route in which we have decided to follow in order to get to out destination our the opening setting. We decided to meet at Heathway station in which case Abbie got a 175 to meet me prior Heathway station.
In which we got a district line train to Richmond and get off at Upney, this took us approximately about 5 mins. Once we got off we walked for 10 mins to reach East-bury square, Barking , Greater London IG11 9SN. This required once coming out of the station coming down Upney lane towards ripple road in which we navigated Tudor road in which the house was down.
In this production meeting me and Abbie went to pick our destination and therefore didn't need a camera man as we needed to see where the most appropriate places to film would be and where in the house could be used to match the thriller genre.
We had to be precise about where the action was to take place in the house and how each part of the setting matched the particular shots taken in the scenes. Due to the house being of old origins we had to make sure out thriller did not meet horror criteria in the settings we used .
We used the first hall as the entrance for where the micro chip and computer system was first located.
followed by the wooden stairs in which i used entering the grand hall at the
top floor .
Abbie on the other hand used the concrete stairs to give a more visual effect to the falling part of her death once she reached the top of the stairs me ( a.ka. the killer) used the attic entrance this gave an effect that would grab the audiences attention.
