Treatment

Treatment 

In this treatment ideas discussed about what directions the title sequence will be taking. I will be giving an overview of the events that will lead up to the final piece. 

The plot of the title sequence involves three main characters; those are two girls and a boy. The story is about how an ex girlfriend becomes obsessed about her ex boyfriend. So she begins to stalk the couple by viewing social networking sites like Facebook and twitter. The idea is the audience does not see who the person is who is stalking the couple , as we plan on making the stalker wear a mask .

There are two important events that are important to highlight within the title sequences . The first event in the title sequence of the film is the ex- girlfriend is on social network website and she the status of her ex-boyfriend change and this is how the obsession begins. We plan to use a variety of close –ups so the audience can see her reaction on her face , this will also empathies her emotions.

She then begins to print out images and post those over her bedroom wall. The ex girlfriends bedroom is one of the critical events within the title sequence because this is when the obsession begins. We plan to have use of slow non-digetic sound this will help to create suspense and atmosphere. The second event is when , she even begins to follow the couple however they are unaware that they are being followed. We plan to use a dolly shots so the troll and long shots; so the audience can have an understanding of what is happening within the scenes. 

In the group we brained stormed a variety of ideas that we thought would work when we were selecting our storyline. There were many important things that we needed to ensure that we were present in the title sequence. Those were to appeal to our target audience and to create something unique. The target audience that we aimed to attract our film to is teenagers. Therefore it was important that there was range of research completed. I sat down with some friends and had one to one interviews; we also did specific and general questionnaires. This allowed use to see what was missing from the market. The questionnaire did determine the decision about what directions we would be taking within our title sequence .

We have narrowed down the locations, of where we plan to be filming our title sequence. We are going to film the one of scene in one of our members rooms , we think this would be effective because it is unexpected and it will help to create tension of who it is . We have planned to use locations around South Norwood because it is easy local and accessible for all of the members of the group to travel to. 

One of the locations in South Norwood is Grange Park , this is a great location because the director has space to film and it is very scenic .

The title sequence conveys to the typical conventions of title sequence because there is suspension in this case trying to identify who the stalker is . We have a variety of shots to help create tension and to understand what is happening within the title sequence. We plan to use non diegetic sound this will help to compliment what is shown on the mise en scene; this is a typical convention of a thriller film . 

To conclude this treatment, we aim to achieve what has been mentioned and even more where it necessary, in order to achieve an successful title sequence. We hope to make the film to appeal to our target audience through custom and diegetic sound. We want to ensure the title sequence has been executed at its best.

David Fincher Case Study

 David Fincher is  a film and music director.   In the film industry David Fincher has built up an reputation . for having modern and dark thrillers .  When he was younger he raised in California . From a young age David Fincher already knew what he was going to do when he was younger. When he was 18 he had an internship at Korty Films ; he was then able to gain knowledge and experience about directing.   He later left that company to help direct films for big companies, form the likes of Coco Cola and pop stars like Madonna.  In this case study I will be looking at 4 films they are :  Seven, The Game and Fight Club .   Once I have viewed the opening title sequences , I will comment on the conventions and the impact it has upon the audience .

                                                                  Seven 

Seven is a Thriller that stares Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt. In the beginning of the trailer there is use of red text this is eye catching to the audience , as you eye is focuses on what happening on the screen. There is use of long shots this allows the audience to see what is happening within the screen clearly. Seven has use of non-diegetic sound,  this is effective as this helps to create suspense . There is also non-degetic sound the narrator; this is useful as it tells the audience who stares within the film. The trailer of Seven is very short and it doesn't give anything away to the audience , which is useful .

The Game 

The Game is a Thriller that came on to the screens in 1997and the main cast of the film is Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.  There is used of close-ups at the start of the opening sequence of The Game ; this is used so the audience is able to understand the emotions of the characters . There is use of jump cuts within the scenes , this allows the audience to see a variety of shots . There is use of texts this helps to break the scenes ; the text is effective as the audience is able ,to achieve a better understanding about what could potentially happen.

Fight Club 

Fright Club was an successful film for David Fincher as it won for Oscars and was nominated for 13. He received some recognition for his work within the thriller film industry ; Fight Club came on to the screens in 1999 and the film stares Brad Pitt and Edward Norton.  The use of sound is effective as it engages the audience to see what is on the mise en scene. The characters are introduced , this is useful as the audience is able to understand what the characters personalities are like. There are a variety of thriller conventions that  are apparent within the trailer , is the absence of natural light , this is present on the screen because it appears to be dark . There is use of fighting this may suggest that the film my be violent . There is use of digetic sound, this helps to understand what my potentially happen .

Creating my logo - Final stage

I saved my logo on to the desktop, it can now be accessed and be imported into  Abode After Effect . This is useful because it can be used into my thriller opening sequence .

Creating the Logo - Step 2

This is the final logo that I created, I used stars then duplicated it to crate an effect.  There is use of purple and black because i think that the two colours complement each other . I have learnt the how to change they colours of the starts . Also how to insert text and change the font of the text .  I have learnt how to modify the effects of  of the shapes . After a few attempts I found this programme to not to to be as difficult as I anticipated .

Creating a Logo - First Stage

To  we have been learning how to create a logo , on  Adobe Fireworks .

Influences

What was the influences  of your film ?

Kidulthod was an influence to our I can see you  because the film is attracted to a younger market therefore we were inspired by the conventions that the film uses .For example there is use of slang , this attracts an younger audience because they may feel that the can relate to the characters . Another influence from Kidulthood  is the use of verisimilitude  ,  the film aims to create a realistic atmosphere therefore it is more likely to attract a younger audience .The film included young actors this was an influence because it shows that a film can be successful without having older actors .

The main influences of our film was a YouTube video that a member of my group found . The video was called the couple that fell in love on tumbler .  In the group we agreed that this could be the basis of  our  opening thriller title sequence ; in addition to this we thought we could incorporate elements of the video on to the blog. Another influence from the video was the costume , as they we dressed similarly to the audience that our film aimed to attract .

Another influence  for I can see you is the film obsessed, this film stares Beyonce .  The story line of Obsessed was a great influence . We liked the use of dark colours, this convention is used throughout Obsessed. The use of dark colours  is an element that I can see you has use of . Another the inspiration from obsessed is the stalker , this inspired us greatly because the character in Obsessed seems so normally bet yet once alone she had a dark side . This helped to influence the stalker in I can see you because the character we created is similar to the character in Obsessed.