Titles List for ''Gone''

The following list are all of the titles in order that feature in our opening sequence:

• A Production by Silver Lining - 2 seconds

• A Production by White Box Studios - 3 seconds

• A White Box Film - 3 seconds

• James Brookes - 4 seconds

• Connor Snell - 2 seconds

• Tom Wise - 3 seconds

• Casting by Jack Beeson - 4 seconds

• Co producer Connor Snell - 2 seconds

• Music by Marco Beltrami - 5 seconds

• Gone - 3 seconds

• Edited by Tom Wise - 4 seconds

• Production designer Jack Beeson - 3 seconds

• Director of Photography Jack Beeson - 2 seconds

• Executive Producers White Box - 2 seconds

• Produced by Big Talk Pictures - 2 seconds

 • Screenplay by Jack Beeson - 2 seconds

Poster Inspiration ''Gone''

These 2 horror movies (Uninvited and Mama) were both popular but also very well made films that are seen as great templates for sinister horrors.

This poster is similar to ours as the character in the poster is unidentified. This leaves mysterious and creepy enigma that we want as it will attract the audience. I also like how the colours are black and white because it gives a scary feel to the film and we also had this with our film poster.

This film poster is also another inspiration because it has an unidentified figure as the main feature. In our poster we wanted an unidentified character as it leaves a lot of questions and this is a common convention for horror.

Film Certificate

For our film ''Gone'' we needed to think about the type of Certificate of our film taking into consideration each aspect of the film which includes the plot and the enigma behind it, obviously the amount of horror was taking into consideration and we best think that considering our target audience is aged 15-35 we feel that the certificate should be a solid 15.

Sound & Reporter Choice in ''Gone''

Missing boy voice over 

This is the news article that I used to voice over "Gone" to give it a surreal effect. I feel like this was one of the main factors which established our film. Cutting the voice over being done at the right points was vital to make sure it sounds like we are talking about the missing boy in "Gone".

Representation in ''Gone''

''Gone Poster''

Here is the original poster that I created using Photoshop I took an original screenshot of the film and made it into 3 different parts, I added the text to it ''Gone'' then finished it up with different effects.  I then placed it into different places such as in the Cinema and also on different bus stop advertisements below you can see that as well as the original poster which I made:

Here is the original poster above.

Here is the poster on the side of a bus shelter.

Here is the poster in a cinema advertisement.

Here is the poster on another bus shelter.

Final for ''Gone''

Here is our final for ''Gone''

This took a lot longer to edit than the first draft since we had to make changes which will be in another post.  The whole time it took to edit ''Gone'' was around 2-3 weeks in total.  

Feedback for Gone first draft

Feedback for Gone first Draft

This is the feedback for our Gone first draft. Overall we received a mix average feedback with the average score being 44 which is the equivalent to a B. Below I have chosen different feedback scores showing high to lower marks. We will take all of our feedback into consideration when creating the final draft of our film.

 In the first feedback sheet I have chosen we received 50 this was one of our higher marks received. On this sheet the genre was identified as very evident and the music featured and the news article which was talked over the different parts of the film was also very good. 

In the second feedback sheet we received 49 this was one of our just above average marks. The music was also very popular again as was the news voice over also. They also recommend that we place our title of the film into a different piece of the opening sequence.

Our final feedback sheet that I have chosen was one of our lower marks that we received. They commented saying we established the story well but some shots were to dark which we will need to improve.

Institution

Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, that screens films. It offers films in standard definition free of charge. To access the high definition version of the channel, viewers must have a paid subscription with Virgin Media or Sky. The channel is also available in the Republic of Ireland on UPC Ireland, Sky Ireland and eVision and in Switzerland on UPC Cablecom and Swisscom.  We decided to use Film 4 for ours because we know that they are a well-known production and they will be able to distribute ours well.

This is the film 4 classic picture / logo which will be featuring in our opening to ''Gone''

First Draft for ''Gone''

Here is the first draft for Gone, we were rather short on time towards the end so I had to put most of the clips together with minimal editing.  So in the final I need to make sure that all the shots are perfect.  We will get a mark of the first draft and improvements which we will need to make so that the final can be up to standards and how we want it.

I uploaded the first draft to YouTube in rather low quality since I was short on time, however the final will be in higher quality.

Risk Assessment for ''Gone''

Here is the Risk Assessment when filming for Gone, we needed to rate the risk out of 10 which we have down above.  We also needed to explain  the control measures in which we take to make sure that this is safe,

Shooting Schedule For ''Gone''

Here is our shooting schedule, we stuck to this and completed the filming by Friday.  We mostly filmed at Shennans Park as well as the school to get the best shots, mainly shooting after school when it was fairly dark.

Audience Research ''Gone''

Audience research

Who are you targeting? 

Primarily we are targeting people aged between 15 to around 30, since this is a horror we need to make sure that it is able to be suitable for our target audience and the certificate is a 15 therefore we need to make it very suitable.

Who is most likely to see our film? 

I think that people who are enjoying horror films will want to see this film since it is very similar to some horror films such as Insidious and Sinister therefore it would be quite a similar audience.

Who is your primary and secondary audience? 

Primary audience: People who enjoy horror films

Secondary audience: People who like adrenaline films

Props Research for ''Gone''

Here are the props which we planned on using for Gone

The missing boy poster - This is so that the audience can easily gather some information from the opening sequence, since this will give them knowledge of the opening without us telling them what is happening

Hoodie - To disguise the character easily and make him seem mysterious and unseen

Forrest / Trees - This is more of the scene however we need to use a tree so that the character can fade behind the tree in the opening scene.

Strobe Effect - To create the jump of the boys face

Fonts for ''Gone'' Research

Today I researched which font we will try to use when editing in the titles for ''Gone''.  I think this is a suitable title since it conveys a sinister look behind it.  When editing I will look at different styles of this font by trying bold or italic etc to get the best combination

''Gone'' Storyboard

Here is the Storyboard for ''Gone''.  This was filmed by me and the narrator was Connor we have below the script which he used.  This contains all the shots which we plan on using and hopefully it will be similar.

This is our storyboard for our film ‘Gone’. We have 15 shots in total and this is the first one. The first shot will be in a creepy misty park. There will be a boy on his own who will be walking through the park with his back to the camera. It will be a long shot. The title will form from the mist which will say who the film was ‘Directed by’. This shot will last for 17 seconds. The second shot will be a close up of the side view of the little boys face as he’s walking. This shot will last for 3 seconds. The third shot will still be the boy walking but a shot from the side. It will most likely be a tracking shot and the title will also come from the mist and it will say who the film is ‘Written by’.  This shot will last for 3 seconds and is a tracking shot. The fourth shot will be another close up of the little boys face but straight on as he’s walking. This shot will last for 3 seconds and is a close up. The fifth shot will then go back to what the first shot was like, with the boy’s back to the camera and the title will come out of the mist saying ‘Produced by’. This shot will last for 5 seconds.. The sixth shot will be a flashback to 3 boys playing football. Each character will have a title above their heads which will show their actor name. They will make a couple of passes between each other and then the shot will move on. This shot will last for 5 seconds and is a 180 degree shot. The seventh shot will be of the little boy kicking the ball football and then you see him apologise to his friends and you can guess that he kicked the ball too far. This shot will last for 5 seconds and is a close up. There will be a title saying ‘Director of photography’. The eighth shot will be of the ball going down the hill and there will be a title saying ‘Production designer’. This shot will last for 5 seconds and is a side shot. The ninth shot will be of the boy running down the hill after the ball and there will be a title saying ‘Edited by’. This shot will last for 5 seconds and is a tracking shot. The tenth shot will be of the boy at the bottom of the hill, looking around for the ball. He cannot see it and he turns around and runs and you can see that he’s scared. There will be a title which will say ‘Cast. This shot will last for 20 seconds and is a close up to tracking. The eleventh shot will be over the shoulders of the other two boys and you see them start to walk towards the hill. There will be a title saying ‘Casting by’. This shot last for 4 seconds and is a long shot. The twelfth shot will be of the boys walking towards the camera going down the hill. This shot will last for 6 seconds and is a side shot. There will be a title saying ‘Costume designer’. The thirteenth shot will be of the 2 boys looking around for the little boy. They do not find him. You then see a shock on their faces. This shot will last for 10 seconds and is a side shot. There will be a title saying ‘Music by’. The fourteenth shot will be of the 2 boys running down the pathway. During this shot, there will be music and tension building up and then there will be a sudden stop. This shot will last for 15 seconds and is a close up. The fifteenth shot will go back to the first shot of the boy walking through the park. There will be a title saying ‘Gone’ in the fog and then the boy will fade into nothing. This shot will last for 10 seconds and is a side shot.

"Missing Boy Article"

This is our news article that I created which will feature in our film to make it more of a realistic event. To make the news article more realistic I used the tea bag effect to give it a yellow tint and to give it a old effect also.

Title Sequence Group Moodboard

Moodboard

Shot List

Today in lesson I made a list of the shots that we will hopefully be using when we film, these are just some of the basic ones we hope to use for the opening sequence:

Production Diary

Production Diary11/11/2014 - Today we got ready our film ideas so they were ready to present for Thursdays lesson to the rest of the group. We all created PowerPoint's as this was the most suitable format. On our presentations we collected different inspirations and ideas and talked about what we would include in our opening scene.

13/11/2014 - Today we pitched our different film ideas to each other to decide what film idea we were going to go with. Jack pitched a drama film to do with a man being convicted of a murder and the film was to ponder on if he committed the murder or not. Tom's idea was a teen drama evolved around drugs and crime which he gained his influences from Noel Clarke's Kidulthood and Adulthood. Then the final idea came from Connor which was a horror which based around a couple who are not able to have children. From this the couple went to take other children to be theirs. We agreed finally that Connor's idea was the best and we decided to go for that for our concept.

14/11/2014 - Today not in our groups we started to do our Title Tasks. This involved watching many different clips and reviewing them. This included a history of film openings and a interview with a man who is very big in the film industry. Our final task was to take screenshots from three film openings and annotate them for every title that appeared such as actors and production companies.

17/11/2014 - Today we adapted the film concept and slightly changed the main story of the film. We took the concept away from the couple who were not able to have children and changed it too a boy who went missing on a winter evening in a park. We then went on too reviewing different film openings as a group to gain inspiration from a number of different films. (In the Picture we reviewed the opening of Casino Royale)

 

18/11/2014 - Today Connor was creating our marketing ideas to promote our film in a PowerPoint presentation which you can see him doing below. In the presentation he included how he would advertise our film and what he would do to promote it in the best way. Meanwhile Tom looking at our target audience which he was doing by reviewing films in our category and our style of film and comparing them with what audience the films were most popular with.

 

19/11/2014 - Today we made sure everything was up to date on our blogs so we could get everything out of the way and start with the planning for our film, although we made no progress on the film for the next lessons we can now focus on that.

20/11/2014 - Today as a group we all came up with separate mood boards to compare with each others to gain inspiration to create the different scenes to go on to our story board which we would create in Friday and Mondays lesson. The mood boards for each of us have now been uploaded onto our blogs.

21/11/2014 - Today we began to create our story board going through scene by scene with what type of shots they will be and where the different titles would be located around the frame of the shot. In this lesson the storyboard was nearly completed and would me finished and finalized in Mondays lesson.

24/11/2014 - Today we also worked on the story board for our film. The story board a very long process and is looking to take us one more lesson as we have to cover every shot we have in or opening scene including just slight different frames and where the different titles are involved. During this process we separately evaluated our LAP charts to make sure everything is up to date and correct.