ROUGH CUT 4 (With titles)

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We have changed the colour correction on a lot of the shots, made the sequence walking down the stairs shorter. We have tried to add more shot variety in the false scare but aren't sure if this works. We also re-filmed the whole first sequence up until the couple see Santa on the t.v as we thought this needed a lot of work.

Feedback

We got a lot of feedback on this cut both verbally and writen.

 Some verbal feedback we got was from a male within the target audience say that the texting scene ruined the continuity and killed the effect of tension, he also said that the killing scene was quite gory and that he would have faster paced editing to "hit the sweat spot". 

Some written feedback we got from a previous rough cut from a female who is in the age range 15-24 which we took into account for this one. 

To sum it up:

• Need to imply sex in a better way
• Facial expressions and feeling aren't very scarred 
• Narrative quite unclear in garage scene 
• Santa on TV footage was good 
• She noted some of the good shots 

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Titles

Here is some audience feedback from teenagers aged 14-15 on the titles we have used in our rough cut. Most of them have mixed opinions but each are backed up with reasons that we will consider.


We have chosen to use the font HAUNT and for general titles and WHO ASKS SATAN as the main titles. Having taken all audience feedback, both written and oral, into account, these were the two obvious choices and it was also the personal preference for the majority of our group. A rough cut will be uploaded soon with all the titles present.

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Title Fonts for Movie Opening

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We have created a short sequence of clips of the fonts we narrowed down from previous research to prototype them in our opening. After receiving audience feedback we will analyse them and pick an overall "winner" for both general titles and the main movie title.

TiITLES The Ones We Will Use

1. LugNut Productions and Clinnick Media
2.  A Gingerbread Films production
3. In association with Twisted Films 
4. An Oliver Stricker film
5. Ailsa Sarah 
6. Co -starring Christian Stricker
7. With Aiden Rigby
8. Introducing Julie Bek
9. Casting by James Clinnick
10. Music composed by Nathan Guth  
11. Costumes designed by Christian Stricker
12. Editor Oliver Stricker 
13. Director of photography Michael Goi
14. Production designer Marek Dobrowolski
15. Screenplay by James Clinnick 
16. Executive producers James Wong Jason Blum
17. Directed by Oliver Stricker

TITLES Slasher Main Titles

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Slasher Main Titles from OliStr

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VODCAST 6: Slasher Titles and the Titles we will use

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In this vodcast we go over the titles used in 6 different slasher movies and we talk about how they are effective. We go over the way the titles are designed to connote the horror genre. We also go over the fonts we will be using for our own titles and personal preferences along with audience feedback.

TITLES Titles I will use

Idents:

• Usually 3 

Titles (Numbers):

• Around 20-30 titles
• however sometimes only companies and the director is mentioned
• About 5 minutes
• It's quite common to see a gap between titles)
• Companies 
• Usually about 3-4 companies are credited

Wording of the titles: (I will be using these in my film opening)

1.  *Insert a distributor or funding agency* presents
2.  In association with *Insert company*
3. A *Insert production company* production  
4. A *Insert directors name* film
5. *Insert main stars names* (Keep them on their own)
6. Co -starring *Insert actors name* 
7. With *Insert another actors name*
8. Introducing *Insert a new actors name* 
9. *Insert duo of actors names per sequence* (For the less important stars)
10. Casting by: ...
11. Music composed by: ...
12. Costumes designed by: ...
13. Editor: ...
14. Director of photography: ...
15. Lighting by: ...
16. Production designer: ...
17. Screenplay by: ...
18. Executive producers: ...
19. Produced by: ...
20. Directed by: ...

If "Based on the book" or "Based on the novel  by" it is an IP (Intellectual property)

Title design:
Depending on the genre there are many different title designs you could use. A red, serif font usually connotes a horror genre as the red signifies blood and the serif can signify sharp edges of a blade, amongst other things. If I were to make a drama, I would use Sans-serif, with a quite plain, white text as it is creating narrative enigma and setting a serious vibe for the audience. If I  were to create a comedy or teen movie I would use colourful, bubbly font as this connotes that the movie is going to be quite childlike, happy and informal.