Mood Board

Mood Board

This is our moodboard, it consists of images involving all things you'd expect to see from a flood, for example, Heavy rain, damaged and washed out landscapes and vehicles submerged in water. The centre image of our moodboard which states 'Surviving disaster' links heavily with our film opening as that is what the characters in our film have appeared to have done. The reason we have added a picture of a foggy view is because during our film opening this is what our weather is going to be, as it is after the flood, this is what creates a post apocalyptic theme as it is after the flood.

Interviews.

These are our interviews we did in order to get feedback on our film opening and also to see the thoughts of the public on other post apocalyptic film and how they are similar to our film opening, it gives us an insight into what audience to target from some of the questions posed to the people in our interviews.




 I personally put this interview together by using an editing software, by doing this I could set the interviews out more clearly as i have asked one question followed by the 5 different responses to show the difference in opinions between the people in the interview. This allowed us to collectively, as a group, see what kind of audience we should be targetting, also a few of the people gave us feedback on our idea which allowed us to get the best from the opening.

Production Logo

This is our production logo for our production company, different ideas have been used in order to create this logo.  The TBS part of our logo stands for Tom, Ben and Sophie, we used the first 3 letters of our first names in order to implement a personal stamp on our production company. Also the colours of our logo are used to connote a flood, due to our first film opening is based on a flood, it is a very calming and simple colour to use. Due to use mixing a few different shades of blue in our production logo in order to make it more appealing to the eye and to make it less boring. The logo in our production logo is made to have connotations of water and the flood, this links back to our film opening as it is about a flood. The font used in the logo is a very smooth,  clean font, we used this as we thought it was easy on the eye, however there are no specific links to our film opening in using this.  

Actors & Directors

 Sophie Pilling                        

This is Sophie, who will be an Actress in our film opening, Sophie will play the role of the survivor in our film. The Main Character (Myself) will meet Sophie next to an abandoned train track where she will be injured from attempting to survive the after effects of the Flood.







This is Ben Thomas who will be the Director in our short film opening, Ben will be mainly responsible of making sure we include as many camera angles as possible and making sure we follow the story board.

This is me (Tom), I have been volunteered by my other group members to take on the role of being the main actor in our short film opening, I have also been mainly in charge of gathering the props and going out to take pictures of the location we are filming at. A different range of camera angles will be shown in our opening, included a conversation between myself and the other actor, Sophie.

Weather for Filming

This is the weather forecast for our proposed day of filming, it shows that on that day it is quite a clear cloudy day, this could potentially be a problem as our film is based around the weather, we will need the ground to be wet to show the audience that it is set after a flood.

We will keep a close eye on the weather through the week to see if there are any changes, if the weather lets us down on the day of filming we would have to film another day or rethink our idea.

Animatic

This is our animatic for our film opening, this helps us with putting the different shots in order and how long each shot will last for so when it comes to filming we know how long we will be filming each shot. It also helps us with knowing what shot comes next in the sequence so we can prepare our props and experiment the different shots before filming it.



Also, since the first story board we have decided to add a few more shots onto the story board as the animatic showed that it wouldn't of been a 2 minute film, by adding these shots this has made our animatic around 2 minutes.

Film Practice Shots

Before we start to film at the end of next week, we have decided to experiment with practice shots, this very short video shows a few close up shots of putting the items in the bag, these shots will be used in the start of our film opening. We edited these shots in premier in order to give us some practice at editing so when it comes to editing our film we have an idea of how to do it

Props for our Film opening

These are the props we will be using for our Film opening

Bag Pack
Newspaper
Bandages
Medical supplies
Tin Food (beans, soup etc)
Survival clothing (Coat, Gloves etc.)
Flask(water)

These are important for our film opening as it is of the post apocalyptic Genre, these items are the key items for survival and these gives the audience an insight into what the film is about.

The Script

The Script

This is our final dialogue in for our film opening.

(Person 1 enters bridge)

(Person 1 finds other survivor)

Person 1 : Are you alright? I havent seen anyone in days.

Person 2: Neither have I, ever since the flood. (Rubs injured leg)

Person 2: Cant you see im struggling here?

Person 1 (goes over, and offers medical support)

Person 1: Keep pressure on it

Person 1: we've got to get to safety or we'll die out here.

( Person 1 and Person 2 walk off in search for safety)

Person 2: Alright.

Story board

This is the final story board for our film opening 'The flood' it contains 20 different shots all varied from establishing shots to extreme close-ups, the varied shots we are using would contribute to our final grade, also as we are filming we would incorporate more shots into our filming.

The film opening is about a survivor of the flood in an attempt to find other survivors around the country in order to find safety before another flood hits. The survivor walks for miles and at the end of the opening finds an injured person and offers them medical supplies and help, it ends with them on the search for survival.

Audience Statistics..

These are the Audience ratings of the film 'World War Z'. it shows that more males have voted on the rating the film at around 152,884 votes, however the average rating given by females on this film is 7.3, this is 0.3 ratings higher than that given by males, this is very surprising as i would think more males would approve of this film more than females. It also shows the film is more appealing to that of users under the age of 18 at an average rating of 7.8, whereas this contrasts to the slightly lower rating og 6.9 given by aged 30-44 year olds.

This is the audience ratings from the film 'I am legend', this also shows, unsurprisingly, like world war z that more males have voted on the film. however both males and females average a rating of 7.1 on this film, showing it is equally approved by both male and female. It also shows that also like world war z, this film targets a younger audience as a average 7.8 rating was given by people under the age of 18 whereas people aged 30-44 was again at 6.9







To conclude from both these figures, is that people aged 18 and under prefer a post apocalyptic movie, this therefore means for our post apocalyptic film it will have to be targeted at that aged audience in order for us to achieve the best possible feedback and ratings for our film opening.

Research into Production and Distribution companies

The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production, they may achieve this through a parent company, partner or private investor. It handles budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organisation of staff, the production itself, post production, distribution and marketing.

The disributor is mainly responsible for the marketing of the film, they also set the release date of the film, and when the film will premiere.

This is just a short list of Production and distribution companies within the film industry that tie in with the Post-apocalyptic film genre that I am researching.

'I am legend' was produced and distributed by alot of companies, these included Warner Bros. and village roadshow pictures, this shows that alot of big production companies are needed in order to create this film.

'World War Z' - UTV motion pictures & Plan B entertainment - (Distributed by) - Paramount Pictures.

2012 - Columbia Pictures & Spyglass Entertainment - (Distributed by) - Columbia pictures

I have concluded that many of the Production and Distribution companies stick within one genre as they feel more comfortable with that genre, however some of them tend to broaden their options and choose a different genre. Also I have concluded that many of the big, successful films have had alot of production and distribution companies working within them in order to attract more of an audience

Zombie land Film opening.

This is the opening credits to the Film 'Zombie land', this is the 3rd film opening that i have looked into that fits into the genre of Post apocalyptic.

Mise en scene-

The lighting of the opening credits is quite bright as they are set outside, this contrasts the film as the idea of the film is quite dark due to it being based around a zombie apocalypse. The opening title sequence to this film is one of the best I've researched, due to the effort that's been put into it, it creates excitement and also makes the audience want to carry on watching due to it being action filled from the very beginning.

Costumes - The costumes in the opening credits of the film are that of normal civilians, however they have been cut up and covered with blood in order to create the effect of them being a zombie, this also shows the audience that the film is about a zombie apocalypse.

The sound in the opening credits is of a good quality and the song playing along with the credits is quite a loud, fast paced rock song, this creates the effect that the film is very quick into the plot at the start of the film, also the dark music creates a dark mood within the film and this then reflects onto the audience.