UPDATE: 23/2/2012

  We have decided not to use an old swing for a prop as we couldn't get one in time but this has not affected the production at all. We replaced this with flashbacks of a young girl to add an extra amount of eeriness but following the convention of young people in films.
   Extra camera angles have been used which were decided spontaneously to give certain effects and the opening has been changed from a ouija board sequence to pans of newspaper clippings, old photographs and possibly a news coverage clip. This has been changed so the audience feel an instant mysteriousness.

Photoshop Text Tutorial

These are some tutorials we would like to follow to create a 3D effect on our text. 

Production company ideas

Our logo is of text "Colossal Creations" in front of a nebula sky. The C is in a planet. We have chosen this because "Colossal" and space represent big, ongoing things displaying that our films will be massive, epic and legendary. Our inspiration is Paramount as they use a mountain to display the great scale of their movies.

Production Company Logos

Original Hammers Film Studies

Typeface/font

Jagged font which implies an uneasy feeling. The font is not smooth so this goes well with the horror film, you know its not going to be an easy-watching film.

Colour
Red font, implies danger and blood - ties in well with the horror film. Also a nice contrast with the dull background. The background is of very dark colours which also gives an uneasy feeling and ties in with the horror genre.

Iconography
There is a picture of a unkempt old-looking haunted house. this ties in very well but its not a logo its more of a picture so its not iconic or symbolic.

Layout
Very plain, just writing in the middle of the picture, no specifically good layout.

Framing and composition
Can't see any attention to framing and composition

Lionsgate

Typeface/Font
Solid, metallic font in capitals. Implies its not an easy-watching film or a chic flick.

Colour
Background smoke is red which implies danger or blood.

Iconography
There are no clear images, just smoke which doesn't tie the film company down to one certain thing but maintains the mysteriousness of the company.

Layout
Just the title in the middle, doesn't distract the eyes anywhere else so its clear who the company is.

Twisted pictures

Media Institutions Research

Activity One:

US films
Horror film one: "The Devil Inside"
Production company: Paramount Pictures http://www.paramount.com/

Paramount Pictures makes a variety films, from family to horrors. Some of it's films include "Hugo" and "Star Trek". The logo is a mountain, reflecting it's name "mount", showing that it's films are high class and epic, they're of a big scale- like a mountain.

Horror film two: "Prometheus"
Production company: Mutant Enemy Productions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_Enemy_Productions

Mutant Enemy mainly makes T.V programs such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". From the logo we can see that they make mutant programs and productions because of the monster on the logo.

UK films:

Horror film one: "The Awakening"

Production company: BBC Films, StudioCanal UK, Creative Scotland

http://www.studiocanal.co.uk/

This logo does not indicate that it makes horror films, it's very simple and professional which indicates a range of films to not favour a particular genre.

Horror film two: "The Descent"

Production company: Celador films, Northmen production

There is no logo for these production companies.

Celador films makes a range of films from action to horror but they also make T.V productions.

The budget for "The Descent" is very low at only £3.5 million.

Props

These are the props we will be using in our film:

An old, wooden rope swing for our flashback scene.

A Ouija board for the beginning, this is essential for preparing the audience for the rest of the film.

Map and Location

LOCATION

This is a satellite view of the church/ graveyard we will be using to film one of the flash backs of a funeral.

MAPS

This is the route between the two locations we will be using. As you can see they are quite close together as the church is a local church in our area. We will be walking as its very close.