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Film Institutions

 

20th Century Fox
Founded in 1935

They have distributed some of the of the most sucessful films include Star Wars and Avatar.
20th Century fox dont usually release Horror/Thriller films and stick to family friendly films and comedys.



 
Lionsgate

Founded in 1995

Well known for horror movies one of the biggest institutions.
Lionsgate have released all of the Saw movies which is one of the best thriller series. They have also been involved in Sinister and Cabin in the woods.



Dimension Films

Founded in 1993

Dimension films have released some of the best Thriller/Horror films including the Scream films. Scream is one the films that we got our idea from and so this Institution would be good to use to distrbiute our film.

Opening Sequence - Saw

SAW The SAW opening sequence starts off with the production companies and ends on the film title. the font used for the title sequence gives a "watery" feel to the film, this is confirmed when the first shot is under water. after the production companies are displayed, no sound is played untill the titles are gone. this is a good effect that we could use in our own film as it adds suspense to the film because the viewer is unclear on what is going on and is waiting for some action to happen. The first sound that grabs the viewers attention is of the man almost drowning.

in the first scene there is very little lighting, and is trying to show the viewer that the room is close to pitch black.  after a short conversation with an unknown person the lights are turned on. a 'drowsy' effect is used as we are shown from the pov of the character we may be able to use this just after our victim has been attacked.

Title/Credit Sequence

 after researching into opening sequences of films I discovered that the most general order of titles that appear are in the following order:

• (NAME OF THE STUDIO)

• (NAME OF THE PRODUCTION COMPANY)

• (PRODUCER NAME) PRODUCTION or/and (director only) A FILM BY (DIRECTOR NAME)

• STARRING

• (FILM'S TITLE)

• FEATURING

• CASTING or CASTING BY

• MUSIC or MUSIC COMPOSED BY or ORIGINAL SCORE BY

• PRODUCTION DESIGN or PRODUCTION DESIGNER

• EDITOR or EDITED BY

• DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

• PRODUCER or PRODUCED BY, EXECUTIVE PRODUCEr

• STORY or STORY BY

• WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY

• DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY

Opening Sequence - The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight This film starts off with the product companies. they last for around 50 seconds. we then get a crane shot of a city which slowly zooms into a building. as we are zooming in the music slowly builds tension until the window is smashed

we then cut to a single man who is holding a clown mask in his left hand and a bag over his shoulder. this could be a hint at a main character but is not confirmed. A car then pulls up and the music suddenly changes, it makes the scene fit the role for the action genre. we then have some tracking shots of the characters entering the bank as they fire there guns. the film cross cuts between the bank and the rooftop where other characters are hacking the phone system.
whilst the robbers in the bank are taking hostages we then see another character trying to break into the bank vault. all of the robbers are wearing similar masks so we can clearly identify which characters are which.
The music in this opening scene is vital for the film to be successful as it changes its pace to keep up with the visuals on screen.

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Opening Scene - Now You See Me

Now You See Me (2013) The opening scene for Now You See Me introduces the main characters in the film very clearly, after the film productions are shown, we cut to a scene which shows one of the main actors narrating, during this scene the music in the background creates mystery around The film.
 The next shot shows Chicago, we know this from the text that appears at the bottom of the screen The same music continues from the first scene and the same actor is present. he is now showing us a magic trick, and the camera angle used puts us in the film, and the actor is asking us directly. after the trick is performed the pace of the music builds up as the card is revealed. we are then shown a hooded figure and the music changes.
 The music almost resets as we start the next trick. at this point the second of the main actors are introduced. after he performs his trick the hooded figure re appears and the same music plays.
We then cut to the third character who is also performing a trick on a boat... within 2 minutes of the film we already know that the main characters in the film are going to be magicians. the third character is also performing a trick, however the tension on this character builds up very quickly, this is done using both music and camera shots.

Opening sequence review

Ranking	Video	Why?
1	Abduction	Good effects to show hidden camera. (looks as though it’s a CCTV camera) Clear as to what is going on in the story
2	Deception	Music and camera shots build tension When he is walking up the stairs the montage of different
3	It swings on roundabouts	Builds tension quite well Tv scene has good use of effects The music matches the genre of the film
4	Snakes and Ladders	Clear story, good transitions and effects (colour from dress to bottle, also the hair spray behind the title scene is good)
5	Slayer	Good use of props, detective office, clear it’s a police office with posters in back. Music throughout builds tension
6	Graves	Narration at start is good, good use of pan shot Titles match the story
7	Rundown	Good use of camera angles, showing first person
8	Bacterium	Mis en scene, clear the room is a lab, However costumes on other actors weren’t great
9	Resistance	Start is good, tension builds up. Ending looses all the tension. Location for filming is good
10	Chroniker	Over use of the ‘split effect’ Story is unclear
11	1962	Music good, ‘music box’ story is unclear