Rough Cut - Progress

Here is the rough cut of our title sequence so far. We have put in generic titles to test the pacing of the scene while we edit the clips to the desired length. It is looking ok at the moment witht the scenes fitting well together but its no where near finished. We have to fix the lighting due to slight orange/yellow hue to the shots and maybe remove some of the titles and space them out more due to the abrupt end some are causing.

*Update*
Recently, we shot some of the earlier scenes to a more satisfactory degree with eliminating bad lighting and getting a lot more shots and angles of shots for us to work with, allowing us to mix up the angles to eliminate the possible problem of the same type of shots by incorporating point of views and high and low angles to add a greater diversity and much more possibilities to improve the project as a whole.

Test Footage

Here is our test footage we shot in Greg's kitchen to see if the location suited our needs and also to see if our basic idea for the scene would work when filmed. It worked well but needs more precise planning on where and how to use the camera like when to switch between handheld or static. We have also uploaded two different versions of the scene, one in colour with the other in black and white to see which effect would suit our movie the best.

Media Title and Production Company

Here are our current designs for the title of our movie, Animus Messor due to popular demand, and the production company logo, Apocalyptic Productions. These are open to feedback so any possible improvements. critisim or any positives, please comment below.

Filming - Update

Unfortunately we wanted to film the majority of our scene in Lauren's kitchen for the Kitchen scenes but we we were not allowed permission to film there so the filming tomorrow will have to be postponed until a new suitable location can be found. As a group we will take on Monday and think about the alternate places we have. Adjustments will be made to our filming schedule on Craig's blog.

*Update* Greg has allowed us to use his kitchen so we now can film our main scenes and due to the short distance between Lauren's and Greg's house, it will allow easier transport of props, making it the ideal location.

Planning - Scenario

House Scene
Distributor and producers shown at the beginning of the scene we have decided on Paramount as the distributor and the producer is currently being decided and discussed. At the start the screen is black as the two company logos appear, there is the use of ambient sound in the form of footsteps in the background at which till the point whereby they will suddenly stop. There will be a brief couple of seconds pause, until the first camera shot a close up of the light switch being switched on which is also the signal of the beginning of the movie. Next the camera sweeps across a bench revealing an assortment of tools that range from simple bread knives the meat cleavers, these are being used to directly set the ominous feel of the scene but also to create enigma in that it will draw in the audience making them want to watch. The camera fragments to reveal the whole bench and the whole collection of tools. At this time we either will be playing a heartbeat that will have started from the sweep across the bench or show a radio being switched on and a piece of classical music playing over in the background. Next shot will reveal water tap being turned on and the protagonist washing his hands before he moves over the knives taking one of them to his finger and slicing it open, simply watching the blood trickle down his finger before bandaging it up. Now a sudden change of atmosphere a crazy fitz of the screen causing a face of a victim to be shown on a photograph. The back to the kitchen where the camera simply watches his footsteps to another bench before blood in seen dripping on the floor in tiny amounts. Camera focus on the blood on the floor lingers before moving to a shot of underneath his hands revealing his bloody rubber gloves and evidently something in his hand. Begins to prepare this unknown object with a knife, must be very brutal, the way the knife is sliced makes direct links to the way Dexter was filmed. Cooking it in red wine, use of the red wine clearly as of his taste for blood and the obvious connotations of blood to do with the colour, then sits down to eat there is slight glimpses of his meal but not excessive amounts. Then he goes to leave the house, and as he leaves there is a dead body clearly shown through the front door as if someone were looking in, it specifically being a women creating the motif for the character. Then a close up of the door being locked.

Outside Scene

Simple following scene, just concentrating on his bottom half specifically the boots. Until he arrives at a house, upon which a knock upon the door, comes to the door as she walks back into the hallway and out of sight and after she has invited him in, obvious consequence to this being he is a killer and a cannibal. Close up of the knife slips down his sleeve, turns around to check the street, finally a part of his face is shown when he shuts the door. camera focus's on the door, and begins to slowly zoom out, then a scream, black screen title of the movie appears.

Extras

Throughout the whole of this until the point where the killer enters the house there will be occasional fades to black whereby the names of people such as producers/directors/writers/actors excetera will appear.

Storyboard - Update

Here is our storyboard for our title sequence, illustrating our main idea we have for our project. Most of our shots so far rely on close ups to fit in with what Seven did, giving snippets of what the killer is doing but not full view of them nor his idenity.