Film Opening Title Poll

This is the poll of our refined title ideas which we posted on our Facebook page. These results illustrates our audience feedback and displays that the most appealing title overall is 'Captive'. We have processed this feedback and taken it onto account, therefore decided to use the the chosen idea of 'Captive' as our title we will use in our film opening.

Risk Assessment

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Title Ideas

Talent Release (Kieran Panchal 9652)

MediaCollege.com

Location Scouting (Isaac Randall 9655)

FilmSourcing.com

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Location Release

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Timed Analysis - The Conjuring

0:00 - 0:07 - Screen cuts from black and a medium shot of a girl in a bed is shown. A loud knock on the door is heard (diegetic sound). As the girl wakes up and sits up there is a camera tilt following her movement.
0:07 - 0:16 - Another loud knock is heard and a long shot of a hallway is used where one girl opens a door and looks out in the foreground and another girl does the same in the background. When they open the doors the doors squeak.
0:16 - 0:25 - The same shot but from another camera angle at the other end of the hallway showing the girl who was previously in the foreground walk out and turn on a light. Then the girl who is now in the foreground walks out towards the door and the camera moves backwards following her movement.
0:25 - 0:35 - The first longshot is used again showing one of the girls walking towards the door, turn on the light and open the door. She then looks out of the door.
0:35 - 0:38 - A close up of the girl looking out the door
0:38 - 0:48 - A close up from the same level looking down at the floor where there is a piece of paper displaying 'miss me?'. The girl then picks it up and then there is a camera tilt following her standing up. 
0:48 - 0:50 - The same longshot as before is used and the girl looks back at the other. Then another loud knock is heard.
0:50 - 1:02 - A medium shot of the girl from a side on angle slowly going to open the door. An eerie non-diegetic sound is introduced. The girl then gasps and steps back.
1:02 - 1:06 - A close up shot of a doll is used with the camera slowly moving away from it. Dialogue is then introduced of one of the girl speaker later in time. The eerie music ends.
1:06 - 1:11 - A close up shot of the girl speaking matching and continuing the previous dialogue in a meeting.
1:11 - 1:19 - An extreme close up is used from a different side on angle with a man entering the frame with the camera still and replying to the girl. Then there is camera movement moving around the man's face. Then a different women's voice is heard and the man turns his head.
1:19 - 1:26 - A close up of a woman matching the previous voice panning back around to the man where he continues the conversation.
1:26 - 1:29 - A close up of the same doll as before is shown with the man continuing his dialogue over it.
1:29 - 1:34 - A longshot at an angle from the man and woman showing the two girls from the previous seconds and a man on the right sitting on a sofa. This establishes where the scene is taking place - in a lounge. The girl in the middle replies to the man.
1:34 - 1:40 - The same close up of the man is used again showing the woman in the background as he continues the conversation.
1:40 - 1:42 - A close up reaction shot of one of the girls.
1:42 - 1:44 - Another close up reaction shot but of the other girl.
1:44 - 1:50 - The same side on close up shot of the man with the woman in the background is used as one of the girls not in the shot asks a question. The camera then focusses on the woman as she replies.
1:50 - 1:54 - A longshot of the two girls and boy is used showing them listening - the camera slowing moves closer towards them. With the woman speaking over it.
1:54 - 1:57 - The same side on close up focussing on the woman is used as she continues her speech.
1:57 - 2:02 - A reaction shot of the three victims is used with eerie music being introduced once again.
2:02 - 2:03 - An extreme close up of the doll is used
2:03 - 2:04 - Then it finishes with a close up shot slightly further away from the doll

Timed Analysis - The Woman in Black Opening

 

0:12 - 0:22 - A close up shot of an empty china tea pot being tipped as if its pouring something into two smaller empty china cups. A click is heard from the contact made and mysterious background soundtrack is introduced.
0:22 - 0:25 - Close up of a child's hand to Tipping the small china cups into a dolls mouth.
0:26 - 0:28 - Another close up similar to the previous, but from a different camera angle.
0:29 - 0:33 - An establishing shot displaying three young girls sitting on the floor of a bedroom playing together with their dolls. 
0:33-0:35 - A Close up of a girl brushing a dolls hair.
0:36-0:37 - A Close up of girl's hands tucking another doll into a small replica bed.
0:38-0:39 - A Medium Shot showing two young girl characters smiling whilst one of the girls tips a small china cup.
0:40 - 0:42 - A Medium shot of another young girl continuing to play with her dolls.
0:43 - 0:44 - A low camera angle is used from the level of the dolls, once again showing the three girls playing with them- Only hands visible
0.45 - 0:52 - A long shot from a high camera angle is now used looking down upon the three girls in the room and them staring into the camera . There is also a slight change in the background soundtrack.
0:52-0:54 - A Long shot of the three girls sitting down from another low camera angle. They also slowly turn their heads and look the other way
0:56 - 0.57 - A shot of three windows including a slow camera movement- moving slowly towards the windows
0:58-0:59 - A Medium shot of the girls staring at the window as they start to stand up.
0:59:1:00 - Action match medium shot of two of the girls standing up still looking at the window.
1:01 - A Close Up focussing on one of the girl shoes as she stands up.
1:02-1:04 - A Close Up shot of one of the girls holding a small china cup and dropping it.
1:04-1:05 - Action match is used from a low camera angle showing the china cup smashing.
1:06 - 1:07 - A close up showing two of the girls starting to walk, heading towards the window.
1:07 - A close up of a cup being stood on.
1:08-1:09- A close up of doll's head being stood on.
1:10 - 1:16 - A medium shot of the three girls walking towards the camera as the camera is moving with them.
1:17 - 1:20 - A Long Shot from behind the girls showing them step onto the window ledge and begin to open the window.
1:21 - 1:23 - An action match close up of a girls' hand opening the window.
1:24 - 1:36 - A long shot showing the girls standing up on the window and in slow motion they all jump out together. A couple of seconds after a scream is heard (presumably a mothers')
1:37 - 1:39 - A close up of one of the dolls faces and you can hear the mother screaming 'my babies'
1:40 - 1:43 - A High angle long shot is used showing the room and then the screen fades to white.

Audio Permission

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Brief Story Structural Outline

Genre: Horror
Protagonist: 20 year old boy, photographer

Brief opening outline:
A boy wakes up tied to a chair, disorientated and confused in an abandoned, derelict setting.
We watch him struggle and scream for help whilst lots of short 2-3 second flashbacks of him are shown, previously walking around the area taking photographs, constantly cutting back to the scene in the present. In the final flashback we discover how he has arrived in his current situation. We uncover his by seeing a shot of him looking into a stream and a black hood being put over his head in the reflection before cutting to black. There is darkness in the room. There are three quick flashes showing the boy in the chair. In the first flash a young girl appears behind him. In the two next flashes the girl gets closer to the boy in the chair. Cuts to the title.

Story outline/relevance to opening:
Following the opening we see a new group of teenagers arrive at the location on halloween intending to stay there for the night. The remainder of the plot follows the teenagers on their night out, each of them disappearing one by one. The goal is for the remaining teenagers to survive whilst trying to discover the whereabouts of their friends and to look for an escape route. The audience will realise that the person who is responsible for the disappearance of the teenagers is the boy who originally gets kidnapped in the opening of the film. Therefore we also realise that the young girl, who briefly appears in the opening, was also once a victim.

Classifications Of Films

U

U stands for Universal. This means that there is almost nothing deemed unsuitable for the viewing of children, and that the viewer will be fit for audience  of all ages.

• Language - only very mild bad language (e.g damn, hell)
• Sexual Content - kissing or cuddling and there may be references to sexual behaviour. However, there will be no overt focus on sexual behaviour, language 
• Violence -  will generally be very mild. It may include brief fight/scary scenes or moments where characters are placed in danger. however, these scenes will be balanced by reassuring elements, such as comic interludes or music.
• Drugs -  Drugs would not feature in a U film unless they were being included for educational purposes.

PG

PG stands for Parental Guidance. This means a film is suitable for general viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. A PG film should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older. 

• Language - There may be mild bad language (such as ‘shit’ or ‘son of a bitch’)
• Sexual Content - Sex references are unlikely unless they are undetailed and infrequent.
• Violence - Violence will usually be mild. It normally includes no detail of violence, so there might be some blood, we would not see how the injury was inflicted in strong detail. Violence is generally more acceptable in a historical, comedic or fantasy setting, because of the distancing that this provides.
• Drugs - There might be low level references to illegal drugs or drugs misuse, although there should be no strong focus on this. But it could be included for educational purposes.

 12/12A

Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult.

• Language - strong language (e.g. 'f***') may be passed at 12 or 12A
• Sexual Content - Sex may be briefly and discreetly portrayed at 12A or 12. Verbal sex references should not go beyond what is suitable for young teenagers. 
• Violence - Moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted. Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12A or 12, and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily accessible to 12 year olds (such as knives) should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works.

• Drugs -  There may be infrequent sight of drugs misuse in a 12A or a 12 but the portrayal should not be glamorised or provide instructional detail.

15

No-one under 15 is allowed to see a 15 film at the cinema or buy/rent a 15 rated video. 15 rated works are not suitable for children under 15 years of age.

• Language - There could potentially be a great deal. At 15 there is no upper limit on the number of uses of strong language (e.g. ‘f***’).
  Occasionally there may be uses of the strongest terms (e.g. 'c***')
• Sexual Content - At 15 sexual activity can be portrayed, but usually without strong detail. Some sex scenes can be quite long at this category. Though nudity may be allowed in a sexual context there will usually be no strong detail. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.

• Violence - May be strong. It should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury, however, and the strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable.
• Drugs - At 15 drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.
  The misuse of easily accessible and highly dangerous substances like aerosols or solvents is unlikely to be acceptable at 15.

18

Films rated 18 are for adults. No-one under 18 is allowed to see an 18 film at the cinema or buy / rent an 18 rated video. No 18 rated works are suitable for children.

• Language - There is no limit on the number of uses of strong (e.g. 'f***') or even very strong language (e.g. ‘c***’) which can be passed at 18. Uses could be aggressive, directed, frequent or accompanied by strong violence.
• Sexual Content - There can be strong and detailed portrayals of sex at 18, including full nudity. There are no constraints on nudity in a non-sexual or educational context.
• Violence - Violence can be strong and be portrayed with strong detail. There may even be dwelling on the infliction of pain or injury, or scenes of strong sadistic or sexual violence.
• Drugs - Drug taking may be shown but the work as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse.

Shot Types

Blood Orange - Production Company Animation

Shot Type Examples

Extreme Close up - Victim's eyes
Close up - Dolls and accessories around the location
Close up Low Level (ground shot) - Feet walking
High angle establishing shot - Corner of a room