Film Opening Mood Boards

Brief Film Overview

Quick summary of film opening:
Actor 1, Jasmine Haskins, is in her school dance studio doing her routine that gives her flashbacks to the time she was tormented. During her [contemporary] dance Jasmine goes through a series of flashbacks that show her running away in a wooded area. The jump cuts between flashbacks and the dancing begin to speed up and the running away progresses to Jasmine being pushed and hurt and lying injured on the forest floor. Through the entire sequence titles/credits will be shown, printed over the footage and 'Run Boy Run' will be played over the entire thing. (When the panting/ running is not being heard).

Genre of Film: Horror/Action

Where?

Portishead Lake-grounds' wooded area.

The film is going to be set around Portishead lake-ground's wooded areas and along nearby roads. We we also use shots from Gordano School's dance studio from both inside and on the out.

Gordano School.

Actors: Jasmine Haskins, Joe Davidson, Georgina Bell

Costume; 

Dance Studio- Simple t-shirt, black leggings, hair away from face. We chose a red t shirt for Jasmine to wear while she dances as it represents fear and bloody horror and also correlates the red cardigan she will be wearing in the outdoor shots of the film opening.

Outdoors- Casual clothing, black/white dress, red cardigan and black boots. We chose this as the red cardigan matches the red t shirt she was wearing in the dance scenes so the audience can see the flashbacks and that it is the same girl. Also because the red is a symbol of 'dark' things and implies she is running in fear.

Music/Sound effects- 'Run Boy Run' Woodkid, general sound from actors panting/running away.

Titles/Credits, Actor management

Below is an exploration of various fonts we were thinking of using for the main title of our film 'The Recall.' In the end we decided on 'The Goldsmith Vintage.'

We have also spent time deciding which fonts to write the credits in. Below are four fonts in one of our actor's names. We decided on 'Alex's Writing' for all the credits.

Our credit names that will appear in the opening will be as follows.

Producers/Directors: Lucy Taylor and Holly Haskins
Actors;
Jamie (Young girl) - Jasmine Haskins
Antagonist 1 - Georgina Bell
Antagonist 2 - Joe Davidson

Actor Management:

We chose the actors we did as we felt a young and physically small girl would be the best role for the 'victim' in our film opening. We used one of the producers sisters, Jasmine Haskins, as she fit the role and had experience doing short films and similar for school/college coursework. For the antagonist roles, we needed someone who was physically bigger than Jasmine and towered over her to create an intimidating presence. This would give the audience a clear sense of whose role was whose and who had power over the other.

Film Storyboard

Shot 1
Large title screen with production name; LHProductions
Shot 2
Title screen with film name 'The Recall'. (Edited/artistic graphology)
Shot 3 FW
Flash forward of actor 1 lead in forest, injured.
Shot 3
pan over school building/dance room. Muted sound as pupils get on with everyday life.
Shot 4
Close up on actor 1's feet dancing, bare feet, dance studio.
Shot 5
Neck down shot of dance studio and actor dancing, contemporary.
Shot 6
Long shot of actor dancing and moving around room. Overview of dance

Shot 7
Dancer still being shot (long shot) in dance studio, stumbles and stops.
Shot 8
Close up, zoomed in shot of actor 1's face, looking at floor/depressed. reminiscing
Shot 9
Continuation of actor 1 dancing
Shot 10
Flashback, cut to scene in forest. Frantically running away, looking back. (Actor 1)
Shot 11
Cuts back to dance studio, focus on facial expression. Continuation of dancing.
Shot 12
Long shot cut, pan over forested area/road.

Shot 13
Tracking shot, actor 1 running through wooded area.
Shot 14
In/out focus of actor one from behind tree.
Shot 15
Cut back to dance studio, actor 1 dancing.
Shot 16
Actor 1, injured, focus on facial distress.
Shot 17
Close up on actor 1's face, camera tracking around head shot.
Shot 18
Continuation of dancing, zoomed in shot of head/shoulders upwards.

Shot 19
High angle shot of actor 1 being pushed to ground, identity of actor 2 still hidden.
Shot 20
High angle shot of actor 1 distressed on ground.
Shot 21
Actor 1 lead on forest ground, bloody face/nose/injured.
Shot 22
Cut back to dance studio, actor 1 lead on floor in same position as last shot.

Timetable

Titles and Credits

Fonts for the titles of the movie.

These depend on the genre of the movie. Typically, designers and editors include colours that represent the mood/atmosphere of the film. For example, a gory movie may have a red theme. I looked into specific horror movie fonts for titles and here are a few examples.

The designer starts with finding/creating a font that relates to the film. Horror films will most likely have some variation of scary font such as scratchings, 'dripping' font to represent blood or a font that looks like it has sections missing or has been scratched off.

After finding the correct font, the designer will involve a colour palette that also emphasises the mood or atmosphere of the film. The colours of the title of the film are also usually contrasting to the background so it is bold and stands out more.

When all features are added together (Credits/involvements included) an advertisement or opening scenes for the film should look like this. 

Some examples of well known horror/action film titles are below:

Silence of the Lambs, a famous horror film. Bold and dark letters to give audience a sense of whats to come.

Hanna, an iconic drama/action film with bold, striking letters to emphasise the name.

This horror film focuses on the effect of blood splatters being used in the title screen, to enhance the fact that it is of horror genre and murder/gore is to come.

Horror Genre - Key Directors

Top 5 horror film directors and the films they have produced

Number 5 - Wes Craven

He began his career with the film The Last House on the Left which was a huge hit in the horror business. From there, Craven gave us The Hills Have Eyes and Deadly Blessing, right before he created one of the most iconic characters in horror movie history; Freddy Krueger. Featured in Nightmare on Elm Street. Craven also took part on helping with the Scream franchise. (Shown above).

Number 4 - Dario Argento

From 1970-1990, he made the films The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Cat O' Nine Tails, Suspiria, Inferno, Phenomena and Opera.

Number 3 - John Carpenter

Carpenter has done everything from Asian martial arts to sic-fi and comedy. his 1978 homage to Hitchcock, halloween that established his career. A visual stylist who could craft suspense from an unseen killer with a butcher knife in hand.

Number 2 - George Romero

George Romero deserves most credit for his contribution to the zombie film genre. Before this director, there was not much more than a voodoo after thought. Once Night of the Living Dead was once of his biggest hits. Romero also created the original cannibalistic corpse and all his 'Dead' films are iconic.

Number 1 - Alfred Hicthcock

One of the most iconic horror genre directors of all time, bringing us some of the most memorable films of all time. Such as Psycho, The Birds, and Frenzy. Films he directed that blurred the lines between thriller and terror include Strangers on a Train, Rear Window and Shadow of a Doubt.

http://www.popmatters.com/post/176112-the-13-greatest-horror-directors-of-all-time/P1/ 30/11/15