All - Last One Standing Cut

The sound was composed for us by John Cockshaw, we gave him a list of things we wanted and he composed them, we gave him feedback and helped him along the way. Unfortunately we couldn't create the radio effect so went with a simple soundtrack which works really well with the film.




Feedback:

All - Idents

This is the ident for Thornsell Distributions. We created it on livetype, we made the background ourself by flicking food colouring onto a white sheet of paper, this was to get the effect of blood splattering.   We also put background music into it, this is an old horror film type sound and goes really well with the writing. 



Untitled from Jess Thorne on Vimeo.














This is the ident for Untitled Productions. We again created in on livetype, we tried to get a heartbeat effect with the sound and animations, so we got the heartbeat to be in sync with the pulsation of the writing. 



Untitled from Jess Thorne on Vimeo.

All - Second rough cut

All - Creating Fake Blood

GM - Research on low budget film distributors

Republic Pictures

• They are an independent film productions-distribution corporation with studio facilities.
• Created by Herbert J. Yates, a long time investor in film and music properties and founder and president of Consolidated Film Industries.
• Republic was the result of a union of six smaller Poverty Row studios.
• It operated from 1934 until 1959 and was relaunched in 1986
• Best know for its specialisation in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action.
• Was responsible for financing a Shakespeare film, Orson Welles’ Macbeth (1948) and several John Ford films during the 1940s and early 1950s
• Developed the careers and star status of John Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers
• In its early years it was sometimes labelled a ‘poverty row’ company due to its primary products being B movies and serials
• However Republic often showed more interest in these types of films, therefore provided larger budgets than many of the larger studios were doing, and certainly more than other independents were able to.
• They produced many ‘hillbilly’ and rural musicals and comdies featuring Bob Burns, the Weaver Brothers and Judy Canova that were popular in various areas of the United States.
• Republic made most of its films in black and white however it occasionally would produce a higher-budget film such as The Red Pony (1949)
• During the late 1940s and 1950s, Yates utilized a low-cost Cinecolor type process called Trucolor in many of his films, notably Johnny Guitar (1954)
• In 1956 Republic came up with their own widescreen film process, Naturama with The Maverick Queen as the first film made in the process
• Was one of the first Hollywood studios to offer its film library to television
• In 1951 they agreed with Hollywood Television Service to sell screening rights in its vintage westerns and action thrillers. Many of these films were edited to fit in a one hour television slot
• It became apparent that Republic was well suited for television series production however the company did not have the finances or vision to do so
• As the demand and market for B-pictures declined, Republic began to cut back, slowing the production from 40 features a year in the early 1950s to 18 in 1957.

The most celebrated of Republics serials 'The Adventures of Captain Marvel' film serial

Today, CBS Television Studios owns most ancillary rights to Republic’s television output while sharing the copyrights with Republic. The theatrical side is owned outright by Viacom’s Paramount Pictures. The television distribution of the Republic theatrical films is by Trifecta Entertainment & Media (under license from Paramount)

All - Audience

Our film opening is aimed at teenagers, specifically 15 years of age or above, up to people in their mid 20s. This is because the characters are of a similar age to the audience so they will be able to relate to a night out with friends, messing about which could intensify the horror making it more realistic. If I had to give it a BBFC rating I would give it a 12 because according to http://www.bbfc.co.uk 

Horror of moderate or physical threat may be permitted, provided disturbing scenes are not frequent or sustained. Nudity is allowed but in sexual context must be brief and discreet. Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood but occasional gore moments may be permitted if justified by the context.

However after conducting more research on existing film rating of this genre we have made more structured ideas about how our film would continue.  Our film opening is quite tame in comparison to the rest of the film so we have reconsidered our overall rating, not just basing it on the opening we have created. Our overall rating would be 15 films that are 15 rated as well are:

1. The Exorcist

2. The Shining

3. Poltergeist

4. The Entity

5. Estigma

6. Sixth Sense

7. The Others

8. Carrie

9. A Nightmare on Elm Street (the first one)

10. Psicosis

11. Evil Dead

12. Scream

13. Grudge

14. Hostel

15. The Ring

Our film would include scenes of violence but wouldn't show pain or injury so cannot be counted as a 18 rated movie. Also nudity is permitted but not too much, which is similar to our opening two minutes and strong language  is permitted, within our opening two minutes the actress blasphemed by saying "oh my God" in the woods scene, this indicates that the overall film should be a 15. 






Here are some films within the 21st century that have been rated 18


Friday the 13th

(Marcus Nispel, 2009)

Budget: $19,000,000

USA Box Office: $64,997,188
UK Box Office: £1,955,271



BBFC Rating - 18 

All the boys love Mandy Lane

(Jonathan Levine, 2006) (8mins 25secs)

Budget: $750,000

USA Box Office: $41,000

BBFC Rating - 18 

Babysitter Wanted

(Jonas Barnes, 2008)

Budget: N/A

USA Box Office: N/A

UK Box Office: N/A

BBFC Rating - 18 




Nightmare on Elm Street 2010


BBFC Rating - 18 


My soul to take (2010)


BBFC Rating - 18

All - Podcast 4

All - Podcast 3

JT - Sounds for Last One Standing

So far we have got rid of all the diegetic sound within the house but kept the woods parts. We are also thinking about non-diegetic sound such as a radio playing.

So to make our idea more clear we are considering having a radio playing instead of music. The radio will be a newsflash saying "1 year today that the girls went into the local woods and tragically only 1 survived, but it is still an ongoing mystery". This helps anchor the date of the film and makes it more understandable for the audience

JT - Feedback for Last One Standing rough cuts

In our first initial rough cut, we got feedback off two fellow media students Becky Wholley and Hannah Ferreria.

• They said that the initial idea is good but the idea wasn't clear enough for the woods part because it doesn't have any transactions or effects on (we solved this by putting the woods scenes in black and white and also having transactions , such as a t.v fuzz to signify it's a home movie)
• Also to make our idea more clear we are considering having a radio playing instead of music, the radio will say something along the lines of "1 year today that the girls went into the local woods and tragically only 1 survived, but it is still an ongoing mystery".
• They said that the sounds need editing (we over came this by getting rid of all the diegetic sound within the house but keeping the woods parts. We are also thinking about non-diegetic sound such as a radio playing).
• More distinction of characters so the audience know's who the girl is in the woods
• But overall it is good, and the shots creating the effect that someone is approaching the house is good

When me and Gina got further feedback on Last One Standing and the main comment that was coming up was that our final girl Ellie, looks more like a scream queen because she poses infront of the mirror, is bossy in the woods and the shots reveal her good physique (revealing) so therefore seems more like a typical scream queen (although she has brown hair, which we could challenge the stereotypical role of scream queen).


Katie: Not clear that it is a flashback of the girl in the bath and what the flash back is actually supposed to show. The shots that were used through the front door when ellie was walking to the bathroom made it seem as though the bathroom was downstairs, however this was confusing as there is a shot after that shows the light upstairs being turned on. After watching a second rough cut once some editing had been done, I didn't think this anymore.

Ruby: no water in the bath, needs a lot more editing

JT - Titles for Last One Standing

Mine and Gina's initial ideas are

• Red (signify blood) titles appearing on the black parts of the screen, and appear on the bottom of the screen
• White titles on a black parts of the screen (binary opposites) to show good and evil between the characters

These are the possible fonts for our titles

Possible colour scheme