We were given a tutorial on Final Cut Pro, so we could get used to the software and learn how to use it.
Here is a link to a FINAL CUT PRO TUTORIAL:
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
LOGO IDEAS
These are some of our original logo ideas. We photoshoped an image of a crystal to make it different colours. However in the end we decided that these was to simple and used another logo that encorparated the name of our logo.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Movie Posters
The Script For Our Film 'Violet'
EXT. WOODS – DUSK
THE EERIE SOUND OF THE NURSERY RHYME “RING-A-RING A ROSES” AS BELLA THOMAS AND VIOLET SING WHILE SITTING IN THE WOODS
Bella Thomas is around the age of five. Her short blonde hair and big blue eyes emphasize the innocence contained within her face. Her face looks content as she sits with Violet. She wears a pink dress with a jumper and tights. She looks like the modern day young girl.
Violet is a similar age to Bella if not slightly older. Her face is abnormally pale and cold looking. She has a creepy aura around her, which would affect any adult; however Bella Thomas is not affected by it. She holds a pair of rusty scissors and a Barbie. She cuts off body parts while singing and drops them around her.
There lies a pile of dolls between and around them. Some are dissembled, while others are whole. Tall towering trees surround them; they are in the neck of the woods. It is almost pitch black.
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS AND HARD BREATHING is heard as Kate Thomas is running through the same woods. She holds a torch in her hand and her gentle eyes show a panicked look. Her blonde hair flies around her face in the wind. Despite her obvious panic she looks beautiful and incredibly likeable. She searches the woods frantically with her eyes.
KATE
(Anxiously)
Bella! Bella!
Kate Thomas hears the singing of “Ring-A-Ring a Roses”. Upon hearing this, her face softens slightly and she slows her jog to a brisk walk. She follows the voice and soon sees a girl in the distance of the woods sitting alone. She shines her torch at her and sees it is Bella. Kate’s face becomes obviously worried as she observes the rusty scissors and destroyed dolls. Bella continues to sing.
BELLA
Hi Mummy.
KATE
What are you doing out here? You know you can’t go out here alone. Never do that to me again. Ok?
Bella looks confused and upset at her mother’s sudden rashness and anger.
BELLA
I’m just playing.
Kate’s concern continues to grow on her face. She is disturbed and worried by what she just saw.
KATE
Come on. We’re going home.
She smiles and waves at Violet, but to Kate she is saying goodbye to nothingness.
Kate picks up Bella and holds her tightly. She cradles her head and looks into her eyes. She slowly walks to the outskirts of the woods. A house comes into view. It’s large and of the Tudor era. The lighting of the interior contrasts against the dark outdoors. The house is surrounded by woods and isolated from any cities or towns.
Violet is in view again. She is sitting alone in the same spot we last saw her. She stands slowly. Her black hair covers her face in the wind. The innocence of her eyes is replaced with anger. Her white dress flows around her feet and blows in the wind. She slowly walks in the direction of Kate and Bella. Her walk has an odd air of determination and evil despite her age.
THE EERIE SOUND OF THE NURSERY RHYME “RING-A-RING A ROSES” AS BELLA THOMAS AND VIOLET SING WHILE SITTING IN THE WOODS
Bella Thomas is around the age of five. Her short blonde hair and big blue eyes emphasize the innocence contained within her face. Her face looks content as she sits with Violet. She wears a pink dress with a jumper and tights. She looks like the modern day young girl.
Violet is a similar age to Bella if not slightly older. Her face is abnormally pale and cold looking. She has a creepy aura around her, which would affect any adult; however Bella Thomas is not affected by it. She holds a pair of rusty scissors and a Barbie. She cuts off body parts while singing and drops them around her.
There lies a pile of dolls between and around them. Some are dissembled, while others are whole. Tall towering trees surround them; they are in the neck of the woods. It is almost pitch black.
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS AND HARD BREATHING is heard as Kate Thomas is running through the same woods. She holds a torch in her hand and her gentle eyes show a panicked look. Her blonde hair flies around her face in the wind. Despite her obvious panic she looks beautiful and incredibly likeable. She searches the woods frantically with her eyes.
KATE
(Anxiously)
Bella! Bella!
Kate Thomas hears the singing of “Ring-A-Ring a Roses”. Upon hearing this, her face softens slightly and she slows her jog to a brisk walk. She follows the voice and soon sees a girl in the distance of the woods sitting alone. She shines her torch at her and sees it is Bella. Kate’s face becomes obviously worried as she observes the rusty scissors and destroyed dolls. Bella continues to sing.
BELLA
Hi Mummy.
KATE
What are you doing out here? You know you can’t go out here alone. Never do that to me again. Ok?
Bella looks confused and upset at her mother’s sudden rashness and anger.
BELLA
I’m just playing.
Kate’s concern continues to grow on her face. She is disturbed and worried by what she just saw.
KATE
Come on. We’re going home.
She smiles and waves at Violet, but to Kate she is saying goodbye to nothingness.
Kate picks up Bella and holds her tightly. She cradles her head and looks into her eyes. She slowly walks to the outskirts of the woods. A house comes into view. It’s large and of the Tudor era. The lighting of the interior contrasts against the dark outdoors. The house is surrounded by woods and isolated from any cities or towns.
Violet is in view again. She is sitting alone in the same spot we last saw her. She stands slowly. Her black hair covers her face in the wind. The innocence of her eyes is replaced with anger. Her white dress flows around her feet and blows in the wind. She slowly walks in the direction of Kate and Bella. Her walk has an odd air of determination and evil despite her age.
My Group
My group for the horror film, is Me, Ruby, Anna and Adam.
We have come up with some good ideas for are horror film, mainly adapting Ruby's idea of the film 'Violet'.
We are having some problems agreeing things, but we are generally working well as a group
We have come up with some good ideas for are horror film, mainly adapting Ruby's idea of the film 'Violet'.
We are having some problems agreeing things, but we are generally working well as a group
Top 10 Horror Films
10. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
Yeeeesh. When you think you've become jaded, when you think you've seen it all, and that nothing you could possibly see in a movie could bother you -- please, by all means, watch this movie. After seeing hours of stylized, glossy, slicked-up violence dished out by the Jasons and Freddy's of the silver screen, this movie is a real fucking wake-up call. Disturbingly realistic in a flat, stark, almost documentary-like style, there is absolutely nothing glamorous about this movie. It will mess you up bad. Worth seeing, but really, really, unsetlling. See it with a friend who won't hate you for making them watch it.
9. Dead Ringers (1988)
Easily one of the best films by David Cronenberg, the most twisted and messed-up director I know (I love his work). I almost hesitate to call this a horror film; it doesn't have the trappings of a traditional horror film, doesn't have the pacing of one. What it does do is slowly unfold the unsettling, disturbing breakdown of two identical twins, both expertly played by Jeremy Irons with the aid of some flawless split-screen work.
8. 28 Days Later (2002)
It never occurred to me that the director of Trainspotting would ever turn his hand to reinventing the zombie genre, but he certainly did -- he took everything that works about it and stripped away everything else, investing what remains with an amazing depth of compassion for his characters, a sweeping sense of scale for what the world has lost.
7. The Shining (1980)
I've had a recent conversion experience over this one. I'd seen it on video, and I always used to find it kind of boring -- but I got talked into seeing it on the big screen, and I finally got it. It really needs a cinema screen to convey the sense of scale and isolation, and now I love it. (I still think Jack Torrance's slow descent into madness would seem more convincing if they hadn't cast Jack Nicholson, who seems a little unhinged at the start of the movie, but what the hell.)
6. The Ring (2002)
I don't remember the last time I was this scared in a movie theater. The original version isn't as good, in some respects -- both of them have their plot holes and leaps of logic, but the original's Sadako is even more creepy and terrifying than the remake's Samara, if you can believe that.
5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
I saw the 1990 remake long before I ever saw the original, and for quite a while, I honestly thought I prefered the remake, at least partly because it has the talents of the incomparable Tony Todd and Babylon 5's Patricia Tallman behind it. But when it came time to compile this list, I realized that only one of the two had really managed to burn its images into my brain, and that was the original. The original may feel a little stilted and dated in some ways compared to the remake, but it's got a power to it that just can't be denied.
4. Dark Water (2002)
The American remake is a perfectly serviceable little film, and has some decent scares in it, but t
he original Japanese film is really, really unsettling. I had a hard time going into elevators after seeing it. And I never thought I'd be quite so scared of a little pink backpack.
3. Audition (1999)
Okay, I'm going to make kind of an anti-recommendation here, okay? If you're just looking through this list because you're looking for something kind of scary for a date, or for a party, don't -- don't pick this one, all right? Physically brutal, psychologically off-kilter, this movie is fairly brilliant -- but don't see it unless you're sure you really want to.
2.The Haunting (1963)
What can I possibly say about this movie that could convey the creepy feeling it provides? In some ways, this movie is a little stilted and dated, but no other film has ever really matched its atmosphere of oppression and dread. The characters are well-drawn, neurotic and compelling; the house really feels haunted, with shifting perspectives and weird trappings; and the writers and directors had the sense to know that what we don't see is much, much worse than anything they could put on the screen. (Too bad the makers of the 1999 remake couldn't figure that out. Avoid the remake as if your life depended on it.)
1. Hellraiser (1987)
For me, nothing else comes close. The directing debut of my favorite author, Clive Barker, Hellraiser is a charming little tale of passions taken too far; it's a movie that isn't afraid to show gore, but does so for a reason. Hellraiser is an intelligent, thoughtful film, that sets up its own logic, its own reality, and its own mythology. Strikingly innovative, it raised the bar for horror films.
Yeeeesh. When you think you've become jaded, when you think you've seen it all, and that nothing you could possibly see in a movie could bother you -- please, by all means, watch this movie. After seeing hours of stylized, glossy, slicked-up violence dished out by the Jasons and Freddy's of the silver screen, this movie is a real fucking wake-up call. Disturbingly realistic in a flat, stark, almost documentary-like style, there is absolutely nothing glamorous about this movie. It will mess you up bad. Worth seeing, but really, really, unsetlling. See it with a friend who won't hate you for making them watch it.
9. Dead Ringers (1988)
Easily one of the best films by David Cronenberg, the most twisted and messed-up director I know (I love his work). I almost hesitate to call this a horror film; it doesn't have the trappings of a traditional horror film, doesn't have the pacing of one. What it does do is slowly unfold the unsettling, disturbing breakdown of two identical twins, both expertly played by Jeremy Irons with the aid of some flawless split-screen work.
8. 28 Days Later (2002)
It never occurred to me that the director of Trainspotting would ever turn his hand to reinventing the zombie genre, but he certainly did -- he took everything that works about it and stripped away everything else, investing what remains with an amazing depth of compassion for his characters, a sweeping sense of scale for what the world has lost.
7. The Shining (1980)
I've had a recent conversion experience over this one. I'd seen it on video, and I always used to find it kind of boring -- but I got talked into seeing it on the big screen, and I finally got it. It really needs a cinema screen to convey the sense of scale and isolation, and now I love it. (I still think Jack Torrance's slow descent into madness would seem more convincing if they hadn't cast Jack Nicholson, who seems a little unhinged at the start of the movie, but what the hell.)
6. The Ring (2002)
I don't remember the last time I was this scared in a movie theater. The original version isn't as good, in some respects -- both of them have their plot holes and leaps of logic, but the original's Sadako is even more creepy and terrifying than the remake's Samara, if you can believe that.
5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
I saw the 1990 remake long before I ever saw the original, and for quite a while, I honestly thought I prefered the remake, at least partly because it has the talents of the incomparable Tony Todd and Babylon 5's Patricia Tallman behind it. But when it came time to compile this list, I realized that only one of the two had really managed to burn its images into my brain, and that was the original. The original may feel a little stilted and dated in some ways compared to the remake, but it's got a power to it that just can't be denied.
4. Dark Water (2002)
The American remake is a perfectly serviceable little film, and has some decent scares in it, but t
he original Japanese film is really, really unsettling. I had a hard time going into elevators after seeing it. And I never thought I'd be quite so scared of a little pink backpack.3. Audition (1999)
Okay, I'm going to make kind of an anti-recommendation here, okay? If you're just looking through this list because you're looking for something kind of scary for a date, or for a party, don't -- don't pick this one, all right? Physically brutal, psychologically off-kilter, this movie is fairly brilliant -- but don't see it unless you're sure you really want to.
2.The Haunting (1963)
What can I possibly say about this movie that could convey the creepy feeling it provides? In some ways, this movie is a little stilted and dated, but no other film has ever really matched its atmosphere of oppression and dread. The characters are well-drawn, neurotic and compelling; the house really feels haunted, with shifting perspectives and weird trappings; and the writers and directors had the sense to know that what we don't see is much, much worse than anything they could put on the screen. (Too bad the makers of the 1999 remake couldn't figure that out. Avoid the remake as if your life depended on it.)
1. Hellraiser (1987)
For me, nothing else comes close. The directing debut of my favorite author, Clive Barker, Hellraiser is a charming little tale of passions taken too far; it's a movie that isn't afraid to show gore, but does so for a reason. Hellraiser is an intelligent, thoughtful film, that sets up its own logic, its own reality, and its own mythology. Strikingly innovative, it raised the bar for horror films.
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