Q3

Our production company is called Burton Production, we chose this as our production company as they are a small company that produce new and exciting films at a low budget. This is our logo.  We did this as it symbolises and represents us capturing the world, shows that we can do anything to get the best shots and best productions for our audience.  The main inspiration for our logo was universal pictures, as we made our logo very similar to theirs as we also used the universe however we changed the rest of the image and the location of the name of the company.
 

 

Our logo is a just a plain camera however the unique feature is that in the lens of the camera is the world along with the writing with says Burton productions. The black of the camera is to contrast with the other colours of the world, it gives a background to the rest of the colours. It gives the audience something to look at as it doesn’t have too many colours in it or too much going on, it is simple yet effective so that our audience will remember it without it being too bold and in their faces.

 

A production company helps to make a film, it helps with funding, scheduling, casting, scripting etc. it helps to look after the making of the film from when it is just an initial idea to when it is finished, they help with everything and without a production company a film couldn’t be made. They have to find a director and most of the actors needed for the main characters. They are also responsible for anything that goes wrong during the filming, whether that is that an actor gets injured or property gets damaged.

 

The distributor that we have chosen to use is Eon productions. We chose to use this as our distributor as they are based in the UK which is where the filming took place and where it is all based. Having the distributors in the UK meant that it was easy for us to communicate with them and not having a time difference meant that it was easier as well. Arranging meetings was easier as well as it was easy to talk to the distributer and easy to sort out a time and date and make sure that everyone that needs to turn up can get there.  They are a good and well known distributor as they made the various bond films and they have a very good reputation for producing famous thriller films. They have a new budget to spend on producing thriller films. Eon productions have been responsible for a number of successful and well known films including the James bond series of films. They were founded in 1961 by Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. Eon productions have been behind all 24 of the bond films and linked in with that they are also responsible for the name of some of the video games that are linked to James bond. All of the James bond films that they have produced have been very successful which has been why they have produced so many. We chose them and we thought they would be a very good production company to use because the James bond films are of a similar genre to our thriller, also they are a well know distributor so then a large audience could see and watch our film.

 

Most of the funding would have come from the production company but also from the personal savings of the people behind the idea from the film, they could also find funding from other sources. Investors and stakeholders also provide funding as they put money towards the movie and they get back a percentage of the profits that the film makes.

 

We wanted the make sure that we named everyone in the titles in a conventional order and in an order that reflected their importance in the making, producing, or character role in the film. We had to include the companies involved with the film first as they had the most importance. Then we had to include the director as he has the main influence in the making of the film. Then we included the actors in order of their importance in the film and how influential their role is in the plot of the film. We used the names being put in the titles as an opportunity to show that character or person, however this only applied to the actors so we made sure that the first time the character was shown was the time when the actors name appeared so that the audience can put a name to a face.

 

 

Sam thistlewood was our cinematographer, our co-editor and our typography editor. We chose Sam for these roles as he has a steady hand and he knows how to use a camera well so he was appointed as cinematographer. Sam also has a basic understanding of editing so he will help out with any editing. He knows how to use cinema 4D which he will use to add the typography after the edit.

Sam Hargrave was our producer, editor and sound engineer. He was chosen for these roles as he is a good leader and is very well organised so he would make a good producer. Sam has a very good understanding of editing therefore he is our editor. He also knows a bit about sound and working with it whilst editing so he will be in charge of all of the sound.

Tom Branch was our casting director, mise-en-scene director and costume designer. Tom was picked for the role of casting director as he knows what he wants people to do. Tom has a good understanding of how props should be arranged in the shot and he knows what props we need so he is the mise-en- scene director. He is also the costume designer because he knows what people should be wearing in the scenes.

Glen Burton was our director, script writer and lighting director. He was picked for these roles as he has a very good vision of how he wants this production to turn out so we appointed him as the director. He is also the script writer for the same reasons. Glen is the lighting director because he knows how the lighting affects the mood of the scene.

 

 

Our film is very similar to the walking dead, lone survivor, the Bourne series and taken. All of these films were high profile and were greatly advertised before their release. The producers had to make sure that they would get the amount of sales that they wanted to get a good amount of profit and so that they get back at least what they spent on producing and making the film. We had to make sure that we got the right publicity to do this we had to look at what the real distribution companies do and how they make sure their films are out there for the public to see.  The most common film distributors in the UK are lions gate, Colombian pictures, 20^th century fox, Paramount Pictures, universal pictures.

 

The plot of our opening scenes is that the man that is hiding in the construction yard is on the run from a group of soldiers that have been hired by an agency to hunt and kill the man, in the opening titles we don’t learn any of the characters names. The soldiers arrive via a car, they then all get out the vehicle and they begin to search the area whilst the wanted man hears them and begins to pack up all of his stuff. As the soldiers have searched everywhere but the building that the man is in they breach into the room and find that the man has already left and they were too late, you then see the man running away into the dark, this is where the titles end and the film itself begins to start.   

 

The opening titles from the walking dead are very similar to ours and from there’s is where we got most of our inspiration, they use the same as us and they show different scenes for a few seconds so that the audience can see a building, item  or place that will be featured in that season of the show. Showing small glimpses of the show makes the audience intrigued because they want to see more of the show to see how each location and each item links in with the rest of the programme. We also got the idea to put the names of the actors, director, producers etc. in the titles as this is what the walking dead do.