Week 5 Posting (Finished the Gravestones)

The first prop for our film opening has been completed. We made these gravestones by buying 4 square pieces of styrofoam then cutting them to be rounded at the top. Next we spray-painted multiple layers of grey spray-paint to make it look like real stone. Once dry, we wrote the names of each family member with their DOB and DOD. We finished the prop by putting wooden skewers in side them to be able to stand up in the ground.

Week 5 Posting (Getting materials for the Props)

We just went out as a group and purchased the wood and other materials needed to create the sign that will be in the film opening. We plan on making the sign how we have it below with the main part hanging off on the top by ropes. The supports will also be in the other direction to support the weight of the sign. This sign will be used to establish the situation of the scene and we plan on doing an establishing shot of it.

Week 4 Posting (Getting close to filming)

We are planning on filming during the week next week and of we cannot work out times or a change in a scene occurs we will have to push at least some of the filming to the week after. We plan on filming each scene on a different day and potentially the first two (the graveyard scene and the dead on the floor scene) on the same day. Also, we have made a slight modification in that scene in whuch we will have police lights showing that it is a crime scene.

Week 4 Posting (Group Meetings)

In yesterdays class we met with different groups and discussed our projects. The groups were 4-5 people in size and had people from different groups only. When talking about my group's project they told me that we must make it clear that the first scene of the movie is towards the end of the movie chronologically. I came up with a solution to this by making sure the date of death on the gravestones are highlighted and when we are moving into the first scene we will have a shot of a calendar clearly showing the date. I also received advice to obscure the symbol on the peoples foreheads so it isn't to straight forwards. This cal be done my putting someones hair for example slightly over it. Overall, these group meetings were very helpful in reflecting on our project and accepting criticism and improvements.

Week 4 Posting (The Title)

My group and I have decided to call the film IDENTITY. We chose this title because we want to make the story about the kid that kills his family specifically, why he does it and what he does after it.

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This is how we picture our title looking on the title screen. We haven't decided if we are going to change the E to a different color on the title screen. We believe that this will draw attention to the E which is what we want.

Week 4 Posting (The Symbol)

As I have mentioned in previous blogs, we want to have a symbol that is put on each of the victims foreheads. We have worked out that we want to have the symbol to be a backwards E

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We haven't quite worked out the font of it, however we do want it to be different than a typical front. This symbol is going to be a main part of our film so we must make it recognizable  rather than looking just like a backwards letter.

Week 3 Posting (Fonts)

 After looking through many fonts our group has come up with a few options that might work for the credits. These fonts are to the point and will accomplish the goal of credits. However, the title for our title will be different.
 Credits

EB Garamond

Credits

Courier New

Credits

Merriweather

Credits

Oswald

Personally, I am leaning towards courier new because of the fact that it is rounded and not so squared off. This gives off less of a corporate feel.