Additional Credit Planning

Adding to Billys initial planning of what the credits will include I looked at some of examples opening credits.

From this I was able to see that a majority of the credits were the actors involved in the film however there were also crucial members of the film production team.
The ones that related to our film were;

• Casted by (Billy Stocker, Chloe Fielder)
• Costume Designer (Charlie Hall)
• Co-producer (Billy Stocker)
• Sound Producer (Billy Stocker)
• Music Director (Sarah Gilchrist)
• Editor (Chloe Fielder, Billy Stocker, Sarah Gilchrist, Charlie Hall)
• Production Designer (Charlie Hall)
• Executive Producer (Chloe Fielder)
• Produced by (Sarah Gilchrist, Charlie Hall)
• Screen play written by (Billy Stocker, Charlie Hall)
• Directed by (Billy Stocker)
• Art Director (Chloe Fielder)

ideas for trailers and posters

ideas for trailers and posters

these films have a similar story line to our film as they both have schizophrenic girls in them who become delusional and start to hallucinate and go delirious and insane.

Credit idea's and research

Charlie Hall played our only character at the started of the opening. So we will have put that in the opening credits as; Starring Charlie Hall

We then need to show who was the production team and what role did they play in creating our thriller!
Here is a rough exsample:
Filmed and directed by Billy Stocker
Edited by Chloe F and Sarah G
Music By Billy S and Sarah G

Then we need to say the production company and there logo (the long road film company) 

Futher Costume Commentary

As mentioned before, the girl in our thriller wears a white dress to connote innocence and purity, contradicting what you see on the screen.
We also put a red cardigan over the white dress in some scenes, as this has the obvious connotation of blood and death. In the scenes where she is 'innocent' we had her wearing a red headscarf. Again the red connotes blood, but this was not our main intention for this detail. What we wanted to show was childishness. This happy, cheerful scarf is in absolute contrast to the black satin-y one we use when the girl is 'crazy'. 
We focused on quite a few details. For example, we decided to use a dark green nail varnish rather than the obvious black or red. Still a suitable colour, but not cliche.
We have left her hair wild and undone (we felt a sleek hairstyle wouldn't fit).
We had just simple make-up, as anything more complex could distract, although did have quite heavy eye make-up, as quite a few of the clips we use focus on her eyes. We felt that this would add emphasis.

Although neither the song, nor the actual content of the video is particallu relevant, I really like this style of montage. The way it seems to be almost random, yet all fits perfectly is a sense that I would really like to get across in our own montage in our thriller opening.

No Country For Old Men //Thriller Opening Analysis (better late than never!)

No Country For Old Men

Thriller Opening Analysis

This film begins with the sound of wind, followed by the title of the film. It is shown in plain white lettering that stands central against a plain black background. Having such simple title graphics tells the viewer that this is a mature, serious film, as for something such as a comedy bright, friendly-looking lettering is usually used. Lettering like this does not distract from what we are about to see.

The wind sound effect continues, and a non-diegetic voice over begins. Shortly following this, scenes of a desert/ sand dunes begin to be shown. In conjunction with this, the speaker has a heavy Southern accent, and is telling us of being a sheriff, we can safely assume that the location is the Southern States of America. These bleak, empty shots give the viewer a feeling of hopelessness. It feels as if we are lost.

After around a minute and a half of this, a policeman is shown walking a handcuffed man up to his police car. Here the voiceover continues, but it is accompanied by the diegetic sound of footsteps, car doors and the like. The policeman puts some kind of oxygen tank into his car. It seems that this tank belongs to the criminal, as it is unlikely that anything differing from the norm would be carried by a policeman. The camera angle then changes and we see another car behind the police one. It is obvious that this is the car of the criminal as there is no hint of anyone other around, apart from the two we have just seen.

All the shots at this point have been fairly dramatic and surprising rich in texture and colour for somewhere as bleak as a desert. A wide angle lens appears to be used, which adds to the effect of massive scale (and being lost).