Title fonts

In editing our title sequence, we decided to search for fonts which related specifically to our title and the theme of our opening. We used fontspace.com - here is our search criteria:

We found several different fonts which we really liked:

We also found these ones on fontzone.net which has fonts that are free to download for commerical use: 

We are yet to decide which fonts will be used for each name title and the actual film title so we've just previewed them using the name of our film opening 'Double Blind', however we hope to decide this tomorrow so we can add them in and get the title sequence done!

Film title ideas

Mac 5 were in our lesson editing, when we realized that we haven't really blogged about ideas for the title of our film! We wanted to incorporate the clinical aspects of the film, and following in this thought chain came the name 'Double Blind' which we were introduced to in GCSE biology.

Here is the Google definition of our title:

Here is some further wiki research:



We have chosen this title because we would like it to reflect our character's duplicate personality. The concept of the researcher and the patient being unaware of the effects of a treatment fits in with both the medical nature of our film, and the idea that our psychiatrist is a qualified woman in a position of power, abusing these drugs, yet her patients are unaware that she is potentially dangerous to them.
We are yet to decide on a creative way to present this title, though we have started exploring 'shutter' effects, to make our title appear in quick flashes, as though a blind has been opened.

Group vlog: editing and ideas for sound

Here is a group vlog which we did in our lesson - we have been considering possible changes to the sound in our opening, and we have discussed the possibility of replacing our dialogue with a voice over.

Production company research

Last lesson, our group began to think about the name of our production logo, and how it should look. Here is a picture of us in the lesson, comparing all of the possible choices in the thesaurus: 

We have also done some online research into production companies which produce films possibly associated with our genre; we focused on UK production companies as we are producing a British film, after all. Here are the links to some of our useful sources:

BFI Vision Awards 2013-15 list

UK film production companies wiki list

 We gave it a lot of thought and we have come up our own list. We picked names out of a hat, resulting in 'wildfire' as the name of our company and we have a rough idea of how it might look, though we haven't completely decided this yet.

Storyboard so far

Me and Rhianne also finished storyboarding today, and we established the few bits of dialogue exchanged between our actresses.
It is a pretty messy storyboard, and is probably due to change but after today we have a much clearer idea of what we are next going to film, and the rough duration of our shots so that the rest of our filming process goes a bit more smoothly.

Here is our (very badly drawn, my apologies) storyboard so far:

Drug research

We have been doing some more research into possible psychological disorders which link to our two minute opening and that main character could exhibit symptoms of, and the medicine we could reference within our opening. We had a look at several different types of anti-anxiety drugs:

We liked the idea of prescribing valium, as it is prescribed to "treat anxiety disorders, alcohol withdrawal symptoms, or muscle spasms" - this links to both our characters. The patient, we have decided, suffers from stress and muscle spasms, while the psychiatrist suffers from an anxiety disorder. The psychiatrist prescribes the patient with the same drug she is taking. 

Here is a really useful website which lists some of the side-effects of valium; the ones which we would like our character to exhibit are highlighted in blue:

http://www.drugs.com/sfx/valium-side-effects.html

If any of the following side effects occur while taking diazepam, check with your doctor immediately:

More common

• Shakiness and unsteady walk
• unsteadiness, trembling, or other problems with muscle control or coordination

Incidence not known

• Abdominal or stomach pain
• agitation
• anxiety
• black, tarry stools
• blistering, flaking, or peeling of skin
• blurred vision
• changes in patterns and rhythms of speech
• chills
• confusion
• cough
• dark urine
• decrease in frequency of urination
• decrease in urine volume
• difficulty in passing urine (dribbling)
• discouragement
• dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying or sitting position suddenly
• false beliefs that cannot be changed by facts
• fast heartbeat
• fast or irregular breathing
• feeling sad or empty
• feeling that others are watching you or controlling your behavior
• feeling that others can hear your thoughts
• feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there
• fever
• headache
• hyperexcitability
• increased muscle spasms or tone
• irritability
• itching
• lack of appetite
• lack of memory of what takes place after a certain event
• loss of appetite
• loss of bladder control
• loss of interest or pleasure
• lower back or side pain
• mood or other mental changes
• nausea
• nervousness
• nightmares
• outbursts of anger
• painful or difficult urination
• pale skin
• rash
• restlessness
• seizures
• shakiness in the legs, arms, hands, or feet
• shortness of breath
• sleeplessness
• slurred speech
• sore throat
• sweating
• trembling or shaking of the hands or feet
• tremor
• trouble concentrating
• trouble in speaking
• trouble sleeping
• ulcers, sores, or white spots in the mouth
• unable to sleep
• unpleasant breath odor
• unusual behavior
• unusual bleeding or bruising
• unusual feeling of excitement
• unusual tiredness or weakness
• vomiting of blood
• yellow eyes or skin

We like the use of using parallel shots in our opening, to show the similarities between both the patient and the psychiatrist. However we also storyboarded shots which show a contrast in position from when our psychiatrist is on her job to when she is by herself, to imply that she would like to keep it a secret regardless of how dangerous it may be.

Title sequence ideas

Our group has been doing some research on the order of our title sequence, and after reading online and watching several examples, we have a list of common titles and the relative order they go in:

• Name of studio
• Name of production company
• A film by
• Starring
• Film title
• Featuring
• Casting
• Music
• Production design
• Editor(s)
• Director of photography
• Producer(s)
• Based on the book/ characters/ story by
• Screenplay by
• Written by
• Director

We don't plan on using all of these in our opening, so we have narrowed down the list. The potential titles we may use are highlighted in blue.

A great deal of our research was done using artofthetitle, which provided us with inspiration for potential fonts and for the position of our titles. Here are a few examples:

                                                             Grand Prix (Film)

                                                             The conjuring (Film)

                                                             Black sails (TV)

                                                             United States of Tara (TV)
                                                             (Sorry, I had to)