These ten films where chosen on IMDb as the top 10 Crime/Mystery films of all time the titles are the following:
- 8MM
- A History of Violence
- A Perfect Murder
- After. Life
- Blood Simple
- Seven
- Brick
- Cape Fear
- Carlitos way
- Cellular
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Research and Planning: IMBD Genre/Audience Feedback
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Research and Planning: Logo Design
This is the logo we decided on for our Production company, Bright Spark Productions.
it was made in photoshop. Since bright spark means Intelligence (If someone is a bright spark they are an intelligent person) we thought that it would be representing an intelligent type of film genre, that being crime/mystery. We decided on this particular idea of a light bulb since we are making a crime film trailer. A light bulb is sometimes depicted as an idea. At which point it went quite well with our idea of crime/mystery. The blue was used because it looks similar to the ultraviolet light used in many crime films where people look for cleaned blood under the light. We used yellow text as it related to the fact that it is a light bulb and because the name is Bright spark productions. We thought this would connatate quite well.
Planning and research: IMBD Research
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=crime&num_votes=1000,&sort=user_rating,desc&title_type=feature
The top 5 highest rated crime films on IMDB are in order:
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
These films are very different to what we envisioned when we wrote our drafts of what our trailer should be about, but after scrolling down the list a bit more we found these:
13. Se7en (1995)
14. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
These films focus solely on 1 main antagonist which makes production much simpler mainly due to the limited cast we would need.
The top 5 highest rated crime films on IMDB are in order:
1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
2. The Godfather (1972)
3. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
These films are very different to what we envisioned when we wrote our drafts of what our trailer should be about, but after scrolling down the list a bit more we found these:
13. Se7en (1995)
14. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
These films focus solely on 1 main antagonist which makes production much simpler mainly due to the limited cast we would need.
Research and Planning: Props and Clothing
(Images to be added soon)
- Playing cards
- Rubber knives
- Real knives (Mainly for the effect of 'its a real knife')
- Gun (Real looking bb gun or something of that effect)
- Large lamp (For interrogation purposes)
- Handcuffs (For arresting)
- Fake blood
- Table
- Chairs
Clothing we will need:
- Some casual clothes mainly for the victims (Examples below)
- Smart clothes for the killer and the detective (Examples below)
(More props/clothing may be added int he future, nearer shooting time)
Research and Planning: Production meeting 4 (Props Clothing)
After a quick discussion we came up with a short list for the props and clothing we will need. this will be further developed in other posts.
Props will need:
- Playing cards
- Rubber knives
- Real knives (Mainly for the effect of 'its a real knife')
- Gun (Real looking bb gun or something of that effect)
- Large lamp (For interrogation purposes)
Clothing we will need:
- Some casual clothes mainly for the victims
- Smart clothes for the killer and the detective (Suit and shirt and tie etc)
Props will need:
- Playing cards
- Rubber knives
- Real knives (Mainly for the effect of 'its a real knife')
- Gun (Real looking bb gun or something of that effect)
- Large lamp (For interrogation purposes)
Clothing we will need:
- Some casual clothes mainly for the victims
- Smart clothes for the killer and the detective (Suit and shirt and tie etc)
Research and Planning: Production Meeting 3 (Further Information on Plots)
In this production meeting we discussed a further bit about the plot, mainly to specify and clarify some points about the characters and main story.
What we decided was:
- The title of our film trailer would be Ace High. Simply to say that in gambling the Ace can either be low or high, stating it is high claims that it has more significance than any other card.
- That the main character would be a gambler. This would be to wrap the story around this point, as we called it ace high, the killer is leaving behind playing cards as a taunt. Overall this explains the storyline being about cards and explains the reason its about cards, without giving away anything about the killer. E.g. he could be someone that the main character owes money to, finding a colourful way to get his own back.
- We decided that the Jack, Queen, King (Cards) relate to significant people in the main characters life. for example the Jack could be the doorman of his House of residence (Seems a bit american but its just an example) The Queen could be his mother. (This shows that it is very personal), and the King could be the Police Chief. (I mainly came up with these to show just how personal it could be, since this covers the fact that the killer knows where the main character lives, he knows his family, and where he works, not only that though he also can take out risky targets that are close to the main character).
- The main character is the Ace. Since ace is high, the main character would be the last to be killed
- The killer is a sociopath, whom despises the main character for his gambling adiction.
What we decided was:
- The title of our film trailer would be Ace High. Simply to say that in gambling the Ace can either be low or high, stating it is high claims that it has more significance than any other card.
- That the main character would be a gambler. This would be to wrap the story around this point, as we called it ace high, the killer is leaving behind playing cards as a taunt. Overall this explains the storyline being about cards and explains the reason its about cards, without giving away anything about the killer. E.g. he could be someone that the main character owes money to, finding a colourful way to get his own back.
- We decided that the Jack, Queen, King (Cards) relate to significant people in the main characters life. for example the Jack could be the doorman of his House of residence (Seems a bit american but its just an example) The Queen could be his mother. (This shows that it is very personal), and the King could be the Police Chief. (I mainly came up with these to show just how personal it could be, since this covers the fact that the killer knows where the main character lives, he knows his family, and where he works, not only that though he also can take out risky targets that are close to the main character).
- The main character is the Ace. Since ace is high, the main character would be the last to be killed
- The killer is a sociopath, whom despises the main character for his gambling adiction.
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