ITA Productions

Question Seven

When discussing the different shots and techniques we used, we did not give ourselves enough time to insert evidence of this on our video. Instead, below is some examples of what we were discussing about how our preliminary task influenced us to develop on the initial camera shots we first used. 

180 degree rule in our final opening sequence

180 degree rule in our preliminary task

Match On Action in our preliminary task

Match On Action in our final opening sequence

Over the shoulder in our preliminary task

Close up in our final opening sequence

Close up in our preliminary task

Here is also the link to our opening sequence and our preliminary task to compare

Question Six

Below is a PowToon to exhibit the different technologies and softwares that we learnt during the process of making our opening sequence.

Use of opening sequence conventions

There is also minimal dialogue within the first half of our opening sequence this is because we did not want to reveal too much to audience about the plot and take away form any tension created. 

Production Company Logo

Ghost House Pictures

This company has created many well known horror films such as the Boogeyman series, Evil Dead and Poltergeist. We like this logo as it applies to our criteria. The simple design of  the grey font against the black background, with a picture of a skull already tells the audience the genre of the film they are about to watch and the production company's speciality.

Twisted Pictures is a very popular horror production company, they have made films such as the Saw Series and Texas Chainsaw 3D. The logo is simple in representing the name and genre of the production company. The twisted barbwire is effective in  reflecting the Twisted part of the name. Although it is dark and hard to read in some places. We do not want ours to be like this, we want ours to be easy to read so the audience know who we are as a production company.

Blumhouse Productions

Out of the above logos this logo is our favourite and is the one that we base most of our logo from. Blumhouse has also produced the Insidious, Paranormal Activity and Sinster franchises. We mainly like this logo because of the simplicity again, the 'corned off' positioning is unique- it creates a 3D effect and adds to the eerie atmosphere that the blue and green colours create. This clearly represents the horror/thriller genre of films that the company creates.

First I made the different parts we needed for our animation of the logo in Abode Fireworks CS6 individually. The background for the first part of the animation is a rocky wall that I imported from Google Images. We chose to use a wall for the background to highlight the blood that will splatter against it which will show the horror genre. As blood is associated with horror. Then for the second part of our animation the use of black ink transition to a black screen, which is a lot simpler and will reveal our main logo.

For our final Logo we used all of these ideas to influence us in the creation. Here is our final logo. We are all happy with our final logo as it applies to our criteria. It is simple and the animation helps to show the horror genre with blood splatter, eerie music and dark colours. We used a bright blue and bold font like Blumhouse Productions to add a unique take on the traditional horror production company logos.

Motion 5 was the software I used to animate our production company logo. This process was made easier by the previous steps I had done by creating the separate parts of the animation in Fireworks so I could import them and arrange it in the order of animation. To make the transition from the first part of the logo I added the 'splotches' effect and changed the colour saturation to dark, so that ink was also black so that the transition would be smoother and match the background. Then I added eerie music and imported this via a YouTube Converter download from YouTube.

Costume Choices

For this task, I created a mind map on Adobe Fireworks CS6 of our main characters costumes and the idea behind each piece of clothing. 

This is our costume choice for Claire Johnson (Melissa Zero) 

This is our costume choice for Kate Parkes (Rosie Musgrove) 

For Dylan Johnson (Louie O Connor) we did not assign him a costume as his role is so minimal and you won't be able to see it.


We have also decided that a minimal natural makeup will be suitable for our characters as this will also represent an everyday teenagers look. However, we will be using makeup to show Kate's dramatic change of look which causes Claire not to recognise her at first. We will also use fake blood to show the death of one our characters. All of this will add a sense of realism and fear that the audience will experience with the characters.