Similar to the C+H Production logo the Working Title logo is also very simple and clean, which could also be said for the Universal logo, however although clean and crisp this sort of logo would require much greater technology to be created. This also goes for the 20th Century FOX logo, both institutes would need to have invested in professional software and the people who know how to use these sorts of programs to produce logos of this standard. Nevertheless C+H Productions is an independent British film company whose main genre of film is Horror and Thriller. This is similar to the bases of how Working Title works. Working Titles are distributed by Universal and I believe this is the institute we would use to distribute our films. This is due to the fact that Universal are a film company who are renowned for producing Horror an Thriller films so our company would co-inside with their productivity already. Another reason why I believe they would be a great company to distribute our films as we are also a British company like Working Title who they already partnered with and we not pose much threat to their productivity as Working Title do not produce Horror or Thriller film, and when they have these have not been of good success. As Universal as a huge American institute so there would not be too much issue with money, however they would obviously not want to lose money but that is a decision only the company could make of distributing our films or not.
The female character from my film ‘The Dark’ is much similar to the character of Anita from the film 101 Dalmatians. Both these females represent independent, working female that share characteristic of often putting the well fair of others before their own. Our character, although only a late teenager, puts her self out into the working world by babysitting as well as going to school and keeping a good grades and enjoying both. This is extremely similar to Anita as she also loves her job, most of the time, and does not depend on others to influence or aid her. However both characters also share this selfless characteristic of putting the well fair of other before their own. In 101 Dalmatians Anita does this by sacerficing her job to save the lives of her puppies. Although she does love her job she is prepared to put her slef on the line to help the ones she loves. This is greatly similar to the female character in our film, when after hearing the noises she goes to check if the baby is okay, and although not in this case it still proves her selflessness by risking her safety to ensure anothers.
I am pleased with most of the aspects of our film. The filming is just how I imagined, which I believe fits the genre well but could have been improved at sometimes. This is mainly because there are not enough unique shots, more the usual standard filming. If we did include some shots, for example a Dutch tilt or a low angled, these scenes would probably become more memorable. I am also not so pleased with the resolution of some of the shots. These are mainly the outside shots where this is moisture in the air and this effect how the camera has focused. However I am pleased with the angles we did use and the close up shots worked well.
I am also extremely please with the editing and continuity that we have achieved. I try to include as many edits as I could to demonstrate my ability of being able to do this well, but not confuse or distract the audience from the story. We were also quite brave in the fact that we used a jump cut from when the babysitter is walking down the stairs to then sitting in the living room watching TV. This is quite risky in terms of showing the audience what has happened but this still not to distract them. Unfortunately we were not able to use many shot reverse shots as when coming to edit we realised the door in shot in one side of the filming but open in the other as we filmed through it. This was unfortunate as we were unable to film these scenes again in the exact same condition so unable to perform this skill. However when the mother walks out the door we do show our ability of performing this edit as the door closes.
The sound in our film works well through most of the film, in my opinion, however there is definitely room for improvement during some points through our film. I am extremely pleased with the sounds used when our logo appears, as this is in direct timing with the flashes and adds to the thriller/horror genre of our film. However I believe the sounds used in our montage of ensuring her safety, by locking the doors and windows, I believe is a bit too upbeat to fit in with the genre. This is only realised when watching the film from start to finish to gain the whole feel of the film. Another sound in our film I am exceptionally pleased with is the screaming at the end of the film. My working partner Caledonia performed this, and I believe is great for the genre and timing in the film. Ending our film on this note and cutting to the title of the film, creates an extremely questionable and cliff-hanger ending for the audience leaving them wanting more.
To conclude I am pleased the overall of our opening title sequence to “The Dark”. This is gained by a total combination of sound, lighting, camera work, editing and mise-en-scene, which have all worked well together. To create a thriller/horror atmosphere you need these entire thing to help gain a realistic yet scary and surreal setting that in conveyed to the audience, and I believe we have managed to do this through the majority of the film. Although at times I believe we could have done more things to improve our filming, lighting, or sound, I do not think this has effected how the audience views our film, and if we did make these changes I do not imagine our film would become dramatically enhanced.
Due to connivence we choose to film at my house, this was what we needed however as our film is set in a house where a child is being babysat. Near the house is a street lamp lit road with other houses on as well, which was what we had planned to use for the scene where the character is walking to the house in the dark. There are a few shot - reverse - shots used in the hall wall of the house and outside the front door, so i have included these images as well. The scenes filmed inside the house we shot in the Living Room, Hall, Stairs, and one Bedroom. We did not change much in terms of props in these rooms as we wanted to create the most homely effect as possible to make our story believable!
