What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?
DIRECTORS COMMENTARY
"Our film commences with a production credit featuring our conceived institution- BLACKWIND PICTURES. The appellation ‘BLACKWIND PICTURES’ is conventional of typical horror distribution companies linking to the likes of twisted pictures with its name, and Blumhouse pictures with its grunge monochrome colour scheme. The smear transition and sound motif alongside the institution reinforce the company’s prominence in distribution, an intent we would have for any genuine company independently distributing our film.
A black screen instigates our film, conventional of the majority of horror movies because it gives a pause for the audience to detach themselves from the reality of the real world with the titles and institutions and encase themselves within the fictional world of our film.
The first accreditation for an actor in our movie appears just after a match action shot after our protagonist has descended from the car. The font style remains constant throughout and fits in with the horror colour connotations using only white representative of ashen, morbidity and shallowness. The credits we use also have limited screen time to ensure they do not disrupt our films continuity.
Our favoured camera shots are those that depict the young girls blood stained face- framed twice in our opening with close up shots; one following an eye line match which creates a relation with the characters even more. We especially liked these particular shots because conventionally they pose links to other similar horrors like Annabelle, Orphan and Carrie which use the same camera techniques. The gruesome make-up used as part of mise-en-scene for the young girls face was curated with a cheap technique, further enforcing the small budget of our independent film aiming to still potentially create a large budget inspired by similar films such as Paranormal activity or attack the block.
Some of our credits used appear straight after dramatic moments of the opening such as the girl’s face being seen for the first time, the man walking away from the crime scene intentionally to give eminence and accreditation to the producers, actors and distributors for the intense prominent film and its key moments.
Throughout the film, a chilling ambient sound plays-reinforcing the disturbing conventional atmosphere and giving the film depth. The ambience sounds as if the filming takes place in a desolate area where the sound of the wind is protuberant which is further coincided thuds that give the girls actions and parts of the film focused distinction.
For the scene where our antagonist male is in the car, a warped radio tune hums in the car which is similar to ‘tiptoe through the tulips’ used in Insidious as a unnerving rendition. This diegetic sound links the man in the film with reality whilst the non-diegetic yet synchronous thuds that follow the girls actions separate her from reality and make her presence feel almost unreal and unsettling.
Our purposeful use of natural lighting and the transition in the film from light to dark as an ellipsis of time has been used almost reinforces the transition of life to death for the young girl…a process considered conventionally in many horrors. The darkness also adds shadows to our movie, and by not using artificial lighting and spotlighting our film maintains a more convincing feel.
The technique of assembling our movie opening so our film title comes right at the end imposes further that this opening is designated to be the introduction to a similarly themed course of events throughout the full length movie. Also, it keeps the audience in anticipation throughout…building up tension for the name of the girl and the titles purpose to be revealed. The soundtrack used alongside the title exposure is warped childish music fitting with the child horror based course of events, this music would be a recognisable sound that defines our film and would potentially be used in the trailer as well as the movie itself. "
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