Distribution

we have looked into different companies to advertise/distribute our film one of them is Film4 production company, Film4 would be a good company for the film as they produce and show lots of films which are either popular or new and and they would advertise it through their website and adverts.
Film4 have a number of award winning films, slowly moving them up in the list of successful companies.

We have thought to use social networking advertisements to distribute and market, as it will be advertised to people over the world so people who don’t normally watch teen dramas will possibly be interested. we will also market through Facebook and Twitter using banner ads and magazines such as Empire. Also we will market through the cast going on chat shows such as Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton, also programmes such as Daybreak, as well as radio chat show such as The Breakfast Show. This will get the DVD out there and will be advertised to many audiences. 

the soundtracks we use could provide a higher interest from audiences. Like Plan B in Ill Manors who released an album whic was set as the sountrack for the entire film.

Production Company

For the production company(ies) of our film I researched which companies produced films that we based our film on. Adulthood, Kidulthood and Ill Manors were produced by Revolver Entertainment. I think this is a good company to use as the films the produce have been successful and made a large box office profit. 

revolver is a successful British film company with pioneering distribution and releases. In the past 10 years Revolver's independent spirit and flair has been awarded with 18 of the industry's top awards for marketing excellence. 

Audience

We are aiming our film towards ages 15-20+ specifically at teenagers and young adults, because our film alike adulthood contains inappropriate scenes including drugs, gangs, drugs and violence.
Most urban thriller films such as kidulthood and adulthood are rated 15 for their contents

Adulthood analysis

 Our group have decided to base our genre on the same of that of adulthood, so we analysed the opening of it to see if we can pull any ideas from it to inspire our opening.

The scene starts with a rave/party outside in urban London. It is full of hooligans, hoodies, chavs and other stereotyped young people. The camera pans around the party cutting from each individual, who are either dancing, drinking, drug taking, socialising or undergoing sexual activity.

The cuts are very short and quick and include a number of split screen edits to show that the party is hectic and crowded. The camera shots range from overhead shots, long shots eestablish shots and close ups. The camera is always moving to be as if it is one of the party goers or to connote the commotion of the party.

Opening Sequence Analysis

Secret Window opening scene analysis

It begins with the repetitive noise of the windscreen wipers then a non- digetic voice of Johnny Depp is heard which sounds as if it is coming from the back seats, the shot throughout the first few seconds of the edit and opening is a close up of Depps face suggesting the voice is inside his head giving the audience the impression that it may be a psychological thriller. There is a long edit when the car reverses to the motel which has a sign coloured bright red suggesting blood or other features to a horror the camera follows Depp into a room and watches him through a window suggesting more evidence of a physiological thriller. As he runs into the hotel room the camera is left in the car watching as if someone was in the back seat. As Depp runs into the room and screams at his cheating wife in bed with another man, or so the audience assume, there is an eerie non-digetic noise as he screams at the rooms. This strange scene introduces the assumption that it is about him wrestling his own mind and conscience instead of typically fighting the man he finds he screams at him, which is faded out as a sound effect, the camera pans out and that is the end of that scene.

The next shot is all in one take, or appears so, it starts as the camera glides over a lake towards a log cabin as titles and credits zoom in and out, the camera, still in one shot, pans into the house through the top window and pans past a computer and a stack of papers on his desk giving the influence that the inhabitant (Johnny Depp) is a writer or journalist. The music thorough the whole shot is of a strings ensemble, with a low menacing cello and minor violins playing as the camera moves. The camera continues to pan through the house into a mirror containing the reflection of Depp, the camera zooms into the mirror and continues zooming and in one special effect is zooming in on Depps reflection but it is actually him, as if the mirror was a window or enchanted. This scene shows that it may be a psychological thriller, influenced by the special effect of the mirror and camera, and the fact Depps clothing is casual, ripped and over-worn. The fact that the camera panned through the mirror as if it were a window suggests the films title ‘Secret window’.

Analysis on 4 Thriller openings

Vertigo

Vertigo is a 1958 psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The opening consists of dull and bright colours and spiral images, collaborating with tense music to overall give a disorientating effect partnered with the opening titles and credits. The music is slightly phsycadelic and gives a nausea's feeling promoting the vertigo effect enhancing the title of the film.






Psycho

Psycho is a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock,
This opening consists of traumatic and tense music which gives a certain suspense for the audience, the titles and credits are revealed by straight lines and bars sliding across the screen in multiple directions, symbolizing slashing and stabbing which is an iconic scene and theme of the film 'Psycho'. the gripping movements of the music promote the movements on screen giving a dramatically tense effect.




Sixth Sense



The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
The opening is very tense and the scene is filmed from places such as under the stairs to give a sense that someone is watching. the first shot of the light bulb gives another sense of suspense in the scene. Because the location and characters are unclear and unknown as yet into the film, it gives the opening a sense of anxiety and suspense.







 Cape Fear

Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese and a remake of the 1962 film of the same name. This opening consists of a lake as the main background image with wavy distorted Titles and credits to symbolize a lake or boat on the lake. the slow music and calm ripples in the water portrays an anxious opening in which the audience are unsure how to react. This also gives a tone of suspense and anticipation in the opening.

Saul Bass

Saul Bass (May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was a graphic designer and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his design of film posters and motion picture title sequences.

During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.

Saul Bass based some of the most iconic css design corporate logos in North America, including the AT&T "bell" logo in 1969, as well as AT&T's "globe" logo in 1983 after the breakup of the Bell System.

Saul Bass’s Style

Bass is famous for his use of simple, geometric shapes and their symbolism. Often, a single dominant image stands alone to deliver a powerful message. These shapes, as well as type, were often hand drawn by Bass to create a casual appearance, always packed with a sophisticated message. His ability to create such a powerful message with basic shapes makes the work even more impressive. He designed sequences to; Vertigo, Physco and the earlier James Bond movies.,

logos created by Saul Bass