Typography questionnaire

Our group decided to propose a questionnaire to some of our classmates over the choice of typography for our title sequence. As you can see, the majority voted for the Neuropol font which we actually used for the sequence. We felt that this was the most conventional font of the options and were glad with the outcome of the questionnaire as the majority of our class mates agreed.

Journal entry 10

Today in class we all decided on a new soundtrack for our sequence.

We showed one of our teachers and she agreed that it was an improvement on the original soundtrack we had as it had more momentum behind it and more of a beat and melody. Now we will have to make sure all the text is in sync with the soundtrack and that the shots are too. Our editor, Ghanshyam, has edited it so it appropriately suits the flow of the sequence at the start and when the title appears.

Journal entry 5

Today we started looking at different fonts and ways to position the text in our sequence itself. We have a few ideas of fonts as shown below:

We will continue to look for other fonts but have decided that "xperia" and "breamcatcher" are the best fonts for the film title itself but not the other titles such as actors and the director.

Agent X film pitch

Agent x pitch from james Covill

Class research

Here you can see a few of our spider diagrams we produced when we were researching different genres. You can then see in the second picture our spider diagram when we settled on the spy genre.

Audience profile

This is our audience profile for our film 'Agent X'. As you can see the main target audience is white, British males from 18-29. We felt this was an appropriate target audience as we felt the genre brings a lot of excitement and action, which a lot of younger people are interested in. Therefore this will be the main group of people who go to the cinema and watch our film. If we target this demographic and use a lot of marketing techniques which would appeal to them then they will be more likely to see our film and we will therefore generate more revenue.

Location shots

Here are some of our location shots which we took over 2 days of being up London. These are some of the key locations that we filmed our shots at.

Journal entry 2

On the 16th of February in half term our group has planned to go up to London in order to take pictures of our locations and start filming for our title sequence. We will film our establishing shots which open our sequence. The locations we will go to in order to film these are: Vauxhall Bridge (MI6 building), Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and the London Eye. There may be other places where we decide to get a shot of during the time we are there but the places stated are locations we will almost definitely visit.

Storyboards for title sequence

These storyboards won't be our final completed sequence. There will be shots added in and shots taken out as we go along the production process. However, the basic shots and most important shots are there on the storyboard for us to look at whilst filming.

Journal entry 1

Today we started creating and printing off props for our title sequence. A couple of our shots require newspaper clippings and articles. Because of this, one member of our group created some using Photoshop. Here is an example of these newspaper articles:



We also wanted to create an investigation wall for one of our shots. To do this we had to print off lots of different pictures off the internet of key characters and locations. We then got the permission of one our teachers to use one of their classroom walls to create this for our shot.






This is how the wall looked after we created it. We still had to remove the blue borders around the edge of the wall but other than that this is how it would like as the final product. When it came to actually shooting this scene we turned all the lights off and set up a studio light just off shot. We also experimented with shooting the scene with a Go Pro and a steady cam to see what gave us the best results.

Soundtrack options for title sequence

Soundtrack 1:

Soundtrack 2:



Soundtrack 3:
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/production-music/all-to-play-for_28071.aspx

Our group has chosen soundtrack 3 as we feel it suits the pace and genre of our film. The buildup comes at an appropriate time which suits our sequence well.

Spy Genre- codes and conventions

The codes and conventions for our chosen genre for our title sequence could also be linked to action movies. This is because the spy genre is actually a sub-genre of the action genre and our title sequence is of a film which combines the two. The codes and conventions are:

• Gun fights
• Explosions 
• High speed chases 
• Heroes and villains 
• Sidekicks
• Women 
• Excitement, suspense and tension
• Rescue missions 
• Military themes
• Love interests
• Relationships

These are the key elements which apply to most spy films and will feature predominantly in the films. The James Bond franchise will show the majority of these because it is undoubtedly the most conventional spy film in the genre. Therefore it looks to use as many of these elements as possible in order to convey the genre effectively.