We have decided to use a moon in our distribution company because it leaves the message that our product will be like the moon; seen by all. This is similar to Dreamworks Productions, which also uses a moon to highlight its global distributive services. We decided to go for a moon as our movie has no aspects of the outer galaxy, and so we wanted it to be grounded and realistic from the start. We also felt that as the moon is seen by all, it would mean that people would think that the horror idea of Amara could happen to anyone. For this reason we couldn't use any images of the Earth or of the universe. We used wind chimes because it is a soothing simple sound and the music research shows that simple music is more effective. It also sounds a little bit creepy and we found that Dreamworks, actually changes its backing music for each different movie. With this in mind we thought that it would be effective if we used a piece of music that would be at home in a Horror film. The idea of the moon cracking, was meant to represent it bursting as if it cannot contain any more content. We also found that the colouring of the distribution company is changed within some other companies in order to fit with the genre. For this reason we decided to darken the background slightly.
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We have decided to use the thunder animation as they are simple horror cliches and the red in the background symbolises blood, death and danger. We also have black in the foreground as black signifies mystery and death and we know our OTS will have both. The thunder in the background is very effective because its loud and gives a scare before the film has started. The production company has to have many connections to the film genre it is making, and we feel that if we put anymore in our clip that it would be overkill and take away from the simplicity that is needed.
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We created our sequences by using the editing program Final Cut Pro. This software gave us the opportunity to take some simple motion backgrounds and edit them into our Distribution and Production logos. The skills we have learned will help us when it comes to editing our shots for our OTS
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