Fonts

Using the internet, I have found the following fonts, which may be useful for our title/s.
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Film Titles

The actual title of our film was unclear for a while, but we knew what approximate connotations it should possess. We knew that it should involve some sort of reference to Gothic Horror and not already be a film title. Furthermore, we wanted the title to be short, a word or two only as to draw our audiences attention to premise of the film. As the plot of our film is circumferences the idea of being buried alive, we decided to choose something that reflected the same idea: being trapped. Below are listed some of the words we considered.

Buried: Does not have a very Gothic 'vibe' and already a film title from 2010.
Confined: This had more of a rehabilitation/prison feel to it, which was not appropriate.
Trapped/Entrapment: Seemed too typical and 'teenage problem' like. Also not very Gothic and Entrapment is already a film from 1999.
Concealed: This made it sound like someone was attempting to hide something intentionally or had a secret. Again, not what we were looking for. 
Inhumed: A synonym for buried: Has the connotations of death and tombs- gothic.
Incarcerated/Restrained: Much like confined, it gives the impression of a more crime centered film. Restrained may call to mind psychiatric clinic or a hostage.

We then considered using antonyms to create juxtaposition such as:


Freedom: Not very gothic, otherwise, could have worked.
Release/Liberate: The tone of these words imply a joyful or happy event such as a granting of bail.
Independent: The essence of this calls to mind a child growing up. Definitely not what we are going for. 

To conclude, R.I.P was suggested to us. It it is Gothic, short, succinct and encompasses the ambiance of our film. 

The Voiceover

As mentioned in a previous post, we had considered doing a voice over of one of Ted Hugh's poems from his Crow collection. We decided to use A Kill and it was suggested to us to modify it so that it is more relevant to our film. The original poem runs thus:

Flogged lame with legs 
Shot through the head with balled brains 
Shot blind with eyes nailed down by his own ribs 
Strangled just short of his last gasp 
By his own windpipe
Clubbed unconscious by his own heart 
Seeing his life stab through him, a dream flash 
As he drowned in his own blood 
Dragged under by the weight of his guts 
Uttering a bowel-emptying cry which was his roots tearing out 
Of the bedrock atom 
Gaping his mouth and letting the cry rip through him as at a distance 
And smashed into the rubbish of the ground 
He managed to hear, faint and far - ‘it’s a boy!’ 
Then everything went black. 

Both poems are from the perspectives of the antagonists, an Brechtian idea that I, personally, find very interesting. We  also found the use of enjambment very effective and decided to use the same device in our altered version.We also needed to change the sex of the character, as our lead character is a woman.:

Alone in a graveyard
Waiting for someone long gone
Unaware that I am here
Watching
Soon to be
Clubbed unconscious by her own heart
Strangled just short of her last gasp
Seeing her life drain through her, a dream flash.   

Opening Titles: Idea 3

 As the genre of our film is Gothic Horror, I thought it interesting to have our opening titles in Gothic Calligraphy (which I am currently undertaking to improve my handwriting.) The picture to the left shows the highest standard of Gothic Calligraphy by my teacher.
Gothic calligraphy styles became dominant throughout Europe, having evolved from the Caroline script in the 11th Century, and in 1454, when Johannes Gutenberg developed the first printing press in Mainz, he adopted the Gothic style for his books, making it the first typeface.


This is an example of some of the work that I have produced. It doesn't quite reach the standard of the writing above, but I believe its effectiveness would remain the same. Gothic writing is characterized by its thick lines, narrow letters and compactness.




Below: The title of our film (R.I.P) and the names of our director, lead actress and camerawoman in simple Round-hand calligraphy. Right: Half of our directors' name. I have yet to lean the letters 'E' and 'N'.

Horror Themed Posters

Posters are a crucial  element in the advertising segment of film distribution. They inform the audience about the premise and atmosphere of the film. This poster, advertising the independent Australian horror film The Loved Ones, is an excellent example of this. The basic plot of the film surrounds a rejected female prom date who kidnaps and tortures the man who "broke her heart." The poster is unusual as it does not appear, at first, to be a horror film. Its primary colour scheme consists "girly" colours, mainly pink, purple, red,   and lavender blue. The connotations of these colours are generally ones of affection, comfort, warmth, childishness and perhaps innocence. This gives the film an additional edge, as it plays on a conventional teenage activity; going to a prom, being turned into something hellish. Near the bottom of the poster, the colours become darker and more typical of a standard horror poster, and one first notices the blood on Lola's hands. The photograph depicting the couple indicate the target audience; young adults.


In this case, a song, the same one of whom I analyzed the music video for, has been transformed into such a similar poster. The tag line, which is very typical of a film, is a a lyric from the song. Show Them All You're Not The Ordinary Type. Although the song is very upbeat and has nothing to do with murder, it can be alternatively interpreted as demonstrated by this poster. Interestingly, when the song was first released, it was believed that it was about murdering a bandmate that left the band. However, the band refuted this, stating that this was not the case. Anyhow, the title gives a 'horrific' impression. The lyrics of the song also feature typical words associated with the horror genre. May your feet serve you well/And the rest be sent to Hell. This can been seen in poster via the hand print, perhaps suggesting a person attempting to escape from the 'Hell', be metaphysical or intrinsic. The birds may in contrast suggest a release or a flight from danger. If I retreat/ Words, wars, and symphonies/ Make room we're taking over here would seem to support this.

This is probably my favorite film poster. I like the fact that the tag line 'orders' the viewer to think about 'something frightening', indicating that the film holds a similar premise and that the film may be more that it appears in terms of just simple killing. The poster's colour scheme is very effective. The monochrome background is a brilliant contrast to the blood red title with the devils numbers written inside. The child's shadow being in the shape of a wolf suggests an unharnessed evil. It combines both the attributes of a warrior and the devil. Furthermore The wolf's residence is a forest, dark, impenetrable and lonely, antithesis of reality.  The wolf was especially evil in the folklore, literature, and Church teachings of medieval Europe, as seen in the story of "Red Riding Hood." Early Biblical sources present a contrast between the wolf symbolizing bloodshed and destruction versus the symbol of the wolf and the lamb lying down together representing peace and the coming Messianic rule, connecting to the "childlike" and more pleasant qualities, as reflected by the poster. Also, the use of a noun indicates importance, "it may be The Omen" and highlights the danger associated with it. It also makes it personal to the viewer, creating a sense of fear with in them.

Planning: Voice Over (?)

Since finishing Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes, I have started reading Crow, which is a lot darker and ominous, linking perfectly with our genre of Gothic horror. Crow's direct engagement with the natural world to unified mythical narratives and sequences. We though that we could have a voice over of a couple of lines during the opening or the end of our film to increase its dramatic effect. Below, I have typed some of the poems that I think would be appropriate. I personally  think that Conjuring Heaven would be best as it ties in the most with our storyline of someone disappearing  and essentially becoming nothing.

A Kill
Flogged lame with legs
Shot through the head with balled brains
Shot blind with eyes
Nailed down by his own ribs
Strangled just short of his last gasp
By his own windpipe
Clubbed unconscious by his own heart

Seeing his life stab through him, a dream flash
As he drowned in his own blood

Dragged under by the weight of his own guts.

That Moment
And the body lay on the gravel
Of the abandoned world
Among abandoned utilities
Exposed to infinity forever

Crown Frowns
Is he his own strength?
What is his signature?
Or is he a key, cold feeling
To the fingers of prayer?

He is a prayer wheel, his heart hums.
His eating is the wind -
Its patient power of appeal.
His footprints assail infinity.

With signatures: We are here, we are here.
He is the long waiting for something
To use him for some everything
Having so carefully made him.

Of nothing.

Conjuring Heaven
So finally there was nothing.
It was put inside nothing.
Nothing was added to it
And to prove it didn't exist
Squashed flat as nothing with nothing.

Chopped up with a nothing
Shaken in a nothing
Turned completely inside out
And scattered over nothing--
So everybody saw that it was nothing
And that nothing more could be done with it

And so it was dropped. Prolonged applause in Heaven.

It hit the ground and broke open--

There lay Crow, cataleptic.