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Final Product of Broken Developments

This is our final product of Broken Developments. Including titles, soundtrack and editing.

Dark Skies (2013)

Red is a colour which is a connotation of danger, blood, death and sexual desire or lust. In most cases it is used in terms of danger especially in thrillers or horrors. For example, Dark Skies is a horror film which was released April 2013. Whilst watching it I noticed that one character in particular (Jesse) wore red for the majority of the film. Although it was not obvious to many the subtle hints of red within the character's clothing implied something dangerous and lethal was going to happen to him. Throughout the film, the creators made the audience believe that Jesse's younger brother (Sam) was the one in real danger.

Lighting in Dark Skies is also important, it shows the significance of characters and sometimes leads the audience away from the protagonist so they get thrill from the conclusion of the film. Below is shown a shot of the film where lighting and costume play a very significant role. The red t-shirt on the little boy hints at danger and warning and the lighting is focusing on him rather than his mother who is comforting him. 

Furthermore, the below photograph displays light and shadow. The fact that the little boy's face is almost all in the light and that he is looking straight at it hints that he, in fact, is not the one in trouble. He is just an innocent participant of the movie. Whereas, the eldest boy is seen to be holding and comforting the youngest. Also, the front of his face is in the shadow hinting to the audience that he is "blinded" by something or that he, nor anyone else, can see what is going to happen to him.

The positioning of the characters also displays significance. The youngest child is almost seen at the edge of the shot. This displays insignificance to the antagonist and that someone/something more important is their focus.

Film Research

Whilst watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I noticed many elements of a thriller which we were trying to create in Broken Developments.

For example, there is one scene where Severus Snape and Lockheart have a duel. This is a prime example of "good vs evil" and is shown through colour and lighting. As you can see, Snape (left) is wearing all black; with black hair and black clothing; also his face is fairly sinister to further claim his notions towards Lockheart. Lockheart (right) is had light blonde hair and is wearing mostly white clothes. Both of these specific conventions would imply that Snape is the antagonist and Lockheart is the protagonist.


Furthermore...

This is an image of Tom Riddle. This is actually a flashback in the film and is displayed through a change of colour in the filter during editing. Before the flash back, Harry Potter is in normal "everyday" colours before being "transported" into the past. This flashback is exaggerated by a bright light and having the new scene in sepia/black and white. Also, this specific shot holds a low angle shot implying superiority towards Tom Riddle and also the close up of the shot further implies an importance to the character.

Changing Our Sequence

Through many times of re-filming, re-editing and re-doing our media product (formally known as Mr Grevor) not only have we decided to change the name to Broken Developments but also the soundtrack, filters on the sequence and the sequence itself. Before we did this, it took us a while to realise what was actually wrong with the sequence; it either didn't fit the music or it had too much of a storyline or the credits didn't seem to flow. One way or another, we weren't happy. Despite all of these issues, it made us seriously consider what we wanted from our opening sequence and therefore created a new one with all of the worthy and nobel pieces of filming from each of our previous rough cuts. I feel that overall, re-creating one opening sequence so many times has benefitted us as a group because it made us realise where we went wrong each time and where we wanted to improve certain pieces or cut sections out all together.
Though changing it so many times may not have been easy, it highlighted barriers which needed to be overcome and now, we believe that they are.