Preminary Task

Horror Film Research

Which films have grossed the most in recent years?

Rank            Film                                                                   Grossing    Year       

1	Avatar	$2,782,275,172	2009
2	Titanic	$1,843,201,268	1997
3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$1,326,916,310	2011
4	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$1,119,219,561	2011
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$1,119,110,941	2003
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$1,066,179,725	2006
7	Toy Story 3	$1,063,171,911	2010
8	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$1,039,571,802	2011
9	Alice in Wonderland	$1,024,299,904	2010
10	The Dark Knight	$1,001,921,825	2008

What can you find about audience profiles?

Horror films appeal to both male and female. Depends whether the film is a reflection of their society or problems they may have in life. Scary or fear.
 

OPEN SEQENCES TO FIMS ITALIAN JOB AND SEVERN

Openings to a film

Title

Opening Sequence on an opening of a new film 2 minutes

Production logo

Title credits

Action leading to what is going to happen in the film

Italian Job

Production company logo Paramount representation and meaning

Italian Job

Opening Sequence

Pictures

Credits and Directors

Maps

2 minutes 22 seconds

No dialogue

chase or crime

Overview of film

Simple Mystery track

Action at pace of sound

Phone call 1 minute

Introduce characters

Crime

Unrelated to title sequence

Plot =A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears

Director= F. Gary Gray

Script Written by Troy Kennedy-Martin

Actors and chracters they played in the film

Mark Wahlberg as Charlie Croker.

Charlize Theron as Stella Bridger,

Edward Norton as Steve.

Donald Sutherland as John Bridger,

Jason Statham as Handsome Rob.

 

Severn

Production Logo New Line Cinema

0-2 seconds

Extreme Close Up of book pages turning to a base beat

3 seconds production company logo New Line Cinema

6 seconds changed scene

Then Women on phone to man committing crime.

Plot=A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic passes judgement on Detectives Sommerset and Mills one sin at a time. The seasoned and cultured Sommerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's theories while green Detective Mills laughs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer. 

Director=David Fincher

Script written by Andrew Kevin Walker

Actors and characters they played in film

Brad Pitt as Detective David Mills
Morgan Freeman as Detective Lt. William Somerset
Kevin Spacey as John Doe
Gwyneth Paltrow as Theresa "Tracy" Mills
Richard Roundtree as Dist. Atty. Martin Talbot