My production company

 

These are some variations of my film production company logo which I have created. I chose to base my logo primarily around text, as I found from my research that existing and successful production company logos have text as the most prominent feature. To add some colour I chose to use neat and sophisticated lines so that my logo looks professional and tidy, whilst also allowing me to add a splash of colour into the design. I chose a royal blue colour as I feel this will represent my company well as this colour represents wealth and royalty.

I have included my logo as a flat and 2D version on the top image, however underneath this I have used the ‘perspective’ tool on Photoshop to make the image appear to be coming slightly off the page. I am going to experiment using both when creating my film to see which looks the most professional.

Studio Logos

When creating my own logo for my film production company I thought it would be helpful to look at some existing logos. From these logos I can see that every single one includes text, and the text reads the name of the company. On most the text is made to look prominent and stand out from the logo; however in some the text is incorporated into the logo image itself. In terms of colours there is lots of black, blue, red and yellow used. I think this is because it makes the logo very mutual in terms of appealing to a male or female audience. Blue, red and yellow are all primary colours meaning they are a bold and bright colour and I think this is what makes these logos so effective. The lay out and overall look for the majority of these logos is simple and neat, I think this helps to create a presentable image for the film production companies.

The Terror Edit 2

The Terror Edit 1

The Terror - Final Name

Terror
Noun

1. Extreme fear
" people fled in terror
synonyms: extreme fear, dread, fear and trembling, fright, trepidation, alarm, panic, shock

2. a person, especially a child, that causes trouble or annoyance
synonyms: rascal, devil, imp, monkey, wrench, scamp, mischief-maker, trouble maker.

I have chosen 'The Terror' as the title for my film becasue of the connotations and denotations surrounding the word 'Terror'.

(Sourced from Google ^)

The definition of the word ‘Terror’ has two main meanings, one being extreme fear and the other being the name for a child who causes trouble. This is effective for my film as the genre is horror/paranormally and the first denotation expresses fear. Fear is the emotion that I want the audience to feel when they see my film trailer so I think this works well. However the second definition of the word ‘terror’ is the name for a small child who causes trouble. The antagonist for my film is a young child who is going to cause all trouble and fear in my film so this also works very well with the name in which I have chosen.

I believe people will read the title of my film and instantly know that it is a horror film, this is effective for me as this could make the viewer’s read more about the film as they will already  guess the genre without even seeing the trailer. Making the audience read more about my film will almost always end up in them watching the trailer, meaning they should then want to see the whole film as a result.

Title Ideas

When choosing my title for my film I wanted to experiement with how it sounded and how it looked to the viewer/audience.
A list of names which I thought of are:

The one

The chosen

The girl

The nightmare

The possession

The chase

The chaser

The revenge

The terror

The Scream

I chose 4 from my list , which I thought were the most effective to experiment with:

The One, The Chosen, The Revenge, The Terror
 

Film Title Planning

When naming my film I need something which sticks into the viewer’s heads and is easy to remember, but also something which is catchy and effective. The name is so important as it is one of the main features to help promote the film. From my research I have found that many effective and successful titles contain one word or a single noun with 'The' in front of the noun. This is a common theme within many film titles and this could possibly be a tactic used by film makers to help the name stick in the potential audience’s minds. Within my research for my films name I came across this website which lists 'The 20 Highest Grossing Scary Movies of All Time'. Link to site

The list of horror films with 'The' in their name or which follow the conventions which I have found are:

• Saw (2) – $87 million

"Saw II" is the most successful film from the "Saw" franchise, which includes seven movies. It starred Donnie Wahlberg and Beverly Mitchell, with Tobin Bell playing the villain, Jigsaw

• Scream 2 - $101.4 million +3 - $89.1 million

"Scream 3" is part of the four film "Scream" franchise. The movie stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox. Arquette and Cox were married less than a year before the movie's release.

"Scream 2" was released a year after the original "Scream" and was directed by Wes Craven, who directed all four films in the franchise

• The Haunting – $91.4 million This late '90s film is a remake of the 1963 film. It starred Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson.

This late '90s film is a remake of the 1963 film. It starred Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Owen Wilson

• The Others – $96.5 million

"The Others" starred Nicole Kidman and was released the same year she and Tom Cruise divorced.

• Scream - $103 million

"Scream" won the MTV Movie Award for best movie and reportedly used about 50 gallons of blood during production.

• The Grudge – $110.4 million

The first in the three film franchise was inspired by a Japanese film and had the same director as the Japanese original.

• The Village - $114.2 million

This film starred Sigourney Weaver and Joaquin Phoenix. It was nominated for an Oscar in the music category.

• The Ring – $129.1 million

"The Ring" is a remake of a 1998 Japanese film. More than two million copies of the DVD were sold in the U.S. during its first day of release.

• The Exorcist – $232.9 million

"The Exorcist" is based on a 1971 novel about a real life exorcism from 1949. Maxim and Entertainment Weekly have voted this film the scariest movie of all time.

• The Sixth Sense - $293.5 million

The highest-grossing horror movie of all time stars Bruce Willis and 11-year-old Haley Joel Osment. It was nominated for a staggering six Oscars, including best director and best picture.
With all of these successful titles in mind I thought it would be best for my title to adopt this approach when choosing and creating my own film title. There are some other aspects I need to keep in mind such as:
Has the title already been used before? As this could bring up copyright issues
Is the title very similar to any existing ones? The public could get them mixed up
Am I following the appaoriate conventions? Yes, as I have basied my research on horror films