Some of the key features of our opening are the religious imagery and flashbacks. The religious imagery is symbolic in itself and is imagery that is understood universally. It was crucial to the piece that we emphasised its religious background but also that we respected it in our alternative interpretation of religion, Jesus Christ and God. The flashbacks are key features of the thriller genre and we wanted to include these, not only for the affect they have on the audience but because it made the storyline much more mysterious and intriguing.
A production company helps create the film by assisting with budgeting, casting, scripting and more.
Our production company is Grave Productions. Grave Productions are a British independent production company that specialises in the creation of thriller/horror movies. The company is known by its logo of a negative gravestone with the production companies names engraved into it. This is effective as it is a simple logo and isn't overdramatised. The simplicity of the logo makes it memorable and easy to visually manipulate depending on the film, much like DreamWork Studio's does with the boy and the moon. Due to the company being one of the few British independent production companies, it works with independent film makers and helps them get their work, that would otherwise be ignored, noticed.
The production company being based in England helped us acquire a predominately British cast and crew. However, this meant that our crew was relatively small. This is why we do not have an abundance of names credited in the opening sequence. A variety of jobs appear credited in the opening sequence, such as the Editors, Cameramen and Costume Designers. The actors are the first to be credited due to the fact that shots in which they were in, appeared near the beginning. I thought it would be effective if we credited the actors names while they each appeared on the screen. We placed the Directors credit right at the end because, traditionally, this is where it is placed. Arguably because they have the largest role to play, however I disagree. I disagree because in this instance, the creation of the movie was a team effort and could not have been completed without everyone included.
We tried to avoid attaining financial backing from the BBC as we were afraid that they would edge us towards the route of having our film on the BBC alone. This is not what we wanted as we were aiming for a theatrical release. Therefore, we attempted to get financial backing from the British film council. While waiting for confirmation of the money, we did look into equity investors. However, we did eventually get backing from the film council. A lot of low-budget horror/thriller movies are extremely successful. This is due to the fact that the audience don't want a horror/thriller for the actors, but they do to be scared and unnerved. This can be done on the lowest of budgets and still have amazing effects. Within the last decade, many of the best horror/ thrillers have been low-budget films made by people nobody has ever heard of before. For example, the first 'Paranormal Activity'.
My idea for a distributor would be Altitude Film Distribution. I chose this company because it is an independent company and I did not want my film to be distributed by a huge distribution and media monopoly. Also, because major studios don't make they're own films and they look to independent productions to finance and control distribution, if I went to an independent distribution company, I wold have much more say in how my movie is produced and shown to the public. Altitude does not appear to manipulate a films original cause to benefit themselves. As a low budget independent film, I also don't feel as if it being distributed globally would have had much affect as people who are used to big Hollywood blockbusters would have most likely turned it down. A saturation release would be the last thing the movie would need. Altitude distributed 'Amy' the 2015 movie about the cultural icon: Amy Winehouse. This movie was very popular in Indie Cinemas and subsequently did not have a general release but a select/ Art House release. This targeted specific cinemas, cities and indie cinemas. 'The Witch' is a good example of an Art House release.
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