Which production companies would produce our movie?

since our movie is going to be a PG rated thriller, i have tought about some production companies that could be intersted in our movie.

Walt disney:

Walt disney is a major comapny for producing Pg rated movies( such as the haunted mansion) and all other kind of movies that would interest families, even if is mostly intersted in cartoons, I think that would be a great producer for our movie.

WB:

warner bros, another giant of hollywood, produces any kind of movie from the matrix to the looney toones movies. This company was alsoc involved in some of the most famous thriller series such as buffy and in some amazing movies such as Harry Potter.

In my opinion this company could be intersted in our production.

SPYGLASS:

often Spy glass entertainment is associated with WD or WB, Thanks to the great experience on the field of cinema and then great connections, this company could publish and promote our production.

Pietro papadimitriou audience research for film openings, what people like and what people don't.

from my brief research it was clear how there are some key elements that people like in film openings and some other key elements that people hate.

people generally like:

• good CGI graphics (especially in comedy movies or animated movies)
• good music ( the music must match with the kind of movie is expected to see)
• good acting ( if there is a presentation of the protagonists during the opening, they must be able to show their personality and briefly their role)
• Enigma codes ( for example the trailer of se7ven)

this is what people dislike:

• really long openings
• boring openings
• the title at the end
• constant credits

here is an example of a great film opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLDyrun_Cc

pietro papadimitriou: research on genre and things to be included in the film

Film genre research and traits

Me and Stuart decided to create a PG rated thriller opening.

Pg rated movies have some common characteristics, even if each one is different.

Some common characteristics are:

• Ghosts, both good and bad.
• Creepy places , such as haunted mansions or graveyards
• General creepy objects such as spider webs, dark places with flickering candles, graves and particular weather conditions for example deep fog or heavy storms
• The protagonists are generally funny and smart but also really scared of ghosts or monsters
• There is always a happy ending where the protagonists are well and survived the bad adventure.

A great example is Scooby-doo the movie:

In this movie all of this characteristics previously explained appear, in fact ghosts or monsters always appear. Creepy places such as “ the creepy theme park” where the movie is located, the protagonists are smart ( Vlma) funny ( shaggy and Scooby-doo) and brave ( Daphne and fred)

At the end of the movie , they find out who the villain is and everything goes back to equilibrium.

Pietro Papadimitriou: Graphic break down the haunted mansion

Graphic break down

THE HAUNTED MANSION

Order of appearing:

1. Walt Disney logo ( PG rated film)
2. Walt Disney picture presents
3. Eddie Murphy
4. THE HAUNTED MANSION
5. a ROB MINKOFF  film
6. Terrence stamp
7. Nathaniel parker
8. Marsha Thomanson
9. Jennifer Tilly
10. Wallace Shawn
11. Dina waters
12.  Marc John ferries
13. Casting by Marsha Ross, Donna Morong, Gail Goldberg c.s.a
14. music by Mark Mancina
15.  special make up effect by Rick Baker
16. visual effect supervisor Jay Redd
17.  costume designer Mona May
18. editor Priscilla Nedd Friendly, A.C..R.
19. production designer John Myhre
20. director of photography Remi Adefarasin, B&C
21. based on Walt Disney’s   haunted mansion
22. executive producers Rob Minkoff & Barry bernard
23. produced by Don Hahn and Andrew