Film Company Logo

During the process of learning how to use Adobe Illustrator CS5, I stumbled upon a design for a logo that I could use for a film company, which could be included in any future film credits. I feel that this design is an improvement on the last film company logo I produced (Suburban Knight Productions) as the logo design itself is original and fits in with the company name. This is primarily to give any pieces of work a professional feel.

Company Name: De Montfort Productions

Logo: 

The logo is supposed to represent Simon De Montfort - 6th Earl of Leicester. The image on the shield is his family crest. It is also relevant to the fact that I currently study at De Montfort University, which was named his honour.

Dan Bradley - Stunt Co-ordinator and Second Unit Director

Has worked on stunts for 114 films since 1984 and as 2nd Unit Director for 28 films. Filmography includes: Independence Day, Quantum of Solace, Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3, Superman Returns, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, to name but a few. Is responsible for the chase sequences (on-foot and in-car) for The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum.

Creative Video - Examples of Chase Sequences

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7eE0g-uU9o (Inception [2010] Mombassa Chase)

How to Make an Action Movie Chase Scene | eHow.com

How to Make an Action Movie Chase Scene | eHow.com

Creative Video Ideas

2. Chase Sequence

• Running chase
• Location: Leicester - City centre & areas surrounding DMU
• Two characters
• Jumping over obstacles - interesting camera angles and positions, will also test editing skills
• Begin in John Whitehead carpark - make way into town.
• Have sound from location but subdued in background - soundtrack foregrounded.
• Security Guard chasing thief/law enforcement chasing criminal

About the SnorriCam

(Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnorriCam)

A SnorriCam (also chestcam, bodymount camera, bodycam or bodymount) is a camera device used in filmmaking that is rigged to the body of the actor, facing the actor directly, so when he walks, he does not appear to move, but everything around him does. A SnorriCam presents a dynamic point of view from the actor's perspective, providing an unusual sense of vertigo for the viewer.

The SnorriCam is named after two Icelandic photographers and directors, Einar Snorri and Eiður Snorri, who –although they are not related– worked together under the name Snorri Bros.

The concept of the SnorriCam has been around for decades. Various ad hoc versions of the device were implemented in films going as far back as Seconds, in 1966. However, the practicality of such a point-of-view device was limited by the weight of the camera. Since most 35mm motion picture cameras were simply too heavy to easily carry, there was no real point in developing such a device. However, with the emergence of the Steadicam and the manufacture of small, lightweight, soundproof cameras that could fit on the Steadicam platform, an added bonus of these newer, lighter cameras was the possibility of a point-of-view device such as the SnorriCam.

Examples of use:

Film:

• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Pi - all directed by Darren Aronofsky
• Rocknrolla
• Malcolm X
• District 9
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Terminator Salvation

TV:

• That Mitchell and Webb Look - "Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar"

Music Video:

• The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979" directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (1995)
• Green Day - "Jesus of Suburbia" directed by Samuel Bayer (2005)