The Productions

Title Sequence:
 Storyboard-

 

Treatment - 

We open onto a pitch-black background; an animated male figure fades onto the screen, he is facing away from the camera whilst holding a glowing bronze sword. He has short black hair and is dressed in a sleek orange t-shirt and crumpled grey trousers.

At the same time as the figure appears so do two pieces of gleaming gold text, written in a bold serif font with a shine positioned diagonally through the centre of each letter. At the top of the frame is the striking text ‘Seven Half-Bloods’. This text remains in this position whilst the characters are being introduced. Towards the bottom of the screen the characters name ‘Percy Jackson’ is written in the same font.

Three seconds into the title sequence the next character fades in, standing to the right of ‘Percy’ again facing away from the camera but this time the boy is holding a bow and arrow, a quiver hangs on his left shoulder. He has the same length hair as the previous character and is wearing a purple t-shirt and dark grey-blue trousers. This character is introduced as ‘Frank Zhang’ with the name in the same position as the previous characters.

A female is the next to appear in line, holding a Roman cavalry sword. She is also wearing a purple top and lighter grey-blue trousers, her hair is dark brown and curly and her skin is much darker then the two that stand to her left. The name at the bottom changes to ‘Hazel Levesque’.

Another female appears to the right of the first with a slight gap between them. Her arms are raised as though holding something but it can’t be seen. She wears a pale blue-grey jacket over an orange shirt that can just be seen and light grey trousers. Her hair is light brown, short and has braids that frame her face. The name at the bottom now changes to ‘Piper McLean’.

Another male now appears to the right of Hazel, he again has short black hair but his skin is darker than the two other males. He is wearing an orange t-shirt, dark grey trousers and a golden coloured belt; this character again cannot be seen holding a weapon. This time the name changes to ‘Leo Valdez’.

The sixth character to appear, ‘Jason Grace’, is another male, this time with fair skin and short blonde hair. He is holding a golden Roman javelin to his chest, whilst he again faces away from the camera. He is also wearing a purple t-shirt and dark grey trousers.

Nineteen seconds in, the seventh and last character is revealed as a silhouette. From their outline we are unsure whether this character is male or female, but we can tell that they have short and slightly spikey hair. We cannot see what weapon they are holding but their arms are in the right position to suggest that they are. Their name appears as ‘Unknown’.  As this character fades in the text at the top of the screen changes to ‘Shall Answer the Call’.

All of the characters and the bottom name fade out, leaving the new text alone for a while at the top of the screen.

After the text fades out, an image of a lightning storm fades in. Dark blue foreboding clouds line the top of the frame, forked white-yellow lightning streaks down from the clouds towards the earth. When the image has been static for two seconds the text ‘To Storm’ fades onto the image at the top of the frame.

When the storm image and text disappear, the next frame and text piece opens together. The image is a drawing of a forest on fire. Bright red-orange flames spark from dark green half-dead trees into the night sky. The writing ‘Or Fire, The World Must Fall’ is written across the top the frame in the same bold serif text as the previous titles had been written in.

As the fire frame fades out the next fades in. It consists of a beaten and bloodied shadowed character leaning against an unseen wall, with one eye blacked out with blood, the other, the light having left it, stares into space with a look of desperation. His lips are parted and a dribble of blood runs from the corner of his mouth. The text ‘An Oath To Keep With A Final Breath’ spreads across the top of the frame, the title confirms our suspicions that this unknown character is dying.

The writing fades out first, leaving the character alone to continue staring before fading away to the next image.  

The next text fades in with the image of a dark brown-silhouetted army of various creatures fighting on the side of evil. They are all holding different weapons, such as spears, swords and bows. The title in gold reads ‘And Foes Bear Arms’. 

The brassy writing from the top of the frame fades away, but the image of the foes remains. Abruptly a detailed image of a large dark brown arched doorway flashes onto the screen behind the army of foes. Either side of the door are two tall light reddish brown pillars with green thorny vines that wrap up and around. Sat on the top of the pillars two menacing, yellowish, skulls stare down on any that dare to approach. On the front of the door a carved stone gargoyle perches on his stand, his eyes glowing an eerie yellow and his wings stretching threateningly to the edges of the door. Cresting the arch of the door are seven deadly grey spikes, giving a look of terror and death to the doors. At the same moment that the doors appear so does the text ‘To The Doors Of Death’ across the top of the frame in the same bold gold font. The writing fades away and then a few seconds later so do the doors, leaving the screen black and empty.

The music used for the entirety of this sequence is the first twelve seconds from a fight scene in the actual ‘Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief’ film, titled ‘Fighting Luke’. The music is fast paced and the images appear in time with certain parts, helping to set the mood and tone to the piece.

 The End

Risk Assesment - 

ACTIVITY/MACHINE USED	HAZARDS IDENTIFIED	CONSEQUENCES  TO STAFF/STUDENTS OR OTHERS	CONTROL MEASURES TO MAINTAIN SAFETY
Drawing paper and pencils	Risks of stabbing and risk of fire, paper cuts	Pain, house fire	Keep away from flames, and avoiding tripping causing impalement
Scanner	Eye damage, electrocution	Possible blindness, death	Check plugs and for bare wires,  Do not look into the scanner whilst it is in use
Computer	Repetitive strain injury, eye damage, electrocution	Permanent back and muscle damage, possible blindness, death	Take regular breaks, work in a well lit room, check for bare wires

Logo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBUNwjwD58&feature=channel

I wanted to produce an animated logo that referred to the title of 'IceHorse' productions. I used the colour pallet of greys, silvers and blues for the connection to ice.

I used the font 'Icecap' from the website 'dafont.com'. I used this one because it captured the essence of falling snow and ice perfectly.

I drew and coloured all of the images straight onto photoshop, using a Bamboo Graphics Tablet from the stores. I was really pleased with how all the images looked and how the animation progressed to look so smooth in the final export.