This is our first draft of our title sequence for our main task. I think it is a pretty strong first draft with a lot of strengths and a few weaknesses. The weaknesses of our main task I think personally is the typography of our titles. I think I should edit them and use the Barron Kuffner font from Dafont.
Monday 22 February 2016
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Order of Titles
An improvement from our first draft is to correct our order of titles. We did not take this into account whilst making and editing our title sequence.
The order of opening credits are as follows:
The order of opening credits are as follows:
1. Name of the studio that is distributing the film.
2. Name of the production company responsible for making the film. If an investor financed a substantial portion of the movie, they will usually be credited alongside the production company with “In Association with.”
3. A (Producer’s Name) Production.
4. A Film by (Director’s Name).
5. Starring (this is optional or can be paired with the first cast member’s name), followed by the names of all principal actors.
6. Film title.
7. Featured cast members. A card that states “Featuring” used to be fairly commonplace but now appears to be falling out of fashion; in some cases, to speed up a title sequence, featured players are held off for the end crawl.
8. Casting by.
9. Music, composer, or original score.
10. Production designer.
11. At this point it can vary; you might see makeup, costume, or visual effects credits here or skip to the next few credits. At this point it should vary based on what is most important to the movie. If the movie’s a high budget sci-fi bonanza, it’s appropriate to credit the VFX team or supervising visual effects artist here; if it’s an historical epic, costume and makeup should probably get some notice here.
We will not have to include all of these roles in the making of our film such as a VFX team.
Wednesday 10 February 2016
Why did the X-Files use the same title sequence?
The hit 90's TV series has recently made a comeback to our screens since the 9/11 conspiracies.The original title sequence being used brings up a lot of nostalgia for the old X-File fans that previously watched the show. The theme tune is very iconic and reinforces this nostalgia to bring up old excitement for fans. The old title sequence may of been used to depict the change in the re-make of the show. By comparing the old title sequence with the new roles draws people away from the idea that they are similar to the old X-Files as they have been compared. The importance of this title sequence is to bring out all the nostalgia and excitement of the X-Files to the old fans and bring them back to watch it.
Slowing down the speed of shots
To add tension to our main task title sequence I wanted to slow down some of the shots that we filmed form their normal speed to create an eerie atmosphere between the black out cuts.
I changed the speed down in percentages to get the perfect speed for each shot to get the correct duration. This tutorial has been beneficial as it has added to my editing skill set as I have the technical ability to slow down the speed and duration of shots in adobe premiere in a number of different ways to display different outcomes
I changed the speed down in percentages to get the perfect speed for each shot to get the correct duration. This tutorial has been beneficial as it has added to my editing skill set as I have the technical ability to slow down the speed and duration of shots in adobe premiere in a number of different ways to display different outcomes
Monday 8 February 2016
Title sequence analysis summary
From analysing the title sequences , I have learnt that a common convention of title sequences are blackout screens with the typography on top. I have learnt that this draws the audience towards the typography and titles a lot more compared to titles on top of a footage background. The biggest shock for me was how simple the typography used was and that they are still very affective even though they are very simple and basic. I think my biggest inspiration is the tile sequence to ill Manors as the aspiring speech and moving titles ties in superbly with the blackout cuts. I have also learnt that the title sequence can imply and hint things about the rest of the film. I have also learnt that synchronous sound is very effective in building tension especially if the music has a relation tot he theme of the movie. I will especially take this into account when editing my title sequence and add music that has significance to our theme and idea.
Film Reviews
From analysing thriller films I have learnt that tension is a crucial part and convention of a thriller. keeping the audience on the edge of their seat. This is something we are going to have to recreate but using our own ideas and twists. Also, relatable instances and situations I personally feel are far more exciting and nerve wracking as you can put yourself in the situation. This has been replicated through Kidulthood and ill manors. I personally would like to recreate this feeling in my main task and take a similar approach to what kidulthood and ill manors have taken.
Film Reviews
From analysing thriller films I have learnt that tension is a crucial part and convention of a thriller. keeping the audience on the edge of their seat. This is something we are going to have to recreate but using our own ideas and twists. Also, relatable instances and situations I personally feel are far more exciting and nerve wracking as you can put yourself in the situation. This has been replicated through Kidulthood and ill manors. I personally would like to recreate this feeling in my main task and take a similar approach to what kidulthood and ill manors have taken.
Django Unchained Title Sequence Analysis
The opening credits for Django Unchained features a stationary mid shot of a rocky desert. This is followed by a western country folk guitar slowly picking a riff. This non-diegetic sound creates a loose country atmosphere. This ties in nicely with the setting as the movie is based in the Wild West.
The blocky red typography resembles that of a western saloon bar. This reinforces the setting of the movie which is the Wild West (19th century America).
These titles proceed to continue to show on the still shot background.
The still shot then pans down into a group of black slaves before screening the main title.
By the camera panning down into a medium shot of the group of slaves, reveals the back of the main character as the group struggles forward revealing his brutal whipping scars. This straight away reveals the sheer brutality that slaves were put through at the beginning of the film to set the tone and level of violence yet to come in the film.
The rest of the title sequence features a series of shots of the main character Django.
These shots depict the facial expressions of Django and exploit his emotions and hardship of the character towards the way he is being treated. The fade in and out technique seen above create the effect of Django blurring in and out of reality because of how brutal he is being treated and that he is de-humanised.
Friday 5 February 2016
Second Filming Analysis
Our second filming was very succsessful and got a lot of shots filmed. Our planning before hand with our storyboard and animatic was very useful and worth it as it increased our efficiency as a group and got more shots filmed in a shorter amount of time.
Main Task Title Sequence Story Board
This is the story board for our main task title sequence. I can personally say that it is very well designed and laid out. This is going to make it easier and quicker to film the shots for our title sequence. This story board increases the efficiency of our group and is going to be constantly used for reference.
Audience Theories
These are my notes made on different audience theories and how different media interacts with different audiences in a number of ways. I have heard of the hypodermic needle theory before but not in as much depth as this and I have really got to grips with how different media has different effects on different the audiences. This will impact my media now as I will begin to look at different types of media and see what category it falls into and what the effect of the audience will be. These audience theories have certainly changed the way that I will look at any type of media.
Monday 1 February 2016
Stereotypes
Whilst scrolling through my Tv Drama Revision booklet I stumbled across a common stereotype we are going to use for our main task. This is useful for both our main task and our TV Drama exam to look out for. This will enable us to have a criteria of what our characters for our main task must fall into to be recognised to our audience. This will help to make our script and costumes for our characters to reinforce this stereotype.
Kidulthood Inspiration Research
Kidulthood is a movie about teenage street crime in the heart of London. The main character played by Noel Clarke talks about how he was inspired to make a film about the dark side of his young adulthood and how people around him have shared the same experiences. This was a large inspiration for our crime thriller.
Getting different perspectives
We have attempted to contact a director through a personal messages sent by our producer Sophie to Lionsgate movies as they follow her on twitter. The message is as follows:
With this message we can hopefully get in touch with a director with experience which we can ask further questions to improve the quality of our main task. All credits to our producer.
Equipment
Camera:
Camera-The camera we are using to film our main task is a Fujifilm- finepix HS30. This is a high quality camera that allows for a higher quality of shots to give a professional look.
Tripod-We have borrowed a tripod to stabilise our shots and to minimise any shaking. This piece of equipment allows us to pan our shots smooth and straightly.
There is little to no dialogue in our title sequence so a microphone is a necessity at this moment in time but if the audio in our first shoot isn't great, we can always use a microphone in our re-shoot.
Props:
Empty drink bottles- to show the audience that teens are drinking
Fake drugs-This is to simply show the audience that the characters we are filming have taken substances.
Suspect board- this is used to create suspension and to tie everything together at the end of the title sequence.
We would of had to rent the equipment such as a tripod and sd cards but luckily our media reacher has let us borrow and tripod and we have purchased an sd card. Our budget has come to very low as we had to spend next to no money to create our title sequence for our main task.
Camera-The camera we are using to film our main task is a Fujifilm- finepix HS30. This is a high quality camera that allows for a higher quality of shots to give a professional look.
Tripod-We have borrowed a tripod to stabilise our shots and to minimise any shaking. This piece of equipment allows us to pan our shots smooth and straightly.
There is little to no dialogue in our title sequence so a microphone is a necessity at this moment in time but if the audio in our first shoot isn't great, we can always use a microphone in our re-shoot.
Props:
Empty drink bottles- to show the audience that teens are drinking
Fake drugs-This is to simply show the audience that the characters we are filming have taken substances.
Suspect board- this is used to create suspension and to tie everything together at the end of the title sequence.
We would of had to rent the equipment such as a tripod and sd cards but luckily our media reacher has let us borrow and tripod and we have purchased an sd card. Our budget has come to very low as we had to spend next to no money to create our title sequence for our main task.
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