In this post i have researched on title sequence there are some copy pasted infomations from the websites www.watchthetitle.com and www.artofthetitle.com.
You know what they say about first impressions, that they do count well That is exactly why both Hollywood and independent studios spend valuable a,ount of time and resources to create the most appropriate and effective main title sequences for their movies.
Title sequences can be almost anything which is engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating, or simply drop dead beautiful. They can be oozing with visual poetry and sophisticated imagery while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious stylistic gestures.
The very best title sequences not only succeed in putting the audience in the right mood for the movie (while presenting the key production and cast members), they transcend their proper function and venture off into the realm of something far deeper and far greater. They are the signifiers of contemporary pop culture and an art form in their own right. Just look at the impact of, for example, Kyle Cooper's title sequence for Se7en that has left an indelible mark, not just on film and motion design, but on contemporary visual culture as a whole.
Friday, 12 February 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
CASINO ROYALE - ANALYSIS
Cinematography
long shots, mid shots, etreme long shots, close ups , extreme close up, birds eye view, two shot, worms eye view.
the most effective shots wee the wormseye view shots as it focusses on detail giving a sense of realism to the audience and making them feel as if they are there withn the scene. the bird eye view and the extreme/ long shots work as extabishing shots letting the audience realise the setting/ location fo the film.
RECCE VIDEO/S
This is a clip of the recce recording i done to show my group the locations that i have thought of. i did this task individually however a friend of mine who is not part of the group came along which was benificial as she helped portray isolation in one of the shots which i would like happening in the real opening sequence of our thriller.
The first thing you see in the clip is the bus. This is going to be used as our prop and our source of transport. Everyone in their daily lively hood use something and it also five it the realistic touch.
The first location I have chosen is the woods. This place may not look like one because, well it isn’t however it’s a safe area and would work very effectively with lots of restricted shots such as close ups and extreme close ups.
The second location I have chosen is a café. This may be an obvious location to choose but I thought it would give the whole film it sense of realism and normality as a wood is conventional but not a realistic place for someone to be which gives it that thriller tension and suspense keeping the audience questioning and decoding the enigma codes.
Saturday, 6 February 2010
RECCE PHOTOS
this shot is taken from the bedroom that we are planning to use for our opening sequence.
i have taken this shot to show some of the unnecesary items that will not be needed with in the mise en scene.
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK
by Shapali and Mica
This clip is a short video recording we did with at it original states with cuts. Doing this audience feedback gave us the idea and kept us aware of the things that have to be in our thriller to target our audience in a specific way. These are some of the thing which I may try to achieve with our thriller
• Some action
• Suspense
• Change in characters
• Creates tension
• ‘cool atmosphere’
• Hanging on the edge of your seat
• Heart racing
• Protagonist and antagonist
• Investigation
• Detective skills
• Make you jump
• Exiting
These are the points which were raised in our audience feedback so we are going to try use this as a tick list as the best way of creating a thriller opening sequence which will appeal to our unique audience.
TREATMENT IDEA NO 2.
the opening sequence starts of with the not so ordinary dream of the protagonist, Pandora Blake. this film plays allot on dramatic irony as little did Pandora know, her dream was not a dream but a vision from the future, a premonition. This premonition leads her into the mission of saving Michealle Cunnigham, but the question is from what?
Pandora's dream/premonition
Pandora's dream is set in the slightly dark lit woods, with alot of trees around and people far from out of sight. with in the dream she see's a women in her early 20's running away. this is shown with a POV shot however it is unclear whos POV shot it is. this could be interpreted as Michelle running away from Pandora or a KILLER chasing Michelle, this will create a red herring and keep the audience in suspence. this red herring is created when Michealle looks back at the camera several times and on the last one when she is on the floor pleading for a her life as the camera comes closer. with in these shot we see blood and scars around Michealles body which connotes she is in danger and had been abused. the dream/ permonition ends with this pov shot where she is on the flor and the killer about to
Getting ready to go out
huffing and puffing Pandora wakes up from her 'nightmare' with a shock, she take a few seconds to calms her slef down then goes to the bathroom washes her face, brushes her teeth, goes back into the bedroom looks at the time gets dressed then leaves the house on her way to cafe nero to have breakfast.
on the way to cafe Nero
(Pandora lives alone and is a very independent girl but doesent no how to cook, so she relies on takeaways and cafe for breakfast lunch and dinner.)
on her way there she sees the girl from her dream and to show this we will use eye line match but when this happens Pandora does not think much of it and continues with her day to day routine.
in cafe Nero
The setting is set with an establishing shot here, as this is one of the places where the opening sequence will finish. a long shot of her showing Pandora walking in to the cafe with over the shoulder shots of her ordering her food. tracking shot of her walking downstairs ans sitting down. Pandora takes out a newspaper from her bad and starts reading. she then reaches for her coffee...
2nd premonition
which takes us straight into her second permonition of the day. this permontition isnt as serious as the first one but it helps Pandora realise the dream that she had before wasnt a dream but a permontion of the future. in this permonition she sees her coffee spilling which even though seems insignificant it makes Pandora aware and confused.
premonition coming to life realization of premonition
Pandora comes out of her permontion huffing and puffing this is were she spots the same girl from her dream and at the same time the second permontion take motion and becomes real. which automatically makes Pandora realize she has this supernatural power to see the future. The opening sequence end by having little clips showing the 1st premonition, then a short clip on Pandora looking at the girl in cafe and then another shoty of the girl in the cafe.
Pandora's dream/premonition
Pandora's dream is set in the slightly dark lit woods, with alot of trees around and people far from out of sight. with in the dream she see's a women in her early 20's running away. this is shown with a POV shot however it is unclear whos POV shot it is. this could be interpreted as Michelle running away from Pandora or a KILLER chasing Michelle, this will create a red herring and keep the audience in suspence. this red herring is created when Michealle looks back at the camera several times and on the last one when she is on the floor pleading for a her life as the camera comes closer. with in these shot we see blood and scars around Michealles body which connotes she is in danger and had been abused. the dream/ permonition ends with this pov shot where she is on the flor and the killer about to
Getting ready to go out
huffing and puffing Pandora wakes up from her 'nightmare' with a shock, she take a few seconds to calms her slef down then goes to the bathroom washes her face, brushes her teeth, goes back into the bedroom looks at the time gets dressed then leaves the house on her way to cafe nero to have breakfast.
on the way to cafe Nero
(Pandora lives alone and is a very independent girl but doesent no how to cook, so she relies on takeaways and cafe for breakfast lunch and dinner.)
on her way there she sees the girl from her dream and to show this we will use eye line match but when this happens Pandora does not think much of it and continues with her day to day routine.
in cafe Nero
The setting is set with an establishing shot here, as this is one of the places where the opening sequence will finish. a long shot of her showing Pandora walking in to the cafe with over the shoulder shots of her ordering her food. tracking shot of her walking downstairs ans sitting down. Pandora takes out a newspaper from her bad and starts reading. she then reaches for her coffee...
2nd premonition
which takes us straight into her second permonition of the day. this permontition isnt as serious as the first one but it helps Pandora realise the dream that she had before wasnt a dream but a permontion of the future. in this permonition she sees her coffee spilling which even though seems insignificant it makes Pandora aware and confused.
premonition coming to life realization of premonition
Pandora comes out of her permontion huffing and puffing this is were she spots the same girl from her dream and at the same time the second permontion take motion and becomes real. which automatically makes Pandora realize she has this supernatural power to see the future. The opening sequence end by having little clips showing the 1st premonition, then a short clip on Pandora looking at the girl in cafe and then another shoty of the girl in the cafe.
by shapali
TREATMENT FEEDBACK
Today we pitched our idea to the whole class and our teachers ms, khan and ms berry. the feedback we received were not really positive as our idea was confused and not explained properly. the setting we choose didn't appeal to the teachers and the class members wanted more of the back story such as why she takes medicine, whats mental health issue has she got, when did she get it why did she get it etc. Furthermore our idea linked to many of the other students work within the class which let down the fact that our story will not have a (USP) unique selling point.
Due to the feedback and a short meeting with all my group members we have decided to change our idea entirely and will pitch the new idea on a separate occasion either to the whole class or our teachers.
Due to the feedback and a short meeting with all my group members we have decided to change our idea entirely and will pitch the new idea on a separate occasion either to the whole class or our teachers.
TREATMENT IDEA NO 1.
MEDIA PLOT IDEA
30/1/10
Person A – Charlotte (restricted narration)
Person B - Mica
1) Identity (working title only)
(Still keep Shap opening)
(flashback?) A and B are acquaintances; they have previously met before (bus stop; mention mutual friend/boy?). A has now become infatuated with B; B seems to have everything that A wants. A wants to get to know B, in fact she wants to become B (take over her identity). B begins to understand what A is doing but B has a secret (killed abusive father?) of her own that no-one must know about. B will have to get rid of A (kill?) before A gets her.
A meets with B in a car park, B is holding a hammer
Charlotte and Michelle happen to be acquaintances; they had previously met before at the bus stop through another friend who will not be mentioned. With more “accidental” meetings between Charlotte and Michelle, Charlotte has now becoming infatuated through Michelle more happy life. Michelle begins to understand Charlotte motives of taking over her identity. However Michelle has her own little secret of her own (she killed her abusive father) that no one must know about. This would lead her to get rid/kill before Charlotte finds out.
Set in modern time London where busy people make their way from home to work and back again only every so often breaking the system to stop and wonder about the world, we follow a story a “unique” situation between two people. Michelle a working class 17 year old girl who is enjoying her adolescent youth while Charlotte who seems to have the exact same life on the outside slowly unravels deep roots of mental issues. The two become acquaintances through a friend and this leads to frequent “accidental” meetings. Charlotte soon revels in Michelle’s life until she feels she’ll be better off being Michelle.
With a juxtaposition soundtrack to oppose the psychological film it is shot in mostly flashbacks; it unravels the course of their time together as we learn more about Charlotte’s mentality of becoming infatuated with Michelle and we soon find out why Michelle sees life for the better
It’s a race against time for Michelle as she uncovers Charlotte’s intention of taking over her identity and worse, finding out her secret before it comes out.
The film opens with Charlotte, slowly walking along a side street until she ends up at a children’s park. She decides to waste time on the swings continually looking at her watch before she has to meet up with Michelle who is currently making her way from the train station to a supermarket car park.
30/1/10
Person A – Charlotte (restricted narration)
Person B - Mica
1) Identity (working title only)
(Still keep Shap opening)
(flashback?) A and B are acquaintances; they have previously met before (bus stop; mention mutual friend/boy?). A has now become infatuated with B; B seems to have everything that A wants. A wants to get to know B, in fact she wants to become B (take over her identity). B begins to understand what A is doing but B has a secret (killed abusive father?) of her own that no-one must know about. B will have to get rid of A (kill?) before A gets her.
A meets with B in a car park, B is holding a hammer
Charlotte and Michelle happen to be acquaintances; they had previously met before at the bus stop through another friend who will not be mentioned. With more “accidental” meetings between Charlotte and Michelle, Charlotte has now becoming infatuated through Michelle more happy life. Michelle begins to understand Charlotte motives of taking over her identity. However Michelle has her own little secret of her own (she killed her abusive father) that no one must know about. This would lead her to get rid/kill before Charlotte finds out.
Set in modern time London where busy people make their way from home to work and back again only every so often breaking the system to stop and wonder about the world, we follow a story a “unique” situation between two people. Michelle a working class 17 year old girl who is enjoying her adolescent youth while Charlotte who seems to have the exact same life on the outside slowly unravels deep roots of mental issues. The two become acquaintances through a friend and this leads to frequent “accidental” meetings. Charlotte soon revels in Michelle’s life until she feels she’ll be better off being Michelle.
With a juxtaposition soundtrack to oppose the psychological film it is shot in mostly flashbacks; it unravels the course of their time together as we learn more about Charlotte’s mentality of becoming infatuated with Michelle and we soon find out why Michelle sees life for the better
It’s a race against time for Michelle as she uncovers Charlotte’s intention of taking over her identity and worse, finding out her secret before it comes out.
The film opens with Charlotte, slowly walking along a side street until she ends up at a children’s park. She decides to waste time on the swings continually looking at her watch before she has to meet up with Michelle who is currently making her way from the train station to a supermarket car park.
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