What genre to like watching when going to the cinema ?
thrillers ______ horrors ______ rom coms _______ comedy ________
How old are you?
9 - 11 _____ 12 -15 _______ 16 - 21 ______ 22 +_______
what is your gender
female ______ male_______
what is most interests you about films?
Costumes ________ Opening title sequence _______ characters ______ camera angels _____
Friday, 17 December 2010
List the conventions of a title sequence
The conventions of a title sequence
The reason for a title sequence is to set tone for the film, getting the audience to understand what the film is about, giving us little to clues as to how the film is going to pan out but also not giving to much away. The title sequence I'm going to do is based on a thriller the typical conventions you will see in a thriller is.
- Mystery (not giving to much away) .
- The aftermath of a killing never the actual killing itself .
- Using remote and deserted areas as your start(master shot) the title sequence.
- keep the audience guessing and asking questions about your title sequence.
- make the film thrilling.
In a title sequence you also need to a members of staff
- producer(
- director
- exective producer
- characters
- the script writer
Inside Man
The title of the film
We can tell by the title that is a very morden thriller film, it also breaks the stereo type of the big title font to grab the audience its a simple and hi tech sort of title .
How are the characters introduced ?
The first shot we see of a extreme close up a man explaining to us how he doesn't repeat him self twice this shows that he is an intellengent man and maybe he is up to something and makes us an audience curious and want to know more.
Editing and camera angels
One of the more interesting shots was when then men in they white suits took hold of the bank and took everyone hostage and one of the men was stood on top of the table with his gun the shot that they used was of a high angle shot this showed that the man is the dominante force in this situtation.
costumes and props
Cleary the most interesting costumes is the white overall this brings alot mystery to us as the viewer making ask obvious questions like why are they wearing this clothing ?
Double Imndenity
The title of the film
Even though the film was made fifty odd years ago it still seems to be the same style of font with the big white font really in are faces, but what is different about it is there is a man in the background walking up to the title which strange and very unusual and what makes us wander as an audience, who is he ?, what part does he to play in the film and why is he limping ?
The font style
the font sytle is very effective and somewhat unusual because when we see the film the title fills up the whole screen and the big white font is typical of what we see today.
Settings and location
From what we can see we know that the film is set in los angles we suggest that the man in the car could possibly be a very wealthy man. whilst he was in the car he was speeding which makes us wonder as the audience, why is he speeding ? what is he going ? and is he running away from someone or something? we later see that he is going to an insurance office, which we quickly understand that the insurance office is linked to the title 'Double Imndenity' ( which basically means fraud). The man is allowed in by someone who works in the there which shows that he is respected by the people in the insurance office but also makes us wonder and ask more questions is to why is he there after hours ?
Custom and Props
How does the opening sequence realte to the film ?
and
The opening sequence sets up the story because we have an injuried man who is acting weridly and who has already confessed to a murder. these are things that you would generally see throughout a film this is good because this makes us as a veiwer think that more strange and exciting things are going to happen during the film
Kiss me deadly
Title film and font style :
The titling of the film is very strange and breaks the normal way of doing titles for film the titling goes down when usually it goes up this confuses us as the audience makes us wonder why they have done that and another thing they have done which is confusing they have changed the name of the title from ' kiss me deadly' to 'deadly kiss me' this also makes us ask why they have done that. The font style is very simple and basic with a big white font this was common back in the fifties because movie and media had only been around for fifty years at this point.
The setting and location :
The location starts off in a dessert remote location this adds to the thriller effect that the director was trying to achieve the reason why they have done is because they wan to create a thriller effect and dessert and remote area are the most common way of getting that effect.
how are the characters introduce :
The way the woman is introduced is by her running away bare footed we can tell she is scared by her facial expression at 1st we want to know what she is running away from? this also shows her vulnerability to whatever is shes running away she is so desperate that she is even asking for lifts off strangers.
We firstly see the man skidding to avoid crashing in to the woman and the first thing he says to her is 'you almost wrecked my car' before even asking her if she was okay and to me this means he cares more about a material items than human life but then we find out later in the opening sequence is that he kinder than what he makes out to be because when the police are looking for the woman who he is in the car he saves her by lying to the police. This also to makes me think that he is curious and wants to know more about the woman and why she running away from the mental hospital and maybe he might not like the police and that also could be the reason why he lied to the police.
The titling of the film is very strange and breaks the normal way of doing titles for film the titling goes down when usually it goes up this confuses us as the audience makes us wonder why they have done that and another thing they have done which is confusing they have changed the name of the title from ' kiss me deadly' to 'deadly kiss me' this also makes us ask why they have done that. The font style is very simple and basic with a big white font this was common back in the fifties because movie and media had only been around for fifty years at this point.
The setting and location :
The location starts off in a dessert remote location this adds to the thriller effect that the director was trying to achieve the reason why they have done is because they wan to create a thriller effect and dessert and remote area are the most common way of getting that effect.
how are the characters introduce :
The way the woman is introduced is by her running away bare footed we can tell she is scared by her facial expression at 1st we want to know what she is running away from? this also shows her vulnerability to whatever is shes running away she is so desperate that she is even asking for lifts off strangers.
We firstly see the man skidding to avoid crashing in to the woman and the first thing he says to her is 'you almost wrecked my car' before even asking her if she was okay and to me this means he cares more about a material items than human life but then we find out later in the opening sequence is that he kinder than what he makes out to be because when the police are looking for the woman who he is in the car he saves her by lying to the police. This also to makes me think that he is curious and wants to know more about the woman and why she running away from the mental hospital and maybe he might not like the police and that also could be the reason why he lied to the police.
Costumes and props :
The woman is wearing a trench coat with nothing underneath which is a sort of mystery this is emphasis by when the man asks her if she is normally walks nothing but a trench coat she replies by saying a man took my clothes off me and made me wear the trench coat then the man replies by saying why and she says I couldn't tell you that.
Sound
At the beginning of the film we hear the lady panting to emphasis her being tiredness and her being scared we also hear drums and trumpets being played this is make the thriller effect that the director was trying to get at .
Genre
This is a thriller the reason why I know this is because it has all the makings of thriller with a lot mystery a lot of close ups which does give anything away.
Brick
Film title / font style
The font style is what you would see in a typical thriller black background with the big white font making the title in center of the frame and the editor has also separated the letters to give it a sort of lonley effect. The reason why this is done in most thrillers because its a sort of scary and mystery effect towards the film.
Setting and location
The establishing(master) is in a sewage sort of place with a teenage boy in a crouched down position looking at a girl doesn't seem to be moving which makes us wonder as the viewers is she dead? how did they get to that place? and was it him who killed the girl? the expression on the teenage boys face was of shock, confusion , paranoia and various other expression this makes us as the audience want to know more about the film which good because that is the whole point of the opening sequence.
Costumes and props
The purpose of the props sometimes is to give us clues as to what is about to happen in the film there are a few props used in the opening sequence one of the main props used is the dark blue bangles on the girl who is lying dead in little stream, I believe the reason why they used dark blue bangles is because blue is the colour of depression and sometimes death. the person who put something the the teenage boys locker is the same girl who died in the gutter we can tell this because of the bangles this was also probably one of the last things she did which makes us ask why did she put the note in his locker? what does she want him to know that no one else can know ? and more importantly why is she dead ?
Editing
The editing in the opening sequence is very clever and I also think it is very typical of a thriller loads of close ups and master shot the reason why they do this is because they do not want to give anything away by and getting the viewers to understand where the film is taking place. the shot I liked the most was of the dead girl and her bangles were dangling in stream for me it just makes me think of death and depression.
Genre (thriller)
We can tell this is a thriller by the font style of the title, close ups don't giving anything away, the props that use to give us clues as to how the story is going to unfold and panic and worry in the faces of the characters.
The font style is what you would see in a typical thriller black background with the big white font making the title in center of the frame and the editor has also separated the letters to give it a sort of lonley effect. The reason why this is done in most thrillers because its a sort of scary and mystery effect towards the film.
Setting and location
The establishing(master) is in a sewage sort of place with a teenage boy in a crouched down position looking at a girl doesn't seem to be moving which makes us wonder as the viewers is she dead? how did they get to that place? and was it him who killed the girl? the expression on the teenage boys face was of shock, confusion , paranoia and various other expression this makes us as the audience want to know more about the film which good because that is the whole point of the opening sequence.
Costumes and props
The purpose of the props sometimes is to give us clues as to what is about to happen in the film there are a few props used in the opening sequence one of the main props used is the dark blue bangles on the girl who is lying dead in little stream, I believe the reason why they used dark blue bangles is because blue is the colour of depression and sometimes death. the person who put something the the teenage boys locker is the same girl who died in the gutter we can tell this because of the bangles this was also probably one of the last things she did which makes us ask why did she put the note in his locker? what does she want him to know that no one else can know ? and more importantly why is she dead ?
Editing
The editing in the opening sequence is very clever and I also think it is very typical of a thriller loads of close ups and master shot the reason why they do this is because they do not want to give anything away by and getting the viewers to understand where the film is taking place. the shot I liked the most was of the dead girl and her bangles were dangling in stream for me it just makes me think of death and depression.
Genre (thriller)
We can tell this is a thriller by the font style of the title, close ups don't giving anything away, the props that use to give us clues as to how the story is going to unfold and panic and worry in the faces of the characters.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Wallander(Maccormick, 2008,UK)
Title
The Wallander font style isnt the same as every other thriller we see it is starts off with a yellow background and then we see a black and sharp looking shape which could be the knife the teenage girl drops yellow and black usually symbolises caution and danger.
How the setting and location revealed
The way the opening starts is in the countryside with lots of grass and country roads, suggesting a remote area far from the city. this secluded makes us think straight away as the audience what are they doing there ? also, the setting is revealed as an extreme long shot meaning that the audience can just about see the objects in the frame a white car and two people walking, this creates curiosity as the audience will ask why is the car stoppped in of nowhere? and why are those two people walking away? the setting is also revealed as a very eerie and strange place setting the tone for the opening sequnce of pessimism, making the audience on edge as they know whats going to happen next isn't going to be upbeat.
Costumes/Props:
The first thing you realise about what the characters they are both waering very dark and punkish sort of clothingwhich suggest that they may be negative people and dont really care about a lot of things. This makes the audience instantly think they are bad people and quiet uneasy about the two characters as they look out of place and looking for trouble, both of them have blood on their hands ans faces linking the taxi where we see a man unconscious. This makes the audience ask whether the girls did it and if so why ?
How the opening sequnce sets up the story :
The opening seqence sets up the story as it forces the audience to ask lots of questions making them want to know whats going to happen next. It does this by keeping the viewers with little infomation making them feel unsettled and uneased becuase they dont know whats going to happen, they dont know due to the fact that the two girls have already cambated stereotypes of teengers.
Genre:
It is a thriller as it follows all the basic conventions including, tense music,mysterious characters, unknown and violence.
Monday, 13 December 2010
The sixth sense
The title and font style :
The title of six sense is very typical thriller title with the white font with black background the reason why this done with most thriller is because of the tension it brings us as viewers it makes us want to know more about the film.
genre(thriller) how does the opening suggest it? :
The start film starts off with a black out then we see a light bulb which quickly shows us what type of film it is and where the opening is based(indoors) then it cuts to a woman in a dark celluar picking out wine which makes us wonder what she doing there? and who is she ? and why does she look scared ?
costume and props:
There are alot of props used in the opening title the light bulb is the most important one because it sets the tone for the film it is used to start the film and make us as the audience scared and sucked into the film. there are lite up candels with pictures that a little kids have drawn saying 'thanks'to show there appreiction of what the man us done for them this which makes us wonder what does he do for a living? And then there is a sort of certifcate that shows us what he does for living. The costumes used in the film are typical clothing of a well off couple the woman is wearing a purple dress which possibly could be expensive, the man is wearing shirt and some smart shoes which shows us that the jobs that he does pays him and his wife well.
How any characters are introduced ?
The woman is introduced first in the dark wine celluar and then the man is introduced in thier living room drinking wine together they seem happy together but then they show both of there personalities when they find a man in there bathroom the woman shows that she is scared by looking down and hiding behind her husband and the man is showing a compelte opposite side to attuide towards the man in the bathroom by asking him what is he doing and showing anger and shock on his face.
Interesting camera work/ editing :
The camera work done is typical of a thriller type film, there are mainly close ups and focus points in the start of the film which is what you would expect in a opening title sequence because it makes us want to know more about the film there are also many clever shots shown in the film le.g. when they see a find out that there window has been broken they use eyeline match to make us as audience believe its us who is in the postion of the viewers, this makes us want to know whats happen and who has broken in to the house.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Opening sequence to Momento
The reason for a title seqence is to catch the viewers attetion and I believe that Momento defiantly gets peoples attention straight away I like the way the open sequnce starts off with the ending which us makes confused but wanted to know more about the flim.
The creator of the title has deliberatly used a black background with white faded font so he can give the effect that it is a thriller or some kind of a scary flim. I personally believe that colours they have used are quite scary, leaving us with a mystery to solve and very hostile.
The type of shots that the cameraman in the opening sequence( photographer or cinemaphotography) uses are extreme close ups this stops us from seeing the reason why the man was laying down with a bullet in his head, this is very clever use of the camera because it makes us want to know more about the flim.
The creator of the title has deliberatly used a black background with white faded font so he can give the effect that it is a thriller or some kind of a scary flim. I personally believe that colours they have used are quite scary, leaving us with a mystery to solve and very hostile.
The type of shots that the cameraman in the opening sequence( photographer or cinemaphotography) uses are extreme close ups this stops us from seeing the reason why the man was laying down with a bullet in his head, this is very clever use of the camera because it makes us want to know more about the flim.
roles
flim distributor
A flim distributor is a company or a indivdual who has the responsibity of releasing the movie to the public or for personal viewing.
production company
the production company is responsible for the physical production of releasing media ( television progammes, flims,performing arts radio etc...) they may also me involved with the finance of the production.
casting
The casting process sometimes involves a series of auditions before a casting panel, composed of individuals such as the producer, director and/or choreographer. In the early stages of the process, performers often may present prepared audition pieces such as monologues. Later stages may involve groups of actors attempting material from the work under consideration in various combinations; the Casting Director considers both the talent of the individual actors and the chemistry of their combination.
music
Is the soundtracks that will be played in the flim this is usually to set the tone of scences
production designer
the production designer is the person who over looks all of the flimed events. production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures.
editor
The editor is the person who makes changes to the flim to perfect it e.g. changes tiimes of transitions for a better effect.
director photographer
is the person responsible for making techinal decsions and is in charge of the lighting and camera crew.
A flim distributor is a company or a indivdual who has the responsibity of releasing the movie to the public or for personal viewing.
production company
the production company is responsible for the physical production of releasing media ( television progammes, flims,performing arts radio etc...) they may also me involved with the finance of the production.
casting
The casting process sometimes involves a series of auditions before a casting panel, composed of individuals such as the producer, director and/or choreographer. In the early stages of the process, performers often may present prepared audition pieces such as monologues. Later stages may involve groups of actors attempting material from the work under consideration in various combinations; the Casting Director considers both the talent of the individual actors and the chemistry of their combination.
music
Is the soundtracks that will be played in the flim this is usually to set the tone of scences
production designer
the production designer is the person who over looks all of the flimed events. production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures.
editor
The editor is the person who makes changes to the flim to perfect it e.g. changes tiimes of transitions for a better effect.
director photographer
is the person responsible for making techinal decsions and is in charge of the lighting and camera crew.
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