Friday 28 January 2011
Secondary Plans
Our title sequence is going to be of two people, a women getting ready for a night out by putting on her make up and doing her hair and someone who has recently been killed because he has blood dripping down hisw body. The sequence would start by establishing a location so a flash image of a house or street will help establish the location. The filming will be closed ups of both people, the widest shot will be an arm or the womens face. This is done to create a feeling of tension a mystery to the people both the person getting ready to go out and the other person. we will create blood by mixing water and red food colouring we will then reverse the film tension and suspense.
Things to do
- Examples of the fonts
- Soundtrack
- Establish what characters we will use
- Location pictures
- Find props
- look into renting a night vision camera
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Planning of our opening sequence.
i would like to film the tittle sequence at :
my friends house
in the woods
in a field
and in a lake
or a public place for example a park.
We will aim to have as little characters as possible this is to keep everything as simple as possible so we can create a sequence that looks good.
The sequence will either feature a good person being chased or running from something. Or having the bad guy planning something which gives the view a slight insite as to what they are planning. The other options include stalking someone from the stalkers view, but with the camera being presented as a security camera view. The stalker will not be stalking the person in person but instead through the security camera system.
The music will be used as to try and create and atmosphere or to create suspense.
The lighting will most probably be during the dark or sunset, this is because it can be used to create an atmosphere. This is used in films alot as the dark creates a feeling of the unknown as you cannot see what is in front of you.We will aim to either film in a seculed place were it can be earilly quiet this is seen in films such as the BlairWitch Project. But we could also used a public area this is used most commonly in films, this is done as it creates a feeling that we as the public could have been effected as it is a public place.
The titles will be kept short but by using different fonts we aim to create a feeling of either fear, suspense or thrilling. The fonts that we may use are as follows: Apple Casual, Big Caslon, Book Antiqua, Britannic bold, Chalkduster, Charlemagne Std, Copperplate, Handwriting-Dakota and Zapfino. We can then alter the titles more by adding effects to them effects cause titles to be animated, colourful or to change over a time period.
The potential titles to the film are as follows: The Shadow, Watched, Suspect, Identity, Last Choice.
my friends house
in the woods
in a field
and in a lake
or a public place for example a park.
We will aim to have as little characters as possible this is to keep everything as simple as possible so we can create a sequence that looks good.
The sequence will either feature a good person being chased or running from something. Or having the bad guy planning something which gives the view a slight insite as to what they are planning. The other options include stalking someone from the stalkers view, but with the camera being presented as a security camera view. The stalker will not be stalking the person in person but instead through the security camera system.
The music will be used as to try and create and atmosphere or to create suspense.
The lighting will most probably be during the dark or sunset, this is because it can be used to create an atmosphere. This is used in films alot as the dark creates a feeling of the unknown as you cannot see what is in front of you.We will aim to either film in a seculed place were it can be earilly quiet this is seen in films such as the BlairWitch Project. But we could also used a public area this is used most commonly in films, this is done as it creates a feeling that we as the public could have been effected as it is a public place.
The titles will be kept short but by using different fonts we aim to create a feeling of either fear, suspense or thrilling. The fonts that we may use are as follows: Apple Casual, Big Caslon, Book Antiqua, Britannic bold, Chalkduster, Charlemagne Std, Copperplate, Handwriting-Dakota and Zapfino. We can then alter the titles more by adding effects to them effects cause titles to be animated, colourful or to change over a time period.
The potential titles to the film are as follows: The Shadow, Watched, Suspect, Identity, Last Choice.
Leaning Experince
As a group, we have learned that time is important during filming and editing. We have also found that trying many different styles of titles and screenshots makes it easier to bring together the work. We had to be re taught the basics of photosop and final cut as to achieve effects on our production logo. Once we had the basics then we were able to produce our production logo and add effects and a soundtrack.
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Pixar Production Logo Analysis
this logo is very simple yet highly effective and eye-catching,however it it rather dull and this may be a negative point as it may not reach out to the audience as much as it should. Other than the downside of being boring and ineffective, it is also humerous, and is easily recognisable.
MGM production logo
The production logo features a lion which is roaring and shaking its head. As a lion is seen as a symbol of dominating power, it makes people feel scared and worried.
Tuesday 18 January 2011
TIPS
plan quickly but effectivly, get everything we need, work round problems.
Make sure you know where your titles will be going on the screen. don't leave it until after. leave space in the film. Make sure you plan your setting and costumes effectively so that they fit in with the genre.
Plan your story of your titles.
Make sure you take several different takes to see which one fits best.
Choose a font which fits in with the thriller genre. Plan your sound and music to make sure they sound thorough and consistent and don't mix badly with the sequence.
Stick to the 180 degrees rule, continuity editing and shot reverse shot when you film, otherwise the storyline wont work properly.
Make sure you know where your titles will be going on the screen. don't leave it until after. leave space in the film. Make sure you plan your setting and costumes effectively so that they fit in with the genre.
Plan your story of your titles.
Make sure you take several different takes to see which one fits best.
Choose a font which fits in with the thriller genre. Plan your sound and music to make sure they sound thorough and consistent and don't mix badly with the sequence.
Stick to the 180 degrees rule, continuity editing and shot reverse shot when you film, otherwise the storyline wont work properly.
Vantage Point
The opening sequence to vantage point features camera shots to the sides of the screen moving around. The clips are edited with sepia to make them look old and more antique. The other sides of the screen features the title sequences which are in a white font. Towards the end of the start credits the title of the movie comes in against the sepia background. The shots are mostly birds eye shots of a neighbourhood.
The music playing is haunting and includes elements of sci-fi and crime scene drama type soundtracks. The music follows the words as they appear on screen by jumping out with a deep sound.
The music playing is haunting and includes elements of sci-fi and crime scene drama type soundtracks. The music follows the words as they appear on screen by jumping out with a deep sound.
Fargo opening sequence
The opening sequence to Fargo is a dark sinister opening, the sequence just consists of a man driving down the road. it is very foggy and also snowing so when the car appears it more prominent as you have only previously been able to see the head lights and then suddenly the car is very close. The only other thing that is in the sequence is a crow which flies alone beside the car and then lands on the ground then flies away again. Crows are most commonly associated with death since the middle ages, this maybe what the director is trying to achieve. Then they cut to a shot of a dark quiet town. it is a sub genre it could be a psycological thriller the camerma is prodomitatly long shots with the car moving towards it. There is no narrative really as the first conversation or talking takes place once all the titles are passed. The titals are in a plain boring font but it creates a tense atmoshphere. All together we did not like the title sequence in Fargo.
Friday 14 January 2011
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Analysis of The Game
The Game opening sequence features a recording of a family, set in the format of an old camera film. The film uses a lot of dark, sepia styled colours.
The film features shot reverse shots between two characters sitting in a restaurant. It features other shot reverse shots thought the film, including ion the laboratories.
The film features shot reverse shots between two characters sitting in a restaurant. It features other shot reverse shots thought the film, including ion the laboratories.
Friday 7 January 2011
conclusion
in our preliminary task, we used the methods of match on action, Shot revere shot and the 180 degrees shot. We believe during the clip, we kept to the 180 degrees rule, with the camera following Fatimah though the corridor, locking onto the left hand side of her body and movements. It follows her into the classroom, moving to her right, for which we are introduced to the shot reverse shot with Harriet. The two characters talk back and fourth until the end of the clip.
The use of match on action, is used when Fatimah enters the classroom, and her hand grips onto the door handle. The camera shows her from behind entering the classroom, and then snaps to seeing her enter the room.
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