Tuesday 29 November 2011


This is the first storyboard draft of our film opening, "full time".
In this draft I have chosen a simple sketch format that can be changed easily; it can be seen that in this first sheet I have left some aspects of the edit open to later development.
In this case I have not made any finalisations regarding the opening credits as I am not in charge of title design.










ORIGINALLY POSTED BY SAM LOCKWOOD

The storyboard is really good and as head of titles for our group there are many places that the titles can go, they will be put in during the editing process.

Typography - Final Decision

After discussing with my group which font shall be used forThis blatant is the font to be used that shows the peoples names who are involved in the film opening
Unfortunately you cannot use punctuation in this font but i believe it is the one that suits the theme of our film opening

This is the font that shall be used to show the name of the film – full time. We believe this font is the one that appeals most to our target audience and suits The genre of our film opening.


Full Time
Full Time.
full time
full time.
ORIGINALLY POSTED BY MICHAEL ROBERSON.
As I am doing the titles for our group, I had some say in the typography and believe that this is the fount that works best for our film. This will be the final typography for film and will appear in the final cut.

Thursday 10 November 2011

Full Time - Narrative

A football fan discovers that his local team are illegally being run by the mafia, but before he can tell anyone the mafia kill him.

After his death three friends find out the mafia are illegally running the team thorough a series of clues he left them in his will, they also find out that they kill him and swear revenge on his life.

They then come up with a plan that will get the football team back in to their hands and get the mafia boss arrested.

Thursday 3 November 2011

Title Sequence Research - Common Order of Opening Credits

The Most Common Order of Opening Credits:
1. Name of the Studio - Name of the studio that is distributing the film and may or may not have produced it.
2. Name of the Production Company - Name of the production company that actually made the film.
3. Director/Producer Production - Director's first credit.
4. Starring - Big name actors appering in the film.
5. Film Title - The name of the film.
6. Featuring - Featured actors.
7. Casting - Casting director.
8. Music/Original Score - Composer of music.
9. Production Design - Production designer.
10. Editor - Edited by.
11. Producer/Executive Producer - Producers, co-producers, executive producers. Often, though, the name of the producer will be the next-to-last opening credit, just before the director's name is shown.
12. Written by - Screenplay writers.
13. Director - Director. The Directors Guild of America permits a film to list only one director, even when it is known that two or more worked on it.

Monday 17 October 2011

Title Sequence Research - Raging Bull



As the film opens we hear the sound of The Intermezzo (which is the main theme for the film). We then see a black and white boxer warming up to the side of the ring while the camera is fixed upon him. Between the ropes of the ring we can see the titles appear, the red in the words Raging Bull is the only colour we see in the film.

Title Sequence Research - Spider-Man 2


The design concept and Danny Elfmans score really make the title sequence of Spider-Man 2 worth watching. The use of only three colours showing in between the web like shapes and the story of the first film through paintings of stills from it are very effective. The music is unforgettable and visual shapes that made from the web is really amazing, as the credits twist and turn over names and pictures changing both colour and size.

Title Sequence Research - Catch Me if You Can



The dream like animation of Catch Me if You Can's title sequence sets the film up as a stylish and cunning thriller. John Williams music emphasizes the dream like state of this opening to provide a well done title sequence. It is very much in the style of a 1960's cartoon, such as the Pink Panther, as this was the time period the film was set in. Its also very clever how the words interact with the animated characters to provide walls and so on. There are also many music cue's the aid the visual effect on screen. 

Title Sequence Research - A Clockwork Orange


The opening to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange sets the tone of the film in on long zooming out shot. The titles are in bright bold colours while the music presents an futuristic setting. These simple titles as well as the voice of Alex the main character leave a haunting effect on the viewer. 

Sunday 9 October 2011

Sound - The Good The Bad And The Ugly


This whole extract is one song called Ecstasy of Gold by Ennio Morricone from the film The Good The Bad And The Ugly. This is one of the most epic films ever made and the soundtrack really expresses this. As the music builds the character we see, Tuco played by Eli Wallach, races to find a grave with the gold inside it. The long it takes for him to find the grave the more the music builds and as he finds the centre of the cemetery the music slows down as he slows down. Towards the end as he continues to gain speed so does the music and the camera movement until finally the music stops suddenly and we see the grave. 



    


Film Opening - Scott Pilgrim vs The World


Scott Pilgrim vs The World Opening - In my opinion Scott Pilgrim vs The World is one of the best films of 2010 and this intro sets up the story for the rest of the movie. The film is an onslaught of witty jokes, big effects and great music. In this opening each character has a brief introduction to themselves in the form of a black box that appears next to each character the first time the audience sees them. This box acts as a snip it of information that lets the audience know something about that character. There are as many visual effects as there are sound effects, for example when the doorbell rings we here the "ding dong" as well as seeing it in a cloud of smoke that appears to come out of the main characters head. This shows that it is his world that we are inside of. As soon as the music starts up the titles beginning to roll as we get a long zooming shot and an over the shoulder shot of the two characters sitting on the sofa while the band play a song. There are many mixed visual and sound effects during this part of the scene, as any character that makes a sound using an instrument, we see the sound in a visual effect. Then the titles start and we get a colourful effect for the titles going through who is in the film. Then is it comes back to the characters we are still zooming in on one character as the band finish there song with more visual and sound effects. This character appears to have been hypnotised by everything that was going on. We then quickly cut to a different room where the other characters are talking about how the girls seemed nice, then the scene ends.

Side Note - I couldn't find any videos of this with out the Screen Flow Demo on, sorry.

Sunday 25 September 2011

How is ethnicity shown through camera movement? Spooks Scene

The ethnicity of the characters is shown through many camera movements. the first shot, a crane shot of the scene below, disguises the ethnicity of the characters so we do not know there race. After this establishing shot of the scene we get close ups of the characters, mainly when they are speaking. In theses shots the camera is constantly moving to show the fast pace of the plot and that there is tension between these characters. The ethnicity of the terrorists is always shown by an extreme close up or by a slightly tilted camera close up of them. While the close ups between the two agents are never tilted . The only difference between the two agents and the terrorists is that the agents are sat down so we get a view of them different to that of the terrorists.