Tuesday 16 December 2014

9 - Extension - Who makes title sequences?

WHO MAKES TITLE SEQUENCES?
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Saturday 13 December 2014

7. (Coach Carter)

Coach Carter
The title sequence used is titles over moving images.
 
Coach Carter (2005) Poster
Credits:
Paramount
MTV Films
Paramount Pictures Presents
An MTV Film Production
A Tollin/Robbins Production
Samuel L. Jackson
Coach Carter (Title)
Robert Ri'chard
Ashanti
Bobbi Morgan
Vincent Laresca
Rick Gonzalez
Antwon Tanner
Nana Gwewonya
Channing Tatum
Denise Dowse
Ray Baker
Octavia Spencer
Casting by
Music Supervisor
Music Score
Co-Producer Nan Morales
Costume Designer
Film Editor
Production Designer
Director of Photography
Executive Producers
Produced by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin
Produced by David Gale
Inspired by the life of Ken Carter
Written by
Directed by Thomas Carter

9. Extention Activity- Who makes title sequences?



15. Footloose (High School Drama) Title Sequence

The footloose title sequence replicates a music video style montage of a party/flash dance, widely focused on the dancing. The camera shots are mostly wide shots and close ups at a high angle of foot movement whilst dancing. There are a lot of wide shots to show the scene of the party, also when a group of teenagers are getting picture taken to capture the fun moment. Wide shot is also used to show where the party is as well as off features such as the tractors, this shows us that it's set in a small middle western town. The use of mid shots lets us see the emotions as well as body language whilst their jumping and dancing. Towards the end of title sequence tracking shot is used to follow a group of characters (teens) towards their truck, and a long shot is used at they drive and we are able to see the rest of the set.

The title sequence opens with a voiceover, announced by a disc-jockey over production company logos. A sound bridge is used to carry us from  the Production Logo to the flash dance scene of title sequence. Diegetic sound of music (pop rock/ classical folk) is played throughout most of the title sequence, but at the end of the sequence dialogue overlaps music.

The mise en scene of title sequence reflect American teenagers, such as, plastic red cups some used some filled with beer, keg which follow the  conventions of an American party in a high school drama film. There seen wearing casual clothes like jeans and t-shirts, which is what is expected of teenagers at a party. We also see trucks in the background which reflect a small middle western town.

Edits:
  • Sound Bridge
  • Match Cut
  • Fast Motion

Footloose title sequence from Shine on Vimeo.

11. Sub- Genre of Teen Drama Films

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Teen Films can be split into two sub- genres such as, youth drama and high school drama.

Extention Activity (9)

Title Sequences
A title sequence is a method by which films or TV programs present their title, key production and cast members, art visuals and sound. Title sequences can be engaging and wildly entertaining and  funny. The very best title sequences succeed in putting the audiences in the right mood for the movie. The titles are always included saying the name of the film. 
They are often designed in a way that represents the film they are starting off.
When opening credits are built into a separate sequence of their own, the correct term is title sequence. Opening credits since the early 1980s, if present at all, identify the major actors and crew, while the closing credit list an extensive cast and production crew.

Who designed title sequences
 20 great opening titles go under the pro designer microscope. Movie title sequences can often be the most important part of a film as it sets the tone and atmosphere for the audience, the opening credits can either make or break an opening scene.

Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Academy Award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos
Saul Bass
Saul Bass was a graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of film posters and title sequences. During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese. He became well-known in the film industry after creating the title sequence for Otto Preminger’s The Man With The Golden Arm in 1955.
The Man With The Golden Arm

13. Sub- Genre Conventions

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Friday 12 December 2014

Types of film opening (6)


4 Types of film opening:

Beautiful Things                                                  10 Things I Hate About You
Box Office                                                           Budget: $160,000,00
Opening weekend: $33,931                                 Wide shot
                             US (11 October 1990)             High Budget
Low budget
Not restricted release

Mean Girl                                                            My Brother The Devil                                               
Budget: $17,000,000                                           Budget: £650,00
Opening weekend: $854,852                               Low budget                       
                           (France)                                     Not restricted release
Wide shot

Mainstream                                                          Independent
- Mean Girls                                                         - My Brother The Devil
- 10 Things I Hate About You                             -Beautiful Things

- Mainstream films have more credits-                 -Less casting crew
  more casting crew such as executive                 - Not a big budget used for the film
  directors and actors
- Consists of a big budget

Institutions that produce teen drama films (8)

Institutions that produce teen drama films 

Genre- A style or category of art, music, or literature

Teen drama film- This is a film of drama based on a particular genre. It is a type of drama series with a major focus on teenage characters.

Teen Drama Title Sequence 

My Brother The Devil
A Wild Horse Film Company and Rooks Net Entertainment Production
In association with film clinic
Said Tahmaoui
Introducing Fady Elsayed
Aymen Hambouchi
Ashley Thomas
Anthony Welsh
Arnold Oceng
Letitia Wright
Amira Ghazalla
Elarlca Gallacher
And Nasser Memarzia
Mohamed Hefzy, Sally el Hosini - Executive Producers
Gayle Griffiths, Julid Godzinskaya, Michael Sackler- Producers
Written and Directed by Sally el hosini
My Brother The Devil



-On the other hand 'Mean girls' has much more credits this is mainly because it has a higher budget compared to 'My Brother The Devil', this is because mean girls is a mainstream film with a budget of $17,000,000 which meant the film would also have more cast and a larger crew.

Analyse the type of title sequence (7)

Pitch Perfect 
Title Sequence 
Lincoln center
New York City
Universal pictures and Gold circle film present
A gold circle films and Brownstone production
Pitch Perfect
Directed by- Jason Moore
Screenplay by- Kay Cannon
Based on the book by- Mickey Rapkin
Produced by- Paul Brooks, Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks
Executive Producer- Scott Niemeyer
Director of Photography- Julio Macat
Production Designer- Barry Robison
Edited by- Lisa Zino Churgin
Costume Designer- Salvador Perez
Co-production- Jeff Levine
Music by- Christophe Beck and Mark Kilian
Executive Music Production- Julianna Jordan and Julia Michels
Music supervisor- Sarah Webster
Casting by- Kerry Barden and Pual Schnee
Gold Circle Film
Pitch Perfect 
Cast names...






Sunday 7 December 2014

6. Categorizing Titles Sequences

 
A title sequence is when films or television programs present their title, key productions and cast members, usually utilizing conceptual visuals and sound.
 
In a film opening title sequence, we expect to see some for imagery giving some sought of context of the imagery is accompanied  by music or them track.
 


The category of title sequence I prefer is  titles using Animation or Motion, this is because it sets up the mood of the story that follows, as well as grabbing audience attention straight away.


8. Teen Dramas- Title Sequences- Research into Institutions

Genre- A style or category of art, music or literature. Genre's are categorised related to the narrative of a film, for example it could be romance, horror or even action. 
 
Teen Drama- is a film or drama based on a particular genre, they focus mostly on teenage characters and their behaviour towards life. 
 
Analysis of Beautiful Thing, Mean Girls, My Brother the Devil and 10 Things I Hate About You.

 Mainstream films are films that are distributed to movie theatres which give these films wide releases. Mainstream films such as, Mean Girls and 10 things I hate about you, have more credits - more casting crew e.g. executive directors and actors. As it consist of a bigger budget, so there is more props and casting as well as better marketing strategies.
Whereas Independent films like My Brother the Devil and Beautiful Thing, have less credits because they have less cast and crew. As they don't have as big of a budget for casting.

5. Extension Activity- Watching Documentary

1) What does Thomas Sutcliffe mean when he says "Films need to seduce their audience into long term commitment. While there are many types of seduction, the temptation to go for instant arousal is almost irresistible".

It needs to grab the audience within the first five minutes, it needs to announce as much ambition as the beginning of the film itself. The audience needs to know there in for some type of ride.

2) According to Director Jean Jacques Beineix, what are the risks of 'instant arousal'?

If it starts strong, it brings up the big question, what to do next? and you take the risk if you never answer the questions, which is the whole problem with making films.

3) Explain why "a good beginning must make the audience feel that it doesn't know too little"

The audience will make very early judgement of how there meant to feel, the film establishing too many things at once. It instructs the audience on how they should watch the film as follows; to get the audience on your wavelength. It makes the audience feel like the film has started without them, and that they to scurry to catch up, which will capture their attention, it's meant to shock.

4) What does critic Stanley Kauffmann describe as the classic opening? Why does it work?

It starts with an establishing shot then close up of building, it tells us where its taking place, the occupation of the hero, the organisation of the world, everything was in place. Opening of the film should lead audience into story smoothly telling them the nature of the story and what the story is.


5)Why is Kyle Cooper's title sequence to the film Seven so effective?

It tunes in viewers, it says right away that this movie is going to hit you on the head. It became the first scene of the movie; it introduced characters, foreshadowed, and proved more influential than the film itself.

6) What did Orson Welles want to achieve with his opening to the film A Touch of Evil? What did universal studios do to it? Why?

Orson intended it to be seen without credits or title music, to plunge audience right into the story without time to prepare. The studio was more cautious; they didn't understand the opening shot, they put credits underneath for final cut, so effect was lost. When Orson saw that they had done, he wrote a 58 page memo, but the studio won the battle. In doing so it blunted Orson's charm for originality. The sequence itself was his best argument, it showed he wasn't able to just control the machinery of film making but the audience itself.

7) What is meant by "a favourite trick of film noir?" What is the trick?

It feels like the destination rather than the departure point.

8) How does the opening to the film The Shining create suspense?

Its pictures, the second screen we see the film is full of omens, everything tells us that these people are travelling in the wrong direction, only when we see where the film is heading that we can signpost its destination without giving anything away, always have more to reveal, the music tells us that not everything is what it seems, little things stat to go wrong.

Research - Genre & Teen Drama film

Genre; A style of category of art, music or literature.

Teen films; Teen films is a film genre targeted at teenagers and young adults in which the plot is based upon the special interests of teenagers, such as coming age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation.

Stereotypical conventions of Teen films include;

  • The jock/Cheerleader.
  • The rebel.
  • School Diva.
  • Class clown.
  • The misfit.
  • The geek/nerd.

  • Examples of teen drama programmes/Films:
     
     
     



    Research - Favourite Film

    Hunger games - Catching Fire
     
    Credits;

     
     
    Lionsgate presents
     
    A colour force/Lionsgate production
    Jennifer Lawrence
    Josh Hucherson
    The Hunger Games
    Catching Fire
    Liam Hemsworth
    Woody Harrison
    Elizabeth Burns
    Lenny Kraveth
    Phillip Seymour Hoffman
    Jeffery Wright
    With Harley jucci
    and Donald Sutherland
     
    Casting by Debra Zane
    Music supervisors Mexonetra Pastavas
     
    Music by Neutin Howler
    Costume Designer Trish Summervile
    Edited by Alan Edwina bels
    Production designer Phillip Messina
     
    Executive producers
    Suzanne Collins
     
    Screenplay by Simon Beauford
     
    Directed by Francis Limmel
     
    Hunger games Catching Fire uses titles over moving images. It helps to set the tone but does not completely give away what the film is about. Therefore it is a discrete title sequence.

    I like the title sequence because it uses a variety of special effects and sets the tone of the film by creating emphasis on images during the title sequence. Also it does not give away what is included in the film so it creates curiosity.

    Research - Teen Dramas - Title sequences



    Research - What is a title sequence?




    A title sequence I believe consists of the credits which introduces the cast of the particular film/programme, the director, producer, editors and the rest of the cast. Also I believe it can give the audience a insight of what the film/programme will consist of by using the theme song, characters, special effects or images behind the font.

    Research - 2 Title sequences

    Simpsons, Season26, Episode 1
     
    1.Credits;

    • Created by Matt Groening
    • Developed by James L. Brooks
    • Matt Groening
    • Sam Simen
     
    2. I am not aware of what the font is called which was used for the Simpsons clip. However the font seems unusual in the sense that it seems robotic or futuristic.
     
    3. The font is displayed in the middle of the screen but does not move.
     
    4. Behind the font is just a blue background accompanied by a television screen. We can hear the sounds of the Simpson theme song.
     
    5. I like this sequence because it is unusual but intriguing and also it creates a sense of amusement. Different time periods are shown which is creative and therefore interesting to watch.
     
    6. A critic stated that the title clip was interesting and used humour to engage the audience.
     
     
     
    Games of Thrones
    1.
     
    • Peter Dinklage
    • Lena Headley
    • Michelle Fairley
    • Emilia Clarke
    • Aiden Cullen
    • Iain Glen
    • Kit Harrington
    • Liam Cunningham
    • Isaac Hempstead Wright
    • Sophie Turner
    • Masie Williams
    • Aldie Allen
    • John Bradley
    • Jack Glieson
    • Tony McCann
    • Stephen Dillane
    • Carice Van Howlen
    • James Cosmo
    •  
    • Casting by;
    • Nina Cofel
    • Robert terne
    •  
    • Costume designer;
    • Michelle Clapton
    •  
    • Music by;
    • Ramin Diawadi
    •  
    • Editor;
    • Frances Parker
    •  
    • Production designer;
    • Gemma Jackson
    •  
    • Director of photography;
    • Kramer Morgam Thraw
    •  
    • Co-executive producers
    • George R.R Martin
    • Vinie Geordons
    • Aiden Taylor
    • Vanessa Taylor
    •  
    • Produced by;
    • Bernodete Gaulfrala
    •  
    • Executive designer;
    • Carolyn staines
    • David Benioff
    • D.B Weiss
    •  
    • Based on;
    • A song of Ile and The
    • By George R.R Martin
    •  
    • Created by David Benioff
    2. For the game of thrones of clip I am also unaware of what the font type that is used is called. However the font could be similar to 'Times' but in caps lock continuously.

    3. The font is placed in different places throughout the clip. This includes to the left or to the right of the screen.

    4. We see a variety of images behind the font such as greenery and special effects of rings. Also the theme song is playing behind the font.

    5. I like the scene because there is a variety of special effects used to introduce Game of Thrones and gives us a insight into what the programme is about.
     
     

    Title sequence P2 (4)

    Game Of Thrones 

    Creative Director- Angus Wall
    Production Studio- Elasic
    Category-tv
    Style- 2010s, 3D, Emmy, animation, editorial, main title, tabletop photography 
    Creators- David Benioff and Dan Weiss


    POST PRODUCTION
    Design Studio: ElasticArt Director: Rob FengLead Designer: Chris SanchezDesigners: Henry De Leon, Leanne DareConcept Artists: George Fuentes, Rustam HasanovStoryboard & Concept Artist: Lance LeblancProduction Artist: Patrick RainesProducer: Hameed ShaukatExecutive Producer: Jennifer Sofio Hall

    VFX Studio: a52
    CG Supervisor: Kirk Shintani
    Lead Surfacing & Lighting: Ian Ruhfass
    CG Artists: Paulo de Almada, John Tumlin, Christian Sanchez, Erin Clark, Tom Nemeth, Joe Paniagua, Dan Gutierrez
    2D Animation Artists: Tony Kandalaft, Brock Boyts
    Compositers: Sarah Blank, Eric Demeusy
    Smoke & Colorist: Paul Yacono
    Editorial Company: Rock Paper Scissors
    Editor: Angus Wall
    Assistant Editor: Anton Capaldo-Smith, Austyn Daines
    Executive Producer: Carol Lynn Weaver, Linda Carlson
    Composer: Ramin Djawadi
    Sound Design: Andy Kennedy
    I like this title sequences as it takes the audience on a journey.

    Client: HBO

    Title sequence P1 (4)

    AUNTIE MAME (1958)

    Title Designer- Wayne Fitzegerald
    Production Studio- Pacific Title and Art Studio
    Style- 1950s, animation, animation stand, classic, live action, main title, mixed-media, optical stop motion and typography 

















    In the 40s, titles were very simple and they were very short, because there may have been only ten or fifteen people getting credit. But by the '50s, they were beginning to get up to 24 and 25 and most things, of course, were terrible boring and the audience went and get their popcorn while the credit were on.
    30 people who worked at Pacific Title, half of them were title artists, since everything was handwritten.
    Jack Warner wanted title to be big. Jack Warner said ' i'm paying those actors all that money, i want to see their names up there big'. This looked awful on the screen.
    Credits were in pink except the actual title 'Auntie Mame'. I like how the sequence is eye catching and not very long.


    Saturday 6 December 2014

    4. Research: Analysis on Skyfall Title sequence

    Analysis on Skyfall Title Sequence 

    Many people that have watched the movie skyfall have commented on the opening sequence of it. This is type of opening sequence is a title sequence that uses animation or motion and so this is categorized into a stylized type of sequence. The purpose of this sequence type is to quickly catch the attention of the audience right before the movie itself has actually started. Sequences like this are more than just stating the movie studio and crew of the movie its also to set the mood of the movie and this also makes it more  interesting for the viewers, it builds anticipation. A lot of motion moving sequences are like story lines within themselves and this can be seen in sky fall.

    This type of sequence requires a lot of digital technology and this is seen in the special effects used in skyfall. These special effects are used to pull us the audience into the movie even before its started. This can been used when the female is holding the gun and the camera films through the gun to the other side its as if us the audience are travelling through the gun this makes it very interesting and withdrawing, it makes us feel part of the sequence itself and gains are attention before the movie has actually started.
    illustrating the transitions us the audience  go through

    to get an insight into the gun 
    with the digital technology used 
    to catch the audiences attention
    whilst still showing the credits 



































    Another thing you notice bout this title sequence is that it clearly shows you what genre of movie it is just from the images used. From it you can predict that it will be a action film.