This is the brainstorm I made for the conventions of a thriller film:
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Course Work-Genre Decision
My group and I have decided to do a thriller genre, because we know a lot about the codes and conventions of a thriller film. We also have a very interesting idea for a thriller film and so are doing that genre.
These are a couple of thriller films with interesting openings:
They both don't show the protagonists face or any real protagonist. As you can see they both have an emphasis on the colour red which connotes blood, danger, warning, etc. These title sequences both focus on the way the words are formed whether it's through blood and on parchment or in empty space with lots of other letters.
These are a couple of thriller films with interesting openings:
They both don't show the protagonists face or any real protagonist. As you can see they both have an emphasis on the colour red which connotes blood, danger, warning, etc. These title sequences both focus on the way the words are formed whether it's through blood and on parchment or in empty space with lots of other letters.
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Preliminary Task Evaluation
Overall I think that the Preliminary task was an important piece of work both to teach us how to film and how to edit. The main idea I picked up on is that you must be very precise and very patient with your filming as I found when you are not it can lead to a lot of problems in the editing.
When I filmed I would make sure that everything is level and ready to be filmed, filming itself can be a very enjoyable task although if you have filmed the same scene like five different times it can get a bit tedious, especially after you've filmed a good take and the actors laugh beforehand, making it hard to edit around. I filmed a match on action shot which was a challenge because I had to make sure the actor did the thing he did exactly the same way in both clips so that it would cut cleanly into one another.
When we finished filming I felt confident that editing would be easy. However I found out that when editing lots of problems can come up. Some of the ones that we faced where: when cutting to a different shot one of the actors arms was in a different position so it looked a bit off. Near the end of the film one of the actors pushes over a chair and violently opens a door, to put emphasis on his anger we edited the sound to be very loud at both points.
One of the big problems we faced was a jump in the footage, to solve this we added an extra shot of a mid shot of one of the actors which worked well in the final piece. We also found it very tedious trying to match one shot with another but in the end we managed to get it right.
I enjoyed the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the main piece of coureswork.
When I filmed I would make sure that everything is level and ready to be filmed, filming itself can be a very enjoyable task although if you have filmed the same scene like five different times it can get a bit tedious, especially after you've filmed a good take and the actors laugh beforehand, making it hard to edit around. I filmed a match on action shot which was a challenge because I had to make sure the actor did the thing he did exactly the same way in both clips so that it would cut cleanly into one another.
When we finished filming I felt confident that editing would be easy. However I found out that when editing lots of problems can come up. Some of the ones that we faced where: when cutting to a different shot one of the actors arms was in a different position so it looked a bit off. Near the end of the film one of the actors pushes over a chair and violently opens a door, to put emphasis on his anger we edited the sound to be very loud at both points.
One of the big problems we faced was a jump in the footage, to solve this we added an extra shot of a mid shot of one of the actors which worked well in the final piece. We also found it very tedious trying to match one shot with another but in the end we managed to get it right.
I enjoyed the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the main piece of coureswork.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Preliminary Task
For the Preliminary task, we made a short sequence a short sequence about a school kid being late for a detention and then arguing with the teacher, eventually being told to 'get out' so he leaves and that's the end of the scene. We were required to make the sequence featuring someone walking through a door, sitting down opposite another person, having a few lines of dialogue between them and then one of the characters leaving. The shots had to include a shot reverse shot and a match on action shot, along with someone opening a door and sitting opposite another person, all of this had to be done without breaking the 180 degree rule and I think me and my group did the task well.
I personally found this task quite fun as I got to use the camera a lot and it was nice to see how much work is involved behind the camera. Once we got to the editing I realised that if you don't shoot it right you're going to have a lot of problems afterwards. Nothing major just fine details that would lower my mark and make the final piece look a bit weird, However we overcame the problems and I think that next time I'll try to shoot the film with more accuracy.
This is the final edit of the piece:
So overall I liked the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the next bit of coursework. And I hope I managed to do the task successfully.
I personally found this task quite fun as I got to use the camera a lot and it was nice to see how much work is involved behind the camera. Once we got to the editing I realised that if you don't shoot it right you're going to have a lot of problems afterwards. Nothing major just fine details that would lower my mark and make the final piece look a bit weird, However we overcame the problems and I think that next time I'll try to shoot the film with more accuracy.
This is the final edit of the piece:
So overall I liked the Preliminary task and am looking forward to the next bit of coursework. And I hope I managed to do the task successfully.
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Friday, 19 October 2012
Research in Film Openings
I have chosen the opening sequence for Fresh Meat and Misfits. The reason for this is that I hope to pull off something similar to their title sequences as the words aren't physically there but they are corresponding to the image behind them. I hope to animate my text so that it isn't boring and just overlapping the image behind it. It would be much better to animate the text making it lively and catching the audience's attention.
Here is one example:
FRESH MEAT Titles from MOMOCO Film Titles on Vimeo.
Notice how the text is intarracting with the image, for example the TV is showing an actors name while the radio appears to be tuning in to a station but again it's an actors name as though it where a station. This inspires me to make my own titles a bit like this following specifc colour schemes and such.
Unfortunantly I cannot get the Misfits opening sequence as it has been copyrighted on youtube and I can't find it anywhere else.
However in the sequence the text again are used in harmony with the image behind them for example an actor is running and as he runs past the titles appear behind him. The titles themselves are in a grimey font as thought they have being spray painted again this works with the context of the show.
Here is one example:
FRESH MEAT Titles from MOMOCO Film Titles on Vimeo.
Notice how the text is intarracting with the image, for example the TV is showing an actors name while the radio appears to be tuning in to a station but again it's an actors name as though it where a station. This inspires me to make my own titles a bit like this following specifc colour schemes and such.
Unfortunantly I cannot get the Misfits opening sequence as it has been copyrighted on youtube and I can't find it anywhere else.
However in the sequence the text again are used in harmony with the image behind them for example an actor is running and as he runs past the titles appear behind him. The titles themselves are in a grimey font as thought they have being spray painted again this works with the context of the show.
Research On Distribution Companys
Dreamworks was established in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. It is currently owned by Reliance ADA Group and is worth around 1.4 billion. Dreamworks mainly produces films rather than distributing them, and their genre of films are usually animated children's films.
Their top grossing film of all time is Transformers: Dark of the moon coming in at $1.12 billion worldwide.
20th Century Fox was founded in 1935 by William Fox. It is owned by the fox news corporation. It both produces and distributes films and is worth $5.8 billion, it also distributes T.V. shows such as the Simpsons, futurama, family guy, etc. Their top grossing film was Avatar which made $2.78 billion. The great thing about 20th Century Fox is that they make different types of films but all in all they make sci-fi, action, adventure, thriller films.
Working Title was founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe. It is owned by Universal Studios. It mainly produces films.
Universal Studios was founded in 1912. It is owned by NBC Universal. This company distributes films. Their top grossing film was E.T. it made $359.1 million. The films they usually do are high cost films with special effects in them.
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Presentation: Pineapple Express
This is my presentation on pineapple express it shows why I liked the opening and what effect it might have on other audiences.
Pineapple Express Opening- Media Studies
Pineapple Express Opening- Media Studies
Title Sequence Work Sheet
This is a work sheet I did for school work. In the work sheet I had to identify the different techniqual, verbal, sybolical and enigma codes in the title sequence of several films. This is what I had in the end
Title Sequence Work Sheet
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Introduction to the Brief
Today we were introduced to our main coursework task. I am excited to get started on the coursework. We have being told to create a title and film opening for a fiction film, that lasts two minutes. I am looking forward to doing this task as I feel it will be a fun experience. Some of the work already has inspired me and so I think this will be an enjoyable task.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
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