Monday 17 December 2012

Filming Plan

Me and Molly have discussed the final plans on filming our title sequence. We have looked at who will be best suited to direct the film, and who will be the producer. 

LOCATION
The location will be at my house, as we all feel it has the right atmosphere and a lot of the props needed are already there. 

TIME
It will be filmed in the evening time, around 4:00pm onwards. We feel that if the setting is darker, the whole thing will be a lot more atmospheric which is how we intend our title sequence to appear. 

PROPS
  • Cigarettes
  • Desk/table
  • Lamp
  • Ashtray
  • Paper/notebook
  • Fancy pen
  • Chair
ACTORS
We have also decided who will be acting in our title sequence. Todd Harding will play Finn, and I will be playing Arrow. We chose these people to act in our title sequence because they fit the original characters, -Joseph Gordon Levitt and Rooney Mara- quite well. 

We have decided we will film with a Flip Camera. 

The director and person filming our title sequence is MOLLY RUBY.
The producer of the title sequence is DAISY PRESTON. 





Wednesday 12 December 2012

Questionnaire - audience researching


 We are going to carry out a questionnaire to generate an overall opinion on the choices of music we have collected to use for our title sequence. I think this is a sensible thing to do because we will not only be basing the title sequence on what we think will work. 

MUSIC QUESTIONNAIRE

I will play a selection of people 4 of my final choices of the music we are contemplating to use for our title sequence.

If you were to hear this song in a title sequence, what genre would you expect the film to be?

What do you think the initial mood of this piece of music is?

What kind of films have you heard music similar to this being played in?

What kind of themes would you relate to this piece of music?

Typography - FONT IDEAS





















We looked at different types of fonts online, and we came to the conclusion that these seven may be good to use for the credits appearing on the page. We wanted the writing to look handwritten, as the title sequence is based around the writing of a letter. We also needed the handwriting to look a bit more feminine and joined together, as it will me a female delivering the writing of this letter. I believe the typography will be a big factor in this title sequence, it will deliver the theme and genre of the film as it is embedded into the sequence itself. I personally think the first example of writing would work well as is depicts a sense of desperation in the writing and it looks very rushed. However, you can still see it looks feminine which also makes it work well for the font of our credits and the letter writing. Another one I like is number 6, as it looks as though the is has been written for a long time as the writing is sketchy, and does not all link together. I personally think the first font is the best, but it depends on the opinions of the rest of the group in the final decision of what font to use. 

Monday 10 December 2012

10th December - typography and sound

In todays lesson we are looking at typography and the soundtrack for our title sequence. 
We are going to look at different types of music that may be different but will still go with the title sequence. We will also do the same with the types of fonts we find. We will then choose a final font and sound that we think will fit with our title sequence the best. 


the website we are on for finding a piece of music is:
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/

the website we are on for finding a font is:
http://www.dafont.com/

Thursday 6 December 2012

FINALISED IDEAS- title sequence

This is our finalised plan for our title sequence. I feel that we developed our ideas well, and our title sequence will be quite successful. We all played a big part in the development of this title sequence, which makes us all a lot more engaged in this task. We will split the roles within the group, and do research on what will be needed for the sequence. Overall, I think we all worked very well together to get our finalised idea, and if we maintain the good cooperation within the group the title sequence will overall be a lot stronger. 

BRAINSTORM- title sequence




We brainstormed ideas for the title sequence of our film and what thought about what it should include. In our title sequence we didn't want to give too much away, so we thought it would be best to keep it very simplistic. Although at first, the initial idea I had for the title sequence was completely different but once we all came together and discussed our ideas everything then came together quite well. We will then narrow down our ideas to reach our final decision on what will be used for the title sequence of our film.

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Importance of typography

Recently, in class we looked at the importance of typography in title sequences. Often enough, the actual words link into the title sequence and play a big part in how the sequence flows. We looked at the title sequence of the film Catch Me If You Can. This title sequence is very much driven by the typography and the way the words are placed on the screen deliver aspects of the films genre and possibly could foreshadow events in the film. The credit font elongates and forms the illustrations in the sequence. For example, the word will stretch down and then the line of the letter will act as a door that people walk out of. The font of this title sequence also shows that it isn't going to be a serious film, as the round and boldness of the font brings out the comedic genre of the film. This is another thing we looked at. Depending on the way the font looks, it often depicts the overall genre of the film. It may also signify what age or gender it will attract. For example: Horror films often have the font appearing to signify death and danger by the lettering being BIG AND BOLD which shows it is inappropriate for a younger audience. (despite this, there is also the certificate that displays this but still..)The horror font often has blood and maybe weapons are used to shape the lettering. 



This is a prime example of typical typography for a horror film. It is bold and sketchy,the use of blood and a weapon also shows the genre of this film. I believe the horror genre is the easiest to display in the font as the characteristics of a horror film are easily distinguishable, whereas a genre of comedy or drama may be more subtly shown through the font. 

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN TITLE SEQUENCE :