Conventions of a title sequence

A title sequence needs to include:

The title of the film

The font, style and colour of the writing must be appropriate to the genre of your film, therefore as mine is a thriller my font colour can be blue, red black and maybe green. The font style may be an unusual font to help evoke that it is a thriller.

A slower pace of the credits adds to the suspense and suspicious effect giving little away but allowing the audience to view enough tension to keep them in their seats.

Rest of the sequence

For the rest of the sequence, the speed of each clip may change depending on what type of film it is. Some shots may be quick and sharp showing that the thriller may be a bit jumpy in some parts. The font style may be the same if some more credits are being shown.

In this 9 sequence frame I have sumed up the following:

• The opening title
• Setting/Location
• Costume
• Camerawork/Editing
• Title font/Style
• Story/ How it is set up
• Genre of the film
• How characters are introduced
• Special Shots/effects
  
  

The first shot shows the title. It is bold white writing and is going backwards up the screen making the viewer confused and wanting to know why. The second shot is of the location. The lady is running down a road and the first shot is of her feet. This makes us want to know why she is running. The next shot is of the costumes and as you can see she is wearing very little apart from a coat

Kiss me Deadly and Sixth Sense sequences and analysis

In this 9 sequence frame i have sumed up the following:

• The opening title


• Setting/location


• Costume


• Camerawork/editing


• Title font/style


• Story/ How it is set up


• Genre of the film


• How characters are introduced


• Special shots/effects

The opening title is quite simple, it is located in the middle of the beginning credits. It appears for around 3 seconds and fades out. I found the fade out quite affective as it almost unravells the story and that it may be about ghosts and spirits because they tend to fade out. The story is set in a house down in the cellar when the lady goes to get a bottle of wine. this shows that it is located in quite a scary dark house, and that the characters must be celebrating something. The costumes are quite simple and smartly dressed, again emphasising that they are celebrating something. For the camera work i chose the panning shot which zooms into the award frame, this is a good shot as it shows that this is an important part of the film otherwise it wouldnt zoom into it. The title font is quite simple and the colour is white. These gives little away as it is simple and unrevealing. The natural white colour symbolises spirits and ghosts and then leaves the rest up to our imagination. The character is first introduced when she goes down to the cellar to get some wine. One special shot is the one where the characters are reflected through the mirror award. This is an unusual shot as it again explains that the award frame plays a big deal in the film

2 different opening sequences of films from different genres

http://http//www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0096-Silent_Hill

http://http//www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00106-Madagascar_Escape_2_Africa

Here are to clips and links to two films of different genres. One is audienced for kids and young children because of the funny characters and fun atmosphere. The other is a thriller called Silent Hill. You can tell that this is a thriller because of the dull grey colours and thre lifeless look within the clip.

The silent hill clip is dull and black representing a lifeless, unmotivated atmosphere of the film. The film is bound to be a thriller with much suspense and tension, not to mention the deaths and scary parts. The colours of grey and black indicate a dull mood and without a doubt inflicts the genre of the film to the audience before even watching the film.

The Madagascar clip is bright with loads of colours and animated clips which immediately indicate a happy and frivolous atmosphere within the film. The colours help show the fun atmosphere and show that the film is audienced for kids and young children.

Research on the main jobs in a Title Sequence

Production Design- Is a term used in the film industry to refer to the person responsible for the overall look of the film.

Casting- Is the person who selects each person to a certain role in the film.

Costume design- Is the person in charge of sorting out the costumes for each character.

Editing- Is the person who edits the film once all the filming is finished and makes it into the overall film.

Executive producer- Is a producer who is not involved in the technical aspects of the film making or music process but is still responsible for the overall production. They normally deal with the business and legal issues.

Director- A film director is the person who directs the actors and crew in the making of the film. They control the films artistic and dramatic aspects whle guiding the techical crew and actors.

Producer- Is someone who selects the screenplay initiating the process of film making.

Screenplay by- Is the person who writes out the script of what has to be said or done. An important role in film making.

My own sequence frame of Sweeny Todd

This is my own Sequence frame of the film 'Sweeny Todd'. I looked through the opening sequence and chose 9 detailed images which sum up the film without giving too much away as you can see from the picture. I made the picture by cutting and croping print screens and putting it together in paint and adding the white outline thoughout each frame to understand each frame. Athough the writing is not very viewable in this picture, it is clear in paint and is only blurry because the pixels havent been adjusted to put it on blogger. Overall I am very pleased with this sequence as it wasnt a homework task and was done in my own time to make my understanding of a title sequence more clear, meaning when it comes to making my own film , I am able to create a frame sequence as I have had the previous practice.

title sequence frames of Se7en

I put this picture on my blog to show how well a title sequence can make a film look good. There is 9 shots in this picture and each one is showing very little, giving very little away to the audience leaving them in amazement and confusion making them want to stay sand watch what happens. the use of the extreme close ups evokes the secrecy of the killer and his cunning and inhumane plans. This created the intrigue and interest felt by the audience and leaves them on the edge of their seats wanting to see more and more.

understanding the difference between a trailer and an opening sequence

This trailer of 'Paranormal Activity 2' starts out as recapping the first one saying that it was just the beginning. The trailer gives the audience a basic overview of the film and the comparison between the two but this one isn't the "beginning", it makes the audience want to watch it by showing the most scariest and most unbelievable parts in the scene to make you want to carry on from the first one. Many conventions are used in this trailer to create the horror type genre such as the clip of the woman screaming ' Get out of my house !' . This keeps the audience intrigued into wanting more and more. The use of suspense also reels the viewer into watching it more as it shows parts that happens but not what happens after, making the audience want to see the outcome. The clips are also very jolty and all over the place making it seem 'unreal' and 'inhumane' , and the fact that it is supposedly meant to be a true stories just makes the audience want to see it even more.

This is the opening sequence of the film "seven". In this sequence there are many quick clips and cuts of unusual objects and movements. This emphasises the strange and confusing twisted mind of the killer in the movie, portaying his lack of humane knowledge and his hunger for murders. The sequence itself is strange and different to usual sequences as it has a variety of quick cuts and unusual fade outs with all different types of weird objects coming up. the sequence gives a bit of information about what happens in the film and how mysterious the plots are.

The conventions which are used:

• It tells the audience who the main actors are in the film
• it gives a sample of how unusual the plots are
• Some of the clips in the opening sequence may be included in the film

My introduction to Media EBI

EBI- If I took more time with my work and completed all my homework on time, also if i took my time with my storyboards and completed them to a satisfactory standard.

My introduction to media - WWW.

WWW- I have worked hard and achieved good work so far and have been enjoying a lot of the activities ive done. I enjoy working with others to create films and storyboards and thouroughly enjoy editing films in I-Movie.