Thursday 29 November 2012

Fight Scene

Foley Sound 

Fight Scene 
After shooting our short fight scene we went away and created our foley sound and edited the clip. I think that the we created a comedy fight scene, we learnt that sound can make a big difference to any clip as it can change and set tension or make people laugh. Originally our scene was meant to be a tense  one but during the edit we discovered that it was funny more than a serious clip. This is suggested through out the whole clip.

What we used?
We used nuts, carrots and meat to replicate sounds of breaking bones and someone being punched in the face. We also had to record some sounds from body parts such as beating my chest and slapping our hands on our thighs. This will help us when we make our Title Sequence, as it will make sure that our target audience understands just from the sound what our title is trying to communicate to them. 

Sound Design

Sound Design
Aims:
1.       To be able to indicate what the three different types of Sound Design are.
2.       To create a Foley Track for the fight sequence that we have filmed.

What is Sound Design?

The creation and layering of dialogue, background noise and other sound effects to create a sophisticated aural environment. An example, in a scene where the setting is a rainforest, the sounds of various birds and animals would be dubbed in after recording to enhance the scene and make it look real.
There are 3 types of sound creation
  1.        Realism
  2.        Hyper Realism
  3.        Unrealism/ Surrealism
After the lesson on sound, we went off in our groups to create our own sounds, using the film we had produced we had meat, carrots, nuts and kick a door. We then used the sounds in our film for example the meat being punched helped us enhance the punching sound from our actual film. This was a good lesson and learnt a lot about Foley Sound, this will defiantly help us when making our title sequences.   


  

Dan Perri

Dan Perri

About Dan Perri Dan Perri has been a film and television title sequence designer for over 30 years and has created main titles for more than 400 film and television projects.

Dan Perri’s most famous work includes Star Wars, Taxi Driver, The Warriors, Raging Bull, Airplane! ,The Aviator, The Player , Nightmare on Elm street , Robocop 2 and Gangs of New York.

Dan Perri has also created many screen logos such as Orion pictures , ABC Circle films, Miramax/Touchstone.

Style
Dan perri style of title sequences is to make sure the audience understands the setting and context of the film. He also introduces characters such as in ‘The Warriors’ title sequence he shows all gangs that are featured in the film. Dan perri also signifies the setting in ‘The Warriors’ by showing the subway were the movie will be set.

Dan Perri- Raging Bull Angles & Sound
Dan Perri uses lots of close up shots to identify key factors. His title sequences also build up tension by using slow paced effects and long cuts. In ‘Raging Bull’ Dan perri uses sound to represent Jake la Motta’s personality. As Jake la Motta’s aggressive and quick tempered personality this music shows that when he is in the ring he is at peace, and the only way he can express himself is through the poetic motion of fighting hence the music being played is poetic and peaceful. The fog in this particular sequence could show that in La Motta’s mind he has blocked the world out and is concentrating on his fight.

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Research-Saul Bass


Saul Bass


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Saul Bass  was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, perhaps best known for his design of film posters and motion picture title sequences. Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the credits racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of the C.I.T. Financial Building in Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that races together and apart in Psycho.

Bass designed the sixth AT&T Bell System logo, as well as AT&T's "globe" logo after the breakup of the Bell System. He also designed Continental Airlines' 1968 "jetstream" logo which became one of the most recognized airline industry logos of the 1970s. Here are some of Saul bass's work in pre title sequence design;

Ocean's 11 Title Sequence

Tuesday 27 November 2012

Target Audience- Inherited Empire

Target Audience
 Primary Target: 18-35 years old (men)
Secondary Target: 35-50 years old (men)
The target audience for our film, Inherited Empire, will be mainstreamers who tend to be domesticated and conformist type of people. However, we recognize that our age rating is an 18 certificate, which indicates to us that we are focusing on a niche audience. This is because it is a specific audience and we need to provide content that the audience will like.
The audience that we are aiming at would like action films, beer, sports and socializing. Their dislikes would be things that females would usually like such as shopping and romantic films. Also the races that our film will appeal to are black, white and mixed race as these feature in our film.
The targeted viewer would not have strong beliefs in church or religion as our film may cross boundaries that may offend them. Therefore, the target audience would only go to church for a wedding or funeral.
The target audience’s main occupation would be a practical job such a builder, electrician or plumber, as these typically like gangster movies, as it is there interest. However, another target would be people interested in media such as graphic designers and media technicians as they will be more obliged to go to the cinema, through their shared interest in the arts.

Thursday 22 November 2012

El Don- Title Sequence Research

El Don


How it satisfies codes and conventions and purpose?
El don satisfies codes and conventions, firstly by by setting the scene, and establishing what type of a film its going to be, the is also a brief shot showing a man wearing a suit, and standing up tall suggesting that he is a leader or has an important part in the film. The sequence then follows with a long shot showing the streets this makes the audience aware that the film will be on the streets. The Camera angles in El Don are generally the same all being basic side shots of the different events that could occur during the film. 







Monday 19 November 2012

Inherited Empire Planning, Research and Analysis

Inherited Empire
As part of our course work we were grouped up, in my group is Charlie L, Charlie N, Harry M. To begin with we had to plan a film individually, things we had to consider for the film are the Film name, Characters and Actors most likely to play the roles, we then had to come up with 3 film ideas of which one would be on the shortlist, then as a group we would choose the best idea to carry through. 

When then all agreed that Harry M had the best idea, which we then pitched to our class mate and teacher. The pitch consisted of a log line, a plot, the actors that would star in the film, a budget and the target audience. Below is the presentation we pitched to the class. 

During our pitch our class mates had to give us some feedback on what they thought of our film idea. Of the four feedback sheets only one gave us three star rating, the rest were two star, this may have been because we didn't give the whole film away which left them with some questions to ask. Another factor that we found out was the budget we set a lot of people didn't  understand that why our budget was so high from the similar film we had researched, however they didn't understand that we have a very demanding cast with the likes of Tom Hardy and Jason Statham. Which is why our budget was set so high to accommodate these high demanding actors. We also didn't make our target audience very clear in the pitch however we explained to the class that our target audience would be 15-35 year men. 

Improvements- 
  • We need to include a release date 
  • Specific target audience






Saturday 17 November 2012


Title Sequence Research



How it satisfies codes and conventions and purpose?
Quantum of Solace satisfies codes and conventions firstly by introducing the main character and the type of character what role he will play in the film.  This is done through the character dress sense wearing a smart suit suggesting he’s a smart clean person, he is also holding a gun which he fires through an open space suggesting that there will be lots of shooting from the character himself.

The bullet that has been fired is travelling through open space and disappears during the sequence and comes back to the character, this suggest that the main character will be search for something or someone that will carry on disappearing this may occur numerous times during the film, however at the same time the we are introduced to the setting of the film, which is very key for the audience to know, the film is suggested to be set in a hot place this is shown through the first shot of the sequence which shows the character standing in front of the sun, this also continues to grow throughout the next hint is the desert back ground this is an even bigger clue as to where its set, this may also allow us to gather up some views on what the theme of the film will be, perhaps a rich in oil country and the movie has something to do with this?

We are then introduced to this female character but we aren’t to sure what role she will play in the film whether she is what our main character is looking for or this character is close to the main character, at this point we are left questioning and find it intriguing this sets up enigmas.  This is also a main Convention to any James Bond films however during the sequence there is suggestion that James Bond will fall at the hands of females as it shows him falling through a number of women, this may suggest that James Bond affection for women will finally stitch him up.  








Thursday 15 November 2012

Homework

"Today we’ll take a closer look at that short space of time between the moment the lights go down and the first scene of a film, the part that so often sets our expectations of a movie, that sequence that speaks to our creative side: the art of the film title" 

With this paragraph of writing i understand that film as evolved over the years, and that within the first scene of a film we gather our expectations of the movie itself. 


"Film titles made their appearance in the earliest silent films, along with letter cards (or inter-titles), which provided context. These cards were the responsibility of the lettering artist, who collaborated with the scriptwriter and director to create narrative continuity so that audiences could follow what they were seeing"


With this piece of writing i understand that silent films in the early days would establish who the script writer and the director were just from the writing and lettering of the film this show that lettering was very important in those days for the audience to follow the readings. 


"As movies grew more popular, their titles evolved. Movie producers invested considerable sums in film production and sometimes resorted to fixing a dog of a film by rewriting the inter-titles. For a time, “film doctor” Ralph Spence (1890–1949) was the highest-paid title writer in the industry, earning $10,000 a picture for his one-liners"


As time went on and we discover that as films became more popular the importance of of writers and the significant roles they played within the industry. For example Ralph Spence was the highest paid writer in the industry with earnings over $10,000 which in those days was a lot of money. 


Summary 

As time has progessed the importance of film wirter and film titles has increased meaning they have also set a high bench mark for all this different fields making the competition stiff   

Sunday 11 November 2012

Zombie Land



Zombie Land Title Analysis










SETTING
During the Title sequence there are many settings established, however the key setting which is imperative is America. We know that it is set in America as we are introduced too American highways, cars, prisons/prison officer and money.

THEMES
We see many themes being portrayed through the title sequence of Zombie land which are comedy, horror, violence and social anarchy. In this picture we see the element of comedy being bought into play as we see a man running from a naked lady with money in his hand. This suggests he has not paid money he owes her. The woman is now a zombie which shows how the film brings an element of horror as she is covered in blood. In this clip we also see that zombies are targeting all types of people and not leaving anyone out. We see that zombies attack public serviceman, Business men, and innocent women.

ICONOGRAPHY
The iconography which is shown in the title sequence of Zombie land follows the typical comedy/horror codes and conventions to make the genre clear to the viewer from the start.  Key things, such as excessive gore, signify to us that the film is going to be horrific as we see gore featured in many horror movies such as blood, burnt skin, disfigurement and people running away. We see prison guards being attacked by the prisoners and the drug dealers overthrowing the mobsters. This shows that society has been thrown on its head and now everything has been opposed. It shows that all the powerful people in society have now lost the power they had. In this still we see a women being chased by a zombie. The woman is wearing pink which in this sequence is representing innocence and purity. We see the zombie wearing very dull and blunt colours which shows that the zombie is going to take over innocence.

NARRATIVE
From watching the title sequence I can tell that throughout the movie it will be very humorous but also quite gruesome as we are constantly seeing blood and characters dyeing. We are constantly seeing the town that people are living in being taken over by zombies , but we not are introduced to any characters which look like they could  be main characters in this title sequence. The title sequence involves lots of different scenes this makes the narrative quite unclear because the audience does know what to expect. We now do not know what the film is going to be about because the scenes shown are not similar and do not give away a clear narrative plot.

CHARACTERS
Based on this title sequence we are only introduced to the zombies who we know are antagonists of this movie. We are not introduced to any main characters who we think are going to plot against the zombies. We are introduced to some minor characters such as a prison guard, who is under attack from the zombies who have taken over the town in which the film is set.

STYLE
All of the title sequence is shown in slow motion which makes the actions which are happening a lot more dramatic but also a lot more comical. A lot of the scenes which include gore and violence are made to be humorous by the non-diegetic sound used throughout the sequence which makes all of the gory and bloody scenes seem amusing.


Monday 5 November 2012

Codes and Conventions

Codes and conventions of a title sequence

  • Details of cast and crew.
  • The film title.
  • An introduction to characters or character type.
  • Indication of place.
  • Indication of historical period.
  • Information regarding mood and tone.
  • Introduction to signature theme tune – leitmotif.
  • Information about genre.
  • Enigma- The question that needs an answer.
  • Patterns and types of editing.
  • Mise-en-scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.


When looking at these codes and conventions, the basic fundamentals of a pre title sequence is to give the audience a little taster of what the film will be about and the themes that will carry on throughout the film. The pre title sequence is also to let you you know who directed the film and who is casting in it, it also lets you know producers and who helped make the film. When i come to make my own pre title sequence i will pay extremely close to attension to theses codes and conventions as these are gonna be the basis to my plan.

Thursday 1 November 2012

Continuity Video

Continuity Clip AS Media

Evaluation
We had to carry out a preliminary exercise of a short Continuity clip demonstrating a character  opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom he/she exchange a couple lines of dialogue Maintaining rules such as the 180 degree rule, the shot reverse shot and the match on action shot. We found everything straight forward to carry out however during the editing of the we found it difficult as we didn't take enough shots for the editing next time we will look to take more than one shot of the same action to choose  to be as accurate as we could.

  • Shots take more shots 
  • Maintaining continuity through out the clips
  • Improve my editing and Final Cut Pro 
  • Followed all the requirements
  • Shots were well presented and it was clear what the clips were about

Improvement to be made