Analysing a Title Sequence (BP7)

The Princess Diaries.

Type of title sequence: Moving Image

Font: Yellow and Bold writing which are in Italics.

What is seen behind the titles:

• A black limozine with flags on.
• We see the city.
• The main girl getting ready for school at home.
• A conversastion between mother and daughter, which introduced the main girls mother.
• The main girl travelling to school.
• The girl's friend joins her on her way to school, the friend is introduced.

The Credits:

• Production Companies
• Title
• Director
• The cast names
• Casting by
• Additional casting by
• Co-producer
• Music supervisor
• Music by
• Costume designer
• Edited by
• Production designer
• Director of photography
• Based on the novel by
• Produced by
• Screenplay by
• Directed by

Pitch Feedback (Blogpost Task 39)

After presenting our pitch to our teacher, we received feedback which included:

- include lots of different shots
- try not to use too much dialogue
- storyboard
- how are we going to demonstrate the bad act
- the font of the title

To solve these problems, we will:
- include a variety of different shots, we have taken ideas from youth dramas such as 'Bend it like Beckham' and we have illustrated shots we want to use on out storyboard

- we will try to limit the dialogue we use to make the film look better. As we are not actors, the use of dialogue may not be a good idea as it may ruin the film

- because we are doing our storyboard after feedback rather than before, we know that we need to include the different shot types and angles in our storyboard so we have a clear idea of what we are doing.

- in our group we have discussed how we are going to represent the bad acts that the main character will be invloved in. we will show this in our storyboard

- we have changed the font of the title to something more suitable, it also relates to our film and the theme behind it.

Title Sequence Timeline.

Technology Skills Audit

For the making of our film we will use a lot of different software and hardware.

We will use:

• Final Cut Pro
• Motion
• GarageBand
• HandBrake
• Camera
• Tripod
• Video Drive

Final Cut Pro, GarageBand & Motion allow you to edit the sequences. They also let you add additional sounds, images and texts to the opening sequence.

The Camera, Tripod and Video Drive are used to film.

These are all important to make our fil look as professional as possible and to allow us to alter the clips to what we want.

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Risk Assessment

We will save our work to safe space along with on the desktop and video drive so that it prevents the risk of somehow losing our work or for our work to be deleted.

Take caution whilst using the equipment and handle it responsibly so that it will not break.

For instance:

We will make sure that the camera is securely placed on the tripod, if not it can easily drop, costing a lot of money to repair or replace.

TItle Credits

Our title credits will be over the images as the sequences move and the story starts.


Similar to this:

We will use the font El Valiente for the text

The credits will be created in Motion but as the whole title sequence will be made in Final Cut Pro we will import the credits into FCP before the finished product.

4 types of Film Opening (BP6)

Analysing 2 Title Sequences (BP4)

1. Scrooge.

The type of title the film Scrooge has is a Still Image and Animation. It is a Narrative title sequence. It had pencil drawings of people and places that were not fully colored in. It also had a song in the background which sounded like people singing a christmas carol which set the mood quite well as the film was mostly on the topic of Christmas. There were lots of title credits so the title was quite long.

2. Box Trolls.

The type of title the fil Box Trolls has is an Animation and Moving Image title sequence. It is a Discrete title sequence.

Title Sequence (BP 3)

Title Sequences. 

Title sequences are very important when making a film as it has been proven that it is essential for the producers to establish the company credits, the actors that have played in the film and the staff that were involved in the making of it. Having a title sequence is to catch the viewers attention so that they can be interested to keep watching the film. Over the years styles of title sequences have been developed.

There are 4 types of titles sequences:

1. Titles on a blank screen.

This is historically the most common type of title sequnce which involves different type face on a black background. Usually a whie type face is used on a blackbackground to create high contrast. It is use in studios as they are low budget and are simple and uncomplicated to include information at the beginning of a film.
An example of a film that has that type of title sequence is Psycho by John Gavin.

2. Titles on still images.

This type of title is more elaborate than simple white text. Historically, title cards have developed to include hand drawn borders and other images. It was a way to incorporate text with a visual image and to introduce the tone, genre and theme of the film by the images and the music. This title sequence is more longer as it is accompanied by images and also allowed more than just the name of the studio and film maker. Studios started to support the development of the titles and recognise their contribution to the film as a whole. But to make this title sequence, it requires to combine different media to make the background.

An example of a film with this type of title sequence is Wimbeldon by Kyle Cooper, he has used both moving and still images to give the effect of a tennis match.

3. Titles over moving images.

This category incorporates the credit titles with moving image behind the title with sound but usually with no dialogue. The moving image gives either a metaphor or a narrative thread to help introduce the tone or storyline to the audience.
An example of a film with that type of title sequence is Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock.

4. Titles using animation or motion.

In the late 1990's, the use of animated text in title sequences became more popular. The titles themselves became part of the moving image and integrated together. This required a lot of digital technology and stylized editing.
An examle of a film with that type of title sequence is James Bond.

For my course work, the two categories we will be looking at are:

• Titles over Moving Images
• Titles using Animation or Motion.

These title sequences can fall into 3 sub-categories:

1. Narrative Title Sequences.

The titles are interegated into the moving images in some way and begins as the film itself begins. This might be a long establishing shot or as part of a series of establisging shots.

2. Discrete Title Sequences.

The titles are interegated into the moving images bit it isn't entirely clear as to what the film is about or its plot.This title sequence can be used to foreshadow what could happen in the film and give an 'ahh' moment when something significant happens and the audience will realise what the title meant.

3. Stylised Title Sequences.

These title sequences are highly stylised. They can be a mixture of the other two           

sub-categories in terms of what we see. but the moving image and the title credits have been stylised ( with filters and motions ) to reate a combined effect.

These are part of my notes.

Prelim (BP 2)

This is the prelim me and my group have made in September.

3. PRELIM Tyrique Fatma Souhila Jordan from 283goswell on Vimeo.

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The costume that we use is going to be based around our story.

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We will have several locations in our opening to get a real understanding of our what the teen drama is about.

One of our locations is a mosque

We will also use City and Islington Sixth Form College

We will use the inside of a muslim home

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Font Styles

possible font styles that we could use for our title sequence:

Corona

Desdemona







El Valiente

Stencil

Street Soul

Whoa

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How to create titles in Motion 

First you have to select a template 

Then you choose a category which contains preset designs



















the you choose the preset design that you want within the category you have selected

< there is a preview box where you can view your preset design











< once you have selected your preset design, click on open template to start editing it

You can click on the text to edit it, you can also click on the HUD button in the top right hand corner.

The inspector button will also enable you to edit text



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you can control the title sequence here (play,pause etc.)

Mise En Scene

Inspiration (Bend It Like Beckham):

We took inspiration from Bend It Like Beckham as the main character is also raised in a traditional muslim home but due to growing up in London  she goes against her cultural background and follows the western ways of life.

The costume that we use is going to be based around our story.

We will have several locations in our opening to get a real understanding of our what the teen drama is about.

One of our locations is a mosque

We will also use City and Islington Sixth Form College

We will use the inside of a muslim home

Ideas for our film

Youth drama example:

Film Idea: Western society conflict- There is this girl who is from a tradtional Muslim family and her family perceive her in one way but she acts a different way when going school.She hangs around with a bad crew as well.



Key props: on phone using social media and islamic objects

Locations: One of our homes, college and streets


Settings:Our homes, walking down the road and alley to get changed

Costume: Headscarf, abaya, jeans and top

Lighting: Dark shot when at home and more lightining 

Garage Band (Blogpost Task 19)

GarageBand

• Loops and Movie, only projects required
• Loops on right hand side
• Timeline left hand side
• Drag loops onto timeline
• Loop can be extended by dragging the loop from the top right hand corner
• multiple loops can be dragged onto timeline
• volume of loops can be turned down at the side
• little arrow in bottom right hand corner can be used to create fades.
• Tempo can be changed at the bottom of the screen
• share-export song to disk-

• drag and drop movie onto timeline at the top of the screen
• command & backspace to delete audio
• tab at the bottom right hand side of the screen for loops

Sub-genre coventions- analysis on high school and youth drama (Blogpost Task 14)

The Breakfast club is and example of a High school drama.

Camera

1)Techniques used establishes a shot of a high school.

2)There is a medium wide shot of some of the students that are attending school.

Editing 

1) There is close ups that things that have occurred in the school, in which each picture represents the name of each character the voice over is taking about.

2)Transitions are such as fades are used from one clip to another.

Mise en scene

1)Based in a school

2) Each individual is dressed differently to fit common stereotypes given at the time such as 'jocks' where sporty clothing.

Sound 

1)There is music at the beginning 

2)There is no-diagetic sound which is the voice over

3)There is dialogue 

4)There is music when the student enters the school

Grease is an example of a Youth drama.

Camera 

1)There is a long shot of them at the beach 

2) Over the shoulder is used when they are at the beach 

3)There is a close up of the main character

Editing 

1)Animated sequence 

2)In the beach sequence the is a montage 

Mise en scene

1)1950s clothing

2)Leather jackets

3)Females wore long skirts

4)Hairstyles were different

Sound 

1)There is music at the beginning 

2)You can hear the crashing of the waves (background music)

3)There is dialogue

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Our title sequence will have the font 'sixes and seven'.

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The institution/studio that is going to produce our film is Touchstone Pictures. This company is a mainstream institution which is part of a conglomerete known as Walt Disney Studios.

Other films that this institution have made include: 

Ernest Goes to Camp, Adventures in Babysitting, Good Morning, Vietnam, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dead Poets Society, Pretty Woman, Dick Tracy, Sister Act, The Nightmare Before Christmas, When a Man Loves a Woman, Rushmore, The Insider, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Prestige, The Proposal, The Help, War Horse, and Lincoln. Its highest-grossing film release is Armageddon.