Final concept from Tom Constable Learning comment
From doing this task it's taught me how hard it is to come up and express the initial idea. it was harder than i thought it would be as we needed to think about everything that's involved in a film, such as everything in this slideshare. This was the base of our project and so it needed to be strong and thoroughly thought through. This was also the first time i've needed to think of a realistic subject to portray through film so i found it very challenging coming up with suitable ideas.
Learning comment
By analyzing previous students work it gives me an insight of what i need to do to get top grades. It's also shown how much work has gone into the planning and production of a 3 minuet sequence. Every opening looks professional and that's down to a a quality script and storyboard, it also may been down to the camera angles, movement and a good understanding of the aspects in cinematography. i have also learnt how easy it is to make a simple and avoidable mistakes, for example not cutting parts down correctly or messing up the recording and not re shooting that part.
Credit to Tom Cornock and Alex Hall for making the title sequence to Ferris Bueller's day off.
This is the title sequence me and Tom Constable made for Superbad.
I think that Tom and Alex's is pretty much a perfect recreation apart from the scenes behind the text, Instead they used a black background. However the one tom and I made was very poor and we were expected to make it to a much higher standard. We found it very challenging to find the font, size and colours used in the real title sequence. We did various Google searches in order to find the critical information, we found no information. Fundamentally we haven't really even recreated a title sequence because nothing in our recreation is the same. We had to guess and pick one that our eyes saw as being the closest possible. This was the same with the position of the text, we guessed. We used Imovie to recreate the title scene, this came with another handful of issues. Imovie didn't have the correct text positions available to us, meaning we had to use Word and screenshot the image into the editing process. This meant we couldn't fade the text in and out of the scene. Also because many different coloured backgrounds were used, the size of each scene we remade doesn't fit to the previous shot making it very hard to watch. This also caused a problem when the name "Jonah Hill" appeared in a yellow and green background and because we used different sized backgrounds the name jumps higher. It's meant to stay in the same place. We could have prevented some mistakes that were made from human error such as the black cursor in a few screenshots and the small which boxes that are visible. While uploading the video it somehow froze the screenshot and stayed on 2 screenshots for way too long, the shots were timed for 3 seconds but when the video was uploaded they were way over a minute. Overall this was a poor creative task and the standard is extremely poor.
From this task i have learnt that the content of the title sequence should be enticing for the audience but also not give away the narrative. By showing the main characters during the first couple of minuets it allows the audience to know who to look for in the film and who's part has the most impact on the film. When making a title sequence you need it to link with whats happening in the scene being shown at the same time. When i make my own opening sequence i will make sure it's done correctly and to a higher standard than what I've produced for this task.
Learning comment
Form this task i have learned how props and the use of mise-en-scene can influence a particular social group. In my own opening sequence, i will try to include noticeable objects in the shot to inform the audience what social groups are included in it. Make up and costumes also reveals social groups as well as age and gender. Clothing will play a huge part in our opening sequence.
From doing this task it had given me a better understanding of how different lengths of shots and varied range of camera angles has such a huge impact on the final product. Personally i believe we succeed in making this task, all our shots were fast paced and used a wide range of camera angled that fitted the scene perfectly. This added a narrative in a very short time period. we did encounter some issues while filming some shots, for example, many shots were more than a few seconds long. This wasn't a huge problem as we added the jump cut to many of the scenes. This keeps the tension and pace to the scene but at the same time doesn't take out huge chunks of the shot allowing the narrative to remain undisturbed. We also experienced audio problems when the video was uploaded. While editing the audio was fine and how it was supposed to be, however when we uploaded it on to YouTube, there was very little audio. This can actually be turned into a positive because it creates a sinister and eerie tension to the video. The only sound you can here is the creaking of the door which in itself is quite eerie, the audience also don't expect the creaking of the door so it could add a little scare. We also hear sound when Tom screams at me when i steal the bike. This shows anger and frustration within the character. I will try and incorporate the jump cut and use on silence when producing my own opening sequence as it helps create an atmosphere and adds pace to the scenes it's used in. I also made a mistake while acting. When i walk over the camera in a particular shot, you can see my foot go to the side so i avoid walking into the camera. If we were to re-shoot that scene i would have learned from my mistake and made it look as if i was walking normally.
Learning Comments
From this task i have learnt that every film uses narrative structures throughout the film. This engages the audience and makes the film more interesting. I think they play a huge part in the opening sequence, therefore i will incorporate some of the structures into my own opening sequence. This will engage and form an interest for the audience to latch onto. I will also try and give away a few character types as it will help give parts of the demographic away,
Submarine from Adam Tanner Learning comment From these two different title sequences, i have realized how important it is to use appropriate typography and how it can lead audiences to different opinions on what the film could be about. It also needs to fit the demographic of the film, for example, in Juno with a hand drawn title sequence, we could easily identify this to be aimed at children. In my final product i will make sure the font, font size and positioning of the text is suitable for the demographic of out opening sequence.
Learning Comment
I have learnt that directors use different conventions to allow the audience and viewers to know the demographic of the film. The most effective way in my opinion is the soundtrack. The soundtrack is very important in a film because it helps us solve the personality of the characters and gives background information such as age and background of the character. This means when i come to making my own opening sequence i will use a fairly catch song that people know that fits the demographic, however i may use a more serious piece of music if that fits the opening sequence better. Costumes also play a huge part of films so when i come to making mine i will prepare and plan what costumes i will need in order to make the opening scene effectively.
