What Titles - Fargo

Analysis of Fargo.

To understand the roles and title sequences ina opening sequence, Fargo was directed by Cohen Brothers. In opening credits it tells you who is involved in the film and how is directed,casted,sound,make-up, and location, these are all important in the opening of the sequence as it tells you what actors/actrases are invloved in the film and if it is a main stream film or a low key film, this film is well known as it has been produced by Polygram fim entertainment.

Ideas for my opening of a thriller and how this has helped me,

*Use of font

*How the characters are evloved

*The way the frames are connected clearly and slowly moving into one another

*Based on a true story or a realistic situation

My Questionnaire

This is our questionaire that we sent around to people in our school and out of school to get an idea on what people would prefre to see in our opening sequence of a thriller.

My 8 photos

These are my 8 shots for my thriller opening sequence
in the snow day i took my dog over the park and it gave me the idea to take pictures, i took 3 pictures of my dog to show that there may be a insight to using a dog in a thriller as she may have something to do with a murder or a fight that she has over come and she is the police force, also the hand in the snow could show there is no escape and the women is trying to hold on to something but as you cannot hold on to snow, i also took a shot of the dogs paw prints in the snow to show that the dog is either looking for something but also there is only two paw prints this could suggest that they cannot walk any further due to some kind of accident or collision.
the footprints in the snow and suggest running tracks or footsteps as a causal stroll through the park or also could suggest if something is running after someone or away from someone. the large gaps between, could suggest that they had to take bigger steps to get through the snow but could also suggest that they had to move fast through the snow to get away form someone. These images would be good to use in a thriller as they all have a different meanings to them and all show a good understanding of the thriller opening....

my 8 pictures of my idea for the opening of the horror

Sixth Sense Opening sequence

This is a good opening sequence as it brings the audience into the film and tells them about the little boy and what he can see, this gets the audience thinking why can he see these things and why does no one belive him, it is a good opening sequence for a thriller as it gets the audience on the edge of there seats and also seems realistic, this is a good influance on our own thriller opening as we wont the same effect on the audience.

The Task Brief

This is the brief-

To create the titles and opening of a new fiction film either thriller or romantic, to last a maximum of two minutes. To show different shot types and also which audience you will be showing it to.

Preliminary task video.

What does a title sequence look like?

This is Memento this is an example of a title sequence, I have used a contact sheet to show the different bits in the opening sequence and how it attracts the adudiences eye, also the different shot types involved in the opening sequence, buy using a range of shots challenges the audiences minds and gets them thinking about what its going ot happen, this is what we are hoping to use in the opening of our thriller, by pulling in the audience in the opening sequence gets them thinking about what is going to happen throught the film and gets them questioning.

Analysis of Memento

In the opening of the scence it uses blue for the writting this suggests cold and a feel to the audience that Lenord is scared and confused to set the mood. the props used is a photo to reinforce the title of memory(memento). the opening sequence represents what the films is about it shows the picture fading like his memory, by the end of the film it relates back to the opening sequence and we ind out who the person in the picture was and how it happened.By showing the opening of the film backwards it makes you think why are they showing it backwards has he got a mental disability or is there something else invloved, also by seeing everthing happen backwards it gets the audience thinking was he a murder or is he a victim, why does he have these photos and who is invloved with the siutuation. The camera that the male character was holding shows and represents the title of the film. The word "Memento" has the meaning of an object or a item that reminds you of something or this something that is very special to you. At the start you cannot see the characters face this makes the audience unsure of what the character is doing.

conventions of a genre (Shrooms).

Camera shots/angles:
The opening of the film shows a low angled shot mid showing a young "teenage" girl running through the forest at night, it then cuts to show a buliding and back to her running. This gives the audience a cold shiver as they start to feel cold and feel invoved in the film.It also shows a close up of a man in a "Hay Bag" this shows that there is something creepy going on and how this would intercount with the film, the first proper opening scence after all the credits have rolled, they are on a flight and the first thing you see is the seat belt scene, this could suggest that to the audience aswell they should sit back and fasten as this film could be a jumpy one.

Editing:
The opening of this film as a lot of cross cuttings, to show the whole package in which it is set and how when and were its set, so the audience get a real feel in how the character is feeling, this is called naturlisation, making the audience think that what they are watching is all real when infact fake, this is also done by match on action in which is used when she looks down at her photo gallery book to they cutting to a picture of her and her boyfriend,the 180 degree is used when they are talking baout why she is coming over to see her boyfriend and that they are talking about taking shrooms, this reniforces the name of the title.

Sound:
there is a lot of non-diagetic sound in the openining of the film to suggest frightened and scared atmosphere. also there is a voice over when she is running there is heavy breathing to suggest she has been running for a long period of time.

Mise-en-scene:
it is set in a forest and a aeroplane. it shows that there is many different sets of thefilm within a short amount of time to suggest that this film is queit a in depth one, also when they are on the plane is also could suggest a journey you are taking with them to were they are going, by doing this it is drawing in the audience and wanting them to watch more.

in conclusion
very good opening showed a lot of different ideas in which i have not come across before with camera angles and sound throughout the first opening of the film

My analysis of Scream (Conventions of a Genre) another idea for my thriller.

Camera shots/angles:
The Opening sequence starts with a close up of the womens face when the phone rings, to show her first facial expression.There are also a few shots where there are a few extreme close ups of the actors eye and face when the phones begins to ring everytime she put the phone down,from the way the camera is angled makes me feel anxious but excited to see how she is fearing the worst in which she has just found out that her husband is strapped to a chair outside. Also the angle of the camera is canted (tilted) so it creates a eerie atmosphere is which makes you think something is going to happen.

Editing:
They use soundtrack editing as they are coming into the first scence and is then suddenly cut as the phone rings this changes the atmosphere and gets the audience thinking who is on the other end of the phone. They also use continuity editing through when she is walking out to the pateo also they use match on action when she looks through the glass to see once again her husband sitting on a chair, this changes the outlook on the audience as they become impatient to no what will happen next and shall she"play that game" which the man"sream" wants her to play.

Sound:
When the title of "Scream" appears the non-diagetic sound changes to a women screaming and it almost sounds like she is getting a killed. This makes the mood of the opening sequence become sicking and eerie to the audience.The 3rd time she put down the phone there was a sudden jolt of music when it rung again this makes the audidence feel scared and nervous in which she is getting herself in to a dead end with the person who is on the other end of the phone.

Mise-en-scene:
the setting is in a house. which has many different rooms this shows that it give sa sense of a maze. when the man does get into her house she has many places to run. the use of props is very effective as for example chairs and tables and utensils, she could use they to stay away from the man. i am getting all of these ideas from the opening sequence of the film, so would many other members of the gernal audience.

Conclusion:
The opening sequence of this horror "Scream" I can see that its quiet a jumpy film which would have the audience thinking what is going happen next.

Shrooms Opening Sequence(conventions of a opening sequence)

Opening Sequence of Scream

Analysis of Fast and Furious

In Fast and The Furious it shows a good understanding of cinematography and camera angles for the first 3 mintues it already intracts with the audience and catches the audiences eyes as the cars comes into the shot. this is also shown in speed racer as at the start it is leading up to how he is feeling about the race and how he going to win. you can see by his facial expressions that he is sacred but still has the same feeling as the people in the fats and the furious as they get adrellian rushes from driving a fast car in a race.
they both show a range of different shot types for example the fast and the furious show a number of close up shots and long angled shots to show ere the set is and how its created with the cars and how the atmosphere changes, this also happens in speed racer as when he is in the car and it is a close up shot of him holding the stearing wheel also a long shots are used again to show the set and were it is and how they use the lighting to emphahise the car.

opening sequence of Speed Racer

Fast and the Furious

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Title sequence VS trailer

Movie Trailer

-overview of shot
-grab attention
-main actors
-who its made by
-narration/voice over
-montage editing
-fast paced
-loads of shots
-persaude the veiwer

Opening Sequence
-Actors
-hook the audience
-slow paced
-credits
-set the mood
-creates atmosphere
-soundtrack
-feel enagaged

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Shrooms Opening Sequence

Shrooms Trailer

Sixth Sense Trailer

WWW: Overall we had a very creative story line which allowed us to use many different shot types for example following the character running with an over the shoulder shot. This allows the audience to view which character it is and where they're running to. Further on we used a good eye line shot when the girl gets inside and sees her mum. The audience get a close up of the girls face looking past the camera then a mid shot of her mum to show what she is looking at and what has caused her shocked facial expression. We also used shot reverse shot in the conversation between the mother and daughter. Our mis en scene was also well thought out of how the shot was constructed and where things were i the shot. Furthermore we used match on action, and most of the continuity rules. Finally we had good flare and innovation within our task which shows we used our imaginations to create what was required.

EBI: Some of our shots were unstable therefore we'll need to ensure our camera is attached securely to the tripod in the future. We could have also experimented with a few more shots, using the 180 degree rule to improve our continuity and increased the time length of our task. Finally we could have used a master shot to allow the audience to view the entire setting and characters placements, before using more detailed shots.

The Preliminary Task

In todays lesson we were split into groups of three and had to film a short movie on “Continuity Editing”. In the film we had to show someone walking through the door, showing the back of them then entering the door from then the front, this meant using the 180 rule and keeping the angle of the camera the same. We then had to film someone sitting down and talking another person and show across the shoulder shots and making sure we use dialogue in the scenes.
-Firstly we done a story board to show how we was going to set the camera up and sort out the dialogue
-We went to the place were we were filming and sorted out the camera angles before we started filming to see how It would work out
- When filming we were constantly looking for ways to improver our work, and tried new angled shots and compared them after
When we had finished filming we went back to the classroom and started to edit what we had filmed, it was to edit at first as we did a long sequence shot and had to be cut to make it flow, we used continuity editing in the film were Charlotte runs to the door and gets her keys out to open the door as she is very late home from a night out and her mum is waiting for her.
I found this task interactive and fun, we all put ideas in and fortunately they all worked together, also we used match on action and shot reverse shot in our film as this would make it look more professional.

Push A Little Button

This was the first inturpretation we had ever done, it was hard to get comfortable with using the equipment and get set up, for example figuring out were we would push buttons and how to work the camcorder, lso the angles of the camera we would use to make it effective, we also had to think about how many shots we were taking so it follwed well with the music.

what we could have done better, is to plan how we were going to use our time wisley and create a good peice to show to the class.

i did enjoy this activity but it was my least favorite as you could not really get a feel for how the audience would feel as it was quiet a rushed task.

Induction Task

Donnie Darko

I learned how to import an tape onto imovie, i used close up and different angled shots to shot it, myself i played the role of the teacher, this came in handy as i do drama in A level so my confidence part was nothing to worry about. I learnt what i had to say and act as if i was playing the real part of the teacher in donnie darko, i used the same pausing effect to give the same effect on the audience and tried the same facial expressions but did my own inturpretations of them so i was making it my own.

What also went well was that my group we organised and was quick and easy to set up the equiment and get started. I thoughly enjoyed this task :).

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My First Blog

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