30th September 2011

This is the Seven sequence that Andrea, Georgina and myself have made.
We learnt how to add pictures, videos, text and music to the Final Cut Pro, to create our title sequence for Surveillance. We also learnt how to add the effects over everything to make it look more like the Seven opening title like we were trying to achieve. 

28th September 2011

This is my 9 Frame Analysis of the opening title "Catch me if you can".

I watched the opening sequence, and chose 9 still frames, that I then spoke about.

When I was in class we spoke about the type of things I should be saying about these stills. I had to talk about the Mise-en-scene of them.

28th September 2011

This is a moodboard that shows what aspects i think are included in making a thriller film.
I made this on Comic Life because I thought it would create a better overall effect.

26th September 2011

These are the iconic directors i have researched, Quentin Tarantino, Chris Nolan and Martin Scorsese. This was my part of the group task. Andrea was researching the Typical Synopsis (Look at her blog to see this) and Georgina was researching the History of Thrillers (Look at her blog to see this)

 Quentin Tarantino

 Chris Nolan

Martin Scorsese

26th September 2011

Continuity

This is the work we have done in class with Mrs Bryant. I am researching the 180 degree rule. Andrea is researching Match on action shot, and Georgina is researching Shot Rev/shot.

I have found this video that explains what this rule is. From this video i have learnt that when you are shooting people, you must keep to one side of the actors so it doesn't cause confusion.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyyuqmCW14&feature=related

22nd September 2011

In class Mr Barton went over with the class what the art of the title was. This is what i will remember when I think of it now:

Art of the Title - DESIGN!!!

- How you design the title

- Images ( that are related to the thriller genre)

- Composition, so it is visually appealing

- Visual Effects

- Animation of the title

- Font of the title

- Editing effects

In the rest of sir's lesson we were getting used to using a program called Final Cut Pro. He showed us how to add pictures, pieces of videos and how to add and animate the text. This is what we will be using to produce an opening sequence that is 30 seconds long by Thursday next week.

Thriller - Themes and Synopsis

Out focus for my lesson with Mrs Bryant was to look at

- the typical synopsis of thriller films.

- the history of Thriller films

- Iconic directors

We done an exercise to point out the sound, camera, editing, and mise-en-scene aspects from the opening of Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock. This is what I found:

Sound

- The background music consists of some drums, trumpets, trombones and some other instruments that I couldn't place.

- The music was quite cheerful. Showing that all thriller films dont have to be dark and scary.

Camera

- It was a city scene of an american apartment block courtyard.

- There were close up of the pictures on the mans wall, which suggests he's a photographer.

- It was all one scene with panning around so you can see into the other people's apartments.

- There is an extreame long shot,which would also be counted as a point of view shot after you have seen the film.

- The opening credits are a still shot.

Editing

- The words and fonts were edited in the opening credits.

- The words were made to fade in and out.

- The shots were panning around the scene so this would have been edited too.

Mise-en-scene

- There was a man with a broken leg that suggests he would be looking out the window a lot.

- The director purposefully had the still shot of the window for the opening credits.

- You saw the whole apartment block, which would include how people would live their daily lives which suggests this has something to do with the films plot.

In my group there is Andrea Nicholls, Georgina Ladley and myself.

21st September 2011

This is a voice over of the things from Mise-en-scene from the Usual Suspects.
This voice over was made by myself and Christopher Rizzi, after we watched the first two minutes of this, we picked out some things that we thought we relevant.

19th September 2011

Thriller Opening Titles

At the beginning of the lesson I looked at the film Taxi Driver. I looked at the opening scene.

While looking at the scene I noticed that:

- The music created tension. And changed from Classical to Jazz about mid way through the title sequence. There was a saxophone used which is important because the saxophone symbolises love. This could be important in trying to draw the person because they might want to know why there is a sax playing.

- There were close up and tracking of the taxi. This gives you an idea that the taxi will be important even though it is in the title.

- There was an extreame close up of a mans face. This showed only his eyes which makes you look at the emotion that are present. Showing only his eyes show that he is tense about something but it also makes the audience want to know what is making him feel like this.

- There was loads of smoke used which helps create mystery because people dont know where it has come from, or what is behind that smoke.

- There were also point of view shots that were used as they were travelling through the city. But you could only tell it was a city because of the city lights as they drove past.

What are title sequences and why are they important?

- They show clues of what is coming in the film.

- This is a short sharp way of introducing the film without giving away the plot straight away.

- They need to be good because these are the things that make the audience want to carry on watching. It hooks the people in, making them want to find out what happens in the film.

Design Aspects

What elements are included in the Design of this sequence?

- Images

- Style (Like the colours)

- Visual Effects

- Font

- Animation of the title

- Editing (Like how each shot changes to the next)

What I Learnt

From todays lesson, i learnt that there is more to a title sequence then it looks. I didnt realise how much work had to be put in to make it look convincing, and make it flow through to the film effortlessly.

Monday 12th September

This is the brainstorm i did to discover the different aspects that create a thriller film. In this lesson we were talking about the different things that would make up a good thriller. We then walked round looking at each others work giving and receiving ideas.


From this i learnt that there are different types of things that make up a thriller. For example, I didn't realise that different visual effects had a major role in creating the feeling of suspense and tension.