Friday, 19 April 2013
Copyright
For our opening sequence we had to think of a soundtrack we would like to use and we came up with the idea of the "Feel it in the air" instrumental by Beanie Seagal, However we could not use this piece of music as we suspected their may be copyright permissions on this piece of music. So we then continued searching and we came across a sound track called "Islands" which was a free instrumental posted online which required no permissions to be used. Below are both audio files of the sound tracks that we used.
Monday, 18 March 2013
Progress
We have making quite a bit of progress with the editing as we have started to piece a couple of clips together as well as pinpointing what we want to do and how we want to use it. We are nearing the deadline so we need to speed up a bit so we can complete our project in time.
Here is a picture of a member of my group filming me as we recorded footage.
Here there is a screen shot of us when we was editing as a group.
Here is a picture of a member of my group filming me as we recorded footage.
Here there is a screen shot of us when we was editing as a group.
Sound
The Shining - The sound of the shining has a great effect as it is a good sign post for the genre, the non-diegetic sound is pretty eerie and creepy and perhaps gives the impression that it is a horror movie, this soundtrack has the typical sound track conventions of a horror movie, as the sound carries on it creates a supernatural/dark feel to it. Then a windy type sound is introduced which only compliments the effect the sound is creating.
Max Payne - The opening of max Payne starts with a sound bridge. Next we hear the diegetic sound of him heavily breathing as well as the sound of him being underwater. And then a baby crying. These sounds are all parallel to the negative scene which is being shown. We can also hear a clock ticking perhaps emphasizing the time, with non-diegetic voice overs. Then there is a sound bridge onto the high street as you can hear the sirens and the busy people on the street. These sounds signpost the genre of the film.
Boyz N The Hood - From the opening of Boyz n the hood, you can hear a shootout and someone being killed, then you then hear the news report of people speaking about their family. Use of racial terms and you can hear police sirens as well, these all signpost the genre once again. We thought looking at this would be useful as our genre ties in with this to an extent. From 0.16 - 1.06
What we said is that we will try to use a soundtrack to signpost our genre as we researched films and the majority tended to do this as it was effective and it gives an insight for the audience as they know what to expect.
Max Payne - The opening of max Payne starts with a sound bridge. Next we hear the diegetic sound of him heavily breathing as well as the sound of him being underwater. And then a baby crying. These sounds are all parallel to the negative scene which is being shown. We can also hear a clock ticking perhaps emphasizing the time, with non-diegetic voice overs. Then there is a sound bridge onto the high street as you can hear the sirens and the busy people on the street. These sounds signpost the genre of the film.
Boyz N The Hood - From the opening of Boyz n the hood, you can hear a shootout and someone being killed, then you then hear the news report of people speaking about their family. Use of racial terms and you can hear police sirens as well, these all signpost the genre once again. We thought looking at this would be useful as our genre ties in with this to an extent. From 0.16 - 1.06
What we said is that we will try to use a soundtrack to signpost our genre as we researched films and the majority tended to do this as it was effective and it gives an insight for the audience as they know what to expect.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Art Of The Title
Art of the title can be the animations used with texts, or even the typography, these titles can really compliment and consolidate the atmosphere of the movie if used to effect, it could also help signpost the genre of the film. The artwork of the opening credits/title need to be effective as they set the tone for the rest of the movie. Below are two different examples of effective art works with titles and opening credits. One with animation with texts and one just simply typography.
Spider-man
The spider-man main titles use animation with text. These are effective as the text and animations look how the film should feel, everyone knows about spider-man and the webs in the background are iconic. The words seem to cling onto the webs as well which gives of the spider like vibe which compliments the film even further. These are good and effective as they link directly to the theme of the film the iconic webs set the mood of the film. Then there is also animation with an animated version of spider-man being shown which of course captivates the audience and gains there attention which is essential for the start of an movie. They also move into an animated city, which perhaps shows the audience how this spider-man film will take place.
Shaft
Shaft is an example of the typography placed over the action of the movie. There is a basic font, but it stands out due to the bright red colour, the credits are short but happen as the movie has started, this is effective as it allows the establishing shot to establish the location of the film, as well as introduce the film title at the same time.
Spider-man
The spider-man main titles use animation with text. These are effective as the text and animations look how the film should feel, everyone knows about spider-man and the webs in the background are iconic. The words seem to cling onto the webs as well which gives of the spider like vibe which compliments the film even further. These are good and effective as they link directly to the theme of the film the iconic webs set the mood of the film. Then there is also animation with an animated version of spider-man being shown which of course captivates the audience and gains there attention which is essential for the start of an movie. They also move into an animated city, which perhaps shows the audience how this spider-man film will take place.
Shaft
Shaft is an example of the typography placed over the action of the movie. There is a basic font, but it stands out due to the bright red colour, the credits are short but happen as the movie has started, this is effective as it allows the establishing shot to establish the location of the film, as well as introduce the film title at the same time.
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Credits
The opening credits of a movie are usually pretty short and only feature the names of main characters, directors, producers and maybe the production or distribution companies.
Credits don't have a specific order in the way which they are ordered although film companies do seem to follow in a specific way.
The studio which distributed the film.
The name of the company which produced the film.
The name of the director and producer of the film.
The film title is then revealed.
Then the main actors.
These are usually displayed with typography over either a blank screen or the action of the film, although other types are used but this all depends on what the production team aims to achieve with the opening of the film.
I am relating this to my opening sequence by using this the order they follow to influence our opening sequence, although we do not want to follow those conventions we had the idea we would reveal the title of our film at the ending of our opening sequence because we believe it will give our opening sequence a greater sense of the atmosphere we want to create.
Examples which follow these basic guidelines.
Credits don't have a specific order in the way which they are ordered although film companies do seem to follow in a specific way.
The studio which distributed the film.
The name of the company which produced the film.
The name of the director and producer of the film.
The film title is then revealed.
Then the main actors.
These are usually displayed with typography over either a blank screen or the action of the film, although other types are used but this all depends on what the production team aims to achieve with the opening of the film.
I am relating this to my opening sequence by using this the order they follow to influence our opening sequence, although we do not want to follow those conventions we had the idea we would reveal the title of our film at the ending of our opening sequence because we believe it will give our opening sequence a greater sense of the atmosphere we want to create.
Examples which follow these basic guidelines.
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