We added our storyboard to our powerpoint. We drew out each scene in detail, and discussed how exactly we wanted to space out each scene. We made sure we have a good amount of screen time to each of the important scene developments. We also gave a brief summary of the story and dialogue within each scene. We also added in the shots and angles that would be used in each scene.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J8B8WZnZpjJPES8OH2llOC91lPSWUUVawddcsEaYKJs
In this powerpoint, we added our title, sound by scene, location, participants, health and safety statement, and opening sequence script.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J8B8WZnZpjJPES8OH2llOC91lPSWUUVawddcsEaYKJs
The linked powerpoint includes our shooting schedule and our shooting script broken down into scenes. We scheduled days during which all of us could put time aside to film. We also determined which scenes we would focus on each day. We also planned a day to edit outside of school in order to ensure we got everything done. Next, we put our ideas together in order to produce a draft of how exactly we’d like the opening to go. We took into account the fact that certain shots and angles would need to be used.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J8B8WZnZpjJPES8OH2llOC91lPSWUUVawddcsEaYKJs
oFilm titles have the ability to set the mood for a film and capture the audience’s attention. As the importance of film titles has become increasingly more relevant, film producers have begun to see it as its own subdivision of the film. Movie titles have been evolving since the very beginning, starting with silent movies in the early 1900’s. They were black and white and relatively plain, reflecting common art influence. The calligraphy of these titles reflected the genre of the movie. Next came the Golden Age of Hollywood Cinema up till the mid 1900’s. Modernism was largely reflected in the film titles of this period. Different shades and shapes found their way into these titles. Artists also strived to set tone through their titles by using a series of graphic designs such as flowers, etc. Furthermore, they used various lightning and font techniques in order to add depth. Lastly, movie titles began to serve a narrative function and set up the story for the film. Next came the Post World 2 Era of the mid 1900’s. As a reflection of the evolving film developments, many designers, such a Saul Bass, began using distorted, interpretive openings. Animation techniques also improved dramatically. Overall, film titles became cleaner, smoother, and more pleasing to the eye. The American New Wave Era came about in the 1960’s. Designs became trademarks, and artistic vision was celebrated more. Both quirky, strange art forms and clean cut photography became popular in film titles. During the later half of the 1900’s, the Computer Aided Design Era came about. Computer and software developments led to the layering of techniques such as filtering. Fonts themselves became more adaptive so specific film genres, as there were many more artistic options. Montages, collages, and other forms of mixing media also became prominent. Since the 2000’s, film titles have only become more artistically pleasing. Typography and illustrations have become more sophisticated and tell a greater story than what could have possibly been imagined in the early 1900’s.
The first film I chose to study the opening of was “Mr. Nobody”. The film began with the standard magnolia pictures logo, followed by the wild bunch logo, pathe logo, and pan-europeenne logo. Then, the opening film credits roll out in a classy, spaced out font with piano music in the background. The music picks up its pace and other instruments are added as a black and white clip of a bird and a voiceover is played. Then, the name of the film, “Mr. Nobody” fades in in a blue and white futuristic font. The next film title I studied was Birdbox. Following the initial classic Netflix logo was a clip of a flash forward to the climax of the film, a scene of the dark, gloomy river with a radio voiceover. As the voiceover ends and eerie, dramatic music replaces it, the words “Bird Box” appear in dark, straight forward font. The last film I studied the opening of was “Heathers”. This film began with the classic New World Pictures logo and upbeat 80’s music playing in the background. It was followed by the main actor’s names in white and red, bubbly font on a black background. Then, the screen fades into a scene of one of the main characters putting up their hair, as the title “Heathers” appears in the same bubbly font.
-“Silver Linings Playbook” and “The Breakfast Club” were the two movies I studied and took influence from.
-“Silver Linings Playbook” starts off with a POV from the main character, which we are also planning to use in our scene. This establishes what things look like from the character’s perespective, and helps to place the audience within the scene. “Silver Linings Playbook” also switches from a slow paced beginning to a faster pace as the scene continues with a montage of the character’s activities. We will also use this when switching from character and relationship introductions to the bulk of our opening scene (the stalking).
-“The Breakfast Club” includes its character introductions very early on by showing each of the main characters exiting their respective cars and entering the school. The display of their families and their attitudes towards them establishes some of their main characteristics. Our introduction will be similar to this as we will be showing how each of our characters acts in response to each other in the introduction of the characters and their initial friendship
-I was not, however, inspired by “The Theory of Everything.” The mis-en-scene of this film established a very retro mood, while our film is the exact opposite and is incredibly modern. This film focuses on much sadder, emotional themes, while our film is focused on a more thrilling, suspenseful theme.
This powerpoint includes questionnaires answered by my fellow students about preferred movie genre, along with my own audience analysis and notes on 3 film openings.
My classmates and I were asked to watch 3 film openings within the genre of our film opening. We were then asked to describe what conventions of said genre we found in these film openings. My genre is drama, and the first film opening I watched, The Spectacular Now, there are multiple classic teen stereotypes. including a closed off teen girl. In the second movie, Pulp Fiction, there was a girly character. In the third movie, The Place Beyond the Pines, there is the closed off edgier character and the fun, reckless girl. I believe we will be using similar props and costumes to The Spectacular Now (jean shorts, earplugs, etc.), and similar character types to all three of the movies.
Our film is going to be a drama. One of our character’s will fit the stereotype of a fun-loving, girly best friend. She will enjoy things like taking selfies and doing her makeup, a classic teenage girl. Our character will be edgier and more closed off in a sense. For costumes, both characters will have several outfit changes. Our girly character will be wearing jeans, jean shorts, crop tops, and other trendy outfits. Our edgier character will wear layered clothing and darker colors. Her clothing will also be fitted looser than the girlier character. Prop wise, we will use a full body mirror, a car, house keys, earplugs, and a hamper full of clean laundry among other items. For lighting, the scenes will be brighter prior to the two friends becoming distant. The lighting will increasingly become darker as the opening goes on and the plot becomes darker. The ending will be completely black. For non diegetic sound, we could use eerie music when the edgier character is stalking the girly character. For diegetic sound, we will use happy teen music for the characters to dance to.
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