Titanic
Info
Paramount pictures
Twentieth century fox
A Lightstorm Entertainment
Title
Action
Shows family and friends waving at titanic
Close up of those on the boat waving back
Shows the still waters
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Analysis of 3 opening title sequences (part 2 inglorious basterds)
Inglorious Bastards
Info
Universal pictures
The Weinstein Company
A band Apart
A Zehnte Babelsberg Film GMBH
Quentin Tarantino
Title
Starring actors
Co-starrers
Guest starrer
'Chapter 1'
Action
Nazi enters house
Nazi asks whether he can smoke his pipe
He convinces the farmer to tell him where the family is
Farmer admits to be 'sheltering enemies of the state'
Farmer begins to cry
German soldiers enter
Open fire on floorboards as the farmer tells them they are there
Info
Universal pictures
The Weinstein Company
A band Apart
A Zehnte Babelsberg Film GMBH
Quentin Tarantino
Title
Starring actors
Co-starrers
Guest starrer
'Chapter 1'
Action
Nazi enters house
Nazi asks whether he can smoke his pipe
He convinces the farmer to tell him where the family is
Farmer admits to be 'sheltering enemies of the state'
Farmer begins to cry
German soldiers enter
Open fire on floorboards as the farmer tells them they are there
Analysis of 3 opening title sequences (Part 1 Pulp fiction)
Pulp Fiction
Info
Miramax films
A Band Apart
Jersey Films
Quentin Tarantino
Title
Starring actors
Co-starrers
Castimg crew
Music supervisor
Costume designer
Production designer
Editor
Director of photography
Co-executive producers
Executive producers
Stories
Producer
Action
Opens with image of woman in cafe pointing gun
Man lights a cigarette in cafe
Discuss possiblility of robbing a bank
Discuss robbing the coffee shop
Gun on the table and they kiss
Man stands on the table and points his gun and shouts 'Everybody be cool this is a robbery'
Info
Miramax films
A Band Apart
Jersey Films
Quentin Tarantino
Title
Starring actors
Co-starrers
Castimg crew
Music supervisor
Costume designer
Production designer
Editor
Director of photography
Co-executive producers
Executive producers
Stories
Producer
Action
Opens with image of woman in cafe pointing gun
Man lights a cigarette in cafe
Discuss possiblility of robbing a bank
Discuss robbing the coffee shop
Gun on the table and they kiss
Man stands on the table and points his gun and shouts 'Everybody be cool this is a robbery'
Prelim write up
I found the Prelim exercise quite difficult due to the fact that I was absent from the lessons on camera work. This meant that I was unaware of the different possible shots that and angles that can portray different moods and themes. I did the task with a girl who had missed the prelim at the beginning. Due to my lack of knowledge on cameras, we decided it would be a better idea for her to be the camerawoman and me to be the director.
It also helped us both that we had very co-operative actress' who already knew the script from doing it previously. One of the media teachers was also there to teach me the basic camera skills that I would need for any filming in future.
As director, there were many decisions I had to make such as the positioning of the actors and the position of the camera as well, and the amount of zoom used in the scene. I leant how changing the use of the camera can add all sot of effects for example, doing a close up of the rubiks cub shows that it has extreme importance and relevance to the scene
It also helped us both that we had very co-operative actress' who already knew the script from doing it previously. One of the media teachers was also there to teach me the basic camera skills that I would need for any filming in future.
As director, there were many decisions I had to make such as the positioning of the actors and the position of the camera as well, and the amount of zoom used in the scene. I leant how changing the use of the camera can add all sot of effects for example, doing a close up of the rubiks cub shows that it has extreme importance and relevance to the scene
Favourite film opening title scene analysis
Catch me if you can
Info
Dreamworks pictures
Kemp company
Splendid pictures
Parkes/Macdonald production
Stephen Spielberg
Actors
Casting
Co producer
Based on a True story (Frank W Abignale)
Titles
Music
Costume designer
Editor
Production designer
Director of photography
Co-executive producer
Executive producers
Producer
Screenplay
Director
Action
Shows air hosts comin off a plane
He climbs off falling stair quickly
Plan takes off with him on it
Shows taxi pulling away from 2 following cars
Shows him in a pool bar hotel
Shows him as a doctor in a hospital
Woman on a typewriter (cheque writer)
Shows him sliding down some rope
Info
Dreamworks pictures
Kemp company
Splendid pictures
Parkes/Macdonald production
Stephen Spielberg
Actors
Casting
Co producer
Based on a True story (Frank W Abignale)
Titles
Music
Costume designer
Editor
Production designer
Director of photography
Co-executive producer
Executive producers
Producer
Screenplay
Director
Action
Shows air hosts comin off a plane
He climbs off falling stair quickly
Plan takes off with him on it
Shows taxi pulling away from 2 following cars
Shows him in a pool bar hotel
Shows him as a doctor in a hospital
Woman on a typewriter (cheque writer)
Shows him sliding down some rope
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Monday, 15 October 2012
First Pitching of Our Ideas
During yesterdays lesson, Mima, Frankie and I had our first oppertunity to present our 2 strongest ideas to Matt and Adam (media teachers) to see what their opinions on what we had come up with were. Our 2 ideas included a young child being babysat by a teenager, our second idea included a camper with a hint of mystery about whats on the other side of it.
The Babysitter
The idea of the babysitter included a small girl who's parents have gone out for the evening and left their child at home with a teenage girl aged approximately 16-17 years. The teenager is watching TV on her own whilst the small child is sitting at the kitchen table doing her artwork and finger painting. There is then a power cut in the house and the teenage girl doesn't know how to react. She tells the child to wait downstairs as she goes upstairs to try and fix the problem. She fails in her attempt but manages to find a faint lighted torch. As she slowly makes her way downstairs she starts calling the child's name but to her surprise there is no reply. She then uses her torch to shine to where the girl was originally sitting but sees no child. She then sees the child's fingerprints on the wall. The teenager followed the tracks of where the fingerprints and they led into a bathroom where they stopped at the mirror. She then shined the light at the mirror and saw the child's face behind her in the mirror with cuts and bruises all over her face. Making her look possessed.
During our meeting with Adam and Matt, as a group we learnt a lot. They both liked the idea of the fingerprints leading somewhere the child had been but the idea of seeing face in the mirror hey didn't like. We were expecting this and hesitant whether or not to include it in our meeting as we knew it could be considered slightly cheesy and cliche. Having discussed this with Adam and Matt we managed to build some new ideas and learn which parts to keep and which parts not to.
The Camper
The idea of the camper is possibly the more likely of the 2 to be continued. The idea started from a Duke of Edinburgh camp with a group of children going missing during the night. This developed to just one man on his own camping. There was then more emphasis on the tent itself. The real mystery that we were trying to work out as a group was what would be on the other side of the tent zip. Many ideas were going through our heads, these included waking up in a field, in a living room or simply in a classroom. Our next stage must be developing a feasible idea which we can work on to create the perfect opening sequence for a thriller.
Our meeting with Adam and Matt was very beneficial, we all had a discussion and decided that the Duke of Edinburgh idea wasnt very good and it would have been obvious that it was done by some school kids rather than look professional like a Hollywood film. We also decided that the location of this man in his tent needs to be crazy and unexpected, to move the audience. The next stage is thinking of a suitable place and developing our ideas to the next lesson so we would then be in a position to start filming.
The Babysitter
The idea of the babysitter included a small girl who's parents have gone out for the evening and left their child at home with a teenage girl aged approximately 16-17 years. The teenager is watching TV on her own whilst the small child is sitting at the kitchen table doing her artwork and finger painting. There is then a power cut in the house and the teenage girl doesn't know how to react. She tells the child to wait downstairs as she goes upstairs to try and fix the problem. She fails in her attempt but manages to find a faint lighted torch. As she slowly makes her way downstairs she starts calling the child's name but to her surprise there is no reply. She then uses her torch to shine to where the girl was originally sitting but sees no child. She then sees the child's fingerprints on the wall. The teenager followed the tracks of where the fingerprints and they led into a bathroom where they stopped at the mirror. She then shined the light at the mirror and saw the child's face behind her in the mirror with cuts and bruises all over her face. Making her look possessed.
During our meeting with Adam and Matt, as a group we learnt a lot. They both liked the idea of the fingerprints leading somewhere the child had been but the idea of seeing face in the mirror hey didn't like. We were expecting this and hesitant whether or not to include it in our meeting as we knew it could be considered slightly cheesy and cliche. Having discussed this with Adam and Matt we managed to build some new ideas and learn which parts to keep and which parts not to.
The Camper
The idea of the camper is possibly the more likely of the 2 to be continued. The idea started from a Duke of Edinburgh camp with a group of children going missing during the night. This developed to just one man on his own camping. There was then more emphasis on the tent itself. The real mystery that we were trying to work out as a group was what would be on the other side of the tent zip. Many ideas were going through our heads, these included waking up in a field, in a living room or simply in a classroom. Our next stage must be developing a feasible idea which we can work on to create the perfect opening sequence for a thriller.
Our meeting with Adam and Matt was very beneficial, we all had a discussion and decided that the Duke of Edinburgh idea wasnt very good and it would have been obvious that it was done by some school kids rather than look professional like a Hollywood film. We also decided that the location of this man in his tent needs to be crazy and unexpected, to move the audience. The next stage is thinking of a suitable place and developing our ideas to the next lesson so we would then be in a position to start filming.
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