Order of credits

These are often the order that the credits will run by.

• Name of studio
• Name of production company
• Producer name
• Staring (starting with the main actors)
• Featuring (featured actors)
• Casting director
• Composer of music
• production designer
• Editor
• Director of photography
•  Producer
•  Writers
•  Director

we plan to take on board and incorporate how the order of credits are presented. We have decided as a group to follow these conventions and adhere to how other producers have ordered the credits in their film.

We then looked at an existing production.

Catch me if you can

• Titles are integrated into sequence (become part of the action)
• Exit screen smoothly looks elegant and could resemble the character who plays the police officer.
• Typography looks stylised and works in sync with music.
• High production value
  Font is sans serif
• 60's styled which hints time era of film/setting
• Informal font suggests film wont have a consistent serious tone and elements of humour could be present.
• Smaller words are serif which resembles an old typewriter which again references the 60's and suggests significance of the object in the film.

Newpaper prop

One of the props  used in our title sequence is an open page view of a newspaper containing some of the exciting courageous battles that The Fantastagirls fought. Throughout the title sequence we have many people looking at newspapers about the fantastagirls. This is to show their individuality and later on we have a newspaper of the girls together. This again look better when blown up to A3. Each superwoman has a different section of the newspaper. This shows them fighting their own crimes individually before they are  joined as one.

Props

This is our first newspaper front page. We attempted to make them as realistic as we could. They looked like a real newspaper when they was printed out and blow up to A3 size just more pale. This example of the newspaper of all the girls together which we plan to incorporate in our title sequence once we shoot everything. This hints our story line as it shows them together in this but separate in the others that we have created.

Saul Bass Title Sequence Analysis

Saul Bass Title Sequence Analysis

Seconds (1966) 

To begin the title sequence, there is an extreme close up shot of an eye, we see the eye looking around creating a sense of panic; the eye is then hidden reinforcing the sense of panic. The camera moves to a shot of the persons lips, and the word 'Seconds' appears, creating the sense of time running out or a limit of something. The camera moves, and it shows the extreme close up shot of the insides of the persons mouth, which is darkness, but could suggest that the film has an input of science towards it or secrecy. There are more shots of the persons facial features similarly strengthens the science thought.

There is a shot of a mans face which has been edited to make it look very uncertain, possibly to inform the audience that he is the 'bad' person within the film. He is looking down at the camera giving them a sense of authority and presents a dangerous aspect towards them, introducing the genre of thriller to the film.

There is a shot of a person's face with something over their face, as if it has been bandaged up, this reinforces a sense of thriller as it is quite disturbing. It also suggests that the person has been 'examined' as previously stated, introducing both genres of science and thriller. There is then a birds eye view of people walking around, creating a sense of innocence towards the people.

The music editing within the title sequence is very intense, and strengthens the idea of the  genre of the film being thriller as it creates the feeling that something bad is going to occur. The typography within the film is very basic; this could be to draw the attention more towards the images rather then the text within the sequence.

The title sequence sets up what is going to happen within the film; it insinuates that it is going to be a thriller film and that there is some sort of science fiction involved too. Also, from the music, its created that the film would consist of intense moment

Article

Article evaluation

• "They have always served a greater purpose than themselves: to move the overarching story forward."– The quote is very interesting and i feel the article speaks the truth. It mentions about the title having a greater meaning behind it then just introducing the film, but has a 'greater purpose' which gives a story line to the film. I think this hints of aspects, which will be in the film and sometimes slightly portrays the narrative of the film itself. 

• "We see the emergence of typography that seeks to match letterforms with the subject matter and even the zeitgeist" & "It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design." - This is an interesting quote concerning the typography of a title sequence. The typography within a title sequence can imply to the audience the specific genre of a film. A film name with the right typography, analyzing it can set up the whole theme that would be held in the film. The typography itself does 'match' the narrative and genre of the film; which I think is very important for audiences. 

• “As much as possible, they liked to convey the tone of a movie through the “dressage” of its main title” -The quotation shows the films audience, people who wish to see a film will often judge it on their first impressions and that comes under the title name and the way the title presents the film. If the film title is badly presented, the audience will take their first impression of the film and think of it throughout the film. All great producers will remember that, first impressions are everything

• "As movies grew more popular, their titles evolved." - When reminiscing on title sequences from the past, to nowadays, we notice how much titles have 'evolved.' We know that in modern day societies technology allows film makers to be a lot more creative and experimental with in title sequences, but it is very important to reflect on previous titles. It is important to notice that each new film that is released, holds an aspect in the title that is unique in itself and to the movie. 

• "Experimentation on the fringes, where title sequences really thrive, have led to all kinds of innovation in what a title can be and how it can serve the story and the director’s intent." - Title sequences may contain more meaning behind it then what people actually recognize  But not only does it 'serve the story' it shows the 'director's intent' to the film. You could say that the title sequence can be a very prominent aspect to the director of the film. This is because it holds a lot of information within it, and it is important to give a certain amount of information that excites the audience but also builds tension for the ending of the film. 

• "But the measure of a title design’s quality is the same now as it was in the silent era. Whatever function they perform, titles remain an essential part of film." - Last of all, I find this quote from the article piece is very important, as it summarizes all thoughts. I think that it suggests that although technology in modern days is a lot more advanced, the meaning behind each individual title sequence holds similar effort put into it. It concludes that no matter the 'quality' of the title, each one has had similar effort put into it, and the design of it has been similarly analysed and questioned as to what it will portray to the audience. 

Notes

Analysis; The Game Title Sequence

Setting: 
From the Title Sequence -

• countryside
• summer
• 60's-70's 
• birthday party 
• old fashioned, black and white

Themes: 

• Drama
• Crime
• Identity - father figure 

Style: 

• Dull colours 
• Prologue 
• Music - classical, slow, represents loneliness from the piano
• Clips - memories
• Slow editing, reminiscent
• Editing - puzzles, relates to the title 'the game' - puzzle he has to fit suggests story line of trying to fix his life, put back the pieces - is it to do with his childhood - creates an enigma for the audience 
• Burn out on clips, suggests old camera

Narrative 

• Game - life 
• Haunted by his past
• Relationship with dad isn’t good
• Past has made him who is he is current, impacted

- he regrets something from his childhood 

- something dramatic in his childhood has happened which has had an affect on his life

- loneliness of his childhood

Continuity Sequence

What went well?

 I think we worked as a group well together. We all helped by sharing our ideas, contributing while filming by creating dialogue. We all put in the same amount of effort when it came to shotting and creating an idea. The acting and doing camera work by me and peers was good as we never argued and the decision making was simple. The way the sequence came together was good, as sometimes the camera work was a bit jumpy.

What could have been improved

There were some parts of the video that could have been improved, such as: the few minor jumpy sections that occur throughout the filming. When Kate sits down, the camera paused, and moved a little, then resumed to the same places. The rules about filming and not to break any filming editing rules.

What I have learnt

I have learnt that, we should leave a few seconds before stopping the recording to allow space to cut the ending off, as it could cut some of the dialogue if its cut too quickly so we are able to edit it easier. I have also learned how to manage the basics of final cut pro. The basic editing features like cropping parts off a video clip made me feel more confident in using the software. Finally, I learnt how to film certain camera angles, and to follow the 180 degree rule.