Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
detailed analysis of two or three openings
i have also chosen to review the shining. I chose to review this because the music for this film was very well done and suited the scene perfectly, it also gave us a idea of what music we would need for our film. I also chose to review this film because it has been given many awards and has had amazing feedback from viewers, with quotes like "scariest movie ever" . This film can relate to ours because in the beginning of this opening sequence it's showing us how alone and empty the space around them is and that they truly are on their own, this relates to us by us showing in our film how are 4 teenagers are alone. The only view i did not take on board was how the credits came into the scene and how they were presented. even though they were not going for that bloody style credits we feel they could have been made to look more serious rather then putting them in the colour of bright baby blue. i also felt they should have made more of a dramatic entrance then just scrolling up this got in the way of the scene in hand.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
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Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Institution Research
Film producers that will distribute our film 'Deadline' are production companies such as:
Paramount, Dreamworks SKG, 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios.
These types of film production companies would distribute our film because they are the production companies behind films such as The Ring, Predator, Cloverfield and Jurassic Park. These films were some of the biggest and best horror films that these film companies have created and our film Deadline will be in the high rankings with these films.
typography
our film is a zombie/horror so for our film i have been looking at the typography from dawn of the dead, 28 days later, 28 weeks later, diary of the dead, land of the dead. here are my examples for our film deadline.
Monday, 20 December 2010
detailed analysis of two or three openings
i have chose to review zombie land because it is different to other zombie films. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as "look in the back seat," "shoot twice," "avoid public restrooms." He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they've heard is zombie free. Can the kid from Ohio get to his family? And what about rule thirty one?
this is the storyline for zombieland it shows the usual connotations for a zombie film people trying to escape the zombies with some sort of enigma in this film the rules. we looked at this because we have seen the movie before and we remembered the credits for this would suit our film. we looked at how they enter leave, the style. The style is bold and red (red to show blood and to go with the genre) they appear and interact with the characters.
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Seven Analysis
At the beginning of Seven we are introduced to the character Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman).Firstly We see Somerset‘s character and we view him through Mise -en-scene, cinematography, sound and through the editing as well. in the opening sequence we see Detective Somerset is in a kitchen assuming it is his, cleaning a coffee pot, from this we could interpret that he likes to keep his items clean and tidy. The curtains in his house look like bars this could represent that he lives somewhere dangerous, he is protective of himself or that he does not wish to communicate with the outside world much. on the table what we assume is his house there is a chessboard which is offend played by people who are strategic, this could be a big give away for us to learn about him this is because chess is a game where you have to stay one step ahead of the other person, this then relates back to his job as a detective.
We see Detective Somerset’s face, as he is tying his tie, we can see from this he likes to be well dressed, we could also say that he likes to dress intelligently, going back him and playing chess. Next shot we see a close up of a table that shows a pen his police badge and a pocket knife. these three objects can all be seen differently, for instance the pen can be seen as the pen is mightier then the sword, as in he does more damage with his pen then his gun or pocket knife, his police badge can represent everything the police stand for justice fairness and safety. this can be related to his personality. his pocket knife can be seen as his back up after then pen sometimes you need to fight fire with fire. The objects are neatly positioned as well this tells us his coffee pot he has a place for his items and likes them neat and tidy. We then see detective Somerset pick off a piece of dust from his jacket, going back to the coffee pot he likes his things clean and neat. This could also represent that he scouts things out seeing every little detail. Detective Somerset's apartment is filled with darkness and has little rays of light bursting through this could be represented as him being a ray of hope in a dark town. There is also hardly any sound throughout all of this, there is no non-diegetic sound and hardly any diegetic sound just Somerset moving about his apartment.
In the next scene detective Somerset uses his keen eye to see the little detail. He then asks the other detective “Did the kid see it?” the detective replies saying why does it matter if the kids see it or not we cant find the murder. This shows that he cares about the little things hoping that he can get big information out of something everybody could have missed .In the next scene we see Detective Mills (played by Brad Pitt) ,we gather from his first impression he is almost smug, he looks and sounds confident and is chewing gum which is classic cheeky bad cop who plays by no ones rules but his own. We see Detective Somerset asks Detective Mills about going somewhere else to relax and sit down to talk about the case. Detective Mills challenges Somerset and suggest something else. we see from this that they are both fighting to be alpha male or in this case the top detective.
This scene is shown the in the street the camera is in a worms eye view shot and looking towards them, this can show them as the law, big and powerful. Then this could be countered, when detective Mills is walking down the street a woman bumps into him hard with no reaction of moving out the way. He then looks at her in disgust, this then tells me that maybe the law are not appreciated around those parts. When both detective Mills and Somerset walk down the they both walk with purpose and meaning, this is to feel the streets with authority.
The secondary part of the scene detective Mills tells detective Somerset that he doesn't want to be guarding a taco bell, this tells me that his last job he was all about the action and got the exciting cases to deal with. The next scene is back on Somerset and back in his apartment. He is reading a book in bed, this again helps me with the point of him being intelligent. He then carefully places his glasses on his bedside table and starts his metronome, the ticking of the metronome could be to help him drown out the background noise and help him concentrate on his thoughts, again refers to his intelligent's and him shielding himself from the general public.
As we get closer to Somerset's face with the metronome still going, the scene ends and we are brought on to the opening titles. It starts off by showing a close up of a book that is blank this is maybe a scrap book, there is also had that you can make out vividly turning the pages. The sound of music in the background sounds very dark, creepy and adds a high pitch noise which sounds like screaming. We can clearly see that this book turner if you will is the bad guy in the film. the typography is projected as scratched on and moves quickly. This could represent the killer moving quickly without being seen
Wednesday,
Smashing Magazine - The Art Of Film Title Design Throughout Cinema History
1. It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design. The imagery behind the credits received a lot more attention. Still, the interplay of typography and images was by no means ignored. Popular trends of the 1950s were using three-dimensional lettering and embedding type in physical artifacts such as embroidery and signage. In contrast, Saul Bass often approached the lettering of a main title as he would a logo, making it function as the core element in a full marketing campaign. While the variety of solutions increased considerably, their anchor was always the relationship of on-screen typography to the movie itself.
I like this because it shows that the development of title sequences, instead of just using writing they introduced pictures into the sequence.
2. The potential of digital graphics and typography has attracted some of the most creative minds to motion design. Pixar and Disney have reserved crucial parts in the branding of their films for the title sequences. Using animated characters to introduce viewers to the story became a popular trend. Such talented graphic designers as Susan Bradley (Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., WALL-E, Ratatouille), Jaimi Caliri (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events), Dave Nalle (Corpse Bride), Michael Riley (The Back-Up Plan, Kung Fu Panda) and Michael Curtis (Brother Bear) use all manner of tools to test different approaches to designing titles. One thing these individuals have in common is a drive to find a strong metaphor and tell an exciting story with their sequences.
I like this because it shows the creativity of people and what they have done just by making specific typography for specific movies.
3. The incorporation of audio into movies — making them “talkies” — didn’t revolutionize how film titles were handled, at least not immediately. However, we do see one avant-garde animator and painter of German origin, Oskar Fischinger, give serious thought to the relationship between visual effects and music. Fischinger’s practice of subordinating the visual rhythm to the audio was repeated often in motion graphics and title design.
I like this because it talks about how sound is a good feature to add into a title sequence. This is key because sound is a big micro feature that is used carefully in may sequences.
4. As movies grew more popular, their titles evolved. Movie producers invested considerable sums in film production and sometimes resorted to fixing a dog of a film by rewriting the inter-titles. For a time, “film doctor” Ralph Spence (1890–1949) was the highest-paid title writer in the industry, earning $10,000 a picture for his one-liners.
I like this because it tells us that movies and the media were starting to become a big impact on people lives because they had to go see the latest movie or watch television.
5. In addition to hiring lettering artists, the biggest film studios began to employ typesetters in the production of title cards. Among the fonts often adopted for titles and inter-title cards were Pastel (BB&S, 1892), National Old Style (ATF, 1916) and Photoplay (Samuel Welo’s Studio, 1927).
I like this because it just shows how far the media has come since 'day 1'. From using boards to show the title they can now put it in 3D.
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