Cheers Nina, but what does dubious mean?
Hehe, do you mean the name of my blog? Joe told me to use it. Blame him. Lol.
Urm... so I will be getting onto YouTube later today/tonight as we have a man coming round to sort out my dodgy internet connection so I will be doing the Saul Bass essay when it's fixed.
I managed to "legally" download Alien, Psycho and North by Northwest. I will watch these opening title sequences and post the videos and my comments/feelings up here.
Looked further into what type of film we should make and we still haven't decided what type it should be. Everybody seems to be doing a thriller and I think that we should do something different. Maybe a comedy or something like that. As I said before I will post my research/ideas on here when we/I have looked further into them. Going to talk with Joe and Ross todaya so we can discuss this further.
http://blogger-frog-blog2.blogspot.com/ This is Joe's Blog. He has some useful information to help with the project.
And so he doesn't feel left out... here's Ross' blog too.
http://just-another-blog-again.blogspot.com/
Thursday 27 November 2008
Tuesday 25 November 2008
The Creative Works of Saul Bass
I can't get YouTube to work at the moment so I popped over to the library. I found a book called "OCR Media Studies for AS". This does not contain much on title sequences but it does contain this article.
" Some of the most memorable film scenes are opening/titlesequences. Some famous examples from different genres are:
Once upon a Time in the West ( in which a diegetic sound is amplified with a total lack of dialouge to to create audience anticipation),
Bond Films ( the Bond opening sequence has becoms a recurring motif; an established convention expected by the audience),
Goodfellas ( in which we hear the lead character narrate 'ever since i can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster', thus situating us firmly in the mind of the anti-hero for the duration of the film),
City of God ( in which music, fast edits and clever narrative techniques introduce two inter-connected storylines and take the audience back twenty years in the process a strategy shared with 'The Goodfelas')
This list could go on for the rest of the book and all the examples would contrast with one another as there is no fixed approach to an opening sequence. Your sequence does, however, need to observe the one rule that every example follows, your job is to establish character and/or setting to create an enigma - to help the audience understand easily where we are, who is invloved, but fundamentally, why we should be interested. It is likely that the time and resources to you will determine a fairly economical approach to this. Bond-style stunts and explosions are unlikely."
This shows me that there is no set example on how to use an opening title sequence and there is no set way it has to be done. All that has to be included is where the locaation of the film is taking place, the characters involved and to help and ivlolve the audience straight away. Also it is inlikely to make a brilliant sequence as of the cost, but we can make a good sequence with the equipment we have and the money we have.
Edit.
Still can't get YouTube to work. Trying to get down to Welling/Bexleyheath Library to use them.
" Some of the most memorable film scenes are opening/titlesequences. Some famous examples from different genres are:
Once upon a Time in the West ( in which a diegetic sound is amplified with a total lack of dialouge to to create audience anticipation),
Bond Films ( the Bond opening sequence has becoms a recurring motif; an established convention expected by the audience),
Goodfellas ( in which we hear the lead character narrate 'ever since i can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster', thus situating us firmly in the mind of the anti-hero for the duration of the film),
City of God ( in which music, fast edits and clever narrative techniques introduce two inter-connected storylines and take the audience back twenty years in the process a strategy shared with 'The Goodfelas')
This list could go on for the rest of the book and all the examples would contrast with one another as there is no fixed approach to an opening sequence. Your sequence does, however, need to observe the one rule that every example follows, your job is to establish character and/or setting to create an enigma - to help the audience understand easily where we are, who is invloved, but fundamentally, why we should be interested. It is likely that the time and resources to you will determine a fairly economical approach to this. Bond-style stunts and explosions are unlikely."
This shows me that there is no set example on how to use an opening title sequence and there is no set way it has to be done. All that has to be included is where the locaation of the film is taking place, the characters involved and to help and ivlolve the audience straight away. Also it is inlikely to make a brilliant sequence as of the cost, but we can make a good sequence with the equipment we have and the money we have.
Edit.
Still can't get YouTube to work. Trying to get down to Welling/Bexleyheath Library to use them.
Monday 24 November 2008
The Brief.
Made a blog. My name is Adam (duh!). In my group I am working with Joe Smith and Ross Wood.
This is my continuty piece. This is a basic piece using different camera angles and shots to show the fact that the student is lower down where as the teacher is higher up.
In our group we have yet to discuss the type of genre for our opening title sequence.
I will have a look at different types of films and post what i have found.
Edit.
Looked at a few openings for some films. I looked at Kill Bill Vol.1
This film is a little confusing at first as it uses "Bang Bang" as it's opening song. This gives off the complete wrong idea as Kill Bill as a fast paced, action film. The opening credits are very slow paced and therefore gives us the wrong impression. This is a very good idea as it makes the audience want to watch straight away.
I then looked at Casino Royale
I think this has a brilliant opening credits.
The title sequence is animated which makes it more fun to watch as anything could happen. The song flows perfectly with the song and gives it the perfect effect of anticipation and anxiousness.
This invited the audience in allows them to open up to the film and accept it.
I also looked at Shaun of the Dead.
I'm not sure about this opening title sequence. It's animated but the song doesn't go very well with the sequence and it doesn't have a good flow.
Looking at these, I think a good title sequence contains three good elements. A decent soundtrack that accompany the titles and are in beat with it, a decent use of using the tiles to mkae it more interesting and less basic and a good background. If these three idead are incorporated then I think that there is the base for a very good title sequence
This is my continuty piece. This is a basic piece using different camera angles and shots to show the fact that the student is lower down where as the teacher is higher up.
In our group we have yet to discuss the type of genre for our opening title sequence.
I will have a look at different types of films and post what i have found.
Edit.
Looked at a few openings for some films. I looked at Kill Bill Vol.1
This film is a little confusing at first as it uses "Bang Bang" as it's opening song. This gives off the complete wrong idea as Kill Bill as a fast paced, action film. The opening credits are very slow paced and therefore gives us the wrong impression. This is a very good idea as it makes the audience want to watch straight away.
I then looked at Casino Royale
I think this has a brilliant opening credits.
The title sequence is animated which makes it more fun to watch as anything could happen. The song flows perfectly with the song and gives it the perfect effect of anticipation and anxiousness.
This invited the audience in allows them to open up to the film and accept it.
I also looked at Shaun of the Dead.
I'm not sure about this opening title sequence. It's animated but the song doesn't go very well with the sequence and it doesn't have a good flow.
Looking at these, I think a good title sequence contains three good elements. A decent soundtrack that accompany the titles and are in beat with it, a decent use of using the tiles to mkae it more interesting and less basic and a good background. If these three idead are incorporated then I think that there is the base for a very good title sequence
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