Art of the title (hw)

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs;
First credit to be shown was " written by" and "directors" followed by all the actors starring the the film.
The font was all in capitals. it was big bubble writing type font and was very colorful.
behind the text was a town made out of fruits and food. everything was made from food. the credits were written building and hills and objects mainly. in the title opening was happy music and they showed the main characters and some people from the neighborhood.

I  liked the bright colours and the fact the location was made of animated food.

Coraline;
The first credit to be seen was " production by" followed by some of the starring actors followed by the editors then followed by visual effects supervisors, music supervisor, supervisor of animation and director of photography.
The opening included a scary looking doll brought in and disorientated. the doll was being cut and stripped of its identity. in the end a new doll was created ... CORALINE!



I liked the sort of sinister effect of the doll being cut and and made into a new one.

Genre (10)

Genre - specific type of music. film or writing.

Sub-genre - subdivision of a genre of literature, music, film etc.

Hybrid genre- (cross genre) genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.

Codes and conventions - systems of signs, which create meaning and generally accepted ways of doing something.

Genre tropes - cliches, figure of speech for a certain genre.

My favorites;

Horror 

ghosts, spirits, flashing images, pop ups and inhumane creatures. 

e.g The Conjuring, Mama. Paranormal activity, Sinister. 

Mama ghost

Paranormal activity corrupted Kate

Sinister mean guy

Comedy

Jokes, costumes, puns, silly or dumb behavior

E.g Blue streak, Get hard, Think like a man and 22 Jump street

Blue streak funny looking pizza man

Get hard funny costume

Kids

Animations, magic, silliness, unrealistic things or beings

Up, Despicable me and Toy story

animation from Despicable me

Image from UP

Overall i prefer these genres. i like Horror because i am all for scary scenes. i like being scared stiff and seeing scary images and ghosts pop up on to screen making me fear for my life. i also like Comedy because i am all for a good laugh. Comedies tell some funny jokes and have some really silly characters which make the film even more enjoyable when you can laugh at or with them. Lastly, Children film are an all time classic. you can never be too old for a kids film. the animations and unrealistic things bring back childhood memories and generally make you happy. 

four types of film openings (9)

1. Titles on a blank screen
-Its the most common type
-Different kinds of type face on a blank background, usually a white type face used on a black background to create high contrast
-Its low budget
-Its simple, uncomplicated to include information

2. Titles on still images
-Its more elaborate
-Hand drawn boarders and other images
-It incorporates text with visual images to hint at the tone or genre of the film
-It has longer credits
-It has different media in its background

3. Titles over moving images
-Moving images behind titles, sound, with no dialogue
-Image = metaphor, narrative thread to help introduce tone or story line

4. Titles using animation or motion
-1990's it was more popular
-Titles are apart  of the moving images
-Requires a lot of digital technology and stylized editing



My favourite..

Kyle Cooper - Wimbledon, and Involving the Audience from Pepperdine EMC on Vimeo.

This particular sequence intrigued me. 'Wimbledon' was very interesting and effective. The mixture of still images and moving images was very eye catching and looked almost realistic. It gave me more to watch and it was fascinating to see the still then moving images. To top it off the tennis racket hitting the ball sound effect made it even better. the images changed after/during every sound of the tennis racket and ball connection making it engaging.

favorite film analysis (8)

Film; Mean Girls

The trailer began with the 'paramount' logo appearing on screen.
- a Lorne Micheals production
- first main character and stars name 'Lindsay Lohan'
-film title 'mean girls'
-all other actors are written onscreen
-casting by
-music supervisors
-co producer
-costume designer
-editor
-production designer
-director of photography
-executive produer
-produced by
-screenplay by
-directed by
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Conclusions about titles in sequences (7)

I think films present their titles in similar way. They have the production name and company name first almost all the time. Then following that they have actors names, directors and supervisors.

- Order;
The order in which the titles appears is important. Films tend to have the producors mentioned first, followed by the main actors involved. The directors and normally mentioned right before the film is going to start, after the title sequence.The directors are more important in terms of the production of the film



(written and directed by at the end of opening)


- Length
How long the credits stay up for can also show importance. If the credit is up for long then it is an important name being shown on screen whereas if the credit length is very short the person is not as important in terms of film production.

- Font styles and font sizes;
The bigger the size the more significant the person being shown on screen is.

Analysis of two films (6)

22 jump street; this sequence was very action packed it included a range of locations they would be in.. It played upbeat music whilst one of the main characters ( the boss) was briefing his workers which included some swearing. There was a lot of running scenes, cars being used  and weapons shown in the sequence. This gave the atmosphere of an action filled movie with a hint of comedy. You could tell that there was a smart characters and a slightly dumb and silly character. The names of the actors and directors appeared on screen also. Lastly, it showed the future films (23 Jump Street, 24 Jumps Street etc.) and showed the different locations and missions they would be on. For example, showed them in a snowy location, different countries and different kinds of props. 

The Conjuring; this sequence was very spooky. I was all in black and white with spooky music. It also included photographs of people and families involved and newspaper articles of things such as ghosts. The pictures were of the family that were possessed or disturbed by the sinister monster that was after their families. It made it look like a true story as it showed photos of real families which gives it an even more sinister tone. It was very sinister with realistic sounds like paper flicking. The newspaper articles also give it a realistic look as it shows actual articles of the attack of these families, making it more scary. Lastly, there was houses shown in the sequence which is true to life and makes it scarier as it could happen you you. it gives a 'suspending disbelief' effect on the audience. 

What makes a good title opening according to Kyle Cooper? (5)