Inspirations from other films

Spiderman



Whilst watching sci-fi thriller films such as Spiderman, we really got inspired how Spiderman became who he is after a chemical reaction.

As the character of Peter Parker is meant to be quite "geeky", after he gets his powers, he teaches his bullies a lesson.


The title of our film will be Reaction, as the result of her getting bullied leads to consequences through the usage of chemicals by killing her bullies.

Gwen's lab coat and hair tied inspired us for our lab scene as it looks neat and makes her look smart.

Title Sequence in order

Title Sequence in order

-Production icon
-Distribution icon
-Actor (1)
-Actor (2)
-Title of the film
-Actor (3)
-Actor (4)
-Actor (5)
-Casting
-Music Superviser
-Costume Designer
-Film Editor
-Production designer
-Director of Photography
-Executive producer
-Screenplay
-Producer
-Director

Analysis of a real title sequence

Analysis of a real title sequence - Ocean's Eleven

The Production and Distribution Icons come first in this title sequence, this shows who produced the film and gets it going.

I noticed that after this, very famous actor's names came up first before the title itself. This automatically makes the film more known.

After introducing the main characters and guest starring, the title appears.

After the title, the titles go in the following order:-
screenplay by
produced by
executive producer
co producer
production design
director of photography
music by
edited by
based on a screenplay and a true story
directed by

Although this is slightly different to an ordinary opening title order, the same or similar titles still appear and the director remains at the end so that it remains in the audience's minds. Ocean's Eleven did their title sequence in the order they felt had the most important roles. For example, not all films would have a 'based on a true story' title. They also put that nearer towards the end so that it stay's in the audience's mind and then makes the film more interesting and engaging because the audience understands that the events occured in real life.

Analysis of a real film title sequence

Analysis of a real film title sequence 

What film will you analyse the title sequence of?
I will be analysing the title sequence of the film 'Snow White: A Tale of Terror.'

Why do you think it comes up in this order?
I understand that the order in which this title sequence is placed is because of how important each persons role is in the film or the making of the film.

The production and distribution icons come up first to make sure the audience know which company the film is made by. The main characters come next as it is important for the audience to know exactly who the characters are as they play a major role in the film. Thirdly the title of the film comes up. More names of the actors come next which could be because they play a small role in the film or might not be as important as the actors that were first shown. The title sequence is then followed by the casting, the music superviser, the costume designer, the film editor, the production designer, the director of photography, the executive producer and the screenplay. The reason as to why they may come up in the middle of the credits is because they may not be as important as some of the other people that were involved in putting the film together. Finally the producer and the director of this film is shown last, however, although they come last they are very important in putting this film together as they may come last to make sure it sticks with the target audience.

Here is the order of the title sequence of the film 'Snow White: A Tale of Terror'
-Polygram film entertainment presents
-An interscope communications production
-Sigourney Weaver
-Sam Neill
-Title-Snow White
-Gil Bellows
-Caryn Davis
-David Conrad
-Brian Glover
-Monica Keena
-Casting by Simone Reynolds, Linda Lowy
-Music by John Ottman
-Costumes designed by Marie Allen
-Film editor Ian Crafford
-Production designer Gemma Jackson
-Director of photography Mike Southon B.S.C\
-Co-Producer Tim van rellim
-Executive producers Ted field, Robery W. Core, Scott Kroopf
-Screenplay by Tom Szollosi and Deborah Serra
-Produced by Tom Engelman
-Directed by Michael Cohn

Opening scenes tend to be 2 or 3 minutes long, however the opening of the film 'Snow White : A Tale of Terror' is 5:57. This is due to the number of names placed the title sequence.

Feedback From Mary

Feedback From Mary About Our Rough Cut

We showed Mary our rough cut and she commented on what she thinks of it and what improvements we should make. This helped us of how we can make the scenes flow better than how we planned originally. This also gave us an idea of what the audience will think of our thriller opening. 

Screenshots whilst editing rough cut

Screen Grabs Whilst Using Final Cut Pro to Edit

Trimming Asiya's (the bully's) walk through the corridor

Putting scenes together so that they link

Cross cutting scenes from the corridor to the science lab

Running through our rough cut to see if it flows roughly

Rough cut of our film

Rough Cut and Feedback

In today's lesson, we put our footage together to make a rough cut of how our film will be presented. This was done on Final Cut Pro where we edited the footage by trimming scenes and linking them together. 

From todays lesson, this gives us a better insight and ideas of how we should edit our final film and what will be needed for example, foley sound and music, titles, credits and effects such as flashes to link the scenes together more effectively.

Furthermore, from this rough cut we have come to realise that without the effects the scenes may not come together as clearly to the audience. This might affect the audience's views about the film if they lose interest in the opening.

Although we are not satisfied with this rough cut, we hope we can make improvements within the week by editing for the final thriller opening.