Final Task Title Research: Romancing The Stone (artofthetitle.com)

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
There are 4 titles within the opening sequence of the film.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The image of the film’s title art is prioritized in the opening as nothing else is present except for a dark  screen.

What connotations do the images carry?
The lack of anything besides the art places a major emphasis on the art itself. The briefness of the title sequence implies that the director is not trying to give too much away and is trying to cut the chase as soon possible. The vibrant colors and the dynamic font of ‘Romancing The Stone” complimented by the dramatic score that follows establishes a sense of drama and adventure to title, potentially foreshadowing what is to come as the film progresses, The limited titled sequence also gives the audience much to speculate on, allowing their imagination to rn

How does the film establish an enigma from the offset?
The film revolves around the idea of romance however, the title sequence gives of a vibe that can be associated with that of action films.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to the target audience?
The eerie beginning to the score of the opening sequence creates a sense of suspense. This aims to play upon the emotions of the audience causing them to slowly anticipate what is to come next.

How has technology been used effectively?
The editor used editing software to align the score with what is present on the screen. The music remains low as the name of director and studio fade in and fade out in white. The score then begins to crescendo until the title of film in appears in vibrant, bold colors. The editors also used a graphic match to transition from a black screen to a man kicking open a door.

Final Task Title Research: Wild at Heart (artofthetitle.com)

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
There are 26 titles during the opening sequence of the film.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The image of match progressively burning until the flames consume the screen ultimately make up the foundation of the opening sequence.

What connotations do the images carry?
The burning fire carries a connotation of danger and destruction. A fire begins small but eventually grows larger and larger as it consumes more. A fire can only thrive through the destruction of others as that is its nature. This image is ultimately conflicts with the music in the background. The songs orchestra reflects feelings of serenity, providing the audience a sense of security. The coexistence of these two elements in conjunction with the title of the film, Wild at Heart, implies a love that is ultimately chaotic in nature, potentially resulting in the demise of both parties involved in this relationship.

How does the film establish an enigma from the offset?
As stated previously, the nature of a fire ultimately contradicts the nature of the music playing in the background. The fire is a force that lives off the demise of others, yet at the same time is capable of providing life to others at the same time. For example, the ashes of a burnt forest, enriches the soil, allowing for the growth of more trees. This may be a stretch, but in a sense the music exemplifies the contradictions of the fire has within itself.


What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to the target audience?
Wild at Heart is actually a film adaption of the novel. It would be safe to assume that the producers would target those that may have read the book or perhaps may have just heard of it. The name of the author is highlighted within the first few seconds of the title sequences, which would be familiar to those that have read the book.

How has technology been used effectively?
The editors used software to insert the titles within the sequences, fading them into the screen then fading them out into the next title. They also used a graphic match to shift from the lighting of the match to a large, consuming fire. They also dissolve the image of the fire  into the opening scene, allowing for an overall smooth transition.

Final Task Title Research: Priceless (watchthetitles.com)

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

There are 13 titles seen in the opening sequence.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?

Fancy jewelry, umbrellas, and wine glasses filled with wine are all items prioritized.

What connotations do the images carry?

The images carry a level of elegance and sophistication. It can be implied that the movie has to do with people in the upper class of society.

How does the film establish an enigma from the offset?

The transition from what looks like the beach and beach umbrellas, to just two umbrellas in a girl’s hair, definitely adds mystery as to what this movie is about. As well as the tone and kind of music that they used.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to the target audience?

One of the strategies used was the use of music. The music starts off low and as the sequence continues it gets louder. This adds to the dramatic effect of the movie and foreshadows the drama that will happen throughout the movie. Also, the kind of music that plays is mysterious which aids in keeping the audience indulged in the movie 

How has technology been used effectively?

It has been used through the use of music, the images that they use as well as colors.

Final Task Title Research: The Back-up Plan (watchthetitles.com)

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?
There are about 23 titles displayed in the opening sequence. The way it flows really sets the pace and mood for the rest of the movie

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
The images prioritized are images of babies, children’s drawings, baby toys.   These bring the audience’s attention to what the movie is going to have a lot of.

What connotations do the images carry
The connotation it carries is that everything revolving around the movie will have to do with babies.

How does the film establish an enigma from the offset?
They establish it by turning objects normally used by adults into items babies or kids would. For example, when the couple is drinking from wine glasses and as they clink glasses it turns into baby bottles. This gives the audience an idea of what the movie will be about while also leaving them wondering what is going to happen next.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to the target audience?
Some of the strategies used would be filling the screen with bright colors like yellow or colors of love such as red and pink, even colors like blue and pink signifying having a baby girl or boy. The colors are bright to show the lightness and comedy of romantic comedy. Also, the play on images of turning things into baby items brings a playfulness in the movie that brings comedy watchers something to be interested in. 

How has technology been used effectively?
It has been used effectively by incorporating music, animations, colors, and edits to create a title sequence that leaves the audience on the edge of their seat and wanting more.

Final Task Title Research: Watch The Titles Website

To further our understanding of title sequences, we looked into another website. Upon clicking on the website the first thing that you see are videos of different interviews. This is the section where a title designer gets interviewed about their specific title sequences, the importance that title sequences bring to a movie, and how they got into their job and why they got into it. They have different title designers such as Kyle Cooper who produced titles for movies like Se7en, Spider-Man 2, and Darkness Falls. Another example would be Richard Morrison who made titles for Batman, Brazil, and Enemy at the Gates and Kook Ewo who orchestrated Splice and Silent Hill. All of these title designers bring different perspectives on how to do titles. The next thing you would see on the page are examples from different genres such as Features Films, TV Shows, Event Titles and so on. Getting to look at the different examples really provided me with background knowledge as well as give us some ideas on how we wanted our title sequence to look. After looking at both websites I think this one is better. This is because the first website mostly gives examples, where this website provides a better understanding and perspective of what a title sequence is like. 

Final Task Title Research: Art Of The Title Website

For our final task, it would only be logical for our group to do research on the art of titles/opening sequences. In order to ensure the overall success and efficiency of the production and pre-production, we went on artofthetitle.com to gain more insight on the topic. This website predominantly focuses on title sequences so it was a good choice. On the website, you are immediately introduced to an article titled “Top 10 Sequences of 2019”. As the title indicates, this section focuses on sequences that the editors of the site saw as the best titles sequences among the many movies released last year. These sequences were chosen on the basis of factors such as originality, technique, innovations, and much more. Viewing this page indirectly helped our group. Though the selections were subjective, seeing some of the best titles ultimately gave our group some examples of what a good title sequence. We could then implement this newfound knowledge into our development process to ensure that we have the best title sequence that we could possibly have. Along with this section, there are many others with useful information on this website. At the top of artofthetitle.com, there is web bar with two drop menus titled ‘title sequences’ and ‘designers + studios’. Within the title sequence menu lied titles recommended by the creators of site, derived from various high scaled movies. There also was a button that gave us access to all the titles available on the sight, thus making it convenient it find certain films. This would be very essential to finding films that correspond with our genre, providing us with more examples as to what would be in the typical opening sequences of our genre.  The designers + studios menu provided a list of various designers of titles and the studios behind them. This would enable us to easily find studios known for good titles..

Final Task Genre Research: The Sun Is Also A Star

Genre Research: The Sun Is Also A Star (2019)  

 CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots)

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of this film. These components aid in adding the dynamic effect that corresponds with the genre.

 Camera angles include:

• High Angles
• Low  Angles

Camera movements include:

• Pan
• Tilt

Camera shots include:

• Establishing shot
• Double Shot
• Close-ups
• Wide Shot

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene)

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook.

Costumes typically in the movie include:

• Casual Clothing
• Formal Clothing

 Typical Lighting  include:

• Natural Lighting 
• High Key Lighting 

 Actors/Actresses  include:

• Protagonist
• Extras

Make-up typical to action include:

• Natural makeup

Typical Props include:

• Books
• Cellphones 
• Backpacks
• Headphones

Settings include:

• An airport
• A diner
• An apartment
• The street

Sounds

The sounds implemented into romance films work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene.

Sounds in The Sun Is Also A Star include:

• Soundtrack  
• Voiceovers
•  Dialogue
• Diegetic Sounds such as singing and trains passing

Editing

The editing within Romance films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and ‘emotional appeal’ associated with this film

Common editing techniques include:

• Cross cutting
• Action Match
• Eye-line Match
• Jump Cut

Elements of the Genre

There are several elements that makeup this film:

• Concept of Man Vs. Society
• Theme of True Love Prevails
• Suspense

What Elements Do I Like?

• The sense of love amongst the main actors 
• The plot itself
• The soundtrack.
• The dramatic irony

What Elements Don’t I Like?

• The movie appeared to have an unexpected ending, the female protagonist accepts her fate and is deported to Jamaica with her family; however, it is later revealed that she moves back to New York and encounters her lost lover, a true cliche ending.

Final Task Genre Research: Queen and Slim

Genre Research: Queen and Slim (2019)  

CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots) 

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of this film. These components aid in adding the dynamic effect that corresponds with the genre.

Camera angles include: 

• High Angles 
• Low Angles 

Camera movements include:

• Pan 
• Zoom In/Out 
• Tracking 

Camera shots include:

• Establishing shot 
• Double Shot 
• Close-ups 
• Wide shot 

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene) 

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook 

Costumes in the movie include: 

• Casual Clothing 
• Police Uniform 
• Tracksuits

 Typical Lighting include:

• Lowkey Lighting 
• Natural Lighting 
•  High Key Lighting 

 Actors/Actresses include:

• Protagonist
•  Antagonists 
• Extras 

Make-up typical to action include:

•  Natural makeup 

 Typical Props include:

•  Guns
•  Cellphones
•  Cars 

 Settings include: An airport

•  A diner 
• An apartment 
• The street 

 Sounds 

The sounds implemented into romance films work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene. 

 Sounds in Queen and Slim include:

• Soundtrack
•  Voiceovers
•  Dialogue
•  Diegetic Sounds such as gunshots

 Editing

The editing within Romance films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and ‘emotional appeal’ associated with this film
 Common editing techniques include:

•  Shot/ Reverse Shot
• Fade In
• Eye-line Match
• Jump Cut

 Elements of the Genre
There are several elements that makeup this film:

• Concept of Man Vs. Society
• Theme of True Love Prevails
• Conflict
• Rising Action
• Sex

 What Elements Do I Like?

•  The sense of intimacy between the main actors
•  The underlying theme of black excellence 
• The soundtrack.

What Elements Don’t I Like? The movie followed a timeline similar to the story of Bonnie and Clyde, and though it was romantic, the ending was predictable.

Final Task Genre Research: Crazy Rich Asians

Genre Research: Crazy Rich Asians 

CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots)

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of this film.
These components aid in adding the intended effect that corresponds with the genre.

Camera angles include:

• Dutch

Camera movements include:

• Pan
• Zoom In/Out
• Tracking

Camera shots include:

• Over the Shoulder Shot
• Two Person Shot
• Close-ups
• Long Shot
• Point of View

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene)

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook

Costumes in the movie include:

• Jeans 
• Suits 
• Expensive Jewelry
• Dresses  

 Common lighting include:

• Lowkey Lighting
• Natural Lighting 
• High Key Lighting 

Typical Actors/Actresses include:

• Heroine 
• Heroine’s love interests 
• The love interest’s family and friends   

Make-up includes:

• Natural makeup
• Glam Makeup 

Typical Props include:

• Jets
• Cellphones 
• Cars
• Mansions 
• Dinner tables/ Utensils 
• Jewelry 

Typical Settings  include:

• Singapore 
• A mansion 
• A yacht 
• A wedding Chapel 
• A hotel suite 

Sounds

The sounds implemented into the film work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene.

Sounds typical to the movie include:

• Cars moving 
• Doors closing 
• Utensils being used
• Television 
• Incidental music 
• Soundtrack
•  Dialogue

Editing

The editing within Romance films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and ‘emotional appeal’ associated with this film

Common editing techniques include:

• Shot/ Reverse Shot
• Cross-cutting
• Split-Screen 

Elements of the Film

There are several elements that makeup this film:

• A sympathetic Heroine
• Emotional Tension
• Happy Ever After Ending
• Believable Plot
• A huge fight/ argument breaks out  

What Elements Do I Like?

The emotional plot is another thing that brings in an audience. The emotional rollercoaster that the audience goes through with the heroine allows the audience to feel as if they are actually in the movie.

What Elements Don’t I Like?

The cliche of always having a happy ending. The way life works, sometimes things happen in life and there isn’t always the cliche of the couple gets married and lives happily ever after.

Final Task Genre Research: To All The Boys I've Loved Before

Genre Research: To All The Boys I've Loved Before  

CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots)

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of this film.These components aid in adding the dynamic effect that corresponds with the genre

Camera angles include:

• Dutch
• Camera movements include:
• Pan
• Zoom In/Out
• Tracking

Camera shots include:

• Over the Shoulder Shot
• Two Person Shot
• Close-ups
• Long Shot
• Point of View

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene)

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook.

Costumes in the movie include:

• Jeans 
• Floral shirts/skirts
• Dark clothing 
• Khakis

Typical lighting  includes:

• Lowkey Lighting
• Natural Lighting 
• High Key Lighting 

Actors/Actresses  include:

• Heroine 
• Heroine’s love interests 
• High School Students 
• Extras

Make-up typical to action include:

• Natural makeup
• Typical Props include:
• Love Letters
• Cellphones 
• Cars

Typical Settings  include:

• Rural Areas
• A High School
• A house 
• A cabin 

Sounds

The sounds implemented into action films work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene.


Sounds typical to action movies include:

• Cars moving
• Soundtrack  
• Doors closing 
• Utensils being used
• Television 
• Voiceovers
•  Dialogue

Editing

The editing within romance films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and ‘emotional appeal’ associated with this film.


Common editing techniques include:

• Shot/ Reverse Shot
• Cross-cutting
• Eye-line Match

Elements of the Genre


There are several elements that makeup this film:

• A sympathetic Heroine
• Emotional Tension
• Happy Ever After Ending
• Believable Plot

What Elements Do I Like?
The believable plot is something that really appeals to the audience. It creates a sense of hope for some people that they can experience a love like that.The emotional plot is another thing that brings in an audience. The emotional rollercoaster that the audience goes through with the heroine allows the audience to feel as if they are actually in the movie.


What Elements Don’t I Like?
The cliche of always having a happy ending. The way life works, sometimes things happen in life and there isn’t always the cliche of the couple gets married and lives happily ever after.

Final Task: The Results Are In...

As noted by our previous blogs, our group conducted research on 3 genres: Comedy, Romance, and Action. We acquired a decent amount of information in regards to the elements that make up of these genres. Through the analysis of these elements, we distinguished what about them we favored to what we dislike, enabling us to determine which genre we would choose.  Of these three, we have decided to choose romance as the genre for our final task. Romance is a genre typically categorized by themes of love, intimacy, and selflessness. Since our favored pitch revolves around the concept of a love story, it would only be logical that romance was the genre we chose. In summary, we intend on creating a romance film.

Final Task Genre Research: Action & Romance

Action

CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots)

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of action films. These components aid in adding the dynamic effect that corresponds with the genre.

Camera angles typical to the action genre include:

• High Angles
• Low Angles 
• Dutch

Camera movements include:

• Pan
• Tilt
• Tracking

Camera shots include:

• Wide shot
• Medium shot
• Close-ups
• Establishing shots
• Aerial shot

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene)

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook.


Costumes typical to action include:

• Suits
• Armor
• Dark Uniforms
• Bodysuits

Lighting typical to action include:

• Lowkey Lighting

Actors typical to action include:

• Protagonists
• Antagonists
• Stuntmen
• Extras

Make-up typical to action include:

• Blood
• Bruises
• Cuts
• Props typical to action include:
• Weapons
• Debris
• Cars

Settings typical to action include:

• City Streets
• Rural Areas
• Mountains
• Alleyways

Sounds

The sounds implemented into action films work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene.


Sounds typical to action movies include:

• Scores and incidental music that aim to build suspense and rising actions
• Usually fast-paced

• Diegetic sounds such as gunshots, explosions, crashes
• Voice-overs
• Intense Dialogue

Editing


The editing within action films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and sense of danger/anticipation associated with action films


Common editing techniques include:

• Jump cuts
• Action match
• Cross-cutting
• Split Screen

Elements of the Genre

There are several elements that make up this genre

• Conflict
• Man vs. Man
• Man vs. Nature
• Man vs. Self
• Violence
• Stunts
• Overall Themes such as:
• Vengeance
• Redemption
• Justice

What Elements Do I Like?

• The emotional roller coaster created by the scenes.
• This often leaves the viewer on the edge of their seat, stricken by suspense
• The fight scenes
• A good fight scene is quite entertaining

What Elements Don’t I Like?

• The cliche aspect of many actions films in which the protagonist defeats the antagonist is usually followed by an expected good ending.
• Sometimes audiences want to see an ending that is not anticipated, an ending that is ultimately contrary to the archetype.

Romance

CAMS (Camera Angles, Camera Movements, Camera Shots)

Camera angles and camera movements play a vital role within the production of Romance films. These components aid in adding the dynamic effect that corresponds with the genre.


Camera angles typical to the romance genre include:

• Dutch
• High Angle
• Camera movements include:
• Pan
• Zoom In/ Out
• Tracking

Camera shots include:

• Over the Shoulder Shot
• Two Person Shot
• Close-ups
• Long Shot
• Point of View

CLAMPS (Mis-En-Scene)

The mise-en-scene of a film is crucial within any genre. Without costumes, lighting, actors, make-up, props and setting it would be impossible to even produce a film. It would merely remain an idea within a film maker’s notebook.

Costumes typical to Romance include:

• Dresses/ Skirts
• Jeans
• T-shirts
• Comical outfits

Lighting typical to Romance include:

• Natural Lighting
• Bright Lighting
• Dim lighting

Actors typical to Romance include:

• The heroine
• The friends of heroine 
• A love interest
• Extras

Make-up typical to Romance include:

• Red Eyes (from crying)
• Puffy cheeks
• Natural make-up
• Props typical to Romance include:
• Electronics
• Restaurants
• apartments/ houses

Settings typical to Romance include:

• City Streets
• Rural Areas

Sounds

The sounds implemented into romance films work to evoke certain emotions within a given scene. The biggest filming technique that really makes a film a romance film is the music and sounds.

• Diegetic sounds such as footsteps, doors closing/opening, cars moving
• Non-Diegetic sounds such as
• Voiceovers
•  Dialogue
• Sound Motifs
• Sound bridges

Editing

The editing within Romance films also plays a crucial role in adding the ‘flare’ and ‘emotional appeal’ associated with action films.


Common editing techniques include:

• Shot/ Reverse Shot
• Cross-cutting
• Eye-line Match

Elements of the Genre

There are several elements that makeup romance films:

• A sympathetic Heroine
• Emotional Tension
• Happy Ever After Ending
• Believable Plot

What Elements Do I Like?
The believable plot is something that really appeals to the audience. It creates a sense of hope for some people that they can experience a love like that.The emotional plot is another thing that brings in an audience. The emotional roller coaster that the audience goes through with the heroine allows the audience to feel as if they are actually in the movie.


What Elements Don’t I Like?
The cliche of always having a happy ending. The way life works, sometimes things happen in life and there isn’t always the cliche of the couple gets married and lives happily ever after.Sometimes audiences want to see an ending that is not anticipated and leaves you feeling disarray of emotions.

Final Task Genre Research: Comedy

For this project we worked in a group of 3 at the time. We split up the different slides into 3 slides for each person. One of us worked on common lighting, camera angles, and movement. When working on those three slides biggest thing was being specific to our genre. There was information having to do with all genres so picking out what was for comedy was a bit of a struggle. The next person did elements of comedy, Mis en Scene, and common examples. That was the hardest to do because finding Mis en Scene for comedy was difficult to find and we had to go to different search engines to find what we were looking for. Once those slides were completed, we all came together to decide what we liked about comedy and what we didn't. For the most part we agreed on what we liked and what we didn't. Overall the project was a process but we learned a lot about comedy and how it is filmed.

Final Task: Process of Elimination

The process of coming up with 3 pitches was much harder than we expected. Since we were not at school at the same time, there was some confusion. One of was out sick the first day, while the other was out of town the second. We managed to work this out by calling each other on FaceTime to discuss our ideas. For at least 30 minutes, we sat on the phone trying to figure out what these pitches would be. The main issue arose in developing an idea that was not too cliché. This was caused by the absence of the  “creative juices” within our persons. After a period of deliberation and brainstorming we finally came up with 3 pitches. The first pitch was “A man subject to trauma from his past relationships ‘meets’ the woman of his dreams; however, she is merely a figment of his imagination manifested by the pain he endured”. The second pitch was “Considering his current state, a wanted felon is forced to take matters into his own hands when his daughter goes missing.” The final pitch was “After dying in a fatal car accident, a man encounters an angel who offers him a second chance at life under one condition.” After coming up with these pitches we decided to narrow them town to our best two: A  man subject to trauma from his past relationships ‘meets’ the woman of his dreams; however, she is merely a figment of his imagination manifested by the pain he endured. After dying in a fatal car accident, a man encounters an angel who offers him a second chance at life under one condition.

We chose the first pitch, a man subject to trauma from his past relationships ‘meets’ the woman of his dreams; however, she is merely a figment of his imagination manifested by the pain he endured, as one of our potential options for several reasons. First and foremost, this idea was one of the most original on the list. In comparison, to what we came up with and the films that are you out today, at least from our knowledge, there was none like quite like it.  As stated previously, we wanted a pitch that’s was not cliché so the originality was favorable. Though, one thing that can be said about this pitch. It stemmed from the concept of a love story, but of course we put a twist to it. There is also the fact that this pitch could be executed quite easily. After deciding on this pitch, we immediately began to think about different scenes that we could shoot. We were already had a head start with this pitch alone. We almost decided on using this pitch from the get go; however, we still had to consider our other two options.

We chose the third pitch, after dying in a fatal car accident, a man encounters an angel who offers him a second chance at life under one condition, as our other potential pitch. Like our first pitch, it was also an idea not quite many of the films that we knew it about. This made deciding on which pitch we would use much harder. Though, one thing we did consider is how we would execute this idea. Regardless of the fact we would ultimately be able to find a solution to work passed it.

As one can conclude from this blog, we finally decided on doing our first pitch. We saw this pitch as the best option for our final task. 

Final Task: The Beginning