Thursday, 12 January 2012
Main Task: Talking Titles further research.
Through my research of titles for
psychological thrillers I came across
a website with a powerpoint explain
the main objects for a psychological
thriller:Locations, Mise-en-scene of
costume and props/colours, sound and titles.
What I found out from the power point is that
titles can be placed into two sections:
Over Image and Over Colour.
Research on Over Image for Titles:
Misery and Cape Fear has the title
and credits appear on the image.
Examples below;
As you can see from these print screens,
the titles of the production team and the title
Cape Fear itself are over the image on the screen.
Research on Over Colour for Titles:
In some psychological thrillers films such as
American Psycho and Memento, the title and the
credits appear either on a black or white background.
Examples below;
American Psycho and Memento, the title and the
credits appear either on a black or white background.
Examples below;
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Main Task: Talking about Titles.
Whilst discussing what titles we would like to use in our two minute opening of our film, we looked at psychological thriller films for inspiration.
The Silence of the Lambs
The titles were very interesting in this film, some of the words appeared backwards/upside down. For example, If I wrote my name: Jessi Kullar, my surname would appear backwards so that it spelt: ralluk.
We thought, this was a very exciting concept of titles, which definitely fit our genre perfectly.Additionally, as the main actor in our film has schizophrenia, we felt that it mimicked her two personalities subtly.
Black Swan
This entire film was a representation of two colours, black and white, the titles showed this. On a blank black screen, continous titles appeared in a classic white font which reflected the classical swan lake music used in the opening (helpful to us, as we too are using classical music).
The Silence of the Lambs
The titles were very interesting in this film, some of the words appeared backwards/upside down. For example, If I wrote my name: Jessi Kullar, my surname would appear backwards so that it spelt: ralluk.
We thought, this was a very exciting concept of titles, which definitely fit our genre perfectly.Additionally, as the main actor in our film has schizophrenia, we felt that it mimicked her two personalities subtly.
Black Swan
This entire film was a representation of two colours, black and white, the titles showed this. On a blank black screen, continous titles appeared in a classic white font which reflected the classical swan lake music used in the opening (helpful to us, as we too are using classical music).
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Main Task: Initial ideas for 2 minute film opening
These are the starting points for our two minute film opening, we are definitely going to develop the ideas by the end of this week, therefore coming to a finalised idea and a finished storyboard for the opening of our film.
Monday, 28 November 2011
Film Deconstruction: The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was nominated for six academy awards, aswell as Best Picture. It starred Bruce Willis, whom in my opinion is one of the best actors ever.
Similar to Black Swan, It begins with a pitch black screen and then the titles came across the screen, the fonts were white and they faded into the background, then expanded. It looked as if the titles were coming towards the viewer, and then they dissolved into the darkness. Throughout the titles was a non-diegetic sound, which went in harmony with the titles because the music was very staccato and sharp; which could connotate danger approaching.
The film begins with a hint of light. We then see a wide-shot of the location, from what I can see it looks like a basment as it's quite bare, and it's underneath the house. I then see a woman coming down the stairs. The camera is at a low angle, so it seems as if we're looking up at this woman coming down the stairs. Then walks towards the camera, which is placed in front of a shelf, she picks something up that looks like a blanket. We then hear a diegetic sound of her shivering, which is a negative connotation of possibly fear.
The first 2 minutes was majorly the titles, as they took up a lot of time. However, I am intrigued to see the rest which means I need to make sure that my main task makes people want to keep watching.
Similar to Black Swan, It begins with a pitch black screen and then the titles came across the screen, the fonts were white and they faded into the background, then expanded. It looked as if the titles were coming towards the viewer, and then they dissolved into the darkness. Throughout the titles was a non-diegetic sound, which went in harmony with the titles because the music was very staccato and sharp; which could connotate danger approaching.
The film begins with a hint of light. We then see a wide-shot of the location, from what I can see it looks like a basment as it's quite bare, and it's underneath the house. I then see a woman coming down the stairs. The camera is at a low angle, so it seems as if we're looking up at this woman coming down the stairs. Then walks towards the camera, which is placed in front of a shelf, she picks something up that looks like a blanket. We then hear a diegetic sound of her shivering, which is a negative connotation of possibly fear.
The first 2 minutes was majorly the titles, as they took up a lot of time. However, I am intrigued to see the rest which means I need to make sure that my main task makes people want to keep watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb5bmX9P1zs
Sunday, 27 November 2011
Film Deconstruction : Black Swan
When researching psychological thrillers, I came across the phenomenon that is Black Swan. Last Year, this movie reached critical acclaim with being nominated for every award ceremony and actually receiving the awards. I decided to buy the dvd and I can truly see why it was worthy of an oscar. The cinematography was perfect, the editing was flawless and the acting was captivating. Therefore, I decided to deconstruct the opening two minutes of the film and see how it wowed the audience.
The clip begins with a pitch black screen. The black could represent evil or fear of the unknown. We then we hear the music. It's very classical and it seems gentle, elegant and artistic. Whilst the music is playing, the titles appear on the screen. They fade in and out, which I would take in account when creating the titles for our main task. The font is very contemporary and classic. The colour of the white font contrasts with the dark background. The connotations of white and black together could mean a power struggle or it could mean good vs. evil because white is associated with purity. However, black and white do look good together therefore instead of contrasting they could be complimenting each other.
After the titles, we see a spotlight on a girl dancing in the dark background wearing a white dress. There are several panning shots of her feet, this girl is doing ballet and creating different lines and intricate footwork. There is then a mid shot of the ballerina, whom is the actress Natalie Portman. There is then a point of view shot of a male dancer wearing all black coming on camera, the camera is very shaky when introducing him which could represent trouble. We then hear Natalie Portman's character breathing heavily insinuating that she is in fear. The music at this point turns very operatic and striking which symbolises a struggle between the white and black dancers, ultimately meaning good and evil.
This is all that happened in the first two minutes, however, I became hooked as soon as the classical music began, and continued watching the movie until it finished. I can definitely see why this movie was considered number one. As well as the acting, and filming being excellent, a lot of thought went into the lighting and the costumes and the different angles the camera could do. The little things matter such as props or location, which means we have to research and consider all the different possibilities for our main task.
The clip begins with a pitch black screen. The black could represent evil or fear of the unknown. We then we hear the music. It's very classical and it seems gentle, elegant and artistic. Whilst the music is playing, the titles appear on the screen. They fade in and out, which I would take in account when creating the titles for our main task. The font is very contemporary and classic. The colour of the white font contrasts with the dark background. The connotations of white and black together could mean a power struggle or it could mean good vs. evil because white is associated with purity. However, black and white do look good together therefore instead of contrasting they could be complimenting each other.
After the titles, we see a spotlight on a girl dancing in the dark background wearing a white dress. There are several panning shots of her feet, this girl is doing ballet and creating different lines and intricate footwork. There is then a mid shot of the ballerina, whom is the actress Natalie Portman. There is then a point of view shot of a male dancer wearing all black coming on camera, the camera is very shaky when introducing him which could represent trouble. We then hear Natalie Portman's character breathing heavily insinuating that she is in fear. The music at this point turns very operatic and striking which symbolises a struggle between the white and black dancers, ultimately meaning good and evil.
This is all that happened in the first two minutes, however, I became hooked as soon as the classical music began, and continued watching the movie until it finished. I can definitely see why this movie was considered number one. As well as the acting, and filming being excellent, a lot of thought went into the lighting and the costumes and the different angles the camera could do. The little things matter such as props or location, which means we have to research and consider all the different possibilities for our main task.
This is the only opening scene I could find, however it doesn't show the titles.
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