MAIN Post 3: Research into Opening Sequence Designs

Watching the Kyle Cooper interview  was very interesting and it showed us how important the opening titles are. It also showed us that there is an industry itself. However his title sequences for Superman and Seven utilised a lot of CGI (Computer Graphic Images) and we don't want to do this, and don't have the software to do this either.

This interview led us to look at other opening sequences such as Snatch by Guy Richie, we really liked the style of film. We also learnt that we can be adventurous in our opening sequence, although some of our research into short films showed us that we can keep the opening titles simple. Editing is also involved in all opening sequences as they put everything together, our group has limited access to software that includes great editing techniques that look professional and makes the sequences look a lot smoother and flows better. There are many vital parts that can make a good opening sequence and graphic is a key part to a good, professional opening sequence, having a skilled editor would make a opening sequence a lot easier as they would know how to make the titles and credits more interesting.

MAIN Post 2: Choosing your genre

I have researched the top ten grossing box box office films of 2011 and this has gave me a idea of what people like to go and see and what genre was the most popular in 2011. This will help me choose my genre as the box office results suggest more people would want to see a fantasy or comedy instead of going to watch a romance film. At number one was Harry Potter and the deathly hallows with Transformers at number two and The Twilight saga at number three. The other most viewed films of 2011 included The Hangover II, Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast Five, Cars 2, Thor, Rise of the planets Apes and Captain America.

I have also researched films that have been a great hit in the UK, I searched online and found many surveys trying to figure out which genre was the most viewed in the UK and i found some very useful information about the UK film industry and what the UK market like. Here are some of the most viewed films from the UK, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, My week with Marilyn, The Kings Speech, An education. These are various types of genres but I have noticed that the genre of Horror does not appear as often as adventure or fantasy as this type of genre is not a great hit in the UK.

This research was very helpful as I now know what genre people like to go and see at the cinema, this will help me choose my genre as I'm not going to choose a genre with less views then another genre. The most popular genres are fantasy, teen horror, adventure and comedy. This helps me a lot as now I know what type of genre people like the most.

Our secondary research was interesting but we decided that we didn't want to create a fantasy film as this would be to difficult with the software and cameras we are using. Our next research was to be the questionnaire and I would be issuing this to my peers, the results will be interesting.

Our school  and group have a very limited budget so it is hard to choose a genre such as action or adventure as props are used that cost a lot of money, the spaces we have are also limited.

Secondary Research- InternetI found choosing a genre very hard as there are so many different genres, further more i need to find out which type of film is most profitable. Furthermore i want to find out what type of films do not do so well.

As you can see some of the worlds most icconic films are infact thrillers, or have elements of thriller threw out them. however apart from the Dark Knight (2008) and Inception(2010) not many films have been thrillers therefore leaving a big gap in the market.

Main Post 1: Conventions of a opening sequence

Types of conventions from different genres

James Bond - Goldfinger

The introduction and credits are very dramatic at the start of James Bond Goldfinger, the lighting is fairly dark and symbolic as James does not want to give his identity away right at the start. The music is iconic, and used in every film in the franchise as his theme. The music is adventurous with sounds getting louder then more quiet creating drama and expectation, this has a good effect on the start of the film as it's a good introduction and the viewers find out what the film is going to be based on such as adventure and action. The opening of Goldfinger uses a variety of shots to capture small details, establishing the characters and the action.  The other objects that surround James are woman and throughout Goldfinger and most of the James Bond films woman were a great part of the film as James is a ladies man. The opening is very clever because reflected/overlayed on top of the women's gold painted body are sections of the film giving the audience an insight into the film before they see what is going to happen. The reflected clips are of good looking women, bad guys, cars, fire and explosions, the icons of action and adventure films. This demonstrates that the film is going to be another typical Bond movie and the audience will notice this and remember from the old Bond movies that this is a recurring theme.

Snatch - Guy Ritchie

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Snatch was released on the 1st September 2000, directed by Guy Ritchie about unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. The opening to Snatch starts with four Males in the back of a van disguised to hide there identity as they have been on a important mission, it then has a very cleaver sequence that involves Brad Pitt looking into the priceless diamond that starts off the sequence, when the diamond is zoomed in on it Say's 'Snatch' on the diamonds face. The next sequence opens with Dennis Farina a Jeweller that is magnifying the diamond closely, this is a very professional sequence as the viewer of the film would not know what was going to happen next as the convention is very smooth. The sequences give a great effect as the camera and editors follows the conventions used very well, the transactions of the sequences are very smoothly done as they flow with the filming and editing making the opening titles very interesting as the editing skills are very professional. Snatch uses music in the opening of the film that makes it out that the film will be based on a robbery that has not been pulled off as the music is quite fast and elegant. 

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