Script for title opening

Pitch Feedback

Pitch Feedback

Some of the feed back that we got from the pitch is:

• It was detailed and the idea had a good base 
• Everybody participated 
• Elaborate more on certain points e.g. mise-en-scene
• Talked about what influenced/inspired us 
• Certain parts of the blog (the music and storyboard) need to be within the pitch
• Certain members need to participate and elaborate more 
• Needed more visual examples e.g. what fonts will be used in the title sequence?
• Needed to put in more of our vision of our title sequence into the pitch

The Pitch

Blogging health check

Blogging health check

 

For my blogging health check I was marked a 14/20. To improve on this mark I need to do the following:

• TIME MANAGEMENT - Make sure all blogs are completed regularly rather than lots being completed at once.
• UNFINISHED BLOGS - Do not post in complete blogs.



 

Mainstream Film Title Sequence with Motion (Blog Task 18)

Mainstream Film Title Sequence with Motion

Open Motion 

Select 'Start with a template'

 

Choose a template

Mainstream title sequence

Production company Ident

 

Distribution company Ident

 

Distribution company Title

 

Production Company Title 

 

Main Actor 

 

Film Title

 

Additional Actors 

 

Casting 

 

 Costume By 

 

Music By

 

Edited By 

 

Co-Producer

Producer 

Director

 

 

Independent film Title sequence with motion blog task 18

Independent film title sequences with motion

PLANNING - blog 19

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The Breakfast Club

Research - Mean Girls (Blog Task 20)

Means Girls 

Sub-genre: High School 

Kidulthood

Kidulthood

Sub-genre: Youth-drama

Directed and produced by Menhaj Huda

Produced by George Isaac

Written by Noel Clarke

The First Opening Titles

This film has titles on a black screen and moving images, it has moving images for the main cast and white writing on a black screen for all the other information that's on the credits.

The producer is more independent production as kidulthood was a low budget film.

The plot is a day in the life of a group of teenagers living in west London. During the film you see how some teenagers maybe pressured to do things that they may not want to do, a character called trife is being tempted into gang lifestyles by his uncle who is making him do certain illegal tasks.

The Plot:

Set in 2002, the film follows two days in the lives of a group of 15-year olds from a mixed-income area of West London. The story focuses mainly upon Trevor, known as "Trife" (Aml Ameen), and Alisa (Red Madrell). One of the themes of the movie is Alisa's pregnancy. She states that Trife is the father.

School bully, Sam Peel (Noel Clarke), is portrayed as the antagonist in the film. Student Katie (Rebecca Martin), is being physically and emotionally bullied by a group of girls led by Shaneek (Stephanie Di Rubbo), and Sam also acts menacingly towards her. Her parents do not know the extent of the bullying. After being picked up from school, a distraught Katie flees to her bedroom, writes a note, and hangs herself. The students are then given a day off for mourning, but instead prepare for a party. Trevor and his best friends: Jay (Adam Deacon), and Moony (Femi Oyeniran) spend the day stealing, trying to talk to women, drinking alcohol, and smoking cannabis. Alisa and her friend Becky (Jaime Winstone ) decide to get drunk and high before the party, despite Alisa's pregnancy. Alisa has recently discovered that she is pregnant and she is unsure as to how to cope with the news. Becky takes Alisa to an older man's house where they perform sexual acts in return for drugs. Becky is the instigator and Alisa feels that she has to follow her friend's actions. Meanwhile, the boys trick their way into Sam's house in order to retrieve a Game Boy he had stolen earlier, they then proceed to steal Sam's cannabis and Jay has sex with Sam's girlfriend, Claire (Madeleine Fairley). When Sam returns and threatens them, the boys hit him with a keyboard, overpower him, attack him, and escape along with Claire. In the process, they knock Sam's mother to the floor, which is later used as a pretext for revenge by Sam.

Alisa and Becky arrive at a shopping centre, having sold their drugs to buy new dresses. They meet up with Moony and Jay; Jay tells Alisa that Trevor doesn't want her or the baby, and that she should get out of Trevor's life. Alisa decides to return home alone as Becky wants to stay with the boys. In the meantime, Trevor has gone to meet up with his Uncle Curtis (Cornell John). He sees Katie's brother, Lenny (Rafe Spall) at Curtis's house, but they do not speak. Trevor tells Curtis that he wants to work for him, and is then issued with a revolver, which Trevor had previously made by drilling the barrel of a starting pistol on a pillar drill at school. Trevor is then taken downstairs to a tied up man, Andreas, who is being tortured for failing to stick to an agreement about payment. Andreas is earlier seen purchasing drugs from Curtis. Curtis orders Trevor to cut the man's face with a Stanley Knife. Trevor carries out the order, but then flees from the house, throws the gun into the river and goes to find Alisa. Alisa is on her way home when she sees a classmate, who persuades her to come to a party with him to cheer her up.

Trevor arrives at the party, finds Alisa, and confesses he loves her. Alisa tells him that she never slept with Sam, and that the baby definitely belongs to Trevor. Sam later arrives at the party and beats Trevor up with a baseball bat. Alisa runs into the house to get Mooney and Jay. In the ensuing fight Trife attacks Sam when he tries to hurt Alisa and beats him to the ground, but Alisa tells him to stop. As he is leaving Sam picks up the bat and hits Trife, who falls to the ground, critically injured. Katie's older brother arrives, carrying a gun and asking for Sam. He is about to execute Sam but stops momentarily and asks for a reason why he shouldn't kill him. Trife uses his last breaths to shout "because he isn't worth it". Lenny begins to walk away but Sam insults him so he turns and fires, but the gun explodes in his hand. He gets back into his car and drives away. Trevor dies before the ambulance and police arrive.

In this film there are mostly two social groups, friendship  groups and gangs.The teens interact with adults as we would expect them to, Alisa has that mother and daughter relationship with her mum as normal and Trevor and his mum has a normal relationship. The only thing that maybe different is the relationship of Trevor and his uncle, they seem more like a boss and an employee more than uncle and nephew.

Camera: We see more group shots because its a youth drama, there are lots of scenes where there is friends interacting with each other. There is also mid shots to show the audience the characters body gestures.

Editing: The film is mostly fast paced with the main cast getting most of the screen time. Also there is continuity editing throughout.

Sound: The soundtrack is urban music, It links because the film is urban too and both media products link to youth drama. There is non-diegetic sounds like dialogue and the atmosphere sounds such as cars driving and wind blowing.

Mise en scene: The lighting is light and dark in some aspects of the film. In dark lighting it reflect the characters dark side that they have.

The key props that you see are weapons, the characters clothing which shows the audience what sort of person the character is.

task 20

Kidulthood

Sub-genre: youth-drama
List of title credits:
Main cast
Directed and produced by Menhaj Huda
Produced by George Isaac
Written by Noel Clarke
Executive producers: Pierre Mascolo and Marco Costa

This film has titles on a black screen and moving images, it has moving images for the main cast and white writing on a black screen for all the other information that's on the credits.

The producer is more independent production as kidulthood was a low budget film.

The plot is a day in the life of a group of teenagers living in west London. During the film you see how some teenagers maybe pressured to do things that they may not want to do, a character called trife is being tempted into gang lifestyles by his uncle who is making him do certain illegal tasks.

Trife is being pressured into a gang lifestyle, but also has other things to worry about, like his enemy sleeping with his ex girlfriend.
Jay, trife's best friend is more of the mouthy one and isn't shy to talk to girls and voice his opinions.
Mooney is best friends with Trife and Jay, he sometimes feels pressured into doing stuff that he doesn't feel comfortable in, but follows his two best friends because he doesn't want to be alone.
Sam is the enemy of Trife and is a gang leader and a bully, and later on in the film he wants his revenge on the 3 best friends who hurt him in his house.
Alisa is the ex of Trife and has to come to grips with the fact that she is pregnant and she wants to make up with her ex because the baby is his and she still loves him.
Becky is best friends with Alisa and she is more of the rebel one who does sexual things to get what she wants.

In this film there are mostly two social groups, friendship  groups and gangs.

The teens interact with adults as we would expect them to, Alisa has that mother and daughter relationship with her mum as normal and Trife and his mum has a normal relationship. The only thing that maybe different is the relationship of Trife and his uncle, they seem more like a boss and an employee more than uncle and nephew.

Camera: We see more group shots because its a youth drama, there are lots of scenes where there is friends interacting with each other. There is also mid shots to show the audience the characters body gestures.

Editing: The film is mostly fast paced with the main cast getting most of the screen time. Also there is continuity editing throughout.

Sound: The soundtrack is urban music, It links because the film is urban too and both media products link to youth drama. There is non-diegetic sounds like dialogue and the atmosphere sounds such as cars driving and wind blowing.

Mise en scene: The lighting is light and dark in some aspects of the film. In dark lighting it reflect the characters dark moments in their life.
The key props that you see is a gun, the characters clothing which shows the audience what sort of person the character is.

I liked the film because it was a good representation of the youth culture and had me engaged of what was happening and what may happen later on in the film.

blog task 7

Colombiana

The title sequence is more in motion, with flashing lights and looks interesting to see. The style and theme colours of the title sequence links with the movie. There is digital technology used to make the motion pictures flow, and there is also visual effects.

Order of credits
Directed by Olivier Megaton
Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Film editor:Camille Delammarre
Production designer: Patrick Durand
Costume Designer:  Olivier Beriot
Casts

task 6- 4 types of film opening

Titles on black screen

Title with a black screen, has a white text on the black background, to create a contrast.
This method is used by low budget films.

Example: Pulp fiction
It's simple, has a black background and white typeface.

Titles on still images

Layer credits, can include more information combines different media to make the background more interesting.
Music and still images accompanied the credits to introduce the tone of the film.

Example: Wimbledon
Regular change of still images
Sounds of hitting tennis balls with the racket.

Titles over moving images

It incorporates the credits with moving images behind the title and sound.
Moving images helps to set the tone of a film.

Examples: Cidade de deus
Moving images of a chicken and knife
Glimpse of food and live chicken

Titles using animation or motion

Requires a lot of digital technology and stylized editing.
Real images linked with animation.
Visual effect.

Examples: Casino Royal
Real moving images.
Music is used.
Longer credits.