Posts

Title Design Blog

Image
     Depending on the genre of the subtitle, we intend to employ different fonts for our title designs. We will use an online source to actually choose our fonts. That website that we used to find our fonts was www.dafont.com .There will be a distinct clip for each title. The font that we used for the Name of Studio and Name of Production Company was “Brush Action”. We'll use the font "Anger Styles" for the actors' names. For each name, three titles will appear. We want to utilize a bold, large font for the film title to make the name stand out. We'll utilize the "Chopsic" font for this. We'll use the font "Headliner No. 45" for the Music By and Edited By titles. We'll also use the typeface "Headliner No. 45" for Produced By.  We'll use the same typeface for the next three titles. Also we’re probably gonna use different colors for the titles. We’ll decide on what colors we want to use after making the titles. To display th...

Other Info Blog

Image
  Location: Alex’s house, nearby park, Alex’s neighborhood, beach by Ty’s house.  Those are the main location we have set up to film in.  Participants: Alexandros Rapanos, Jorge Lopez, Christian Bundalevski, Alexandros Rapanos, Griffin Penn, Graham Penn, and Ty Wojciak. Health: We have a first AID kit readily available to us during the filming process. We also have a friend who is CPR certified who said they may or may not be able to come and assist us in case of an emergency during filming.  Schedule: Our schedule is not overly specific but we plan to film most of our scenes during spring break and begin editing near the end. We aim to have two to three days of filming and to edit as we go along seeing what is needed.  Backup Plan: Since we have planned so far ahead we hope to not have to deal with any unforeseen weather issues. Even though we planned so far ahead there is always the possibility of issues coming up so we planned to film inside Alex’s house

Script Blog

Image
  Final Task Script: *Script only includes scenes with dialogue* Characters: Stephan Smith: Main character of the film, U.S.A soldier. Charles White: Friend of Stephan, also U.S.A army soldier.  Admiral Murphy: Commander of Stephan’s battalion Soldier(s): Excess soldiers that are in the shots.  War room officials: People in the war room with commander murphy.  Military Commander: Unnamed commander of bettalion 12  Script: [Sounds of phones ringing and chatter in the room] Admiral Murphy: (Yelling) “Get me the status of division 12 stat!” War room official: ” Yes commander!” *Cuts to Stephan in a a forest scouting* [Stephan picks up his radio and whispers into it] Stephan Smith: (Whispering): “Commander, I’ve seen some we are close. We can see their artillery, they look ready. What do you think White?” Charles White: (Whispering): “Smith’s right commander, they look ready to strike at any moment” *Cuts to soldiers on the ground* [Soilder picks up a communicatio...

Title Design Research: Action

Image
  Venom: 1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? In Venom, there were numerous titles that were displayed in the opening sequence of the film. There was enough time to put each leader of every department as well as some of the actors. Such as the directors, producers, editors, and the designers. 2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) The images carry a sense that a man is possessed by some sort of demon that is ready to take anyone down in its path. From this opening scene, one can expect lots of violence and action in the movie. 3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you  tell what genre the film is) The genre is reinforced through scary images which depict a monster which is disgusting and ready to kill. 4. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? There are constant images of black and white images that sho...

Title Design Research: Action

Image
  Doctor Strange: 1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? Doctor Strange has a long opening sequence with a lot of titles. The sequence has enough time to put on screen every leader of every department as well as some well known actors. Such as the screenwriter, director, casting director, and editing leader. The title scene also mentions some actors putting on screen things like, “Benedict Cumberbatch” and “Benedict Wong”. 2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) The images seem mysterious and symmetrical looking shapes. They make me feel like I am going to watch something I do not know about and will be different from what I expect. 3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you  tell what genre the film is) The genre is not really apparent. But rather the movie's concept of their main character being “strange” is reinforced through weird shapes which ...

Title Design Research: Action

Image
  Aquaman: 1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones? There are many titles that were shown during the opening sequences of the movie, beginning with common ones such as the Director and the Producer. The main titles that were displayed in the opening sequence were the producers of the film and the visual effects creators of the film. 2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel) The images carry a sense of ancient times, it seems as if some kind of Greek mythology is being shown as a city is buried underwater and there were many statues as well.   3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you  tell what genre the film is) The genre isn’t stated explicitly, but from watching superhero movies, one might expect some form of action, as there is a lot of action in superhero movies. 4. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audi...

Title Design Research: Action

Image
  Detective Pikachu: How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film? Which ones?  Lots of titles are shown in the opening sequence of the movie. The usual ones such as Director and assistant director are shown. Since the movie had many different visual effects there was an emphasis on that part of the crew, such as the visual effects director. What connotations do the images carry? (how do you they make you feel)? The exact genre isn’t made too apparent but by watching a pokemon related movie one is to expect some kind of action going in. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (Can you tell what genre the film is)? The exact genre isn’t made too apparent but by watching a pokemon related movie one is to expect some kind of action going in. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience? Well one of the major things used was the transition of old black and white drawings of old pokemon i...