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Second Title Sequence idea.

Today the idea for our title sequence got changed from the horror house idea to a serial killer and a police officer.

The main idea for the film is a policeman trying to catch a serial killer. The story is focused more on the policeman than the killer. The policeman's job is on the line because he has a reputation for not being all too good at his job, so he takes on the case of a notorious killer who not even the top detectives at Scotland Yard can catch.

The killer is aware of who is trying to catch him so leaves little clues or notes such as 'the longer it takes the more die' which torments the policeman as he can't catch him but knows he should be able to. 

The title sequence will be of the killer in his shed flicking through drawing of how he murders his victims, with split second shots of it happening in real life. 

Audience Profile

The Silencer's primary audience is men ages 15 - 30. This is because via research it is found that the average audience for thriller/puzzle solving films are people of this age bracket. 

We targeted this audience specifically as the majority of the group is the highest group with disposable income and will therefore be able to spend it on going to see the film. We put the main audience as men as they are generally the main audience that go to see a film of our genre. 

The film has potential for a worldwide release but due to the £900,000 budget the marketing will have to remain in the UK. Obviously if it had success like Slumdog Millionaire did then distribution would go worldwide.

Title Sequence Sounds

In this lesson we looked at the following title sequences:

Se7en (1995) — Art of the Title


Vertigo (1958) — Art of the Title


Catch Me If You Can (2002) — Art of the Title


Skyfall (2012) — Art of the Title

We spoke about different title sequences like Se7en, Skyfall, Vertigo and Catch Me If You Can, looking specifically for the type of things that were used to make the sound. 
We discussed different sounds we heard such as musical sounds (drums, symbols), or sounds that would have been created by someone - foley. EG footsteps, wind, door slamming and crashing.

We then spoke about foley sounds and how they're created, and went off to record our own using a device like this:





It picks up the tiniest of sound from each end when can then be used as it is or distorted to create a different sound.

My group used the school lockers to smash shut, the radiator and a creaky door.

Napoleon Dynamite

From the title sequence we can see the film will probably be very light hearted and comedic as the titles are not what is usually seen on a film. This is suggested by the logo being written in various sauces on the plate. 

The background music begins and a wallet is brought into frame, with a ‘UFO Abduction Insurance’ card on it, giving the first insight to the leading character. This also gives information on the first actor in the film, Jon Heder.

 

The various backgrounds of these shots gives an impression of when the film is get – 70s/80s.

 

The main shot type used throughout the sequence is a medium close up birds eye.. This shot is used to draw the reader’s attention to both the objects and titles. Having it be so close also prevents the viewer being distracted by objects outside of the frame.

Danny Yount Presentation

Danny Yount presentation that we made in class after looking at Saul Bass:

http://prezi.com/euvlscyq--pp/danny-yount/

Saul Bass

Today we looked at a Powerpoint about Saul Bass, a title sequence and movie poster creator with a specific style.

He made posters for Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder and Westside Story to name but a few (Images won't upload).

Bass also made title sequences for films such as Not With My Wife, You Don't!:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/not-with-my-wife-you-dont/

and The Man With The Golden Arm:

http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/the-man-with-the-golden-arm/

"Bass became widely known in the film industry after creating the title sequence for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). The subject of the film was a jazz musician's struggle to overcome his heroin addiction, a taboo subject in the mid-1950s."

"Bass decided to create an innovative title sequence to match the film's controversial subject. He chose the arm as the central image, as it is a strong image relating to heroin addiction. The titles featured an animated, white on black paper cut-out arm of a heroin addict." (info from Wikipedia).

His work is widely regarded as some of the best title sequence work ever created and many title sequence creators get their inspiration from his work.

We then went to create out own presentation on another title sequence creator; our group's person was Danny Yount:

http://prezi.com/euvlscyq--pp/danny-yount/