P1-06 FILM OPENING PROJECT ANIMATIC

Titles

These are the titles for our opening sequence. I chose the first font because it looks good and is not a standard boring font like Times New Roman. I also think they will work well in the first part where the character is sleeping and they come up on the bed.
We chose to have them white as they would show up better in the war scene against the bushes and trees. We may have a problem when we find a bed to film in as we may have to use a white bed, in which case we would have to change the title colour to black for those parts.
I chose to have a different font for the main title so it would stand out more as it is the most important one. It is also white as it will be against a plain black screen.

True Blood

We have chosen to analyse this film opening be cause we were influenced by the title sequence.

Camera Work
The camera work makes it seem as though you are watching it at the time in a first-person viewpoint.

Editing
The sequence is a continual, fast paced, rush of different events; all seen from a first-person view. Lots of transition is used to flash from one thing to another.

Sound

The sound is US Country music and is non-diegetic.


Mise-En-Scene

At the start the camera is going through a swamp and then changes to a point of view (POV) of a someone driving a car. Next it is a POV shot of moving through a town; presumably in the same car. Suddenly what looks like a naked woman flashes up. Then the sequence keeps flicking form views of people in churches, a sleazy nightclub (with people dancing and having sex) and people who live in the area (like a man in a rocking chair).

There is also several bits of old film of riots and of a child who looks like he is with the Klu Klux Klan.


There are also various shots of dead animals and shots of other things like a rusty car in a forest.


Titles
The titles are in white and apear, almost at random, during the opening sequence. If they are more than two words the word font changes.

Mood Board

Mood Board P1 06

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Cast List

Convict Productions
Mark Slim
William Model
Tom Steward
Costume Design by Jazeb Malik
Art Direction by Ben West
Production Design by Bruce Dild
Casting by Paul Doe
Film Editing by Travis Pitts
Cinematography by Nikolai Moltov
Original Music by Nelson Ambagado
Produced by Jason P. Dee
Directed by Albert Hunter

Opening Sequence Idea

For our opening sequence we have decided to do a British social realist drama. We have decided to base it on the topic of Post Traumatic Stress disorder.
The sequence starts with a man asleep. The camera then zooms into his eye and he suddenly wakes up in a panic. It then zooms fast into his eye as they open. After a black screen it will go to a flashback of the man in camouflage in a war. He runs and jumps into a ditch as he is being shot at.
We then see his best friend get blown up with a grenade, which is the cause for his PTSD. Lastly, it goes back to him sitting up awake and panicking. It then zooms out and shows the title: Sleepless Night.

This is our second idea for a film logo. we have tried to keep this one as simple as possible by using only fades for the logo with an added sound clip of thunder. we have done this as it keeps the photo more eye catching and keeps the audiences attention on the actual design.

to create this short clip, we used photo shop for the design of the logo and final cut and garage band for the editing process.

because we like both logo clips we have decided to show both of them in our film opening sequence one at the beginning and one at the end :)

Product Logo animation

This is one of our final production company logos, after animation was added in Final Cut. We decided not to make it too long and to keep it simple, which is why it is only 3 seconds long and has minimal animation. The first thing we did was add motions to make the two words move up and down the screen at the same time. We wanted this to be quick as to not bore the viewer.
Next, we added a quick fade for the handcuff image. We then shortened all of the layers and then added the sound. We downloaded a sound clip of a door slamming from the internet. This is to be the prison cell door slamming closed, which goes with the name 'Convict Production'.

Logo idea 2

This is our second idea for our company logo. as already explained below, we have called ourselves 'Convict Productions'. With this idea we have tryed to create a investigation type of atmophere for a murder or assult etc. to create this we found a photo of a magnifying glass in which we used photoshop to insert the blood and fingerprint. with the text we downloaded a font of a website and created the look as if the text is being enlarged by the glass by increasing the font size.
we feel this logo is effective and we will consider using this if not the other idea as our main logo.

Production logo idea 1

This is one of our two initial ideas for the production logo. We decided on the name 'Convict productions' because Alex was looking for words in the student planner and we decided to use convict. As it is called convict productions we decided to use a pair of handcuffs as the main image. The handcuffs had a white background so we had to make that black. We decided to keep the handcuffs black and give them a white outer glow to make them stand out. We also decided to make the two words different colours and have them connected to make it look better.