Opening Sequneces

The main-title sequence or the opening credits of a film are sometimes considered the most important piece in a film. When the lights go down in a cinema the opening credits of a film are the 1st images the audience see. It is crucial that the opening title gets the audience interested in the film and hooked right from the start. As this is the time when the audience make their decision weather they want to continue watching the film or not. The earliest credit sequences were for silent films. These were on title cards and containing printed material that were photographed and later put into the film. These cards also included the dialogue and set the time, place and action for the scenes. As the movie industry began to evolve, so did the titles. After the implementation of sound, titles began to function as a transition: They then began to show the film title, the name of the director and the list of actors within the film. Since then, the creation of film titles have changed dramatically. Over recent years technology has improved dramatically, desktop computers advance at a rapid pace, therefore companies have been able to create updated visually motion graphics.

Storyboards...

To start the process of making the title sequnce we had to have some idea of what it was going to look like. So we had to story board our ideas. We thought about drawing our storyboards however no -one in the group can draw. So we decided to photograph them instead. Now that we had started totake pictures in felt like we had stater to process of making the film title sequence. So we began by takin pictures of Luke in the shower (fully clothed). Then after we took picturesof someone finding him dead, and the forensic scientists starting the process of finding out how and why he died.

I did some research on youtube about gay hate crime. I didnt realise how common gay hate crime was. Its disgusting the way people treat gays. To take someones live because they are gay is wrong. Everyone deserves a life and its up to them they way they want to live it. I watched many gay hate crime vidoes posted on youtube and it was very sad to watch and hear what some people go through because the way they live there life.

GAY HATE CRiiMEE

The Planning...

To start planning we had to decide what genre to work with.There was lots of discussions on what genre we was going to use.Each of us had different ideas we wanted to be used and to be heard. We all havd our own opinions and wanted our own way. In the end we all put our heads together and came up with a final genre. Crime Drama!

Once we had decided what genre to use it was time to mind map idea's around our genre. We needed to look at many different area's such as The plot, the characters, the setting, the cause of death. We wanted to use something that reflects on society and that is everyday life situitaions for some people.

We decided to chose a storyline of hate crime againt homophobia, this was because of the campaign 'Some people are Gay, Get over it!' The school is currently getting involved with the campaign by taking a week to tell the students about homophobia and like the campaign says... Some people are Gay, Get over it! We aslo wanted to be apart of this.

Once we had decided what genre we was going to work with we needed to also break that down into different genre's.

So thats what we did. We chose gay hate crime. Our reasons for our choice is we wanted to do something that reflects of the society.

To help us decide what genre we wanted to work with we drew a mind map off our ideas. There were many discussions about our final decision. In the end we came to a final decison. CRIME DRAMA!

Saul Bass...

To start my research i watched a 30 minute documentary about Saul Bass's title sequences. Saul bass started his career by becoming a graphic designer making symbols for ad campaigns. It wasn't when he was working with Otto making symbols for a film that they thought "Why not make it move" and his legacy went on. Bass wanted the audience to feel involved in the title film from the very first frame. He also said that the title sequence to films "Is like the prologue to the action in the film, it gives you information but not too much that it spoils the film but enough to get the audience excited". Saul uses lines over the creen and text to create his personal signature which i think is very effective as it disorients you and again leaves room for the imagination.

Psycho:
The one minute fifty two seconds title sequence of Psycho was done so well that it is unforgettable.
The fast pace music sounds like someone running and that they are being chased and need to getaway quick. The music also has an icy chill to it which builds to the tension. The signature lines over the screen and the text disorients you and doesn't give too much of the plot of the film away.

North by North West:
Again Bass uses his famous lines across the screen, however he uses them to create a map like image and that maybe in the film the characters are also on the run. The music also connotes that the film could be fast paced.

In both of the title sequences Saul Bass leaves clues for the film which gets the audiences imagination working, also lets the audeince feel involved from the begining, however it doesn't let to much slide as that would ruin the film.