THE BOOK!

The book full of CCTV images

Pages showing CCTV images

Pages showing CCTV images

Pages showing CCTV images

Pages showing CCTV images 

Pages showing CCTV images

Typography Ideas

We chose this typography because we liked the non-imediate juxtaposition between the black background and the white text.The text is enlarged but slightly faded this gives the a focusing effect on the title. I like this type face because it has a slight distressed look to it which could relate to the distressed mind of our main character in the film. One criticism of this type face is the boldness of the lettering, although it does draw attention to the title it is a very obvious choice of typography for an opening title sequence; therefore it may be best to find the right composition between the boldness and lettering for our title in the opening sequence. 

This second typography example was chosen because it looks as if it has been hand drawn with a marker; we thought this would relate to our film because our main character creates his own book and shows he has a created yet twisted mind. The etching in the text shows the twisted state if mind the character in our narrative. Although this concept could also make our film very predictable and we don't want to give too much away about the entire narrative within the first few minutes; as our film is built on suspense and drama. So we need the element of surprise at the same time as we need the element of a twisted mind.

This is the third typography design we came up with, we found that the way in which the letter 'e' was mirrored created the effect of something being twisted and not right which resembles our male lead in the narrative  as his mental state is twisted and in a way not right. 

Type of Audience

There are some questions which need to be asked before deciding the audience of our piece these include:

• What kind of people may be interested in your story?
• Young people, older people?
• People from different communities?
• Specific groups of people?
• What else might your target audience go and see?
• What would they watch at the cinema?
• What would they watch on television?
• Would you want to watch your film?
• How would you rate the content of your film?

Q:What kind of people may be interested in your story?
A:I think the type of people who may be interested in our story would be those who enjoy the excitment of the unknown and the constant questioning of what may happen next.

Q:Young people, older people?
A:The age range which we decided to aim our film at was the over 15s, therefore we would expect above 15 year olds onwards. So our film is aimed at both young people and older people.

Q:Specific groups of people?
A:There is not a single specific group which our film is aimed at although we would not recommend it to those who do not enjoy the genre of crime, thriller or drama.

Q:What else might your target audience go and see?
A:Our target audience would most probably go see films within the genre's of horror, crime, realism, drama possibly period drama's and also thriller's. Films such as 'The Stepfather', 'Disturbia' etc.

Q:What would they watch on television?
A:There could be a range of programmes which our audience may go see from documentries on the topic of crime to social realism as our film relates to some issues which arise in society.

Q:Would you want to watch your film?
A:I would watch my film because it falls into the genre of film I enjoy watching, also there are constant climax's and cliff hangers throughout the film enabling the audience to want to know what is going to happen next. Also I would enjoy watching the film because it is the type of film which always keeps its audience on edge.

Photo's of the different settings we are planning to use

These images were taken to show the various locations we may possibly be using for our title sequence. The following images show a range of possible locations if others are not available at the time we need to film.

The images below are of the different locations where we can set up our desk scene:

The next set of images we took show possible locations for the stalking scene which runs alongside the desk scene featuring the book of CCTV imagery:

Finally these images show the scene where the audience experiences the struggle between the man and girl, when the camera is on a tilt; it is also where the stalking sequence comes to a climax:

Some more CCTV imagery

Storyboard Animatic

Before and After of some of the images being used in our title sequence

We took images which we are going to put in a book, which is featured in the opening title sequence we are creating. First we took the images and then edited them in photoshop:
                                                      

                                                   

Title Sequence Creation Schedule

Here is the schedule our group is going to try and keep to in order to meet our deadline. We hope this will enable us to create the best possible title sequence we possibly can.

• Week Beginning: 3rd January 2011 - TAKE PICTURES, EDIT THEM IN PHOTOSHOP AND THEN STICK THEM IN BOOK. START FILMING.
• Week Beginning: 10th January 2011 - FILMING.
• Week Beginning: 17th January 2011 - FINISH FILMING AND START EDITING.
• Week Beginning: 24th January 2011 - EDITING.
• Week Beginning: 31st January 2011 - FINISH EDITING.
• Week Beginning: 7th January 2011 - UPDATE BLOGS
• Week Beginning: 14th January 2011 - MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS FINISHED READY FOR OUR DEADLINE!! DEADLINE: 18TH JANUARY 2011

Storyboard for Title Sequence

These images show our title sequence:

Production Brief & Treatment

• Production Brief: To create the titles and opening of a new fiction film
• Project name: Seized
• Length: 90 secs - 2 minutes
• Deadline: Friday 11th February
• Group Members and there rolls: Emily - Actor, editor. Daisy - Director, editor. Sophie - Camera woman, breathing sounds, editor. Sarah - Camera woman, editor.
• Brief overview of content: Mum and Daughter live alone as Dad left when Daughter was born. Mum finds a new boyfriend who is a police detective, however he is not getting any recognition at work. Because of this he decided to kidnap his girlfriends daughter as the daughter doesn't like him. By doing this he will solve the case himself and get more recognition from work. However, his girlfriend, the daughters mother finds out what is going on and tells the police which leads to the detective loosing his job and being sent to prison.
• Target audience: Both Genders 15+
• Possible scheduling publishing suggestions: December 2010
• How will you test that whether the product is successful? How will you check that it accomplishes the intended effect: We could produce a questionnaire about the ideas we have for our film and see the feedback we get, also we could produce a film trailer to see how much recognition the film gains.
• What generic codes and conventions will be operating in your text: We plan to use as many codes and conventions we can in our title sequence. We will show the details of all the important cast and crew, being presented in order of importance, the films title, intro to character type, info regarding mood and tone, info on genre, qquestions that the viewer find intriguing, ppatterns and type of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film and Mise-en-Scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.
• Identify any resource constrains that might affect your production and your hopes for your product: I think the main thing we have to keep under control is the amount of time we use for our title sequence, this is because there is so much to do in a little time. To gain the equipment that we need shouldn't be a problem because we can get it all from school and all we need to film our title sequence is a video camera and tripod. I also don't think money will be an issue as we don't have to pay any money to use the areas we want to and some of the filming will take place in school.

Institution Research:Who would produce/distribute your film?

This presentation shows research into the following film instutions: Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros, Lions Gate, New Line Cinema. The presentation also goes on to say which institution we would like to produce and distribute our film. 

Institution research presentation

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Title Sequence Analysis: 'Scott Pilgram Vs. The World' (2010)

"Scott Pilgrim plays in a band which aspires to success. He dates Knives Chau, a high-school girl five years younger, and he hasn't recovered from being dumped by his former girlfriend, now a success with her own band. When Scott falls for Ramona Flowers, he has trouble breaking up with Knives and tries to romance Ramona. As if juggling two women wasn't enough, Ramona comes with baggage: seven ex-lovers, with each of whom Scott must do battle to the death in order to win Ramona." -imdb.com

Earlier on in the research process of title sequence's we determined the main elements featured in a title sequence: 

• Details of the cast
• Films Title
• An introduction to character or character type
• Indication of place/setting
• Indication of historical period
• Information regarding tone and mood
• Introduction to signature theme tune
• Information about genre
• Questions which the viewer finds intriguing (sets up enigmas)
• Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film
• Mise-en-scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film, therefore possibly foreshadowing a certain event or series of events through the duration of the film

The details of the cast appear in a bold font which makes the typography stand out against the fast paced action in the background. Also the colour of the typography ensures that it is readable against the background which is important for the audience to be able to recognise. 

     

Presentation on 'Siezed'

Seized Film Plan

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This is the presentation we gave on the planning of our title sequence.

Research On Title Sequence Designers: Saul Bass

This is a presentation I have put together with research I have found on the famous title sequence designer Saul Bass. I researched information about himself and then gone on to analyse some of his work.

This work includes title sequences such as 'West Side Story' (1961), 'The Man With The Golden Arm' (1955), 'Vertigo' (1958) and 'Psycho' (1960)-just some of his great pieces of work. 

'The Man With The Golden Arm' (1955)

Bass’ titles for the film feature spiny, cut-out projectiles, which vaguely represent veins and syringes, that manages to be unsettling to the audience despite the accompaniment of Elmer Bernstein’s brassy jazz music. The lines enter at awkward angles in a stabbing motion which comes to a stop at the various titles. The title of the film is boarded by four of these lines, suggesting there is some sort of conflict in the film. Finally,the title “golden arm” appears as a bent and tortured image, reaching out for either redemption or a fix.

'West Side Story' (1961)

Bass uses a vibrant orange to fill from corner to corner the entire screen. Specifically placed vertical bars or lines create an abstract form, yet strangely representative of a certain setting. As the “mood” of the music differs as does the colour of the background. The music culminates in a blue frame, and pulls in a backward motion to reveal the film title below. The image fades in to an aerial shot of Manhattan, and the vertical bars/lines reveal the sky line of the setting.

This simplistic sequence is an exemplary use of colour and the way in which it can easily reflect a certain emotion or mood. 

'Vertigo'(1958) 

The opening Paramount logo is in black and white while the rest of the film, including the closing Paramount logo, is in Technicolor. 

The psychedelic movement and colour used in the background draws the audience into the screen. 

'Psycho'(1960)

As the music swells, the horizontal and vertical lines that appear are driven across the screen in a stabbing motion (similar technique used earlier by Bass in the opening title sequence of 'The Man With The Golden Arm'), foreshadowing the action later to come in the movie. 

Occasionally, a name that appears on screen (for example Alfred Hitchcock) becomes scrambled,which leads to the suggestion that perhaps during the film identities will become scrambled.