21/03/13

In this lesson, it was the last lesson for the editing for our sequence. In todays lesson we added the credits into our sequence and also the sound. We fixed a few mistakes on the credits and made a bit better. We think we have worked well as in a group. What we wished we had was more time then we could have made our sound better which we struggled a lot in. We tried our best and we hope that its fine.

20/03/13

This is my own video of what we did today in our lesson. Also what me and Katy did after school. if you would like to see the video of me and Katys process of what we did today, click here

18/03/13

In today's lesson we did the editing. From last Thursday on academic mentoring day, we couldn't do anything because our files kept getting erupted, and we had to wait forever for it render. It was the same for the Fridays lesson. So today, we deleted the files that did not work and edited them again. It worked much better this time and we found out something new we didn't know before. If you click a clip on top of another click, where you want that clip to play it plays. We don't have to spilt and cut and delete all the time now. Me and Katy stayed after school and did more editing. We nearly finished now and what we also did was add the credits into the actual sequence. We had two parts of the credits but got rid of one with the static as it did not go with the rest of the sequence. Also i  carried on working on sound, i looked for different types of sound clips that i think would go with our sequence.

18/03/13

Me and Katy did a blog today describing what we did in the lesson. If you would like to see the video you can click here

15/03/13

Today we carried on with editing. Well, we wanted to carry on our editing hoping it would work as it did not yesterday. But it still did not open. We tried to render the clips that were not rendered but it said we had to wait about 3 hours. We couldn't do editing again, so what we did was save and import our life type to misses computer to put it on our sequence. Before we imported it, we made our beginning credit a bit longer as it was really fast. It took over the whole lesson but we still got it done and imported.

14/03/13

Today was academic mentoring day. Today our group all came in at 10.30 and started the rest of the editing. As we did not have much to do, we were planning on finishing the editing today. But that did not go as we planned. While we were starting the editing, our clips started to not work. It wouldn't play and when we tried to put a effect to a clip, it just made it crash. We quited and started again a couple of times but still it did not work. After the few times we tried, we realised that maybe it was the rendering problem. So we rendered the clips again that wasn't rendered. When we started to do that the rendering just took us so long. It said that the estimated time was 5 hours for the rendering to finish. So we cancelled it and tried it again, but still the rendering was taking too long. While we were waiting we did a bit of sound on garage band. We made the sound clips longer to match with our credits and also added few bits to it. Even when we finished doing that, the rendering was not done. After we all left and Katy stayed, the rendering had still not finished so miss said that she would save it if the rendering has finished before she goes home. Today we did have a lot of trouble with our editing and clips and now we think we have to do it all over again because it would just not open. We have decided to meet tomorrow again and try and figure out and fix it so that we do not have to go through the trouble of starting it again.

13/03/13

In today's lesson, our group all got check ups on our blogs and what we need to add before the deadline. We also showed Mr Phillips our distribution PowerPoint we had to do for our homework and also got feed backs on them. We did a bit of editing in class and also stayed after school for a bit to carry on with our editing. We are basically done with our editing but we are still having a few troubles with where we can put the flashbacks because we still cannot find a place where it is all continuous. We are meeting tomorrow at 10am till 1pm as it is academic mentoring day, to finish off our editing.

11/03/13

In todays lesson i started to edit and get used to the new system. Some of us also got check ups on their bloggs and what mark they are working at, at the moment. While editing, we got clips that went better with the other clips so we added them in. It looks much better than last time and we hope we can be able to do it this time without any troubles.

08/03/13

In today's lesson my group started to edit the clips again after the burglary. So far they said that it has been working fine and that they know what to do much better as we have done it twice already. They know exactly where things go and what matcher's with what. So, so far it is looking good for us.

06/03/12

In todays lesson, we looked at a part of our real exam. We looked at film distribution and also watched a video that gave us an insight on film distribution and the different stages in it. We were told to write down notes about it as it would help us when we do the write up.

The Art of the title

The art of the title

Scott pilgrim vs the world

 

• The start of this they show the production company with the a band playing.
• It shows a far away shot of people listening which can suggest that it is that loud
• The production company credit is going together with the beat of the music
• Even when the title of the film is shown, it moves with the beat of the music, with the drums.
• For the background for the opening they use bright colours all the way
• The image they use is hearts, guitars, skateboards, stars, bombs and battery dying,  it all represents fun and what teenagers just do or go through each day.
• The credits and the picture all move with the music and match the beat of the drums and guitar.
• The hearts that are shown can represent something like love
• Throughout the opening they give hints about what this movie might be about like they show a guitar a lot which may suggest it is something fun or rocky or even about music.
• The images in the background are shown very fast because it moves with the music and because it goes very fast, it almost makes you want to nod your head up and down with the music because you feel excited.
• All bright colours are used which is also a sign of fun and happiness.
• At the end it shows the directer and goes off when the music stops.

 

The girl with the dragon tattoo 

 

 

• It starts with the production company
• It starts off from the beginning with the colour and the image being very dark, almost black
• Throughout the whole opening title, the colour is black
• This can suggest the tattoos as the tattoos are normally black and they use black ink for it. This is also giving the answer to the title ' the girl with the dragoon "tattoo" '.
• They also show liquid which can represent the ink of the tattoo
• Because the colour is dark and black, it gives a sense of what the movie is about. It makes it very mysterious.
• In the middle of the opening title they show a torch with fire that is lite. This can represent the dragon, and the dragons breath and the people burning from it can also show how hot fire is and that it is dangerous.
• Also the seeing people burning from the fire also gives us the fact that maybe this film is something to do with horror, or crime.
• In the middle of the title it also shows the dragon briefly with the fire all over the body. This also gives hints about the title and the movie.
• Also the way they show a person drowning and while the person drowns deeper, the dragon is born and born and then into a full dragon when the person is drowned.
• The way they show us flies coming out of the eye and the month is kind of disturbing and uncomfortable for me to watch. But this has an real effect on the audience on their reaction and tension and horrible feeling they make us feel inside while just watching the title of the film.
• But because the colour throughout the whole title is black and dark, we never lose the feeling that this is not mysterious or a bit creepy.
• And we get a real sense of the title as it uses ink which may represent the tattoo ink.
• Also the way they use fire, the colour is only bright for then which can suggest that this fire, this dragon is a important part of the film. 

Sound

 

 

Sound

 

Scapegoat opening sequence

 



This opening sequence of scapegoat sound is quite simple but very effective at the same time. But this is diegetic sound and it links with what is going on in the the image. In the beginning when the character walks and then walks fast, they use static sound which has an effect which is a bit mysterious. And what also makes it mysterious is that they use wind noises that emphasises the loneliness that hes alone and everyone around him is not alive and gone. I love this sound because i think it is very creepy and suits what is shown to us in the opening credit. Also when we are shown the dead bodies, a bang sound is made which has an effect that it is a important part of the credit sequence. From the beginning of the credit sequence and to the middle and when it shows the bodies, it builds up the tension in me and it makes me think what is going to happen next. When it does show the bodies and the way it flickers fast and cuts to the face and body of the persons body it  makes it kind of uncomfortable for me to watch. Also at the end when it shows few people and a really quick turning of the face and the sound of peoples voices which is kind of non-diegetic makes me react fast and think fast about what is going on. And when they use the bang sound at the end and shows the characters face gives me a jump which is also effective and lets us know that it is scary. I really like this opening credits because the way the not just the sound but the credits and image fit well together and flows very well. The music is kind of not normal, sort of disorted which i like because it makes it more sure of the genre and keeps me building tension throughout the whole clip. I would really like to use this idea of kind of disorted and simple sounds to our opening sequence as our sequence is kind of simple as well. And i would also love to use the static sound for the flashabacks and also the credits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening credits

 

Opening credits 

 

Credits by Jason Brown. 

 

 

 

I really like this opening credits clip. I like this opening credit clip because from just looking at the moving pictures and imagery he uses, it just says horror to me. He shows that this is going to be a horror film from just looking the pictures with the sculls and hearts and bones with no skin just shows all the signs of it being scary.  Also the way in which he moves the camera in different directions, it has another impact that its going to be something scary rather than it being just still. It makes me feel that its trying to build the tension in us before the film even starts. Also the camera zooms in and out of pictures and texts, that show the main bits of the credit sequence which i think makes it every eye catching. This opening credits is a bit everywhere when you look at it. It is kind off like you don't know whats going on , but that sense of confusion gives me the idea that it is something mysterious. At the end of the film when it shows the text of social girl varnishes in capital letters, that also shows that this is going to be something mysterious and scary and this also gives a sense of horror. 

 

An American horror movie opening credits.

 



 

The very beginning of this where it cuts to another shot and then flashes very fast to another shot shows that its scary. This opening credits is really fast which builds up the tension from the beginning of the sequence. They show us fast flashes of baby photos and all with different saturation and coluor and a broken picture. This makes me feel very scared and makes me feel that something has happened and that this child in the picture has something to do with it. It also shows flashbacks of skulls in jars and babies again in jars and a woman's picture, and then it cuts to the credits and the text used is also sort of weird and it only stays for about 3 seconds with the text flashing. From this we are shown clearly about what type of genre it is and what it can be about. It also shows us fast shots of someones legs and someone clamping something and then we are shown blood and a woman's white dress. The way we can't really see what is going on in each flash it makes us wonder what is happening and makes it more effective, rather than actually showing us what is happening. Also everything is shown to us quite dark which also is a sign of danger and mystery. At the end we are shown pictures and broken photo frames, skulls in jars all burning by fire. This also is a sign of horror. Also even the end credits with the name of the movie and when it is coming out, is it all static and moving around so that we are not able to see it clearly but still can work it out what it is saying. It is very effective in a way it is just very fast because that makes us as a audience, think fast and makes the tension build throughout the whole opening credits. 



04/03/13

In todays lesson, we looked at our writing practise we did and went through high mark papers that other people have done. We read through it and jotted down what we did not include to get the same high marks. We also looked at the mark scheme for the writing we did on Ashes to Ashes.