Title Research For Final Task

For our title sequence we will have over 20 title credits. They will also come in the standard order for Hollywood films. The first two have our names and the name of our production company. The next two are the actors names which will be Andrew Cambron and Emiliano Vallejo and the film title which is the Rival. The next three are who the film was casted by, music by and visual effects. Next are the caption designer and edited by. After this are the production designer and director of photography. The last four are the producer, story by, written by, and directed by. These titles will come in the order that I described them which complies with Hollywood standards. I look forward to filming this film.

Shooting Script

This presentation shows how our film opening will play out visually. It shows the different camera angles, movements, and what the characters are doing in each scene. Scene one will show the main character open the stove and will use a long shot, mid shot, close up, and extreme close up. Scene two will show a view of the main character's room and then zoom in to a file that is on his desk. Scene 3 will show the character making coffee and will use a high angle, point of view shot, mid shot, and close up. Scene 4 will cut back too the main character's room and will use a high angle and insert. Scene 5 will go back to the kitchen and will use a long shot, mid shot and close up shot. Scene 6 will still be in the kitchen and will show him beginning to eat his breakfast and will use a long shot, close up and tracking shot. Scene 7 will show an agent waiting outside the door and will use a two shot, point of view shot and high angle. Scene 8 will show the agent talking to the main character and will use a point of view shot and an over the shoulder shot. Scene 9 will show the agent's reaction and will use a close up and action match. Scene 10 will show the main character finishing his breakfast and will use a mid shot and eye match.

Sound Script

The sound script for the opening scenes of this movie is simple. From scenes one through five the song Teddy Bear by Elvis will be playing. This song will give the movie an upbeat comedic tone. We chose this song because of its happy and upbeat mood. When scenes seven through ten start the story for the movie will be introduced. In scene seven the main character will be talking to someone so the main sound will be voices. In scene eight the main character will slam the door and this noise will be the main noise. Next the agent will begin to shout. Finally it will cut the main character eating breakfast and muffled shouting will be heard. We believe that this sound was the best suited for what we wanted to do and look forward to filming.

Title Research: Green Lantern

The title sequence for Green Lantern only had 30 titles. This number is way less than movies like D.No.
In this title sequence gave credit to the actors, studio, musicians and producers. The most likely reason
for the fewer titles was probably because there were fewer people involved in the movie. In the opening
sequence we saw images of planets in outer space. These planets in these images are broken apart and
scattered throughout space. Near the end of the title sequence the green lantern is shown.
These images represent how the movie is related to space and aliens. The destruction of planets
suggests that aliens might try to destroy earth in the movie. The green lantern symbol also suggests
that the green lantern will defend the earth from the aliens. The genre is reinforced with several
common movie conventions. The most noticeable one is the music which creates a feeling of energy
among the audience. Next the movie uses images of destruction which contributes to the mood of an
action movie. Finally the pace that the different images are shown in makes the audience excited for
the movie. The film establishes in enigma in several ways. It first does this by creating a space
atmosphere which isn’t common in action movies. It also uses a green tint which is contrary to the
usually lighting in other movies. In order to make sure the film appeals to the target audience the
creators impose a sense of nostalgia. This is done by making several references to the comic book the
green lantern. In addition to this they use the green lantern symbol in the end of the opening sequence.
Editing played a major role here. Without editing technology the green tint would not have been made.
Also the images of planets were products computer generated images. Finally both high and low angles
were used throughout. 

Title Research: Dr.No

The first opening sequence that I watched on watchthetitles.com was for Dr.No. As I watched the opening sequence I saw that there were 40 titles that popped up. In these titles they gave credit to the directors, actors and producers. The next thing I noticed where the pictures that went with the titles. At first it showed James Bond staring down the barrel of a gun then it started shown the titles with colored dots on a black background. This made up most of the opening sequence. As I saw these images I began to see what they meant. They were creating an action movie mood this was obvious from the opening scene where James Bond stared down the barrel of a gun. This use of dots on a black background creates a spy movie atmosphere as well.  The images that I saw clearly reinforce the genre of the movie. It does this by showing images that suggest there is danger and mystery. The music that plays in the background also proves this point. The opening sequence of the film breaks the common conventions of an action movie. They do this by showing images that aren't related to fighting for most of the opening sequence. This images are instead related to mystery which is good for a spy movie. The opening sequence uses different strategies to appeal to their target audience. These strategies include using images of fighting and music that creates a sense of mystery. In the opening sequence editing wasn't used that much. Instead they used transitions like making the slides move down or to the left and they use high and low camera angles. Overall the title sequence keeps the target audience interested in the movie. 

Title Research: The Changeling

1. There are 29 titles in the movie opening that all introduce the jobs and names of the people that worked on the movie. They also had the movie title appear in the beginning.
2. The main image is the main character. He is a man who I would think is in his 50s. We watch in the beginning that he is helping his family push a car down to a telephone booth where he calls someone to come help with their broken down car. Then we see him in walking down the street and coming out of work.
3. The beginning brings the connotation of family and happiness. He connects with his family through pushing the car and that adds a togetherness to the movie. Then when he witnesses his family die, we see him gloomy and depressed and his mood sets the tone for the rest of the opening.
4. Action movies usually introduce the characters in the beginning of the movie. Then we are given a glimpse into the story of the character and why he acts the way he does throughout the rest of the movie. Because he saw his family get hit by a truck and die in the beginning, he is gloomy and depressed in the rest of the movie.
5. Normal action movies introduce their characters differently. In normal action movies there an intense animated opening scene that gives the name and job of each person and then those titles don't show up on the actual footage so they wouldn't take up room. The characters in normal action movies are introduced afterwards. More recently movies have been showing the titles at the end of the movies instead of the beginning.
6. This is where I think this movie is very strong. The beginning sets a story that grasps your attention by setting a story that the audience wants to follow. They start the movie off with a traumatic event that will effect the main character for the rest of the film.
7. The main technology used were the editing and camera angles. We got constant switching between the truck and the man in the phone booth and the instigating car to increase the intensity of the moment and keep the audience interested. They used camera angles to show how fast the truck was going and how the accident actually happened. They used a eagle eye angle to show that the instigating car caused the truck to spin out and crash into the Family who was playing with snow. They used technology very well considering the year this film was made in.

Title Research: The Avengers

• For the opening scene they had lots of titles which not only presented the jobs that lead to the creation of the film, but also gave the credit to the people that occupied the job. For example, the gave the music composer and conductor, Joel Mcneely credit for the work he did for the movie in the opening scene. In total, the opening scene for Avengers had 29 titles which each either introduced the movie workers or the companies that took part in the production of the film. 
• One image that stands out the most is the clouds. They are in the opening sequence every five seconds, they are then shown less frequently towards the end. The image was replaced with the weather pattern of a hurricane and the text start fading in and out in a spinning fashion. They spin in and out of the scene while being overlayed over the images of either clouds or hurricane patterns.
• The connotations that these images carry is maybe the feeling of intensity or disaster. They are trying to point to the fact that in the movie is going to focus itself on a natural disaster or a hurricane to be more specific.
• The action genre usually includes some intense moments that could be from a common factor or something that one person struggles with. In this case it’s going to be one common factor that impacts multiple people at a time. The fact that the images of hurricanes and black and stormy clouds could signify that they are going to eventually lead to an intense and possibly dangerous situation for the main character. We are going to see how the character deals with this problem that is potentially life threatening and that is a normal convention in action movies.
• Normally in action openings you get hit with music that immediately begins with intensity to set the tone for the rest of the movie. Opening sequences also give you a glimpse into the characters that you are going to see in the movie; however, this movie doesn’t give any information about the characters and leaves you to wonder who it is that we could be following.  The music in this opening is also very mellow and not as intense as other action movies that I have seen. And the sounds of the ocean waves drowns out the actual music and doesn’t really fit the background.
• The movie uses a few strategies in this opening scene to grasp their audience in. They make it something relatable. By choosing hurricanes and natural disasters to almost represent their movie, they allow the audience to almost connect to the movie and be able to apply it to their everyday lives. They also don’t spoil what kind of character we are going to follow leaving the audience to imagine who it is that the movie could be about.
• They used editing very well in this opening scene. They did the overlay well and made sure that the text was always in-front of everything. Their color choice for the text was good, because otherwise it would blend in to the background and be illegible. The also used other technologies well, but the only thing I would complain about is the choice of transition. It looked choppy and personally wasn’t aesthetically pleasing.