Typography

I have researched many different typography's and why they are important in media. Typography is the art and technique of printing. Showing the audience the type of genre the film is just from the font of the title. For example:

Orphan: Very child like writing, to show as if this scary child has wrote it. Reinforcing that this is a horror film as they use very different and unusual fonts.

P.S I love you: the colour red shows the audience that this film must have something to do with love. The fact that the title is handwritten shows that this film could possibly have something to do with Gerard Butler writing Hilary Swank love letters.

Scream: The bold and red colour's show the audience that there could be very crude and bold actions that happen throughout this movie, the red suggests blood so therefore there could be possible murders that involve blood and people dying.

Iron man: The fact that the title is gold and metallic/iron like shows the audience straight away the title is exactly like the iron man in the movie as he is made of iron and is of the colour gold.

Pulp Fiction: The fact that the colours are bold and yellow so that this film has a slight edge to it, the bold colours show that moves can be bold in this movie. Which they are as this movie is based on crime.

Possible ideas

 

Opening sequences (Crime fiction)

Analysing film genres and their conventions

Film genres and current opening ideas

Film genres and current opening ideas

Whilst doing research onto which genre I would like for my film opening I needed to look at all of them separately to decided which one I would feel most comfortable producing and filming.

The most common used ones are: 

Horror

Comedy

Action

Adventure

To begin with I wanted to go with horror as I thought it would be quick and easy to do so. But later on whilst trying to brainstorm ideas for it. I found that all of them were very predictable and quite boring. So I decided to look at the other possibilities, I thought that action and adventure would be a bit hard to try and do straight away as I would need many props to make it look good and I did not have access to these.

Comedy is often hard to establish as an opening sequence, it wouldn't make much sense and would be hard to come up for a story line to go with a comedy genre.

So, because I thought these four didn't fit what I wanted to pursue to do. I did further research and discovered crime fiction. I thought that this was interesting to do and would make my opening sequence stand out.

I looked at possible narratives such as basing it on things such as sex-prostitution, victims , etc. 

Drugs-the addiction, family, alcohol, legal issues, how far someone would go to make money.

I thought that this was quite interesting, I thought that basing it in a rough area with troubled children would be good to make it look as real as possible or base it on one person and showing the bad things he/she got into in his life all in the opening sequence.

I thought that the location was a vital part to crime fiction as it establishes a connection with the audience and is key to the narrative. 

My favourite film openings

My favourite film openings

Researching Genre

Genre & film- 

(Horror)

Scream 4

The main characters used in scream 4 are Sydney Presscott, Dewey and Jill. It is set in the town called Woodsboro Massacre in America where numerous murders are happening to the people who live in the town as soon as Sydney Presscott returns. The mood of this film is very frightening and scary as it is a horror and the film leaves you on the edge of your seat as to what will happening next, bringing the audience into the film. The narrative hook is that somebody who is dressed in this mask is trying to kill everybody and the three main characters are trying to work out who is doing this and why. The sound is very low threatening sounds, deep and unreassuring and as the killer is trying to attack the music gets faster and faster.  The title is used at the beginning only it is red, blood like the reinforce that someone is going to die and that it is infact a horror movie. 

Genre & film-

(Romcom)

Pretty Woman

The main characters used in Pretty women are Vivian (Julia Roberts) and Edward (Richard Gere). It is in Los Angeles where Edward is on a business trip and falls in love with prostitute Vivian. The mood of this film is very happy, emotional and content, it is such an enjoyable film to watch. The narrative hook that Edward is trying to show Vivian how good life can be without having to sell herself to strangers and they slowly fall in love and realize how perfect they are for one another even though there life's are so different. The sound is very romantic, a lot of piano is played to show the audience the love and passion for one another. Also very happy and upbeat music is also used throughout. The title is pink, to show to the audience once again that this is infact a very girly, romcom mostly targeted at women.

Genre & film-

(Comedy)

The hangover

The main characters used in The Hangover are Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug. It is based in Las Vegas where the four best friends are there to celebrate Doug's bachelor party where infact it turns out to be the biggest nightmare of their life. The mood of this film is extremely funny, it will have you laughing throughout because of the adventures and problems they get themselves into. It is a very happy and filled with moments as softhearted as they are crude. The narrative hook is that they are in Las Vegas for Doug's bachelor party, but because Alan drugged them the night before they went out they cannot remember a thing and they have lost Doug the day before his wedding. As they search for him they find out all types of mischief and trouble they actually got into. The sound throughout is very funny music, to reinforce that this is infact a comedy and we are suppose to find it funny what is happening to them. The title in red and gold flashing, just like the lights in Las Vegas.

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