This is the opening scene of falling down , dirty harry and bored to death , taken from art of the title .com , i decided to look further in to opening titles after getting a little stuck for ideas.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
MORE opening scenes
This is the opening scene of falling down , dirty harry and bored to death , taken from art of the title .com , i decided to look further in to opening titles after getting a little stuck for ideas.
key roles in film ( production )
THE RULES
.director
.producer
.writer
.editor
.cinematographer
.sound recording
EQUIPMENT
.is the camera charged?
.do you have the charging cable?
.do you have the SD cards / tape ?
.to film with ?
.is the tripod working?
PROPS/COSTUMES/MAKE UP
.who is responsible for props ?
DIRECTOR
.storyboard / shot list
.directs actors
.ensures you get what you planned
PRODUCING
.overseas whole production
.ensures project is delived on time
.schedules and plans the shoot and post production
.director
.producer
.writer
.editor
.cinematographer
.sound recording
EQUIPMENT
.is the camera charged?
.do you have the charging cable?
.do you have the SD cards / tape ?
.to film with ?
.is the tripod working?
PROPS/COSTUMES/MAKE UP
.who is responsible for props ?
DIRECTOR
.storyboard / shot list
.directs actors
.ensures you get what you planned
PRODUCING
.overseas whole production
.ensures project is delived on time
.schedules and plans the shoot and post production
The 3 stages of media production (film)
The 3 stages of media production (film)
1.develoment and research ( end of this stage script ready to go )
2. pre - production - preparing for production
. storyboard / shot list
. locations ( finding )
. casting
. scheduling (1) - location list
- props list
- costumes
- equipment
- actors / extras
- make - up
- sound effects
. budgeting
. testing camera and sound
. sounds
3. production filming
4. post production ( editing picture and sound )
5. distribution and exhibition
1.develoment and research ( end of this stage script ready to go )
2. pre - production - preparing for production
. storyboard / shot list
. locations ( finding )
. casting
. scheduling (1) - location list
- props list
- costumes
- equipment
- actors / extras
- make - up
- sound effects
. budgeting
. testing camera and sound
. sounds
3. production filming
4. post production ( editing picture and sound )
5. distribution and exhibition
Friday, 20 November 2009
Since thinking about my two min opening scene i have decided not to go with doing a war drama like saving private ryan , i came to this conclusion and it would be extremely time consuming and hard to film with no real props . so i have since decided to do a chase opening titles like that in lock stock , this is NOT a car chase scene but a seen where we see people on foot getting chased i researched a few ideas this is one that i rather like :
Train Spotting - Chase scene
i am also looking at trainspotting , i like the idea of the opening scene in this movie with the voice over. From the voice over we meet the main characters and we learn about them . the shots that are used are also original , the first scene we see is of two men running down a high street , with lost of goods falling out of there jackets whilst getting chased by the police , i would like to use this idea in my opening scene.
Another example i like is that of :
lock stock - chase scene (Double-Click to enlarge)
As you can see from these screen shots it is a very fast passed chase scene with the police , which i am going to attempt to recreate .
Train Spotting - Chase scene
i am also looking at trainspotting , i like the idea of the opening scene in this movie with the voice over. From the voice over we meet the main characters and we learn about them . the shots that are used are also original , the first scene we see is of two men running down a high street , with lost of goods falling out of there jackets whilst getting chased by the police , i would like to use this idea in my opening scene.
Another example i like is that of :
lock stock - chase scene (Double-Click to enlarge)
As you can see from these screen shots it is a very fast passed chase scene with the police , which i am going to attempt to recreate .
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Dude Wheres My Car ?(Double-click to enlarge)
Camera Shots From Movies
1. This is a master shot : this allows us to see most of the characters in the movie at one scene
2. This is a medium shot : this allows us to see a bit of the setting and more of the facial expressions and body language of the actor .
3. Establishing shot : this gives us an ideo of the setting , for example in this movie ( dude wheres my car ? )
4. This is a two shot : this gives us an ideo of the actors in the seen and makes us focus on them .
Camera Shots From Movies
1. This is a master shot : this allows us to see most of the characters in the movie at one scene
2. This is a medium shot : this allows us to see a bit of the setting and more of the facial expressions and body language of the actor .
3. Establishing shot : this gives us an ideo of the setting , for example in this movie ( dude wheres my car ? )
4. This is a two shot : this gives us an ideo of the actors in the seen and makes us focus on them .
DOUBLE - CLICK TO ENLARGE
Camera shots of movies :
Spider Man
1. Establishing shot : this allows us to see the setting of the movie , for example in this movie spiderman , we see that the movie is set in new york city as we can see the empire state building .
2. Two shot : this allows us to see the important people in the shot and focus entirly on these two ..
3. Close up shot : this allows us to see ( in this movie the hand of spider man ) , it isnt extreme close up so we cant see the extreme detail but we can see enough , extreme close ups allow you to see in great detail .
4. medium shot : this shot allows us to see a bit of the body but more of the face and setting .
Another one of the movies that inspired me in the genre that i am focusing on is Bravo two zero. This was made in 1999 one year after saving private ryan. This just like saving private ryan i a very graphic movie , which includes gory scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FegiWkooAvQ&feature=related
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120617/
I have decided that for my opening titles, I am going to create a title in the action/drama/war genre. The best example for this is the film 'Saving Private Ryan'.
This is the imdb link so you can see specific details of the film.
This is the youtube video for the opening titles, showing the music and other techniques used to fit in with the film.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68t6PhbYiSo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120815/
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Mr Bean - The Holiday (Double-Click to Enlarge)
I really like the opening of this movie especially the titles , as you can see from my screen shots the opening is very simple , its just " london , june" however from that point on you will see i tried to capture what the titles did as Mr beans mini arrived . the mini actually pushes the titels from left to write which i throught was a great feature , if you look in screen shots 5,6,7,8 you will see this technique very clearly.
I really like the opening of this movie especially the titles , as you can see from my screen shots the opening is very simple , its just " london , june" however from that point on you will see i tried to capture what the titles did as Mr beans mini arrived . the mini actually pushes the titels from left to write which i throught was a great feature , if you look in screen shots 5,6,7,8 you will see this technique very clearly.
Lock Stock Screen shot.
As you can see , these are 10 screen shots of the opening scene of Guy Richies film , Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels . from these opening titles you can tell that the film is a fast , thrilling movie. the opening title are unconventional in the sense that instead of text moving over a screen , each title is cut and has its own scene as the screen shots show us . the font used is a typewriter font , this gives us the impression that the following film may have some crime or violence involed as we see this font used in army films setting a scene i.e " 0800 hours " and so on .....
My 2 min beginning of a film - coursework
i have many rough ideas for my cousework but at this stage nothing is set in stone. i was think off doing either and chase scene like the beginning of lock stock or horror scene in the woods much like the village . if i where to do a chase scene it would have many slow motion cuts , fast passed music and many pan and track shots. again on the topic of a chase scene i would most proberbly have an scene like in snatch , where each character is paused on and a title with there name comes on the the screen.
my rough ideas for a horror opening scene would be , shot in woods it would be dark but the overcasted and maybe raining , i would like to also do a steady cam type of scene like in goodfellas.
i have many rough ideas for my cousework but at this stage nothing is set in stone. i was think off doing either and chase scene like the beginning of lock stock or horror scene in the woods much like the village . if i where to do a chase scene it would have many slow motion cuts , fast passed music and many pan and track shots. again on the topic of a chase scene i would most proberbly have an scene like in snatch , where each character is paused on and a title with there name comes on the the screen.
my rough ideas for a horror opening scene would be , shot in woods it would be dark but the overcasted and maybe raining , i would like to also do a steady cam type of scene like in goodfellas.
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