Fonts

whenever you decided to create a tittle sequence you have to always think about the type of font in which you choose to use.

serif fonts-i.e times and courier
this font are genarally more traditional and often slighlty more formal than sans serif fonts.

sans serif fonts- i.e ariel and comic sans
these fonts are more informal and more morden and friendly.

Font Analysis
What does Palatino suggest when used in the promotion of pearl harbour?
i personally think that the capital letters,which are old fashioned echoes a telegram which makes it masculine and relates it to the war.the bold big capital letters stand tall and make the title look tall and lenghthy.the font is also patriachal in a way relates to war as it is a serious topic.

What does Franklin Gothic Heavy . Say about Rocky the title?
the title of rocky stands tall and bold there is nothing more to it and nothing less it is clear to see and easy to understand it is quick to recognise ( arial) . it is also very heavy and unintelligent and simply in your 'FACE'. finally it also has a big impact like punch and is very dominant . more masculine than feminine.

Example:Public Enemies
''micheal mann understands the power of a good title sequence and always commissions his own. for public enemies he wanted a font which evoked the depression era,so i got inspiration from publicity posters for roosevelts new deal intiative.it promoted economic relief after the 1929 wall street collapse. they are designed in a very constuctivist,soviet,communist style.my font is very solid,clearly masculine,immovable and it has some very specifically naive details,like the way the horizontal strokes are all slighlty too wide-we've have taken out the optical correction. if you look at the B' the holes in the middle are a little bit too small- they look like bullet holes-which is very apt''

This example will help my decision in being made for when it come to the size and colours and shape of our titles . so then we relate it to the point of out film as in the same way public enemies added small whole in there 'B' for bullets.

The Strcuture of Thriller Openings

A few films which have a narrative opening with the titles running through are
-Deja Vu
-The Shinning
A Example of A Discrete Titloe Sequence (Hard to Note It Being Done)
-Arlington Road
-Seven
Finally a Tittle on a plain background by the narrative opening
what lies beneath-rippling water the shrubb tree appears.

I will decide between the three and also with my group which tittle sequence will be best for our film or simply find a way of combinding them altogether.

Title Sequence for Dead Calm

In dead calm in gthe beginning the first thing on the screen was 'warner brothers presents'. I think that the purpose of this being at the begining is to show us who is the production people in control and the standard and quality of the film.
The information that was included in this title sequence was

• The name of the film 'Dead Calm' which was red and in a bold font which faded in and out.
• The actors-Sam Neil,Nicole Kidman,Billy Zane & Cast (Etc)
• Warner Brothers presents
• Production manager-Narelle Barsbey
• Costume Designer-Norma Mariceau
• Production Designer-Graham Grac Walker
• Director Of Photograhy-Dean Semier
• Editor-Richard Francis Bruce
• Orignal Music
• Screen Play
• Producers
• Director

Now I Will write the tittle timeline enter start and end times of the movie in order.

• start
• 0.07-Warner Bros pictures Presents( a time warner entertainm,ent company)
• 0.16-Kennedy Miller
• 0.22-The tittle of the film drifts in'Dead Calm'& Choir Voice
• 0.36-Sam Neil
• 0.41 - Nicole Kidman
• 0.48-Billy Zane
• 0.53-Casting-Liz Mullinar,Wally
• 0.59-Production Managee Narselle Barsbey
• 1.05-Costume Designer - Norma Marceiau
• 1.10-Production Designer-Graham Grace Walker
• 1.18-Director Of Photograghpy Dean Semier
• 1.21-Editor -Richard Francis Bruce
• end

The fact that i have noted the entrance and exit of the information for the credits from beginging to end of the title sequence . this will lead to me noteing and having a understanding of timing for the excit's and entrances lof my credits in my title scene.

finbally the structure of the film falls into three characters which are title ( which is plain background based) then follows into a narrative structure. finally i feel that the title sequence was in fact very emotive due to the fact it dragged on and created suspense as it had you hooked from the begining when the title emerged in and over laped each other. it makes you also become very comfortable as it is not tangable.

Technical Audit Of Bait Tutorial

in my media lesson we learnt how to use final cut pro.we learned how to use the razor blade tool which can cut out what ever part you need to during the short clips in order to put them together to make your short film.
we also dragged clips with double headed arrows to change the length of the clip,to your desired choice. we then marked in and out the veiwer points.
you press i for in where you decide to start your film from and o for out in which you choose to end it. you can drag clips on to the time line and order them in the order which you would like them in.
finally in order to layer a clip you can drag a clip on top of another one which will play both clips firstly the one on top and then the one underneath staright after.

Photo 'Words'Activity

(Disorder-Marilyn Odeh)

(Hanging Head-Leonora Shala)

(Calm-Japhet mesfin)

(Depression-Sylvda Shyllon)

(Confussion-Marilyn Odeh)

(Paranoia-Leonora Shala)

Analysing Thriller clips

in class we watched a series of thriller clips and analysed them . however the which i will be discussing it Arlington Road. i will be discussing and talking about the notes on the catergories which i made which are

• What happens in the clip
• Use of camera
• Sound score
• Mise en scene
• Editing
• Tittles etc

what happened in the clip?
the clip we basically showed us the introduction to arlington road and all they were ,were images which could be known as innocent but had a negative effect to them and also a florecent one. this took suck inncoent images such as fence's,animals-(dog) and also a young boy riding his bike and made it mysterious and gave it a negative vibe. in the opening of the film as we managed to see was a man drinking water however it looked as if he was infact in some kind of instituiton which may have seemed to be based on 'arlington road'? I guess. on his shirt was like dots of blood however you would only beable to notice these details if you pay close attention.his hair was really messy and lookvery greasy.
The use of camera movements in the opening scene contained alot of panning,and zooms in and out.there was especially a zoom in on the street name arlington road and also of a dog gnaring away at grass. a lot of fuzzing of the images was also seen. the images also slideded in and out and spinging around.lastly in the tittle scene there are blirs and flashes of images appearing and dissappear .
The sound score was more or less fuzzing and sounded like voices and as if people moaning.lastly repetative electronic sounds.
The mise en scene in the first openeing scene was images of fence's a young child riding a bike a dopg gnaring away at grass ,windmill's houses,the main lastly in the institution driking water in a white top then he bent his head and let the water run over his for head. there is also disorted layerd imagery .
finally the editing takes innocent images and gives them nagative vibes.they also added black and white effects/treated colours ,close ups and extreme close ups etc.
finally the font which is used in the scene is really bold and big which catches the eye of the audience suddenly.

Events diary blog on the news

The Nigerian Plane Bomb Suspect

I chose this story becuae, I think I am about to link it to a thriller film that also involves bombs. Like United 93.

Mr Abdulmutallab, on the left, was charged for nearly kiling 278 passengers and 11 crew members on the northwest airline, landing in Detroit in America. He was caught with explosives moulded to his body and sewn into his underpants.

To make this into a thriller film you could have, nail bitting music, to create suspense for the audience, to also keep the audience on their toes. It could also include, sound effects of the bomb ticking off, people screaming, or the actual bomb exploding. It could also include graphics, like blood running down someones face or blood splatting against the plane window.

I deliberately chose this article from the news because, if this was made into a film, there would be a lot of tension built, so then the audience will get engaged. Especially, when a bomb is involved, it is easy to compare with the 'BOMB' theory. This where the audience do not know what is going to happen next. False plateau's would be included, this is where the audience already has an idea of what is going to happen next, but the cast in the film do not have any idea.

Title sequence analysis on DEAD CALM

At the beginning of the movie, the production and distribution company is the WARNER ENTERTAINMENT. Which is a large company, for films. Dead calm has a plain title background, followed by the narrative opening. This is good because, the audience are able to get comfortable at the start, before the actual film begins.

In the title sequence it included :
The cast
The production manager
The movie title
Who it is presented by
The editor
The director of photography
The original music
The director
The screen play
The costume designer

Now i will put the title sequence included in the order they were shown :

• 3 secs - Warner Entertainment
• 17 secs - Kennedy Miller presents
• 22 secs - The movie title "DEAD CALM"
• 36 secs - Sam Neill
• 41 secs - Nicole Kidman
• 47 secs - Billy Zane
• 53 secs - Casting Liz Mullinar, Wally Nicita
• 1:00 min - Production manager - Narelle Barsby
• 1:05 - Costume designer - Norma Moriceau
• 1:11 - Production designer - Graham 'Grace' Walker
• 1:16 - Director of photography - Dean Semler A.C.S
• 1:22 - Editor - Richard Francis Bruce
• 1:28 - Original music - Graeme Revell
• 1:34 - Screen play - Terry Hayers
• 1:39 - Producers - Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller
• 1.47 - Director - Phillip Noyce

When the movie title "DEAD CALM" showed up on the title sequence, it was BIG in CAPITAL LETTERS and BOLD, which was in RED, and it stood out on the black background, so that it caught the eyes of the audience. I think the that the film makers where also giving the audience an indication of what the film is going to be about. The movie title was red, and this makes us think that there is going to be blood and death involved. However, the editor, costume designer, producers etc, are all in CAPITAL LETTERS which are BIG and BOLD. The colour of the writing is white, and the background is black, so the white writing is visible to see. The way the titles fade in and out make it mysterious

The sound effect during the title sequence, is 'airy', the suspence is dragged on. It gets the audience to keep watching, as it builds up tension, getting them to think what is going to happen next.

Analysis of ARLINGTON ROAD

What happens in the clip? - The clip is an introduction on Arlington Road. This is a discrete title sequence. The way this film is layered is different because, at times there was black and white distorted imagery, and it also has florecent imagery. The director has deliberetly taken images that are innocent, and have given them a negative vibe. For example, a baby, a boy riding a bike, a fence and a dog.

Use of camera - This clip had a lot of close ups. For example there was an close up of the dog bitting on its bone, and then the camera zoomed in more, so you had extreme close up. There was a wide shot of the houses, and then there was an extreme close up of the roof tops. There was also a close up of the street name "Arlington Road". I think that the director, deliberetly showed all of these images close up because, they might have something to do with the film later on, because the images had a mysterious look towards them. The camera work was very quick, this shows confusion in the film. When the actual film starts, there is a long shot of the man going up to the water fountain, and at the same time we see the emergency sign on the wall, this gives the audience an indication that he is in the hospital. Then, there is an extreme close up of the mans drinking the water. If you look closey, you will notice that he has dots of blood on his shirt. And his hair is messy, which shows that he has been up to something.

Sound - The sound, was a repetetive electronic, fuzzy sound. At 56 seconds, you heard voices moaning. It gets the audience engaged, because the music suited the camera work because, the sound is fast and repetetive and so is the camera work.

Mise en scene - In the opening of the clip, there are images of a neighbour hood. This gives the audience an idea, that the actual film is going to have something to do with that neighbour hood. After, there are images on a windmill, a dog bitting its bone on the grass, a boy riding his bike, and a baby. Towards the end when the actual film starts, there is a man drinking at water out if the water fountain. He is wearing a white shirts, stained with blood, with trousers and shoes.

Editing - There is a match cut of the baby behind the fence, then it cuts and goes to the dog, and then it goes back to the baby, showing us a close up its agression. When the actual film starts, there is a match cut of the man of the man walking to the water fountain, and then an extreme close up him actually drinking out of the water fountain.

Titles - The title font is white and bold on a black background, which gives it an effect to make it stand out. The titles are all in CAPITAL LETTERS, which catches the eyes of the audience. It is sans serif font, which is more informal and more modern.

Editing Skills Audit

In my lesson today, i was taught how to use final cut pro. I learnt how to :

1. Use the razor blade tool - If you did not want a part of a clip, you are able to delete it.

2. Drag clips with double headed arrow to change length.

3. Mark in and out points in the viewer window - You are able to select a part of the clip by pressing on the keyboard, i for in and o for out.

4. Drag clips onto the time line - You are allowed to drag the section that you have selected from the clip, onto the time line, and you are able to place any where on the time line.

5. Insert clips into a sequence - You are able to drag any clip along the time line, and also put it where ever you want it to be. For example, if two clips have a gap in between them, you can move or paste another clip between the two clips.

6. Layer clips - If you want to layer clip, you drag it on top on of another clip, so that when you play it, it will play the clip and the original one straight after it.

Editing Skills Audit

In the media lesson today, i learned how to use the Final Cut Pro. i learned how to do things like:

• How to use the razor blade tool which is where if you didn't want a specific part in your clip you can easily edit and delete that bit you didn't want.
• How to drag clips with double headed arrow to change length of the clip.
• How to mark in and out points in the viewer window. with thisyou can select a part of the clip by pressing i for in on the keyboard and o for out.
• How to layer the clips. to do this, you drag and place it on top on of another clip, so when it plays, it will play the clip and the original one straight after it.
• How to insert clips into a sequence. With this, you can drag any clip along the time line and place it anywhere. As an example, if two clips have space in between them, you can easily place another clip inbetween them by copy & pasting it right in the middle.
• How to drag clips onto the time line. By this you can drap your selected part from the clip onto the time line and place it wherever you want.

How Is Suspense Created In What Lies Beneath?

In my class we watched 'what lies beneath' . we was told to list 3 examples of what happens in the scene and what makes it suspenseful.

Example 1 : when the women claire picked up the phone to check if her husband had in fact called 911 it turns out that he had instead called 441 . she stands in front of the mirror to our surprise. he come up behind her with a cloth with some sort of chemical on it and suffocates her this leads to her body becoming weak as she tries to escape. we see her loose al sense of her legs and not move them as she looses control of her bodies muscles and movement.

Example 2: there was a random times flashes of the 'copses' through out the film how ever the one which i found most suspenseful was when claire went in to the bathroom and the water was running and all we could see was the tap running then she looks at the tub filled with water. we scream due to the fact we see a visual corpses of the dead student.

Example 3:she escapes from the house due to the fact her husband tried to kill her and them she gets in the wrong car. she swaps cars then and then begins to drive away then we see the her husband at the back of the car this scares us. as we realises him due to the fact he jumps up and shocks us as we are not expecting him.

How is suspense created in the film you watched in class?

My class watched the film "WHAT LIES BENEATH" which is a film full of suspenseful moments.
For example;

The part where Norman (the man in the film) appears at the back of the car that the woman (Clair) was driving when she was escaping from her house where Norman was lying dead on the floor, well she thought he was dead anyway but we as the audience, saw that he was still alive because he opened his eye as she ran out the door. This moment was suspenseful because we knew that he was alive but Clair didn't and we saw his shadow getting up off the floor as she drove off so it made us wonder wether he made it to the car or not because she drove of quite fast. Also, it was a suspenseful moment because as the camera was on her driving the car, we saw a shoe fall off so that made us as the audience wonder wether that was him or not. But as she stops the car to call police, he suddenly with shock appears behind her. This is called a false plateau.

Another example is;
The part where Clair is walking down the stairs backwards slowly, the music played made the scene suspenseful because it was the type of sound that gets you to feel that there is danger if she goes any further then she stepped on blood. The sound played when she stepped on blood was horrorfying because it made us think it was Norman's hand grabbing her or something but it was just blood. That was when she saw him lying dead on the floor.

How suspense is created in "WHAT LIES BENEATH"

In my class we watch the film 'WHAT LIES BENEATH'. This film had suspenseful moments. The slow, nail bitting music also builds up tension. This moment is suspenseful, as the audience are already terrified that something is going to happen.

Example 1 : When Claire runs out of the house tramatised, after seening her husband lying "dead" on hall way. The camera is on the floor, and there is a close up of his head, while Claire is runnig out towards the door. The kind of music that is played when she is running out is, fast orchestra music. This tells the audience that Claire is in a rush to get out of the house, and there is no time to waste. As she is driving along a dark abandoned road, she does not know that her husband in somewhere in the car. Claire, then stops the car to call the police, as she is dialling, her husband appears at the back of the car, wanting to murder her. This is called a false plateau.

Example 2 : When Claire is going downstairs backwards, looking terrified incase her husband appears to murder her. There is a close up on her feet as she walks down the stairs, she ends up stepping on blood. The organ music that is played is, hard, quick and jumpy. This tells the audience that she is scared and, it is giving us an indication that someone bad is going to happen. Like her husband grabbing her legs.

In "What lies beneath" suspense is created by the use of extreme close up shots , tense music and occasional silence.

How is suspense created in the film you watched in class?

In my class we watched 'what lies beneath' . we was told to list 3 examples of what happens in the scene and what makes it suspenseful.

Example 1 : when the women claire picked up the phone to check if her husband had in fact called 911 it turns out that he had instead called 441 . she stands in front of the mirror to our surprise. he come up behind her with a cloth with some sort of chemical on it and suffocates her this leads to her body becoming weak as she tries to escape. we see her loose al sense of her legs and not move them as she looses control of her bodies muscles and movement.

Example 2: there was a random times flashes of the 'copses' through out the film how ever the one which i found most suspenseful was when claire went in to the bathroom and the water was running and all we could see was the tap running then she looks at the tub filled with water. we scream due to the fact we see a visual corpses of the dead student.

Example 3:she escapes from the house due to the fact her husband tried to kill her and them she gets in the wrong car. she swaps cars then and then begins to drive away then we see the her husband at the back of the car this scares us.

Suspense

• Tension


• It keeps the audience on their toes - they don't have a clue about what happens next.


• It has the audience wondering what would possibly happen next.


• "Bomb" theory = Hitchcock

Definition of Suspense

Suspense creates tension, that keeps the audience on their toes, seeing as we do not know what is going to happen next. For example the 'Bomb' theory.

what is suspense?

suspense is when tension is built by the characters in the film in order to keep the audience's attention.It also manages to keep us on our toes due to the fact we do not seem to know what is going to take place next.This leads to us questioning a lot of things.

What is suspense?

• Tension
• Keeps us on our toes
• We don't know what will happen next
• Keeps us wondering what will happen next
• "Bomb" theory by the director Hitchcock when you give the audience a lot information that the characters do not no to make the scene more tense.