Title Research

Title Research

I'll be looking at font styles and textual movement for our genre. 

This text is simple and bold which links to the title of the film being attack the block. The font is made to look bigger similar to a tower block.

This is very fantasy like because of the colours used and the style of the writing , this text it slightly serif because at the end of the characters it has little points.

Logo - Phoenix Productions

This is the logo we designed whilst working in the previous group. This week whilst working after school I plan to create a new logo that fits the theme of the new production company. 

Final Design Idea Logo

How is genre conveyed through the technical features in your film opening?

The film that I watched was called ‘Beastly’ and from the opening sequence the conventions of the film tell me that it’s based around an iconic character and is very rich and holds a high status in the film; not only does the opening sequence tell us this by the fact he’s working out but also other things such as body language, the camera shots and the editing. The film is a hybrid of romance, drama and fantasy although from the opening sequence it is made very clear that the film is a romance and may contain some drama from the establishing shots during the opening sequence, this part of the film is edited at a fast pace with loads of shots of the city and the lifestyle. 

At the beginning of the opening sequence it contains shots of the city life and how everything moves at a very fast pace, from this we can already see that the film is based around the lifestyle that is slightly hectic and fast. The film then goes on the show the main character working out in a hotel like room, this could either be a penthouse suit or his home telling us the character is wealthy or his family is. The connotations of a wealthy young adult living in a big city are that he may be slightly stuck up and consider himself to be better than other people his age. Also that his lifestyle is something that certain people cannot live and he sees himself as the person with the highest status which we see when the shot of himself with his t-shirt off and a shot reverse shot of the highest point in the city with just above it. This connotes that he considers himself a very important and powerful figure and as the film progresses we’ll learn more about his lifestyle. Another convention of a romance film shown in ‘Beastly’ is the fact there are loads of shots showing his body, the film has a mid-shot of him working out in his room, this tells the audience that he takes pride in his appearance and feels it’s important to take care of his body. This is also made more significant because the final shot of the main character is a close up of his body and then his face, this denotes very clearly that he keeps fit and maintains a healthy body; in addition this also shows a hint of vanity from the character as if he knows that he’s attractive. The film then shows an establishing shot of his college which is also an academy, already from the fact his school is an academy it tells the audience that he specializes in something and believes enough in it to study it at an academy, furthermore these adds to the fact we know he’s rich. The scene then goes to a shot of the main character standing in front of a large group of people, from a low angle shot it connotes that he has some type of power or status over the crowd of people watching him; this part of the opening sequence tells the audience that the film may contain some type of drama in school. Whilst he’s speaking the camera cuts from himself to the audience and there is a clear difference in facial expressions as he seems very calm, relaxed and slightly happy and some of the audience are the opposite as if he’s mocking them.

The sound in the opening sequence is another convention that shows the film is mainly drama and romance, whilst the film is showing shots of the city the lyrics to the song played are, ‘..Look at me now..’ this is also played whilst the shots of the main character working out is being showed. Having both these combinations show this could be a representation of his personality because we already understand that the character has an aspect of vanity inside of him by the fact he his looking at himself in the mirror as if he’s admiring his body. These also tells the audience that during the film the characters body is very significant in some way, although we don’t understand much about the character due to the fact this is when we are first introduced to him and don’t know much details about him.

During the opening sequence the editing is cut quickly and we only get to see quick shots of the main character working out in his room, from this we try to learn as much about the character as possible. The camera also cuts from the fast pace city life back to his room and from this we interpret the character lives a very fast lifestyle that’s lavish and extravagant.  The opening sequence gives the audience a big chance to clearly see where the film is based and the type of people that are going to be in the film, when the camera cuts into the school we understand the film is somehow linked to an academy where young adults go. Form this we can already get an idea of the type of romance that the film may involved which could range from teen love, to a love affair between staff as we don’t yet know what role he plays. All these came from the establishing shot of the school showing the audience where the film was based.

Other details that we learn about the film and the generic conventions are that the main character maintains a fit and healthy body showing the audience he’s somebody who cares about their appearance and maybe what people think. This also indicates he may have a small aspect of vanity in his personality which is an attribute that is linked to other negative things. Although the first few frames show him working out it is not yet clear what genre the film could be as it could be range of different things. Towards the end of the scene where the main character is working out there is a shot reverse shot which shows the main character looking out the window onto a very tall building which connotes he considers himself a very powerful and tall figure in society; this almost means he sees himself as the above everyone else in the city which also justifies the idea of him being vain. The next scene goes his academy which has certain connotations of class difference are generally means his family has money and a wealthy background, this would link to the fact in the first scene he was working out in a nice apartment building in the city. The scene then continues into the main character at an election at his academy, this also connotes that he may also have a very high status at his school and people look up to him for some reason. This scene then develops and we learn although he’s an iconic figure at his school he may have some controversy as he insults one of the students and makes a minority of the audience quiet and the other part laugh. From this we could interpret that he may have a love affair with someone that maybe he first thought he wouldn’t like or didn’t like him. From the fact he’s an iconic figure we can guess that the film is going to have some sort of love problem involving a contrast in characters and statuses although we don’t fully know yet.

Altogether the generic conventions in the opening sequence suggest the film could have certain romantic aspects although doesn’t clearly state how much or what else the film is going to include. From the title ‘Beastly’ we can interpret that something not liked by the public or not eye friendly is going to have a significant impact of the film. 

Meeting - Logo Designs

During the early stages of our production company we sat together to discuss and design different ideas we had for the logo.

This required research on the internet as we looked at other production companies logos and analysed how they incorporated their logo and their identity.










Rather than having all the members of company work on one task we decided to split up the tasks in order to make the most time that we had together during the meeting.

Brainstorm of genres:

Brainstorm of genres:

Generic Conventions Of Romance

Generic Conventions of Romance

In most romance films there is generally a couple that are in love to begin with, then there's an issue that separates them for each other or makes it difficult for them to see each other. Some films may start with two couple not knowing each other or have totally different personalities and backgrounds but something then links them together.

Out of the characters one of them in generally higher in terms of status and therefore wouldn't consider the other, this is what makes the storyline seem less likely and put the odds against the two getting together.

Some examples of films are; Love and Basketball, Titanic or Sex and the city.

Pitch

Media Targets

Planning Targets

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->To develop my planning skills I’m going to create some storyboards with a variety of different scenes although base them mainly on the genres; action, drama and romance because these are the genres we plan to do for our coursework.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->Focus on making my storyboards more clear in terms of camera shots etc. also to enable my storyboards to be more clear I’m going to annotate each one to allow everybody to able to see what I’m trying to convey.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->I’m to try and create different type of storyboards for example; a storyboard just for the opening sequence to allow me titles skills to develop and get more familiar with using Final Cut Pro and what editing tools it has.

Editing Targets

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->In order to develop my editing skills I’m going to learn more tools on Final Cut Pro and practice the techniques them after school allowing me to know how to do a wider range of things, so when it comes to my coursework I can use these.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->Using the internet and other secondary methods I’m going to research different editing techniques that professional editors use on Final Cut Pro and learn how to incorporate them in my work so I can use them for my coursework.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->I’m going to try and learn how to use more media techniques that make the film sequence more clear what genre it is, specifically by editing the scenes. To do this I’m going to research other films, observe their editing techniques and learn how I can incorporate them into my own film sequence.

Filming Targets

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->I’m going to practice how to fully control the camera whilst zooming in and out during recording as in previous tasks I’ve find it difficult to control.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->To increase my use of camera angles I’m going to practice different angles and learn how to still keep the camera steady whilst recording practice shots.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->-       <!--[endif]-->Become more familiar with the tripod and learn how to use it all levels to make filming more easy.

Michael Adeboye

About Me

During my time studying Media I started working with a group of three which was reduced to only two members after a month.
Towards the end the group was then reduced to myself due to the fact there were problems in the group.

This means that during the final weeks of my deadline, I'll be finishing my opening sequence alone.

Michael


Yoo..
I'm Michael and I've been studying Media for a year.. so far, I enjoy it especially the editing part and I hope that would be my role in this media group. I particularly like movies that make you think and play around with your mind. such as 'Shutter Island' and 'Inception'.