Title Sequences

Title Sequences

A title sequence is a method by which films and or television programs present their title, key production and cast members, using visual and sound.  A title sequence also must contain an ident. An ident is designed to identify a particular studio. It is very similar to their logo. It needs to be memorable and easy for the audience to recognise. Film and televison studios often having moving idents. An example can be 20th Century Fox with their moving ident. An ident always appear at the start of a film, before the opening film. 

The most famous moving idents are from the six major companies. The are named as the"big six". They command approximately 90% of the box office takings.
These are: 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros and Walt Disney.

Indies

The indies is the studios that work outside the major studio systems are known as "independents" or "indies". Examples include: Film4 Productions and BBC and Warp.  

The history of the BBC's ident and how it has evolved over time. This is a great example of how a studio will change it's ident in order to accommodate it's audience and improve upon previous ones to make them more appropriate as times progress. The BBC was founded in 1922 with the intention of informing, educating and entertaining viewers and still does so today. 

Location Visit

Location Visit Sheet Programme Title: A Bullet for the Preacher Writer: Patrick Producer:  Dennis Director: Stefan, Damola Date: 9/1/17

St. Mary's Parish Church for the establishing shot Inside Robert Clack Hall for Church scene In Robert Clack's Park for chase scene Rough Sketch/Explanation of location and key points to note Access to location via: Name and number of location contact: St. Mary’s Parish Church - Phone: 020 8592 2822 - Address: 191 Valence Wood Rd, Dagenham RM8 3AH Robert Clack Lower School - Address: Green Ln, Dagenham RM8 1AL - Phone: 020 8270 4222

Health and Safety Issues to note:

Potential Filming Problems : Weather (rain, wind) ●      Lighting ●      Pedestrians and animals ●      Students ●      Disruptive sounds

Additional Notes:  (map of area/weather forecast etc)

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Group Members: Location: Robert Clack School

Hazard	Person(s) at Risk	Likelihood of Hazard 1 – Extremely Unlikely 5 – Extremely Likely	Severity of Hazard Outcomes 1 – Very Low Risk 5 – Very High Risk	Risk Level (Likelihood + Severity) 2	Measures to Take to Manage Risk	Risk Managed? Y/N
Falling Over during the running scene	Patrick	2	1	1.5	Clear the running path	Yes
Knocking over someone during running	Others	2	2	2	Filming the scene when there is no one around.	Yes

Contacts

Emergency Service: 999 and 111

Robert Clack School: 020 8270 4222

Treatment

Treatment

Group Roles Cinematography: Stefan Mise-en-scene: Patrick Dennis Sound: Damola Editing: All of us

Title:   A Bullet for The Preacher Tag Line:

Synopsis: At the start, a church is shown. It then switches to inside the church, using the camera technique; graphic match. The priest is preaching to the audience about his prophets. Another graphic match happens and he is running a from the FBI agent. The priest finds himself in a corner and commits suicide by shooting himself in the head. This leaves the audience in shock as they are unsure why he is running from the FBI and getting shot in the head. This will leave a positive effect on the short film. We will use different types of camera shots such as long shot, medium shot and a close up, even a pov for the priest so we can see the audience.

Key Genre Conventions: Chase scene Shows end at beginning Guns Death Unanswered questions Someone facing an equilbrium

Costume and Props

Costumes and Props

Character Name: Dominic Banks (Patrick Healey)
Costume: At beginning: Black shirt/ black trousers White collar would just be paper In Flashforward: White T- Shirt covered in fake blood Jeans	Props: At Beginning: Bible In Flashforward: Prop gun King of Diamonds card with the words "Proverbs 16:12" written on it Backpack or any other bag Fake blood
Character Name: FBI Agent
Costume: Suit with preferably a black tie but tie can be any colour. Suit Trousers I.D. Card Badge (not needed but can be used)	Props: Prop gun

Colour and Lighting

Colour and Lighting

The first use of colour was seen in films such as Voyage a Travers L'Impossible in 1904. This was produced by a pioneer called George. They hand-printed each frame, so they are all still images. 

The next development was the introduction of two-stripcolor using only green and red, such as the film, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, 1933. After that, the introduced the first full three strip Technicolor. This was introduced by  Becky Sharp in 1935. From 1930's to the 1940's, colour represented fantasy and spectacle, while black and white represented reality. For example the film Wizard of OZ showed colour as a fantasy in the film. Colour also has a Denotation and Connotation. Denotation is the literal description of an idea, concept or object. Connotation is what we associated with a particular idea, concept or object. For example the denotation of the colour red would be an red coloured item, while the connotation of the colour red could be: Enemy, danger, death, love, anger and hot.

Lighting

Films use this to exaggerate or maybe give an illusions during the films. There are many different types of lighting. Firstly, the key light is the brightest and most influential. Secondly, the back light helps counteract the effect
, the filler light helps soften the harsh shadows that the use of key and backlights create. Furthermore, the under lighting is when the main source of lighting comes from below the subject. Additionally the top lighting is when the main source of the lighting comes from above, highlighting the features. This i used to create a glamorous look. Also high key lighting and low key lighting. Low key lighting is created by using only the key and the back lights. This will produce a sharp contrast of light and dark areas of the screen to be very deep. However in high key lighting more filler lights are used , which makes the lighting more realistic.

The standard lighting set-up looks like this:

Key Light: The brightest and most influential light. 

Example:

Back Light: Helps counteract the effect of the key light or creates an outline or silhouette. 

Example:

Filler Light: Helps to soften the harsh shadows the harsh that the use of key and back lights create. Example: 

Preliminary Task

The story we were trying to deliver was that Ricky (Damola) was expecting cocaine from Gustavo (Patrick). Unfortunately, Gustavo did not have the cocaine, therefore, he was forced to leave, in the lead of his bodyguard (Stefan).

We used many different techniques such as: Eye line Match: We used this at the start of our short film. When there was a shot of Gustavo knocked on the door, there was another shot of me and Ricky looking towards the door. This creates more realism into our film as the audience knows what we are looking at.

Match-on-action: We used this after our Eye line Match. This is when we see a character start an action in one shot then continue it into the next shot. This is shown when Gustavo is entering the classroom by opening the door slightly from outside the classroom, then it quickly changes to another scene when Patrick is opening the door fully from the inside.

Shot/Reverse Shot: This is when the shot changes every time an action or speech occurs. This technique is very useful in conversations and arguments. We used this technique in a conversation between Gustavo and Ricky about the cocaine and the shot changes every time Gustavo or Ricky talks.

 Sound Bridge: During my editing, I decided to use a sound bridge. This is when sound carries on from on scent to another.This was shown in my background music as it played throughout the short film.

180 degree rule: This is a basic guideline rule that states that the two characters in the same scene should always have the same left and right relationship to each other. We followed this guideline rule as during the conversation between Ricky and Gustavo, they both had the same right and left relationship.

Shifty

Shifty is a British film that was made in 2008 under the Microwave Scheme that was funded by the UK Film Council(since replaced by the BFI).The aim of the scheme was to provide young London  film makers with a platform to make a small independent film. However they had certain rules in order to make this film. Firstly, the had a budget of less than £100,000. Shifty was the second Microwave film to be released. Shifty opened in 51 small independent cinemas such as Curzon chain and on its opening weekend took £61,000. The final box takings were £143 ,000. Most of the film's came from DVD and television sales.




Shifty was distributed by Metronome. £50,000 was spent on making celluloid prints of the film, administration and advertising. They wanted to attract two types of audience. The first audience was a middle class audience that regularly sees small independent films at independent cinemas. In addition to that, they to attract a new, younger urban audience. Also, Shifty was very smart when it came to advertising. They ran adverts on pirate radio stations and used fly posters and gave out business cards which depicted Shifty as a drug dealer and directed the recipient to a website. There was also a music video on YouTube.

Shifty is a thriller that builds up slowly. There are three parts to the story, Firstly, Chris, a young man in his twenties decided to return home and visit a best friend, he has not seen for years. This causes an enigma to be set up. We the quickly learn that Shifty becomes a drug dealer. As he competes during the film, it gives us a realistic picture about urban life. The second part of the story shows that Trevor is concerned who is a drug addict and is desperate for drugs. The audience becomes more intrigued about his problem. Finally, the last part is when Shifty is placed in danger by Glen who lies and claims Shifty is changing his supplier. Shifty fears for his safety and the film builds towards a climax of tension.Overall, I enjoyed this thriller because it was based on our lives which made it exciting. This film was very effective as it had a build up of tension at the end when we didn't know how Shifty was going to get out of his situation, which for me was the best part. I would recommend this film to anyone that enjoys thrillers and is in thiller teenage age and understands our society.