Choice of fonts

Choices Of Fonts

As a group we were asked to each pick two fonts, which we think would look good enough to be our main title for our title sequence. Once we all choose two fonts our group will come to a main decision and pick the font, which we think is going to look the best for us and also more appealing to the audience.

The website I have used to find these fonts are:

 http://www.dafont.com/

 

This is one of the fonts that I have considered for our group to use as our main titles. It is called ‘LondonTwo’. I like this font because it is bold and stands out. It also fits our genre very well because all gangster/crime films use these fonts they also include capital letters.

Here is the title for the movie ‘pulp fiction’ it is a similar genre to our movie and the fonts used for this are similar as they are also bold and stand out to the audience.

This is another font that I have chosen to be our main title for the title sequence. I like this font because it is bold and stands out. This font is also very straight and isn’t rounded which is what we want for our title sequence.

 

The font that I have chosen is similar to the fonts used in ‘Boardwalk Empire’ as they are bold and simple but look effective for Crime/Gangster related movies.

Preparing Props

Preparing Props

Props

Harry and Charlie went back to his house to start making the props we need in our title sequence. I couldnt attend this as I was revising elsewhere.   They cut pieces of paper to the exact size of a £50 notes and dipped it in tea for three seconds and left it to drip dry. When dry the paper will be more crisp and look like real money. They made one stack and need to do 11 more stacks we are hoping to get most of that done tomorrow on Tuesday 18th December. In the title sequence we are planning to burn the 12 stacks of money in a briefcase. firstly, we need to buy a briefcase to use and i am hoping to get this filmed soon.

Order Of Titles

Order Of Titles

The order of the titles is very important in a title sequence because it is essential that the main actor’s names are included before any off scene cast in the title sequence because it is the actors that will help sell the movie. It is also to key to include the film title because the audience will need to know the name of the movie for the title sequence they are watching.



Here is a good list which we will be following when creating our title sequence:

·        Studio Logos

·        Production Company presents

·        Film Title

·        Actors Names

·        Any of the following, Casting, Production designer, Costume, Make-up, Special effects, Music and Sound editor.

·        Line Producer

·        Exec Producer

·        Producer

·        Editor

·        Director of Photography

·        Writer(s)

·        Director

Filming Of Title Sequence

Photos from filming

Here are some photographs what we took on our first shoot at Harry’s house. The photos show how we set the table up to look like it was a casino. The photos also show how group members are participating and getting involved with fixing the camera to the tri-pod and also writing on the playing cards which was our first idea. The photos show some of the props that our group made ourselves for example the money.

Storyboards

Storyboards

Before we start shooting our title sequence it is important to plan so that we have a clear and visual structure to follow. Our group all designed the story boards and we all contributed with valuable ideas that we felt would fit into out title sequence. The storyboards will consist of pictures that will represent what we will film , timings of each shot specifically and also the name of each shot. The storyboards are what we are going to follow when filming but if any necessary changes need to made during the shoot we will then apply them.

Journal Post

Journal Post 14.12.12

Today we went to Harry’s house to get some filming done which will feature in our title sequence. The filming that we did was the playing cards which featured the actor’s name written on them. When we arrived we had to set up the camera correctly on the tripod and also adjust the lighting so that it looked perfect.  We used a pool table but unfortunately it was blue therefore we used a green poker mat to lay over the top of it to give the casino style look. We also used poker chips and money that we had created to also make it look more like a casino. Our first idea was to write the actors names on the playing cards using a pen and as they were dealt the actors name would appear vertically and horizontally on the card. As a group we come to the decision that this idea looked quite unprofessional and scruffy and decided that with a little more effort we could adapt this idea to create playing cards on the Macs using Photoshop.

Film Studios

Film Studios

Aims

To be able to indicate how films are produced.

List of famous Studios:

As a class we was asked to try and name as many film studios as we could:

Universal

Warner Bros

Dreamworks

Fox

Pixar

Disney

Paramount

Lionsgate

MGM

Orion

Marvel

DC

Pathe

A film studio is a company that produces and/or distributes motion pictures.

The main six studios:

Walt Disney

Paramount

Universal

Warner Bros

Sony/Columbia

Fox

Each Studio will own sub divisions which specialize in niche films. This is normally based on genre and budget.

Synergies

 Via Com own Paramount and all of these different companies:

Paramount Digital Entertainment

Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Pictures International

Worldwide Television Distribution

Paramount Famous Productions, direct-to-video

Paramount Films Group

MTV Films

Nickelodeon Movies

Insurge Pictures, micro-budget film distribution (March 2010 – present)

Paramount Animation (2011–present)

Paramount Vantage

Republic Pictures

This shows how the Producer, distributor and theater earn money. It also shows how the audience earn no money but are paying the money and the distributor earns the most.      

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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The distribution company is in charge of getting the film out to audiences, this involves organizing for the film to receive an age certificate by regulation bodies, such as the BBFC and MPAA; arranging exhibition outlets globally and DVD/Television rights; arranging for prints of the film; and marketing, publicity and promotion of the film.