Production Roles

Aaron Moore DIRECTOR/Props and Costume | Create infographics

Script Writing

In this lesson, I have learnt about the basics of screen writing for example learning about the layout, how to present the action , character headings, dialogue. We looked at examples such as Les Miserable film and this helped us guide us to create out own. We created our script based on the novel Home Sweet Home written by Colin Smithson.

This is very useful to me as when I am creating my script for my own script for my opening tittle sequence I will know how to present and lay out my script and know the format of writing my script.

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Institution

VLOG of what institution I want to distribute my film

Genre Coventions

25 Word Pitch

Pablo,Ex-Cop, on a manhunt due to the obsession of a closed kidnapping case of his family. Bringing kidnapper to justice by any means necessary.

Initial idea on opening title sequence

Soundscape

Soundscape is the ambient sound in the room. Sound can be diegetic or non-diegetic. It can be a wild track (ambient background noise), dialogue, voice-over, a song, a score (which is composed specifically composed for the film) and a mixture.

Sound and Silence can be used most effectively to draw in an audience. Visuals without sound can lack input or very dramatic depending on the correct use.

Sound is not always recorded. Like when in most films, they use sound which is dubbed or added later by 'Foley artists'.  



Blade
For example, in the movie Blade by listening to the sound you can identify that the film is serious. Furthermore we hear very energetic and kinetic music which you usually associate with dancing and raving. In addition, at one point in the sequence, you can hear a heart monitor connotes to the us the audience that there is death involved in this film. And we just identify this through the sound.  

Directors Commentary

My Directors Commentary was on Money Talks, a film starring Chris Tucker. 

This is my Director commentary in text form just in case you didn't understand parts f what I was saying 

First of all we start off with a soulful love song being played over the institution. This could instantly connote that the film could be soul and love. Then there is another sound of which sounds like someone is singing to the song which we heard initially while the song is still running. This then bridges to the actual opening title sequence. This is known as a sound bridge.

As we enter the actual opening title sequence, the sound of someone singing increases as we are presented with how is singing. This shows to the audience that this is diegetic. However, it is not clear that the song is either diegetic or non-diegetic. The fact that the person singing the song and repeating the words (who we assume is the main character) is singing it in nearly a way which many will find comedic which connotes that the film might comedy film.

We also can hear diegetic sound of movement and tapping which connotes that the character singing is dancing which is he is.

In the middle of hearing the singing of the character, you hear an inappropriate word mentioned. This connotes what sort of target audience the film is aimed at being 15 and over due to the inappropriate language.

Then after you can hear the sound of cars driving which connotes that cars are involved while you can still hear the sound of singing from the character and the song playing over still.

After there is a segment of dialogue which sounds between characters. Then after this dialogue the audience will hear the same sounds, being the sound of cars driving and song over the top. However the character is not singing anymore.

Now you can hear it in podcast form: 

Titles analysis

In Spring breakers the text connotes and represents what sort of genre film it is and what of characters are like in the film. The sparks at the letters symbolizes nightlife, fireworks and sparks. This is similar to the fire at the end of some of the letters. This connotes that there might be fire and damage involved. Furthermore, this can connote the personality of the characters in the film being 'fiery'. The first letter of the majority of the words in the opening title sequence is in the same or similar font that the title is in. The rest of the text is in pink which connotes that there are females involved in this film and that there is a female dominance in the film. The femininity is mainly connoted by the stereotype of girls liking the colour pink or girls favourite colour is pink.  

In Psycho a continuous style they use is a sliced and distorted effect om the text which are symbolic to the genre. As this is of the famous Saul Bass the audience might be familiar with his style and his style has inspired others. The use of lines, which is created by cutting and ripping pieces of paper which creates enigma and symbolic codes. The fact that white and grey is layered over a black background empathizes the text and that use of lines.

Movement in Text

Even the most simplistic of titles can be developed through the use of motion and movement.

For example in 'Friends with Benefits', even though it isn't an opening title sequence, it is a ending credits it shows a good use of how text is represented. In this case, an interaction between what the audience see as romantic interaction between I man and a woman, within and embedded within the credits.