Title Seqence Research

Today in Dees Class we started watching different Title Sequences to see what length the different title sequences were, if they were successful, what makes it good and what type of animation was used.

A title sequence is a method used by producers to present there title,key production and cast members.

One of the Title sequences i watched was Psycho which has a very dark title Sequence which has very uneasy music this Title sequence was done by stop motion. I think as a group we could make a similar Title Sequence. 

The second Title Sequence i watched was Ed Wood this has one of the longer Title sequences which is around 3 minutes Long. This title sequence is quite Dark and intense with the music being quite Dark as well. 

One of the first Title Sequence to be made was done in 1936 which was Show Boat. This was done by John W Harkrider.  The purpose if the title Sequence is to entice the viewer into watching the film and getting the viewer interested. 

Documentary

Today in big Johns we learned about different documentary Makers. The first one i learned about was Ross Kemp who made a documentary on different gangs in america and around the worldn the show Kemp travels around the world talking to gang members, locals who have been affected by gang violence, and the authorities who are attempting to combat the problem.
The second one I learned about was Ric O'barry  who made the film The Cove is a 2009 Documentary film that describes the annual killing of dolphins in a Quasi-National Park in Japan from an ocean conservationist's point of view. The film highlights the fact that the number of dolphins killed in the Taiji Dolphin hunting drive is several times greater than the number of whales killed in the Antarctic
The third one I learned about was Micheal Moore who made the documentary Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American filmmaker Micheal Moore. The film investigates health care in the united states, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profituniversal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.





The fourth one i learned about was Louis Theroux who made the documentary weird weekends about lives viewers the chance to get brief glimpses into the worlds of individuals and groups that they would not normally come into contact with or experience up close. In most cases this means interviewing people with extreme beliefs of some kind, or just generally belonging to subcultures not known to exist by most or just frowned upon.

BBC trip

Last night with the college we went on a trip to BBC scotland to see a recording of The Life of Riley With Caroline Quentin.  I quite enjoyed watching this because i got to see how the recording of a of a tv programme works and also how a tv studio works withthe cameramen and the boom mics.

Title sequences

Today we learned about Title sequences we tried to find ones that used animation and we could take different ideas from:

The title sequence I looked at was the title sequence for Casino Royale I found this interesting because of the style that has been used which is a pack of cards because of the film name casino Royale also the colors are quite bright which would attract the audience.

pixar

Today in  Dees Class we watched a film on Pixar. I learned that Pixar is in Emeryville San Fransisco i also learned that pixar only accept Ideas from there own employees and that the ideas are normally unusual. i also learned that storyboards and scripts can take up to 2 and a half years and also that in Toystory Woody used to be selfish. The man thing I learned is that Randy Newman is the man. I also learned that the room number A113 is in every Pixar Movie and that most of the animators went to the california institute Of the Arts.

Dees Class

Today in Dees Class we reviewed all the animations we made yesterday. The First one we viewed was our one called the Fight which was pretty good but we could have made it a bit slower. The second one we Viewed was the Devils Cola Which i gave 7/10 because it was pretty good but it was a little mixed up. The  last  one we viewed was felt fun which i gave 5/10 because it was good but could have been better if it was slower and last a bit longer.

Film Process

Animation

Today in Hannahs Class we made a stop motion animation. In my Group were james and roy we made an animation which involves a seahorse and a crab fighting

Big johns Class

Today in big johns class we learned about different video artists what they have made and why they have made it. The first video artist we learned about was Douglas Gordon who is a scottish artist who made the film Zidane which consists of 17 cameras following zidane in one football match. In the film The scottish Band Mogwais Music was used.

The second video we learned about was the Video by Sony Bravia which consists of 250,000 bouncy balls of different colors being thrown down one street. This was made by Nicolai Fuglsig This was done because Bravia's slogan is Color like No Other   so multi Colored balls were used.

The Third artist we learned about was Jonathan Glazer who created the next advert for Sony Bravia which consists of a condemned tower block in Scotland which was covered in 70,000 litres of environmentally friendly paint with the help of over 1400 separate explosions featured as imitation fireworks, concluding with a simulated "reverse demolition" of the building. This was filmed with a crew of 200 people over a 10 day period. The music in the commercial was done by Gioachino Rossini.

dees class

Today in dees class i finished my drip animation which consisted of 33 frames . The animation is of a drip of water dripping from the ceiling into a puddle of water below causing a splash. click on the box to see the animation