Production Schedule

26/09/14 - Start to think of general title ideas and possible story lines for the opening (not definite)
10/10/14 - Create three initial ideas which I will gain audience feedback on through social media
18/10/14 - Continue developing story ideas and collecting audience feedback
25/10/14 - Collate audience feedback on ideas the most liked will be the one I use for my opening and start to scout out possible locations for shooting.
5/11/14 - Create necessary forms: talent release form, location release form, risk assessment and location scouting form.
7/11/14 - Create a logo and a logo animation for use in my film opening
19/11/14 - Research classifications of films and decide a suitable classification for my film based on this criteria.
26/11/14 - Create a mind map of possible title ideas and post to social media for audience feedback the one most liked will be the one I use.  Post some other things to social media so that the audience can see how the production is coming along.
3/12/14 - Collate result from the title ideas survey and post on blog with the winning idea.
5/12/14 - Finish the rest of planning and research so II am ready for filming.
10/12/14 - 12/12/14 - Apply finishing touches to planning and research and begin to think of the shooting in detail by: creating storyboard, detailed list of shot types, a call list and possibly a script.
19/12/14 - 30/12/14 - I am planning to start and finish shooting within this time period.
5/01/14 - Start editing everything together into a finished piece, possibly posting small parts to social media for the audience to see.

Monty Python and The Holy Grail opening titles - Evaluation

Titles list:

- In association with…presents

- Film Title(name)

- Written and Performed By

- With…

- Also Appearing

- Also Also Appearing

- Camera Operator

   - Camera Focus

   - Camera Assistant

   - Camera Grip

   - Changehand Electrician

   - Lighting

   - Rostrum Cameraman

- Sound Recordist

   - Sound Mixer

   - Boom Swinger

   - Sound Maintenance

   - Sound Assistant

   - Dubbing Editor

   - Assistant Editor

   - Sound Effects

- Continuity

   - Accountant

   - Production Secretary

   - Property Buyer

   - Property Master

   - Property Men

   - Catering

   - Vehicles

- Assistant Art Director

   - Construction Manager

   - Carpenters

   - Painter

   - StageHand

   - Rigger

- With Special Extra Thanks to

- Songs

   - Additional Music

- Costume Designer

- 

James Bond: Casino Royale Opening Title - Evaluation

Titles List:

- Presents

- Daniel Craig        as Ian Flemming's James Bond in           Casino Royale

- Starring     Starts with single actors/actresses then goes to groups

- Free Running Stunts By

- With Jeffery Wright

- and Judi Dench as M

- Associate Producer

- Production Executive

- Camera Operator

   - Second Unit Assistant Director

   - Script Supervisor

   - Publicity and Marketing

   - Promotions

   - Assistant Producer

- Sound Recordist

   - Electrical Supervisor

   - Stills Photographer

   - Make-up Supervisor

   - Hairdressing Supervisor

   - Wardrobe Supervisor

- Visual Effects and Miniature Supervisor

   - Supervising Art Director

   - Property Master

   - Construction Manager

   - Post Production Supervisor

- Unit Production Manager

   - Second Unit Production Manager

   - First Assistant Director

- Casting

   - Stunt Co-Ordinator

- Special effects and Miniature Effects Supervisor

   - Main Title Design By

- Second Unit Director

- Costume Designer

- Editor

- Director of Photography

- Production Designer

- Music By

- You Know My Name:

     - Performed By

     - Written and Produced By

- Executive Producers

- Based on the Novel By

- Screenplay By

- Produced By

- Directed By

The Font used for all of the titles is the same relatively simple one all the way through, coloured white, the only thing that changes is the font size for important things like names it is a larger font size than the other parts of the titles.  All of the titles are overlaid on a animated background which is semi psychedelic and does make some of it difficult to read properly.  This kinda makes it seem like the titles are not of any importance and shift the viewers focus onto the background instead which is quite interesting.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Opening Titles - Evaluation

Titles List

- Presents
- Production
- A David Fincher Film
- Main actors Names
- Film Title(Name)
- Series of ten actors/actresses names(staggered across the screen)
- Casting By
- Costume Design
- Co-producers
- Sound Design By
- Music By
- Editors
- Production Designer
- Director of Photography
- Based on the book by…        Originally published by…
- screenplay By
- Directed By

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was directed by David Fincher the opening titles have a distinctive flair to them something which seems common in all of his films.  The font for all the titles, except the film name, is slightly stylised and the main parts like names are in a bigger font size then the rest,  all except the first couple are presented on a animated black on black background which starts to be introduced in flashes as the first title fades out and the titles continue as an overlay.  The film name is an exception to the above statements as it is in a different, bolder font and physically interacts with the background with black oil like fluid cascading down over it and absorbing it.

Next the background animation is properly introduced and it has a stunning black on black effect, the next title then fades 'A DAVID FINCHER FILM'.  The animated background played throughout the opening creates a stunning effect with the black on black and is highly memorable, it seem at least partially animated if not completely and is really affective.  The background with the title overlay makes this opening highly distinguishable from others.  The music played throughout the opening is a cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant' song and goes well with style of the titles.

Prelim Task

Prelim Task: Evaluation

Well to start of with it is a little jumpy and shaky but overall it flows pretty well contains what the brief stated.  The jumpy-ness is due to some semi unavoidable filming angles which probably could have been avoided with some more careful planning but would have taken well too long to do.  The shakiness is due to the lack of tripods and/or steady cams which would be very useful and was completely and ultimately unavoidable.

The audio was terrible as I was using the built in audio capture of the camera which is not very good and has a perminent horrible grainy background noise that is mostly covered by the background music but it did struggle to  pick up the dialogue particulary well.  To fix this I could use external audio equipment and merge it with the video during the editing stage but this could create extra problems with the audio syncing.

Also there is a very short section where Jess breaks the forth wall by acknowledging the camera, for a split second, that I didn't notice until I had almost finished editing and then I couldn't edit it out properly with the software I was using and keep enough of the clip for it to flow.  To improve i would ideally reshoot that clip so the fourth wall remains intact.

Ghost Rider 2 Opening

Ghost Rider 2 Opening: An Evaluation

First off I will start by saying I'm only evaluating the opening minute not the entire film but I couldn't find a shorter clip.  Okay so the first thirty seconds has all the interesting stuff that everybody pays to watch, they really couldn't care about the hour and forty-five minute after that.

All right okay so sarcasm over from a company/media point of view these are kinda important for the opening of a film as they kinda tell viewers who helped produce/distribute the film they are watching and advertises them to the public.  The next thirty seconds contain opening titles, just in case you don't know what film your watching, followed by an opening shot for the first scene.

The Matrix Revolutions Opening

The Matrix Revolutions Opening: An Evaluation

This starts with the important factor of producer/distributor info within the first twenty-seven ish second it's style with a matrix like colour palette to make it unique and more relevant to the film series then moves on to the opening title giving some cool animations to make it interesting.

I suppose the main thing in any film opening is the producer/distributor info and are usually found within the first thirty - sixty seconds of any film if not there then within the first two minutes as this is what tell the viewers who made the film it's their 'stamp of approval' if you like, it tells you who's who so you know what company to critique when you watch a particularly bad film so you don't just go ranting to anyone and everyone because that would just be terrible for the guys would do actually do a good job.

Iron Man 3 Opening

Iron Man 3 Opening: An Evaluation

Well the first things I notice about this is that within the first ten seconds they have some opening dialogue from the main character shortly followed by an interesting opening scene, to drag the viewers in and make them what to find out what it's about. this is followed by Marvel's standard comic flip intro and the rest of the producer/distributor stuff no-one really cares about.

But seriously there not much to say about fifty-three seconds of opening it has the essentials like most film openings, Marvel the main producers take up a sizeable chunk, a whole ten seconds, other then that it has a kind of cliff hanger opening and a semi-relative soundtrack over the producer intros.  They even managed to squeeze in a 'famous' saying into the intro dialogue.

The Door Opener

The Door Opener: An Evaluation

As the name aptly explains this is a door opening scene!  It consists of someone walking to a door opening and then walking through and closing it.  This piece flows relatively smoothly but i feel it is a little jumpy between Dylan getting to the door and the close-up of the door handle.  To improve this piece I would maybe and in an extra clip before the close-up as an stage between it the mid shot before to improve the flow of the whole piece.


Feedback and improvement:

The feedback I got on this is that Dylan went through the door in an overly complicated unnecessary way and that to improve this as director I should have got Dylan to do it again but in a simpler way, and if necessary demonstrated what i wanted him to do.

Conversation

Conversation: An Evaluation

As the title of this post may suggest this is a short video consisting of several different types of shots used to show a conversation between two people.

This task was slightly more difficult then my first task as there were more components to manage.  To film the conversation I found it easier to think of the conversation before starting and then filming one side of the conversation in several short clips, then filming the other side in the same way.

Editing was a bit more of a hassle as there were more clips to piece together and they had to have a good flow to make the conversation seem natural, one major problem I encountered while editing was the background noise in some of the clips which I couldn't just mute due to the dialogue.

Feedback and Improvements:

I got several pieces of feedback for this peice the first bit of feedback was about the jump shot that I accidentally overlooked near the start of the video, although it is a proper technique it is usually seen as a fault and I shouldn't of really included it.  The next piece of feedback

My First Media Project

Your Shoe Laces Are Untied: An Evaluation

The task was quick and relatively easy to complete with little need to reshoot any scenes and so i was able to get lots of short scenes with ease instead of ending in a nightmare of multiply retakes.  There are several factor to thank for this like my fairly co-operative group members and the simply layout and story we developed.  We created a plan setting out when each shot would be used and when, then using that the filming was quickly completed.  The editing was simply and straight forward with no complicated edits to do, but did take longer than the filming as I expected it would from past experience.  I snapped the clips together, trimmed them to the required length to get a fairly smooth flow, added some titles at the back and front then inserted some backing music.

Despite my above statement the filming did not happen without a few hitches like the size gap between me saying go and the person starting the scene, thus this created some small problems when editing as i had to try and remove my voice but keep what I needed from the clip.  Another problem was a slight camera shake throughout all the clips.

To improve upon the above for mentioned error I would review the clips as I film so I can catch any clips that need re-filming before I start editing, also I would use a steady cam or tripod to reduce/eliminate camera shake and talk to the "actors" to sort out a system of starting each clip so that I can more easily edit out my voice from the start of each clip.