Timeline of choosen Genre opening sequence

New line cinema presents

A film by David Fincher

Brad Pitt

Morgan Freeman

SE7EN

Gwyneht Paltrow

Richard Roundtree

R.LeeErmey

John C. Mcgirley

Julie Araskog
Mark Boone Junoir

John Cassini
Reginal E. Cathey
Peter Crombie

Hawthorn James
Micheal Masse
Leland Orser

Richard Partnow
Richard Schiff
Parlnola Tyson

Casting by
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith
Kerry Borden

Music by
Howard Shore

Costume design by
Micheal Kaplan

Edited by
Richard Francis- Bruse

Production design
Arthur MAx

Co producers
Stephen Brown
Nnan greenwald
Sanford Panitch

Co excutive producers
Lynn Harris
Richard Saperstain

executive Producers
Giann Nunnar
Dan Kolsrud
Anne Kapelson

Written by
Kevin walker

Produced by
Arnold Kapelson
Phyllis Carlyle

Directed By David Fincher

Our choosen Genre

Our choosen genre is of Super Nateral thriller.
So in research I have found a number of differnt super nateral themed films.



Here in this sequence it has the theme of super nateral, which is of vampires, the sequence only really introdueces the monsters that will be seen in the film.

The quick camera angles and changes of shots creates interests for the audience keeping them on edge.







These posters all are related to films which are considered to be supernateral thrillers. They seem to have a dark look and sinister look to the posters.

The differnces between Independent and Mainstream

I this post I will be analysing the key differences in both independent and mainstream opening sequences and what effects they have on the audience.

mainstream opening sequences seem to have a more relaxed feel to them, making it easy to watch, making the audience relaxed in the viewing of the sequence. it makes the film easy to understand and follow.

where as with independent films there seems to be more the  fact that the audience has to think about the film and the situation of the story line and characters, making  the film seem more





The Genre for the independent film is thriller. The Tiles are small and seem to be in a professional
font .  The images dont seem to give much away about the film but it also doesnt seem to challenge the viewers thoughts, its an easy piece to watch.



It is aparrant that this opening sequence is from a mainstream film, the titles are well presented and there has been ovbvious thought in the opening sequence. It seems unrealtica and make the viewer intrested in the sequence. The actors names remain on the screen longer than what is on teh independent film, also the production companies logo is has longer screen time than the idependent film.

Why are we doing a remake?

The group and I are making a remake of the openin sequence of  the film Vertigo, we are doing this because we want to gain experence with opening sequences. By  remaking the sequence we are able to establish when certain titles are to be shown  and how long for, and so we can reconise the titles that should be prioritised.

Attracting Audiences

It important that we attract audiences in film production. when attracting an audience its important to think about cost. The main way in which we can save money when attracting audiences is by using social networking websites. We are as a group are going to focus on both Facebook and Twitter, as these are free means of advertisement. Also there can be stages of viral ads and campaigns which can help with advertisement.

Also we are going to be using small posters as well to help with the initial awareness of our film.
our production company is Independent so we are  most likely to use below the line advertisement techniques, where we are not using TV advertisement, most probably use a facebook or twitter campaign.

Generic conventions

With in films there are usual generic conventions used to help with the introduction of characters and also showing the audience the film genre.

Examples of generic conventions used in film sequences would be:

Action films usually have a fast car chase or fighting scene to get the audience int rested in the story line and keep them entertained. this is an example of an film opening. Iron man doesn't have titles until the end of the clip and that is of the film title.


Romance Films us ally have a sequence where the characters are introduce and their relationships with each other are usually also introduced. In this film sequence it starts with him at war and it goes back on a flash back to before he was at war, the main characters are then introduced.

Time line for Breakfast at Tiffany's

(0.42 - 0.47) Audrey Hepburn

(0.48 - 0.52) George Pppard

(1.00 - 1.06) in Breakfast at Tiffany's

(1.07 - 1.09) A Jurow Shepard production

(1.10 - 1.14) Co-satrring Patricia Neal

(1.15 -1.20) Buddy Ebsen
                    Martin Balsam
                    Vilallonga

(1.26 - 1.34) With
                               John McGiver                Alan Reed
                               Dorothy Whitney           Miss Beverly Hill
                               Stanley Adams               Claude stroud
                               Elvia Allman                 Cat (Frank Inn Trainer)

(1.35 - 1.39) And also starring
                             Mickey ronney as Mr Yunioshi

(1.40 - 1.45) Based on a novel by Truman Copote

(1.46 - 1.49) directot of Photography Franz F.Planer A.S.C

(1.52 - 2.02) Art direction
                             Hal Perira
                             Roland Anderson
                      Edited by
                              Howard Smith
                      Special photographic effects
                              John P. Futon
                      Process Photography
                               Farciot Edouart
                      Set decoration
                               Sam Comer
                               Ray Moyer
                      Assitant Director
                               William McGarry

(2.03 - 2.10) Costume Supervision
                                Edith Heath
          Miss Hepburn wardrobe princably by Hubert De Givenchy
          Miss Neal wardrobe princably by Hubert De Givenchy
                     Make up supervision
                                 Wally West More
                      Sound Recording
                                  Hugo Grenzbach
                                  John wilkinson
                      Technicolour consultant
                                   Richard Mueller

(2.13 -2.16) song "moon River" by
                                 Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini
                                 Technicolour

(2.19 -2.20) music by
                                 Henry Mancini

(2.21 - 2.24)  Screen Play by
                                 GeorgeAxelrod

(2.25 - 2.30) Produced by
                                  Martin Shepheard and
                                  Richard Jurow

(2.33 - 2.36) Directed by
                                  Blake Edwards

Time Line - Pulp Fiction

Time line

(0.14 - 0.17)Miramax Film Presents

(0.19-0.22) A Band Apart

(0.23 -0.26) And Jersey Films Production

(0.27 - 0.30) A film by Quentin Tarantino

(0.31 - 1.32) Pulp Fiction (the title slowly gets further way in the back ground)

(0.40 – 0.44) John Travolta

(0.45 – 0.48) Samuel L. Jackson

(0.45 – 0.48) Samuel L. Jackson

(0.49 – 0.53) Uma Thurman

(0.54 – 0.57) Harvey Keitel

(0.58 – 1.02) Tim Roth

(1.02 – 1.06) Amanda Plummer

(1.07 – 1.10) Maria De Medeiros

(1.11- 1.14) Ving Rhames

(1.15 – 1.18) Eric Stoltz

(1.19 – 1.22) Rosanna Arquette

(1.23 – 1.26) Christopher Walken

(1.28- 1.32) And Bruce Willis

(1.34 -1.35) Co- Staring

(1.36 – 1.48) Paul Calderon

Bronagh Gallagher

Stephen Hibbert

Angela Jones

Julia Sweeney

Quentin Tarantino

Frank Whaley

Duane Whitatker

(1.49- 1.52) casting by Ronnie Yeskel C.S.A 

Gary M. Zuckerbrod

(1.53 – 1.56) music supervisor

Karyn Rachtman

(1.57 – 2.00) costume designer

Betsy Heimann

(2.02- 2.09) editor

Sally Menke

(2.10 -2.13) director of photography

Andrezej Sekula

(2.14- 2.17) co- excutive producers

Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein

Richard N. Gladstein

(2.18 – 2.22) excutive producers Danny Devito

Michael Shamberg Stacy Sher

(2.23 – 2.26) stories by Quentio Tarantino and Roger Avary

 

Student film Analysis

Genre - The Genre of this student film opening gives the impression that it is an action? gang culture film.

Editing- continuous editing was used in the piece, the cuts used where quick paced in the appropriate areas to help with creating excitement and keep the audience on edge.

Sound- non dietetic sound, gun fire was edited into the piece , a song sound track was layered in the background to create atmosphere

Camera angles used- close up, long shots, dolly shots, high angles

Mise- scene is set in a urban area, there are props that are guns, showing violence, the clothing of the characters are quite dark.

Titles- The titles seem to be quite small and hard to notice until the introduction of the actors.
the opening is int resting and keeps the audience intrested in the piece, though I feel that not all the title are easily.

I looked at the student opening sequences to try and get a rough understanding on what the finished product will look like and See the structure of other student film pieces. I think its important to look at others work to be able to identify problems that may occur in the making of our opening sequence. It also can give us ideas on what shots or camera angles that can benefit our sequence. Looking at other student opening sequences has also shown us which fonts look appropriate for our sequence piece, so we have compared which font types we will prefer in our sequence piece.