In this post I will be reviewing a variety of opening sequence
Task 1
http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=GyR4RK0LA_E
One of the opening sequence I looked at was Reservoir Dogs this brakes away from convention of an opening sequence because its displayed in a different layout from others however this can be seen as a positive .
Reservoir Dogs
Firstly displaying a shaking looking start almost suggesting a hand held camera this is to portray a real life setting to fit the genre of crime thrillers. The location is set in a classic, American coffee shop showing middle class men smoking. This opening sequence is interesting as the typography is situated first whilst the dialog is over lapping the typography for example you can hear the characters before you see them this is to give the audience an opening impression. It relays to the audience the feeling of the film and what genre is to be expected. Another way in which this is conventional is by hearing the characters before you see them, creating the feeling of anticipation and wanting the audience to see what is to come. The typography is displayed on a black back ground with gold writing (Live America Inc. presents)(A Lawrence bender production) the credits fade out and last for about 3 second there's not as many credits at being compared to other opening sequence i have looked at previously. This implies a negative effect because its suggest it has a low budget and may affect people watching the film. However the positive of this are that it fits the genre of creatively getting on with the film this could favour the audience because its shown individuality.
One of the techniques used to target the audience is the way the camera is used, Reservoir Dogs firstly uses the camera technique of hand held slowly viewing all of the people on the table, the camera slowly goes round the table. This gives of the effect of suspense and links into the genre. By them doing this it allows the camera to capture each of the characters facial expressions without cutting from shot to shot by them doing this it allows the audience to grab a feel and make an opinion of each individual character .
The ending accounts with non diegetic music playing and some characters Begin to move the music is a fast beat and masculine this lead to represents the genre of crime thrillers. Towards the end of the opening sequence Majority of the names and productions appear this allow the audience to take in what they have just seen and relays them to want the film to start so therefore having the opening tittles at the end of the opening sequence is conventional. However the names of the character are reveled in the conversation so the audience know who they are. Lastly slow motion appears of all characters who the audience was previously introduce too(the men) they appear to be walking in slow motion displaying close up on each individual. This tells the audience who the main characters are in the opening titles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw23KM3-Ry8
The shining
Task 2
http://www.youtube.com/results?aq=1&search_query=saul+bass+title+sequence&search_type=&hl=uk&gl=US&oq=saul+bass
The next task was to watch other opening sequence from our choosing genre and to gather ideas to use in our open sequence. From this I noticed that.
Task 3
We also looked at work from previous year 12s I gathered allot from the use of others techniques and how to display them.From looking at others pupils opening sequence its become apparent that i would situate the credits differently as some of which are displayed at the bottom as its look unclear in my opening sequence i will try to displays the staring names to fit in with the genre rather than just placing them on a black screen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBoSZfiQ5fk
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