Final Finished Title Sequence

Evaluation of the finished media product

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our title sequence in which my group and I created consists of the stereotypical conventions of a psychological war-based thriller, as for example the primary conventions of this particular genre are as follows:

• Violence

As a group, we endorsed this particular convention, by the fact that during our title sequence, there is a violent scene in which consists of two of our featured characters. the violent scene includes a gun shot; and of course the prop of a gun shot sets off the connotation that violence and potentially death is involved. Overall, however I am pleased with the way my group and I have tackled this particular convention as we have stuck to the stereotypical psychological war thriller theme.


• Death

This particular convention was also included in our media product. A scene of a violent nature is seen through the use of mise-en-scene in our title sequence's final scene. With the mise-en-scene, there was a prop of a gun, and this gun prop was used during the death of one of the characters in our media product. I would say that as a group we develop this particular convention with real media products mainly because we have stuck to what you normally see in a psychological war based thriller film.

• The involvement of two or more nations

As it is made aware in our media product, two countries are involved during the cold war; these countries being Russia and America. We portrayed and developed upon this specific convention through the use of the typography in which consists in our title sequence. For example, in each typography text, there is either a Russian or American font for each character based on what sort of role they are playing. I feel that what we did with this convention challenges the form of real media products mainly due to the fact that it is unusual for a film of our genre to contain typography text fonts of two different kinds.

Our title sequence features all of these particular conventions and I must admit that we successfully developed these conventions by the fact that we built upon them and in which consequently resulted in our sequence having a higher quality of verisimilitude.

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  In addition, the title sequence in which we created features all of the basic, primary conventions/criteria in which are usually found within title sequences. For example, we endorsed, text, music, & on screen natural footage. We challenged these particular title sequence conventions by the fact that we carefully selected and worked towards what sort of music, titles and text we wanted to be on our title sequence’s footage. The benefit of building upon the primary conventions of title sequences was that we was able to make our title sequence seem professional and of course a significant effect of realism.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The media product in which my group and I created represents the middle – class and predominately average male social group. I would say that our title sequence represents this specific social group mainly due to the narrative in which our media product consists of. For instance, our title sequence is set during the 1950’s and of course during this period of time the cold war was in action. The cold war connotes to the audience violence and of course conflict in which is occurring between both Americans and Russians; therefore our media product is an iconic representative of older teenagers/young men as during the cold war this particular social group were involved.

Furthermore, our media product represents our targeted social group in a fair, equal and undivided way. For example, as a group we decided to show both the American and Russian perspectives of the cold war. The purpose of showing both point of views is that our title sequence would become of more great importance as we would attract a larger range of an audience. In addition, the popularity would significantly grow due to the fairness in which we demonstrated.

Our media product does not target a particular ethnicity or religion as during the cold war, religion and ethnicity was not a significant factor in which was involved. Although the predominantly involved ethnicity during the cold war was white, we decided not to target solely this ethnicity as our title sequence does not entirely represent the white race. In fact our sequence does not target or represent any ethnicity at all; therefore as a group we represented a a middle class social group with no dependant on ethnicity.

Overall, I am pleased with how our title sequence represents our social group as we carefully decided which social group best fits into the category of our media product.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

As a group we each individually researched into different film distributions and film companies. After researching into film distributions, we came across the ‘big five’ film companies. After doing relevant information on the ‘big five’, as a group we agreed that there were only three film studios/companies who were realistically able to distribute our film due to our high budget which ranges between the cost of $80 million - $100 million. Therefore as a group we knew that only either Warner Bros, Universal or Paramount could distribute our film, as they are the most popular and able media institutions who can distribute our film.

After a long process of research and thinking we came to the conclusion that Universal shall be distributing our film due to the fact that they are highly recognized and popular film institutions who have the appropriate experience to distribute big, great and high budget films. Universal have previously demonstrated the evidence in the past that they have produced and distributed big budget films in the past. For example, Universal distributed the film "The Incredible Hulk" in which had a budget of $150 million; therefore we had not doubt as a group that Universal would be the most ideal choice to distribute our film, especially seeing as they the necessary amount of money, and also the facilities ot distribute our film.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for our media product is late male teenagers who are aged between the ages of 15-19. We agreed to have this particular audience as our demographic audience as they are the most suitable demographic to go out and pay money to watch a film which is about the cold war.

Our narrative also features a violent scene in which involves the shooting in one of the characters; therefore the most appropriate age range had to be 15+ as any age range below 15 would not legally be able to contain a scene of violent nature. The BBFC also claim on their website that any forms of violence is not granted permission or an age range below the age of 15.

How did you attract/address your audience?

As a group, we addressed our audience in a numerous amount of ways, but specifically we decided to attract our audience by making characters have a high sense of verisimilitude through the use of stereotypical 1950’s clothing (Trench coats, Russian style hats). I would say that by portraying the characters in our title sequence like this is useful as it connotes which era our film was set in.

Our primary target audience was male old/late teenagers aged between 15-19. We decided to address and attract this particular demographic mainly because they are the most relevant demographic profile to go out and watch our film due to our film being tied in with the theme of the ‘Cold War’. I strongly feel we attracted our particular audience mainly due to the fact that we used the most appropriate props in which we could find. Our main props being a classic, retro gun and of course fake blood in which seemed as original as possible.

The secondary target audience of our title sequence was once again males but this time aged between the ages of 21-35. The purpose of having this particular audience profile as our secondary target audience was the fact that they too would be the most likely to go out and watch a film in regards to the cold war. Furthermore, before coming to a conclusion on which audience profile we should target, i made sure individual research was conducted. The purpose of researching on an audience is that an individual can become aware and informative of a particular audience's profile and their preferences when it comes to what sort of film they are most likely to watch. As a group, we attracted our secondary target audience through the use of characters and props in which were used throughout our sequence. Of course, the props in which consisted in our sequence had a high quality sense of verisimilitude and this connotes the more realistic a sequence is, the more likely a particular audience are going to enjoy the film.

During our title sequence we also set up an iconic enigma, our enigmas being we made our audience wonder what will happen next, will the character eventually die? What was the purpose of the archive footage? All of course is revealed during the end of the title sequence. The inclusion of an enigma of course denotes an intriguing title sequence in which will leave our audience questioning. This of course attracts our audience, as they’ll be gripped with what’ll be happening next.

In general, I believe that my group and I attracted and addressed our audience successfully mainly because we carefully took into consideration what our audience like and throughout my blog as you will see I created feedback forms from our target audience. The benefit of feedback forms was that during the creation process, we were able to take on board feedback from our audience, in order to ensure we were targeting and addressing them appropriately and correctly.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I must admit that I especially have learnt a lot in regards to technologies during the constructing of our title sequence. As for example, I was assigned the role of ‘director’ and the primary filmmaker during the creation of our product. The benefit of being assigned this role was that I could not only film our title sequence but I also could become even more informative and knowledgeable with how the camera equipment works out. To film our media product we used a flip vide camera in which I must admit is a handy piece of equipment. I had previously used this piece of technology before, but not to its full extent.

In particular, I learnt how to zoom in and zoom out whilst filming for our title sequence. Although our final edited product does not feature any zoomed effect, I still think the fact that I learnt how use this particular effect was beneficial, just in case as a group we needed to use the zoom effect.

Furthermore, during the beginning stage of the construction of our media product, each individual was required to create their own blog, and I must admit that it was the first ever time I properly used a blog. For instance whilst updating my blog I learnt several things. These things ranged from uploading images to my posts all the way to simply hyperlinking information to my posts. In general, I am extremely proud with my blog and how it has shaped up. I have overall, over 50 posts which in my opinion is incredibly useful as each individual post represents how far we have gotten up to during the construction of our title sequence. All of my posts are of great significance and they demonstrate each process during the process of our title sequence.

Another useful piece of technology in which I have learnt is how to use the editing software during the editing process of our product. As a class we were given a particular lesson dedicated with how to use ‘Final Cut Pro’ and I feel this lesson was a huge success as I learnt a lot with regards how to use the editing software. Although I was not the primary editor of my group, I still believe by learning the basics of ‘Final Cut Pro’ was extremely helpful; just in case our editor of the group was having problems with issues, but fortunately everything went according to plan. I managed to edit one small particular scene, and I must admit I was pleased with the piece of the sequence I edited as it featured a lot of different editing techniques, like: Match On Action, Cross Cutting and a Shot Reverse Shot.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

As a group, we each individually feel that we have learnt a lot during the progression of our title sequence compared to what we each initially knew from the preliminarily continuity editing task.

One of the main aspects in which I feel I learnt and improved heavily upon during the creation of our title sequence was the editing element. For instance, during the editing process of our continuity editing sequence, I was not informative and confident with regards to how edit properly. So for example, I did not even know how to add text; however during the editing process of our title sequence I felt confident about how to edit and use the editing software in which we used.

In addition, during the filming process of our continuity sequence, I did not know how to use lighting to a significant effect. For example, I was not aware of high key, low key and natural lighting. However during the filming of our title sequence my group and I in particular took into careful consideration how the lighting can be used in it’s most effective and suitable way. Fortunately the lighting in our final completed title sequence was used appropriately and to a significant effect. The lighting throughout our sequence was both high key and natural lighting. This of course connotes to our target audience that lighting was carefully constructed.

Another key element in which I can admit I made progression on was the cinematography element; as during the preliminary task, I disappointingly did not use a range of camera angles/shots and consequently this showed up whilst editing our continuity sequence (Preliminary Task). However when it came to brainstorming ideas for our title sequence, I made sure I got across how important cinematography is during any media film. Furthermore, when it came down to storyboarding our media product, we used a variety of different camera angles, some of these shots being: Close-up, extreme close-up, mid-shot, long shot, point of view and worms eye view. The benefit of using all of these particular shots/angles was that our product became much more professional, and of course a professional title sequence connotes to the audience in general, that behind our sequence was a professional team which resulted in a successful title sequence.

Overall, I individually learnt a lot of things during the creation of our title sequence in comparison to the preliminary task; and the benefit of this was that I specifically could make clear signs of progression throughout the year. On a final note, I must admit that I am very happy with regards to our title sequence due to the professionalism in which was involved. I believe each individual group member has contributed fairly within the group to help produce a successful piece of a media product. Of course during the preliminary task, we were selected in groups and this was of great benefit as I was able to gel with other team members in which became beneficial when it came down to the creation of our title sequence.

Journal - Week 11

This past week in media I have managed to get started on the evaluation of our final edited title sequence. As a guideline, each individual was given a set of questions in regards to our title sequence. The purpose of these questions are to cover each different aspect of our title sequence.

The questions are as follows:

• How does your media product represent particular social groups
• What kind of media institute might distribute your product and why?
• What would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product
• Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the final product

After reading these set of questions, I feel that I will be able each individual question to the best of my ability mainly because I feel confident that we have achieved success throughout the creation of our title sequence. In addition, throughout the creation of our title sequence I have updated my blog on a regular basis; which therefore shall ease the questions a little as I will know what has happened throughout each stage and step.

How is the editing coming on of our final title sequence?

The editing element is coming along well, although it would be much more simple if our title sequence had been completed, I still strongly feel that our title sequence shall be finished within the next few days. I personally am not in charge of editing; therefore it is not entirely yup to me when we will finish. I have consistently looked through the editing over our title sequence and I can admit that everything is going well in accordance to schedule (Google Calendar).

What's next?

• Carry on with the completion of my evaluation.
• Make sure our title sequence is finally edited and finished.

Audience Feedback Forms

Below are our audience feedback forms in which we received from our fellow class members.

Journal - Week 10

For the past week in Media my group and I have successfully managed to get a firm move on with the editing process on our title sequence.

On the last Friday before half term, we were required to show and present our title sequences. Therefore during our first lesson on Friday we consistently worked hard on the editing process. After our first lesson, we came back to the classroom and we were chosen to present our title sequence first.

I would say our first draft of our title sequence worked well mainlybecause the audience in the classroom provided us with postive feedback as well as some negative feedbck.

The positive feedback we received was as follows:

• Our idea had a good concept


• Our title sequence was well structured


• The typography in which we used was releavant to our title sequence


• In general our mise-en-scene was brilliant

The negative feedback we received was as follows:

• Our editing can be improved


• To shorten our title sequence


• To remove unneccesary examples of cinematography

Explanation of the feedback we received:

Overall, the feedback in which we received was of great significance as we received positive and negative points in regards to our first finished draft of our title sequence. As a group we shall take the feedback we received on board mainly so that we can alter and improve on our first draft of out title sequence.

The negative feedback in which we received shall also be beneficial to us as a group mainly due to the fact that we shall take our negative feedback into consideration and based on the comments we were given we shall alter our title sequence!

However in general, I am pleased with the comments in which were given to us especially seeing as we now know how to improve upon our title sequence.

What's next for us as a group?

My group and I should now begin to continue editing our tilte sequence by taking into consideration the feedback we received. This week eaach individual groujp member should also be starting to think and brainstorm what we shall write on our evaluation. I personally shall be brainstorming within this week; and hopefully during this week I should be able to make a start on my evaluation on our finished title sequence.

Our other location shots

Below are a selection of images in which we took on the location in which we filmed on Friday. As I mentioned on previous post (Journal Week 9), we decided to film in a Cemetery. The benefit of filming in a cemetery was that we could capture an interesting and intriguing setting.

As you can see all of the above images have been taken from the cemetery in which we filmed in. I decided to take some location shots mainly so that we can show in our evidence that we have actually filmed in a location outside of school.

Journal - Week 9

For the past week in Media, my group and I have successfully managed to complete the filming element of our title sequence! Therefore we have no more filming to be done.

Overall, what have we done for this past week?

• We have finished the filming element of our title sequence
• We have commenced with our editing
• We have successfully added our typography designs to our title sequence

During Friday's media lesson we as a a group managed to complete the final piece of filming for our title sequence. We arranged to film in a cemetery nearby. We decided to film in a local cemetery mainly because the location of the cemetery is interesting and it also portrays and features a 1950's style building next to it.

As a group we spent around two hours in the cemetery filming the last piece of footage in which was required for our final scene in our title sequence.

How did we find the location?

We found the location to be rather appealing as it is not a location you usually see in other title sequences in which are typical of our genre. The cemetery was rather big; therefore we had plenty of space to use.

Of course we needed to be granted permission to use the cemetery for our filming, so as a group we had a visit to cemetery before hand and we explained what we needed to do and fortunately the workers accepted and granted us permission.

For my next post I shall be posting some location shots up to show how we found the location to be like and also within these location shots there are images of us as a group during the point in which we were filming.

What's next for our group?

As a group, now that we have finished filming for our title sequence we should once again commence with the editing of our title sequence. We are required to show our first draft of our title sequence at the end of this week; therefore our sequence should be coming to an end this week.

Our New Location Shots

Above is our new and improved location in which we shall use for our final Title Sequence. As you can see, our new location was filmed in a Church. We decided to film in this particular Church mainly because we found this location to be suitable in what sort of location we were looking for, and of course we were specifically searching for a quiet yet interesting setting and this Church happened to be that!

I decided to take some shots of this location mainly because I thought it would be good to show on my blog the preparation in the lead up to the creation of our title sequence.

Overall, I took a handful of photos in the church; however I only decided to use these four images above mainly because I believe they portray the location accurately and precisely.

Individual explanation of each image above:

1.) The first image shows the chairs in the church. I see the Church chairs as important mainly because they show the importance of the Church and also they are used as part of evidence to show how old the Church is.

2.) The second image is of two of our group members getting ready to shoot a particular scene from our title sequence. As you can see, the camera angle in which we were going to use was a low-angle shot. This particular image proves that we are sticking to our storyboard!

3.) The third image is of the Church but this time I captured the church from a different and more frankly a better camera angle. For example, I took this image from the balcony of the Church and fortunately this specific angle showed a positive perspective of the Church.

4.) The fourth and final image was also taken from the balcony of the Church; however this image differs from the previous image by the fact that we were actually filming a scene at that current moment.

Journal - Week 8

This week in Media has been successful for my group and I mainly because we have commenced with the filming of our title sequence and we have also begun to firmly edit the footage in which we have.

What have we managed to do for this past week?

• Continuing to shoot our title sequence
• Use a new location. This location being the Church.
• Firmly begun editing.

This week in Media, we as a group decided that the footage in which we already had was not appropriate for our title sequence; therefore we changed the location of where we are going to film.

As a group we needed to decide on a new location. A fellow group member insisted in using a Church to film. This fellow group member then contacted the Church and fortunately the Vicar of the Church came to an agreement to let us use the church.

After granting us permission to film in the Church, we began to film in the Church. We were only in the Church for about one hour but within this hour we successfully managed to film all the necessary shots.

The benefit of filming in the Church was that we could capture a much more interesting atmosphere in which ultimately shall make out title sequence seem more effective.

This week we have also managed to firmly begin with the editing of our title sequence. For instance during last Wednesdays double Media lesson; we began to edit our footage in which we had shot. As a group we eventually got to re-organise all of our footage and in addition we managed to incorporate our typography into our sequence. However we still have a lot of editing to do but I'm sure we shall be able to finish editing within the next week or so.

Overall, we have almost filmed all of the necessary shots for our title sequence, but there is still only a few shots left to film, but I strongly believe we shall be able to film these remaining shots within an hour or so.

What are we planning to do within the next week?

• Continue with editing our title sequence.
• Film the last few remaining shots of our title sequence.
• Post our final location shots.

Location Shots - What went wrong?

Below are a selection of shots from the filming in which we completed last week. Unfortunately we as a group decided that this particular location was not appropriate and suitable mainly because of several problems we encountered whilst reviewing the filming of our work.

1.) The first image in the top left hand corner is rather dark which is of course the sort of location we were looking for; however the lighting is particularly low-key; therefore this ruins the concept of the image as the location is hardly visible. Furthermore, this image looks fairly modern which is exactly the opposite of what sort of setting/location we wanted in order to be suitable for our title sequence.

2.) The second image in the top right hand corner is a wide shot of the corridor in which we used for the filming of our title sequence. However the corridor is too narrow and in addition the corridor looks and even feels too modern as for example a fire extinguisher and new radiator is viewable to the audience.

3.) The third image on the bottom left hand corner is also not relevant to us mainly due to the fact that this time round the corridor looks rather seemingly attractive and not exactly bored what-so-ever. This is of course the sort of setting we wanted to avoid and that is mainly why we shall not be using this particular location in our final title sequence.

4.) The fourth and final shot is of course too modern for us to use, and again the angle in which we took this photograph wasn't how we planned it to be taken. The lighting also doesn't resemble how we wanted the lighting to be.

Overall, we are unhappy with this location as it does not represent or resemble the purpose of our title sequence. Adding on, our title sequence is supposedly set in the 1950's therefore this corridor was too modern for us to use.

Journal - Week 7

This week in Media we have successfully managed to do a lot of work with the creation of our title sequence.

For example this week in Media we have:

• Commenced with the filming of our title sequence
• Began shooting in a different location
• Uploaded 'tester' footage
• Completed further Audience Feedback forms with which logo we are going to use

This week we began filming in a new location for our title sequence, for instance we decided to use a different location mainly because we wanted a more effective location and we feel that our previous location in which was in a corridor, wasn't exactly what we were looking for; therefore we decided to use a new location. This new location is in a big retro style boardroom.

We shall also commence with filming this coming Thursday; and this time we shall be filming in a local church. We wanted to use a church especially seeing as Church's are historical and church's are usually what you would've found during the cold war in the 1950's.

Furthermore, we also uploaded some tester footage (check previous posts). The benefit of uploading tester footage was that we as a group could see what the footage we filmed; and see what it's like. As a group we found some positive and negative points about the tester footage, but we came to the conclusion to re-film certain aspects of our title sequence especially with some problems we had with the location.

My group and I also decided to create some more audience feedback forms with regards to what logo name and style we shall use. Therefore we created 20+ audience feedback forms and tow of the group members handed them out to the target audience of our film (Pre-dominantly males/Older Teenagers). Consequently we found the results to be that 75% of people asked preferred the 'Nocturnal Pictures' logo. The reason in which most people preferred the 'Nocturnal Pictures' was that the style of the logo was more convenient to the genre of our film.

What's next for our group?

This coming week in Media, our group shall commence with the filming of our title sequence; and we should hopefully be finished. As a group we have decided to set this coming Thursday as the last shooting date so we should be finished with filming! In addition, hopefully by the start of next week our editing of our title sequence shall begin.

Audience Feedback Logo Results & Explanation

The above image is of a pie chart in which we as a group created. As you can see the results are as follows:

75% decided to choose Nocturnal pictures

25% decided to choose Star Productions.

Based on the results/audience feedback we have received; we as a group have decided to choose Nocturnal pictures as the logo name/style we will be using for our title sequence.

Above is our final logo in which we shall be using. Our logo name is entitled 'Nocturnal Pictures'.

What do I like abut this logo?

• The logo's colour scheme is interesting mainly because it is so simple yet so effective to our film
• The font is bold and meaningful; this therefore gives our target audience the impression that our company logo fits in with the genre of our film which is of course a psychological thriller set in the 1950's.

Audience Feedback - Logo Name & Style

Testing Filming Location

During last Monday's lesson, we began to film our title sequence. The location in which we used was an isolated corridor.

Below is a short clip of what we managed to film. It is only a snippet of what we actually filmed but I think it's best if I only publish one clip; just in-case we change our location.

What do I like about this clip?

• The location is isolated which is exactly what sort of location we required.
• The camera angle used is interesting as it shows the character from an observant angle.
• The sound isn't irritating and it also doesn't take control of the clip which is exactly how we wanted the sound to be like.

How could we improve this clip?

• We could possibly use a different location mainly so that we can have a more exhilarating location in which portrays a more meaningful message.

Journal - Week 6

This week has been extremely productive for my group and I as we have managed to complete a lot of work with the creation of our title sequence.

What have we done in Media this week?

• Created and handed out Audience Feedback forms.
• Received our audience feedback forms back and explained what the results were.
• Choose our final Typography Design.
• Research for what Music/Sound we shall be using for our title sequence.
• Began to film.

During last weeks journal, our next task was to begin filming and fortunately this week we have managed to begin to film. We managed to start our filming this week in a corridor in an unknown and isolated location. The benefit of using a corridor was that it would portray and foreshadow what message we asa a group would like to get across.

In addition, the corridor in which we have used to film our title sequence is very dull, plain and boring. For instance, the corridor lacks excitement which is exactly what sort of corridor we were looking for! Especially seeing as our title sequence is set during the 1950's.

This week in media, I also created four audience feedback forms. The purpose of creating these audience feedback forms was that so we as a group could consider our target audience and see what sort of things they would like to see in our title sequence. I believe this is beneficial as our primary and secondary target audience are key to in the creation of our title sequence.

After receiving our audience feedback forms back we noticed a sequence of the same options marked. For example out of the four people who filled out our forms, they all strangely opted for the same option. This therefore implies the feeling that they would like to see the specific typography font in which they chose to feature in our title sequence; therefore we have decided to use the typography font they chose to feature in our title sequence. I have explained our audience feedback forms and our chosen typography fonts in my previous posts. Please see for explanation and evidence.

What's next for our group?

For this week in media, we are hoping and planning to commence with the filming of our title sequence. According to our google Calendar we should be finished with filming by the end of next week; however I believe as a group if we remain on task we shall be finished by the end of the week. After the filming of our title sequence has finished, we shall of course begin to edit!

Audience Feedback

As part of the pre-production stage of our title sequence, we as a group thought it would be a good idea to create a few 'Audience Feedback' forms mainly so that we can show that we have properly organized our title sequence and also to show that we have involved our target audience within the creation of our title sequence.

I created the 'Audience Feedback' forms by simply creating a basic questionnaire on Microsoft word. The creation of the 'Audience Feedback' forms only took me around 5-10 minutes.

Results of our Audience Feedback forms:

We handed out four forms to four people who fit into our title sequences target audience. We managed to find these four people by lurking around the school. I believe this was a good idea mainly due to the fact that we would have no bias results involved with what people would choose.

Once we received the feedback forms back we noticed that there was a pattern, this pattern being that 75% of the people who filled out our forms chose the same typography option. this option of course being the bold typography font.

Due to these results, we had no other option but to choose the bold typography fonts as our final chosen font. Please see my previous post regarding our final typography design for a full detailed explanation.

Our Audience Feedback forms:

Our Storyboards

Explanation of our storyboards:

Overall, I would say that our storyboards have been well presented and clearly drawn

As you can see, our storyboards consist of 26 shots and as a group we hope to follow these storyboards when we come to film.

What doI like about our storyboards?

• They have been carefully drawn; therefore they shall be easy to follow.
• We have used colours to illustrate our drawings. This shall be beneficial to us as a group mainly because we will be able to quickly focus on which individual shot is which.

Final Edited Typography Designs

Below are our two final edited and completed typography designs in which we shall be using for our title sequence.

What do I like about this design?

• The colours represent what our title sequence is about - The fact that we have used black and white colours portray that our title sequence was set during a period of time in which colours weren't around.
• The font is bold which is good as a bold font suggests to our target audience that our film is meaningful

What do I like about this design?

• Once again the colour scheme is effective mainly because the black and white font used shows a purpose and in addition, the colours black and white gel well together
• The font style used is also bold. The fact that the font is bold implies the feeling to our audience that our title sequence shall foreshadow a powerful meaning.

Overall opinion on final typography ideas?

Overall, I would say i am happy with our two final typography ideas mainly due to the fact that they have both been edited well and constructively. In addition, the colouring of our two final typography fonts are eye-catching as they standout with a bold message being conveyed.

The Music for our Title Sequence

For our title sequence, we shall be adding some music/sound. As a group we have deicded it is best to use 1950's style music mainly so that the music ties in with the story and message our title sequence shall convey.

Where will we get the music from?
We have not yet decided where we shall get our music from however as a group we shall be taking a look at copyright free music mainly due to the fact that we do not want to use music in which is in use of copyright.
There is a good website in which has lots of samples of copyright free music. This website being: http://AudioNetwork.lgfl.org.uk

I have had a brief look at the website and I must admit there are lots of free music samples from a range of different genre's.

As a group, we will have to take a look at this website together and decide on an approprate music sound.

What are the other possibilities?

• We could possibly create our own music - By creating our own music we will have a better understanding of what we want to get on to our title sequence (Music Wise)


• If there is a particular piece of sound we like we could write/e-mail the music company and kindly ask for their permission to use their copyright material.

Overall however, I would say at this moment of time we are looking for samples of free music on the website I listed above; therefore this is our first choice at this moment of time.

Google Calendar - Explanation

Below is a screenshot of the google calendar in which my group and created. We decided to create this calendar mainly for organizational purposes.

How did we create the calendar?

We created this calendar by accessing our groups Gmail accounts. After each individual had done this, we then exchanged details and by exchanging details we were able to add each other into the calendar.

What do I like about the calendar?

• I like the fact that the Google Calendar is easy to read, so for instance I am able to easily access the details in which have been added to the calendar
• The colour scheme is bright - The inclusion of the colour red is beneficial as it makes our calendar is seem more attractive and eye-catching.

What do I dislike about the calendar?

• The text size is rather small; therefore I need to change the font style so that I can make an adjustment.

Journal - Week 5

This week in Media has been very productive as we have successfully managed to complete our Title Sequence storyboard. and in addition we have also managed to create an animatics video of our storyboard sheets. Furthermore, we have also exchanged contact details and we have also created a Google Calendar. The benefit of creating the Google Calendar war that we as a group would become more organized and structured.

As a group, we decided to each individually complete one storyboard sheet in order to show signs of teamwork and leadership and fortunately by doing this, our storyboards were completed to a professional standard as you may be able to see in my previous post (Animatics).

What's next for our group?

By the end of next week, we hope to begin filming. However before we start to film we need to finalize where we shall be shooting our title sequence. I am aware that we have considered filming in a Church or in an office style location. I am expecting that the filming of our title sequence will be around one week, so hopefully by the end of next week our title sequence may possibly be finished.

Animatics video of our storyboard

Above is the animatics video in which we as a group created. The purpose of creating this video was that we as a group could become clear to what our storyboards were about. In addition, our animatics video consists of all of the 26 still shots in which our storyboard contains.

What do I like about this animatics video?

• The animatics video consists of all of our shots in chronological order; therefore this shows clear organization
• The video isn't either long or short; therefore it is an appropriate length

What do I dislike about this video?

• A small proportion of the images are out of focus; therefore they seem unclear however they are still understandable.

Shot list for our Title Sequence

Below is the shot list for the storyboards of our title sequence. In total our storyboard consists of 26 shots.

As a group we decided to re-do our storboard mainly so that we could become more organised and structured as a group. Additionally, I personally was not entirely clear of what was happening during our initial storyboard; therefore we all as a group decided to start off our shot-list/storyboards up from scratch. We swiftly made this decision during a meeting in which we organised.

During this meeting, we discussed what was going well and what wasn't going well. Fortunately after the meeting we as a group became more united as we had let all our problems and differences out and aside.

What shall consists during our storyboard (Our Shot-List):

1.) Universal Studios Credit

2.) Our Production logo credit (Star Productions)

3.) JFK Archive Footage - Length of shot approximately 10 seconds maximum

4.) Leonardo DiCaprio Credit (Main Character) - Black screen shot

5.) Mid-shot in the position of behind the man - Tracking shot - Character walking down a corridor

6.) Close-up shot of lack shoes in which the character being filmed is wearing

7.) Close-up shot of a retro suit in which the character is wearing

8.) Close-up shot of black gloves. This shot shall connote power

9.) Another close-up shot of the back of the charatcers head

10.) Close-up shot of the character's mouth being filmed

11.) Black screen credit (Co-Starring Colin Hanks and Rosie Huntington)

12.) The Boss (Other Character) looking out a window drinking - Shot from behind

13.) Shot approaching the door

14.) Midshot of door

15.) Close-up shot of door handle opening

16.) P.O.V Shot - Entering Room - Shooting man - Split storyboard in half to show both actions (Same Shot)

17.) Midshot of dead man with briefcase in shot (Significant) (MidShot) Also showing the other man leaving with the black briefcase

18.) Edited Credit/Cinematography Credit/Music Credit - All in one shot

19.) Leaves through the door shot

20.) Close-up of window. The man being the main focus - The door being aside and out of focus

21.) The man enters through the door - This then leads to the Producer Credit

22.) Editing Cut to the man in the window - Mid Shot - The other man also enters this shot.

23.) Close-up shot of briefcase being handed over to show sign of power and significance

24.) Mid Shot of window man with briefcase - The Director Credit then arises

25.) Editing shot - Fading effect into the title of the fil "The Iron Curtain"

26.) Iron Curtain Credit - Final Shot

Journal week 4

This week in media we have managed to finally get a move on with the completion of our storyboards.

What have we done this week?
This week in media we have managed to continue our storyboards. Group members Sam and Ryan insisted that they were to take charge of the storyboards, however I feel as if this was not a good idea mainly because we are a group of four; therefore all four group members must work as a team, and no-one should take charge without any consent of fellow group members.

How shall I resolve this problem?
I believe I will be able to solve this problem by conducting a team meeting and explaining that my group members must be sufficient and professional whilst working as a team. For example, we MUST have a good stable and reliable form of communication. I strongly suggest each group members exchange mobile phone details and/or e-mail contacts. I have sent my e-mail address to al of my fellow three group members.

What's next for our group?
As a GROUP we should be completed with our storyboards by Friday; therefore hopefully next week, we can possibly begin to film. However before we begin to film, we must organise the location in which we will be filming from. This week we began to brainstorm possible locations as it seems that our original location may not be successful. I am aware that our storyboards consist of a supposed man walking down the corridor; therfore it is probably best that we look for a corridor and a room to shoot for our title sequence.

More typography fonts for our title sequence

Below is another few typography ideas in which we as a group have created.

Why have we decided to create more typography ideas?

We as a group have created more typography fonts mainly so that we will have a selection of different ideas when it comes to editing our title sequence. The fact that we have created more typography fonts evidently proves that our group is versatile and hard-working.

What is the purpose of using different fonts in our title sequence?

The purpose of using different fonts in our title sequence is that our target audience will get/receive an insight to what our film is about, judging by the look of the typography we have created and endorsed.



Below are our American style fonts. We have organised our typography fonts into two sections. These sections being American & Russian.








The above font was created by group member Sam. Sam created this American style font by accessing the font website entitled DaFont.com.

What do I like about this font?

• The font is bold; therefore it shall attract our target audience even more mainly because it is eye-catching and meaningful.



• The font is rather attractive. The font looks attractive through the way the letters have been designed. For example the lettering seems retro and old-school, however at the same time the font feels modern and recent.
  
  

This American style font has also been created by group member Sam. In addition, this font was also created with our groups supervision, guidance and input.

What do I like about this font?

• I like the fact that this font has an energetic and powerful look towards it.



• This particular font also seems incredibly American. Therefore this shall benefit us as a group mainly because by using this font, our title sequence shall be more identifying and prolific.
  

Russian Style Fonts:

Blow are two more Russians style fonts in which we as a group created.

This Russian style font was also created by popular font website Dafont.com. As a group, we have decided to create almost all of our typography fonts with Dafont mainly because Dafont is reliable and effective.


What do I like about this font?

• This font is easily recognizable; therefore this shall make our whole title sequence seem recognizable by using this piece of typography font.



• This font also seems effective as it is unique and has a signature feel towards it.

This is the second of two Russians tyle fonts we have created during the holidays. This typography font is also of course a Russian Style font in which was created with Dafont.

What do I like about this font?

• The font is eye-catching as it is not your 'regular used font'.


• The lettering is distinctively Russian in which makes the typography more meaningful and useful.