Film opening titles

Harlow Creations presents
In association with Media Studies
An original film/Only way film production
Casting by Kieran Panchal
Music by David Alton
Co-Producer James Roberts
Executive producers 
Produced by Josh Manley
Written by Sam Bolton
Directed by Isaac Randal

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Width - 697.7
Height - 135.4

Film Opening Titles

Skyfall Opening Titles

Albert R Broccolis Eon Productions Ltd Presents
Daniel Craig
as Ian Flemings James Bond 007 in
SKYFALL
Starring Javier Bardem
Ralph Fiennes
Naomie Harris
Berenice Lim Marlohe
Ben Wishaw
Rory Kinnear
Ola Rapace
Albert Finnley
and Judi Dench as M
Co-Producers   Andrew Noakes   David Pope
Script Supervisor Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Sound Recordist Stuart Wilson
Electrical Supervisor John Higgins
Second Unit Assistant Director Terry Madden
Make up designer Naomi Donne
Hair Designer Zoe Tahir
Mr Craig's make up artist Donald Mowat
Wardrobe Supervisor Gordon Harmer
Publicity and Marketing Stephanie Wenborn
Promotions Keith Snelgrove
Supervising Art Director Chris Lowe
Set Director Anna Pinnock
Property Master Jamie Wilkinson
Construction Manager Stephan Bohan
Still Photographer François Duhamel
Visual Effects Producer Leslie Lerman
Production Supervisor Janine Modder
Location Production Managers Chris Brock, Angus More Gordon, Anthony Waye
Second Unit Production Manager Terry Bamber
Post Production Supervisor Michael Solinger
Visual Effects and Miniature Supervisor Steve Begg
Associate Producer Gregg Wilson


Throughout the duration of the Skyfall opening titles, foreshadowing occurs as the scene is set straight away and links to what happens later in the film. The white titles fade in and back out over moving footage. The titles stands out the majority of the time as they contrast with the background as the background is usually dark. They are placed in several parts of the screen to allow the viewers to see the background footage clearly. Throughout the whole opening the soundtrack of Skyfall by Adele is being played which was made specifically for the movie. Adding further effectiveness as the viewers will recognise the famous voice of Adele and will become intrigued. 

Anchorman The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Opening Titles



Dreamworks Pictures Presents

An Apatow Production

Will Ferrell

Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Christina Applegate

Paul Rudd

Steve Carell

David Koechner

Chris Parnell   Kathryn Hahn   Fred Armisen

And Fred Willard

Casting by Juel Bestrop, CSA   Jeanne McCarthy, CSA   and Blythe Cappelo

Co-producer David Householter

Music by Alex Wurman

Costume Designer Debra McGuire

Editor Brent White

Production Designer Clayton R. Hartley

Director of photography Thomas Ackerman, ASC

Executive Producers Shauna Robertson   David O. Russell

Produced by Judd Apatow

Written by Will Ferrel & Adam McKay

Directed by Adam Mckay

The opening of this film begins with a sequence of shots with no titles on them, just a narrator introducing the main character. This immediately intrigues the viewer as the opening titles are not considered to be dull or boring which other films are accused of. Then a white font outlined with a blue trim initiate the opening titles by fading in and out. This font make the titles look as if they are on the news which gives the viewer an insight to what the movie is about. They are positioned away from the clips of Will Ferrel to allow the viewer to watch the footage and keep tem entertained.  The rolling footage of Will Ferrel is very humorous which implies that the movie that the audience is about to watch, is a comedy. Each title has a considerable time lapse between them, therefore focussing the viewers attention to the footage.

Fast and Furious Opening Titles



Universal pictures presents
In association with relativity media
An original film/one race films production
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Dwayne Johnson
Michelle Rodrigues
Jordana Brewster
Tyrese Gibson
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges
Sun Kang
Gal Gadot
Luke Evans
Gina Carano
John Ortiz
Shea Whigham  Elsa Patakay
David Ajala  Kim Kold
Thure Lindhardt  Joe Taslim
Casting by Lucinda Son c,s,a, c,d,g
Music by Lucas Vidal
Costume designer sanja Milkovic Hays
Visual effect supervisors David Vickery  Kelvin McIlwain
Edited by  Christian Wagner  Kelly Matsumoto  Dylan Highsmith
Production Designer  Jan Roelfs
Director of Photography  Stephen F. Windon a.c.s
Executive producers  Justin Lin  Amanda Lewis
Executive producers Samantha Vincent  Chris Morgan
Produces by  Neal H. Mortiz p.g.a  Vin Diesel  Clayton Townsend p.g.a
Based on characters created by Gary Scott Thompson
Written by Chris Morgan
Directed by Justin Lin
Furious 6

The opening titles in this film are introduced by sliding in and out of the shot over moving footage. The Font is metallic grey which is related to metal, this therefore relates very well to the film as the film is about cars. The footage is showing clips from all the previous Fast and Furious which could provide first time viewers a backbone of the story to allow them to understand the plot. The footage alone is very action-packed and chaotic which demonstrate what the film will be about and immediately grabs the viewers attention. A particular soundtrack is also used to add to the excited of the build up tot he film and is very dramatic.

Preliminary Task - Evaluation

Evaluation:

I feel that there are many strengths in my preliminary task as i have used all the needed aspects of the video (walking down stairs, through a door, across a room and a conversation) .To begin with i have included all the required camera shots in the video by using long, medium and close up shots. Also to instigate the beginning of the conversation between the two speakers, i have used an establishing shot which displays the relationship between the two people. I then created a combination of over the shoulder shots to form the conversation




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ducking
reducing sound of background
filling frame
establishment shot
soundtrack
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Film Opening Harry Potter - Evaluation

Evaluation - 2 Minutes

The beginning of the film starts off with a close up shot of a road name emerging from the darkness with an owl sitting on it. The camera angle begins to change as it rotates to the right and the owl and and street sign go out of the shot, the owl then reappears flying off into the darkness. The image then stays still for a few seconds and a figure submerges from where the owl disappeared. This creates a sense of mystery and could be considered as magical. Also a quick shot of a cat  is included which soon becomes important. Then a sequence of varied shots are used when the man displays his magic, therefore adding to the theme mystery/magical. The camera then focusses on the cat and slowly moves to the left until the cat is out of site then the shadow of the cat is visible. The shadow then shifts from the shape of a cat in to the shape of a human and then a woman appears. This special effect adds to the theme and is very effective. The shot then moves to a two shot where the man and woman are having a conversation. The shot then changes twice more into other two shots but from different angles and continue to follow them. Then a long shot is used and a bright light in the distance is introduced. Then a couple of shots of a figure on a motorbike flying from right to left is used which adds to the theme.
Throughout the scene an unusual soundtrack is used which fits to the theme very well. It sounds mystical and magical but it also introduces an element of tension which forces tension to the viewer as they don't know what is going to happen next.

Film Opening Quantum of Solace - Evaluation

Evaluation

The opening of Quantum of Solace begins with a shot establishing the location. The camera angle is low to the sea getting closer to the island. It then changes a couple of times to several close up shots of a character in a car (James Bond). The overall mood up to this point is particularly calm. It then turns back to the original shot where the camera is approaching the island from the same angle. The setting then changes to join James bond in a car chase where the shifts to being very chaotic and frantic. This is due to the countless number of close up shots being used. All the camera shots are used in this scene (long shot, medium shot and particularly close up shot). Long shots are used in the scene to establish the setting and location, this is needed because in a period where only close up shots are used the viewer could get confused on what is actually happening; so the long shots allow the view to gather where the characters are. The transitions between shots are very quick which adds to the chaos. Also the video quality of some clips are quite poor and unsteady but this is very effective. This is included to add to the mood. There is also a very wide range of camera angles on the cars are used to set the scene and demonstrate the car chase.
The soundtrack is also very effective, it is very dramatic and gradually gets louder and vicious which relates to the clips as the action and chaos gradually increases, the soundtrack and clips correspond very well.
This opening is also very effective due to the fact that is it easy to recognised the 'bad' and 'good' characters. This is visible between the interchanges between clips focussing on the 'good' character and 'bad' character. The bad character is recognised by the use of a gun as a prop.
As the opening gradually draws to a close the transitions between clips become less frequent and the soundtrack fades out and comes to an end. This signifies and emphasises the end of the car chase which is made very clear to the viewer.

Film opening Bruce Almighty - Evaluation

Evaluation - 40 seconds to 3 minutes 20 seconds

Bruce Almighty begins with a black screen and a running audio where you can hear a man moaning. It is then followed by close up shot of a character wearing a a hair net. This shot immediately emphasises that this character will in fact be the main character of Bruce in the film as he is the first thing the viewers see. The use of the hair net is effective as it creates humour by relating to the audio before the scene. By including humour so early on in the film it makes it evident that the film is a comedy. Bruce continues moaning in this shot, it then changes to a shot establishing the setting which is to be a bakery, displaying the crew and Bruce who is the broadcaster. This establishment shot allows the viewers to understand where the beginning is taking place. It is then followed by a medium shot of Bruce including two staff of the bakery in the background. Bruce's body language suddenly changes and he acts professional which adds further humour. Also the characters in the background (one man and one woman) are used effectively to add humour as they are standing there motionless and emotionless. It then moves to a over the shoulder shot of Bruce make a humorous comment to the man. This clip then changes to a medium shot of two members of the crew showing their reaction. One member of the crew is holding a professional video camera. This use of props suggests he's a cameraman, making it clear that this is a broadcast. Throughout this scene there is a constant soundtrack which is cheerful and happy, adding to he humour.
This is followed by a clip of Bruce having a conversation with one of the staff and is merged into a over the shoulder shot. This clip appears to be an out take and adds further humour. Bruce then walks out of the scene.
The setting then changes to the outside with one continuous clip where the camera follows Bruce rough 90 degrees. Lastly, the setting changes once again to another location. This clip is in slow motion as Bruce pours milk into children's cups but spills it everywhere. This adds to the humour. The camera angle is directly ahead of Bruce, it then changes to a side view and then back to the front angle. Throughout this scene a typical famous soundtrack is playing which relates to slow motion and adds more humour. Bruce's facial expressions also add to the humour.

Walking through a door video - Media

Evaluation

I believe this video is reasonably successful because I have included two long shot showing the whole character and a close up shot focussing on the characters hand on the door handle. I have include three clips in this video to form a relatively smooth motion. I made sure that the character is always moving from the right to the left of the screen to make the video look realistic. I have also included a title page which clearly displays what the video is about.
To improve this video I could include a range camera angles used to make it more creative and intriguing. I could also try to introduce more clips demonstrating a range of shots, including medium shots to make the video more effecting and fluent instead of jumping from a long shot to a close up shot. Also when making another video i shouldn't use the word 'actor' in the title pages.

Conversation Video - Media

Evaluation

I think this video is successful because I have included the first clip which establishes the setting and the characters who will be having the conversation. This also can be considered as a two shot. I have also included several over the shoulder shots to display which character is speaking. I included close up shots to emphasise this further. I ended the video re-establishing the setting showing one of the characters walking away from the other. Finally, I have included title pages at the beginning and ending of the video.
This video could be improved by retaking some of the clips as I have not managed to record all of the audio and therefore the video will appear confusing to the viewer as the conversation topic isn't clear. I could try and include different camera angles and also focus on different aspects of the body to convey emotions and reactions through body language.

Evaluation on Media Video

Evaluation

Good:
I have successfully managed to use all the camera shots. I included four longshots, two medium shops and two close up shots. Also I was able to include two soundtracks in attempt to convey the mood, in addition to these soundtracks I adjusted them so fade out instead of cutting off straight away. Finally I made an introduction title page and another page at the end to inform the viewer who was involved in the video and who played what role.

Improvements:
I would alter some particular aspects of my video in order to make it better. firstly, I would make my video longer and also allow it to show a clearer story which would enable the viewer get a better understanding on what is happening in the video. Currently in my video to story of the act is too vague and could be regarded as confusing or misleading. Also I would include different soundtracks which display the mood more effectively, this could lead to creating tense, happy, sad and humorous moods more effectively. When making another video I will also attempt to import transitions between clips to make the video seem more fluent and professional. furthermore I could also use effects to change the appearance of the video which could help me a lot when trying to convey a certain mood or emotion. I would also go into further depth when using the camera shots which would give me a wider variety of camera shots being used and if they are successful it will improve the video. To conclude I would also use some sound effects which corresponding to particular actions; this could add further aspects to the video such as comedy which could be created by a funny noise or even laughter.

Media video - Flowers