Titles and opening sequences - part 4

Charade - titles


Charade - opening sequence


Dr No - titles

Film Analysis site

Have a look at this site

Thriller openings and titles - part 3

Sin City - Opening


No Country For Old Men - Opening Scene



The Usual Suspects Opening Credits


The Usual Suspects - Opening Scene


Memento - Opening Credits

Example Thriller

Example from Last year

Example

Thriller title and opening sequences - part 2

North by Northwest - Titles


Vertigo - Titles


Touch of Evil - Titles

Kiss me Deadly - Opening and Titles


Blade Runner - Titles

Thriller title and opening sequences - part 1

The Third Man - Titles



The Third Man - canted filming/dutch tilts


China Syndrome - First scene


Three days of the Condor - Titles


Dead Ringers - Titles


Dirty Harry - Titles and Opening


Se7en - Titles

Production Schedule

W/b 22 September
Editing continuity exercise. Put final edit on blog. Studying film openings in class - blog what you learn

W/b 29 September
Treatment deadline for film opening – add to blog

W/b 6 October
Storyboard deadline; find/create soundtrack –add to blog

W/b 13 October
Edit animatic – add to blog

W/b 20 October
Risk assessment, Shotlist and location deadline. Book locations. Add to blog

Half term (if you want) and Ws/b 3 and 10 November
Filming – comment on this in blog

W/b 17 and 24 November
Editing in class, lunchtimes and after college by negotiation (Dr C will review editing on an ongoing basis) – comment on process in blog

Friday 28 November
Final Edit deadline (group) – add video to blog

W/b 1 December
Feedback in class – analyse feedback and include this in blog

W/b 8 December
Write/present Evaluation and add to blog

Friday 12 December
Final evaluation deadline


There will be NO extensions. This unit will marked immediately and submitted to the exam board by Christmas

Shots and angles

Preliminary Exercise

Example Thriller

Shot sizes, angles and movements - Ripley's Game

Establishing Shot

High Angle / Aerial / Bird's Eye

Extreme low angle

Low angle

Point of View shot (POV)

Two shot

Mid shot/Medium Shot (M/S)

Long shot (L/S)

Close ups (C/U)

Extreme Close up (EC/U)

Wide angle

Over the shoulder shot

Shot

Reverse shot

Special effects (pyrotechnics)



Pan (left to right)

Tilt (down)

Standard progression of shot sizes in continuity editing

Storyboarding

These sites are a useful starting point for storyboarding

http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/

http://www.filmeducation.org/secondary/StudyGuides/storyboard.pdf

Shot sizes, angles and movements

This You Tube site is great for film making techniques
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1japIhKU9I

The AS Specification

This links to the AS Specification
http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/key_documents/AS_ALevel_GCE_Media_Studies_Specification.pdf

Welcome to the new AS blog site

Dear AS student
This is the home of your coursework blog. We will put other useful material on the site so that you can refer to it at your leisure! Keep looking.
Dr C


Deadlines

Week beginning 8 September Filming exercises and start blog

W/b 15 September Planning and filming continuity piece; continue blog

W/b 22 September Editing continuity exercise. Put final edit on blog. Studying film openings in class - blog what you learn

W/b 29 September Treatment deadline for film opening – add to blog

W/b 6 October Storyboard deadline; find/create soundtrack –add to blog

W/b 13 October Edit animatic – add to blog

W/b 20 October Risk assessment, Shotlist and location deadline. Book locations. Add to blog

Half term (if you want) and
Ws/b 3 and 10 November Filming – comment on this in blog

W/b 17 and 24 November Editing in class, lunchtimes and after college by negotiation (Dr C will review editing on an ongoing basis) – comment on process in blog

Friday 28 November Final Edit deadline (group) – add video to blog

W/b 1 December Feedback in class – analyse feedback and include this in blog

W/b 8 December Write/present Evaluation and add to blog

Friday 12 December Final evaluation deadline