Titles and Credits
Our film is a thriller so our titles and credits have to match.
Our company logo Dancing Pens will have a fun and childish feel. However, through my research into many opening scenes of films I’ve taken inspiration from aWarner Brothers because they sometimes fit their titles and their logo to coincide with the genre of the film. For example, for their majority of films they use their normal colourful logo with a soundtrack underneath whereas in films such as Batman or Mystic River the logo is in black and white with no sound track or a dark and ominous sound track. I have also found that the sound track for logos tend to be orchestral sounds and builds up into a final still of the logo for a couple of seconds.
For our logo we were thinking of linking it to our production name by using stop motion to move pens to spell out the D for dancing and the P for pens. Also we found that the font is quite important so we were thinking big bold writing to make the name clear. If we were making the logo and nothing else we would of made it colourful with a upbeat sound track. However, we thought for this film we might adapt our usual logo to the genre as we are imagining it being a big summer relaease, so we were thinking of using black pens and doing it in black and white with a dark sound track to coincide with the rest of the film.
Our company logo Dancing Pens will have a fun and childish feel. However, through my research into many opening scenes of films I’ve taken inspiration from aWarner Brothers because they sometimes fit their titles and their logo to coincide with the genre of the film. For example, for their majority of films they use their normal colourful logo with a soundtrack underneath whereas in films such as Batman or Mystic River the logo is in black and white with no sound track or a dark and ominous sound track. I have also found that the sound track for logos tend to be orchestral sounds and builds up into a final still of the logo for a couple of seconds.
For our logo we were thinking of linking it to our production name by using stop motion to move pens to spell out the D for dancing and the P for pens. Also we found that the font is quite important so we were thinking big bold writing to make the name clear. If we were making the logo and nothing else we would of made it colourful with a upbeat sound track. However, we thought for this film we might adapt our usual logo to the genre as we are imagining it being a big summer relaease, so we were thinking of using black pens and doing it in black and white with a dark sound track to coincide with the rest of the film.
We have decided to put our logo as the first thing then to go straight into the film after that and have the actors' names coming on screen while the film is playing. We thought about doing this because we want the audience to have a connection with our protagonist and feel the pain she feels and we thought this would help, in comparison to a murder film where they wouldn’t show the actors names at the beginning because some will be killed off and they don’t want the audience to develop a relationship with the character and for them to get killed which could put them off. However, I am not sure about this decision and I think we we will film with this idea in mind, leaving room for the actor name, but also feel free not to use this if it doesn;t give the right feel, as breaking the feeling of reality is a big problem in our genre - you need to involve the audience straight away and not distance them from what they're seeing.
While researching film titles and credits I looked at many different types of films and genres, one being Lord of War. I really liked the opening scene of this film, it traces the path of a bullet from production to eventually a human's head. I thought it was very different it was simple yet effective, the director of the film went straight into the film, no logo or credits as such and the first credits you see are the actors which are displayed while the film is running. This film also had music playing throughout the opening scene which is another idea.
Another very different film opening I watched was the film The Cabin in the Woods which is a horror/ thriller film, similar in genre to our film. The directors started with the production company Lionsgate logo, another company that changes their logo to fit in with the film. I also found that it is common to have the name of the production company and 'presents... 'right after the logo which is something I need to take into account when thinking about our group's opening titles.
They also have a sound track underneath the titles. I found that music was very important for setting the mood and was probably even more important that the logos themselves. After that they show the secondary production company's name, then they start the film with the two characters have their dialogue and about 3-4 minutes into the film the name of the film shoots on screen which a loud sound to make the audience jump, I found this very effective because it was enticing and I found once the clip ended I really wanted to watch on. Using my research to help me I am hoping to create an opening film which gives the audience the same feeling. I don't think we need to create a jump, but we need the title and credits to help reflect the feeling / genre.
They also have a sound track underneath the titles. I found that music was very important for setting the mood and was probably even more important that the logos themselves. After that they show the secondary production company's name, then they start the film with the two characters have their dialogue and about 3-4 minutes into the film the name of the film shoots on screen which a loud sound to make the audience jump, I found this very effective because it was enticing and I found once the clip ended I really wanted to watch on. Using my research to help me I am hoping to create an opening film which gives the audience the same feeling. I don't think we need to create a jump, but we need the title and credits to help reflect the feeling / genre.
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