We decided to do a little bit of group work to make sure that we are doing what we need to do and that we are not behind in our work. We decided to look at some title sequences for Crime films i.e. Pulp Fiction, No country for old men
and Crime drama series i.e. CSI Miami, White chapel
And also to decide on our schedule and what we would do over the Christmas holiday, so by doing this we have enabled ourselves to have a time table which will allow us to keep on time with our sequence and for us to NOT miss the deadline that has been set!
This is the opening scene for 'No Country for Old Men'
I chose this because when i watched it i liked the simplicity of it, but it also showed a lot of emotion. For example it is just different landscapes of a desert with the sun rising and the lighting allows us to think of dark times. Not only that but the voice over was a fantastic way to introduce the film to give us a simple out look on the film.
Then i found that 'Die hard' was also a good example as it is a well loved and known film;
This sequence is very different to the one above as it seems as if it is part of the film but every now and again you see the names of people who have contributed to the making of the film. I chose this however as the typography was my main focus and the way in which the title of the film appears on the screen. Both words come from opposite sides of the screen and the type of it makes it seem like a hard hitting film which also comes across in the way that the title comes onto the screen.
Now i will look at some dramas which use some techniques that we would like to use in our sequence.
Our favourite one was by far 'The Wire'
We chose this because a lot of the shots are the same as the ones that we would like to use and we like the way you never see any one's face and only technical objects. We also noticed that there are a lot of hints of were it is set and what it is about which is the sort of thing that we would like to come across in our sequence.
To Kill A Mockingbird Link
This is the link to 'Kill a Mockingbird' as we felt that this was one of the best and most simplest openings that fit to out sort of style.
Here are some of the stills from the opening sequence, i really like the way that it is in black and white but yet it still looks very modern. Black and White makes it feel a little more sadistic and in a way just fits. We haven't ventured into the thoughts of having our sequence in black and white however after watching this i think that it should be a possibility. Although some things fit in black and white and some things do not so if we do decide to put our sequence into black and white it would be a last minute decision.
When i look at these all together it gives me some really good ideas for what we could do for our sequence, as it is a movie sequence it also makes it hard to not completely go for the crime drama part of it as those are the sequences that we prefer. However i think that by combining them we would be able to make a really good piece but the main things that i think would be very good to suggest would be the use of landscapes in 'No Country For Old Men' as it creates a sense of reality and drama, especially with the voice over talking about the man that had been arrested. However i also think that the use of typography and the use of technical objects in 'The Wire' were very creative, and they give a real sense of crime which is obviously what we want to come across in our sequence. And then we have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' which gives us an eerie sense to the film as we notice that it is a child doing these things and it makes it all that more sadistic, i also love the fact that it is in black and white, as it also adds to the criminal side of things. I think that these are really good combinations to look at for our title sequence and that they will help us the come up with a genius idea!!
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