Evauation question
- 1. Evaluation
- 2. .In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- 3. Text • Our title sequence is very conventional in the way that we have used our text throughout the sequence. So first off we have the company’s name appear who produced the film which is ‘Warner Brothers.’ For this particular bit of text we made it so that it fades on to the screen and slows down while moving so you can read it then fades off again.While this in smaller writing it says ‘presents and moves off the other way and fades the same time as the ‘Warner Brothers.’
- 4. • After this the picture on the screen changes it comes up with the directors name and our chosen director is Martin Scorsese. So on our screen it says ‘A Martin Scorsese film.’ But its played out so the ‘A’ is on the top, the Martin Scorsese is in the middle and ‘Film’ is at the bottom and the ‘A’ is moving left and the ‘Film’ is moving right. This is necessary to be in a films title sequence because firstly some directors have a big following so they bring a lot of star power and two they deserve the credit.
- 5. • A few shots after this the names of the two most famous Actors in our film appear, ( Leonardo DiCaprio and J.K Simmons ), because these particular celebrity's have a lot of star power so if there names are mentioned right away it keeps a lot of eyes glued to the sequence.
- 6. • our editors name will then appear a few shots later ( Richard Bruce ) and after it gives credit to the person who made the soundtrack ( John Williams ). After this in the corner it says ‘Casting’ in the corner and the name Billy Hopkins appears on top of it. This is conventional because it gives credit to the casting, soundtrack and editor.
- 7. • The camera then cuts to a shot of some folders and a kettle and just underneath writing fades on to the screen and says ‘ Director of Photography Darius Khondji.’ This is conventional as it gives credit to the director of photography.
- 8. • At the end of the sequence the name of our film appears a letter at a time in sync with the soundtrack which builds tension. The name of the film to be mentioned at the end of the sequence is very conventional as its just about to go into the film.
- 10. • When making a title sequence one of the most important things is establishing your genre so your audience know what they're watching. Our Genre is a hybrid genre as it is a crime thriller with elements of Horror. So firstly in our title sequence we start off with the camera facing the floor at a low angle with low key lighting and someone walks in front of the camera so you can see their shoe. This straight away brings a mystery type atmosphere.
- 11. • In addition to this the soundtrack clearly brings that element of horror to it with the deep strings playing creating an early atmosphere. Our soundtrack is parallel to our editing and camera work so they both go hand in hand to establish the genre.