Saul Bass presentation

Saul bass from hollylouisewright

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the fantastagirls on Prezi

Our pitch for fantasta girls went well and I am happy with what we achieved. We included: genre, narrative, target audience, characters, details on the character Zorack, the budget, underlying messages and the director. However missed out some important details like the music producer which we have now researched into. We had criticism from the class, which was the target audience. We have changed our main target audience to a younger group, and we are then going to have a secondary audience which will be for a older group, for example parents who was be going to watch the film with their children or teenagers. From doing the pitch we have also come up with more ideas for our title sequence.

plot.

The Budget for our film is £35,000,000 and we have estimated a profit of £80,000,000. We have researched in a film similar to ours such as 'Sky High' and we have estimated the budget and profit around this film.
 

Our primary audience is a younger audience we can produce merchandise out of it which can also be a benefit in the profit. We may also make apps which could make us gain more money.

Underlying messages within the film:
- friendship, the disruption of loneliness; the impact family has; and jealousy.

Our primary target audience is for the film is for girls up to the ages of 13. We also think that the film can be targeted at family audiences too.

The release date of our film is going to be in August 2013, this is because it will be in the summer holidays and it will be more suitable for children to see it.

The Director of the film is Mike Mitchell because he has previously made films that are similar to ours. For example: Sky High(superheroes) and Alvin and the chipmunks(younger audience)

Feedback sheets

i was pleased with the feedback we were given. i think our film does need some work but with the feed back on the sheets we can improve. we have already put thought into what people have said and even researched further into some things. We got mostly 2 stars which i was very happy with. Our target audience has now been lowered to 5-15 with the acceptation that parents would go with their children when it comes out in cinema. Our director has also been changed to Mike Micheal.

presentation of fantastagirls

fight sequence with foley

i was pleased with this. i foley sounds were effective and gave the effect we wanted. we had no planned script so the film was spontaneous. this then resulted in swearing. This has now been bleeped out to not offend those who watch it. we used a range of shots however the last bit of the film we run out of time and therefore the shots aren't so good. This, however, will help us when filming our coursework to time it before we film. we used raw meat to give the slap effect, and a melon for the punch.

avengers analysis

Avengers title sequence analysis.
The genre of the film is being constructed by the constant images of weapons this is shown throughout but also is the first image to appear. A shield is shown close up so it is more intense. There is a dark background that shadows over the shield. The camera moves around the shield, showing every inch of it to make the audience feel as if they are there. The shield is damaged as if it has been used in a battle, bringing back the idea that it is portraying what is going to happen, the darkness shows negative connotations to show the characters have been beaten rather then in power. The genre of the music is action. Its is very upbeat to fit in with the shots. The music is intense to show to the audience that something big is going to happen during the film.


It starts of with a sudden sound as if metal is hitting metal which links to the typography of ‘joss whedon’ in bold shinny metal, and then switches to an image of captain America’s shield. The sudden clash of the metal draws attention for the audience straight away. It also relates to each character as each have some short of metal in their weapons or armor. The music begins with the theme tune to show what will outline throughout the film. The music is very upbeat and in focus with the images. Throughout the film the same typography is used, bold shiny metal, which refers back to the hero’s outfits in the film. This again fits in with the sound of metal heard earlier on to reinforce the idea of the superhero's having that one thing in common.The bold gives the elision of power and something bigger. Each character is shown through their outfits, captain America is shown first as he was the first avenger. The actors name appears beside it so the audience know what to expect. The transitions between are fast bringing back the codes and conventions of an action film. Even though the characters are shown the close ups divide their individuality and show the strengths.

After the outfits of the characters are shown we are then shown the typography. The image in the background is then into fade and the main focus is on the typography. this gives credit to the producers. Each costume is shown damaged which shows they have all been damaged in battle. Although we are shown the costumes we are not show the characters them selfs which suggest the audience would have to wait to see them until the fit, again building up tension.

continutiy sequence

when story boarding it was different to how it end it up being filmed. the shot were meant to be more preside and there was meant to more different ones. However when it can to film we discovered it was a lot different. i think we was more concentrated on getting it done the focusing on the shots. This resulted in some of the shots looking as if they were jumping. individually i think i did better on the editing, i slowed down the extreme close ups and ran a westerned theme music over the top of it to create suspense. i think it would have been better if it was more carefully planned out. however on the next task will help me to learn from this.

Shaun's lesson; the game analysis

 

Analysis; The Game Title Sequence

Setting: 
From the Title Sequence -

• countryside
• summer
• 60's-70's 
• birthday party 
• old fashioned, black and white

Themes: 

• Drama
• Crime
• Identity - father figure 

Style: 

• Dull colours 
• Prologue 
• Music - classical, slow, represents loneliness from the piano
• Clips - memories
• Slow editing, reminiscent
• Editing - puzzles, relates to the title 'the game' - puzzle he has to fit suggests story line of trying to fix his life, put back the pieces - is it to do with his childhood - creates an enigma for the audience 
• Burn out on clips, suggests old camera

Narrative 

• Game - life 
• Haunted by his past
• Relationship with dad isn’t good
• Past has made him who is he is current, impacted

- he regrets something from his childhood 

- something dramatic in his childhood has happened which has had an affect on his life

- loneliness of his childhood

zombie land analysis

Zombie land The first image we are presented with shows the company who created the film. There is a plain black background with blood splashed across the front. This already shows connotations of a horror film. The music throughout is considered as action or horror, and gives insight about what to aspect in the film. The music brings suspense and leaves you waiting for something to happen. The image shown is the first to be more different to the others. The colour red is used for the gun to show more blood shed or danger. The image gives as the illusion that the actor is either one to be feared or a hero. More images are show of actors names with blood. The transitions between are fast paced and/or spinning. This again brings forward the idea that there is going to be a lot of action. The image suggest the actor is going to be a target or the one they are after as shown by the target behind the name.

Article

 

"They have always served a greater purpose than themselves: to move the overarching story forward." – The article speaks the truth. Is says about the title having a greater meaning behind it then just showing the film. no characters are shown and it doesn’t give credit to the people who made the film, but has a 'greater purpose' which gives a story line of the film. I think this hints of aspects, which will be in the film and sometimes slightly portrays the narrative of the film itself. 

"we see the emergence of typography that seeks to match letterforms with the subject matter and even the zeitgeist" & "It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design." - The typography within a title sequence also can show the genre of a film. A film name with the right typography, analysing it can set up the whole theme that would be held in the film. The typography itself does 'match' the narrative and genre of the film; which I think is very important for audiences. 

“As much as possible, they liked to convey the tone of a movie through the “dressage” of its main title”
The quotation shows the films audience, people who wish to see a film will often judge it on their first impressions and that comes under the title name and the way the title presents the film. 

“It could be argued that typography lost importance in this era of title design. The imagery behind the credits received a lot more attention”
The quotation is interesting because a lot of people see a film for its typography, but the imagery is very important in a film as well, this also gives away the genre and an in sight into the film. The imagery also draws the audience to see the film as they wish to find out later in whom that person or what the image is of and how it ties in with the story line and the selected title.