"Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques."
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography"
Typography was giving to my group to use in our title sequence, and we decided to do this by putting the titles into our title sequence in diffent ways, not just still typed on to a plain back ground. I think that we achived this by doing our final "The Decline" written on a keybord, and using the "3" keys as "E"s as there is only one "E" on a key bord and two in "The Decline".
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Location
In our group, we decided to use an office as the setting for our title sequence as it would fit in with the story line as the main character is a business man. Charlie thought that it would be a good idea to use an estate agency in Themsmead as he knows the owner. We decided to go and film down there on Friday the 20th of November, but both Sam and I was off sick that day and Megan and Charlie didn’t think that it would be fair to shoot with out us. During the weekend Charlie went to the estate agency to apologies in person and tell them why we didn’t turn up, when doing this is decided that this would not be the right location for us and he didn’t think it would it properly with our film, and we decided to trust him on this.
After this we had no luck in finding another office outside of school which we could use, we tried filming a few shots in school in the teachers offices but decided again that this would not portray the right look, and as well as this it was really cramped and was hard to film with all four of us in there, a big light and our camera and tri-pod. Sam and Charlie’s friend has an office in his house and said that we could film there when ever we wanted, and as we getting close to the dead line we decided to change what our opening titles would look like and use his office for our title sequence, the fact that we could use his house more or less when ever we wanted was a bonus, as well as him living close to school so this would be easy to film.
After this we had no luck in finding another office outside of school which we could use, we tried filming a few shots in school in the teachers offices but decided again that this would not portray the right look, and as well as this it was really cramped and was hard to film with all four of us in there, a big light and our camera and tri-pod. Sam and Charlie’s friend has an office in his house and said that we could film there when ever we wanted, and as we getting close to the dead line we decided to change what our opening titles would look like and use his office for our title sequence, the fact that we could use his house more or less when ever we wanted was a bonus, as well as him living close to school so this would be easy to film.
Friday, 5 March 2010
Filming: Take Three
As we were coming quiet close the deadline again for out coursework, and had just lost our location (AGAIN), as a group we were finding it hard to find another location at such sort notice, so we tried using some of the offices with in the school, which we thought would be a good idea as we could film when ever we wanted, and then maybe we could finally finish our coursework, which even at this point seemed quiet sketchy after all of the hicups that had already happened.
Sam and Charlie tried a few of the offices within school, some of which were too small to film in, and as well as this, some of the teachers were not allowing us to long onto their computors so that we could film the titles that we wanted. This made all of very frustrated and doubtful that we would even have a final piece of coursework to hand in.
Im not sure how our final location came around, but, to me personaly I saw this as something which would have resembled a God - send; one of our friends from school has an office in his back garden and said that it would be okay if we used it to finish off (or maybe even restart) our coursework.
Due to this factor, we decided to re-draw a storyboard, so that we could have a whole new titlesequence that we could make to fit the scene, after some long talks I finally drew up a new story board and over a period of a few days we had finished shooting our titlesequence!
Then all we had to do was edit. Atleast this time whilst shooting we had no real arguements or heated discustions, we all got stuck in a did some filming ect, and we managed to pull of, a decent piece of coursework - although as it stands we dot have any music for this piece!:(
Sam and Charlie tried a few of the offices within school, some of which were too small to film in, and as well as this, some of the teachers were not allowing us to long onto their computors so that we could film the titles that we wanted. This made all of very frustrated and doubtful that we would even have a final piece of coursework to hand in.
Im not sure how our final location came around, but, to me personaly I saw this as something which would have resembled a God - send; one of our friends from school has an office in his back garden and said that it would be okay if we used it to finish off (or maybe even restart) our coursework.
Due to this factor, we decided to re-draw a storyboard, so that we could have a whole new titlesequence that we could make to fit the scene, after some long talks I finally drew up a new story board and over a period of a few days we had finished shooting our titlesequence!
Then all we had to do was edit. Atleast this time whilst shooting we had no real arguements or heated discustions, we all got stuck in a did some filming ect, and we managed to pull of, a decent piece of coursework - although as it stands we dot have any music for this piece!:(
Filming, Take Two
Our group decided together that it would be a good idea to film within school, as the offices would be easy to accsess and we could also film whenever we wanted. We talk this over with one of our media teachers and she suggested that using one of the art teachers offices would be perfect and I had agreed with her as I had already seen his office.
We all thought that this office would be really good for shooting in as even though it was lightly painted, the inside was still quiet dark where no sun light hit it at certain parts of the day, and this would be for getting the mood that we wanted, as our film was meant to be quiet dark and gritty. As well as this, behind the desk there was a poster on the wall that said "Keep Calm Carry On" as well as drawings which the teachers daughter had done, I thought this reflected the character in the film that we were trying to portray, as he is a family man and the poster "Keep Calm Carry On" But due to some complications, one of which was lighting, I found it very hard to light up the office with one very big light that we had borrowed from the art department, as we used this as a kind of spot light on Charlie, who was playing the main charactor in out film, but trying to keep the surroundings quiet dark as this was look that we had been aiming for, we could no longer film in this office, which I myself, was quiet dissapointed about as i though it would be a very good location even though it was quiet small.
We all thought that this office would be really good for shooting in as even though it was lightly painted, the inside was still quiet dark where no sun light hit it at certain parts of the day, and this would be for getting the mood that we wanted, as our film was meant to be quiet dark and gritty. As well as this, behind the desk there was a poster on the wall that said "Keep Calm Carry On" as well as drawings which the teachers daughter had done, I thought this reflected the character in the film that we were trying to portray, as he is a family man and the poster "Keep Calm Carry On" But due to some complications, one of which was lighting, I found it very hard to light up the office with one very big light that we had borrowed from the art department, as we used this as a kind of spot light on Charlie, who was playing the main charactor in out film, but trying to keep the surroundings quiet dark as this was look that we had been aiming for, we could no longer film in this office, which I myself, was quiet dissapointed about as i though it would be a very good location even though it was quiet small.
Filming, Take One
The first time that my group attempted to film, we had a good location in themsmead in an estatagents to film out title sequence, but unfortunatly, both Sam and myself where off sick from 6th Form that day, so Charlie and Megan didn't think that it would be right to film with out us, so when we got back from school we tried to make arrangements to go back down to the estatagents to try and film again, but Charlie had told us, that when he went down there to appologise for us, not being there that their offices where not what we was looking for, so then we had to re-think about what to do. . .
And as we thought that we were slowly running out of time, trying to find another location on such short notice may not be such a good idea, as it took us a long time to try and arrange this one, so we then decieded to use one of the offices with in the school . . .
And as we thought that we were slowly running out of time, trying to find another location on such short notice may not be such a good idea, as it took us a long time to try and arrange this one, so we then decieded to use one of the offices with in the school . . .
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Opening Title Sequence For Juno.
The open titles for Reitman's critically acclaimed indie-comedy film, Juno, where hand craften by Shadowplay Studio.
As the title sequence starts we hear the music, "All I want is you to be my sweet honny bee, and if I was a tree growing tall and green, all Id
want is for you to shave me and be my leaves", the lyrics in the song already suggest to the audiance (for exmaple myself) that the film is going
to have a romantic touch to it, maybe with some problems along the way. We see Juno walking down, what looks like, to be a subberban street
holding a large bottle of "Sunny D" in her hands, and then she walks through a group of boys running down the road in some sort of uniform. You
would think that being a film aimed at teenages it would be bright and colourful out, almost as if the titles had be edited to be perficly coloured,
and bright and happy, but in Juno, you can tell that is is a sunny day out but its still dark in the back ground, which does not suggest that she is a
good mood as she bowls down the road.
Juno, and the street that she is walking down then all turns into cartoon images, these again not being very bright, all dark and nutral colours,
very monotone, and the only thing with shadding in the title sequence, is Juno. The intremental for the playing again in the background. Next Juno
is standing at a cross road, with foreshaddows that there will be a dissions that she will have to make, she takes a mouthful of the "Sunny D"
that she is holding in her hands and then we see her fidgiting feet, which could be portrating that she is nurvouse about something or thinking.
Behind the feet we see a pair of legs, exactly the same as the ones which are Juno's, walking down the road, we then see her from the waist down
swinging the "Sunny D" bottle by her side. Next we see Juno again, bowling down a road, Juno being the only part of the shot which does not look
like it has been drawn, there is still an element of realism in her, like she is a photograph on a drawn background. The lyrics to the song which we
first heard in the beging start playing again, suggesting that there may be a relationship with her and a boy, and they are "in love" and "JUNO" is
flashing beside her in hand drawn black letters. The camera then moves upwards to see the top of a telegraph pole and small hand drawn birds
flying in the dull bluey gray, cloudless sky.
We then see a closs of shot of Juno's gray face smiling, and then to a close up of her legs and feet walking down an outline of a white chair and
acustic guitar, this again foreshaddowing that they both play a large part in the upcoming film, with her "Sunny D" bottle still swinging at her side.
Then we just see Juno walking down a road past houses, then turning down another road to walk past some shops, the scenery still being very dull,
not much colour to anything, everything is the same, as if the writer of "Juno" is telling the audiance that life is boring, or that what ever in the background
is boring, you have to make your life colourful and exiting yourself. Then as Juno is walking past a shop, its outlining starts to dissapear, as if it is
deteriarating, foreshaddowing that something bad is going to happen and that everything will then "fall apart". When Juno leaves the shot there is nothing
left of the shop that she has just walked past, apart from the dull coffe colour and a few lines. We then see Juno standing infront of this, waiting to cross
the road, and then behind her another shop is draw on to where the other one was, as if it is portraying that even though sometimes is may seem
like everything is gone and the world is about to end, you can build your life back up and everything will be okay in the end. Juno moves closer in to
the shot, then all we see is a close up of her hand unscrewing her "Sunny D" bottle, and then close up of her drinking it as she walks, but all we can see
behind her is the dull colour of the sky, the only colour in the shot is coming from her red jumper. Next there is a birdseye few of Juno walking down a
beige pavement, and the dull colour of the sky/background surrounding that pavement, she then looks up at the camera and has a smerk on her face.
She walk out the shot and then into another one where she is walking along a park, the only colour being her, the dark green of the grass and then
we see the boys in their running outfits funny along the grass, infront of the outline of white drawn trees. The shot changes to see her walking down the
road from behind, and the boys running past her again, this tells us that one, of not more, of these boys plays a main part in the film.
For the next few shots they are the same as the first, Juno is walking down a very bland road, we switch from seeing her from behind, to her feet, to her
side, and then a close up of her face with a smirk on it, then back to seeing her walking down a road where all we can see is the out line of a boy on
a skate board, a few trees and a shop, it all being the same coffee colour brown - the shot then changes to gradually being back to normal, but the
last thing to change from being drawn into the film is Juno, we see a young boy and girl standing outside this shop and Juno walks in, still with her
overly large "Sunny D" in her hand.
As the title sequence starts we hear the music, "All I want is you to be my sweet honny bee, and if I was a tree growing tall and green, all Id
want is for you to shave me and be my leaves", the lyrics in the song already suggest to the audiance (for exmaple myself) that the film is going
to have a romantic touch to it, maybe with some problems along the way. We see Juno walking down, what looks like, to be a subberban street
holding a large bottle of "Sunny D" in her hands, and then she walks through a group of boys running down the road in some sort of uniform. You
would think that being a film aimed at teenages it would be bright and colourful out, almost as if the titles had be edited to be perficly coloured,
and bright and happy, but in Juno, you can tell that is is a sunny day out but its still dark in the back ground, which does not suggest that she is a
good mood as she bowls down the road.
Juno, and the street that she is walking down then all turns into cartoon images, these again not being very bright, all dark and nutral colours,
very monotone, and the only thing with shadding in the title sequence, is Juno. The intremental for the playing again in the background. Next Juno
is standing at a cross road, with foreshaddows that there will be a dissions that she will have to make, she takes a mouthful of the "Sunny D"
that she is holding in her hands and then we see her fidgiting feet, which could be portrating that she is nurvouse about something or thinking.
Behind the feet we see a pair of legs, exactly the same as the ones which are Juno's, walking down the road, we then see her from the waist down
swinging the "Sunny D" bottle by her side. Next we see Juno again, bowling down a road, Juno being the only part of the shot which does not look
like it has been drawn, there is still an element of realism in her, like she is a photograph on a drawn background. The lyrics to the song which we
first heard in the beging start playing again, suggesting that there may be a relationship with her and a boy, and they are "in love" and "JUNO" is
flashing beside her in hand drawn black letters. The camera then moves upwards to see the top of a telegraph pole and small hand drawn birds
flying in the dull bluey gray, cloudless sky.
We then see a closs of shot of Juno's gray face smiling, and then to a close up of her legs and feet walking down an outline of a white chair and
acustic guitar, this again foreshaddowing that they both play a large part in the upcoming film, with her "Sunny D" bottle still swinging at her side.
Then we just see Juno walking down a road past houses, then turning down another road to walk past some shops, the scenery still being very dull,
not much colour to anything, everything is the same, as if the writer of "Juno" is telling the audiance that life is boring, or that what ever in the background
is boring, you have to make your life colourful and exiting yourself. Then as Juno is walking past a shop, its outlining starts to dissapear, as if it is
deteriarating, foreshaddowing that something bad is going to happen and that everything will then "fall apart". When Juno leaves the shot there is nothing
left of the shop that she has just walked past, apart from the dull coffe colour and a few lines. We then see Juno standing infront of this, waiting to cross
the road, and then behind her another shop is draw on to where the other one was, as if it is portraying that even though sometimes is may seem
like everything is gone and the world is about to end, you can build your life back up and everything will be okay in the end. Juno moves closer in to
the shot, then all we see is a close up of her hand unscrewing her "Sunny D" bottle, and then close up of her drinking it as she walks, but all we can see
behind her is the dull colour of the sky, the only colour in the shot is coming from her red jumper. Next there is a birdseye few of Juno walking down a
beige pavement, and the dull colour of the sky/background surrounding that pavement, she then looks up at the camera and has a smerk on her face.
She walk out the shot and then into another one where she is walking along a park, the only colour being her, the dark green of the grass and then
we see the boys in their running outfits funny along the grass, infront of the outline of white drawn trees. The shot changes to see her walking down the
road from behind, and the boys running past her again, this tells us that one, of not more, of these boys plays a main part in the film.
For the next few shots they are the same as the first, Juno is walking down a very bland road, we switch from seeing her from behind, to her feet, to her
side, and then a close up of her face with a smirk on it, then back to seeing her walking down a road where all we can see is the out line of a boy on
a skate board, a few trees and a shop, it all being the same coffee colour brown - the shot then changes to gradually being back to normal, but the
last thing to change from being drawn into the film is Juno, we see a young boy and girl standing outside this shop and Juno walks in, still with her
overly large "Sunny D" in her hand.
Romantic Comedy Genre
"Romantic Comedy films are light-hearted and humerouse, centering on romantic ideals such as a true love able to surmount most obstables" Romanic Comedy films are a sub-genre of a Comedy film, as well as Romance films, which often also have some elements of screwball comedies and stoner comedies; Screwball comedies being a type of conedy that was popular in the 1930s, chacterised by frantic action, verble wit, characters being in bizarre predicaments, and using "slapstick humor". An example of films from this genre being "Bringing Up Baby" and its loose remake, "Whats UP, Doc?" Stoner Comedies or Stoner filmers revolve around the use of marijuana, showing cannabis use in a comic and positive fashion, as well as cannabis being used as one of the main theams and inspiering most of the plot. The historic film "Reefer madness" is now classed as a Stoner Comedy, but some more recent example being films such as "The Pineapple Express", "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" and "The Simpsons Weekend at Burnsie's"
Romantic Comedies involve dramatic story lines about romance with the light humours touch, the dramatic romantic issues that are brought up in a Romantic Comedy are those such as, true love does exist, there is someone out there just for us, and id we could only find them, we would experiance true love and that romance can overcome all obstacles. as well as this a Romantic comedy offers the audiance an experiance of shared itimacy within couples; be them married, dating, young or old, and seeing this is fulfinging and pleasurable.
The most common story line for a "Rom Com" is that, two protagonists, usually these being one male and one female, meet, then part ways due to some kind of obstacle and then they are reunited. The male and female could be hesitant to become romantically involved, this being one of the most common obsticles in a romantic comedy, they do not want to belive that they have feelings for each other, sometimes this could be that one of them already has a partner, but the screenwriterswill leave clues to suggest to the audiance that there will be a happy ending sfter all the obstacles have been overcome. "Rom Coms" can appeal to both men and women, and this is done by combining both the use of a romatic comedy and stoner comedys, a brilliant exmaple of this is the film "Knocked Up", films such as these, more often then not, will use sexual content to bring the two main charaters together, another film which does this is "American Pie".
Romantic Comedies involve dramatic story lines about romance with the light humours touch, the dramatic romantic issues that are brought up in a Romantic Comedy are those such as, true love does exist, there is someone out there just for us, and id we could only find them, we would experiance true love and that romance can overcome all obstacles. as well as this a Romantic comedy offers the audiance an experiance of shared itimacy within couples; be them married, dating, young or old, and seeing this is fulfinging and pleasurable.
The most common story line for a "Rom Com" is that, two protagonists, usually these being one male and one female, meet, then part ways due to some kind of obstacle and then they are reunited. The male and female could be hesitant to become romantically involved, this being one of the most common obsticles in a romantic comedy, they do not want to belive that they have feelings for each other, sometimes this could be that one of them already has a partner, but the screenwriterswill leave clues to suggest to the audiance that there will be a happy ending sfter all the obstacles have been overcome. "Rom Coms" can appeal to both men and women, and this is done by combining both the use of a romatic comedy and stoner comedys, a brilliant exmaple of this is the film "Knocked Up", films such as these, more often then not, will use sexual content to bring the two main charaters together, another film which does this is "American Pie".
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