Beginning Of The Main Task !

Today I started in class planning for the main task. First in class we looked at what the aim of our task was which is to make:


"the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes".
for this in class we looked at some good and bad examples of some titles sequences from different films and the different ways they had created them. we watched the openings from Detour, North By Northwest, Goldfinger, Anatomy of A Murder, Catch Me If You Can and Seven. I found some of these clips useful and others not so much.

North By Northwest

I thought that these opening titles where good as for that time i thought they seemed artist. this is due to the film using different colours which contrast. Also i like how the black lines fade into the film footage of the lines of the windows from the massive building from America. I think that this title sequence gives give the connotation that the characters would be business workers from the business blocks. Plus, i like how the shots changes to show lots of different people but in every shot there are lots of crowds. i think this would show that the film is set in an American city as cities include lots of people. Also they have used natural lighting, i think this would reflect the outside of the building and the city and would blend with the brightness of the colours in the opening sequence such as green.

Goldfinger

I think that these opening credits are very good as it is very abstract. i think this because i feel it reflects the themes of the film very well after seeing the film. I think this is because the film is very sexist towards women and is shown in the opening titles when there are women painted naked in gold. Also i think this could represent that women are precious, as gold is a precious and desired metal. Plus, i think as there are women in the opening sequence this could suggest that James Bond is a "ladies man" which in fact he is. Furthermore i think this is also shown when film footage is reflected off the women too which would should that all women are attracted to him. Plus, the music used is very dramatic. i think that using this music in the opening titles would give the connotation that the film will be dramatic through action and adventure for example gun shooting, fire explosions etc. Also the background on the opening titles is black which is a contrast to the gold which the women our. this could be to show the difference not only to make them stand out but to also emphasise how important. Plus, i think that the placements of the clips on the women are important too. this is because different shots of the characters are on different parts of her body. for example James Bond is on her head and Goldfinger is on her stomach. this shows that James Bond is the main character and more important then Goldfinger as the head predominate feature of the body and is what people most distinguish. i think after analysing these titles i feel that that have been clever by managing to make the audience's eyes drawn away from the titles.

i think that when we come to make our opening titles they have to be interesting as i think they set the tone of the rest of the film to the audience. For example in the older films the title sequence are very long and boring as it is just a list of names upon a black background.