Feedback

This is the feedback we received from other class members after showing the first cut of our title sequence, the feedback informs us on what we need to change, add and improve on also what they liked about our title sequence . Furthermore a rating on our title sequence.

  

Journal

Monday, 24th March 2014

Today i went back to continue editing. However when logging onto the MAC's due to them having to be reset all of our title sequence had been wiped, however one of the technicians managed to get back some of the files, but unfortunately they was all muddled up in the wrong order and some of the clips had become un-useable. Therefore fortunately we had saved the exported first cut of our title sequence, to a memory stick and are able to use this to edit to finish our final piece, although this means that certain things in the sequence cannot be edited for example the titles. However we were able to edit the sequence, using magic bullet pro, adding a black and white effect to the scenes the male character is present in. 
On Wednesday, i am going to edit the ending of the title sequence.

Feedback

Following a screening of our title sequence to our fellow class members we received some positive feedback on our title sequence along with some suggestions of improvements that could be made. Taking these suggestions on board i am now going to continue editing the title sequence to make these slight adjustments. 
One piece of feedback we received was that we could change the colour of the shots where the male character is present to black and white, leaving the scenes where the female character present colourful, especially focusing on the pink bag prop, which acts alike in "How i met your mother" (the yellow umbrella) which indicates that she is going to be the main love interest. Furthermore by making these scenes black and white it suggests that the scenes where the female character appears, that she brings colour to his dull life.
Moreover, some of the scenes could be shortened down in order to pace up the title sequence. 

Positive feedback that we have received was that everyone enjoyed the split screens, adding to the Rom-com genre. They also enjoyed the colours that was also used on these split screens. 

When it came to ending of the title sequence we all agreed that we was not happy with it therefore, i have gone back to the editing stage and trying to find alternatives in order to improve it.

Titles

When creating the titles we used "Da Font" in order to select a specific font, then uploaded this font into photoshop in order to create the titles.

Then we created a survey for others to complete of which font they prefered to be used in our final piece. The results showed that the majority of people liked the 5th design for the titles. Therefore as a result of this, we have slected this font to be in our final piece.

Following the questionnaire we found from the twenty-two people we distributed the questionnaire out to we gathered the results and imputed them onto a graph. These are our finding below.

Journal

Monday, 3rd March 

In Sineads lesson me, Aaron and Laxmi re-looked over our current rough cut for our title sequence and also showed it to Sinead in order to get opinion on what we had so far. In her opinion she thought that from the rough cut we had done so far, the sequence was not comedic and had a serious tone to it, this mostly due to the recorded voice over that we created. She suggested that we go back into London and re-shoot some of the scenes adding humour to create a light hearted atmosphere. 

Journal 07/02/14 - Production Log and Storyboarding

After further discussions with my group members Laxmi and Aaron we have decided to change our title sequence idea. We are now going to film the title sequence up London using a train station at the moment one of the possible ideas we have is using Liverpool street station. We are also going to use props such as a black cab, in order to show the female character exiting the cab onto the busy London street. 

The title sequence is going to begin with a black screen with a short voice over of the female character saying tot the taxi driver "It's okay i'll walk" due to the heavy volumes of traffic, In the background the audience will be able to hear the sounds of the taxi engine. From this an image will appear of the female characters legs exiting the cab, onto the pavement. As her character begins to walk, with her another screen will be pulled along to reveal a split screen, in which you will see the feet of another character this time male, they will both be walking in sync with each other. The location will be a busy London street in which you will be able to hear background noise of busy Londoners on their commute and also tourists. Both characters will be heading towards the train station. From the split screen, you will see a over shoulder shot from behind the male character approaching a crossing, as well as on the other side of the split screen the audience will see a over the shoulder shot from the female characters point of view, within this frame you will be able to see the back of the male character who will be slightly in front of her. They both come together at the crossing, without realizing as there are people in between them, from this the next shot the audience will witness is the changing of the traffic lights will will turn to red allowing the people to walk, the pair will both cross the road but then turn and  head in separate directions.

The following shot will be of both the characters carrying their office bags, so for the male his briefcase and for the female her handbag. From this the split screen shots will continue to follow their journey's to the train station. Where the two will meet and the split screen will disappear merging into one full screen, where the audience will be presented with a shot of both characters body inches apart facing each other, after they have clashed. This is where our title sequence will finish. 

We have changed the name of our film to Delayed. The actors we have decided to use is ourselves therefore Aaron will play the male character and I will play the female character and Laxmi will be in charge of filming the sequence. 

This is the story board we have come up with so far. 

In today's lesson we completed a production log of when we are going to film the shots, we decided that we will begin filming on the 17th of February and we have also allocated few other days during our half term in which we will use to film also such as the 19th and the 21st of February. We have further more allocated a list to each other of who needs to bring what props, my list includes a Umbrella, smart clothing, handbag and heels.We also arranged to hire one of the school DSLR camera's for the week along with a stedi-cam holder, in order to get still shots. 

Journal 31.01.14 - story board for title sequence

In todays lesson me, Laxmi and Aaron, started to plan the story board for our title sequence. One of the ideas we primarily came up with was that we would film the train of a brides dress sweeping down a church isle, as doing so the floor would merge into the image of a rail way track. However due to the lack of time we have in order to complete the title sequence, this would not be possible to edit. 

Another idea in which we thought of was using a polaroid camera and taking photos of a wedding setting allowing them to float down on a black background with hand written titles bellow the image, however the more we thought about this the more simple we felt in would be. 

Finally we come up with the idea of having the titles based around the bride getting ready on her wedding day, the shots would start with the bride sat at her vanity fixing her hair. Using extreme close-up's we would then film the bride applying her make-up such as mascara. Then panning down slowly to her lips and applying red lipstick. We chose the colour red purposely as the colour red connoted sex and romance, therefore giving the audience a hint into what the film is about with out suggesting too much. The camera then moving slowly to then vanity surface itself to reveal to the audience two train tickets and red nail polish in which the female character applies and then blows dry. From this the camera will then pan left to a bed post in which would have a males black tie hanging off, panning up from this to an unmade bed, giving the suggestion of sex, perhaps even hinting slightly at an affair. The next shot will be of the bed side table with will have a photo of a happy couple placed next to it an engagement ring, in which the bride to be picks up again and places back onto her finger, therefore hinting again at the idea of an unfair and she has been unfaithful, from this her hand will move up to the image of the happy couple in which she places her hand on and pushes it face down onto the surface. This suggests to the audience that she no longer wants to marry her fiance. 

This is the story boarding idea we come up with: 

Journal 24.01.14 change of initial title sequence idea to Romcom

In todays lesson me Laxmi and Aaron, have changed our original genre from horror to Romcom. The plot of the story has further more changed . 

The title for our project is called Train Affairs, the plot behind this is the story of a male and female City office workers to first encounter each other on their commute to work on the busy south eastern service to London Charing Cross Station,London. At first the pair do not converse, however there is a strong attraction towards each other, this is shown to the audience through voice overs of what each character is thinking. 
eventually the pair are seated next to each other one morning and the male character asks the female character out on a date. However the male character does not show up to this date and the female character is left feeling angry,rejected and dissapointed. It turns out that the male character was involved in a tragic accident in which he was unable to make their date, from this accident he was left with memory loss, meaning he forgot who he was, who she was and all about their date. However as the years go by the man starts to regain his memory, one day remembering about the girl he fell in love with on the train. In one last hope to regain their relationship and her love he takes a chance and gets the train they used to see each other on of a morning on the way to work, in hope she still gets it. To his surprise he finds her, she is still sat in the same carriage as she did all those years ago. He goes over to her, she does not look to happy to see him but at the same time is also shocked. After explaining to her why he was unable to attend their date, she sympathizes with him. However now she is married and has moved on. However her love for him and lust is still therefor. Therefore she arranges to meet him after work, from this a affair begins. Will they end up together? will she leave her husband ? is the unanswered question. 

In the lesson we brainstormed different ways in which we could create a title sequence for this. we decided one idea we all liked was using a wedding theme to present this. perhaps using place cards and seating plans etc to display the titles. Also using a wedding cake and figures such as the bride and groom dolls and knocking the groom over and changing him for another groom doll, in order to foreshadow to the audience the upcoming events that will take place. Moreover there will also be train tickets present in order to hint at the setting of where the two characters first meet. We will also use many different props in order to hint at the plot of the story. We have decided that we will look at other films such as Vanilla Sky's, the wedding planner, 27 dresses etc in order to inspire our title sequence. 

originally we was going to base our title sequence around the genre of romance, however our research showed us that the general conventions of a romance film is that they do not have title sequences therefore we adapted our genre to Romcom. 

Journal 10/01/14 - Title Sequence Analysis

In today's lesson we looked at title sequences. Using Art of the Title i selected a title sequence in 

in this case i used 21 Jump Street and using a time line, mapped out the entire opening sequence

for each title that appeared i noted down what was said and at what second it appeared in the sequence. 

From doing this task i realised how many titles there actually are in a title sequence, i thought they're may have only been about fifteen however they seem to be going up to the thirty and forties. Therefore this has made us consider the amount of titles we will need in our title sequence. 

Journal 09/01/14 - First initial plan for title sequence

In today's lesson we arranged our groups, in which we will work in to create our opening title sequence. Currently i am working with Aaron, Lucy and Laxmi. We discussed what genre we was going to focus on when making our title sequence and also the story line behind it, in order to create a presentation for Monday's lesson, pitching our film idea.

So far we have decided that our title sequence is going to be based on the Genre Horror/Thriller. The location for shooting has been discussed and we decided the best place to shoot the title sequence would be in the woods. 

The concept behind our title sequence is that two little girls have a doll, which one day leads them into the woods to play, this doll is possessed. Once in the woods the children are unable to leave as the woods have taken over them, they become dehumanized, disorientated and lost. 

The title sequence will show two little girls clutching the doll walking through the woods. They will appear to the audience as being disconnected with civilization and lack all human expression and emotions. The scenes will show the two little girls wondering through the woods and also a brief scene of them playing the childhood game "patter cake". 

When filming this title sequence we are going to select various different camera shots such as extreme close-up, close-ups and wide establishing shots in particular to create the atmosphere and mood for the viewer.
Editing such as jumps cuts will also be used to disorientate the title sequence therefore adding to the effect of it being a horror film. We will also used face pace editing and distorted nursery rhymes to create this effect on the viewer.