Task 7: Title Research

 

What I have learnt:
After looking at these three opening sequences, I have learnt how important typography is when engaging the audience, especially in coming of age films. One of the key things that I found out was that the order of where each piece of text appeared was slightly different in each video but had some elements in the same place like the title of the film. Therefore, I will need to think carefully about the order of my credits in my film to engage my audience. Other elements that I will need to think about are the positioning of the text on the screen, font and font size as these can all be used effectively to encourage the audience to watch the rest of the film.

Checklist For My Opening Sequence:

• Don't reveal too much of the narrative.
• Use a catchy soundtrack to engage my audience.
• Correct institution information used.
• Make the main character the focus of the narrative.
• Film the video in landscape and not portrait as it will make it difficult to edit.
• Make the actors speak clearly and slowly to make it easy to edit and understandable.
• Stick to the 180 degree rule unless I am braking it to add effect and demonstrate confusion.
• Use close ups.
• Think about costume to represent a social group.
• Make a clear plan/storyboard.
• Make transitions seamless.
• Use Film 4 as my institution company as they are usually low budget films and bring up encouraging actors. 
• Try to include some animation in my sequence.
• Produce a script for my actors.
• Use pans to demonstrate motion.
• Create some enigma codes that will make my audience watch on.
• Produce a catchy soundtrack.
• Include typography in my opening sequence.
• Capitalise and embolden peoples names.
• Think about the order of my credits.