key elements of opening film sequence

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Key elements of an

opening film sequenceMade by:Jordan Crichlow

Subject:Media

Class:12A/Me1

Teacher:Mr. Becker


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Accepted Conventions for

Mainstream opening credit

sequences


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Name of the studio

Name of the studio that is distributing the film

and may or may not have produced it.

For example:

Walt Disney Pictures

Lions Gate

Universal


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Name of the production company

Name of the production comapny that actually

made the film.

Name of the investment groups or companies

that financed a substantial part of the film.
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Producer/Director Name

Directors' first credit, often "a film by XY or

"a XY film".

For example:

Steven Spielberg (Star Wars)

Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings)

Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
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Starring

Principal actors of the film.

For example:

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) Will Smith (Men in Black)

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)
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Films Title

Name of the film.
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Featuring

Featured actors.
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Casting/Casting by

The person/people who go under the process

of selecting a cast of actors for the film.
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Music/Music Composed by

Composer of the music for the film.

For example:

John Williams (Star Wars)

Brian Tyler (Fast and Furious)
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Production Designer

A production designer is the person

responsible for the overall look of the film.
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Other Notable Conventions

SET DESIGN

COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS

(older movies)

HAIRDRESSER

MAKE-UP ARTIST

SOUND RECORDING (older movies) VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL

EFFECTS BY


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Editor/Edited by

The film editor works with the raw footage,

selecting shots and combining them into

sequences to create a finished motion picture.
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Director of Photography

A director of photography is the chief over the

camera and lighting crews working on a film

and responsible for achieving artistic and

technical decisions related to the image. The

study and practice of this field is referred to as

cinematography.
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Produced by/Executive Producer

Film producers prepare and then supervise the

making of a film before presenting the product

to a financing entity or a film distributor.

An executive producer enables and backs up

the making of a commercial entertainment

product. An EP also contributes to the film's

budget, and does not work on set.
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Based on the Book by

If based on a book or other literary work.

For example:

J.K. Rowling

J.R.R. Tolkien
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Story by

Person who wrote the story on which the script

is based, gets "story by" credit, and the first

screenplay credit, unless the script made

substantial changes to the story.
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Written by

Screenplay writers.
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Directed by

The director of the film.


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Conventions for social

realism opening credit

sequences
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Film 1: Scum
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Main Overview:

Year:1979

Genre:British crime drama and social realism

film

Country:United Kingdom

Running time:98 minutes


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Conventions:

Title Sequence (Scum)

Copyright

Both of these are screened at the same time.


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Film 2: London to Brighton
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Main Overview

Year: 2006

Genre: Crime thriller and social realism film

Country: United Kingdom Running time: 85 minutes


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Conventions

Opening Production Logos (Vanity Plates)

Funds from the National Lottery (governmentfunding)

Production Companies

Super title introducing us to location and time.

Title sequence (London to Brighton)

Super title comes before the film title.
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Film 3: Made in Britain
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Main Overview

Year: 1983

Genre: Social realism film

Country: United Kingdom Running time: 76 minutes


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Conventions

Film Sequence title (Tales Out of School)

Title sequence (Made in Britain)

Writer (David Leland

The writer is given very big credit.


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Comparative Analysis

Between the mainstream opening

sequences, and the social realismopening sequences


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Overview

Social realism film title opening sequences arevery different to mainstream title openingsequences.

Social realism film title opening sequences arevery out of the ordinary opening creditsequences.

Social realism film title opening sequences usesuch credits that are not seen in mainstreamfilms.


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Proof

Mainstream films give a huge amount of credit

to the main members of the film production.

Social realism films hardly give any credit to

the members of the film production.

The opening credit sequences in social realism

films sometimes come after there has been

some form of action or speaking in the film.


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Social Realism film proof

In Scum, the title sequence is the only credit credited,

plus the copyrights.

London to Brighton gives credit to the production

logo, but has funds from the National Lottery, veryunlike mainstream films. They also use super titles,

which is very unlike mainstream films.

Made in Britain shows the production logos, and the

film and title sequence, plus the writer, who is given a

huge amount of credit, but that is it.


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Timeline in seconds

demarking:The category of opening credit/titles.

The order of opening titles.


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How to recognize a social realism

film through the opening sequence

How it is presented.

What credits are in it.

Introduction to a social issue. Production companiestheir titles.

The actors in it.

Mechanical conventions (directed by, etc.) How it begins (very quiet, serious, etc.)


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Order of credits/titles

0:28

Film title (Scum) comes

up over live action.

1 minute 2 minutes

0:28

Copyright for the film (Copyright Kendon Films LTD MCMLXXIX All

rights reserved)comes up over live

action, along with the title 1:30

Film Title: Scum

0:00


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0:01

Opening Production

Logo (Vanity Plates)

0:11

Production

Company (UK

Film Council)

0:27

Production Company

(A Steel Mill Pictures

& Wellington Films

Production)

4:33

Film Title Sequence

(London to Brighton)

0:08

Government funding

(funds from the NationalLottery)

0:17

Production

Company (UK FilmCouncil presents)

0:32

Super title introducing

location and time(London 3:07am)


Film Title: London to Br ighton


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0:03

Film Sequence Title

(Tales Out of School)

1 minute 1:31

Writer (By David

Elland)

2:30

0:30

1:27

Title Sequence(Made in Britain) 2 minutes


Film Title: Made in Br itain


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Structure, Shape, and

ContentForm = Structure, Shape, Content


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Film 1: half nelson


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0:45

Apartment

1:40

Stairway in the

school

4:00

School hall/gym

1:14

In the car, on the street

1:52

SchoolClassroom

Structure

Locations


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Structure

Scenes of action

Apartment action

School action

Two very different areas of his life.

Domestic life vs. employment life


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0:06 1:050:35

Title sequences all occur in the intro

of the film, before the beginning,

titles come up with a the sound of a

trumpet playing in background.

Film title comes up, after a

scene came into play.

Structure

Length of title sequences/subsequentscenes of action

Fragment/episodic

1:10


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Shape

Shot Types

Dominant: Full Shots

Close Ups

Close Shots


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1:12

Open spaces

(outside)

1:34

Street is bare (lots of

freely movable space)

0:48

Apartment is

clustered and messy

1:50

Classroom is enclosed

(Sense of imprisonment)

Shape

Nature of Spaces

INTERIOR(Inside)

Closed Spaces

EXTERIOR

(Outside)

Open Spaces

S


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ShapePrevious Factors Addressed

The factors produce a feeling of confinement,

due to the high nature of the enclosed

environment, and all the cluster everywhere.

Sh
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ShapeEditorial Rhythm

There is a slow editorial rhythm throughout the

intro, as there are very long clips/takes. It

creates a slow languorous pace, due to the

sound, for example, the slow playing of atrumpet, and also the slow movement, shown

by Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) the main

character in half nelson.0:06 0:35

Slow trumpet sound

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ContentKey Information

How Dans life is lived.

Slow paced

Messy

Boredom/tiredness

How his relationships are (how he acts)

Like a friend to students

Slow Paced Life (all of it)

0:49

Messy

2:01

Boredom/tiredness

4:26

Like a friend to students


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Film 2: Scum


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0:00 0:30 0:47

Hallway

0:35

Outside building

0:55

Inside room

Structure

Locations

Van

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Structure

Scenes of action

Van action

Distress

Worry

Despair

Building action

Power

Violence

Rudeness

Very different feel in both scenes of action.

In the van, they fear what may happen.

In the building, they see and are victim to

what does happen.


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Film title comes up over

live action.

0:28 0:33

Structure



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Shape

Shot Types

Dominant:

Close Ups

Full Shots


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Shape

Nature of Spaces

0:36

Lack of open space

even when briefly

outside

No freely movable space

0:05

Van is enclosed

(Sense of imprisonment)

1:00

Room is enclosed

(Sense of imprisonment)INTERIOR

(Inside)

Closed Spaces

EXTERIOR

(Outside)

Open Spaces

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It produces a feeling of confinement, as there

is a high nature of enclosed spaces, and a huge

sense of imprisonment.

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ShapeEditorial Rhythm

There is a fast editorial rhythm in the intro, due

to the short clips shown, a sense of a very busy

pace, and high action and movement, forexample, the bullying inflicted on Carlin, the

main character in Scum

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ContentKey information

How the inmates will be treated.

Due to handcuffs

Bullied

What type of film it is. What issues and themes will be involved.

Power

Bad treatment

RacismBad treatment (all of it)

0:24

Handcuffs

0:49

Racism

Bullying/Power

2:07


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Film 3: Made in Britain


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0:080:21

Room to sit in

0:342:08

Courtroom

0:220:33

Hallway

2:092:35

Hallway/stairway

Structure

Locations

Structure


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StructureScenes of action

Hallway action

Courtroom action

Similar feel to both.

The skinhead, Trevor, acts the same in both the

hallway and courtroom, seemingly notbothered about what may happen to him.


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0:020:06

Film Sequence

Title

1:321:35

Who it was by comes up

(The writer)

1:281:31

Film title comes up

Structure


Between this, there are scenes of action


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Shape

Shot Types

Dominant: Tracking (moves with the person (Trevor))

Full shots


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Shape

Nature of Spaces

There is no outside or open space

0:47

Courtroom is enclosed

1:20

Trevor does not feel imprisoned or feel in an

enclosed environment (slouching on the chair

in the courtroom)INTERIOR

(Inside)

Closed Spaces

EXTERIOR

(Outside)

Open Spaces

Shape


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These factors produce a bigger feeling of

spaciousness, as Trevor is not bothered about

his surroundings, despite being in an enclosed

environment (the courtroom).


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Editorial Rhythm

There is a slow editorial rhythm, as the clips

shown go on for a long time continuously.

But, when the clips change, there is fast

intensive music.

Fast intensive music

0:07

Start of the clips

1:27

Whilst the film

title is showing

2:19

When Trevor walks out the

courtroom


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Key Information

What Trevors personality is. Skinhead

Nazi symbol on his forehead

Does not feel imprisoned (not bothered)

What type of film this is.

Racist

DramaTrevor does not feel imprisoned (all of it)

0:05

Nazi symbol

(An instant thought of racism comes to mind)

1:20

Slouches (not bothered)


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Key elements of an

opening film sequenceMade by:Jordan Crichlow

Subject:MediaClass:12A/Me1

Teacher:Mr. Becker

key elements of opening film sequence

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