Title Research: Romance: Crazy Rich Asians

Title Research: Romance: Crazy Rich Asians 

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

• This was a very short opening sequence with only four titles (including names), this was the main cast the directors, and the producing company. 

What images are prioritized in the opening sequences of the film?

• This had no direct images but it had wallpaper with an Asian theme behind it.

What connotations do the images carry?

• The images had the underlying message that this will be a colorful and a romance movie that won't be focused on the type of romance that is seen in America. Instead, it'll have culture and style from Singapore.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The many colors could symbolize the many personalities and many aspects of the culture that will be going into this movie. 

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• The audience is intrigued on how this will play throughout the story, and how these colors and symbols might be in the movie itself.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience>

• The music isn't in English due to this romance trying to stray away from the American version of what a romance is. The film is trying to appeal to everyone and not just a specific race, culture, or ethnicity it's trying to show and bring in new material for everyone to enjoy.

How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions
and editing techniques.

• Since this opening was very fast and didn't have many transitions other than a few colors or backgrounds being changed, the director was probably trying to make it fast to fit the whole story. However, it didn't really showcase any of the other factors that went into this movie like costume, or other types of casting other than the main actors, so the effectiveness of the title portion of the movie was a bit lacking.

Title Research: Romance: Married To The Mob

Title Research: Romance: Married To The Mob

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

• Around 26 titles were used in the opening sequence of this movie.
• The titles that were mentioned were mostly the main actors, the producers, the sound supervisor, custom designers, the artist of the opening song, casting crew, and the miscellaneous directors.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequences of the film?

• The opening sequence is a montage of train tracks and lights, with miscellaneous people scattered around the area.

What connotations do the images carry?

• This gives a mysterious vibe and a fast paced feel to the movie, like something exciting is going to happen.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The opening gives the audience a sort of dangerous feeling to whatever the character is going to experience.

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• With the opening being almost nothing but credits, visuals, and fast paced music, the audience is left wondering what is going on and how this will tie into the movie.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience

• The music was used in the opening scene to maybe attract the audience to the movie with a little bit of action that typical males might enjoy listening to. Also seeing so they might not feel bored while watching a romance movie with their date. At this time movie dates were popular so trying to attract both the female and male audience might have been harder.

How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.

• The opening is shaky and loosely put together, this paired with the odd angles they used gives a sense of mystery to the movie. 
• They put in an aerial shot of the tracks and center angel for higher objects, making the lighting transform what they are shooting.
• This leaves the audience with a sense of unease and understanding to the dangerous feeling this movie is trying to express.

Title Research: Romance: Grease

Title Research: Romance: Grease

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

• They do around 34 in total (Titles) names; They have the main people at the beginning,the main cast, the main directors,the people in charge of set, the production agencies, the person who made the opening song. 

What images are prioritized in the opening sequences of the film?

• The images were of the main cast, also of what was big at the time like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, famous places to eat at the time like diners, famous baseball players, the things teens may have in their rooms at the time, and its animated to be like caricatures of the people. 

What connotations do the images carry?

• The images are like what the adults may see at the time, like the teens trying to slick back their hair, and the girls trying to be like princesses. The images also tell the audience what time period it is (50's).

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The genre is shown by telling the audience they are teens when they show up at the high school. They also have many things in their rooms that teen at the time would have like posters etc.

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• It lets the people know what they are like but not at how they all relate to each other. This makes it very mysterious as to how they all fit together.
• Also, the way the directors made their personalities show to the audience it makes the audience curious as to what kind of people are they really.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

• They include all of the things that the teenager at the time would be interested in like the things are for males and females or every type. For instance, they look at the people who use grease for their hair to slick it back to look cool, they show the girl who's like a Disney princess and can talk to animals, they show a bad boy and him fixing his car, and they also show a girl who is punk and rebellious, who doesn't wear what other people want her to wear.

How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.

• The technology has been used very effectively as for the time period all this was new so the fade from the animation to the actual scene of the high school was very cool.
• When they showed the different peoples names on the individual signs the transition was the pollution from the car to act as sort of a transition piece.
• The way it was animated made each of the characters show their characters in a split second, with the short time they showed the characters they were able to tell the audience what they were like.

Title Research: Romance: 40 Days and 40 Nights

Title Research: Romance: 40 Days and 40 Nights

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences to the film?

• About 28 titles were used in the opening sequence of this movie. 
• The titles included the names of the main actors, the producers, the designers, the music designers, writers, and the rest of the casting crew and directors.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequences of the film?

• The scenes were focused on the daily activities of what the character does on a normal day for the audience to imagine a couple.

What connotations do the images carry?

• The images portray a scene of being in love with each other and liking each others company.

How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset?

• The opening gives a clear understanding on the films genre being that of a romance film with their interactions and how they act around each other. 

How does the film establish an enigma from the outset?

• The film establishes their relationship early in the sequence to let the audience wonder what will happen to hem later on in the movie.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

• The music that was used in the opening scene is targeted at the audience of that time period, and the sequencing of the movie is also for the audience and what they would like to see a romance movie to have.

How has technology been used effectively? You might want to consider camera angles, transitions and editing techniques.

• The opening scene is shaky to give off a vintage feel to it, it creates a sort of melancholy feel, like this isn't going to last, or it will change somehow. This also has a lots of points of views like someone is filming this couple being together and has some transitions into it-- like its a very genuine feeling of love.

Title Research: Watch The Titles

Title Research: Watch The Titles

    Today my group and I are focusing on researching titles through a helpful website called Watch the Titles. Through this research, we hope to focus on coming up with some cool ideas to express our titles. Since our main film will be only two minutes, the idea of having titles is very important as it will take most of the time.To begin, the purpose of a title is to not only inform on who helped create the film but to also set a scene for the movie. The actual titles need to focus on naming the actors, producers and everyone who helped create the film this also includes; the main leads and the different studios that need to be mentioned. The actual shot where the title is put needs to be done with purpose to catch the attention of the audience.
    This site (Watch the Titles) gives the audience, who is interested in learning about the way titles are created, a sneak peek into different movies. Also how their titles set the course and feel for the movie as a whole. This website was easy to maneuver and helped us learn many ways to go about our title. The different shots that were taken or used mad the title feel like it told the movie but left out the dialogue and the people behind it. For certain titles the feel of the movie had to be dark and scary like a horror or crime movie title. For the romance and other movie titles it held a warm feeling and had symbols within the title piece to allude to the overall aspect of the movie. this website is well organized to better introduce the main aspects of the titles. It splits it in two places the title sequences and the main Designers and Studios. This is so if we are looking for a certain person for inspiration or if we are just looking for a genre we have better access to those resources without having to do extensive research. This saves time and helps us to learn faster.
   This site also has other sections for the audience to view more categories without having to look for a specific genre and or director/studio. The sections are; Feature Film, TV shows,Event titles (like for a special showing or an exclusive look into a video game or other types of media), Student projects so we can see people our skill level do titles, and a special genre just for that day of the week. This makes the audience want to return to this site due to the many ways they want to make learning fun and easy. This also help us to come to a conclusion faster and helps us figure out what we want our to look like. 

Title Research: Art Of The Title

Title Research: Art Of The Title

Today my group and I are focusing on researching titles through a helpful website called Art of The Title. Through this research, we hope to focus on coming up with some cool ideas to express our titles. Since our main film will be only two minutes, the idea of having titles is very important as it will take most of the time.To begin, the purpose of a title is to not only inform on who helped create the film but to also set a scene for the movie. The actual titles need to focus on naming the actors, producers and everyone who helped create the film this also includes; the main leads and the different studios that need to be mentioned. The actual shot where the title is put needs to be done with purpose to catch the attention of the audience.

   This site (Art of the Title) gives the audience, who is interested in learning about the way titles are created, a sneak peek into different movies. Also how their titles set the course and feel for the movie as a whole. This website was easy to maneuver and helped us learn many ways to go about our title. The different shots that were taken or used mad the title feel like it told the movie but left out the dialogue and the people behind it. For certain titles the feel of the movie had to be dark and scary like a horror or crime movie title. For the romance and other movie titles it held a warm feeling and had symbols within the title piece to allude to the overall aspect of the movie. this website is well organized to better introduce the main aspects of the titles. It splits it in two places the title sequences and the main Designers and Studios. This is so if we are looking for a certain person for inspiration or if we are just looking for a genre we have better access to those resources without having to do extensive research. This saves time and helps us to learn faster. 
   This site also tells the best from the previous year (titles). This includes not only the movies and all of the genres that go into that but they also have the Titles for short films and shows. This includes new shows and movies. In each title there is an element of suspense no matter the genre that the director is doing the title has to be suspenseful so the audience wants to watch more. For a romance it has to have lots of beautiful imagery and symbols symbolizing something pertaining to the movie. A horror needs gore and something that might lead to the character responsible. The drama genre needs to have an element of emotions, many emotions for on thing leading us to follow another thing. 

Genre Research: 'Everything, Everything'

Genre Research: 'Everything, Everything'

 

Camera Angles:

• The film begins with a medium close-up of the protagonist on a swinging chair, moving behind it to show an establishing shot.
• Tracking shot is used to follow the protagonist as she walks across the room. 
• Handheld shots to show certain scenes inside a car. 
• Camera often zooms in to show off props.
• Characters are often shown with close up's, medium close up's, and wide shots.
• Two shots of the characters. 
• Over the shoulder shots are used to show the protagonist looking out her window. 
• Low angles whenever the love interest is shown outside the protagonist's window. 
• Camera pans often to show off scenery. 

Lighting: 

• The lighting in the movie is mainly done with natural lighting, as half of the movie is spent inside the protagonist's window. Lighting often shines through the house because it has windows all around the house. 
• Whenever night time comes, lighting from inside the house becomes the main form. 
• Extra emphasis on characters faces' when they're upset or angry. 
• Dim lighting inside airplanes and when planes are landing. 

Actors: 

• Actors are very skilled, good at conveying the intended tone of the movie. 
• The protagonist often has contradicting facial expressions. Although her voice over's make her seem very sad, she often has a lazy smile. She's very emotional and impulsive.
• The protagonist's mother is very protective and sometimes distant when she treats her daughters' condition. 
• The love interest/male protagonist is very charming and enticing for the female lead. Understanding and fun, sometimes awkward.
• The mother and the male lead are very good at effective dialogue, easily maintaining a certain level of tension in their first scene speaking together. 
• The nurse is not the most present character, but she's integral to the storyline-- her acting could've been worse. 

Makeup: 

• Makeup is very minimal, there's almost little to none besides most likely some products to make the actors' complexions look perfect. 
• The protagonist sometimes wears a bit of makeup when she's seen with her love interest. 
• Characters were dressed casually for the majority of the movie, in streetwear or things that are often worn at home (pajamas, sweatpants, etc). 

Props: 

• Props are emphasized, especially in the start of the movie.
• Zoom-ins to the scrabble board as the mother and female lead are playing. 
• Workout machines the protagonist uses.
• The computer the protagonist uses.
• Books, headphones, phones, sticky notes the nurse leaves around.
• Drawings the lead makes.

Setting:

• The first half of the movie is mainly taking place in the protagonist's house (since she can't leave because of her illness).
• The character is seen in large libraries (because she has a hobby of reading). 
• Outside/on the road with her love interest, in his car. 
• Walking around her neighborhood and outside her love interests' house.
• The beach with the protagonist and her love interest. 
• Vacation home and hotel. 
• Bookstores. 
• Planes and airports with the love interest. 
• Nature in general, since the protagonist starts to explore the outside.

Sounds:

• Sounds in the movie are mainly diegetic, since there's no use for other types. 
• Seatbelt's buckling. 
• Planes taking off and landing. 
• Basic movements of characters walking and their clothes ruffling. 
• Car driving and wind blowing through windows.
• Alarms and doorbells going off. 
• Crickets are heard chirping at night. 
• Background music is in place of certain scenes to make them seem awkward or happy. 
• Water running when characters wash their hands.
• Air blowing harshly when they enter the airlock at the front of the leads' house. 
• Voice-overs are a main point to the start of the film. 

Editing: 

• Many jump-cuts. 
• Eye line matches. 
• Cutaways.
• Inserts to show off a definition of the protagonists' illness.
• Shot/Reverse shot's in conversations. 
• Multiple transitions through scenes (i.e: looking out the window, falling out onto the grass).
• The protagonist is shown in the beginning as if she's outside, when in reality, she isn't. 

Elements I Like: 

• I liked that the chemistry between the two leads was very apparent from the beginning. 
• A level of romantic interest was established the moment the protagonist laid eyes on the male.
• The mothers role as both a doctor and a parent was shown really well, being more professional sometimes and more laid-back other times.
• The routine that every character had to do to get inside the protagonists house was very consistent. 
• In my opinion, any movie based on a book has potential to be very interesting. 
• The actors were really beautiful. 

Elements I Dislike: 

• I found the impulsive nature of the protagonist to be really annoying and disruptive.
• The love between the two leads was incredibly mushy. Not enough angst, no heart break. 
• The role of the nurse seemed kind of random to me. 
• It was really unrealistic to me that literally only three people knew the female lead was alive. I mean... you can see through the windows to her house that she's clearly there. 
• The concept, although it's interesting (the illness part), was basically a setup for a pure romance movie. It didn't give the extra drama or suspense that I would've liked.