Title Design (in detail)

 Font: We will be using either a comic book style font such as MV Boli or Sitka Test which allows for a clean look

example: 

Contrast: Color- White or black

Size- sizing depends on the scene and what fits

Purpose- what is important for the audience to read? The different titles give the audience the idea of who did what and the production they are able to receive during the film

Working title: "Unforgettable"

- and will be in all caps using our designated font: SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES

How will the titles (the words) enter and leave the screen? The titles will enter the screen and placed on different objects on the screen and disappear accordingly 

How long will each title be on the screen before it disappears? Each title will be on the screen for a maximum of 6 seconds while the director's name will be presented longer.

The credits will be written on and shown through the exercise machines and on the streets while the actors are running.

 

Working title: "Unforgettable"

- and will be in all caps using our designated font: SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES

Using black or white font but the titles will appear like this: Directed By: Kai Lobban

Titles

Name of the Studio (presents): KML Studio Presents 

Name of the Production Company: TreeEye Pictures

Actors' names: Lucia Rodriguez, Mia Obraitis, Willow Rivera

Film Title: "Unforgettable"

Music by: undetermined 

Edited by: Mia Obraitis

Producer or Produced by, Executive producer: Produced by KML studios

Story by: KML Studios

Written by: Lucia Rodriguez

Directed by: Kai Lobban

Script

 Scene 1:

-*Mia and Lucia meet at the Park*

-Lucia: Hey girl, how are you!?

-Mia: I'm good! I can't believe we haven't hung out in so long!

-Lucia: I'm so excited! Let's stretch at the benches before we work out, so we don't cramp up later. 

-Mia: Sounds like a plan.

Scene 2:

-*Mia and Lucia are walking toward the benches*

-They show each other stuff on their phone.

-Diegetic sound: Their footsteps and background chatter/noise from strangers.

-Lighting: Bright and sunny.

Scene 3:

-*Lucia and Mia stretching at the benches*

Lucia: I'm glad you were able to come on such short notice, I didn't think you'd make it.

Mia: I couldn't leave you hanging and I wanted to catch up with you!

Lucia: How's the new school? I was worried it would be a weird adjustment for you.

Mia: Yeah, it kind of was and I feel more stressed these days because of it. I wanted to blow off some steam and what better way than exercises to sweat all the bad vibes out?

Lucia: Haha yeah I get that! Let's start before too many people come and we can't walk and jog 

Scene 4:

-*Mia and Lucia begin jogging toward the path in the park*

-Non-diegetic sound: Upbeat music.

-Lighting bright and sunny. 

Scene 5:

-*Willow (stalker) appears at the park in the background*

-Willow walks around and observes Mia and Lucia from afar.

-Diegetic sound: Footsteps

-Non-diegetic sound: Ominous music

Lighting: Sunshine with a slight shade

Scene 6:

-*Lucia and Mia start walking toward the swing sets*

-Mia: Let's relax for a bit before we go to your house.

-Lucia: Sounds good.

Diegetic sound: Swingset creaking and mulch crunching from their shoes.

Lighting: Sunshine with a slight shade

Scene 7:

-*Camera switches to Willow eavesdropping in the background to figure out what they're talking about*

-*Lucia and Mia make plans to walk home and begin getting up to leave*

Diegetic sound: Dialogue between Mia and Lucia

Non-Diegetic sound: Ominous music that plays over Willow eavesdropping

Lighting: Sunshine with a slight shade

Scene 8:

-*Mia and Lucia walk out of the park and start walking towards Lucia's house*

-Lucia: My house isn't too far away, so we'll be there in no time!

-Mia: Thank goodness, I feel like my legs would've given out on me if it was too far. 

-Lucia: How often do you exercise these days? I can't say that I've been maintaining a consistent routine because of school.

-Mia: It's been hard to stay consistent with the new school but I'm getting there. 

Diegetic Sound: Footsteps, breathing, and character dialogue 

Lighting: Sunshine with a slight shade

Scene 9:

-*Camera cuts to Willow following them from afar*

-Willow checks their phone and Lucia's picture pops up.

-Willow: She's the one.

Diegetic sound: Footsteps

Non-Diegetic Sound: Ominous Music 

Lighting: Sunshine with a slight shade

Scene 10: 

-*Lucia and Mia are walking toward the side entrance of her house to go to the backyard* 

-*Willow is behind the side entrance waiting for them to come in*

-Lucia: Nobody is home but I forgot my keys so let's go through the side.

-Mia: I hear something moving behind the gate. Are you sure nobody is here?

-Lucia: Yeah girl, trust me that's probably my chicken. Look at this picture I took of her the other day.

-*Lucia shows Mia the picture and they both look down simultaneously as Lucia opens the gate*

-*Willow appears behind the gate which causes Lucia to drop the phone*

Diegetic Sound: Movement behind the gate and the dialogue between characters

Non-Diegetic Sound: Ominous music when Willow appears

Scene 11:

-*The phone drop transitions into ominous music and the film name is displayed*

Additional Information

Location:

We are planning to shoot the majority of the film in a park near a team member's home. Here we will have our establishing shot, and characters introduced. This will allow for our storyline to be understood by the audience and flow better. Later, the scenes will be shot in our main character's neighborhood and then their house. This will help wrap up the story and give the audience an ending they can understand. 

Participants: 

Three members of our group are going to be included in the film. Kai is going to be our director and filming. Willow is going to play the main character of the stalker. While Lucy will play the secondary character of the girl being stalked. Our last remaining member will be focusing on needed background characters and editing.

Schedule:

3/7/22: Our group established props, costumes, makeup, and location

3/10/22: Our group will have started filming our production 

3/14/22: Our group will have shot the first 10 slides of the film

3/17/22: Our group will have shot 10 slides of the film

3/28/22: Our group will have shot the last 10 slides of the film

3/31/22: Our group will have finished editing and final touches 

Health: 

Due to Covid-19, we all will wear masks for the duration of 

filming. Only the characters being filmed will take off their masks. Regarding the location, it is near one of the member's houses and has a safe history. If one of our members were to get sick, we will continue filming the scenes they are not in until they feel better. 

Backup Plan: 

If our park plan does not work out, we will go to a beach area. It will allow the story to still make sense. If we can not film in our main character’s neighborhood, we can switch to another one of our group member's houses. If a member is absent or unavailable, we will either film the scenes they are not in or begin the editing process.

Title Research: The Game

How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences of the film? Which ones?

    Four titles are shown back to back, transitioning to one another by breaking into puzzles pieces then rebuilding themselves. These three titles are the entertainment company "polygram." Next to being  "Polygram Filmed Entertainment Presents" to "a Propaganda Film Production." Ending with the show's title name "The game."

What connations do the images carry out? 

    The series of old, flashback, malfunctioning images give us a brief look into a family's history. Showing all of the private moments and family gatherings. A piano plays throughout the series of images, adding an uneasiness. What is supposed to be a nostalgic look into a family's past is tainted with an eerie and strange tone. Ultimately giving it a peculiar, negative connotation.

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

    Its symbolic codes are mainly shown in the character's actions. Though this sequence is supposed to seem positive and a look back in time. The characters are seen acting happy in many of the scenes, but an image of aggression, anger or violence is thrown in multiple times to interrupt the happiness. Even when the character's faces show a smile, their body language is one of annoyance, such as a clenched jaw, narrowed eyebrows, or intense eye contact. The body contact between characters is uncomfortable for one of the characters. One scene shows a baby being passed to his brother, once in his arms the baby begins to cry and kick. Another one is a wife and husband hand in hand, only for the husband seen trying to leave and looking for others to talk to. Technical codes are malfunctions, glitches, and pauses during the sequences. While the series of videos are playing the back, black spots and lines are constantly glitching over it. In some scenes, the videos glitch out of shot for a couple seconds. All of these codes reinforce its thriller genre.

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

    The main one would be the whole amount of forest in the background of almost every scene. It foreshadows and provides a place to hide/isolate when the violence begins to happen. Quick cuts from scene to scene, providing no elaboration for any characters/events. There is piano music playing in the background, although it seems to be calming, it's not suited for the scenes shown and ultimately comes off creepy. All of these chilling conventions appeal to their target audience. 

Title Research: Buried

1. How many titles are displayed during the opening sequence of the film? Which ones?

The opening sequence provides many titles from all departments. It starts off by presenting the production team, which happens to be "A verse entertainment" in association with "The Safran company" and "dark trick Films". It then proceeds to show the main character's actor and all the components of the production team. This happens to be people such as the editing, sound, makeup, and visual effects professions. The names were listed in a way to represent roots in the soil further showcasing the theme of being buried.

2. What connotations do the images carry? (how do they make you feel?)

The images that are carried throughout the opening sequence revolved around going further and further underground. The titles were presented at a time which later would later go off-screen to show us going deeper underground. The background was made from dirt which allowed you to sense what the movie could be about. The general plot can be inferred from the background alone if you hadn't seen the title or summary page. Towards the end of the opening, we see the lines creating boxes to show money on the screen and a clock. Without having a summary, you can feel a sort of mystery to this movie. The audience would want to try and already predict what the journey the main character would have to go through.

3. How is genre reinforced through symbolic and technical codes from the outset? (can you tell what genre the film is?)

Symbolic codes reinforce the genre of thriller by adding elements of a mystery to the opening. Quick makeups of money, a clock, and a large tower allow the audience to guess what they're about to watch and allow some to guess incorrectly and be excited to find out. Without seeing a summary of the movie someone can sense that this movie will deal with topics like being buried. They will be watching and at the edge of their seat to know if the main character is being buried or if they are doing the action? If they are being threatened, then why?

4. What conventions are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?

One main convention to ensure the appeal is the element of surprise and an overall creepy feeling that any thriller fanatic would be targeted. The constant foreshadowing of the act of being buried will make the audience want to stay throughout the whole movie to see how it plays out. Makes them want to see what the plot is and how the main character interacts with the situation and tries to solve it. 

Title Design Websites

The first website I decided to research was www.artofthetitle.com. At first, I was researching for a website that would have examples of opening sequences to help give an idea as to what I am supposed to do. While searching for credible websites I came across www.artofthetitle.com. They provide several opening sequence examples that would fit well for various genres.  Not only that they provide lists of graphic designers and studios as to where these opening sequences were used. With this large arrangement of opening sequences, this website has the pleasure of proving title design sequences for Emmy nominated films like " The Queens Gambit". They also provide news to information in the film industry and stylistic changes that have been made. The large sum of the title design sequences allows this website to be a great example of what a proper opening sequence should look like. Making sure our title design is professional and not sloppy is a priority of mine. This website is great to use as a reference.

Using one website as a reference will not be beneficial to the growth of our film. Allow the prior website acknowledges is very credible having a fresh set of examples is great. The next website researched was https://www.watchthetitles.com. This website has very contrasting qualities to the prior website. This movie has title design sequences of student films, video games, music videos, and more. This large arrangement of different types of film can change our perspective and what looks best stylistically. They also provide interviews of well-known filmmakers and professionals in the film industry. This educational outlet is good for us as a team. In addition to the title design sequence examples provided, they are very high quality. They look quite professional and not basic. This is essential since catching the attention of the viewer is important for films in the thriller genre.

Title Research: Red Lights

 How many titles are displayed during the opening sequences of the film? Which ones?

When watching the opening for Splice the placement of the titles was the more surprising thing. The beginning is shown and the audience is taken to the part of the cell but before the production team "a Copperheart Entertainment/Gaumont production" was shown. Then titles begin, showing the film director than the actors back to back. While we move through the body more names are shown from departments like editing, casting, visual effects, and creations.

What conations do the images carry out? 

The scene is set inside a creature created by combining two different creatures' DNAs, our background is that creature. We are surrounded by cells and our body's natural liquids. This makes you feel grossed out so much you want to keep watching. The audience just wants to see how this thing came to be. And how the characters are going to deal with this newfound

thing.

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

The numerous technical codes such as quick jump cuts, movement of the camera to dig deeper into the body and the background noises help reinforce the genre of thriller. Adding those elements boost the eerie level. Not knowing how the combination of the DNA is a mystery all on its own and the audience will want to see how it goes. Not knowing how the particles reacted to each other and what's going to happen next. In some scenes, the videos glitch out of shot for a couple seconds. All of these codes reinforce its thriller genre.

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

The audience will be targeted by the appeal of suspense. Once that element is added to the movie, the fans of that subgenre will follow. The main one would be the whole time we are inside of a body and with the same background in every scene. It foreshadows and provides a place the movie begins to happen. Quick cuts from scene to scene (organ part to part) provide no elaboration for any events. There is piano music playing in the background, although it seems to be calming, it's not suited for the scenes shown and ultimately comes off as eerie. All of these are common conventions to appeal to its target audience.