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We've really enjoyed working together. We have leaarnt from each other and even though we havent always agreed with each individuals idea, however at the end of the day we always talk to each other in our group chat and manage to create a good final product.

Hope weve entertained you,

Cheinaz, Briando, Huseyin and Khamroul :)

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Research- Target audience research homework.

Target Audience

Your target audience is a very important concept throughout media studies. All media texts are made with an audience in mind, ie a group of people who will receive it and make some sort of sense out of it. And generally, but not always, the producers make some money out of that audience. Therefore it is important to understand what happens when an audience "meets" a media text. When a media text is being planned, perhaps the most important question the producers consider is "Does it have an audience?" If the answer to this is 'no', then there is no point in going any further. If no one is going to watch/read/play/buy the text, the producers aren't going to make any money or get their message across. Audience research is a major part of any media company's work. They use questionnaires, focus groups, and comparisons to existing media texts, and spend a great deal of time and money finding out if there is anyone out there who might be interested in their idea.

Research- BFI statistics.

As Table 5 shows, drama was the most popular genre for independent UK films, which made up the majority of UK film releases (87%). The £36 million earned by drama films (41 releases) represented 27% of the total box office for all UK independent films. Over half (53%) of the drama genre’s total box office was earned by the year’s top three UK independent drama releases – Suffragette, Far from the Madding Crowd and Macbeth. Biopic was the second highest earning genre with £32 million from three releases, and comedy was third with £24 million from 25 releases. Legend, the top earning biopic, accounted for 58% of the total box office for this genre, while the top earning comedy, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, accounted for 66% of this genre’s total gross.

Research- What is genre?

What is genre

Genre is used to group various types of art according to a predictable range of features and expectations. So if you go into a bookstore and buy a fantasy novel, you'll be expecting to read about an imaginary place with fairy tale elements such as wizards with supernatural powers and magic and not a non-fiction account of the Vietnam War.

Types of Genres

Genres can be found in all forms of art. Musical genres include rap, rock, country, metal and jazz. Literary genres include suspense, mystery, epic, romance, non-fiction and poetry. In fact, everything from painting, to sculpture to television to radio can be placed into distinct genres.

Mystery- It's really fascinating, as it consists of solving problems and could be related to any investigation type movies for example "Source Code".

Epic- Epic movies such as Lord of the rings, Harry Potter are one of the best franchise ever to be made, they usually make you want to be there at that moment.

Romance- Romance hooks you to the characters really quickly, as it is a romance people are falling in love so this brings you in even closer. An example of a romance is "Passenger".

Horror- Horror movies really get under your skin and gives chills down your spine, the thing that really gets you is the jump scares. An example of a horror movie is "Conjuring".

Comedy- Comedies are really hard to make as there are different types of comedies, comedy for the older audience and comedy for the younger audience; an example for an older audience is "Deadpool" because its really inappropriate for younger children aged 15 and below. An example for a younger audience is "Lego Movie".

Research- What are the 4 different types of film openings?

Film Openings

Animation

The use of animated text in the title sequences became more popular in the late 90s. The use of animation for a film opening requires a lot of digital technology and stylized editing suggesting the high budget required. An example of a title sequence would be "Vertigo".

Moving Images

This serves to offer either a metaphor or narrative thread to help introduce the tone or story line of the film to the audience. The moving images film opening combines the credit titles with moving images behind the titles, and sound for an effective impact.
The types;
When it comes to film openings there is more than one way a film can decide to show the openings of their film. The different types of film openings include:

•Still images
• Blank screen
•Moving images
•Animation

Still Images

Still Images;
Just like a photograph, a still image can be examined closely, and the audience can note body language or facial expressions to give clues as to the situation or the people within the situation. The still images film opening is more elaborate then simple white text on a black background like the blank screen.

Blank screens

My favorite is Blank Screen;
This is the most commonly used opening for low budget or psycho movies. The blank screen film opening involves different kinds of typeface on a black background. When blank screens are used for film openings, usually a white typeface is used on a black background to create a high contrast for the audience.

Research- Analyse 2 film title sequences, and list the order we see the tilte credits in, the length of the credits and the font styles and sizes used.

Creed is a really effective title sequence as it doesn't give too much away, but quick shots of the movie to show us a little review of what there is to come. The sound track is really nostalgic as its the theme tune of Rocky Balboa, and also stars Rocky Balboa himself. It starts of with the title of "CREED" in bold and the Rocky Balboa theme tune showing that its going to be a serious movie, as it may contain violent scenes, as it is related to boxing.

Credits

Studio: River Road Creative
Title Designer/Producer: Richie Adams
Art Direction and Animation: Vicki Shively, Frank Grande
Rotoscope Artist: Elizabeth Blanchard

Music: Ludwig Goransson

Deadpool is definitely one of the most outrageous title sequence I've witnessed, because it starts of with a still image of Deadpool in a upside down car, of him fighting them, then goes back to moving images, the soundtrack straight away tells us that its a comedy and also an action movie, which is a weird combination, but manage to work really well.

Credits

Director: Tim Miller

Main Titles Designed and Produced by: Blur Studio
VFX Supervisor: Pauline Duvall
CG Supervisor: Sebastien Chort
Layout Supervisor: Franck Balson
Producer: Abby Keller
Coordinator: Janis Robertson
Graphic Design: Jennifer Miller, Norn Jordan, Ryan Summers
Character Modeling: Alex Litchinko, Damien Canderle, Mathieu Aerni, Jinho Jang Environment Modeling: Hatem Ben Abdallah, Colin James, Mathias Jourdes
Rigging Supervisor: Jeremie Passerin
Rigging: Josh Cogswell
Animation Supervisor: Warren Grubb
Animation: Thomas Cannell
Prop & Vehicle Modeling: Zack Cork, Jinho Jang, Yann Goument
Lighting Leads: Mathias Jourdes. Sergej Eichmann
Previs Lighting: Kevin Margo
Additional Compositing: Travis Nelson, Chris Sutherland
Matte Painting: Heather Abels
FX: Brandon Riza

Main-on-end Titles Designed and Produced by: Blur Studio
Creative Directors: Jennifer Miller, Norn Jordan
Designer/Illustrator: Justin Claus Harder
Animation: Deva George, Evan Stalker

Main Title Music: “Angel of the Morning” by Juice Newton
Main-on-end Title Music: “Careless Whisper” by George Michael

Research- What makes a good title sequence according to Kyle Cooper?

Who is Kyle Cooper?

Kyle Cooper is a very famous film opening designer and director. He has made a lot of well known film openings such as Se7en and Spiderman. He has directed over 150 film title sequences, and has been credited as single handedly revitalizing the main-title sequence as an art form.


what makes a good title sequence according to Kyle Cooper? 

When making a film opening sequence having the actor act in front of a green screen can be a lot more effective than filming in a real location. Also Kyle Cooper believes that using handmade materials is better as it shows originality and suggest an imperfect atmosphere. 
The opening sets an expectation for the rest of the film and makes you forget about everything besides the upcoming movie so they a very important aspect of a movie.
Relations
A film opening must relate to the film, it need to be relevant to the characters and the story line. A lot of good title sequences relate to a certain character's back story, it usually reveals an important part of their life.

Typography 

According to Kyle Cooper the font of the movie needs to link well with the genre of the movie, for example a horror movie would need to include dark chilling writing to create a frightening atmosphere. If the font doesn't match the genre of the movie it can put off the audience, therefore you wouldn't use bright happy fonts in a horror movie as scary feeling would be lost. The typography should portray the story line, it should not be an afterthought as it is very important for a movie.

Title Sequence Cinema Premiere

We have went to 'The screen on the green' to watch our title sequence in the Cinema.

I've also managed to get some feed back from our peers...

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Improvements I've made:

• I posted the evaluation questions as empty and i completed 6\7 questions, However i thought that i would post them all at once, thats why the blogs appeared to be empty. Ive fixed this problem and put them up despite the fact that one question is still not completed but will be by tomorrow.
• Ive also been going to workshops in lunchtimes and on fridays and tuesdays when i have a free day without any lessons.

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