Watch the title research

For our project, our group looked into titles. We went onto www.watchthetitles.com to help us research. The website's structure makes everything easy to locate which makes it easier for my group to do research. It gives us better ideas on how to place our titles. We learned how the placement of titles highlight significant parts of movies. When we looked through the website we saw many different genres. Theres also different cateegories which made it easy to find what we were looking for. Its convenient to show the beggining sequences only so that we dont have to watch movies just to see the first two minutes. Every movie is shown with a title and a title sequence. We learned the title is shown to spark interest from the viewers. It captures the audience's attention. Titles are placed in order, from most important to least. For example, director, actor, camera crew, etc. It gives background for the production of the movie before the credits. Genre also typiclaly affects movie fonts. Lastly, title sequences build the mood of the genre.

Art of the title research

This website is based around the opening scenes of well-known movies and TV shows. It mainly focuses on title sequence design, spanning the film, television, conference, and video game industries. I tried to research specific movies, but they only have a select few. After scrolling through the website for a while, I got a better feel of what it was on. It showed opening scenes of various movies that were perfect for studying. When it came to my group’s research, we tried to mainly stick to thriller movie opening credits because that it what our project will be. One thing that caught my attention was the amount of credit given. I learned how many people take part in creating a film or TV show. For example, in the first two minutes, they showed the names of directors, producers, creators, sound developers, etc. The credits always start with the name of the movie and end with the directors name. Each name is on the screen for around 3-5 seconds. They really pay close attention to the mood those first two minutes place on the viewer. It is important because it’s how it draws the audience in and gets them interested. It sets the tone for the rest of the movie. I really enjoyed looking around this website. It seemed easy to use and practical for researching all types of genres.

Genre Research: A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place is a fun movie to watch. Its a great example of a movie that utilizes clamps. The customs our main characters are wearing are all dirty and seems like what your would wear during an apocalypse. The lighting used in the movie was a very natural light. When it was nighttime in the house its usually was lit by candle light. For our actors we have john krasinski and Emily blunt as our main leads. Both of them play a believable role as two parents trying to protect their kids during an apocalypse. For makeup the characters have a dirty aesthetic due to the fact they cant use showers at the risk of being attacked. A few of the props were walking sticks, backpacks and cloth napkins as plates. The movie takes place in herkimer county, NewYork on a quiet base.

The editing of A Quiet Place keeps the movie going a slow but steady pace, that keeps the audience guessing what will happen next. The elements this movie utilities are suspense tension and excitement. the movie has an main theme of uncertainty which is my favorite part of the film. While there is suspense some of it lacks substance.

Genre Research: Split

I really enjoyed watching split, there are many example of clamps in this film. Costumes played a big part in the film as the antagonist has multiple personalities as a result of this his wardrobe need to change accordingly. The lightning played a key role in providing the emotions and tone of the film (suspense anxiety and anticipation). As for actors our most well know actor in the film is James McAvoy. And our main character is played by Anya Taylor-joy, both actors brought emotion performances to their role. Makeup is an important thematic being in this film as the main character all tho being a teenage girl she does not wear much makeup unlike her costars who are typical teenage girls in this movie. The most important prop in this film was a shotgun as our main character uses it to defend herself. The movie is set in an ill lit basement in Philadelphia.

The editing keeps the audience on their feet by having quick cuts and flash backs through out the film to provide backstory. The element that this movie uses are suspense and tension. This movie has a high level of anxiety and terror. The movie uses uncertainty as a large contributing factor to the mood that is placed upon the audience. which is one of my favorite parts of the film. While the movie uses elements of terror, it lacks any real scares; which is my main criticism.

Genre Research: Sicario

Sicario is a movie I really enjoyed watching. There are many examples of CLAMPS in this film. Costumes in this film range from normal everyday clothes, to tactical outfits for FBI agents with bulletproof vests. Lighting in this film is key for the emotion in this movie, there is a scene where a strike team of FBI agents are making their way through a dark field where you can only see their silhouettes against the dark sky, and then we cut to the perspective of them with their night vision goggles. As for actors this movie has Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio del Toro who all bring great performances to their roles. As for makeup, this movie barely uses makeup, the skin tone of the actors is very natural, but when it’s not, it’s because there are in the midst of an intense gunfight with members of the cartel. As for props, the movie has a lot of guns and things of the sort. The setting is very important to the story, the movie takes place in New Mexico and Mexico, the ladder being an extremely hostile environment to our main characters.

The editing of Sicario keeps the movie going at a slow but steady pace that always keeps you heart pumping. The elements that this movie uses are suspense and tension. The movie has uncertainty as a big factor in the characters attitudes which is one of my favorite parts of the film. While there is suspense, the film lacks anticipation which is one of my very few criticisms of the film.

Genre Research: Good Time

When watching Good Time, the common C.L.A.M.P.S. I saw were most prominent in the costumes, lighting, actors, and setting department. The costumes I noticed were with the main actors, they wore outfits that were realistic to what a lower middle class person would wear. The light was beautiful, with lots of neon colors, mainly hot pink/ purple and naturally lit environments like being in a pitch black room with the only light source being the television. The Actors gave some of their best performances in their career, Robert Pattinson and Benny Safdie gave excellent, emotional performances. With Robert Pattinson, he gave a raw and riveting performance to make you believe that his character was stressed and cracking under pressure, and Benny Safdie giving a very believable performance of a mentally disabled individual. The makeup was focused on the characters sweating and and almost never have time to catch their breath and take a load off. There were a couple props that served a purpose to moving the story forward. Money was a big prop in this film, as it is what is driving the main characters. There were rubber masks the characters used in a bank robbery scene along with many other props lol construction helmets etc. Setting was a very important part of the film as it takes place on the mean streets and criminal underworld of New York City.

The editing had many quick cuts, keeping things going at a break-neck pace for most of the film. The elements of this genre the movie uses are suspense, tension and excitement as its main elements. The film heavily stimulate the viewer's moods giving them a high level of anticipation, ultra- heightened expectation, uncertainty, surprise, and anxiety. I especially liked the anxiety that this movie uses as an element. I wish the anticipation factor was more prominent in the film but that’s all the negative criticism I have, this is a near perfect film.

Genre we chose

The Genre we decided to go with was a thriller. We came to this decision because it had the most potential to leave the audience wanting more. That’s exactly what the prologue of a movie should do. We want to instill a feeling of stress and intensity within the audience to immerse them in the world we are creating. This needs to be done to establish a connection between the audience and the main characters. We hope to accomplish the goals we are setting out to do with this project. We hope that we come out of this with a piece of work we are proud of.