Looking at Se7en

Se7en is a film about two homicide detectives desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the worlds ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. I have embedded a video of the titles sequence below.
We simply see a character go through his daily routine as it seems to be. But by using eary music and amazing graphic effects, it gives the audience the feeling this is no ordinary human being.

The first name to appear is the Production company ( New line cinema) following this is - Arnold Kapoelson production then A film by David Fincher. After this names have been addressed we have the first two important names appear Bradd Pitt and Morgan Freeman suggesting these are main characters and these are the "money names" that will attract people to watch the film. Following this we have the Film title it self. Which is then followed by more names. Below I have embedded a timeline of the films title sequence.

Writing a film script - Drag me to hell example

DRAG ME TO HELL

Written by

Ivan Raimi and Sam Raimi

INT. BEDROOM - BEFORE DAWN


22 year old Stephanie Browne is jarred from a peaceful sleep as the alarm clock BUZZES. She hits the snooze button and plops back down onto the pillow. After a few seconds of pure sleeping bliss, she wills herself up. She moves through her Ikea furnished bedroom, past a "Hang in there, baby" poster and into the bathroom.


INT. BATHROOM - A MOMENT LATER


Stephanie turns on the shower. While waiting for the water to heat up, she looks into the mirror and with exaggerated pronunciation, recites:

STEPHANIE

There is no friction, with proper

diction. Good sounds abound, when

the mouth is round.

 

She catches herself on the last word, a hint of "Missouri

twang" slipping through.

STEPHANIE

Round.

 

Yawn. She slips off her nightgown and lumbers into the

steaming shower.

INT. KITCHEN -- MORNING



She opens the refrigerator: A half grapefruit sits next to an inviting slice of chocolate cake. She's tempted, but chooses the grapefruit.



EXT. VENTURA BOULEVARD PARKING STRUCTURE - MORNING



A sunny Southern California day. Commuters speed by. Stephanie's FORD FOCUS pulls into the PARKING STRUCTURE, across the street from the BANK OF CALIFORNIA. She steps from the car, smartly dressed for work and walks briskly toward the intersection. The traffic signal changes to "Don't Walk". A BUSINESS MAN next to her, sprints across the street. Stephanie almost follows but decides to obey the sign. She looks down to see a little KITTEN. It rubs against her ankles and PURRS.

STEPHANIE

Well, you're a little cutie.

Wednesday, 16th November 2011 Opening sequence ideas

Today we spoke about different ways we could go about creating our opening title sequence. We came up with a range of ideas and locations in which it could be filmed. Kim and I have found a perfect location setting that we feel would suit our opening title sequence perfectly.


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The Art Of Film Title Design

Whilst sitting watching 'Deal or no Deal' on a sunday afternoon, Mr Henton found a perfect site for us to broaden our knowledge of the development of film titles. It is titled The Art Of Film Title Design Throught Cinema History.

Clicking this link will take you straight to the website.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

Opening Titles Widing Reading

Whilest Big P enjoyed a sunday afternoon watching 'Deal or No Deal' he came across an amazing website. The Art Of Film Title Design Throught Cinema History, its very useful to look through in order to broaden our own knowledge of the development of film titles. 

Clicking here will take you to the page-

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/04/the-art-of-the-film-title-throughout-cinema-history/

Understanding Opening Titles

Simple Black and White 

Sometimes the simplest titles are the ones that are superimposed on a blank screen. These are usually in white and over a black background. Since early films had no colour black and white was the only option. Using black and white is low cost and some film makers choose this type of title opening intentionnally it can give an old-fashioned authentic look to a film.

A good example of this is the Charlie Chaplin films, since title cards were the main method for creating a title sequence these consisted of hand drawn images.
Charlie Chaplin was considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular "Little Tramp" character; the man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk.


Titles accompanied by still images

Some of the earlier title cards in corporated hand drawn borders and other images. It was the start of adding more than text to a title sequence to make it more attractive to the audience.
The next stage was using still images as the background. This was the kind of title which was elaborated on from the white text black background combination. This effect cannot be ahcieved in camera, it requires combining different media. Usually a score accompanies these types of credit sequences. For example, Last tango in Paris, the title sequence combines the music with two paintings by Francis Bacon. These two images represent the two main characters in the film.





Titles accompanied by a series of moving images
Titles over a series of moving images can range from a simple view of moving clouds like the Wizard of Oz or it can be  a more intricate sequence of images that incorporate camera movement, like the opening of (To Kill a Mockingbird)  1962.  Most title sequences are accompanined by moving images and have music in the background. However, there is usually no dialogue and the maning of the images remains somewhat ambiguous until later on in the film. The images could contain a symbol or image which frequently appears throughout the rest of the film.



Title Built Around animation and motion graphics

In the late 1990's animating text started to become more popular. However animation has been used since the earlier days of cinema in films such as ( The Pink Panther 1968) the title sequence was designed by Friz Freleng was famous for Bugs Bunny. After the success of the film and its title sequence Pink Panther became a popular cultural icon and even landed its own television series.
The first film in the series had an animated opening sequence, created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and set to the theme music by Henry Mancini, which featured the Pink Panther character. This character, designed by Hawley Pratt, was the subject of its own series of animated cartoons which gained its greatest fame when aired on Saturday mornings as The Pink Panther Show. The character would be featured in the opening of every film in the movie series except A Shot in the Dark and Inspector Clouseau.

Script - 60second Pitch

Kim - Ours film is called project shadow. Our film is set in a small town in 2011.


Lauren- A group of girls have the task of creating a horror film for school.


Kim- They find themselves the perfect location to set there horror film.


Lauren- Unfortunately shadows are lurking, and they sense danger after coming across numerous dead animals.


Kim- As the girls head home, several shadows start to appear and the atmosphere suddenly changes.


Lauren-  The film follows the girls as they try to escape the shadows and slowly lose everything around them.


Kim- We chose to use typical horror conventions for our film as we feel the target audience can familiarize with our characters and the location they have been placed in. From our research we found that using familiar settings give the audience a bigger scare.


Lauren- We decided on a film rating of 15 as we feel this is suitable for them to watch our film. 
Thank you for listening.