Font Analysis For Final Opening Sequence

We have decided to use the same font which we did for our first opening sequence as they are the same genre and also have the same title therefore will have still have the same effect.

Costume Planning For Final Opening Sequence

We have decided for our character to have a 'girly' type of look so that she gives the impression that she takes care of herself and looks quite vulnerable. She will be wearing a dress which will be either pink or red.

She will also be wearing leggings or tights with red heels.

We also want her to look smart to show that she has a bright future ahead of her so we will be dressing her in a black blazer.

Our character will have different accessories like jewellery (silver earrings, bangles, rings etc) but we specifically want our character to have a pink phone and pink headphones to show a really 'girly' side to her.

New Opening Sequence

After looking back at our first opening sequence we have decided to film a new one as we are not fully satisfied with the end result. The reasons are:

- Different camera quality which does not fit in well with each other
- Bad lighting
- Music seems to get annoying easily
- Seems too much like a trailer
- Gives too much away about the whole storyline rather than it just being an opening sequence

Due to this we will be making a new opening sequence however, we will be using a few clips from our previous opening sequence because we are going to be doing the same genre so this will fit in.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Naming Our Opening Sequence - DOLLS

After much thought and discussion with my group and the class, Tasnim and I decided to name the title of our film "Dolls".
Dolls, in general are an extremely creepy prop to use in films such as thrillers, and are effective, which has been shown in the past through other films, such as CHUCKY. Looking at the picture below, I see that there are certain features of mis-en-scene including the dolls make-up and clothing, which helps add to the atmosphere and indicate that the doll is not meant to be a symbol of innocence, which they generally are, as they are associated with children.
I find that the name "Dolls" fits in with our synopsis without giving too much away. The audience will obviously know our film is supposed to include something about dolls but they won't know its role.

Costume Planning For Opening Sequence #1

We are going to have our character, who's face will not be shown, wearing very casual clothes that wouldn't usually attract any attention. However, we will be drawing attention to stains such as paint on his trousers in quick flashing images to emphasise on the messiness more. The audience will wonder what he actually does and what his significance in this film is.

We want the male to be wearing dark colours such as blue/black and have no watch or jewellery on. He also have plasters on or possibly clear medical gloves if we can find any.

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Font Analysis #2

We can often tell that a film is a Thriller partially because of the font used in the title. What is different is that it's not similar to that of a romance/comedy which will usually use bright or pastel colours. Also, these genre's tend to use more artistic or imaginative fonts. Thrillers however, often have a bold slanted font that is simple. This could mean that the film has something dark behind it, mystery and suspense, and cannot be interpreted as "happy". The use of red in the title is also a connotation of danger and is most commonly associated with blood and death. This co-insides with the use of the black background, which could imply death, sadness or misery.

This dvd cover uses a fairly simple font that is the colour red. As stated before, red could imply danger, blood or possibly even love but most likely not in this situation. The word "window" is in bold and stands out in comparison to the first word "secret". This makes the audience think about the window more than the secret and it puts emphasis on this certain part of the title. Also, the last for letters in 'window' are slightly distorted. This looks almost like its moving when you look at it for to long, which is slightly disturbing and uncomfortable, which is possibly what the person who created this title wanted it to do.

This is the title of 'Final Destination 3' at the beginning of the film. What strikes me is the 3, which has a font used that is usually seen in circus's. The words 'final destination' however, contrast with this because the font used is big, black, bold and looks rather daunting. The fact that all of the letters are in capitals is almost overpowering, and it creates a kind of image for the audience. The use of the colour black is important because again, it is conventional for this genre.

 Similarly, this title is also written in black, and uses a simple font that doesn't give anything away to an audience. It is suspenceful and whilst the audience may know from watching previous films what to expect from a film using this type of font, there is still an element of mystery included as there is no blood dripping off the title like you might find in horrors.

Camera Shots Which May Be Used

Racking focus is the practice of shifting the attention of a audience of a film or video by changing the focus of the lens from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background, or vice versa. I will be practicing this technique first so that I can perfect the shots I am going to be filming. If I master it to a satisfactory level, I will be using it to show the dirt on the floor in the garage and then changing the focus to the silver bolted door and back again.

Here is an example of a rack focus shot and I think this will be extremely interesting and effective to use as part of my opening sequence as it is mainly about the surrounding and objects around the character who's face is not shown in the sequence.