Production Log 11/9/13

Production Log 11/9/13

Research: The Art of The Title

I went to www.artofthetitle.com and saw the Pacific Rim (2013) titles by Guillermo Del Toro. There is repeated use of close ups to intrigue the audience. I have learnt that using extreme close ups can make the audience curious. The colours are very dark and there is a very heavy focus on CGI, with nearly no live action. The sequence is very serious and you can very easily tell the genre, Science-Fiction.

I also watched Moon (2009) dir Duncan Jones. In this the film starts witha advert for a fake energy company before cutting to different shots of a space station on the moon and it's one man crew doing various activities. The credits appear as if they were physical objects in the station and cast shadows as well as occasionally being obscured as the camera pans.

I then watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) dir Shane Black. The opening credits to this film are a animation that shows parts of the film in silhouettes. The shots are all different from panning shots to push ins.

Finally I watched The Player (1992) dir Robert Altman. The opening to this film is one continuous shot that lasts for 8 minutes. The credits appear as standard, while the camera pans around a film studio and tracks several people. There is no cuts or editing involved and the only thing that wasn't there when they filmed it were the credits themselves. The film opens with a director shouting action and a man holding a clip board that says 'The Player' on it.