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Key elements of an
opening film sequenceMade by:Jordan Crichlow
Subject:Media
Class:12A/Me1
Teacher:Mr. Becker
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Accepted Conventions for
Mainstream opening credit
sequences
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Name of the studio
Name of the studio that is distributing the film
and may or may not have produced it.
For example:
Walt Disney Pictures
Lions Gate
Universal
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Name of the production company
Name of the production comapny that actually
made the film.
Name of the investment groups or companies
that financed a substantial part of the film.
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Producer/Director Name
Directors' first credit, often "a film by XY or
"a XY film".
For example:
Steven Spielberg (Star Wars)
Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
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Starring
Principal actors of the film.
For example:
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) Will Smith (Men in Black)
Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)
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Films Title
Name of the film.
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Featuring
Featured actors.
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Casting/Casting by
The person/people who go under the process
of selecting a cast of actors for the film.
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Music/Music Composed by
Composer of the music for the film.
For example:
John Williams (Star Wars)
Brian Tyler (Fast and Furious)
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Production Designer
A production designer is the person
responsible for the overall look of the film.
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Other Notable Conventions
SET DESIGN
COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS
(older movies)
HAIRDRESSER
MAKE-UP ARTIST
SOUND RECORDING (older movies) VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL
EFFECTS BY
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Editor/Edited by
The film editor works with the raw footage,
selecting shots and combining them into
sequences to create a finished motion picture.
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Director of Photography
A director of photography is the chief over the
camera and lighting crews working on a film
and responsible for achieving artistic and
technical decisions related to the image. The
study and practice of this field is referred to as
cinematography.
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Produced by/Executive Producer
Film producers prepare and then supervise the
making of a film before presenting the product
to a financing entity or a film distributor.
An executive producer enables and backs up
the making of a commercial entertainment
product. An EP also contributes to the film's
budget, and does not work on set.
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Based on the Book by
If based on a book or other literary work.
For example:
J.K. Rowling
J.R.R. Tolkien
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Story by
Person who wrote the story on which the script
is based, gets "story by" credit, and the first
screenplay credit, unless the script made
substantial changes to the story.
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Written by
Screenplay writers.
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Directed by
The director of the film.
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Conventions for social
realism opening credit
sequences
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Film 1: Scum
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Main Overview:
Year:1979
Genre:British crime drama and social realism
film
Country:United Kingdom
Running time:98 minutes
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Conventions:
Title Sequence (Scum)
Copyright
Both of these are screened at the same time.
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Film 2: London to Brighton
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Main Overview
Year: 2006
Genre: Crime thriller and social realism film
Country: United Kingdom Running time: 85 minutes
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Conventions
Opening Production Logos (Vanity Plates)
Funds from the National Lottery (governmentfunding)
Production Companies
Super title introducing us to location and time.
Title sequence (London to Brighton)
Super title comes before the film title.
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Film 3: Made in Britain
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Main Overview
Year: 1983
Genre: Social realism film
Country: United Kingdom Running time: 76 minutes
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Conventions
Film Sequence title (Tales Out of School)
Title sequence (Made in Britain)
Writer (David Leland
The writer is given very big credit.
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Comparative Analysis
Between the mainstream opening
sequences, and the social realismopening sequences
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Overview
Social realism film title opening sequences arevery different to mainstream title openingsequences.
Social realism film title opening sequences arevery out of the ordinary opening creditsequences.
Social realism film title opening sequences usesuch credits that are not seen in mainstreamfilms.
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Proof
Mainstream films give a huge amount of credit
to the main members of the film production.
Social realism films hardly give any credit to
the members of the film production.
The opening credit sequences in social realism
films sometimes come after there has been
some form of action or speaking in the film.
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Social Realism film proof
In Scum, the title sequence is the only credit credited,
plus the copyrights.
London to Brighton gives credit to the production
logo, but has funds from the National Lottery, veryunlike mainstream films. They also use super titles,
which is very unlike mainstream films.
Made in Britain shows the production logos, and the
film and title sequence, plus the writer, who is given a
huge amount of credit, but that is it.
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Timeline in seconds
demarking:The category of opening credit/titles.
The order of opening titles.
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How to recognize a social realism
film through the opening sequence
How it is presented.
What credits are in it.
Introduction to a social issue. Production companiestheir titles.
The actors in it.
Mechanical conventions (directed by, etc.) How it begins (very quiet, serious, etc.)
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Order of credits/titles
0:28
Film title (Scum) comes
up over live action.
1 minute 2 minutes
0:28
Copyright for the film (Copyright Kendon Films LTD MCMLXXIX All
rights reserved)comes up over live
action, along with the title 1:30
Film Title: Scum
0:00
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0:01
Opening Production
Logo (Vanity Plates)
0:11
Production
Company (UK
Film Council)
0:27
Production Company
(A Steel Mill Pictures
& Wellington Films
Production)
4:33
Film Title Sequence
(London to Brighton)
0:08
Government funding
(funds from the NationalLottery)
0:17
Production
Company (UK FilmCouncil presents)
0:32
Super title introducing
location and time(London 3:07am)
Order of credits/titles
Film Title: London to Br ighton
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0:03
Film Sequence Title
(Tales Out of School)
1 minute 1:31
Writer (By David
Elland)
2:30
0:30
1:27
Title Sequence(Made in Britain) 2 minutes
Order of credits/titles
Film Title: Made in Br itain
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Structure, Shape, and
ContentForm = Structure, Shape, Content
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Film 1: half nelson
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0:45
Apartment
1:40
Stairway in the
school
4:00
School hall/gym
1:14
In the car, on the street
1:52
SchoolClassroom
Structure
Locations
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Structure
Scenes of action
Apartment action
School action
Two very different areas of his life.
Domestic life vs. employment life
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0:06 1:050:35
Title sequences all occur in the intro
of the film, before the beginning,
titles come up with a the sound of a
trumpet playing in background.
Film title comes up, after a
scene came into play.
Structure
Length of title sequences/subsequentscenes of action
Fragment/episodic
1:10
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Shape
Shot Types
Dominant: Full Shots
Close Ups
Close Shots
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1:12
Open spaces
(outside)
1:34
Street is bare (lots of
freely movable space)
0:48
Apartment is
clustered and messy
1:50
Classroom is enclosed
(Sense of imprisonment)
Shape
Nature of Spaces
INTERIOR(Inside)
Closed Spaces
EXTERIOR
(Outside)
Open Spaces
S
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ShapePrevious Factors Addressed
The factors produce a feeling of confinement,
due to the high nature of the enclosed
environment, and all the cluster everywhere.
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ShapeEditorial Rhythm
There is a slow editorial rhythm throughout the
intro, as there are very long clips/takes. It
creates a slow languorous pace, due to the
sound, for example, the slow playing of atrumpet, and also the slow movement, shown
by Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) the main
character in half nelson.0:06 0:35
Slow trumpet sound
C
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ContentKey Information
How Dans life is lived.
Slow paced
Messy
Boredom/tiredness
How his relationships are (how he acts)
Like a friend to students
Slow Paced Life (all of it)
0:49
Messy
2:01
Boredom/tiredness
4:26
Like a friend to students
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Film 2: Scum
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0:00 0:30 0:47
Hallway
0:35
Outside building
0:55
Inside room
Structure
Locations
Van
S
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Structure
Scenes of action
Van action
Distress
Worry
Despair
Building action
Power
Violence
Rudeness
Very different feel in both scenes of action.
In the van, they fear what may happen.
In the building, they see and are victim to
what does happen.
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Film title comes up over
live action.
0:28 0:33
Structure
Length of title sequences/subsequentscenes of action
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Shape
Shot Types
Dominant:
Close Ups
Full Shots
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Shape
Nature of Spaces
0:36
Lack of open space
even when briefly
outside
No freely movable space
0:05
Van is enclosed
(Sense of imprisonment)
1:00
Room is enclosed
(Sense of imprisonment)INTERIOR
(Inside)
Closed Spaces
EXTERIOR
(Outside)
Open Spaces
Sh
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ShapePrevious Factors Addressed
It produces a feeling of confinement, as there
is a high nature of enclosed spaces, and a huge
sense of imprisonment.
Sh
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ShapeEditorial Rhythm
There is a fast editorial rhythm in the intro, due
to the short clips shown, a sense of a very busy
pace, and high action and movement, forexample, the bullying inflicted on Carlin, the
main character in Scum
C t t
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ContentKey information
How the inmates will be treated.
Due to handcuffs
Bullied
What type of film it is. What issues and themes will be involved.
Power
Bad treatment
RacismBad treatment (all of it)
0:24
Handcuffs
0:49
Racism
Bullying/Power
2:07
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Film 3: Made in Britain
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0:080:21
Room to sit in
0:342:08
Courtroom
0:220:33
Hallway
2:092:35
Hallway/stairway
Structure
Locations
Structure
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StructureScenes of action
Hallway action
Courtroom action
Similar feel to both.
The skinhead, Trevor, acts the same in both the
hallway and courtroom, seemingly notbothered about what may happen to him.
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0:020:06
Film Sequence
Title
1:321:35
Who it was by comes up
(The writer)
1:281:31
Film title comes up
Structure
Length of title sequences/subsequentscenes of action
Between this, there are scenes of action
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Shape
Shot Types
Dominant: Tracking (moves with the person (Trevor))
Full shots
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Shape
Nature of Spaces
There is no outside or open space
0:47
Courtroom is enclosed
1:20
Trevor does not feel imprisoned or feel in an
enclosed environment (slouching on the chair
in the courtroom)INTERIOR
(Inside)
Closed Spaces
EXTERIOR
(Outside)
Open Spaces
Shape
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ShapePrevious Factors Addressed
These factors produce a bigger feeling of
spaciousness, as Trevor is not bothered about
his surroundings, despite being in an enclosed
environment (the courtroom).
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Editorial Rhythm
There is a slow editorial rhythm, as the clips
shown go on for a long time continuously.
But, when the clips change, there is fast
intensive music.
Fast intensive music
0:07
Start of the clips
1:27
Whilst the film
title is showing
2:19
When Trevor walks out the
courtroom
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Key Information
What Trevors personality is. Skinhead
Nazi symbol on his forehead
Does not feel imprisoned (not bothered)
What type of film this is.
Racist
DramaTrevor does not feel imprisoned (all of it)
0:05
Nazi symbol
(An instant thought of racism comes to mind)
1:20
Slouches (not bothered)
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Key elements of an
opening film sequenceMade by:Jordan Crichlow
Subject:MediaClass:12A/Me1
Teacher:Mr. Becker
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