Main post 2- Choosing my Genre

Primary Research- Questionnaire.


My first stage of research was as a group we developed and sent out a questionnaire , which asked people their favourite films. we asked 10 people from different age groups 5 simple questions and there results are as above.
Question 1- What is your favourite film
Question 2- What is your second favourite film
Question 3 - what do you look for in a movie
Question 4 - how often do you go to the cinema
Question 5- What do you wish to see more of in the Cinema

Secondary Research- Internet
I found choosing a genre very hard as there are so many different genres, further more i need to find out which type of film is most profitable. Furthermore i want to find out what type of films do not do so well.

I started my research by looking at the top 10 films throughout the US all time  box office. Films from the US tend to make more money then films in the UK Providing they have the right distributor and marketing campaign.
Avatar - Action, Adventure, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Titanic - Adventure, Drama, History & Romance
The Dark Knight- Crime, Action & Drama
StarWars - Action,Sci-Fi & Adventure
Shrek - Adventure,Animation,Comedy

As you can see from the Top 5 films most of them have action adventures elements in them, and i noticed that hardly any of them have thriller elements in them apart from arguably the dark knight. So i decided to look into the most successful thrillers

As you can see some of the worlds most icconic films are infact thrillers, or have elements of thriller threw out them. however apart from the Dark Knight (2008) and Inception(2010) not many films have been thrillers therefore leaving a big gap in the market.

Post 1: Conventions of Opening Sequence

Our main task is to create an opening title sequence for a film. In doing this we will need to research the conventions of an opening titles in order to see what I should use and what i shouldn't.

 I started my research by looking into the film Smokin Aces. Which log line is “When a Las Veg as performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob; it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing?”

The film uses a non-dietetic music which is very face and up pace which is fitting towards its crime thriller feel. Mise-en-scene is very limiting through the opening sequence however it uses very dull negative colours such as browns and dark yellows, which gives us an indication of what is to come. AS for the content in the opening sequence it is an introduction to all the characters so we know who they are when they come on set.

In my opinion smoking aces is a good opening sequence as it is very simple yet affective. As the audience we find out very minimal information about the film yet still want to see more. The graphics work hand in hand with the tone of the film with a dramatic blood splatter over Smokin Aces, and I want to take this feel over onto my opening sequence

The second film I looked at was DreamWorks Kung F panda. Kung Fu panda is a fully animated family film which is about a panda that learns Kung Fu by mistake. Logline-In the Valley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the Dragon Warrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice at martial arts.

Again I found that in my research this film uses a non-dietetic sound track. So I will take this information and emulate it into my opening sequence. Furthermore the feel to this film is much more positive and is clear it is targeted to a younger audience the Smokin Aces. It does by use of colours again however this time they are very bright and warm colours, until what only can be imagined as the bad characters come on screen then the colours go dull and dark. Ku Fu Panda is a action film and the music sets it off in an emphatic fashion.

Threw my research it is clear that I need to be clear in my opening sequence, I need to utilise the pace and colour to set the mood of my film. Secondly I want it to be clear whop my target audience is from the first few second of my opening sequence

All my research of titles i found of http://www.artofthetitle.com/