Three credit sequences

 Se7en 

The opening credit sequence immediately hits me as disturbing. Close ups of notebooks, blades, and hands slicing paper are shown which gives like a creepy vibe. The text font is wriggly and rough. The music has a sort of crisp, broken sound. This shows the murderer precisely plans every kill and move he does. Even before you see any characters, you're afraid. The movie makes you uncomfortable with the quick and creepy cuts since you already know the mystery is going to be violent and dark, this helps the introduction. You expect a smart but danger villain. The credits give hints. They show control and obsession. This draws your attention qucikly.

The Silence of the Lambs

This girl named Calrice is sprinting through the woods in the opening credits. The scene is calm and cold with the music being dark and sad. The font in the opening intro is simple and clear. When Clarice is running the audience can feel her determination and focus while she's going through the obstacles. You feel like you're being watched in the forest, this builds tension early on. By brining you back to reality at the agency starts to really introduce the movie and the problem. The movie opening ends at a cliff hanger really starting the mystery vibe of the movie.

The Black Phone

The Black Phone's opening title sequence creates a scary and creepy vibe. You see pictures of children going about their daily lives in a peaceful area. At first, this calms you down but you become scared as the dark music slowly gets creepier. It sets of the creepy and scary vibe immediately. The pictures have a old, dirty quality that fit the 1970s vibe and gives the movie a more authentic feel. The dark tone and slow cuts of the shots give off a feeling of danger. You're scared but nothing scary has happened yet. This is important since tension is an important part of horror mystery films. Without showing anything, the introduction sets you up for fear. It relates to the themes of danger in peoples daily life and childhood.

three film openings

THE BATMAN (superhero mystery)

The opening scene shows the Riddler this murderer whos looking at a victim. The scene starts with the antagonist instead of the protagonist, this helps introduce the sense of mystery. You immediately get nervous and drawn in because of this. You wanna know who the person is and why they are spying. The music is calm and scary. You get uncomfortable. At first, you hear quiet noises and heavy breathing. The movie turns to Batman battling gangsters in the rain following the murder scene. There is also a VO of batman sort of introducing the city and his job to the viewers with a deep mysterious voice. It shows that gootham is dangerous dark, and serious. From the beginning, it's obvious that this movie blends mystery with hero type action.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+batman+opening+scene

KNIVES OUT (murder mystery)

This opening scene takes place in an old home owned by a man named Harlan. Dogs running, preparing breakfast, and rooms full of stuff are examples of little stuff going on that make stuff seem normal. This gives you a feeling that something strange is going to happen. You get a sense of old mystery and kind of classical stories by the soundtrack. A body is found in a usual murderous way. This immediately lets you know that the movie will be about solving a murder. You start to make who, why, and how questions. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1CW6zMlZaI

ACE VENTURA (comedy mystery)

Ace Ventura starts in a way that feels stupid and dumb at first. You laugh when you see funny sounds and behaviors. There is still a bit of uncertainty at the opening. The main problem is that Ace has to find a lost animal or clue. His wild approach shows that this will be fun rather than scary. You can probably expect funny twists rather than a serious detective story cuz of the jokes and the music and Jim Carreys funny personality. You know youre gonna laugh while you try to solve the puzzle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjTDXatmzUE

Final thoughts

I chose these movies because they're all different types of mysteries. Comedy, heroes, and murder. I wanted to show how different types of genres can still blend and implement that mystery element too. For example, Ace Ventura uses funny jokes and Jim Carrey's fun personality to implement that comedy side, but the script and plot use that mystery. What I really like about mystery is how it interacts with the audience so much. These movies tap into Clay Shirky's Active Media Consumer Theory, which states that audiences expect to directly interact with media, and they wish to 'speak back' to content creators and become part of the production process. A good example is Batman and all over the movie the Riddler leaves these riddles and the audiences try to find them. They're interacting with the movie.

Portfolio Project Schedule

 Making a timeline is important to stay organized and on schedule. Helps break things down and makes everything easier when you have something to do. That's why I'm going to make a schedule to plan my process for this project. 

Research

• Start by researching our chose genre
• Look at movies and examples to get an understanding of film openings
• Use the movies as an inspiration

Brainstorming Ideas

•  Start planning the film
• Create a whole plot for the film opening
• Create a story board
• Find music and foley sounds
• find out where to film and get props

Filming

• Film the opening
• Film the movie in a way that saves time instead of every scene in order 

Editing

•  Start piecing the film opening together
• Add in the music
• Create the foley sounds and add them in the movie
• Edit in the title and the credits

Finishing touches

• add in any extra details I might've missed

CCR

• Do the CCR

 

Schedule

Week One (1/16-1/23)

• Research
• Choose genre
• Research
• Start thinking about the plot

Week Two (1/26-2/1)

• Brainstorm
• Finish up the plot
• Create story board
• Start the scripting
• Start casting characters

Week Three (2/2-2/8)

• Filming
• Start filming

Week Four (2/9-2/15)

• Filming
• Continue filming
• Start creating the foley sounds

Week Five (2/16-2/22)

• Filming/Editing
• Finish the filming
• Start the editing
• Edit in the sound, foley, credits and voice over

Week Six (2/23-3/1)

• Editing
• Finish up the editing and have the movie completed
• Add the title and start working on the CCR

Week Seven (3/2-3/8)

• CCR
• Finish up the CCR 
• Fishing anything that hasn't been done
• Project should be done

Week Eight (3/9-3/17)

• Review
• Review the final project
• Add in any extra details
• Finish up, complete, and turn in project

My partner and I are planning to stick to this schedule to help us stay on task. Now that we have the resources to make a good project , it's on us to put in the work and time. We are hoping to create a good project, and we won't disappoint. Obviously, not everything will go super smoothly, and there will be some bumps in the road, but this schedule will help us get back on course if anything were to happen.

 

Portfolio Project Genre #2

 Horror

Horror doesn't need long set up to work. If you use the appropriate ideas, you can quickly scare the audience. Horror, in my opinion, has a lot of to offer because the best way for attracting in viewers is to immediately make them feel scared. I think a horror genre would be the best for me.

I'm thinking of choosing horror for my portfolio project. I like horror because it brings out suspense and scary. I dont know why but its the fear and the scares that make me love tho movie. Horror films try to make you feel scared or nervous. Horror movies target more younger people like older teens to adults no really older people above 55. Tension and shock are what the audience wants. Stress, panic, and terror are common feelings. Horror films have straightforward plots with strong moments. Horror can blend with other genres, like mystery or thriller even comedy is possible. Movies that have danger, unknown monsters, or terror are possible in horror.

Scared and survival are the some of the main themes of horror movies. Danger, loneliness, death, murder and fear of the unknown are common plot themes. Horror movie openings usually start peacefully before something seems strange and something really bad happens which is the main event. This helps with building tension and suspense early. It gives you a feeling that something bad is about to happen and you never know what is coming next.

Horror techniques are very important. Its common to use low lighting for hiding something so you are scared by sudden loud noises, and to keep the mysterious vibe. Fear is shown on faces through close up shots but there are a bunch of different shots used during horror. A bit of everything. Horrors institutional conventions. Sharp or dark fonts are used for titles. Fear and mystery are important parts in marketing. Scary scenes are shown in trailers but they don't go into much detail. For horror to get people's attention and scare you good marketing is really important.

IT: Welcome To Derry 

Welcome to Derry is a horror show with a connection to the world of IT its a prequel that explains the past before the original movie. The show happens in Derry, just before the movies start. It shows the town's dark past and the evil that is in it. The show tries to show that the evil isnt just pennywise but its the town that are evil to eachother. The shows shows fear and mystery, showing the town's lasting impact on its residents. Dark lighting and quiet scenes build tension. The editing is a big part of the movie to edit the scary scenes. The story creates a sense of unease. Danger feels close even when nothing is happening. This show is a good example of a good horror show.

Portfolio Project Genre #1

 Drama

Hi there, im starting my Portfolio Project and I have many ideas but one of my ideas for the genre is drama, at first I was thinking to do a comedy but I started thinking and I felt it would be hard and would take alot of planning to realy get that comedic feel in about two minutes. Then I was thinking and I was like I feel that drama could have some serious potential because the best way to start off a movie is in a dramatic and mysterious way. I feel that I could get the most out of a drama.

Drama is what im going to pick for my portfolio project. I chose drama because it lets you focus on feelings and problems in real life. Drama movies can really tell a story in a nice and easy way. Usually drama movies target young adults to adults. The people watching usually want to feel connected to the characters. The movies usually have emotions like sadness, stress, or hope. The audience wants stories that feel real and believable. Drama movies can also expand into other genres and combine such as Love dramas and comedic dramas. The stories focus on real problems like family issues, love, friendship, or loss pretty much everything can be a drama.

Drama content focuses on character struggles. Some very common movie themes are like losing, family problems, love and more stuff like that. The film openings often shows a normal moment from the main character’s life to get to know the character and their lives before the main problem. It helps the audience understand who the guy is and what they are going through.

Drama techniques help show emotion. Close up shots are used a lot in dramas and its to the shoulder up to be able to focus on emotions. Institutional conventions for dramas are usually simple. Titles use clean fonts like you wouldnt use a warm cursive font for a horror movie. Marketing focuses on the character and the story like trailers to promote these movies and since dramas is one of the biggest genres its important to market these movies good.

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption is one of the most well known movies in the world and arguably tone of the best dramas of all time. The movie is about the story of a banker Andy Dufresne who is sentenced to life at shawshank prison for the murdering his wife, even though he claims to be innocent. The movie uses alot of low angles and close ups to show un fairness, a cold, gray colors to bring out sadness and natural lighting to make a realistic, emotional story. These small little details is what makes the movie so famous and good.

Suits

Suits is one of the most popular legal drama shows , which is known for its dialogue and powerful characters. The show is about Mike Ross,  a college dropout who, even though he never went to law school, starts working at a law firm with Harvey Specter, a big attorney. The show uses a lot of close ups that show confidence, clean offices to show power, and bright lighting to make everything feel good and professional. Control, power, and high stakes are shown through camera techniques and setting. The show is good because of these stuff.