Title research: The Assistant

What website this is from: Art of the Title
What titles are displayed during the opening sequence?
The first titles are the production companies. Then, the actual title of the movie is shown at the end of the sequence.
There are no other credits shown in this sequence.

What images are prioritized in the opening sequence?
There is an image of someone sitting in a car outside of a house that stands longer than 10 seconds
before someone comes out of the house. They then drive off on a quiet street. There is then an image
of a bridge and the city at night. Then we get image of the woman's final destination.

What connotations do these images carry?
This sequence implies that something may happen because of the quietness/calmness of the scene.
The picture of the famous bridge and city sets the location for the film. As we see where the woman went to,
we can see that it may be her job.

How does the film establish a feeling of the genre from the outset?
The quietness and transition into the background music starts the film off with the audience trying
to figure out what is going on. This can bring up some suspense on their part.

What strategies are used to ensure the film appeals to its target audience?
The silence and transition to sad music and vise versa appeals to the audience. The audience is waiting
to see what may happen, as the opening sequence wasn't very revealing. The loneliness that the woman
may be feeling also appeals to the audience in a sympathetic way.

How has technology been used efficiently? You want to consider camera angles, transitions, and editing techniques?
There are cameras used to capture this opening sequence, as well as many angles. There are some tracking and crane
movements to show where the woman is going to during the night. There is also editing software being used to edit
all the clips together and in order of the journey the woman took to get to her location.

See you in the next one!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Editing Blog: My struggles with music & duration

Image
Editing is not my absolute favorite part of filmmaking as of now. I only say this because I'm not very good at it yet and that bothers me. When I watch movies made by famous filmmakers I'm always quick to appreciate its editing. But, after editing a project myself, I understand how hard editing can be. However, editing my Kiss eyelashes commercial was admittedly, not as hard as I first thought it would be. When I get to do more projects like this, I think I'll learn to love it. The only difficultly I encountered was finding the perfect music that would match the theme of my commercial as well as getting the duration of the film right. I had trouble finding the right music because I just felt like any song I'd pick would be insufficient. I looked up songs of all decades. From Aretha Franklin's "Baby Baby Baby" to Beyonce's "Independent Woman." While there were many songs that I were eager to use, none of them felt right to put into a commercia...
Read more

Finding props for the final task

Image
 My next task is to find props for the final task. The main thing I had to get was a few photo copies from my local Walgreens. Minor things I had to get were cereal boxes, picture frames, etc. As for the photo copies, there was a bit of difficulty finding a place to print them. Before I learned that I could print them at a convenience store, I had no idea where to go. First, I tried printing them at my house. But, on regular printer paper. This was a total fail. My printer barely had any colored ink and the picture came out black and white. It also came out with very low quality and very pixelated. So, I had to do a bit of searching on the internet. I needed to find out where I could get the best quality pictures for a low price. I went on a few websites, but all of the pricing was too high. Then i went looking in my local area. That’s when I found out that a store not too far away from my house. They had exactly what I needed for the final task. I found everything I was looking fo...
Read more

Intro Blog

Image
 Hello to anyone out there reading this. My name is Taelor Barnes and I am a 16 year old. I have an older sister and a dog that has grew up with me since my parents first got her when I was 6. Academically, I am in the eleventh grade at Fort Lauderdale high school. Since ninth grade I have been waiting to take this class; it is one of the most intriguing courses I've heard about and discussed with my guidance counselor. Many of my friends have taken it in prior to the 2020/2021 school year and they have only had good things to say about it. In my previous high school years, I haven't had the chance to take this class due to my hectic schedule.  I am taking this class because I have always been interested in film and media. Ever since I could understand and interpret movies, I have been obsessed with knowing everything about them. Even with professional photography alteration, I think I may just be a tiny bit more analytical than the average person. I hyper fixate on many diffe...
Read more