detailed analysis of the thriller clip analysed in class

the thriller clip we have seen in class was 'No Country for Old Men', this film was produced by Paramount and written by Ethan Coen Joen Coen. the film was released on the 18th of january 2008 and won four oscars which were best achievement in directing, best motion picture of the year, best performance by an actor in a supporting role and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. The genre of the film was crime, drama, thriller, western. the film had a budget of $25 million and made a cross revenue of $162 million

LiveType

In to days lesson we learnt about livetype,

LiveType is a software program developed by Apple Inc. to create animated title sequences for video projects.

We was not told to do any specific tasks ,instead we was asked to just play around with all the features and get a feeling for it

how is suspense created in the film i watched in class

this film misleads the audience to create shock, at the begginig of the film we see the good guy get his hands on some money, the good guy notices that he has a killer hunting him down for the money. at first the audiance is misled into thinking that that this is going to be another good guy bad guy thing bit in this film it is reverce, we see the good guy get gunned down outside a motel. the film created false suspense, this shock is more shocking because we never know what will happen. as the killer kills the good guys wife he leaves, calm non diegetic music is inthe background as he is driving down a quiet suburban hightbourhood then 'Bang' he gets hit from the side by an incoming vehical, this shocks the audiance more as you think the film is about to end.

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Final Cut Pro Bait Tutorial

In todays lesson we were learning how to use the program Final cut pro. We had the Bait tutorial which showed us how to use the fuctions of Final Cut Pro which we was going to use for our final piece of film coursework.
Once Final Cut Pro was opened three seperate windows appeared, One of the windows had all the film clips which were recorded on the memory cards,
The second was the clips itself from which i could edit e.g increase/decrease speed or cut unwanted parts.
The third and final windows allowed us to view the final sequence with all the edits attached.

To cut parts from your clips you had to use inputs and outputs what where two little lines to take out the parts of the clips that you wanted by doing this you could cut out the extra sounds and mistakes which was in the clips. once themistakes or unwanted parts were edited out you had to single click on the clip and drag it onto the timeline.

Skills Audit: Livetype

In todays lesson we got showed how to use the Live type Programme. This programme is to know how to do title sequences for our future thriller film.There were many different fonts and effects that we could choose from.

The image above shows what i did in lesson. I Decided to use a basic font. Then filled the word 'snap' in black and made it slightly blured. In the blackground you can see slight black lines they spin once i click play.

The image below however shows the different layers that i used. Every effect, word or font i use would goes onto this timeline. However you can also edit the effects or time there you can make it longer, faster or even shorted.

The next image is showing what one of the boxes on livetype looked like. This comes up to show all the different fonts, effects and backgrounds you could use however there all in different tabs. You can reduce the size of the text, the spacing inbetween and also jumple the letters up. The red line i have put around one the images is showing where i could write my text that would appear on my main image.

Finally the last image below shows the Importunacy of the green lines on the main screen where you put your text. If you go out the first green line on some cases some of the text will not show up and the title sequence will not work. some parts may be missing so it is imporant to keep the text and effects with the first green line.

Creative Title Sequencing

You can click to view a larger version of this image or watch the full opening below :)

I think this title sequence is particularly interesting. It's for a documentary but is done to a very high standard to compliment it's theme.

The letters fly around as if blown by the elements along the harsh landscape, it is very organic and emphasizes the nature of Scotland. On the other hand the font itself is a more sensible serif which is a very suitable typeface for a documentary, connoting knowledge and history.

The most effective aspect of these titles in probably that the text, in comparison to the beautiful sweeping views of the land, is comparatively tiny. This emphasis on the size and scale on the country and the history of the country is what makes it, in my opinion, a really good title sequence!