Production Log | RESEARCH: The Art of the Title | 11/09/13

RESEARCH: The Art of the Title

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Pacific Rim (Guillermo del Toro 2013)

·        Pacific Rim uses Very dark colours to emphasise seriousness of the movie and the dark situation that the characters are in. It is shown to be very technological through the pictures of mechanical arms and robotic faces. It is masculine in the way that it shows CGI robots in a freeze frame fighting. This is not typically feminine which points to this movie being aimed at men. The shots are sharp and metallic and the changeover between shots are quick and sharp.

The Day after Tomorrow (Roland Emerrich 2004)

·   Opens with a very long track shot over the Antarctic. The shot is long to create the feeling of a remote location. The shots made me wonder whether the immense ice shelves were CGI. It looked very real. The title credits all appeared to be reflected in the water. The colours used in the opening are dark blue and white to build to the dramatic atmosphere. The music was dramatic and it created a feeling of majesty and awe.  All the information is up front before it goes to live footage When it changed from the opening credits of the tracking shot to the live action it showed a flag and the location where the place isIt moves from the dramatic shot to the live action.

Spooks (2002 Various Directors)

I watched the opening of a TV show Spooks. Its genre was spy and crime. From the start we can see what has happened in the previous episode. The voice overs tells us about “Sugar horse”, a spy placed in the enemy camp. This immediately takes the audience interest. It cuts quickly around the giving the viewer the impression that it is a very busy world. It is filled with suspense as the man listens to his classical music, silently crying knowing that he has made a mistake. The classical music is chilling and builds the tension of the scene.Troops burst through his window and everything goes black. The audience can only assume that Sugar Horse has been discovered and this man is to blame. The mystery of Sugar Horse and the importance of him is designed to intrigue the audience and pique their interest, it creates suspense and enigma.