Production Log 4

In this week we went through title devices, we learnt how they can be used to establish certain things such as themes and ideology or even the actors. We also learnt how effective credits can be because they can reveal parts of the story without revealing too much.

What we have learnt about title devices?

• We have learnt that we can input super imposed graphics, they are good as they allow you to show the audience the credits without wasting any time with a black screen in the background. It also helps to establish actors who play characters in the movie as they might know the actors/ directors and they would know if they have been in good movies before. It also allows us to introduce location and settings in the first few moments of the film.

How will this impact our production?

• This will impact out production as we will implement these graphics in to our work as they waste less time also as the audience can focus on both the title and the shot in the background it gives them detail in to our story. We will use location and settings in few of the shots as we want the audience to understand what type of places are in the film without actually seeing too much. The audience can gain this detail without giving away too much, so for example we will put alleyways in the background of the credits to introduce some of the places that will be seen in the film.

What methods might you use in the opening and why?

• In our opening sequence we will use methods such as super imposed graphics to give detail and we will introduce themes through the clothing that the characters wear through the opening sequence. We may also use a flashback shot as it will give away what happened before we can skip to the main part of the plot.