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Titles

·         White with background. Very clear and obvious.

·         Flows into the scene, allowing the transitions to flow with the film

·         Not overwhelming

·         Appears for a short amount of time, but long enough to read.

·         First 22 seconds, reveals the animated production title.

·         From 24 seconds, another animated production title appears (Working title)

·         3 seconds of black screen.

·         Different  title sizes (bigger font for names)

·         At 46 seconds, shows association with studiocanial

·         At 59 seconds, a working title production title appears, non annotated.

·         At 1:41 it shows an adam brooks film (director)

·         Film title appears at 1:49 (definitely maybe)

·         Most significant actor’s title appears first (Ryan Reynolds)

·         Other actors appear, one by one at different times.

·         And added to the last actor, to give them more significance.

·         Lesser actors are introduced,  these titles come in at two by two.

·         Casting by... (at 2:54)

·         Music supervisor  title

·         Music by title

·         Costume design title (at 3:07)

·         Edited by title (3:12)

·         Production designer (3:18)

·         Director of photography (3:23)

·         Co-executive producer

·         Executive producer (two by two)

·         Produced by (two by two)

·         Written and produced by title (The last title to appear)

Camerawork

·         Made the object the centre of attention in a close up filling up the frame

·         Medium close up of the main character to show a little environment

·         Tilt up used to show the character doing something and his reaction

·         Slow zoom in on what he is reading maybe to show it is important in a POV

·         Medium close of another character to show feelings and emotions

·         Dialogue is linked to camera shot and shows emotions after

·         Change of angle to a long shot to show more of his surroundings

·         Pan to follow him walking out of the door

·         Arrangement of the frame allows us to see more than one thing.

·         You could use frames within frames

·         Move back with him walking, could have used a track

·         He can move quicker than the camera to fill up the frame or walk past

·         Over the shoulder shot which arcs to the other side of him putting his headphone in

·         Head on close up to show emotion

·         Reverse shot to the match on action

·         If you make character films get in close to your characters

·         Steady camera movement

Mise en scene

·      Official objects to express status

·    Other people and how they react to the main character give us an idea of what his position is in relation to the other person.

·    Show off the environment in a zoomed out shot

·    Weather ties in with the emotion

·    Props are used

·    Appearance can show a lot about the person (loosened tie- casual)

·    Scenes that give a little feel as to where the film is based

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Sound

·     Production title music in sync with the production title

·    Asynchronous sounds with animated title.

·    Ambient sound. Foley sounds.  Suggests the scene.

·    Exaggerated sound to show it’s a big deal

·    Voice over can signify vital information

·    Ambient sound of busy street

·    Voice over introduces music

Dialogue is heard throughout the few seconds of black screen, before presenting the film

Editing:

Titles slide in, seems to be consumed by the film as they both appear on the screen.

·    Cut to next scene shots

·    The set up ties in with the editing of each scene

·    Close up on reactions and emotions

·    Master shot to refer back to which is the most used shot

·    Camera zoomed out to show where he is

·    Variation of camera shots are good to utilise

·    Shot reverse shot can be used for actions and objects

·    Sound match on action is good to use

·    Slow motion on along with match on action

Editing should have the continuity quality to it throughout