Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The Credits

I notice that with indie films, they always have a fun way of introducing the credits. For example, in Napoleon Dynamite, they introduce the cast by using food and common items. It also subliminally introduces the characters' traits, like when you go through Napoleon's wallet and his "UFO Abduction Insurance" card shows how he's dorky. I got inspired by that idea and told my group about it, and they loved it. For each of our characters, we will use a prop from their scene and incorporate their name somehow. We also want to play with the freeze frame tactic when their name is shown, and also use graphic matching when transitioning between the characters so that there is a flow between them and also shows how they're all connected.

Here are our ideas:
  1. Isaiah: So we plan to open with Isaiah in the Korean Market. We want to place his nickname "IZZE" on a soda and as he places the soda on the counter, it transitions to his bedside table, where he will be laying in bed. Once the close-up of his eyes closing appears, it will transition to Andrew's eyes opening. 
  2. Andrew: Andy will be then seen viewing his camera, showing how he is into photography and such. As he flips through his photo album, the pictures will spell out "ANDY". When he closes his book, the scene will then switch to Alejandro's book.
  3. Alejandro: As Alejandro's closed notebook is shown, the cover will be decorated with his nickname "MCLOVIN" on the front. (Also back to my old posts about wanting to contrast colors, his bright notebook and clothing will contrast with the dull coloring of the library he is in). In a shot where he is stressfully running his hands through his hair, the shot transitions to Alex running his hands through his hair at the skate park.
  4. Alex: His scene will be him skating. We want to portray him as the leader, so we want to use a low angle shot of him as he's about to go down the ramp, and we see the bottom of the skateboard it will say his nickname "SHAGGY". 
After all of this, it will then cut to the title "VINCENT MANGO" and all the boys joining together for practice. 

Works Cited:
 Napoleon Dynamite - movie titles. (n.d.). Retrieved March 29, 2016, from       
    https://vimeo.com/5524216 
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 30, 2016 at 3:41 PM

    This sounds like a great idea, if pulled off correctly. I can start to see the opening of your film in my mind from what you have explained so far in your blog. The idea of putting the bamd members names on objects is very creative, but you have careful to make sure it looks realistic so it comes across as real and not cheesy. I like the movie ideas that you are trying to go off of and, from what I have seen and what your project sounds like, they seem like very good choices. You seem to be going in the right direction with your idea and filming locations. I like the Korean market that you found, it sounds very cool and looks like an interesting filming spot.
    For your blog I would suggest to add a little more depth and details in your posts. You have great photos that are intriguing and make your posts pop. I would also add more posts because it doesn't look like you have the required amount and that could be very detrimental to your overall grade. Your posts are very well written and use nice vocabu;ary, so keep it up in that department. Other than that your background and overall blog looks very appealing and seems to match your video idea, which is good. Good luck with the rest of your project.

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  2. UnknownMarch 30, 2016 at 4:50 PM

    Hey Wanda!
    I am really liking your overall idea for your film introduction. Producing an independent film introduction is a fantastic idea and is great opportunity to get creative with your piece. The setting of your production and techniques you are planning to use to incorporate your credits are very unique. This will definitely work well in drawing in the attention of your target audience.
    Your blog is wonderful and incorporates a lot of research and uses of multimedia which is great in keeping the attention of the reader. An addition of feature footage or images taken on set would be a great inclusion in your blog as well.
    Although producing an independent piece is more of a challenge compared to other genres, I think you and your teammates have a great plan. I am really looking forward to seeing how your film comes together!Keep up the amazing work. :)

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  3. UnknownMarch 31, 2016 at 8:27 AM

    Hi! First off I want to say that I love your idea and the independent style film. I think you can do a lot of really creative and fun things within it, which I can tell you are doing by your last blog post. Starting with the first blog post, it was a bit confusing at times. In some other posts I got a bit lost in all of your thoughts. I would read through them again and clarify some of your ideas. But they are all full of substance which is the important part! I like the post where you show and explain the different film openings but I would've liked to see some sort of reflection on what parts of it you did and didn't like. For instance, you liked the way this film opening did this and explain how you could incorporate something similar. I think that would take your blog postings to the next level. Also one question I did have while reading the character descriptions was, are these people actually going to be playing themselves in your opening? I would clarify that and it could be used as an extra post. I absolutely love your descriptions and incorporation of the names. I think it's a creative way to express the independent genre as well as still have the ability to show camera techniques. Good luck and great job so far!

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