George Spence AS Thriller Blog: January 2014

Friday, 31 January 2014

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Title sequences could be seen as one of the most important aspects within the making of a film. This is because it gives credit to the makers/main stars and also as it lets you know who produced the film and who it is in association with etc.. If the title sequences is not used well and it very boring, this is not going to give a good impression across to the audience. However, if this is performed well, it will keep the audiences attention and drift them slowly into the world of the film.

Almost all title sequences are set out in the same way:

Who the film is presented to you by e.g. Universal.
Who the film is in association with e.g. Lovefilm.
Who the film is by e.g. 'A film by Gee Studios'.
Main actors (usually a male actor first).
Casting
Music/costume.
Visual effects/editing.
Other producers/directors of photography etc.
Whom the film is produced by.
Based on ... (some films n/a).
Written by ...
and finally, always the main title, the director.

An example of this sequence is shown via Fast and Furious 6 ...

Source Code Review.

Source Code is an action thriller directed by Duncan Jones starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga. It was created using a budget of $32,000,000 and grossed over $147,000,000.

The story follows a U.S Army helicopter pilot Captain Colter Stevens; when he wakes up on a commuter train to Chicago in the body of Sean Francis on a mission to save thousands of lives. In actually fact, Stevens is dead, but via the use of source code he is able to go back in time from a time period of 8 minutes in which he has to complete his mission(s).

The trailer to Source Code is very effective as it uses a number of different techniques in order to catch and keep the attention of the viewer/audience. The trailer contains fast paced scenes causing the reader to pay close attention in order to try and find out as much about what is going on as possible. It is also packed with scenes full of action and special effects which will appeal to a wide variety of audiences.