Wheres next?

So last week, when i was off, they had a few difficulties with computers, music and things. Which means we are behind where we wanted to be. As we have a double lesson tomorrow morning in hoping we can get it all in order and ready to add music. I know I'm not going to be completely happy because i would still like to add a few clips in between shots to make it flow much better. However if i have time then i may get a chance to add them, all depends when the deadline is.

Once we have our finished product then we will get an audience together and see how the respond to finished thing. It would be great if we could get an younger audience to view it as it is there genre.

So in a few blog time i will add all the audience criticism etc.

Audience response and ways of viewing Laylas star

As i said in the previous post our film will have a very young audience. If Layla's was to be realised i could see it not being a massive film but a film that the cinemas would air on a Saturday morning purely for a younger audience, which would only cost a £1 at cineworld. However advertisement would still be needed and like many other films aimed at younger audiences companies like MacDonald's are perfect to advertise the characters with the happy meal when they get a free toy.

This is an example of the Happy Meal and the route that many film companies choose to advertise films to a lower age group.

Having our film not being a massive Hollywood hit, it allows the film to be enjoyed by different classes in society. It is easy accessibly from all classes to be able to the view the film ,whether this is lower class paying a £1 on a Saturday morning or working class where it may be viewed on Sky or bought on DVD. This is a family film , which is what the cinema used to be there for, for a family day out to watch a film.

Like other animation film that have been massive hits over the last few years there is comical moments that can be more appreciated with an older audience however still having the main ingredients to be primarily enjoyed by the younger audience. Regrettably i don't think we have the characters in our film in order to have a character to aim to the older audience.

Sorry...

Annoy-ily i have had a bit of an accident therefore i am not in for the finishing of the title sequence, which i am gutted about! But im sure that Rebecca and Taranpreet will finish it great. As having a bit of an accident im trying my hardest to complete my blog, i will be adding things for the next day or so and hopefully finish soon. Again im sorry for not getting it all done on time and not being in.

The Audience.

Even if you film has the worlds greatest stars or best storyline is ultimately comes down to the audience to decide whether it is good or not. Moreover that's why when directors start to design/create a new film they set a target audience who they will aim all the advertisement and film too.

For our film we are targeting a very young audience, primary school children, this is because originally the storyline is from a child's book. Also we have a young child in our animation which make younger children relate to it. Having the simple soft colours make its more child friendly. The relationship that the child would have is that are enlightened with the opening of the film, they start to get to know who the main character is and the basic storyline. As our film is such for a young age if we was to advertise we would focus more on images rather than text as like to keep it simple to suit film, this is so when they see the film the can identify "Layla" through the advertisement technique.

Why opening title sequences are so important to the film industry?

http://www.thunderchunky.co.uk/articles/talking-title-sequences-with-the-master-kyle-cooper/

While researching i found an interview with Kyle Cooper who is a title sequence Creator and is very successful. He created film title sequences like Se7en, Spiderman and Fight Club. Linking back to the great Saul Bass, he was Kyle Cooper inspiration.

I really liked what he said about making a good title sequence;
"It makes you thrilled to be in this theatre at this moment, getting ready to see this movie. It makes you glad that you are nowhere else in the world except where you are, getting ready to see something amazing"

So why do we have title sequences?
A title sequence is the method by which cinematic films or television shows present their title and key cast and production members utilizing conceptual visuals and sound. It should not be confused with opening credits, which are generally nothing more than a series of superimposed text.

Over the year the title sequence have become in its own right a piece of art work and almost another film creation within the film. It is the first imagery that the audience watch, it has to grip them, tell them the basic information but at the same time do not make them bored or waiting to long for the film.

In our title sequence we have tried to follow the same sort of line that Catch Me If You Can done, where the story is told with names appearing in each scene.

ARRRGGHHHHH!!!!!

Two weeks until it has to be done and it seems that everything has gone wrong.We changed our text which took ages but while we were updating on the mac the mac and our memory stick failed. I think it was because we have used up most of the memory. But now it seems we are starting from square one!!

So will we get it done?

I think we will just have to put more time into it, we havent even got the music done yet!