The Art Of Film Title Design

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/10/04/the-art-of-the-film-title-throughout-cinema-history/

1) “Humorous Phases of Funny Faces” (1906) - was directed by J. Stuart Blackton, who many consider to be the father of American animation. Not only is it one of the first animated films, it is among the first to feature an animated opening title, making it a precursor of the modern title sequence:

I chose this point as it to me it is a milestone for all title design artists as it shows just how everything started and how far the world has come with technology and other materials used and to me this is a very valuable point as this picture above was the start of something very world wide and unique.

In my opinion when I first look at this picture above the first thing I think is old, black and white film. However to put yourselves in the shoes of someone who lived in those time I think it would have been astonishing to see just how crazy to believe this would have been and it is very effective of the contrasts from today’s technology and the technology back then, you can see here that the progression of title design and film has come a long way since those times. But in my opinion it is still right to admire the work that went in to making the title designs back then and today as this was the first to feature an animated title design and if you look at it above you could say that it is a proud moment for J. Stuart Blackton as this is where animated title design all started and from then on it only got better.

2) During the 1920s and ’30s, European cinema was deeply influenced by modernism, and aspects of this visual sensibility were brought to the US by filmmakers who were fleeing the Nazis. Meanwhile, the studio systems operating in Europe and Hollywood also delighted in creating titles that featured vernacular graphic novelties. As much as possible, they liked to convey the tone of a movie through the “dressage” of its main title. Thus, blackletter fonts in the opening credits were used to evoke horror, ribbons and flowery lettering suggested love, and typography that would have been used on “Wanted” posters connoted a western flick.

I find this comment interesting as it almost tells you just what type of typology goes with the different types of genre. Most of the audience could probably guess what the genre of film was through the typology but what you see above are the stereotypes for all typology and you will see this in most pre title sequences that you watch as the typology always reflects the genre of the film and what themes are used throughout the film.

This comment that I have highlighted will help me when making my pre title sequence as it will be a basic guideline for me to follow when it comes to using different font to communicate my genre to the audience. Even though I haven’t highlighted it, the point made just before that states ‘convey the tone of a movie through the dressage’ this is a very good point to me as it links in with not only typology and design but also with the codes and conventions of a pre title sequence as the pre title sequence has to show some link through how it has been show and the way in which it has been made, so in my opinion this is a good point that clearly indicates that a pre title sequence is to show the themes and the tone of what the film they are about to watch is like.


3) Figures such as Saul Bass, Pablo Ferro, Maurice Binder and Richard Williams arrived on the scene in the 1950s, at a time when the studios were starting to flounder in their fight with TV. At that time, independent filmmakers made commercial headway by doing things differently, spreading utterly fresh ideas about the possibilities of title sequences. This is the era in which the discipline of film title sequence design was actually born.

The point that I have highlighted here isn’t really something that I can use in my own pre title sequence or gives me any ideas as to what I can do but this point interests me a lot and almost makes me want to slam my first onto the table as these few words get my heart racing as it is a statement that should be said fiercely as it is the beginning of something that has turned into something truly spectacular and it started will all those names above.

Essentially the names above this point that I have highlighted were the names that made what pre title sequences what they are and that is spectacular and unique. Yes maybe film theorists can look at pre title sequences and say that it maybe all well and easy to communicate the genre through the typology, visuals and sound but it isn’t all that simple and it is people such as Saul Bass who put that effort in and made what could be the most unique set of pre title sequences of our day and age as it is what many such as Kyle Cooper have looked to for inspiration and ideas for pre title sequences that they have been working on at the time.

4) The imagery behind the credits received a lot more attention. Still, the interplay of typography and images was by no means ignored. Popular trends of the 1950s were using three-dimensional lettering and embedding type in physical artifacts such as embroidery and signage. In contrast, Saul Bass often approached the lettering of a main title as he would a logo, making it function as the core element in a full marketing campaign. While the variety of solutions increased considerably, their anchor was always the relationship of on-screen typography to the movie itself.

What I have highlighted above even though is quite a lot has to be highlighted as it shows this whole point more clearly with the two sentences in. The two sentences I have shown above indicate to me just how much of a risk Saul Bass took in order to change the way designers can go about making a pre title sequence and in order to change this way which is a huge thing, here it seems to me that he put his career on the line just to revolutionise the way people look at pre title design and how you can go about with making them.

I have selected this part above as to me it makes the point about title designers that it is sometimes all about trial and error and that you have to put your neck on the line in order to discover new things about pre title sequence design and sequence design in general and this is what Saul bass has done which I like in my opnion as I prefer people who take risks in their job to try and discover something new even thougn they know that there career could be over, they are still willing to try that something new because they know the reward for title design as a subject and they know the vast changes they could make to the way audiences look at title design and just the pairing of pre title sequence design and the audience in general. Title designers such as Saul Bass know the consequences but they are still willing to take that risk in order to make title design that little bit better and that makes me feel respect for him as a title designer.

5) Throughout the history of cinema, film titles have evolved with the film industry, as well as with social trends and fashion movements. But the measure of a title design’s quality is the same now as it was in the silent era. Whatever function they perform, titles remain an essential part of film.

Here I have highlighted two points in this paragraph as I felt strongly about the both of them and that I can write plenty on the two. The first point that I have highlighted is that ‘film titles have evolved with the film industry’, I feel strongly about this point as I think that the both have grown together and one of the main factors has been technology that has propelled them both and made them evolve together. Technology has done this by the way it gives the designers and the people behind the scenes who make the magic happen that freedom to experiment with things and make things happen and without technology, there wouldn’t be half the amount of pre title sequences that we have now as most are down to technology and the computer programmes that have been created in order to make the designs for pre title sequences.

Finally the second point that I have highlighted above could be linked with the first point, however I think this point can be linked with many things and I think its best to look at it on its own as it just opens up so many debates about pre title sequence and there are plenty of points in which you can make about this but I one hundred percent agree with this statement as what ever functions they do perform, titles do remain an essential part in the film as they communicate to the audience many things such as the tone, some of the themes, also hints to the genre, it could also indicate patterns to the audience about what sort of sound and editing to expect as well as what cinematography (camera angels and movements) may occur during the film. This sentence that I have highlighted basically sums up the fundamentals of why pre title sequences are used, it is because no matter what they do and how they are made, they are still vital to the film as they are the openers for films that communicate and indicate what the rest of the film may be like to the audience.

In-conclusion, this piece of work that I have done here has helped me to establish just how pre title sequence design come about and how over the past years technology has changed and affected the way title sequences are made and designed. Also picking out 5 points from this website has made me see what sort of person I am myself as I have picked out the pieces of information that I have found most important but at the same time the most interesting to me and I have analysed them using my own thoughts and opinions. Overall when I look back at this piece of work I think it has once again helped me to establish some more of the pre title sequence designers and how individually and as a team their work has contributed the revolutionary of title sequence design and how they have changed it for the better or have made it that little more interesting to analyse.

Lesson 1, 2 And My Own Research

This is my journal for my own thoughts and ideas that I have. This journal will be used to talk about anything interesting that I have found out in my lessons or though my own research, it will also be used to talk about how my lessons and my own research have given me ideas for my own pre title sequence.

In lesson 1 we were taught the basic fundamentals of pre title sequences. What I found most interesting about this lesson was the codes and conventions for a pre title sequence. They interested me a lot as these were the set of rules that would make up the basic plan for my pre title sequence. So when looking at them in my own time I found that they gave me ideas and thoughts for my own pre title sequence and how to go about planning it and making it. The ideas it gave me were mostly of what things to include in my titles for my sequence such as full cast and crew and the film title. It also notified me of how much is communicated to the audience through the pre title sequence and how much we’d have to communicate through our pre title sequence about our film. This point made me think hard and dig deep down in my mind as when thinking about it, it seemed impossible to me but when looking at other pre title sequences that I’ve seen the ideas in my head began to grow and for the first time I believed that it is possible to make a pre title sequence that does all the thing in the codes and conventions, it would just require a lot of work from me and my team.

In lesson 2 was where my ideas really began to grow as we watched a few pre title sequences such as se7en and catch me if you can and these put a few ideas in my head; for example, I like the idea of having one person with a 360 degree angle of them as thing happen in fast pace all around them and as time is going on this person whether it be man or woman gets bumps and bruises and cuts and sore on his or hers face as the camera pans round the close up of their face. The idea of the 360 pan is to show the passing of time and what this person has had to go through and in the background the music that I might want to use is Gary Jules ‘Mad world’, but make my own version of it as if to suit this person and what may or may not occur in the film. This is one of the reason that I got from watching the pre title sequence from se7en, even though this pre title sequence has nothing in it to do with what I just said it made me think of that idea, perhaps it was the odd background used for the titles and the fact that it made you feel uncomfortable when watching it and I think I would use this same theme of being uncomfortable when watching my pre title sequence as it communicates strong points to the audience as to what the film may be like or about, as well as what the genre may be.

The pre title sequence of catch me of you can also gave me ideas if ever I wanted to have more than one idea for my sequence as I liked the fluidity of the titles and how the seem to slide smoothly into the next shot, I think if ever I was to make something along the lines of this that I would use the technique of fluidness with the titles in mine.  Also when looking at lesson 2 it has also helped a lot with how to go about using fonts for my titles design for my sequence as plenty can be communicated to the audience just through the titles and the font and colouring of the titles, also how they appear and disappear, as well as where they are placed on the screen and the background they are placed on. This has taught me that I need to pay close attention to the font and colours that I use for my titles and see if they match the story line and genre of the film that I am making a pre title sequence for. Finally lesson 2 was extremely helpful for me as it gave me the plan for what order the titles should be shown in and so now when making my pre title sequence I can refer back to this and see the order that they should be in.

Finally my own research helped me as I got a chance to look at some more pre title sequences that intrigued me. In my own research I looked in greater detail at a title designer called Kyle Cooper. The reason why I chose Kyle Cooper was because his work appealed to me a lot and has been compared to one of the greatest titles designer that is Saul bass so I decided that this would be the designer that would be the most interesting to look at in great detail. When looking at Kyle Coopers work in greater detail I was surprised at how many famous titles he had designed and the significance they had to the film. I decided to analysis two of his pre title sequence that he has created, these were Spider-man and Iron Man. I analysed these two as they were well known films and were clearly successful as they have been into sequels. The ideas that I got from my own research was that you may not even need to show a character in your sequence as Kyle Cooper has made the pre title sequence spider-man without showing any characters at all and Kyle cooper has done this very effectively as this does communicate to the audience that clearly the main character doesn’t want to be shown on the screen to show the audience that he doesn’t want any of the public within the film to know that he is a superhero. This to me is a very good idea that I could incorporate into my work for my pre title sequence as is it is still as effective as using a character maybe even more effective in some cases. Once again in Iron Man a character is used only in the first shot to indicate to the audience that he is one of the main characters within the film, this is another good idea that I could use for my pre title sequence as it would communicate to the audience straight away that the guy in the first shot (using a close up) is the main character within the film.

Pre Title Sequences (Background on Kyle Cooper)

Kyle Cooper (Born July 1962) is a modern designer of motion picture title sequences. Kyle Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked as a creative director at R/GA (an advertising agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles). During this period, Kyle Cooper created the title sequence for the 1995 American crime film Se7en, a seminal work which received critical acclaim and inspired a number of younger designers. According to Kyle Cooper, at the time he made the title sequence for Seven, main title sequences were behind of what was happening in print, music videos and commercials. He wanted to create main titles that were raising the bar creatively.

In 1996, he co-founded Imaginary Forces (a creative agency that came out of the West Coast division of R/GA). "We have spent a long time building and refining a brilliant creative and production team ... Keeping this group together as our own company is truly exciting," commented by Kyle Cooper about the name change. Too involved by the business-side of running a design company the size of Imaginary Forces, Kyle Cooper decided it was time for him to focus more on his creative work, so he left Imaginary Forces.
In 2003, Kyle Cooper founded the creative agency Prologue. Prologue, initially located in Malibu moved to offices in Venice Beach (Los Angeles) in 2008. throughout Kyle Coopers career in modern design of pre title sequences, some of  his work in the field has been often compared to Saul Bass. Kyle Cooper has also directed a feature film, New Port South (2001). Kyle cooper has made many title sequences in his career such as braveheart, the mummy and any more, one of his title squences that he has designed is spider-man which i have looked at and analysed below.

• Bold white lettering with a thick red outline has been used around the outside of the titles to suggest that the colours red and white play a big part in this film, also most of the red and white movie titles have been used on a blue background which also suggests this colour play a part in the film as well.
• The word ‘Marvel’ used at the beginning of the pre title sequence is shown as big and bold and is revealed through a series of pictures through a comic book which suggests to the audience that there is a comic book element to the film.
• The typology is bold and stands out, but there it’s very edgy (very pointy at the end of the lettering) none of the titles throughout are smooth, I think this makes the titles stand out more than they already do.
• Each of the titles as they are shown disperse and fly at the screen once they have been shown, this suggests that there is a flying element about this film.
• The name of the film is shown in the same font as the rest of the titles but to communicate to the audience that it’s the title it has been put in bigger writing and has a white light coming from behind it which suggest that the title ‘spider-man’ is a sign of purity and goodness. From here on in the pre title sequence instead of the letters flying towards the camera, it seems to become more fluid as they now fly in the opposite direction and lead you to the next title, this is more fluid and makes the audience feel like they are flying or travelling through the air this indicates to the audience that the film will feature in the air at some point.
• The sound is very building throughout the pre title sequence, the sort of soundtrack that has been used is very deep and light at the same time and goes up and down throughout the sequence to build tension as if it leads up to something, this gets the audience on the edge of there seat and indicates to the audience that this is what the film maybe like.
• The music is very upbeat in this sequence and makes you feel like you’re on the move all the time, like your non stop on the move and you never stop. This communicates to the audience that this maybe a theme in the film.
• Finally the sound track used sounds like the music used for a superhero when they are about to fly in and clear up the danger or save the day. The music played is the music that you would associate with a superhero. This indicates to the audience that one of the characters or even the main character in the film could be a super hero.

In-conclusion the main idea that Kyle Cooper has tried to indicate towards the audience is that the there is some sort of superhero involved within the film and that the colours red, blue and white are also to do with the film in some way shape or form. Kyle Cooper has indicated this through the typology and sound used in this pre title sequence to try and communicate these themes to the audience. In my opinion Kyle cooper has done the successfully and as you can see when watching the pre title sequence you can feel that it has a superhero waiting to pop out at any moment and burst through the screen as the music builds and builds as more and more titles are shown.

• Red fiery typology straight from the start for the titles suggests there will be plenty of action involved within this film. The font is bold neon red that is in capital letters, it is straight edged and is not smooth, looks to me in my opinion like a hardcore sort of font. The font reminds me of like a dare devil show where a stunt man would get on a motor bike and do a huge jump through the rings of fire and the billboards advertising it, the font that would be on there would remind me of the font seen in this pre title sequence.
• Also the writing looks like a kind of robot writing. Such as if you was to see a film with a robot of some kind in, then the writing that was on them like their name would look like that, in complete block capitals.
• Furthermore the writing is in time with the visuals on the screen, as in it follows what is happening within the shot. It’s always moving in the right place at the right time, it’s not just in the middle of no where. This could suggest to the audience that the ‘iron man’ is always in the right place at the right time.
• The main character is shown within the titles (Robert Downey Jr) the audience are able to establish he is the main character as his name is brighter and stands out the most out of all the titles, except the film title. Also the typology has been placed in a specific position by Kyle Cooper which is over the mask of the robot, this communicates to the audience that he will be the face behind that robot and he will be that man who gets inside the robot as the ‘iron man’.
• For the music heavy drums and electric guitars have been used for the sound track in this pre title sequence to indicate to the audience that this is going to be an explosive action packed film that is going to be upbeat and will never have any flat moments throughout.
• The visuals indicate that the man in the first shot could be the main character. Also in the first shot it looks like he is addressing the media as there are photos being taken of him which could suggest he is well known by the public within the film.
• Finally the shot cutting from him to the making of a robot could suggest that he made this machine and that he why the press and the media is taking photos of him, this is just a suggestion, however we can be sure that the robot in the rest of the pre title sequence has something to do with him.

In-conclusion, Kyle coopers whole aim of this pre title sequence was to communicate the fact that this film (Iron Man) is going to be action packed that and will explode on to your screen when you watch it. Kyle cooper has indicated this through the typology, sound and visuals. He has done this through the typology by the way he has used bold neon bright red writing that is in capital letters in order to stand out and get the audiences attention and communicate to them that this film isn’t for the faint hearted of people. He has also used the connotations within music to indicate to the audience just what sort of film this is, the sound track Kyle Cooper has used is a hardcore piece of music that uses a lot of drums and electric guitars to connote the fact that there is a lot of explosions and hardcore action in this film. Finally the visuals have been used by Kyle Cooper in this pre title sequence mostly to indicate who the main character is in this film and he has shown this in the first shot as we see Robert Downey Jr being interviewed by the press and this then cuts to the making of a robot (Iron Man) which the audience immediately link with the man shown in the first shot which is the main character (Robert Downey Jr).

The Impotance Of Typology and Design

Orders of titles (rule of thumb)
Studio
(director)
Stars (in order/reverse oder of fame/status) - name of the film
Crew
Write (screenplay)
Producer
Direcctor

• Rounded lettering, that is not sharped edged, is shown throughout this to display the information that is usually displayed in pre title sequences such as director and producer etc.
• The lines seem  to carry on from one shot to another, shows signs of fluidity. This shows that there is a rythm to the film and that it is smooth.
• Mysterious music is used throughout this pre title sequence to suggest that there is some sort of secrecy to do with the story line if this film.
• Also if you watch the one character throughout the film you can clearly see that he keeps changing appearance into different things, which indicates to the audience that there is a sense of hiding and always moving.
• Also when looking at the characters used in this animated pre title sequence, there is also a guy in a hat and suit who follows the guy who is always changing and constantly on the move, this could indicate some sort of chase. The costume of the guy chasing connotes a familiarity to the clothing of an undercover cop or some sort of undercover person with his hat to hide his face.
• Furthermore the writing that displays the movies titles is always on the move which could link in with the point I made above about fluidity and about how the guy is always moving. These two can be linked together as the writing flows onto the next shot and so does the guy which once again communicates a sense of rhythm and pattern with this guy and how he never stays still.
• Finally as the movie title ‘catch me if you can’ is shown, just prior to that the man in the suit looks to be stopped by a brick wall as he is about to catch up with this other man who is always on the move, the movie title is then shown which is ironic as the guy in the suit cant catch the other man.

In-conclusion this pre title sequence is made in order to communicate a little to the audience as to what the film they are going to watch will be like. This pre title sequence has indicated what the film will be like through its sound, visuals and typology. The sound has communicated what sort of film it will be like by the sound track they have used; for example the sound track used in this pre title sequence suggests an air of mystery and ambiguity. The visuals used also back this point of what the film maybe like as the visuals suggest a man chasing another man who uses different disguises. Finally the typology backs both of these points by the way it is fluid and flows into each next shot suggesting that the film is always on the move to different settings and places.

• This pre title sequence if very different from the one above in all aspects which indicates to the audience that they are both from a different genre, we can see that the se7en pre title sequence is different from the catch me if you can sequence through the visuals, sound and typology.
• The visuals in the sequence make you feel very uncomfortable as the guy is cutting of his finger tip skin, the reason he may be doing this is so that when he touches something no one can discover who he is as he has no finger tip traces. This suggests to the audience that the guy is clearly trying to evade someone trying to capture him or find him.
• Also the visuals at the beginning of the pre title sequence show someone writing notes in a book, this could communicate to the audience that what he is writing could be notes of some kind about what he is doing and maybe how he could escape capture from who ever is trying to find him perhaps.
• When looking at the visuals they once again make you feel more and more uncomfortable as the sequence goes on as it just looks so unnatural the way they have been made and the way the background for the titles is shown; for example when some of the titles are shown it looks like the flickering of when an old movie was shown, it looks very negative and unnatural as if there is a problem of some kind.
• Once again the sound backs the point of what I have said above about the fact that the music just makes you feel strange as it just doesn’t sound right. The music once again feels uncomfortable with the drum symbols used and all the rattling and knocking used within the sound track.
• Also towards the end of the scene you see the person using thread with a needle and this could indicate to the audience that there is a sense of perfection about this film and that what ever goes on within this film it is very well planned and takes a lot of concentration about how it is all done and that there is a lot of preparation for it to happen.
• Throughout this sequence there is an uncomfortable feeling to this scene which suggests that this if the feeling that the audience will get throughout this film. You get the feeling of discomfort through the typology as well, as the titles looks to have been etched into the screen with some sort of sharp object, this could have some link with what you see towards the beginning of the scene as the person is cutting the skin off of there finger tips.
• The impact that the scratched typology has on the audience is to make them recluse by the sight of it because the way it has been presented makes it look like some one has scratched it into a material and they have done this to make you feel like you can't watch it anymore.

In-conclusion the pre title sequence for se7en was mainly made to make the audience feel uncomfortable and to communicate to the audience that the film will also include parts that will make you feel uncomfortable and at times make you want to look away from the screen. The typology also adds to what makes be in the film as it is looks as if it is almost etched into the screen which could suggest that there is an awkward and very scruffy feeling to this film but then this is contrasted with the thread and the needle suggesting that there is some sort of plan within this film that needs a concentration and organisational skill that requires no mistakes. The general idea of this pre title sequence is to make the audience feel uncomfortable and to communicate to the audience that a plan exists within this film.

In this lesson we analysed a few pre title sequences mostly looking at the design and typology of them. I found out that there are many layers to the typology and design of a pre title sequence. These can communicate plenty to the audience about what may exist in the film and what sort of genre the film could be. We analysed more than just se7en and catch me if you can but I chose these two to include in this post as I thought they were the most interesting out of the ones that we looked at and I also thought there were plenty of contrasts between the two that interested me and gave me many options for what I could do for my pre title sequence. We also looked in greater detail at the order of the pre title sequence ‘catch me if you can’, we were given a sheet with many of the shots on and we had to organise them into the order of what came first to what came last in the sequence, I found this very fun but at the same time challenging as there are so many ways in which the shots can be placed from start to finish in the pre title sequence, once we had numbered where we thought the shots went, we were shown the pre title sequence and saw that the order that we thought it had gone in was wrong and that the order it was meant to be in made more sense than our own.

Once we had analysed a few pre title sequences and had looked in greater detail at the order in which titles are shown, we were given the challenge of creating a new pre title sequence for the film ‘Groundhog day’. The idea that my group came up with was to show the British theme through the titles and you the typology to communicate that this is a British film to the audience. We would also use specific things such as setting/ location and props to show that this film is set in Britain. For each shot we struggled with what to include as we didn’t want to give away too much information about the film, so we established what the storyline for the film was as none of us had ever seen it before, so we decided to have in the beginning of this pre title sequence have the main guy see a woman he falls in love with at the first sight and from then on for every shot have the guy bumping into this woman everyday but in different ways and on each different day he gets rejected. Within every shot that he bumps into this woman in different ways and asks her out we are trying not to give away the fact of the story line which is that he is reliving the same day over and over again but in different ways. We were also told that there was humour that needed to be included in this pre title sequence so we made a decision to have in each shot that he bumps into this woman in different ways that he knocks into her in funny ways and from then on we could communicate the humour through these experiences (shots) of him bumping into her.

Codes and Conventions Of A Pre Title Sequence

Codes and Conventions

Typically, an opening sequence will contain:

• Details of cast and crew.
• The film's title.
• An introduction to character or character type.
• Indication of place.
• Indication of historical period.
• Information regarding mood and tone.
• Introduction to signature theme tune.
• Information about genre
• Questions that the viewer finds intriguing (sets up enigmas)
• Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film.
• Mise-en-scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.

When looking at these codes and conventions, the basic fundamentals of a pre title sequence is to give the audience a little taster of what the film will be about and the themes that will carry on throughout the film. The pre title sequence is also to let you you know who directed the film and who is casting in it, it also lets you know producers and who helped make the film. When i come to make my own pre title sequence i will pay extremely close to attension to theses codes and conventions as these are gonna be the basis to my plan.

Media Continuity CW

This is my continuity piece which I made with Michael and Dominic. Me and Michael were the actors and Dominic was the person who was filming all of the action.

I thoroughly enjoyed making this piece of work as it taught me many things about filming a piece of work and editing that video you have made , it also made me realise just how hard making a film is when you have to think of the idea and film the piece from scratch. Another thing that I personally found hard about making this piece was sticking to the storyboard which is your plan of what to do when filming, in my opinion I found it hard to stick to the storyboard as I kept wanting to change it all the time whilst we were filming. Also what I found challenging about making this piece would be keeping the shot times quite short so that the audience watching it doesn't get too bored whilst viewing the film. When editing our work we found that some of our clips were too long and so we had to cut them down and make them shorter so that the camera wasn't too focused on just watching one shot for a long time.

What I enjoyed most about making this piece of film is the independency. The fact that you get to choose what camera angles you want, where you want the camera to go and what you want the actors to say in those certain shots. Other things that I enjoyed about making this clip is the part where you get to edit the footage that you have filmed and cut it and place it just how you want it to be so that you like it. It was fun using the technology that comes with editing and I have learnt many new skills when practising on it. Out of all the things I have said about making this clip whether it is the difficulties or the fun parts, the best bit by far about filming and editing your own piece of footage is the glory that you feel inside when you see it played and you know that you was the person who filmed that and edited that with your team, a sense of pride rises in you as you see your work being viewed by others around you.

The skills and knowledge that I have learnt from this experience I will carry with me throughout my media A level as I have now mastered the basics of continuity editing as well as editing in general by using the software. I have also learnt that storyboards are crucial when it comes to filming a piece of work as the storyboard provides you with a backbone (a plan) in order for you to start filming. The final thing that I have learnt from this filming and editing experience is too never focus on one shot for too long as the audience may get bored or restless with what they are seeing.