Yaneli Z.

  Hello! Today we started to look at specific films within our genre and the elements of their opening sequences. To truly see how the beginning of the film is so effective in setting the mood for the rest of the movie, we'll be analyzing four opening sequences, beginning first with the 1995 film, "Outbreak," which we retrieved from the "Art of the Title" website.  I've listed the questions we answered to conduct said analysis below. What titles are displayed during the opening sequences?     During the opening sequence, the names of actors, the title of the film, the casting directors, the costume designer, the music composer, its co-producers, the film editors, the production designer, the photography director, the executive producers, the film's scriptwriters, the film's producers, and the film's director at the end are all displayed. These titles were not embedded within each scene and were written in a bright teal blue, outlined in black so...

  Welcome, on this blog we will be reviewing the title sequence for the movie Code 8 (2019) using 6 different questions to understand the opening for this movie the best we can. The sequence can be found in the “Art of the Title” website. For some background information, the movie is about people with superhuman abilities and how they fit in society following this group of people with these abilities. What titles are displayed during the opening sequence? As the title sequence plays, they credit the companies and people involved putting the movie together. This includes the main studio company and it’s associates or other film companies that may have been involved. It displays the names of the producers and executive producers as well as the names of designers for costumes, music, story, photography, visual effects, and the editors. The names of the main cast is also presented on screen and at the end it shows the directors name and the final title which is the name of the movie wh...

  Hey! Since we've concluded the baseline research for our genre, it is finally time for us to look into ideas for what our actual opening could look like. The whole point behind even researching title sequences is to get an idea of how to establish the mood of the film from the very beginning, thereby eliciting an emotional response from the audience, whilst also properly crediting the film's creators and crew. To do so, we located and began looking at two very interesting websites, "Watch the Titles!" and "Art of the Title."      When it came to "Watch the Titles!," we did like how user-friendly the interface was with the "Feature film" section being pictured right on the home page for easy access. Upon clicking to access that part of the website, a number of different title sequences were presented to us, both live-action and animated alike. My groupmates and I were very fond of the fact that a snapshot of the title sequence had been p...

  Greetings and welcome to our third, and final, blog on films in the science-fiction thriller genre. We'll now be examining director Grant Sputore's 2019 Netflix hit, "I Am Mother." Let's break down this film into its key components and see how it fits into the genre. Camera Angles, Movement, and Shots:     Beginning with this film's use of camera angles, movements, and shots it is apparent that it instills unease in its viewers. The main camera angle used in the movie was the eye-level angle, which was often paired with close-up shots to show the variety of emotions the subject experienced throughout the film, including how she looked betrayed, afraid, determined, and happy, like when she was growing up before her innocence was shattered and the truth behind her life was revealed. Close-up shots were also used when the subject opened the airlock and seemed hesitant to act until she heard pained shouts for help outside, thereby revealing her personality to th...

  Hello! This marks my group and I's second blog for today, in which we will be discussing yet another film that is part of the science-fiction thriller genre, director David Yarovesky's 2019 film, "Brightburn." Just like we did in the last blog, let's examine each piece of this film and see how exactly it fits into this specific genre.   Camera Angles, Movement, and Shots:     When it comes to the camera angles, movement, and shots, there were quite a few used throughout the movie. One of the most often used shots was the establishing shot which portrayed various locations including the subject's house, a barn, a school, a forest, and even a restaurant. Wide shots were also used in relation to location, specifically when attempting to show the scope of the subject's destruction. A combination of a wide long shot was used when the subject was high up in the air away from the ground to emphasize the vast distance between him both literally and metaphoricall...

  Hi there and Happy Valentine's Day! As you might have expected, today was time for us to take a more in-depth look into our genre, science-fiction thriller. Being that this genre is so vast and nuanced, my teammates and I have decided to thoroughly examine three films from the grouping of our choice, in order to ensure we would not be overwhelmed by the thousands of movies out there. With that being said, our first film of choice was director Ang Lee's 2019 film, "Gemini Man," starring the well-known Will Smith. To break down this film and see how it applies to the aforementioned genre, we'll need to analyze its use of various aspects which I have outlined below: Camera Angles, Movement, and Shots:     To begin with, all of the camera shots, angles, and movements used within the film did fall in line with the typical conventions of any given science-fiction thriller. During the film, the location changed multiple times; therefore, in an effort to make things as ...