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Film Titles Timeline For Rainman

In this Lesson i created another timeline to show how most films follow the same rules for which way the titles go in the opening of a film.


0.00 - Institutional Logo
0.13 - Second Institutional Logo
0.31 - Production Company
0.36 - 2nd Production Company
0.41 - 3rd Production Company
0.45 - 1st Actor
0.49 - Second Actor
0.58 - Film Title
1.27 - 3rd Actor
1.31 - Casting By
1.57 - Costume By
1.42 - Associate Producer
1.48 - Co-Producer
1.52 - Music By
1.58 - Film Editor
2.04 - Production Designer
2.08 - Director of Photography
2.12 - Executive Producer
2.20 - Story By
2.24 - Screenplay By
2.27 - Produced By
2.41 - Directed By

Fim Titles Timeline For My sisters keeper

In this lesson I created a timeline which showed the titles for an opening film. The reason I did this was because when it comes to our group making our film we need to start thinking about the titles as they are very important in an opening! I chose the opening of my sisters keeper because it's a popular tragic drama which is helpful because it's the genre I'm doing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS55xHZWzEo

0.00 - Start
0.02 - Film makers name
0.07 - Main actors name (female)
0.17 - Main actors name (female)
0.24 - Title of film
0.33 - Main actors name (male)
0.37 - Main actors name (male)
0.40 - Main actors name (female)
0.46 - Sub actors name (female)
0.51 - Sub actors name (male)
0.54 - 3 minor actors names (shown together) (male)
0.58 - Casting directors name
1.02 - Costume designers name
1.09 - Music directors name
1.12 - Co-producers name
1.25 - Editors name
1.29 - Production designers name
1.34 - Director of photography's name
1.41 - Executive producers name
1.51 - "Based on novels" name
1.55 - Producers names
2.01 - Screen plays names
2.05 - Directors name
2.05 - End


By doing this task I have started to realise how important the titles are in the opening, this opening is only 2 minutes yet it has 15 titles! I noticed that the title came up very early in this opening as well. When we come to making our film opening we will defiantly need to add in all the titles because they are very important as that's what makes the opening and gives the people who put so much effort into the film credit for their hard work.

Type of Characters to Star in My film.

Ella Young.

A very young  girl who is seemed to be innocent and happy all the time, idolises her mum, giggly. - cannot be seen as she is a voice over.

If i was to choose someone for this part i would choose Anna Chlumsky in 'My Girl (1991) because she comes across innocent and happy - and can make people cry.

Sarah Young

A middle aged mum type character who is strong willed and would do anything for her children is the part i need for my film.

Nicole Kidman in 'The Others (2001)' is the perfect character to play this part as she is fierce and believable.

Nick Young 

A man who is strong on the outside but soft on the inside is what i need for this part, a man who is stubborn but will cave in at the end for love.

Sean Penn in 'Mystic River (2003)' would be the best person to play this character due to his show stopping performance and how he is in this film is exactly how i want the character to be played.

Comparing ideas to other films from my genre

My groups film is a tragic drama. We thought this would be a good genre to choose as we all like tragic dramas and feel we know about it fairly well. My sisters keeper (2009) was a film we took ideas from and has played a significant part in coming up with our film idea. For example for our opening we have a young girl talking over the top as does my sisters keeper but the young girl talking over the top is going to be a lot younger and we do not start it straight away like this film does. A difference with our film and my sisters keeper is we are going to show memories of what happened to the young girl when she was a child. In our film the voice over is to show the girl is in heaven and she cannot be seen on the screen as this would ruin the illusion that she is always there even when she is not. Another similarity is that our drama is family orientated as is my sisters keeper. But we are going to show the family going through bad times and not getting along as my sisters keeper is about the family getting on and being close.

3 openings from Tragic Drama

Forrest Gump. (1994)

The Narrative in this film is open, this is because we know the film carries on. The opening shows the narrative about being alone in a world where there is so many people. We know this because as we see the feathers journey throughout the town we see lots of people getting on with there life's doing different things, but as the feather ends its journey it stops in front of a man on his own opening a suitcase which is filed up with things for one person only.

The Genre in this opening is left open, by this i mean the use of sound and titles means it could be a ROM com or a drama. This is due to the happy sound of the music and everything on the screen being light for example the setting and the titles. Rom Coms often start in a happy way, where as dramas can start in many different ways, being happy or sad.

There are quite a few background characters in this opening showing people getting on with there life in the city but nearer the end of the opening it shows one man on his own who doesn't say anything, the audience can instantly tell he is going to play a big part in this film.

The atmosphere is very slow paced in this beginning, as it shows the life of the feather, a feather being an unharmful object, blowing through the wind slowly. As soon as the feather drops everything becomes quicker from there as reality on earth kicks in.

The themes in this opening seem to be family as from the sky you can see families together getting on with their life happy, but also a theme tends to be lonesomeness as the man is sitting on the bench on his own, looking as though he is waiting for something to happen.

The setting for this opening is a busy city, showing the city from above all the buildings, getting close to some buildings then moving further away. Then showing a bench which is an important part in a city as that's where people sit and watch life's happen.

The institutional logo is the first thing to show in the this opening - paramount. The titles during the film tend to be  big but white to fit in with the harmonic setting of the feather moving around, this leaves a a calming atmosphere on the audience.

The sound used for the opening of Forrest gump is peaceful as a simple melody is played on the piano in a high key in a reasonably slow manner, this starts the film on a good note as the audience relaxes ready to watch an easy film.

The narrative in this film is open as we know the film carries on because this is just the opening. Throughout the opening the non diegetic voice talks about his life introducing people and daily objects this shows the narrative being 'his life'. but things could change as the film goes on.

The Genre in this piece immediately shows it is a drama. This is due to the character talking about his life and how he hates it he even says his life is nearly over and he has one more year to live, this gives the audience an insight into what might happen in the film.

There are quite a lot of characters in the opening considering it is just the beginning, this includes: The voice over showing himself the audience See's that he is quite a negative character, the mans wife cutting her roses showing she is getting on wife life happily, the 2 next door neighbors who are homosexual and the daughter who is not happy with herself which is a stereotypical thing for a teenage girl. The way the voice over talks you know the film is going to be about him.

The atmosphere in this film started off slow paced when the voice over was just talking while the camera slowly zoomed into the city then everything changed to a normal pace when all the characters were introduced. This makes the audience feel more at home as we see everything is normal.

The themes in this opening is simply life, as we are introduced to his life and everything goes with it, as the film starts to go more themes will be released.

There are a fair few settings in this opening such as the town, the bedroom, the bathroom, the garden and the front garden - this shows a normal morning and how things are in a family home.

There were no titles in this opening scene which means they will come in an unusual place.

The sound in this open is a simple beat to show a simple morning in a simple family in a simple place. This eases the audience as it is an easy film to watch.

Rain man (1988)

The Narrative in this film is open like the others as we know the film will continue. Also there is no clue to what is going to happen in this film narrative wise as it just shows 3 men looking at cars for the whole piece, this leaves the audience thinking about what is going to happen and gives them a chance to guess what is coming next.

The genre like the narrative is left open to guess as you cannot tell by 3 men and workers around some cars what is going to happen as the film unfolds it will be able to guess but in the first 3 minutes the audience cannot tell.

The characters in this opening are 3 men looking at cars, one with a clipboard. This shows that they are in the business somehow. There are alot of background workers doing different jobs obviously working for these men with the clipboard.

The atmosphere throughout this whole opening is slow paced, this is due to no one saying anything and watching the men looking at the cards hoisting one down from above. Not much is going on but you are intrigued to know what they are doing.

The theme for this opening is business, that seems to be the only theme as there are no other clues for what else could happen in this film.

The 2 settings in this film are the city when we watch the car slowly move up high with the city behind and a car site with loads of similar looking cars, this shows that the film is going to be set in the city.

The institutional logo is used first - metro Goldwyn Mayer. The titles are shown on a black background with big writing in white with all the main actors names first, this shows that they are important as they are the focus point of the screen at the time. The rest of the titles come up in front of the car site this shows they are not seen to be as important as the main actors as they are not the focus point of the screen at the time

The first sound used is talking in the background when nothing is shown on the screen, but very quietly. Next a beat kicks in and continues for a while and the audience can tell that something is going to happen then a feel good song kicks in and you feel happy.

Looking at Genre

In this lesson we looked at genre. We viewed clips and picked out the things that makes them that genre.



Action - Saving Private Ryan

1. American And French Flags used which symbolises the patriotic nature of war.
2. Old man showing generations that were affected standing in a cemetry surrounded by crosses which represent death this shows lives lost in war.
3. Traditional 'Proud American' non-diegetic music in the background