Movie Title Sequence
March 15, 2010
Final Mean Creek movie title sequence:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?comments&v=640130027390#!/video/video.php?v=640130027390
Movie Title Preproduction
March 2, 2010
Film Choice:
Mean Creek
Plot:
When Sam (Culkin) continually gets picked on by the school bully, he and his protective older brother decide to teach the bully a lesson he will never forget. Together, they come up with a plan that involves inviting the bully on a special river trip for his birthday where they will make sure he is humiliated for all to see. Deciding that he no longer wants to go through with the plan, Sam tries to call it off but it’s too late and he must live with the resulting consequences.
Credits:
Whitewater Films Presents
A Jacob Aaron Estes Film
Mean CreekActors/Actresses: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder
Casting: Matthew Lessall
Costume Design: Cynthia Morrill
Music: tomandandy
Co-Producer: Jacob Mosler
Associate Producer: Dessie Markovsky, Ryan Peterson
Editor: Madeleine Gavin
Production Design: Greg McMickle
Director of Photography: Sharone Meir
Executive Producer: Deborah Del Pete, Gigi Pritzker, Nancy Stevens
Writer: Jacob Aaron Estes
Producer : Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham
Word list:
dark, sad, haunting, blue, regret, mistakes, choices, betrayal, innocence/guilt
kids, youth, adventure, outdoors, woods, river, canoe, dirty/muddy, payback, prank, change of heart
bully, school, video camera, diary, swiss army knife, squirt guns, wristwatch
lonely, misunderstood, outcast, isolation
Possible Fonts:
I want the titles to look handwritten. Below are a few fonts that are similar to the look I want to achieve. I want the text to look like it could have been written by one of the characters in the movie. It should look like a kid/teens writing but lack any confidence or sureness to it.
Song Choice:
The Longing Part 9 by Felixdroid
found here at Magnatune.com
Concept:
The movie opens with a shot of George Tooney (the bully) through his handycam. George uses this camera as a sort of personal diary to document his life and thoughts. The movie also ends with footage of George from the camera.
For my opening sequence, I want to include the camera as it is an important theme in the movie. While the titles are playing, I am going to show close up shots of a person (representing George) getting ready for the day and walking outside. The sequence is meant to represent what happens before the first scene of the movie and give the viewer a glimpse of George’s POV. There will be shots of him packing a backpack with various items shown throughout the film (swiss army knife, squirt gun, camera) and shots of him walking outdoors (shoes stepping in the mud, walking by trees/water). The type will be revealed using masks as items on the screen are moved/lifted/opened/closed/etc. By having the type quietly revealed, I hope to tie in the movie’s tagline: beneath the surface, everyone has secrets.
The background music for the title sequence will be very similar to the music from the current titles… somber, understated violin/piano music. The film will also have a bluish tint to it. Both of these devices are used in the latter half of the movie after the mood changes, and by using these devices I hope to both foreshadow what happens and set the mood for the film.
Storyboard:
Kinetic type screenshots
March 1, 2010
Movie title sequence inspiration
February 28, 2010
Kinetic Type
February 23, 2010
Kinetic Type Storyboard/comps
February 21, 2010
Kinetic Type Prep Work
February 18, 2010
I have chosen to use this quote from Guy Lyon Playfair (This House is Haunted – An Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist, 1980) :
‘Stones fall onto your kitchen floor, as if they had come through the
ceiling. Somebody, or something, starts banging on the wall. Things
disappear, and reappear somewhere else. Before long, you realize it
can’t be an earthquake, or Concorde, or mice. It must be something
else – something entirely inexplicable and very frightening indeed.’
Wordlist for inspiration:
dark, mysterious, ghost, afraid, difficult to see/obscured, startling, nervous anticipation, unknown, creepy, apprehension, curiosity, heightened senses, expectancy, periods of quiet, surprising
Foul Play Commercial
February 18, 2010
Here is the link to the final version of the Foul Play Commercial:
myweb.students.wwu.edu/~jamese4/dsgn451/commercial/FoulPlay.mov
Our concept for this commercial was to dramatize a dinner party revolving around a murder mystery. Four possible suspects are sitting together at a table, looking nervously at one another. Each suspect’s back story is revealed, showing how they could possibly be the killer. At the end one of the suspects relaxes a little and raises a toast, giving the impression that all four are happy that the victim was murdered.
Foul Play Commercial Storyboard/shot list
February 16, 2010
Rough storyboard for four possible back stories:
Shot list:
