Blog : Title Sequence

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Welcome back to my blog everyone! Today I will be discussing the aspects, process, and some shots of our title sequence!

 For our title sequence we will have multiple aesthetic shots that relate to the movie. For example, we have playing cards layed out into the letters "MAFIA". We pan over the letters slowly as there is lowkey lighting behind. We had different options for this shot that we tried out that I will show later in this blog! We also decided on a shot of fun polaroid's where the camera slowly pans over them, from an overhead angle. We also have a shot of a burning creepy letter, and we were originally planning to do a "sorry" written in blood. - This was a straight up fail. First we tried ketchup, but it looked way too fake, then we tried to add strawberry jam which did help a little. Once e finished writing it on plastic wrap with out ingredients, we tried to pick it up and hold it up to the wall....It was a good idea, but the plastic wrap was extremely noticeable on camera and before we could find a way to make it look better, the letters started literally dripping off. Instead we decided to do a candle lighting shot over a bunch of cards, instead to replace it. We also have a shot of a spider walking, but we have not yet decided if we will include it, as we have enough scenes already. 

The MAFIA card clip was very easy to set up as we just had to lay out cards in the shape of each letter. The messed-up vibe of the cards was intentional and I think worked in conveying and adding to the eerie film. We had five different options for the MAFIA card clip:

1.) 

 All of the cards flipped to the red side, and only the Joker card flipped over in the first "A". This would show that the Amaya got the Joker card and controlled the game. We decided not to for to min reasons - Amaya is her actual name, while her character name is Maya, and because it would give away the killer. 

2.) 

All of the cards flipped to the red side and the Joker card in the "A" and the king card in the other "A" flipped over. We decided not to because once again, we felt it gave off too many details and spoiled it. 

3.)

All of the main 4 cards ( queen, joker, king, Ace) flipped over while the rest are red. We thought this would be good because it shows the main characters cards, and the cards that control the game the most. After some though though, we realized that this would simply just lo

ok like too much and take the audiences attention away from the main person big killed. 

4.) 

This option had all of the cards laying showing the red side. We felt this was just too simple. 

5.) 

This is the option that we picked. It has all of the cards flipped showing the red side except the king card. The king card is in the last "A" to show it last in the pan. We decided on this one because in our title sequence we will have the light flickers then how a zoomed in version of this card with a red X (Because Madison who gets the king card dies). We felt that this was a really cool idea, nd just enough of a clue for the audience to tie everything in. 

We have not fully decided on what fonts we want to put for the credits which will be shown in the title sequence. We know that we want it to be scry looking, and for them to fade in and out. We also know that they will be white, to contrast from the dark and low key lighting of most of our shots. 

The rest of the shots were pretty straight forward. For the burning letter one, we first had to write a creepy letter, then dip it is coffee to make it look old and yellow. Then we burned thee edges, the name, and corners. Then w set up  blank corner and layed down towels to catch the ashes. Then we set up the camera as I held the paper by the bottom edge and set it on fire.